nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: foretopsail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + topsail. 1. The sail draped from the foretopmast.
Word: foretopmast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + topmast. 1. The mast above the foretop.
Word: Foucault pendulum Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Foucault's pendulum.
Word: foxie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fox + -ie. 1. Diminutive of fox. Labels: childish, diminutive, form-of 2. A fox terrier. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: He was a spare fellow, eager as a foxie, with the remains of a good profile and some remnants of grey curl.
Word: fraidy-cat Part of Speech: noun 1. A coward; a person who is easily frightened. Labels: childish, informal
Word: foxies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foxie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foretopmasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foretopmast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foretopsails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foretopsail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foresheets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foresheet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foreshanks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foreshank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fraidy-cats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fraidy-cat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: free love Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of sexual intercourse without the restraints of marriage or commitment. Labels: uncountable Example: The deceased, Philip Boyes, was, as you have heard, a writer. He was thirty-six years old, and he had published five novels and a large number of essays and articles. All these literary works were of what is sometimes called an ‘advanced’ type. They preached doctrines which may seem to some of us immoral or seditious, such as atheism, and anarchy, and what is known as free love. His private life appears to have been conducted, for some time at least, in accordance with these doctrines. Example: Joseph’s looks and handsome figure had attracted her attention. Every morning she would beckon: “Come and lie with me, love.” Joseph wanted to resist her til one day she proved too eager. Joseph cried in vain: “Please stop! I don’t believe in free love!”
Word: flower power Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American poet and writer Allen Ginsberg. 1. A counterculture movement that started in the United States in the 1960s, advocating peace and love over militarism and materialism. Labels: US, historical, uncountable Example: The hippies, meanwhile, seem to be flagging. Just for a moment, during the Flower Power summer of 1967, it looked as though they might matter but ever since they've been gradually losing momentum and last summer's Isle of Wight/Bob Dylan Festival, which should have signaled a revival, fell distinctly flat. Example: Those crazy years, that was the time / Of the flower power
Word: begave Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of begive Labels: form-of, past
Word: betreed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + tree + -ed. 1. Covered with trees. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hippie trail Part of Speech: noun 1. The journeys taken by hippies and others in the 1960s and 1970s, typically involving cheap travel. Example: Traveling in a fried-out Kombi / On a hippie trail, head full of zombie Example: The original Hippie Trail grew out of the 1960s the same way just about everything else did at the time: with a search for spiritual enlightenment, or at any rate, drug-induced enlightenment, or at any rate, drugs.
Word: make love, not war Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Originally coined by those who opposed the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War. 1. A hippie anti-war slogan encouraging love and peace. Example: I want you to make love, not war / I know you've heard it before
Word: space rock Part of Speech: noun 1. A subgenre of rock music, characterised by long psychedelic instrumental passages and lyrics dealing with science fiction or outer space. Labels: uncountable Example: Apart from individual songs, there were certain bands that became associated with these sorts of extended sonic journeys, showing many traits of space rock without much or any overt interest in space topicality as such.
Word: folk rock Part of Speech: noun 1. A subgenre of rock music combining elements of folk music. Labels: uncountable
Word: heers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: corrigibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corrigible + -ity. 1. The quality or state of being corrigible. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: chace Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of chase. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The suddenness with which the solemn quiet had been broken in upon, had chaced from his remembrance the horrid phantom;—it now recurred to it, with two-fold force, and a shudder crept all over him.
Word: chace Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of chase. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: We hiss'd along the polish'd ice, in games / Confederate, imitative of the chace
Word: foreladies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forelady Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foamers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foamer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goatling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From goat + -ling. 1. A young goat; a kid. Example: The February kid he should retain, also the full-grown goat; the goatling he should sell, also its kid, unless he prefers using it for the table. Thus he has not only a good supply of milk, but he has an early kid ready for next year, […]
Word: goatlings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goatling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonbony Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + bony. 1. Not bony. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncoralline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + coralline. 1. Not coralline. Labels: not-comparable
Word: knackeries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of knackery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trufflelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From truffle + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a truffle.
Word: wideish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wide + -ish. 1. Alternative spelling of widish. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: uncaramelized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + caramelized. 1. Not caramelized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: flower child Part of Speech: noun 1. A hippie involved with the flower power movement. Labels: US, historical Example: While the men in the family have made their mark in the world, Mrs. McBride has simply lurked around the house becoming an aging flowerchild and spaced-out heroin addict.
Word: free up Part of Speech: verb 1. To make (space or time) available. Labels: transitive Example: Selling those old books freed up most of the spare room. Example: You can free up space on your hard disk by deleting temporary files. 2. To make (a person or resource) available. Labels: transitive Example: Retiring from work freed me up to write a novel.
Word: free world Part of Speech: name 1. Collectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or Communist states. Labels: collective, form-of Example: Holonyms: world, World Example: Meronym: Western Bloc 2. Those who are free (not incarcerated, institutionalized, etc.) collectively. Labels: literally Example: Young country boy, doing time here in Texas State Prison. Looking for a good friend to write to in the free world.
Word: French Guinea Part of Speech: name 1. A former colony of France, which gained its independence in 1958 as Guinea. Labels: historical
Word: French Canada Part of Speech: name 1. French-speaking parts of Canada. 2. French Canadians collectively.
Word: fleshliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fleshly + -ness. 1. Indulgence in concerns of the flesh; bodily appetites. Labels: uncountable Example: when strong passion, or weake fleshlinesse / Would from the right way seeke to draw him wide, / He would through temperance and stedfastnesse, / Teach him the weake to strengthen [...]. Example: The more recent pictures of the painter Gérôme unite all these attributes in a singular degree; above all, the fleshliness and materialism which make his studies of the nude, in my judgment, altogether inadmissible into the rank of the fine arts.
Word: fresh air Part of Speech: noun 1. The natural, clean air from outside, as opposed to the relatively stuffy air inside. Labels: uncountable Example: Farmers are generally very healthy people, because they have a healthy diet and get lots of fresh air. Example: After spending all week locked up in his room working on his project, James was pleased to get some fresh air in the park.
Word: freshen up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From freshen + up. Compare Saterland Frisian apfriskje (“to refresh, freshen up”), West Frisian opfrisje (“to refresh, freshen up”), Dutch opfrissen (“to refresh, freshen up”), German auffrischen (“to refresh, freshen up”). 1. To wash or groom oneself in order to be more attractive. Labels: intransitive, reflexive Example: Women spend longer than men at freshening up before going out. 2. To freshen, make fresh, revivify, make new. Labels: transitive Example: After beating champions Chelsea 3-1 on Boxing Day, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger made eight changes to his starting XI in an effort to freshen things up, with games against Birmingham and Manchester City to come in the next seven days.
Word: fresh-faced Part of Speech: adj 1. Looking young and healthy. Labels: idiomatic
Word: freshie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fresh + -ie. In the sense of an immigrant, shortened from fresh off the boat. 1. A freshman. Labels: Philippines, US, colloquial, countable Example: You've got a swell chance to make this [baseball] team, you have, not! Third base is my job, Freshie. Why, you tow-head, you couldn't play marbles. 2. A new immigrant (usually to the UK). Labels: UK, colloquial, countable 3. A freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni) Labels: Australia, colloquial, countable 4. Freshly fallen snow. Labels: colloquial, uncountable
Word: freshies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of freshie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of freshy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: freshies Part of Speech: noun 1. Fresh food, such as vegetables and eggs, that cannot be produced in Antarctica and must be imported. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: “Freshies are being served tonight!” “Freshies?” Christina asked. By the sound of his voice, freshies must be something fabulous, she thought. “Fresh vegetables! Carrots, peas and broccoli!” Dr. Orlav answered with gusto.
Word: fretman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fret + -man. 1. A guitar player, especially one who plays acoustic guitar.
Word: prester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English prestre, from Old French prestre. Doublet of presbyter and priest. 1. A priest or presbyter. Labels: obsolete
Word: prester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin prēstēr, from Ancient Greek πρηστήρ (prēstḗr, “hurricane or waterspout attended with lightning; (in plural) veins of the neck when swollen by anger”). 1. A waterspout.
Word: unbrace Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + brace. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈbɹeɪs/ 1. To undo, unfasten; to relax, loosen. Labels: transitive Example: The knight emboyling in his haughtie hart, / Knit all his forces, and gan soone vnbrace / His grasping hold [...].
Word: fricandeau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French fricandeau. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪkændəʊ/, /fɹɪkænˈdəʊ/, /ˈfɹɪkənˌdoʊ/, /ˈfɹɪkn̩ˌdoʊ/ 1. Thinly sliced meat, especially veal, fried or stewed with a sauce; a fricassee. Example: There was a course of two soups, two dishes of fish, stewed beef, boiled lamb and spinach, roast mutton, fricandeau of veal, petit pâté—in short, substantial and choice.
Word: friendship bracelet Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of handmade macramé bracelet given to friends. Example: But while VSCO girls summon imagery of nature and friendship bracelets, e-girls more closely resemble the “scene” trend of the 2000s.
Word: sterve Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of starve. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Ah (ſaid the Ape as ſighing vvondrous ſad) / Its an hard caſe, vvhen men of good deſeruing / Muſt either driuen be perforce to ſteruing, / Or asked for their pas by euerie ſquib: […] Example: Mildly it [the wind] kiſt our ſailes, and, freſh, and ſvveet, / As, to a ſtomack ſterv'd, vvhoſe inſides meete, / Meate comes, it came; and ſvvole our ſailes, vvhen vvee / So joyd, as Sara' her ſvvelling joy'd to ſee.
Word: outwrest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + wrest. 1. To pull out forcibly; to yank out. Labels: rare Example: my engreeued mind could find no rest, / Till that the truth thereof I did outwrest […]
Word: foamless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From foam + -less. 1. Without foam. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonfoaming Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + foaming. 1. Not producing foam. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonfoamy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + foamy. 1. Not foamy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: behang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *behangen, behongen, bihangien, bihengen, from Old English behōn (“to hang round”), equivalent to be- + hang. Cognate with Dutch behangen (“to decorate”), German behängen (“to hang, drape, decorate”). 1. To hang round or about, as ornament or embellishment; suspend; drape. Labels: transitive Example: Now seven times had frosty-bearded Winter covered both herbs and flowers with snow, and behung the trees with crystal icicles, since the unfortunate St. George beheld the cheerful light of heaven, but lived obscure in a dismal dungeon, […] Example: And with rich clusters (hid among / The leaves) her temples I behung: […]
Word: cobralike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cobra + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a cobra.
Word: vengeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Anglo-Norman vengeable. 1. Vengeful. Labels: obsolete 2. Prompted by or characterised by revenge; severe, cruel. Labels: obsolete Example: I sought / Vpon my selfe that vengeable despight / To punish
Word: fructiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin frūctus + -i- + -ferous. 1. Synonym of fruit-bearing.
Word: frugiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin frūgifer? 1. bearing fruit
Word: fucus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin Fūcus, from Ancient Greek φῦκος (phûkos). Pronunciation: /ˈfjuː.kəs/ 1. Any alga of the genus Fucus. Example: Sea-weeds, consisting of different species of fuci, algæ, and confervæ, are much used as a manure on the sea-coasts of Britain and Ireland. Example: One of the feeblest of these inlets, after winding for some time among buried fragments of masonry, and knots of sunburnt weeds whitened with webs of fucus, stays itself in an utterly stagnant pool beside a plot of greener grass covered with ground ivy and violets. 2. A skin cosmetic, a wash or colouring for the skin. Labels: obsolete Example: And to morrowe morning, ¶ I’le ſend you a perfume, firſt to reſolue ¶ And procure ſweat, and then prepare a Bath ¶ To clenſe, and cleare the Cutis; againſt when, ¶ I’le haue an excellent new Fucus made, ¶ Reſiſtiue 'gainſt the ſunne, the raine, or wind, ¶ Which you ſhall lay on with a breath, or oyle, ¶ As you beſt like, and laſt ſome fourteen howres,[…] 3. A veil, pretense, mask; an artifice, deception. Labels: figuratively, obsolete 4. Any dye or colouring. Labels: obsolete
Word: full-page Part of Speech: adj 1. covering an entire page. Labels: not-comparable Example: Taking a full-page advertisement in the New York Times, the New Haven counter-attacked with vigour. Example: This past weekend, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach set off a firestorm with his full-page ad in the New York Times accusing National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice of turning a blind eye to the Rwandan genocide when she was on President Bill Clinton’s national security team in the 1990s.
Word: Fu Manchu mustache Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Famously worn by Dr. Fu Manchu, a fictional villain in the novels of Sax Rohmer, also featured extensively in film and other media. 1. A full, straight moustache that grows downward past the lips and on either side of the chin and extends down toward the toes.
Word: secondees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of secondee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fumatory Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to smoke, smoking, or fumigation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fumatory Part of Speech: noun 1. A place for subjecting things to smoke or vapour.
Word: funfest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fun + -fest. 1. A fun event. Labels: US, informal
Word: physiotherapeutic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From physio- + therapeutic. 1. Of or relating to physiotherapy.
Word: funnelform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From funnel + -form. 1. Having the shape of a funnel. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fun park Part of Speech: noun 1. An amusement park.
Word: furfuraceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin furfur (“bran”) + -aceous. 1. Made of bran. Labels: not-comparable 2. Resembling bran; having or characterised by small flakes that resemble bran or dandruff. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1828, William Jackson Hooker, Pitcairnia Bracteata: Bracteated Pitcairnia, Samuel Curtis (editor), Curtis's Botanical Magazine: Or, Flower Garden Displayed, Volume 55 [Volume 2 of the New Series], page 207, Leaves a foot or more long on the lower part of the cylindrical and furfuraceous stem, linear-lanceolate, coriaceous, obscurely striated, very acuminated, the margin entire, except at the sheathing base, where there are some strong brown teeth pointing upwards: […] . Example: This form does not produce crusts, but furfuraceous scales, white, more or less thick, sometimes damp, and adhering to the hair by the help of a viscous and fœtid discharge, and sometimes dry and friable, detaching itself from the head with the greatest facility.
Word: furmenty Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɜː.mən.ti/, /ˈfɝ.mən.ti/ 1. Alternative form of frumenty. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Remember thou therefore, though I do it not, The seed-cake, the pasties, and furmenty pot
Word: further education Part of Speech: noun 1. Education beyond compulsory schooling, not including university-based higher education. Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: fuzzy-wuzzy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Adjective: Reduplication of fuzzy. Noun: From the adjective, in reference to their fuzzy hair texture. 1. Fuzzy. Labels: childish, informal Example: a fuzzy-wuzzy cat
Word: fuzzy-wuzzy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Adjective: Reduplication of fuzzy. Noun: From the adjective, in reference to their fuzzy hair texture. 1. A Hadendoa warrior of the Mahdi army in the 19th century. Labels: UK, historical 2. A Papuan, especially one who assisted the Australian military against the Japanese; a Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel. Labels: Australia
Word: Gaelic coffee Part of Speech: noun 1. Irish coffee Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: galactopoietic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From galacto- + -poietic. 1. Milk-producing. Labels: not-comparable
Word: slape Part of Speech: adj 1. slippery, slippy Labels: Yorkshire, dialectal Example: The Princess [Victoria] was running about one wet morning on the terrace, when the gardener warned her to be careful, as the ground was "slape." She turned and asked: "What is slape?" At that moment her heels flew up and she sat down suddenly on the slippery ground. "That is slape, miss," replied the old servant.
Word: stote Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of stoat (“to stitch without passing fully through (cloth)”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, transitive Example: [It is inadvisable] to stote small pieces together to make one of the size required, for the reason that, however well the stoting is done, the finish is liable to be clumsy. Example: The equipment required to stote a damage in any material is very simple. You will need a thimble [...] to stote any pattern material using this method.
Word: stote Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of stoat. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: ZIF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Zero insertion force. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, initialism, usually 2. Initialism of zero intermediate frequency. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Gaelic coffees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Gaelic coffee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mulhousians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mulhousian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Limehousing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Limehouse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chiacked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of chiack Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: chiacks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chiack Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fibreboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fibreboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hardboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hardboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fundholders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fundholder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fundectomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fundectomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wasten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From waste (“empty, barren, dejected, dismal”, adjective) + -en. 1. To make or become waste (i.e. barren, dejected, dismal, feeble, or sickly) or wasted Labels: ambitransitive Example: It is our wisdom to master this wastening incredulity: to overcome unbelief, by faith; and so the more easily this present world; making light of its permitted trials, and sitting loose to its possessions. Example: […] Thomas s. of Chr: Clifton of Clifton & Will'm sonne of Robert Miller of Leedes lost in the snow the 8t of Februarie & not found till then & Clifto's child strangly wastened all saveing a very few bones thothr whole & fresh […]
Word: gamophyllous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gamo- + phyllous. 1. Composed of leaves or segments (e.g. perianth) united by their edges. Labels: not-comparable Example: gamophyllous perianth Example: gamophyllous cymes
Word: gamogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gamo- + -genesis. 1. sexual reproduction Labels: uncountable
Word: gametophore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gameto- + -phore. 1. in ferns, the bearer of sex organs
Word: gastrology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gastro-, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”) and -logy, from -λογία (-logía, “study of”). Gastro- and gastric (meaning related to the stomach) are both derived from the Greek word. 1. the scientific study of the stomach Labels: uncountable
Word: NRO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Reconnaissance Office. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of National Reconciliation Ordinance. Labels: Pakistan, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NRO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of near-rectilinear orbit / near-rectilineal orbit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Number Resource Organization. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: undestroyed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + destroyed. 1. Not destroyed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: undestroyed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of undestroy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Isy Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Izzy (diminutive of female given names). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pantyhoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pantyhose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonprovincial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + provincial. 1. Not restricted to a small region; not done in isolation. Labels: not-comparable Example: Whatever utility the work may have outside of its stated boundaries will be largely because of such a nonprovincial approach.
Word: little woman Part of Speech: noun 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little, woman. Example: This impression was so strong that often when we were together and he got up and left a little woman just when she did not expect him to get up and leave her, but quite the contrary, I would explain: “He can't help it, Baby. He has to go back to his ship.” 2. A wife. Labels: informal Example: “My little woman,” said her husband dubiously, “are you quite sure you're better? Or are you, Sophia, about to break out in a fresh direction?” 3. A female person with dwarfism, or short stature resulting from a medical condition. Labels: euphemistic
Word: little women Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of little woman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: no-take Part of Speech: adj 1. Under a level of protection where nobody is permitted to remove any fish or other organisms. Labels: not-comparable Example: Here we provide 17 reasons why there is a strong scientific, management, and public interest in using no-take marine reserves to build sustainable fisheries and protect marine ecosystems. Example: There are also other flow-on benefits for many species in areas outside a no-take area - for example, spill-over of adults and juvenile fishes, as well as larval recruitment...
Word: bear garlic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque from Latin Allium ursinum. 1. A wild plant related to chives; ramsons, Allium ursinum. Labels: uncountable
Word: wild garlic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French ail sauvage, Portuguese alho selvagem. 1. Ramsons (Allium ursinum). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Allium vineale. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Allium canadense. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: wood garlic Part of Speech: noun 1. Ramsons. Labels: uncountable
Word: microliterature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + literature. 1. A body of short articles and publications, each containing only a little new information. Labels: uncountable Example: By a systematic scanning of microliterature, a list of these can be made. Example: There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.
Word: broad-leaved garlic Part of Speech: noun 1. Ramsons (Allium ursinum). Labels: uncountable
Word: notrump Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of no-trump. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: notrumps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of notrump Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doke Part of Speech: noun 1. A dimple or dint. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: nonwarmed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + warmed. 1. Not warmed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncrippled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + crippled. 1. Not crippled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: clutteredness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cluttered + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being cluttered. Labels: uncountable
Word: superscout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + scout. 1. An exceptionally talented or successful scout (one who seeks out potential talent for a sports team). Labels: informal
Word: superscouts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superscout Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noncleared Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + cleared. 1. Not having been cleared (in various senses). Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncoral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + coral. 1. Not of or pertaining to coral. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonruby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + ruby. 1. Not of or pertaining to ruby. Labels: not-comparable Example: nonruby muscovite
Word: nonbauxite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + bauxite. 1. Not of or pertaining to bauxite. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonfragmented Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + fragmented. 1. Not fragmented. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonaugmented Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + augmented. 1. Not augmented. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unaugmented Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + augmented. 1. Not augmented. Labels: not-comparable
Word: smoothy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From smooth + -y. 1. Characterised by smoothness. Labels: informal, nonstandard Example: It will make your life smoothier and more enjoyable. Example: The one who has the smoothiest hair wins.
Word: smoothy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smooth + -y. 1. Alternative spelling of smoothie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: smoothy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smooth + -y. 1. Someone (usually a male) who undergoes extreme body modification to have his testicles, scrotum, penis and sometimes nipples or otherwise all sexual stimuli removed. Labels: informal
Word: cadaster Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cadastre. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cadasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cadaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anticentre Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of anticenter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: anticenters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anticenter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anticentres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anticentre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roachlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From roach + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a roach (insect).
Word: roke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English roke (“fog, vapour, cloud”), probably from Old Norse roka ("whirlwind, fine spray"; compare Old Norse særoka (“seaspray”)), reinforced later by Middle Dutch roke, rooc (“smoke”), from Old Dutch rouc (“steam, vapour”), from Proto-Germanic *raukiz (“smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewg- (“to erupt, vomit, burp”), from *rew- (“to roar, growl, grumble”). Cognate with Scots rok, roik, rouk (“mist, fog, cloud”), Dutch rook (“smoke, fog”), German Rauch (“smoke, fume”), Swedish rök (“smoke, fume, steam, reek”), West Frisian reek, riik (“smoke, fume”). More at reek. Compare dialectal rawk, which is related, and rag (“fog”) (see raggy (“foggy”)), which may or may not be. Pronunciation: /ɹəʊk/ 1. Fog, mist; light rain; smoke, vapour; damp. Labels: UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable
Word: roke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unclear; perhaps related to dialect rauk, rawk, a northern English dialectal word for a mark, including e.g. a defect on cloth. Pronunciation: /ɹəʊk/ 1. A defect in an ingot of steel: a depression lined with scale. Example: It was found by examination of numerous sections of roky shell that it was not possible to estimate the extent of a roke by its appearance on the surface. The filing of a groove across the roke gives some […] indication as to its depth, […] 2. A measurement of coal ore. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: of which custom the aforesaid John Parlby being not in the least ignorant, on the 20th day of Jun, in the second year of the reign of our Lord the present King, at the same pit, received and had a whole roke of coals, value 18d., by the delivery of the said Richard, together with a sign for one whole roke, according to the custom aforesaid; Example: In 1450 certain lands at Codnor were exchanged subject to the condition that one of the parites should receive yearly three roke of coal if any 'myne of cole' were got.
Word: schole Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of school. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Not long after our sitting doune, I haue strange newes brought me, sayth M. Secretarie, this morning, that diuerse Scholers of Eaton, be runne awaie from the Schole, for feare of beating.
Word: rooklike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rook + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a rook.
Word: tinker's dam Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tinker's damn. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: zoop Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative; compare zap, zip. Pronunciation: /zuːp/ 1. Sound effect suggesting rapid motion. Labels: colloquial Example: "Let me show you how this damn stuff explodes in pure oxygen," Johnson said, and turned on the projector. Markley was "totally aghast" himself. "It just went ZOOP! It was unbelievable. The stuff burned like you couldn't imagine." Example: On the day they play the Wild Things for the City Cup, he dons his gear (pulling on his underwear with a "zap" and his socks with a "zoop") and heads for the field.
Word: Arizona room Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its use in and association with homes in the southwestern desert state of Arizona in the United States. Cf. Florida room. 1. A semi-outdoor recreation room, typically an enclosed patio or sunroom used as a sleeping patio before the advent of air conditioning. Labels: US Example: It has two kitchens and pantries, a firewood room, an Arizona room, screen porches, closets, and no telling what else.
Word: bastardizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bastardize + -er. 1. One who bastardizes.
Word: bastardizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bastardizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bastardiser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bastardise + -er. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of bastardizer. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: bastardisers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bastardiser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonmined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + mined. 1. unmined Labels: not-comparable
Word: pawnable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pawn + -able. 1. Suitable for being pawned.
Word: pawner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pawn + -er. 1. One who pawns an item.
Word: pawners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pawner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unpawnable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + pawnable. 1. Not pawnable.
Word: unpawned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + pawned. 1. Not having been pawned. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unpawned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unpawn Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unpornographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + pornographic. 1. Not pornographic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: royaler Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of royal: more royal Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: hockeyer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French hockeyeur or Dutch hockeyer. 1. A hockey player. Example: Be glad that hockeyers seem to be still allowed Pj! Example: Feh! Try rushing your 400 pounds of brute meat on a REAL* hockey player... If he manage to not break his skull by falling on the ice, we'll see if he can survive the fully trained warrior that is a hockeyer having dropped the gloves ;P
Word: Chassid Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Hasid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: copaiba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese copaíba, borrowed from Old Tupi kopa'yba, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kopaʔɨβ + Old Tupi -a. Pronunciation: /ˌkəʊpaɪˈiːbə/ 1. Any of several South American trees of the genus Copaifera Labels: countable 2. An oleoresin, extracted from such trees, used in varnishes, ointments and as a perfume fixative. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dad dancer Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who practises, or is regarded as engaging in, dad dancing. Example: I gather that he was a bit of a “dad dancer” – embarrassing on his feet, seeming old before his time. […] The moral of the story is to be aware of dad-dancing, or the display of any other behavioural oddities, when you first meet.
Word: dad-dancing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dad dancing. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: copaibas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of copaiba Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fire blight Part of Speech: noun 1. A bacterial plant disease, caused by Erwinia amylovora, that affects apples, pears and some other members of the Rosaceae family. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Pear growers also often reported scab and fire blights as the most damaging diseases. Example: This paper reports on the transformation of apple aimed on an improvement of resistance to fire blight. Fire blight is a serious disease, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora, affecting apple, pear and other members of the Rosaceous family.
Word: riflewoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rifle + woman. 1. A female rifleman (one who uses a rifle as a weapon).
Word: riflewomen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of riflewoman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: holarctic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From holo- + Arctic. 1. Distributed in a geographic range around the North Pole; restricted to Arctic regions. Labels: not-comparable Example: It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.
Word: recharacterize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Ancient Greek χᾰρακτηρίζω (khăraktērízō)der. Medieval Latin charactērizōder. English characterize English recharacterize From re- + characterize. 1. To characterize again or anew. Labels: transitive
Word: recharacterizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recharacterize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: recharacterizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recharacterize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recharacterized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recharacterize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rechannelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rechannel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rechannelling Part of Speech: noun 1. The process by which something is rechannelled, or sent in a new direction.
Word: rechannelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rechannel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: minirefrigerator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + refrigerator. 1. A small refrigerator, such as is often found in hotel or dormitory rooms
Word: minirefrigerators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minirefrigerator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: willy-nilly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Literally, “Be one willing to, be one unwilling to”. From will I, nill I (“whether I want to or not”, with both verbs in the subjunctive), reflecting the old (viz. pre-Great Vowel Shift) pronunciation of I as ee, not yet as eye. Conflated with will he, nill he (with silent h) and will ye, nill ye (with yod dropping), meaning likewise “be he/you willing or not”. For more, refer to the individual component words: * will (“to desire, to wish, to be willing”) (archaic) * nill (“to not desire or wish, to be unwilling”) (obsolete) Compare Latin volens nolens, velim nōlim and English harum-scarum, which have this same meaning. Pronunciation: /ˌwɪl.iːˈnɪl.iː/, /ˌwɪl.iˈnɪl.i/, /ˌwəl.iːˈnəl.iː/, /ˌwil.iːˈnil.iː/ 1. Whether desired or not; without regard for consequences or wishes of those affected; whether willingly or unwillingly. Example: Whenever I see a long handsome neck, willy nilly, the thought will come uppermost—What a capital neck for carving! Those cursed executions! One can't rid one's mind of them. Example: [I]f you love him not, then you can love me, and, therefore, can come to please yourself, willy-nilly. What! am I to be thwarted in such a trifle? Willy-nilly, I say, I will marry thee. Come—we waste the time. 2. Seemingly at random; haphazardly. Labels: idiomatic Example: The novel Alice in Wonderland describes a place where things happen willy-nilly. Example: Some writers chasing money churn out novels willy-nilly.
Word: willy-nilly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Literally, “Be one willing to, be one unwilling to”. From will I, nill I (“whether I want to or not”, with both verbs in the subjunctive), reflecting the old (viz. pre-Great Vowel Shift) pronunciation of I as ee, not yet as eye. Conflated with will he, nill he (with silent h) and will ye, nill ye (with yod dropping), meaning likewise “be he/you willing or not”. For more, refer to the individual component words: * will (“to desire, to wish, to be willing”) (archaic) * nill (“to not desire or wish, to be unwilling”) (obsolete) Compare Latin volens nolens, velim nōlim and English harum-scarum, which have this same meaning. Pronunciation: /ˌwɪl.iːˈnɪl.iː/, /ˌwɪl.iˈnɪl.i/, /ˌwəl.iːˈnəl.iː/, /ˌwil.iːˈnil.iː/ 1. That happens whether willingly or unwillingly. Example: [S]omeone saw thy willy-nilly nun / Vying a tress against our golden fern. Example: O my God, if man be only / A willy-nilly current of sensations— / Reaction needs must follow revel—yet— / Why feel remorse, he, knowing that he must have / Moved in the iron grooves of Destiny? 2. Seemingly random; haphazard; arbitrary.
Word: nonlobbying Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + lobbying. 1. Not lobbying. Labels: not-comparable
Word: anticryptococcal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + cryptococcal. 1. That prevents or inhibits cryptococcosis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: weakminded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From weak + minded. 1. Alternative spelling of weak-minded. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: An aroma of fraud hung about it, and only a weakminded person would waste time on it. Example: They appeal to the brave gens and gens braves as opposed to the "weakminded" and "dishonest" politicians and they assume that those once ready to die for the fatherland should again unite in the spirit of battleground comradeship
Word: weakheaded Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of weak-headed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: weakbrained Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of weak-brained. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: weakwilled Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of weak-willed. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Killership requires a person to become brave and polite. It is not deal of weakwilled and spineless people. This deal likes neither cheating nor foolishness.
Word: Easters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Easter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Easters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Easter Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overwordy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + wordy. 1. Excessively wordy.
Word: overwordiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overwordy + -ness. 1. Excessive wordiness. Labels: uncountable
Word: mes- Part of Speech: prefix 1. prevocalic variant of meso- Labels: morpheme Example: mesenchyma
Word: intermesh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From inter- + mesh. 1. To mesh between one another. Labels: intransitive
Word: intermeshes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of intermesh Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: intermeshed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of intermesh Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: intermeshings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of intermeshing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: schemingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From scheming + -ly. 1. In a scheming manner; deviously.
Word: gyne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “female”). Doublet of quean and queen. 1. The primary reproductive female caste of social insects (especially ants, wasps, and bees), those destined to become queens.
Word: gyne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of gynecologist. 1. gynecologist Labels: informal
Word: gyne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of gynecomastia. 1. gynecomastia Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Gynecomastia is estimated to affect anywhere from 30 to 70 per cent of males at some stage of their lives. And "gyne" or "gyno", as it's commonly known, is not only an unwelcome (and ironic) side-effect of anabolic-androgenic - that is, muscle-building and masculinising - steroids: it can also be caused by other hormonal disruptors such as alcohol, cigarettes, cannabis, obesity, puberty (usually temporarily) and old age. But [Tom] Powell says his gyno was "99 percent" likely due to steroids.
Word: gynes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gyne Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gynarchies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gynarchy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gynarchic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gynarchy + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to gynarchy.
Word: socialities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sociality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blinkt Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of blink Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: delf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English delf, delve, dælf (“a quarry, clay pit, hole; an artificial watercourse, a canal, a ditch, a trench; a grave; a pitfall”), from Old English delf, ġedelf (“delving, digging”) and dælf (“that which is dug, delf, ditch”), from Proto-West Germanic *delban (“to dig”), from Proto-Germanic *delbaną (“to dig”). More at delve. 1. A mine, quarry, pit dug; ditch. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal 2. A charge representing a square sod of turf, traditionally taking the form of a simple square (e.g. in the middle of an escutcheon), although modernly sometimes represented with the grass in profile. Example: two delves gules 3. Alternative form of delft (“style of earthenware”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Five nothings in five plates of delf Example: Suddenly a beautiful delf blue-and-white flower-pot, which had been set on the window-sill of an upper storey, fell to the ground with a crash, and the fragments spluttered up around my father's legs.
Word: dolve Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of delve Labels: form-of, obsolete, past Example: And wo worth that man, that first dolue the moulde / To fynde out the myne, of syluer and golde. Example: And Mannaryng met, both in an Orcharde. / And Dauid the Dicar, came in wyth hys spade: / And dolue vp the Dreamer, tyl the line was made.
Word: see the wood for the trees Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of see the forest for the trees. Labels: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic
Word: crocoites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crocoite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crocodylomorphs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crocodylomorph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soln Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of solution. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: defn Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of definition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: abbrevn Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of abbreviation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: contd Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of continued. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: pls Part of Speech: adv 1. Abbreviation of please. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: mltply Part of Speech: verb 1. Abbreviation of multiply. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: shrthnd Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of shorthand. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Example: SECRETARIAL: TYPING WPM _____ SHRTHND WPM _____
Word: c*nt Part of Speech: noun 1. Censored spelling of cunt.
Word: tw*t Part of Speech: noun 1. Censored spelling of twat.
Word: tw*t Part of Speech: verb 1. Censored spelling of twat.
Word: p*ss Part of Speech: noun 1. Censored spelling of piss. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: p*ss Part of Speech: verb 1. Censored spelling of piss.
Word: t*ts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of t*t Labels: form-of, plural 2. Censored spelling of tits. Labels: plural
Word: t*rd Part of Speech: noun 1. Censored spelling of turd. 2. Censored spelling of tard.
Word: motherf****r Part of Speech: noun 1. Censored spelling of motherfucker.
Word: f***ing Part of Speech: adj 1. Censored spelling of fucking. Labels: not-comparable Example: “You f***ing destroyed the whole f***ing match. The whole f***ing match, you destroyed,” Zverev can be heard shouting at the umpire, before going back to his chair to hit it one more time.
Word: f***ing Part of Speech: adv 1. Censored spelling of fucking. Labels: not-comparable Example: “You f***ing destroyed the whole f***ing match. The whole f***ing match, you destroyed,” Zverev can be heard shouting at the umpire, before going back to his chair to hit it one more time.
Word: kerve Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of carve. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: And in that figure Plinius wrꝛiteth that be ſawe hym kerued before the temple of Venus. Example: That else was like to sterve Through cruell knife, that her deare hart did kerve.
Word: c*cksucker Part of Speech: noun 1. Censored spelling of cocksucker.