nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Cheng Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 城 (Chéng). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɛŋ/, /t͡ʃʌŋ/, /t͡ʃɑŋ/, /t͡ʃæŋ/, /ʃɛŋ/ 1. A district of Yangquan, Shanxi, China. 2. A district of Jincheng, Shanxi, China. Example: The staff from the Cheng District Christian Council (CC) in Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, presented hand warmers, eight treasure congees, and instant noodles on January 28 to pandemic prevention workers in Guanxiang Community Neighborhood Committee, Cheng District CC&TSPM reported.
Word: kakiemon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 柿右衛門様式 (Kakiemon yōshiki, literally “Kakiemon style”). Named after Sakaida Kakiemon (1596-1666), who initially developed the technique. Pronunciation: /ˌkɑkiˈeɪmɒn/ 1. Japanese porcelain wares featuring enamel decoration. Labels: uncountable
Word: GGs Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From GG (“good game; good going”) + -s. 1. Synonym of good game or good going. Labels: Internet Example: Yeah GGs to all there. great fun as is the norm when we can all get in there and have a little orgy. Example: GGs to you, too! It was fun, even if I did get my clock cleaned.
Word: GGs Part of Speech: name Etymology: Initialism of Google Groups with its plural suffix -s. 1. Initialism of Google Groups. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: GGers come in several flavors: […] 3. Wants the convienience of having both GGs and Usenet together under one interface. These are more likely to be the good ones. 4. Is using GGs to get around the Usenet ban at work. This is probably the biggest percentage of them. Example: Look at the upper left side of your screen & you will see Gmail, You;ll^([sic]) need to start using that on GGs to read mail .
Word: GGs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of GG Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inrō Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 印籠 (inrō). 1. A small decorative box, hung from the sash of a kimono, for holding small objects.
Word: zōri Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zori. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Traditionally zōri were made with a bamboo sole and woven from bamboo or grass. Modern zōri are cork soled with leather, plastic, or cloth. Example: Stepping into the black and white leather zōris that awaited him under the desk, he hurried from his bedroom.
Word: bentō Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bento. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rallyes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rallye Labels: form-of, plural
Word: embarcadère Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French embarcadère, from Spanish embarcadero. 1. A pier, a wharf. Labels: rare Example: When I left next morning the Doctor came with me in the pirogue all the way to the embarcadère at Lambaréné […] Example: From here one reaches the open air when one leaves the embarcadère.
Word: embarcadères Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of embarcadère Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ang Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 洪 (Âng). Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ/, [ˈæŋ], /ˈeɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈeɪ̯ŋ], /ˈɛ̃ŋ/ 1. A surname from Hokkien.
Word: Ong Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hokkien 王 (Ông) or 汪 (Ong). 1. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
Word: Ong Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Vietnamese Ông, from Chinese 翁. 1. A Chinese surname from Vietnamese.
Word: Ong Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Taishanese 鄧 /邓 (ang⁵). 1. A Chinese surname from Taishanese.
Word: Kwok Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cantonese 郭 (gwok³). Doublet of Guo and Kuo. Pronunciation: /kwɔk/ 1. A surname from Cantonese.
Word: Absolution Day Part of Speech: name 1. The Tuesday before Easter.
Word: Wong Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cantonese, from Chinese: * 王 (wong⁴, “king”). Doublet of Vuong and Wang. * 黃／黄 (wong⁴, “yellow”). Doublet of Huynh and Huang. * 汪 (wong¹). Pronunciation: /wɒŋ/, /wɔːŋ/, /wɔŋ/, /wɑŋ/ 1. A Chinese surname from Cantonese. Example: Would Mr. Kim prefer that our biracial protagonists leave Master Wong to die? Is he ignoring the fact they save him with skills the master taught them? Example: But Hong Kong-based cross-media artist Victor Wong didn’t think the painting — which looks like a blurry oil painting of a man — was anything that revolutionary.
Word: talk out one's ass Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of talk out of one's ass. Labels: Canada, US, slang
Word: bonded labours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bonded labour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: debt bondages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of debt bondage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bonded labors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bonded labor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perfect gold standard tests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perfect gold standard test Labels: form-of, plural
Word: furcation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From furcate + -ion. 1. The act or process of furcating; a forking or branching out. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: furcations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of furcation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unbiblically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unbiblical + -ly. 1. In an unbiblical way.
Word: curvaceously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From curvaceous + -ly. 1. In a curvaceous way.
Word: buxomness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English buxomnesse, buxumnesse (“obedience, meekness, benevolence”); by surface analysis, buxom + ness. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌksəmnəs/ 1. Voluptuousness, shapeliness. Labels: uncountable 2. Obedience. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 3. Happiness, gaiety. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: antitrafficking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + trafficking. 1. Serving to counter human trafficking. Labels: not-comparable, usually 2. Serving to counter arms or drug trafficking. Labels: not-comparable
Word: declinist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From decline + -ist. Pronunciation: /dɪˈklaɪnɪst/ 1. A subscriber to declinism. Example: Rather than accept this, declinists often explained things that did not happen, with explanations that did not work, based on bad history. Thus declinists insist that British R&D has always been low, the City always over-mighty, the country always in the grip of empire, the state under the imaginative control of classicists and historians rather than technocrats, that industry never stood a chance.
Word: declinist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From decline + -ist. Pronunciation: /dɪˈklaɪnɪst/ 1. Believing in or tending towards declinism. Example: Against a background of almost paralytic gloom and declinist talk, Vienna tried to take on Napoleon, breifly bhecked him at Aspern-Essling and then went down to absolute defeat at Wagram […]. Example: As our first declinist candidate for president, Donald J Trump did at least express something new and true about the nature of our country.
Word: declinists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of declinist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kibes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kibe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: engrain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the French phrase en grain. See grain (“cochineal dye”). 1. Alternative spelling of ingrain. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: engrains Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of engrain Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: engraining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of engrain Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: engrained Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of engrain Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Pollyannaishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Pollyannaish + -ly. 1. In a Pollyannaish way; with irrational optimism. Example: Albert Casey, head of the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), has even suggested (perhaps Pollyannaishly) that as little as $25 billion additional federal resources may be needed to finish the S&L cleanup.
Word: underheat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From under- + heat. 1. To heat insufficiently. Labels: transitive Example: We shivered in the underheated corridor.
Word: underheats Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of underheat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: underheating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of underheat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: underheated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of underheat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: underheated Part of Speech: adj 1. Not heated enough. Labels: especially Example: Near-synonym: underwarm Example: an underheated apartment
Word: fistlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fist + -like. 1. Resembling a fist (clenched hand).
Word: midgame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + game. 1. The middle part of a game, between the opening and the endgame.
Word: midgame Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mid- + game. 1. In the middle of a game. Labels: not-comparable
Word: midgame Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From mid- + game. 1. In the middle of a game. Labels: not-comparable
Word: midgames Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of midgame Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maqams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maqam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goalsquare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From goal + square. 1. One of the squares, measuring 9 by 6.4 metres, marked at either end of the ground in front of the goalpost, and from which the ball is kicked after a behind.
Word: goalsquares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goalsquare Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goal square Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of goalsquare. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: goal squares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goal square Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Nuer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dinka Nuer; the Nuer name is Naath. Pronunciation: /ˈnuːə/, /ˈnuɚ/ 1. Any member of a pastoral confederation of tribes located in South Sudan and western Ethiopia, forming one of the largest ethnic groups of East Africa.
Word: Nuer Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dinka Nuer; the Nuer name is Naath. Pronunciation: /ˈnuːə/, /ˈnuɚ/ 1. The language spoken by these people.
Word: Nuers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Nuer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poplike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pop + -like. 1. Resembling pop music.
Word: clickety Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative, from click. 1. A clicking sound suggesting mechanical motion.
Word: multihour Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + hour. 1. Of two or more hours in duration. Labels: not-comparable Example: It’s just that when I’ve been stripped of my possessions, my dignity and any semblance of personal space and then strapped in for a multihour spell in the world’s most cramped and crappy bar car, the little niceties go a long way toward keeping me – keeping everyone – sane. Example: In the case of a dramatic runway incursion last year at New York’s John. F. Kennedy International Airport, the pilots took off for the multihour trip to London after nearly hitting another loaded passenger jet.
Word: unblanketed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + blanketed. 1. Not blanketed; not covered by a blanket. Labels: not-comparable
Word: poppylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poppy + -like. 1. Resembling a poppy (flower).
Word: ambivalences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ambivalence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: applewood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From apple + wood. 1. The wood of the apple tree. Labels: uncountable Example: The buttery speck from La Quercia is aged up to 10 months, about twice as long as most speck, and then cold-smoked with applewood.
Word: ardors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ardor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barfight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bar + fight. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)faɪt/ 1. A fight that takes place in a bar. Example: Later he will knock the teeth out of a small black boy; abet a grotesquely fat, lizard-skinned “preacher” in the casual abduction, sodomizing and murder of the same child — “abet” him by shooting the child’s father in the throat; soon afterward choke and drown the depraved preacher himself; choke to death an elderly half-wit and then burn his house; lacerate a man’s mouth with broken glass in a barfight, and ogle Becky Thatcher’s braided pigtails from behind.
Word: barfights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barfight Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boathook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boat + hook. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊtˌhʊk/, /ˈboʊtˌhʊk/ 1. A hook attached to a pole used for pulling or pushing boats, rafts, logs or other objects to or from the side of a boat. Example: After that, Hanukkah curled up on the steps of the mosque and withdrew into sleep and his dream of Sarah, of the faint smell of burning sandalwood when she took his head into her lap, a dream from which Amram’s horny toe now dislodged him with all the tenderness of a boathook. 2. A pole or rod with such a hook at one end. Labels: broadly
Word: boathooks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boathook Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boubou Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French boubou, from Wolof mbubb. 1. A flowing wide-sleeved robe worn by men in much of West Africa, and to a lesser extent in North Africa. Example: Yedjo is dressed in a black boubou and carries a saber in his left hand, its copper handle in the form of a vulture's head. Example: In Bamako’s thriving market, a group of moneychangers in brightly colored boubous, the traditional robes worn here, said that Moussa Magassa, who owns the house in the Bronx where his family and the Soumares lived and who lost five children in the blaze, stopped by once or twice a year on his trips home to Mali and was well known in the community.
Word: boubou Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. 1. Any of certain species of birds in the bushshrike genus Laniarius.
Word: boubous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boubou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gonolek Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various passerine birds of the genus Laniarius.
Word: gonoleks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gonolek Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pearwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pear + wood. 1. The wood of the pear tree. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: There were sheets of veneer among Jabez Rintle's reserve materials, carefully preserved between weighted boards, and Peter selected pearwood and mahogany to match the table's inlay.
Word: ostleress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ostler + -ess. 1. A female ostler. Example: Nothing was seen or heard further of Durbeyfield in his triumphal chariot under the conduct of the ostleress, and the club having entered the allotted space, dancing began.
Word: ostleresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ostleress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brrm Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. 1. The sound of a car engine. Labels: childish
Word: clubgoing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From club + going. 1. Attendance at nightclubs. Labels: uncountable Example: (Madonna and Guy Ritchie reportedly spent two hours there discussing the state of African orphans with the prince, who will soon trade his clubgoing for military service in Iraq.)
Word: clubgoing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From club + going. 1. Attending a nightclub or nightclubs. Labels: not-comparable
Word: angiotensinogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From angiotensin + -o- + -gen. 1. A globulin produced by the liver Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chest voice Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of voice of a medium or low pitch and a sonorous quality ascribed to resonance in the chest, or thorax; voice of the thick register. It is produced by vibration of the vocal cords through their entire width and thickness, and with convex surfaces presented to each other.
Word: glamazon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of glamorous + amazon. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlaməzən/ 1. A tall glamorous woman. Labels: colloquial Example: More handsome than most of his pop-star subjects, the Cambridge-educated Whitehead squired plenty of groovy glamazons: Nico, Nathalie Delon, Niki de Saint Phalle and Dido Goldsmith. Example: The warmest of welcomes back to undead glamazon Katie Price, who has emerged from a 37-second self-imposed exile to promote her new book.
Word: glamazons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glamazon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: head voice Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of voice of high pitch and of a thin quality ascribed to resonance in the head; voice of the thin register. In producing it, the vibration of the cords is limited to their thin edges in the upper part, which are then presented to each other. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. One's internal monologue. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Since God is a personal God and if I were to recite the Pledge of Allegiance (One nation under God) in my living room in my voice or even in my head voice, would I be speaking for you and millions of others? Who would hear me? Am I allowed to speak for others? Example: If I just had some encouragement other than my head voice....
Word: harlequinesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From harlequin + -esque. 1. Like or befitting a harlequin; clownish. Example: He was a powerful young fellow, with bewildered hair and beard, wearing his neck open; his blouse was stained with oil-colours in a harlequinesque disorder... Example: Sam Archer is the harlequinesque dancer who was trained in musical theater, while Richard Winsor is the taller, heavier-boned dancer who was trained in ballet.
Word: voice glide Part of Speech: noun 1. The brief and obscure neutral vowel sound that sometimes occurs between two consonants in an unaccented syllable (represented by the apostrophe), as in able.
Word: hitwoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hit + woman, based on earlier hitman. 1. The female equivalent of a hitman; a female assassin for hire. Example: On the show, the person who does most of the critiquing is Ms. Southwick, the delightfully acerbic hitwoman who has become the character to watch.
Word: hitwomen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hitwoman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homoerotica Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English homosexualbf. English homo- Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁rém-e-tider.? Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ἐράω (eráō) Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)der. Latin erōticabor. English erotica English homoerotica From homo- + erotica. 1. Homosexual erotica. Labels: uncountable Example: Pet Shop Boys are actually the late-'80s equivalent of Soft Cell, a synth-pop duo from England with a penchant for dance beats and homoerotica-infused lyrics. Example: His most radical legacy is having seduced a heterosexual public with soft-core homoerotica.
Word: antishock Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + shock. 1. That counteracts or reduces shock, or its effects. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antishock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + shock. 1. A shock wave that gains energy when fluid flows through the shock front. Labels: countable Example: Here the shock is associated with the wavelike property of a system, while the antishock is a consequence of a tendency toward instability. Example: Only normal shocks are generated directly from continuous initial conditions. Solutions containing antishocks exist following discontinuous initial conditions such as those used in shock tubes and those that arise from a collision of two normal shocks, ... 2. A cushioning system for counteracting shock. Labels: uncountable Example: With the M 4 system, superior antishock is available from one end of the adjustment range to the other because higher or lower setttings are achieved through changes in leverage rather than by increasing or decreasing the pre-load. Example: ...with 60-second antishock is its best-seller, taking up more than 70 percent of total output. 3. A drug that works to counter the effects of physical shock. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We all need some antishock, Doctor. Example: Shortly a drawer emerged, holding three loaded syringes: one containing a counteragent for his anaesthetic, the second a mix of sugars, antishocks, viral and bacterial applications, the third a wide-spectrum stimulant package.
Word: hostessing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hostess + -ing. 1. The work of a hostess. Labels: uncountable Example: “Has the art of hostessing gone so far down the tubes that no one knows how to throw a party anymore without all these books?”
Word: hostessing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hostess + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of hostess Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: keema Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Urdu قیمہ, from Persian قیمه (qime), from Turkic, perhaps Ottoman Turkish قیمه (kıyma), whence Turkish kıyma. Doublet of gheimeh, an Iranian meat stew. Pronunciation: /kiːmə/ 1. Finely chopped mince as used in South Asia cookery, typically lamb with peas or potatoes and spices, sometimes used as a filling in samosas or naan. Labels: South-Asia, countable, uncountable Example: I picked up a samosa and took a bite. It was to die for. Crispy and warm, with succulent qeema and just the right amount of matar and aloo.
Word: qeema Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of keema. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: 'Have a little more!' said Sarwari, ladling out qeema on to his plate with a big spoon.
Word: mateys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of matey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monklike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From monk + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a monk.
Word: neurolaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neuro- + law. 1. An emerging field of interdisciplinary study that explores the effects of discoveries in neuroscience on legal rules and standards. Labels: uncountable Example: The extent of that revolution is hotly debated, but the influence of what some call neurolaw is clearly growing.
Word: nuqta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindustani نقطہ / नुक़्ता (nuqtā), from Classical Persian نُقْطَه (nuqta), from Arabic نُقْطَة (nuqṭa). Pronunciation: /ˈnʊktə/ 1. A diacritic used in the Devanagari, Gurmukhi, and other Indian scripts for sounds not present in the original scripts, including sounds borrowed from Arabic, Persian, and English.
Word: overnighter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overnight + -er. 1. A person who overnights, or stays overnight. Example: 1981, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I was totally unprepared (my "padding," my apartment) for an overnighter, but I invited him. Example: Meanwhile, wildlife tourism has turned Knepp into a successful business that employs more people than it did when it was a farm. Springtime overnighters snuggling down in a luxury treehouse after a soak in the open-air, wood-fired Swedish Hikki bathtub may hear nightingales serenading their consorts 2. Something that serves overnight travel, such as a night train. 3. A stay or event that takes place overnight. Labels: informal Example: To tackle the narrative challenge of Cave’s extreme isolation (for most of the winter he’s confined to a tiny hut, lacking even the sun for solace), Harding populates his solitude through reveries of his marriage to a Danish woman, whose pregnancy and calamitous labor make his own ordeal look, at least for a while, like an overnighter in the Adirondacks.
Word: overnighters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overnighter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pipérade Part of Speech: noun 1. A Basque dish of onions, green peppers, and tomatoes sautéed in olive oil and flavoured with Espelette pepper.
Word: protectress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From protector + -ess. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈtɛktɹɪs/ 1. A female protector. Example: But consider, whether in the sacred promise to be not only a protectress, but a mother to this poor child, your purpose may meet the wishes of the noble knight your husband. Example: She left a daughter, who was adopted by Lady Evelyn, to share a like fate with her mother; for when I saw Lucy Aylmer, her protectress was dead, and she had returned to her father's house, with a pale cheek and languid step, which showed how little her heart was there.
Word: protectresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protectress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pocket protector Part of Speech: noun 1. A sheath, usually of plastic, designed to fit in a shirt pocket and hold pens and other small implements, preventing them from tearing or staining the shirt. Example: Common numbers like distances would never be expressed in megameters or nanomiles — it would bring us too close to the Dilbertian world of pocket protectors and calculator holsters. 2. A white-collar technical worker such as a scientist or engineer, especially in military and space applications; a nerd or someone with a nerdy job. Labels: US, metonymically, slang Example: It was a pocket-protector paradise, its culture defined by the HP way: paternal, collaborative, entrepreneurial, community minded and inconspicuous. Example: My dad is head of the math department at UCLA. Yes, that is where all the pocket protectors go to meet other pocket protectors.
Word: pocket protectors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pocket protector Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rinkside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rink + side. 1. The side of an ice rink, where spectators can sit.
Word: shortfalling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From short + falling. 1. A falling short; failure to meet an expectation or standard. Example: “I want to remind you,” Mr. Bush said, “that the I.G. report, which justly made issue of F.B.I. shortfallings, also made it clear that these letters were important to the security of the United States.”
Word: shortfallings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shortfalling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sneakerheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sneakerhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sprayable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spray + -able. 1. That can be sprayed. Labels: not-comparable Example: “Imagine sprayable batteries, conforming to the shape of a device or an appliance,” Professor Chiang said.
Word: sprayable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spray + -able. 1. A substance or product that can be sprayed.
Word: tenacities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tenacity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unwonderful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + wonderful. 1. Not wonderful; unpleasant or sordid. Example: Then, there is the sad, unwonderful case of Loew’s Kings in Flatbush, Brooklyn, where Barbra Streisand was once a regular moviegoer.
Word: weathercasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of weathercaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: weathercasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of weathercast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: weathercaster Part of Speech: noun 1. The presenter of a weathercast. Example: Some weathercasters were offended, and in January, Fox News’s Steve Doocy remarked, on the air, “Does the Weather Channel suddenly have a political agenda?”
Word: mansionette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mansion + -ette. Doublet of maisonette. 1. A large and somewhat luxurious house. Labels: US Example: In the smaller plans of a "Mansionette near Wimbledon Park," "Semi-detached Houses," and "The Compact House built near Blackheath," we are not favoured with any scale. Example: Trading in their battered RV and Louisiana swamplands for a sumptuous pink mansionette with swimming pool, the Malloys pull off their ruse with skill and also childish naïveté. 2. A flat that spans two or more floors, and often has its own entrance (i.e. not off a communal hallway). Labels: UK Example: gone to London to work and had left her mansionette flat empty. The mansionettes stood on high ground overlooking the docks.
Word: mansionettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mansionette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: charreada Part of Speech: noun 1. A Mexican rodeo based on the traditional working practices of charros. Example: The charreada, a type of rodeo popular among a growing number of middle-class Mexican-Americans, is facing criticism over some of its events.
Word: charreadas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of charreada Labels: form-of, plural
Word: declaratively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From declarative + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈklæɹ.ə.tɪv.li/ 1. In a declarative way. Example: Asked if the city had declaratively refused to share the costs of an expansion, she responded: “No, no, no.
Word: promotionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin prōmoveō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Late Latin prōmotiōder. Old French promocionbor. Middle English English promotion English -al English promotional Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English promotionally From promotional + -ly. 1. In a promotional way. Example: As promotionally foreordained, the pickled-herring bash was not only a neighborhood nosh, but also a media mosh, with one local-news earth station at the curb towering over the lunch-hour line that was never less than 30 deep.
Word: articulator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From articulate + -or. 1. One who, or that which, articulates or expresses. Example: He’s got a point; the same qualities that make Exxon Mobil the world’s best producer of oil and gas also cause it to be a terrible articulator of its own message. 2. One who articulates bones and mounts skeletons. 3. A mechanical device to which casts of the teeth are fixed, reproducing recorded positions of the mandible in relation to the maxilla. 4. Any organ in the vocal tract used to articulate, produce speech.
Word: cyclosporin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ciclosporin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: At Stanford, Dr. Shumway combined the use of cyclosporin, an immunosuppressant drug, with an innovative biopsy technique that enabled him to readily check the body’s acceptance or rejection of a new organ.
Word: cyclosporins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyclosporin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: articulators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of articulator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: messageless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From message + -less. 1. Without a message. Labels: not-comparable
Word: foppishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From foppish + -ly. 1. In a foppish way. Example: With Piazza Maggiore, Bologna’s main square, as the backdrop, a short video depiction of the volume, which can be seen on www.fmronline.it, was followed on Thursday night by an hourlong spectacle that included dozens of costumed dancers, a string quartet playing from a stage suspended in midair, suckling pigs roasted over a pit, a fake snowfall and a foppishly dressed acrobat walking Spiderman^([sic])-style up the facade of San Petronio, the city’s cathedral.
Word: trelliswork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trellis + work. 1. A trellis or trellis-like structure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] the trellis-work of lace and ruffles […] Example: Through leaves and trellis-work the sun Left the wine cool within the glass,— They feasting where no sun could pass: […]
Word: trellisworks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trelliswork Labels: form-of, plural
Word: atwinkle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + twinkle. Pronunciation: /əˈtwɪŋkəl/ 1. Twinkling. Labels: not-comparable Example: And he rode with a jewelled twinkle, / His pistol butts a-twinkle, / His rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jewelled sky. Example: Eyes atwinkle at age 71, he boasts skills rare in the Republican Party for waging guerrilla war with help from the news media.
Word: codgerly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From codger + -ly. 1. Like a codger; old and ill-tempered. Example: So it is not surprising that the old boy finds himself in codgerly company these days. Ms. Rendell has ghoulish fun with the assorted elderly, eccentric characters who bedevil him in “Not in the Flesh,” which is only the third of her Wexford books to appear in this present century.
Word: duplicities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of duplicity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: legitimizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From legitimize + -er. 1. One who, or that which, legitimizes.
Word: memorizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From memorize + -er. 1. One who, or that which, memorizes.
Word: legitimizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of legitimizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: memorizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of memorizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: legitimiser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of legitimizer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: memoriser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of memorizer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: legitimisers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of legitimiser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: memorisers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of memoriser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barbat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Persian بربط (barbat, barbot), from Middle Persian, possibly from Ancient Greek βάρβιτος (bárbitos), an unrelated musical instrument. 1. An ancient Persian plucked lute with a pear-shaped body, a flat belly, an angled back near the pegbox, and a fretless neck. Labels: historical Example: MOHAMMAD REZA SHAJARIAN (Thursday) Renowned in his native Iran, the vocalist Mohammad Reza Shajarian has been performing since the 1960s, and is now widely considered one of the finest classical Persian singers in the world. Mr. Shajarian’s son, Homayoun Shajarian, will provide additional vocals and tombak (goblet drum), while Ensemble Ava, a four-piece, will contribute additional instrumentation on the ancient Persian instruments barbat (short-necked lute), tar (long-necked lute), kamancheh (spike fiddle) and daf (frame drum).
Word: barbats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barbat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: buzzsaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From buzz + saw. 1. A circular saw. Example: Agriculture Secretary Edward T. Schafer is preparing to walk into a buzzsaw of criticism over American biofuels policy when he meets with world leaders to discuss the global food crisis next week. 2. Someone or something that makes a loud, harsh, grinding or rasping noise, like that of a circular saw. Labels: slang Example: No danger of these buzzsaws waking up, it was enough to make you wish for impaired hearing. Example: Anyway, buzzsaw hardcore from both bands with nice 'n' trebly production, and each have some Japanese influences in there. 3. The MG 42 general-purpose machine gun. Labels: slang Example: Golden tracers from the jaggering MG42 buzzsaw lit up the air like glitter, and from both directions there were bee-hive-volumes of whizzes and snaps as bullets passed through the air, in some cases only feet from them. Example: Suddenly, machine-gun rounds tore over their heads, stitching a neat row of holes in the wall above them, the weapon's unmistakable ripping report identifying it as a 'buzz saw', as the GIs had nicknamed the German MG42 because of its stupendous rate of fire. 4. A violently destructive attack. Labels: slang Example: The changes ran into a buzzsaw of Congressional criticism. Example: Downsizings attack managers like an emotional buzzsaw. 5. One who attacks violently and/or mindlessly. Example: So he keeps away from the intellectual buzzsaws; and, as both philology and philosophy grow ever more and more technical, the gap between them, if anything, widens. Example: Apparently the jay was unaware that the hawk no longer had its hold because it became a buzzsaw of blue fury, slashing the hawk several more times.
Word: buzzsaw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From buzz + saw. 1. To cut with a circular saw. Labels: transitive 2. To spin rapidly like the blades of a circular saw. Labels: colloquial, intransitive Example: The 7.62 tumblers would buzzsaw through the flimsy protection offered by the float. 3. To produce a loud, harsh noise like that of a circular saw. Labels: ambitransitive, colloquial Example: When the sun comes early through eastern windows and a single horsefly buzzsaws the air it is then I rise from bed my dreams of amputation, of teeth lost, cloaked in the amnesia of another day overwhelmed with trivia. Example: A loud screeching sound buzzsaws the eerie silence of the day.
Word: buzzsaws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buzzsaw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Neider Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Neider. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Neiders Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Neider Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chartlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chart + -like. Piecewise doublet of cardlike. 1. Resembling a chart. Example: His vigorous, chartlike compositions of hieroglyphic signs and word lists are products of a dandyish, semiotic gamesmanship.
Word: crownlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From crown + -like. 1. Resembling a crown. Example: Lot 28 at Sotheby’s is a 21-inch-tall bronze Tyche, late Hellenistic or Roman, about first century B.C. to 1st century A.D. She is standing, with a crownlike diadem resting on top of her curly hair.
Word: daf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Persian and Arabic دَف (daf). 1. A large frame drum, resembling a tambourine, used to accompany popular and classical music in the Middle East. Example: MOHAMMAD REZA SHAJARIAN (Thursday) Renowned in his native Iran, the vocalist Mohammad Reza Shajarian has been performing since the 1960s, and is now widely considered one of the finest classical Persian singers in the world. Mr. Shajarian’s son, Homayoun Shajarian, will provide additional vocals and tombak (goblet drum), while Ensemble Ava, a four-piece, will contribute additional instrumentation on the ancient Persian instruments barbat (short-necked lute), tar (long-necked lute), kamancheh (spike fiddle) and daf (frame drum).
Word: daf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew דַּף. 1. A (double-sided) page of the Talmud.
Word: daf Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of dumb as fuck. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: dafs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of daf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: honeycomblike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From honeycomb + -like. 1. Resembling a honeycomb. Example: Near the fourth-floor elevators, Soo Sunny Park has installed “Fractal Immersion”; viewers peer through honeycomblike openings in layers of drywall, mylar, aluminum and paper.
Word: pickpocketed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pickpocket Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pickpocketing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of stealing from the pocket of a passerby; the crime committed by a pickpocket. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Copperfield says he turned his pockets inside out to reveal nothing in them, even though he was carrying his passport, wallet and cellphone. "Call it reverse pickpocketing," Copperfield told The Palm Beach Post for Wednesday's editions. Example: The vast majority of crime in the capital is petty street crime, such as pickpocketing and “grab and runs.”
Word: pickpocketing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pickpocket Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pillowlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pillow + -like. 1. Resembling a pillow. Example: This is most publicly evident in Mr. Kapoor’s wildly popular “Cloud Gate,” an enormous, shiny, pillowlike archway (known as the Bean) at Millennium Park in Chicago.
Word: plastination Part of Speech: noun 1. A technique for preserving bodies or body parts by replacing the water and fat with certain plastics. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: proclamatory Part of Speech: adj 1. In the manner of a proclamation. Example: Her arms bare, her manner proclamatory, she descended Federal Hall’s steps and struck — again and again — a large gong.
Word: siphoners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of siphoner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: siphoner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From siphon + -er. 1. One who, or that which, siphons. Example: Nick Damianidis, an owner, said the barrel had been hit seven or eight times since last summer by siphoners who strike in the night.
Word: syrahs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of syrah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antiheroic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From antihero + -ic or anti- + heroic. 1. Of, pertaining to or typical of an antihero. Example: “Monsieur Verdoux” may once again be timely, but the audacity of its statement derives less from Chaplin’s antiwar polemic than from his antiheroic pose.
Word: unpostmodern Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + postmodern. 1. Not postmodern. Example: It reads as a manifesto of sorts, a way for the author to assert his right to roam outside his ethnicity, and to justify the rest of his collection, which neurotically avoids the “Vietnamese thing,” taking the reader around the world in 80 days, with narrators of all ages and genders, before coming full circle in the title story — 40 pages of entirely unpostmodern realism about boat people suffering as they try to escape the new Communist state.
Word: unoffended Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + offended. 1. Not offended. Example: It’s easy enough to walk away, unoffended, or to buy a piece of the miscellany that Savvyology or Baron Von Cool thinks is priceless.
Word: unfragmented Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + fragmented. 1. Not fragmented. Example: The zoning codes of the three towns have incorporated provisions of the commission’s plan, including those requiring that any new development have unfragmented expanses of open space that are free of chemical fertilizers.
Word: unexalted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + exalted. 1. Not exalted. Example: It is rare but welcome news that members of one of the most overlooked and unexalted sectors of the work force are raising their voices together.
Word: unembarrassing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + embarrassing. 1. Not embarrassing. Example: At 42, Mr. Chandler has had a career distinguished by few roles that are as well conceived (or as fundamentally unembarrassing) as this one.
Word: unbuildable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + buildable. 1. Not buildable; that cannot be built. Labels: not-comparable Example: Because unusual facades catch the public’s eye and generate much of the popular interest in contemporary architecture, clients often urge an architect to build something that looks unbuildable.
Word: sentencer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sentence + -er. 1. One who sentences. Example: A rigid Baptist, a devoted member of the Harvest Baptist Temple, the sentencer of children to beatings administered by her husband, Bill, Linda wouldn’t have allowed the books if she had known what was in them.
Word: sentencers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sentencer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sandings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sanding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reflectography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reflect + -o- + -graphy. 1. An infrared technique used by art historians to detect layers beneath the top surface of a painting and thus determine whether it is an original. Labels: uncountable Example: IF a picture is worth the proverbial thousand words, taking a peek under the paint using infrared reflectography surely adds a few thousand more — especially when it comes to a work as detailed as the enormous 15th-century altarpiece from the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Ascension in Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain.
Word: reflectogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reflect + -o- + -gram. 1. The set of data captured in an application of reflectography.
Word: reflectograms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reflectogram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: psoriatic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to or suffering from psoriasis. Labels: not-comparable Example: He is a college professor who drinks heavily, suffers from terrible psoriatic arthritis and seems to loathe everything about what’s become of his life.
Word: psoriatic Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who has psoriasis.
Word: megabuilding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + building. 1. A very large and imposing building. Example: Indeed, while the big boys were designing their supersleek megabuildings, it was Tolla and Lignano’s container fetish that got them not one job but two.
Word: megabuildings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megabuilding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: liquidly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From liquid + -ly. 1. In a liquid way. Example: Since Naipaul, and before him, we have had Earl Lovelace, the Commonwealth Writers Prize best-book winner; Lawrence Scott, winner of a Commonwealth Writers Prize for best book in Canada and the Caribbean; Sam Selvon, writer of the most liquidly gorgeous sentences in the Trinidadian canon.
Word: innkeeping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inn + keeping. 1. The trade of an innkeeper; hostelry. Labels: uncountable Example: For Season 3 Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott give up innkeeping and buy their first house.
Word: begrudger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From begrudge + -er. Popularized in the second half of the 20th century. Pronunciation: /bɪˈɡrʌd͡ʒəɹ/ 1. One who begrudges. Example: She still doesn’t believe Obama can win, but she knows she can move ahead only as a beguiler, not a begrudger.
Word: begrudgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of begrudger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cyberself Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + self. 1. An alternate self on the Internet or in cyberspace; an online alter-ego. Example: In this age of cyberselves, with hookups just a Craigslist ad away, the game has evolved to the point of no rules.
Word: cyberselves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyberself Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Byronic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Byron + -ic. Pronunciation: /baɪˈɹɒn.ɪk/, /ˈbaɪrənɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to British Romantic poet George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) or his writings. Example: You have your lovers - dusky beaus / Not made of the poetic stuff / That sports an Apollonian nose, / And wears a sleek Byronic cuff.
Word: antiforeclosure Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + foreclosure. 1. In opposition to foreclosure. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mr. McCain relented in April, but his new stance represented mostly a political pivot, supporting administration antiforeclosure efforts.
Word: biomineralisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of biomineralization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: bulkwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From bulk + -wise. 1. In terms of bulk (size). Labels: not-comparable Example: “Audition” tells of a life lived on, in and never far from TV. This bulky memoir weighs in at more than 600 pages, falling midway, bulkwise, between “Oblomov” and “Ulysses.”
Word: burster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From burst + -er. Compare buster. 1. One who, or that which, bursts or causes to burst. Example: Third, the bubble bursters argue that the Greenspan-Bernanke policy is inherently inflationary because of a built-in asymmetry. 2. A machine that separates one-part continuous form paper into individual sheets along the transverse perforations.
Word: bursters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of burster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: codesign Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From co- + design. 1. To design together. Labels: transitive Example: And I get a huge kick out of laughing at the hilariously unpredictable inflexibility of the computer models of mental processes that my doctoral students and I codesign.
Word: codesign Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From code + sign. 1. To cryptographically sign (software). Labels: transitive
Word: codesigns Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of codesign Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: codesigning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of codesign Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present