nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: mpg Part of Speech: symbol 1. Alternative letter-case form of MPG. Labels: alt-of Example: For example, in the U.K., where a gallon of gasoline currently costs around $5.60, hypermiling could save the average driver doing 8,000 miles in a 33 mpg car around $500 a year, according to Gerdes.
Word: otterish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From otter + -ish. 1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an otter. Example: Forcing her clawed forepaws to be still, she tried to concentrate on the room, hampered by her otterish vision, with its different field of view and lack of color. Example: His jovial, otterish, undergraduate, joshing decency was real, I decided, very country town, very West Australian.
Word: straw-clutchingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From straw-clutching + -ly. 1. In a manner which involves clutching at straws. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: In other words, any Scottish supporter who had straw-clutchingly hoped for a fitness crisis in the All Blacks game has been disappointed. Example: However, in those heightened milliseconds of being able to circumnavigate the entire scene of her imminent destruction, Petra knows that her straw-clutchingly pathetic notion is far from the truth.
Word: picnicware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From picnic + -ware. 1. Disposable plates, cups, etc. intended for use on picnics. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: partyware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From party + -ware. 1. disposable plates, cups, etc. intended for children's parties Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: picnicwares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of picnicware Labels: form-of, plural
Word: partywares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of partyware Labels: form-of, plural
Word: macassared Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From macassar + -ed. 1. Treated with macassar oil. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unmassacred Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + massacred. 1. Not massacred. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ESPGHAN Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: skirty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From skirt + -y. Pronunciation: /skɜː(ɹ)ti/ 1. Like a skirt; featuring a skirt or skirts. Example: The sides flare out to give it a skirty look. Example: the skirty national dress of India 2. Wearing a skirt. Example: chased a skirty maid 3. Fond of wearing skirts; tending to wear skirts. Example: I'm just not a skirty person. Example: Mrs. Calovatto was looking brand new in her semitropical Ionojet slacks suit — very daring, Elaine thought, for a skirty woman.
Word: deperch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + perch. 1. To leave a perch. Labels: rare Example: Let's deperch.
Word: reperch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + perch. 1. To perch again. Labels: rare
Word: deperched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deperch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reperching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reperch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reperched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reperch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: revolutionarity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From revolutionary + -ity. 1. The state or quality of being revolutionary. Labels: uncountable Example: Revolutionarity can exist only in the feelings of an individual man or in the periodical outbursts of the masses. Example: There is, likewise, no philosophy nor any major theoretical venture in history which, irrespective of its revolutionarity, is totally free of the authority of tradition.
Word: revolutionariness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From revolutionary + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being revolutionary. Labels: uncountable Example: His environment and mode of life may have aligned him with the old order politically; but none can deny the revolutionariness of his method, of his criticism, the boldness of his rejections. Example: It also demonstrates the innovativeness and revolutionariness of Mallarme's approach which is here being put to work by Derrida.
Word: Whitetrashistan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From white trash + -istan. 1. A region, or a notional country, inhabited by white trash. Labels: derogatory, humorous, offensive, slang Example: Each day that I go to work, I cross the boundaries of the nation of Whitetrashistan—what is left of the South after years of middle class mass media and hegemonic enculturation—and enter the hallowed halls of the academy.
Word: Castrism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Castro + -ism. 1. Castrist beliefs and policies generally. Labels: uncountable
Word: on the flip side Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. On the other hand; conversely. Labels: idiomatic Example: They were behind twice, first to James Morrison's 11th-minute strike and then Kenny Miller's effort early in the second half. England responded with goals of their own from Theo Walcott and Daniel Welbeck and, on the balance of play, probably deserved the victory. On the flip-side, they could conceivably have lost because of their various shortcomings in defence. They also have a goalkeeper, Joe Hart, who is a danger to his own team on nights like these.
Word: earn one's crust Part of Speech: verb 1. To earn money, to do something as a job. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: Their substitutes featured two players from League One clubs and Miller, who earns his crust these days with Vancouver Whitecaps.
Word: chlorarachniophyte Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of mixotrophic algae found in tropical oceans.
Word: fur burgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fur burger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: photobooth Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of photo booth. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: photobooths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of photobooth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drug addiction Part of Speech: noun 1. A dependency on drugs, especially which are illegal or improperly procured. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: repellors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of repellor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neuropsychophysiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neuro- + psycho- + physiology. 1. A scientific discipline which integrates neurology, psychology, and physiology. Labels: uncommon, uncountable
Word: neuropsychophysiological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neuro- + psycho- + physiological. 1. Relating to neuropsychophysiology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: neurobehaviour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neuro- + behaviour. 1. Alternative form of neurobehavior. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: neurobehaviors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neurobehavior Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dunwoody Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Dinwiddie. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌnwʊdi/ 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: maoli Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Maoli (native Hawaiian) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I believe that the maoli wahines, with their passion for personal adornment, would not have forgotten the flower seeds, and it was their forethought that enabled them in their adopted home to have the leis of ilima and kou they had been accustomed to wear in Samoa and Tahiti. Example: Genocide. Flooding the valleys and stripping the limu clean from the rocks Sweeping away the 'opae from the streams the ulu from the land and the maoli from the earth. 2. A species of very tall, dark green-stemmed banana native to Polynesia, having large bunches of long, round fruits with dark-colored flesh. Example: Kaneiakama's spirit companion instructed him what to do, how to place the sacrificial pig, coconuts, red fish, bananas of the maoli variety and other offerings at the foot of a tree that was entered by one of the male gods. Example: [He could choose] light-colored varieties of bananas such as the ha'a, iholena, loha, and lele; or dark-colored varieties such as the maoli, kahtki, puhi, koa'e, malei'ula, 'eke'ula, kaualau, popo'ulu, aulena, and others.
Word: Gramma Part of Speech: name 1. A nickname for a grandmother. Example: Thirza opened the kitchen door and glanced out at Gramma's favorite timekeeper. Example: Gramma should be in here by now.
Word: NASPGHAN Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: olinguito Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish olinguito, diminutive of olingo. Pronunciation: /oʊlɪŋˈɡitoʊ/, /əʊlɪŋˈɡiːtəʊ/ 1. A raccoon-like procyonid, of species Bassaricyon neblina, native to the Andean forests of Colombia and Ecuador. Example: “The discovery of the olinguito shows us that the world is not yet completely explored, its most basic secrets not yet revealed.” Example: A fuzzy fog-dweller with a face like a teddy bear, the olinguito (pictured) is the first carnivore discovered in the Western Hemisphere in more than three decades, a new study says.
Word: olinguitos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of olinguito Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tangeite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tange + -ite after discovery locality in the Tange Gorge, Ferghana Valley, Alai Mountains, Kyrgyzstan. 1. A calcium, copper vanadate mineral, CaCu(VO₄)(OH) Labels: uncountable
Word: last call Part of Speech: noun 1. In a bar, the announcement that the establishment will soon be closing and that this is the final opportunity to buy drinks. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Late in the evening, Mick left with a parishioner who asked for counseling, and I sat at the bar until last call. Example: Boston isn’t the only city eyeing later last calls—and later business hours in general—as a means to juice local business and give downtowns a more youthful edge and vibrant, cosmopolitan feel.
Word: last-born Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lastborn. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: One study found second-borns to be lower in self-esteem than firstborns or last-borns, particularly if the age difference between them and the other siblings was approximately 2 years
Word: last thing Part of Speech: adv 1. late in the day Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Denis Daviss agrees that practice session timing had a lot to do with it; this was a particular issue at Monaco due to the fact that the circuit was on public roads, so sessions were held first thing in the morning and last thing at night
Word: last out Part of Speech: verb 1. To survive or endure. Labels: ambitransitive Example: I'm afraid your grandfather isn't going to last out for very long. Example: Among the most modern of all the Pacific stock in Great Britain is the stud of "Merchant Navy" and "West Country" Pacifics on the Southern Region, and the rebuilding which is now being carried out, preserving all the best features of the Bulleid designs—such as the free-steaming boiler—and jettisoning the features that have given trouble, in particular the chain-driven valve-motion, should give the Southern a supply of highly-competent machines able to last out the remaining life of steam on the S.R.
Word: Latakia Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌlætəˈkiːə/ 1. A city in Syria, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. 2. A strong dark tobacco originally produced in Syria.
Word: Latakian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latakia + -an. 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Latakia Labels: not-comparable
Word: Latakian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latakia + -an. 1. Someone from Latakia.
Word: laticifer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin latex (stem latic-) + -fer. 1. a type of elongated secretory cell found in the leaves and/or stems of plants that produce latex and rubber as secondary metabolites.
Word: leg-pull Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the term pull someone's leg. 1. A joke, fib or tease. Labels: informal
Word: lending library Part of Speech: noun 1. A library from which books are lent out. Example: The use of three or four rooms under the old shareholders' room at Derby Station was granted, and a lending library was inaugurated.
Word: selfcest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From self- + -cest. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlfsɛst/ 1. Sexual activity with an alternate version of oneself, such as a clone, duplicate, alter ego, or a version of oneself from a different time or alternate universe. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: And this is where selfcest comes in. For those unfamiliar with Adventure Time, it has two series: the main, phallogocentric one, Adventure Time, and another spin-off version, Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake, in which gender-flipped versions of the original characters are presented. Marceline spawns Marshall Lee, Jake turns into Cake, Finn becomes Fionna, Princess Bubblegum is chewed up and spat out as Prince Gumball… you get the picture. Enter Fanfiction, which causes them to hook up. Creepy, yes. Example: Several Loki fans shared their horror over the idea of Loki and Sylvie getting together, as it would be an example of selfcest.
Word: death-defying Part of Speech: adj 1. Very perilous; involving a lot of danger. Example: Mature might not have been in on the singing, but he does get to end the movie in fine style with a spectacular helicopter chase at an abandoned airbase, where we witness a death-defying stunt as the helicopter flies through an open hangar.
Word: l8z Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Leetspeak rendering of lates/laters. 1. See you later. Labels: Internet Example: I know I sound real lame, but I can get good if someone gets me starteD! Thanx a lot, L8z Example: Anyways, I'll stop rambling. I don't know what this means for me...but hey at least I got a chance. L8z!
Word: tarans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of taran Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dowrying Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dowry + -ing. 1. The act of bestowing a dowry as part of a marriage. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: dowrying Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. present participle and gerund of dowry Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sazans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sazan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lazy Susan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of lazy Susan. Labels: alt-of
Word: lazy susan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of lazy Susan. Labels: alt-of
Word: lazy Susans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lazy Susan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lazy Susans Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of lazy Susans. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lazy susans Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of lazy Susans. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: feshfesh Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fesh-fesh. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: fechfech Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fesh-fesh. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: fech-fech Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fesh-fesh. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: soffietta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian soffietta, from soffiare + -etta. 1. A tool consisting of a metal tube, often swan necked, attached to a conical nozzle. The nozzle is used to block the mouth of a glass vessel so that it can be further inflated by blowing into the tube.
Word: wet one's beak Part of Speech: verb 1. To drink a beverage. Labels: idiomatic Example: Rinaldo . . . is represented as a gluttonous feeder, and rather disposed to quarrel over his meat; liking also to ‘wet his beak’ in generous liquor. Example: Then, very softly, she says, "I'll stick the kettle on so we can wet our beaks." 2. To take one's share from the financial proceeds of illicit activity. Labels: idiomatic Example: "Giorgio," the Don said, ". . . our Family will now serve only as financial advisors to all the other Families. . . . [W]e must protect everyone's money, for which they will let us wet our beaks." Example: [I]nvestigators who track organized crime believe that some members have geared up to take advantage of the swift and enormous cash influx . . . looking, as the old Sicilian expression goes, to wet their beaks.
Word: glass cutters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glass cutter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: producer milk Part of Speech: noun 1. Milk, including the skim milk, nonfat components, and butterfat, that is delivered to a milk pool plant or another milk handler, but has not yet been processed. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: omnipolar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From omni- + polar. 1. Operating with either (north or south) magnetic pole Labels: not-comparable
Word: perpetual motion machines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perpetual motion machine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: post-concussion syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. A syndrome where the effects of a concussion extend well beyond the normal time period. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Satanic Bible Part of Speech: name 1. The central religious text in LaVeyan Satanism.
Word: Tao Te Ching Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 道德經 /道德经 (Dàodéjīng, “Classic of the Dao and De”). Pronunciation: /ˌtaʊ ˌteɪ ˈt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. A Chinese classic text fundamental to both philosophical and religious Taoism.
Word: Irish Traveller Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of an indigenous nomadic ethnic minority in Ireland, the Pavee. Labels: Ireland Example: My genes would best be described as a melting pot – my mother is part Bulgarian Roma, part Romanichal (English Romany), and my dad is part Romanichal, part Irish Traveller – thus, it was hardly surprising when I was born a blue-eyed milk bottle.
Word: Traveller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From traveller. 1. Ellipsis of Irish Traveller, a member of a nomadic ethnic minority in Ireland. Labels: Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: The auctioneer said he had no animus against Travellers but that some headstones verged on “monstrous”. 2. A member of a nomadic ethnic minority in Norway.
Word: Irish Travellers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Irish Traveller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Travellers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Traveller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rahoonery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from the suburb of Rahoon in Galway where residents expelled Travellers from their camp by force in 1969; + -ery. 1. Violently anti-Traveller sentiment and action. Labels: Ireland, uncountable Example: In a widely publicized incident in 1968, residents of Rahoon, a housing estate on the outskirts of Galway City, picketed a proposed official campsite in their area and forced the city to abandon work on it. A year later, a group of residents still angry because several Traveller families remained camped near the abandoned site armed themselves with sticks and attacked the families. They uprooted tents and physically pushed the Travellers and their belongings into the street. The incident gave rise to a new word in the national lexicon, "rahoonery," meaning violently anti-Traveller sentiment and action.
Word: imperceivably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From imperceivable + -ly. 1. imperceptibly
Word: cathode ray Part of Speech: noun 1. A ray consisting of a stream of electrons in a vacuum tube that are emitted by the cathode and accelerated towards the anode by an electric field.
Word: knife block Part of Speech: noun 1. A block of wood (or other material) having slits in which kitchen knives may be stored safely.
Word: cathode ray tube Part of Speech: noun 1. A vacuum tube that displays still or moving images (such as for a television), by controlling the direction of a cathode ray emitted towards the front of the tube. The front is coated by a layer of fluorescent material, so that it emits light when struck by the beam.
Word: Minceirtoiree Part of Speech: noun 1. Shelta, a language spoken by Irish Travellers. Labels: Ireland, uncountable Example: McDonagh traces the origins of Travellers back to at least the twelfth century by referring to Traveller-like characters in Irish mythology and emphasizing connections between Traveller language, referred to as Shelta, Gammon, Cant or Minceirtoiree, which literally means "Traveller Talk," and Old Irish.
Word: kathode Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of cathode. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: slow-burning Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From slow + burning. 1. Which burns more slowly than comparable objects. 2. Made of material designed to resist fire. 3. Emerging or unfolding slowly or gradually. Labels: idiomatic Example: There are elements of low-key black comedy in our hapless hero’s dealing with clinic superiors, who are so clueless that their suspicions fall on entirely the wrong person. As a thriller, however, “La Dosis” is slow-burning to a fault, never quite arriving at the boil anticipated. Example: When the Missouri-born 26-year-old released her debut album last September, it marked the beginning of a slow-burning second act in pop. 4. Emerging or unfolding slowly or gradually. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: "Neon Gravestones" is a forlorn, slow-burning hip hop piano ballad.
Word: Jinsha Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 津沙 (Jīnshā). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪnˈʃɑ/ 1. A village in Nangan, Lienchiang County, Taiwan. Example: These establishments charge a premium due to their proximity to the port, but with the exception of the Holiday Hotel (see p.485) none are worth the price, and you'll do much better heading to one of the atmospheric homestays at either Jinsha or Nioujiao village. Example: Jinsha One of the archipelago’s most attractive villages, Jinsha has benefited from local government subsidies to preserve and restore traditional one- and two-storey granite houses.
Word: Jinsha Jiang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 金沙江 (Jīnshā Jiāng). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪnˈʃɑː ˈd͡ʒjɑŋ/, /-d͡ʒi.æŋ/ 1. Synonym of Jinsha, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China. Example: Yibin, known as the First Port on the Yangzi, is a small city at the point where the Min Jiang and Jinsha Jiang join to form the Yangzi River. Example: Above Yibin, the river is the River of Golden Sands, the Jinsha Jiang, a tumultuous thousand-mile-long tributary whose wild waters reflect the bandit-ridden heritage of its remote tribes. When it reaches into Qinghai Province and the Tibetan Plateau, the Jinsha Jiang becomes known as the Tongtian Ho — the River to Heaven, whose crystalline waters nourish the nomads at the farthest reach of the Celestial Kingdom.
Word: Jin Sha Jiang Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Jinsha Jiang. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Yalong is a tributary to Jin Sha Jiang (Yangtze) and Ertan Project is situated 30 km above the confluence of the two rivers, some 40 km from the city of Panzhihua. Example: Along with the four Lancang dams already completed or underway by the mid-2000s, there were another four planned for the Lnacang, thirteen more planned for the Nujiang with one of these already under construction, and another twelve planned for the Jin Sha Jiang, with at least one of these under construction (Dore, Yu, and Li 2007, 71-73).
Word: Kinsha Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Nanking court dialect (later Postal Romanization) romanization of Mandarin 金沙 (Jīnshā), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/. 1. Alternative form of Jinsha (River in China) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Szechuen troops defending recognized Chinese territory against the raids of the Tibetans declare that by crossing the Kinsha River the forces of the Da Lai Lama have violated the recent truce. The truce established the stream as the boundary between Tibet and China Proper. Example: The southern limit of the Roe deer in China seems to be about latitude 30°N but in Sikang and Szechwan provinces it may extend slightly south of this latitude in the Kinsha River area. 2. Alternative form of Jinsha (Kinmen, Taiwan) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Lee Hsi-chi, a native of Kinmen, is one of the pioneers in Taiwan's modern art movement. He was pleased to hear that the Kinmen County Government was planning to rebuild 18 ancient houses in Shanhou near Kinsha Town to form a folk village.[…] The Kinmen County Government has invited specialists to collect all records related to the style of traditional architecture to transform the block of houses in Shanhou near Kinsha Town into a museum. Example: The COA undertook reclamation of 110 hectares of land in the Wukang district of Kinsha Township in Kinmen County, building or repairing four hundred meters of stone irrigation ditch , three culverts , and 2,535 square meters of mud[…]
Word: Kinsha Kiang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Nanjing-dialect (later Postal Romanization) romanization of 金沙江 (Jīnshājiāng). 1. Alternative form of Jinsha Jiang. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The original plan, strictly adhered to in our subsequent journeyings, provided that we should penetrate to the headwaters of the Kinsha Kiang, tributary of the Yangtse, and by a portage across the wild mountain fastnesses of Koko Nor descend to the source of the Hoang Ho, following its stream to the east- ward and to civilisation once more. Example: We may conjecture that in this section of the route Marco worked down into the valley of the Kinsha Kiang, Upper Yangtse, or Brius; that his Sinugul is Siuchau at the confluence of the Min and the Kiang; and that he passed into the basin of the latter river in the neighbourhood of Tungchwan ⁶.
Word: Chin-sha Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Mandarin 金沙 (Jīnshā) Wade–Giles romanization: Chin¹-sha¹. 1. Alternative form of Jinsha (River in China) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The boundary between Tibet and China settled by the Manchu Emperor and the Tibetans in 1727 and lasting down to 1910 ran from the Mekong just north of A-t'un-tzu, crossed northward into the Chin-sha Chiang valley and followed the water divide between the Chin-sha and the upper Mekong sources to the Kokonor Territory. Example: In view of the situation, however, there was little alternative but to withdraw to southern Kweichow and then to veer towards northeastern Yunnan to find a new crossing point on the Chin-sha, the upper course of the Yangtze.
Word: Chin-sha Chiang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of 金沙江 (Jīnshājiāng) Wade-Giles romanization: Chin¹-sha¹ Chiang¹. 1. Alternative form of Jinsha Jiang. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: At last he descended the Nan-kuang River and reached the right bank of the Great River, the local name of the Upper Zangtsze, at a point below Hsü-chou Fu, an im- portant city at the junction of the Min River and the Chin-sha Chiang, or River of Golden Sand.[…]From Ning-yüan, locally called Chien-ch‘ang, and lying in a valley famous, among other things, as the habitat of the white-wax insect, he passed southwest through the mountainous Cain-du of Marco Polo, inhabited in great part by Mantzŭ tribes, and struck the left bank of the Chin-sha Chiang two months after leaving Ch‘ung-ch‘ing. Example: The boundary between Tibet and China settled by the Manchu Emperor and the Tibetans in 1727 and lasting down to 1910 ran from the Mekong just north of A-t'un-tzu, crossed northward into the Chin-sha Chiang valley and followed the water divide between the Chin-sha and the upper Mekong sources to the Kokonor Territory.
Word: Dogo Argentino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish dogo argentino, from dogo (“molosser”) (from English dog) + argentino (“Argentine”). 1. A huge dog breed used in Argentina for big-game hunting which resembles a very large pitbull terrier.
Word: oh my word Part of Speech: intj 1. An expression of surprise or astonishment. Example: “Oh my word ... Mr. Williams ... I am so sorry about before. I had no idea it was you.” Example: Within two minutes there was a very distinct double pink line indicating that I was, in fact, knocked up. And my first thought was, Oh my word, I am pregnant.
Word: neurobehaviours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neurobehaviour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neurobehavior Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neuro- + behavior. 1. Neurological development. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Livermore Part of Speech: name Etymology: The surname is probably habitational, from Livermere. The city is named after Robert Livermore. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪvɚmoɹ/ 1. A surname. 2. A city in Alameda County, California, United States. 3. A town in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States.
Word: puritanicals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of puritanical Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zoism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Ancient Greek [Term?]. 1. A reverence for animal life or belief in animal powers and influences, as among primitive groups. Labels: dated, uncountable 2. A former doctrine claiming that the phenomena of life are due to a peculiar vital principle; the theory of vital force. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: zoist Part of Speech: noun 1. One who subscribes to the doctrine of zoism.
Word: zoists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zoist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Somalilander Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Somaliland + -er, analogous with Jubalander and Puntlander. 1. Of or pertaining to Somaliland. Example: […] the impact that Somalian and Somalilander Americans had […] Example: […], Somali and Somalilander music is widely listened to, […]
Word: Somalilander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Somaliland + -er, analogous with Jubalander and Puntlander. 1. A native or inhabitant of Somaliland.
Word: picker-upper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pick up + -er. 1. A person who picks things up. Labels: colloquial 2. A tool used to pick things up. Labels: colloquial 3. Synonym of pick-me-up. Labels: colloquial
Word: civil registry Part of Speech: noun 1. A government repository, database recording the vital events (births, deaths, etc.) of its citizens and residents, its office.
Word: civil registries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of civil registry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: no trespassing Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used on notices, indicating that entry or access to a place is forbidden.
Word: soulular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of soul + cellular. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the soul. Labels: informal Example: A sense of lightness permeated my being to what I thought must be a cellular — indeed a soulular — level. Example: The final important thread of this phase of my spiritual "rivering" came when I encountered Aldous Huxley's The Perennial Philosophy where I discovered the convergence among ancient and modern spiritual teachings around a core set of shared beliefs that resonated with me on a soulular level.
Word: isotopies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isotopy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: allotopy Part of Speech: noun 1. A contradiction between two basic meaning traits (semes) within a story.
Word: allotopies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of allotopy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: allotopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From allotopy + -ic. 1. Exhibiting or relating to allotopy. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to expression from the nuclear genome of genes that normally are expressed only from the mitochondrial genome. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pryse Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of prize. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: black-necked grebes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of black-necked grebe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonconformant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + conformant. 1. Not conformant. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Burkian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Burke + -ian. 1. Alternative form of Burkean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Burkean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Burke + -ean. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːkɪ.ən/, /ˈbɝki.ən/ 1. Of or relating to Edmund Burke (1729–1797), Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher, remembered for his support of the cause of the American Revolutionaries, and for his later opposition to the French Revolution. 2. Of or relating to Kenneth Burke (1897–1993), American writer and literary theorist who based his analyses on the nature of knowledge.
Word: asynclitic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to asynclitism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: asynclitism Part of Speech: noun 1. The position of a baby in the uterus such that the head is presenting first, tilted to the shoulder and thus no longer in line with the birth canal. Labels: uncountable
Word: cloud forest Part of Speech: noun 1. A generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud cover, usually at the canopy level. Example: Cloud forests often exhibit an abundance of mosses covering the ground and vegetation.
Word: cloud forests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cloud forest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fog forest Part of Speech: noun 1. cloud forest
Word: fog forests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fog forest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arylamidase Part of Speech: noun 1. The enzyme cytosol alanyl aminopeptidase. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: arylamidases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arylamidase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aminopolypeptidase Part of Speech: noun 1. The enzyme cytosol alanyl aminopeptidase. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: aminopolypeptidases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aminopolypeptidase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hylozoistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hylozo(ism) + -istic. 1. Of or relating to hylozoism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hylozoistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hylozoistic + -ally. 1. In terms of hylozoism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: organologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From organo- + -logist. 1. One who studies organology.
Word: panvitalistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pan- + vitalistic. 1. Of or relating to panvitalism.
Word: organologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of organologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: panvitalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pan- + vital + -ist. 1. One who believes in the doctrine of panvitalism.
Word: panvitalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of panvitalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: panexperientialism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From panexperiential + -ism. 1. The belief that all matter is capable of experience in some form. Labels: uncountable Example: It is certainly true that Whitehead's philosophy could be seen as a form of panexperientialism, in that all of reality is constituted as experience, and perhaps even hylopathism, where all matter is viewed as being sentient […]
Word: panexperientialist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From panexperiential + -ist. 1. One who believes the doctrine of panexperientialism.
Word: panexperientialists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of panexperientialist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Whiteheadian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Whitehead + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947), English mathematician and philosopher.
Word: Whiteheadian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Whitehead + -ian. 1. A proponent of Alfred North Whitehead's philosophy.
Word: zoistic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to zoism.
Word: talectomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tal- + -ectomy. 1. Astragalectomy.
Word: talectomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of talectomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: astragalectomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From astragalus + -ectomy. 1. The surgical removal of the astragalus, or talus, in order to stabilize the ankle.
Word: astragalectomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of astragalectomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fauxpology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of faux + apology. 1. Synonym of non-apology. Labels: slang Example: What satirist could then top Texas Republican Joe Barton's coerced, linguistically mangled fauxpology? "If anything I said this morning has been misconstrued to the opposite effect I want to apologize for that misconstrued misconstruction." Translation: It's your fault for hearing me right the first time. Example: The old “sorry if I upset you” route is the go-to tactic of politicians, celebrities, media corporations and spouses for a reason. It looks and smells like an apology, but acknowledges no wrongdoing. It’s a fauxpology.
Word: padlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pad + -like. 1. Like a pad; having characteristics of a pad; cushionlike. Example: Small padlike feet appeared at the rim, and then the creature heaved itself out of the goblet and hopped away to the south-southeast.
Word: fauxpologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fauxpology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ailer Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of ail: more ail Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: ailest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of ail: most ail Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: nullizygous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nulli- + -zygous. 1. Carrying two mutant alleles for the same gene, both alleles being complete loss-of-function or "null" alleles. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mateable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mate + -able. 1. Capable of being mated or joined together. Labels: not-comparable
Word: autozygous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From auto- + -zygous. 1. Being a genotype of a kind where two alleles at a locus originate from a common ancestor by way of nonrandom mating (inbreeding). Labels: not-comparable
Word: allozygous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From allo- + -zygous. 1. Being a genotype of a kind where two alleles at a locus come from completely different sources, as in most normal, random mating. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nullizygosity Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of being nullizygous. Labels: uncountable
Word: autozygosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + zygosity. 1. The condition of being autozygous. Labels: uncountable
Word: allozygosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From allo- + zygosity. 1. The condition of being allozygous. Labels: uncountable
Word: antevolates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of antevolate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: antevolating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of antevolate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: antevolated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of antevolate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Dans Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. Example: Dans told CNN he will formally launch his campaign with a prayer breakfast Wednesday in Charleston.
Word: Dans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Dan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: romp home Part of Speech: verb 1. To win easily, especially in a race. Labels: idiomatic Example: The hour soon passed, and Charteris, having first seen the Oldest Inhabitant's nevvy romp home in the egg and spoon event, took himself off to the dressing-tent, and began to get into his running clothes. Example: He’s a willing little beast, and not unlikely to romp home in the lead. I’d bet on him myself, except that I’m so damnably unlucky that it really wouldn’t be fair to you, Vane. I never back a horse but what he falls.
Word: dog teeth Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dog tooth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laticifers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laticifer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonremuneration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + renumeration. 1. Failure to remunerate; absence of remuneration. Labels: uncountable
Word: nonremunerative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + remunerative. 1. Not remunerative. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonremunerated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + remunerated. 1. Of work or services: done without financial compensation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dog tooths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dog tooth Labels: form-of, plural, rare
Word: dog-tooth Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dogtooth and dog tooth. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dog-teeth Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dog-tooth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stanking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stank Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stanked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stæŋkt/, [steɪŋkt] 1. simple past and past participle of stank Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Sea Peoples Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Egyptian nꜣ ḫꜣswt nt pꜣ ym (“the peoples/foreigners of the sea”), as written in the Great Karnak Inscription. 1. A confederacy of seafaring raiders of unknown nationality who invaded the eastern Mediterranean at the end of the Bronze Age. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only
Word: dullers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of duller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flagpost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flag + post. 1. flagpole
Word: flagposts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flagpost Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exmo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened form of ex- + Mormon. 1. A disaffiliate of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a dominant Mormon religious organization. Labels: uncountable Example: A few weeks ago we announced to several of the Ex-mo lists that the Foundation had made a decision to fund and produce a documentary that would be viewable on our website, and also in DVD form. Example: If Exmo boards are any indication, learning the new and expanded vocabulary of coffee is a real challenge for someone who grew up Mormon.
Word: zoochosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of zoo- + psychosis. 1. Abnormal animal behaviour caused by time in captivity. Labels: uncountable
Word: zoochotic Part of Speech: adj 1. Exhibiting, or relating to, zoochosis.
Word: overburnt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + burnt. 1. simple past and past participle of overburn Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overburnt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + burnt. 1. Being burnt for too long; excessively burnt.
Word: universewide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From universe + -wide. 1. Throughout the universe. Labels: not-comparable Example: If the United States wants to build a countrywide ABM system or a world-wide BDM system, or even some universewide defense system, let it be its own business.
Word: unblunted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + blunted. 1. Not blunted. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unaccusingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unaccusing + -ly. 1. In an unaccusing manner. Example: "You never really loved me," she said simply, unaccusingly.
Word: unaccusing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + accusing. 1. Not accusing.
Word: kito Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of blackmail on LGBT people Labels: Nigeria, uncountable Example: This type of blackmail, where an LGBT person is entrapped, is known in Nigeria's gay community as "kito" - the exact origin of the term is unclear. BBC Africa Eye interviewed 21 people in all about their experiences of being "kito'd". Example: One LGBTQ+ advocacy group that works with Nigerians told BBC Africa Eye that, each week, 15 to 20 people reach out to them with similar stories of entrapment and extortion. The scheme is known in Nigeria's gay community as "kito."
Word: linguines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of linguine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: linguinis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of linguini Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preterite-presents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preterite-present Labels: form-of, plural
Word: action noun Part of Speech: noun 1. A noun denoting the action of the verb or verbal root from which it is derived.
Word: nomen actionis Part of Speech: noun 1. action noun
Word: somaclonal Part of Speech: adj 1. Produced by plant tissue culture Labels: not-comparable
Word: nomen loci Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. place name, toponym
Word: suspensively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From suspensive + -ly. 1. Involving a suspension
Word: nomen patientis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. A noun denoting the subject of the verb or verbal root that it is derived from.
Word: nomen acti Part of Speech: noun 1. A noun denoting a result of a dynamic action.
Word: verbal substantive Part of Speech: noun 1. verbal noun
Word: nomen verbi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. verbal noun Labels: Arabic
Word: nomen unitatis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. A singulative noun; a noun denoting an individual, formed from a more basic collective noun.
Word: nomen vasis Part of Speech: noun 1. a noun denoting a vessel Labels: Arabic
Word: nomen relativum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. a relative adjective Labels: Arabic
Word: nomen deminutivum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. A diminutive.
Word: overtemperature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + temperature. 1. A temperature that is significantly higher than that encountered in normal operation 2. The difference between such a temperature and the normal one
Word: technopathic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to a technopathy Labels: not-comparable
Word: back of the net Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From the position of the ball when a goal is scored in football. 1. A smug expression of triumph or happiness. Labels: UK, colloquial Example: Alan Partridge: My girlfriend's thirty-three. I'm forty-seven. She's fourteen years younger than me. Back of the net!
Word: tomodensitometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tomo- + densitometry. 1. computed tomography Labels: uncountable
Word: scaffolding tower Part of Speech: noun 1. Small, temporary scaffolding, often equipped with wheels, for small-scale building work
Word: transelevator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰusder. ▲ Proto-Italic *breɣʷisinflu.? Proto-Italic *leɣʷis Latin levis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin levō Latin ēlevō Latin ēlevātusder. Middle English elevat Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-nom Proto-Indo-European *-onom Proto-Germanic *-aną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Old English -an Middle English -en Middle English elevaten English elevate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English elevator English transelevator From trans- + elevator. 1. An automated system used to move, store and retrieve objects in an automated warehouse.
Word: chlorarachniophytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chlorarachniophyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autotrophies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autotrophy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Eisenstein integer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Gotthold Eisenstein (1823–1852), German mathematician. 1. A complex number of the form a+bω, where a and b are integers and ω is defined by the following two rules: (1) ω³=1 and (2) 1+ω+ω²=0; an element of the Euclidean domain ℤ[ω]. Example: To divide an Eisenstein integer a#43;b#92;omega by another Eisenstein integer c#43;d#92;omega, notice that (c#43;d#92;omega)(c#43;d)(c#43;d#92;omega²)#61;c³#43;d³; accordingly multiply both denominator and numerator (of the division expressed as a fraction) by (c#43;d)(c#43;d#92;omega²), then simplify.
Word: unnecessitated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unnecessitate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unnecessitated Part of Speech: adj 1. Not necessitated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unnecessitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + necessitate. 1. To remove the requirement for something; to make unnecessary. Labels: transitive