nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: checkoffs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of checkoff Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bushfoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bushfood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: corporatists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corporatist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: corporatizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corporatization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: countercoalition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + coalition. 1. A coalition founded in order to oppose another coalition. Example: If Facebook chooses to remain a holdout, it will not be as the head of a countercoalition but as a cranky recluse.
Word: countercoalitions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of countercoalition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: datacentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From data + -centric. 1. Having a focus on data. Example: Nokia, Palm, Research in Motion and a number of other hand-set makers are fashioning ever more datacentric phones.
Word: glamfest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glam + -fest. 1. A highly glamorous event. Labels: slang Example: The conference — sort of a public version of Allen & Company's annual media glamfest in Sun Valley, Idaho — is scheduled to feature speakers including Jeffrey L. Bewkes, president and chief operating officer of Time Warner; Susan Lyne, president and chief executive of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia; and Michael D. Eisner, the former Walt Disney chief executive who now runs an investment company called Tornante.
Word: metallicize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From metallic + -ize. 1. To make metallic. Labels: transitive Example: Designers tend to get noticed when they make big things: theres an enthusiastic but ultimately limited market for, say, his Mirror Ball, S-Chair or the new Slab Table (an oak table, metallicized to a mirror finish, which he showed at the Milan Furniture Fair last spring).
Word: metallicizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of metallicize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: metallicized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of metallicize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: microcivilization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + civilization. 1. A tiny civilization. Example: Yet according to Robb, who has written biographies of Victor Hugo, Honor de Balzac and Arthur Rimbaud, these microcivilizations were not formless planetoids waiting to be swallowed by a giant state, and their inhabitants didnt constitute a shapeless mass of human raw material, waiting to be processed by the huge, mutating machine of political interference and turned into the people conveniently known as the French.
Word: microcivilizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microcivilization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: micromosaic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + mosaic. 1. A mosaic made from tiny pieces of glass Example: In 2001 Mr. Wilson received a MacArthur Foundation genius award for his array of curious and awe-inducing exhibitions, which include dioramas and special effects that bring old wives tales and folk remedies to life; letters written in the early 20th century to astronomers at the nearby Mount Wilson Observatory; a homage to three ethnologists who documented cats cradles; and a collection of decaying dice donated by the magician Ricky Jay. There are all manner of miniatures, among them micromosaics of flowers made by Henry Dalton from butterfly wing scales and human hair sculptures fashioned within the eyes of needles by Hagop Sandaljian.
Word: micromosaics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of micromosaic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mislocate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + locate. 1. To locate incorrectly. Labels: transitive Example: The first time the wall was poured, the seams in the form (which produced corresponding lines in the concrete) were mislocated.
Word: mislocating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mislocate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mislocated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mislocate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mislocates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mislocate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: muttnik Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of mutt + sputnik. 1. A dog that is launched into space. Labels: humorous, slang Example: If they can get a muttnik up, I don't see why we can't put up a burro-nik. Example: The advent of sputniks and muttniks has aroused apprehension as to whether we are training the best brains we have in sufficient numbers to keep up with developments in other countries.
Word: muttniks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muttnik Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pundette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pundit + -ette. 1. A female pundit. Labels: slang Example: I joke all the time that the reason for my success as a television pundette is not that I have run campaigns or taught law for twenty years, and thus might actually know what I am talking about, but that I have blonde hair and legs almost as good as those of the twenty- and thirty-something blondes […] Example: When pundettes tut-tut that playing the victim is not what a feminist should do, they forget that Hillary is not a feminist.
Word: pundettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pundette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ragu Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ragù. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: His menu features steaks, lamb and seafood, all served on hot rocks and in sizzling skillets, and homemade pasta dishes like pappardelle with lamb and artichoke ragu, and spaghetti vongole served with a touch of pantelleria red pepper sauce.
Word: ragus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ragu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rechanged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rechange Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rechanging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rechange Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rechanges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rechange Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rechanges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rechange Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ruddies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ruddy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superbad Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + bad. 1. Very bad. Example: Whose^([sic]) gonna remember a black man unless he was a superstar athlete or a superbad criminal? Black men in America die like flies everyday,^([sic]) and no one cares. Hell, I doubt that I will live to 21. 2. Fine, excellent. Labels: slang Example: Brian became my little brother; he was a superbad bluesman.
Word: superprimary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + primary. 1. A primary election for president that takes place on the same day across a wide geographic area covering many voters. Labels: US, informal Example: There is much debate and speculation about how the southern superprimary will actually work. Some observers argue that one unintended consequence of the regional primary will be to make it more difficult for long-shot candidacies... Example: The remainder could have a superprimary after the first 25 states vote.
Word: superprimaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superprimary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ukelin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally a trademark. Blend of ukelele + violin. 1. A musical instrument resembling a ukelele and violin. Example: Thats a ukelin on his lap and another next to it.
Word: ukelins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ukelin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: understyled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + styled. 1. Not made sufficiently stylish. Example: The 190 was underpowered, undersized and certainly understyled, and the ones still on the road look more like used-up Toyota Corollas than Mercedes-Benzes.
Word: unvacillating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + vacillating. 1. Not vacillating; firm, decided. Example: Even some of Mr. McCains supporters say such moves, meant to bolster his support with religious conservatives who have viewed him with suspicion, hurt his unvacillating, maverick brand and contributed to his stumble last spring.
Word: wunderkammer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Wunderkammer. Labels: alt-of
Word: wunderkammers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wunderkammer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: artgoing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From art + going. 1. Attending art exhibitions. Labels: not-comparable Example: Among his conceptual peers, those who set out to wrest art from the realm of objects and move it more fully into one of ideas, Mr. Graham, 67, is someone whose work does not come easily to mind even for an informed artgoing public.
Word: inapprehension Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + apprehension. 1. Failure to notice; failure to be aware of; lack of apprehension. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: These, like the over-largely lettered signs and placards of the street, escape observation by dint of being excessively obvious; and here the physical oversight is precisely analogous with the moral inapprehension by which the intellect suffers to pass unnoticed those considerations which are too obtrusively and too palpably self-evident. Example: He paled a little, and sucked his lip, his eyes wandering to the girl, who stood in stolid inapprehension of what was being said.
Word: farsee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From far + see. Compare Dutch verziend (“farseeing, long-sighted”), German fernsehen (“to look from afar, watch television”). 1. To see at or from a distance. Example: They set off again, the tall, elegant human and the violet-skinned exotic, too abstracted to farsee the person waiting for them in the shadows a few dozen meters ahead. Example: “That's a long way to farsee, even for you.” “The ge-eagle helps,” he admitted. “Cheat!” Edeard laughed. 2. To see by foresight; see clairvoyantly; view or sense telepathically. Example: As Yoda would put it, if you want to 'farsee' into your future needs, first make sure your homework you have done.
Word: farseer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Modelled after German Fernseher (“TV set”, literally “farseer”), from Fernsehen (“television”, literally “farsee”), calque of French télévision, from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “far away”) and Latin visio (“sight”). By surface analysis, far + seer. Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːsɪə/, /ˈfɑɹˌsiːɚ/ 1. One who farsees; prophet; soothsayer; fortuneteller. Example: "I received word from the Farseer only this morning. They had been studying the motion of the central band in Brutus, […] "The men of the Farseer could not be mistaken? Example: The farseer opened its right hand and its witchblade leapt from the sheath across its back and settled into his grip. 2. An instrument or tool used to farsee; scope Labels: nonce-word Example: “Never mind that,” the Hunter put his hand on the barrel of the farseer. “Look now.” Damien lowered his eye to the viewpiece—and saw the […] Magnified exactly as it had been, with the farseer still fixed on the features he had chosen. 3. A television set.
Word: slowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Zeeman slower Part of Speech: noun 1. An experimental system that enables the cooling of atoms to temperatures of the order of a few kelvins, based on the principle that a magnetic field can change the resonance frequency of an atom using the Zeeman effect.
Word: Zeeman slowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Zeeman slower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: farseers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of farseer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Zeeman Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Dutch, meaning seaman. 1. A surname.
Word: Zeeman energies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Zeeman energy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: farsight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From far + sight. 1. The faculty of looking far ahead; farsightedness; prescience. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Whartonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Wharton + -ian. Pronunciation: /wɔːˈtəʊ.ni.ən/, /ʍɔːˈ-/, /wɔɹˈtoʊ.ni.ən/, /ʍɔɹˈ-/ 1. Of or pertaining to Edith Wharton (1862–1937), American novelist and designer.
Word: Hawthornian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hawthorne + -ian. 1. Alternative form of Hawthornean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Nasserism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Nasser + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈnæsəɹˌɪzəm/ 1. An Arab nationalist political ideology based on the thinking of the former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Labels: uncountable
Word: Nasserist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Nasser + -ist. 1. Of or pertaining to Nasserism.
Word: Nasserist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Nasser + -ist. 1. A proponent of Nasserism
Word: Nasserists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Nasserist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: starthistle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From star + thistle. 1. Any of the genus Centaurea of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants.
Word: starthistles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of starthistle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: centrins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of centrin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bashisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bashism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Minitel Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Minitel. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪniˌtɛl/ 1. A French videotex service utilising the telephone network, popular before and alongside the World Wide Web. Labels: historical Example: The lesson of MINITEL is that hypermedia within Europe should be developed as a hybrid of state intervention, capitalist entrepreneurship and d.i.y. culture. Example: Minitel was a computer terminal. It housed a screen, a keyboard, and a modem—but not a microprocessor. Instead of computing on its own, Minitel connected to remote services via uplink, like a 1960s mainframe or a modern Google Chromebook. Terminals were given out, for free, to every French telephone subscriber by the state (which also ran the phone company).
Word: unenticing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + enticing. 1. Not enticing; unprepossessing.
Word: unenticed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + enticed. 1. Not enticed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: moyl Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of moil. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: upleap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English uplepen, equivalent to up- + leap. Cognate with Dutch oplopen (“to incur, run up”), German auflaufen (“to accumulate, mount up, run aground”). 1. To leap up; spring up. Labels: intransitive Example: [F]rom his nook upleapt the venturous lad, / And flinging wide the cedar-carven door / Beheld an awful image saffron-clad / And armed for battle!
Word: Bethy Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Beth + -y. 1. A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth. Example: “I'll settle Bethy's troubles, and then I'll tell you mine. They are not very wearing, so they'll keep,” and Jo stitched away, with a wise nod which set her mother's heart at rest about her for the present at least.
Word: upleaps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of upleap Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: upleaping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of upleap Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: upleaped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of upleap Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: uplifter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uplift + -er. 1. One who, or that which, uplifts.
Word: uplifters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of uplifter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adjectiveless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From adjective + -less. 1. Without an adjective or adjectives. Labels: not-comparable
Word: enfolder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From enfold + -er. 1. One who, or that which, enfolds.
Word: enfolders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enfolder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dirgy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dirge + -y. 1. Like a dirge; funereal.
Word: guestfriendships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guestfriendship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: easellike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From easel + -like. 1. Resembling an easel.
Word: periodlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From period + -like. 1. Resembling a period (time of menstruation). Example: You may notice some periodlike cramping, particularly when you nurse if you're breast-feeding.
Word: inula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin inula. Compare elecampane. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnjʊlə/, /ˈɪnjələ/ 1. Any of several plants of the genus Inula, such as elecampane. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In springtime the ruins are a blaze of contrapuntal colour: wild gladioli of magenta, bright yellow inulas and spiky acanthus thrust up among sarcophagi carpeted with tiny blue saxifrage and sprawled over by convolvulus with great pink trumpets. 2. The dried root of such a plant used as a stimulant. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: inulas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: elfishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From elfish + -ly. 1. In an elfish manner; mischievously.
Word: bioresearch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + research. 1. research in any of the biological sciences Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: divertissementlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From divertissement + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a divertissement. Labels: rare Example: Her confident, full-bodied playing was well suited to the D-Major Sonata, with its quasi-orchestral textures and long, divertissementlike structure (both of which Mozart surely derived from the keyboard style of JC Bach). Example: Both Caught and Ms. Tharps In the Upper Room (1986) are new to Pacific Northwest repertory, and whereas Kiss and Caught are slight and divertissementlike, In the Upper Room is an ensemble blockbuster.
Word: hygrometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hygro- + -metric. 1. Of or pertaining to hygrometry Labels: not-comparable 2. Measured using a hygrometer Labels: not-comparable
Word: bioreporters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bioreporter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ecotax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + tax. 1. green tax Example: SARKOZY: Oui, oui, we levy an ecotax on pollutant cars and double our high-speed train network.
Word: ecotaxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecotax Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ecotaxation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + taxation. 1. The imposition of green taxes. Labels: uncountable
Word: geebag Part of Speech: noun 1. An irritating or obnoxious person. Labels: Ireland, slang 2. An objectionable person. Labels: Ireland, derogatory, slang 3. A person of a lower class. Labels: Ireland, derogatory, slang Example: 'OhmyGod', I said, matching his peeved tone and doing the same geebag accent I'd used to get Naylor out of his hedge. Example: “Get it offa me, ye mindless geebag!” Tomlinson's glazed eyes danced with sudden glee, and he tore the top from her, Dymphna's breasts spilling out like the screams spilled from her mouth.
Word: Elysse Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Elise.
Word: elytrotomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of elytrotomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emberizid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the taxonomic family Emberizidae of passerine birds.
Word: emberizids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of emberizid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geebags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of geebag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gazellelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gazelle + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a gazelle. Example: The second-cast Ms. Pastastico was the first woman I had seen dance this solo; with her gazellelike jump, she was also the most exciting since Mr Parsons himself in the 1980s.
Word: multititle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + title. 1. Of or pertaining to more than one title. Labels: not-comparable Example: Our publishing company has made a multititle purchase of three popular magazines.
Word: noncollapsible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + collapsible. 1. Not collapsible. Labels: not-comparable Example: The site's packaging, meanwhile, carries more than a whiff of cachet; shoes come inside noncollapsible boxes tied with brocade ribbon, which are then wrapped in tissue and placed inside cloth bags and placed inside another box tied with ribbons.
Word: perpetuator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From perpetuate + -or. 1. One who perpetuates. Example: Pornography, a business many feel may be the essence and perpetuator of so many straight men's need to prove their masculinity by abusing women. Example: Thus, by the end of the twentieth century, Christian scholars of Islam had become the unwitting guardians and perpetuators of the myth of Islamic tolerance.
Word: perpetuators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perpetuator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unperpetrated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + perpetrated. 1. Not having been perpetrated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: superband Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + band. 1. A supergroup. Labels: countable Example: 10:15 P.M. (Sundance) THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE TRAVELING WILBURYS This 25-minute documentary from Willy Smax tells the story of the 1980s superband Nelson Wilbury (George Harrison), Lefty Wilbury (Roy Orbison), Charlie T. Wilbury Jr. (Tom Petty), Lucky Wilbury (Bob Dylan) and Otis Wilbury (Jeff Lynne) — which made two albums and then journeyed into oblivion. 2. A transmission band used in cable television in Europe. Labels: uncountable
Word: superbands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superband Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + ball. From a trademark, Super Ball. 1. A bouncy ball. Example: Does it bounce around like a superball in a hollow cavity? Or does it rapidly lose its force, like a beanbag hitting a pillow?
Word: polybutadienes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polybutadiene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bouncy ball Part of Speech: noun 1. A small polybutadiene rubber ball with a strong rebound when thrown or dropped.
Word: unionbuster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From union + buster. 1. A person employed to prevent the formation or expansion of trade unions. Example: Not only is Hillary more reliant on large donations and corporate money than her Democratic rivals, warned the article, but advisers in her inner circle are closely affiliated with unionbusters, G.O.P. operatives, conservative media and other Democratic Party antagonists.
Word: unionbusters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unionbuster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cel shading Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of non-photorealistic rendering suggesting the flat, hand-drawn appearance of a comic or cartoon. Labels: uncountable
Word: toon shading Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of cel shading. Labels: uncountable
Word: metaarsenites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metaarsenite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: colonette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French 1. A narrow decorative column supporting a beam or lintel. Example: What is now revealed, in a limestone several shades blonder than the rest of the cathedral, are crisp buttresses, gables, colonettes, gargoyles, pinnacles, crockets and ornaments known as trefoils (three cusps), quatrefoils (four cusps) and cinquefoils (five cusps).
Word: colonettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of colonette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: riffly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From riffle + -y. 1. Shallow and fast-flowing. Example: I was confronted with that question on a crisp morning last month on Coldwater Pool, a riffly, copper-tinted stretch of the Miramichi River owned by Wilson's Sporting Camps.
Word: undauntingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From undaunting + -ly. 1. In an undaunting manner.
Word: ecodisaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + disaster. 1. An ecological disaster. Example: The college had been suing in state and federal courts for twenty years to preserve this wetland from the "ecodisaster" of drainage and development as a medium-security prison. Example: Novelists like Michael Crichton have imagined nanoscale robots creating an ecodisaster.
Word: ecodisasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecodisaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nanocosmetics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanocosmetic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nanomedicines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanomedicine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nanomechanisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanomechanism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undaunting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + daunting. 1. Not daunting.
Word: unpure Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + pure. 1. Not pure.
Word: entases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entasis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enstasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From extasis (Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ékstasis)), by replacing ex- with en-. Attested in 1948. From ἐν- (en-, “in”) and ἵστημι (hístēmi, “I stand”). 1. Contemplation of one's own self. Labels: uncountable
Word: desoul Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + soul. 1. To strip of a soul. Labels: transitive Example: The crucial shared features are desouling, release of the soul from its “vessel,” and travel by transformation from one level of existence to another through a portal linking levels. Example: […] there followed centuries of the exploration of matter that has led to the matter-worship of our modern age and the desouling of the world.
Word: desouling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of desoul Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: desouled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of desoul Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Moravian star Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the Moravian church, which first commercially produced them at Herrnhut. 1. A (usually illuminated) star, made of a geometric solid such as a rhombicuboctahedron to which a large number of pyramidal points are attached, a popular Advent or Christmas decoration in Germany and other places having Moravian congregations.
Word: Moravian stars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Moravian star Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smilish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From smile + -ish. 1. Smiling; inclined to smile. Labels: dialectal, rare Example: Fred turned over a new sheet, looked back at us and did that smilish thing with his teeth.
Word: nanoproduct Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor. Latin nānusbor. English nano- 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 *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Latin prōductusder. Middle English product English product English nanoproduct From nano- + product. 1. Any product containing nanoparticles. Example: Unfortunately for nanotechnology's reputation, the most exciting green nanoproducts are still on the drawing boards.
Word: nanoproducts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanoproduct Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overchill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + chill. 1. To chill too much. Labels: transitive Example: If you dont have a profound understanding of where the hot spots are, you just overchill everything, Mr. Brouillette said.
Word: overchilling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overchill Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overchilled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overchill Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: petrale sole Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of species Eopsetta jordani of edible demersal flatfish.
Word: spartina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. cordgrass (Spartina). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The spartina, which grows along a sheltered cove and makes up about 15 acres of the whole parcel, is what makes Arlington Marsh so dear, said William K. Tai, director of the park's departments natural resources group.
Word: spartinas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spartina Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superdurable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + durable. 1. Highly durable. Example: To most Americans, nanotechnology means limited improvements, as in stain-resistant clothing, superdurable bowling balls or transparent sunscreens.
Word: unpristine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + pristine. 1. Not pristine; sullied, dirty, impure. Example: The subject of all this breathlessness is a decidedly unpristine swath of Staten Island known as Arlington Marsh, a boggy green break in one of the city's most industrialized stretches of waterfront.
Word: untradable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + tradable. 1. Impossible to trade. Labels: not-comparable Example: Analysts are skeptical about the way China's stocks are valued, particularly those like PetroChina with huge amounts of untradable government shares.
Word: agapanthuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of agapanthus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: authorizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From authorize + -er. 1. One who, or that which, authorizes. Example: Ohio allows 70 groups, including universities, nonprofits and many unconventional agencies to be authorizers.
Word: authorizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of authorizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haircalf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hair + calf. 1. A material made from the skin, including hair, of a very young or aborted calf. Labels: uncountable Example: Giuseppe Zanotti haircalf boots, $1,195 at Giuseppe Zanotti.
Word: milliroentgen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From milli- + roentgen. 1. A unit of exposure to ionizing radiation, one thousandth of a roentgen. Example: Mineral residue tested on the bridge and on the banks of the river found levels of radioactivity as high as 10 milliroentgen per hour, about 33 times what Congo considers a tolerable limit.
Word: milliroentgens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of milliroentgen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miniset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + set. 1. A small set. Example: That started a miniset of Duran Duran songs and electro oldies like the Normals Warm Leatherette, paying tribute while flaunting Duran Duran's pop skills, even in skeletal arrangements.
Word: minisets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miniset Labels: form-of, plural
Word: MOUT Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of military operations in urban terrain. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable Example: Military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) present many unique and challenging conditions for the warfighter.
Word: sunbeamy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sunbeam + -y. 1. Like a sunbeam; bright, golden, cheerful. Example: But it is Mr. Romney who has most thoroughly incorporated such sunbeamy phrases and anecdotes into his repertory on the stump.
Word: seizurelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From seizure + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a seizure. Example: Both the children presented with a coma and seizurelike movements, said Dr. Naren Gunja, the deputy director of the center.
Word: khon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Thai โขน (kǒon). 1. A Thai form of dance with music and narration. Labels: uncountable Example: But he has found his perfect complement in Mr. Klunchun, a practitioner of khon, a form of classical Thai masked dance, who wanders serenely with Mr. Bel through a series of cultural collisions until the gentle cataclysm that suddenly and amusingly ends the conversation.
Word: maitake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 舞茸 (maitake). 1. Grifola frondosa, an edible polypore mushroom that grows in clusters at the bases of trees. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Truffles, maitake, matsutake, king boletes, shiitake and dozens of other edible types are hunted commercially around the planet.
Word: maitakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maitake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minicompound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + compound. 1. A small compound. Example: The result is a minicompound that includes the two-bedroom barn, a cookhouse and a separate studio/office that also serves as guest quarters.
Word: minicompounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minicompound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonperiod Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + period. 1. Not associated with a (financial or historical) period. Labels: not-comparable Example: By contrast, one of the best parts of the Wrightsman Galleries is a nonperiod room offering a display of Sèvres ceramics, including 10 small pieces of wood furniture decorated with vividly colored ceramic tiles, plaques and panels.
Word: auriculo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Formed from auricular + -o-; compare aur-. Pronunciation: /ɔːˈɹɪk.jʊl.əʊ/, /ɔˈɹɪk.jəl.oʊ/ 1. Of or pertaining to the auricle of the heart. Labels: morpheme Example: The auriculo-ventricular orifice is an oblique slit[.] 2. Of or pertaining to the external ear; aural, auricular. Labels: morpheme Example: The first of these, the auriculo-temporal nerve, passes backwards, under the external pterygoid muscle, and then upwards between the mandible and the external meatus, underneath the parotid gland.
Word: outflung Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From out- + flung. 1. Flung outwards. Example: But credit must go to Mr. Saarinen, who, starting from the original Shaker dances, has forged a wonderfully earthy movement language, full of lurching, rhythmically stamping processionals, arched backs, outflung arms and shoulders that look as if they could bear up under a greater burden than Atlas's. Mr. Saarinen and his seven dancers disappeared into this language, leaving the audience to squint through Mikki Kunttu's thick, murky lighting design.
Word: outflung Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See outfling (verb). 1. simple past and past participle of outfling Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outfluxing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outflux Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outfluxed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outflux Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outflies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outfly Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: outflown Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of outfly Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outflying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outfly Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: leafily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From leafy + -ly. 1. In a leafy manner. Example: My aunt and uncle lived in a leafily attractive suburb.
Word: palpability Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being palpable. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: But the very palpability of the Hooks' happiness and contentment works against this novel's larger design, undermining Mr. Swift's supposition that this family could be blown to bits by a little revelation about DNA.
Word: unhope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English unhope, equivalent to un- + hope. 1. Absence or lack of hope; hopelessness; despair. Labels: uncountable Example: Black is night's cope; But death will not appal One who, past doubtings all Waits in unhope.
Word: operalike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From opera + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of opera. Example: Working amplified in a small room for about 15 tables of listeners digesting their dinners, Ms. Racette made sounds that were strikingly darker: sometimes in a contraltolike belt, alternating between various purrs and growls, and at selected moments opening up fully in operalike climaxes.
Word: operanda Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of operandum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superalkaline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + alkaline. 1. Highly alkaline. Example: The top of the line are lithium batteries (not to be confused with lithium-ion batteries, which are typically used in laptops and cellphones) which cost $9.99 for Energizer AA batteries at CVS, $4 more than the superalkaline ones.
Word: unnarrated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + narrated. 1. Not narrated. Labels: not-comparable Example: A ride-along, three-segments-each reality show, Cops is unnarrated, except when an officer driving a patrol car loosely decodes the cryptic numerals exchanged with the precinct, thus warning the viewer of what is to come.
Word: copperwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From copper + work. 1. Works made from copper. Labels: uncountable Example: With its lavish brass and copperwork, this [bright chocolate] seemed a trifle too gay and unbecoming for a G.W.R. locomotive, and apparently the Company soon shared this view for there was a reversion to the standard Brunswick green. Example: The cafe serves a Moroccan breakfast (orange juice, yogurt, sweet crepes, honey and jam; 100 dirhams), and the Museum of Islamic Art offers wrought Persian astrolabes, Syrian copperwork and shimmering Moroccan textiles.
Word: copperworks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From copper + works. 1. A factory where copper is manufactured or shaped.
Word: devisement Part of Speech: noun 1. Something devised or invented. Example: Praising nursery rhymes, Vita Sackville-West observed, The direct statement can seldom compare in aesthetic value with the oblique statement — which is probably the ultimate meaning that man sets on that strange devisement he calls art. 2. The act of devising something Example: The devisement of schemes for the abolishment of slavery in the rebellious states should be frowned upon.
Word: devisements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of devisement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Devizes Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin. Because the castle was on the boundaries of the manors of Rowde, Bishops Cannings and Potterne it became known as the castrum ad divisas ("the castle at the boundaries"). On John Speed's map of Wiltshire (1611), the town's name is recorded as The Devyses. Pronunciation: /dɪˈvaɪzɪz/ 1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0061).
Word: discographical Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to discography. Labels: not-comparable Example: Rock songs blare between scenes while their discographical information is projected on a video screen, and the plays finale takes place at the first concert by the Rolling Stones in Prague.
Word: divester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From divest + -er. 1. One who divests. Example: This familial relic may be rich with meaning, but when it comes to objects, Mr. Demand is not an investor but a divester.
Word: divesters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of divester Labels: form-of, plural
Word: donnishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From donnish + -ly. 1. In a donnish manner. Example: I'm not usually a cherub person, he said donnishly, but the carvings are spectacular.
Word: donnishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From donnish + -ness. 1. The quality of being donnish. Labels: uncountable Example: In the morning he got up pallid and he shaved badly, but he was a generation ahead of his own Euphemia series, and the school of charm and quiet humour and of letting things slide with a kind of elegant donnishness, had lost him for ever…
Word: beretlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From beret + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a beret. Example: a beretlike hat
Word: berewicks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of berewick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: encyclopedialike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From encyclopedia + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an encyclopedia. Example: The text, a series of encyclopedialike Star Wars trivia blurbs, is generally as dull and dry as the Tatooine desert.
Word: endodontists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of endodontist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: equilibristic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Back-formation from equilibristics. 1. Of or pertaining to equilibristics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: equilibristics Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various circus skills involving balance or equilibrium, such as juggling, tightrope walking, or riding a unicycle. Labels: uncountable
Word: ghassoul Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ghassoul, from Arabic غَاسُول (ḡāsūl). 1. A kind of saponifying vulcanic clay used for hair and skin care. Labels: uncountable Example: For 450 dirhams, youll be steamed to melting, lathered in black Moroccan beldi soap, exfoliated with a rough kissa glove, massaged with oil by four hands, coated in local ghassoul clay, rinsed in hot water, stuffed into a fluffy robe and served a mint tea.
Word: Homintern Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of homosexual + Comintern, coined in the mid-twentieth century. 1. A supposed conspiracy of homosexual elites who controlled the art world.
Word: hovercam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hover + cam. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌ.vɜɹ.kæm/ 1. A mobile hovering camera. Example: Like almost everyone else in her world, Aya records everything she does with the help of a semi-sentient hovercam (a sort of floating soccer ball that's a cross between R2D2 and Weegee), using the resulting footage to boost her face rank.
Word: hovercams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hovercam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: humuhumu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of humuhumunukunukuapuaa under influence from Hawaiian humuhumu (“triggerfish”). 1. Clipping of humuhumunukunukuapuaa. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: And so he does: Jules travels the globe to hug, among others, a chimpanzee, a giraffe, a gnu, a panda, a wombat and a humuhumu fish (fun to read aloud, whether you know how to pronounce it or not).
Word: kibbitzer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kibbitz + -er. 1. Alternative form of kibitzer. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Vaughan Pratt, a Stanford professor emeritus in computer science who was one of the designers of Stanley and an officially recognized kibbitzer in the creation of Junior, said the six-hour race through faux suburbia was an important watershed.
Word: kibbitzers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kibbitzer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesmerizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mesmerize + -able. 1. Capable of being mesmerized. Example: The solid yet mesmerizable girls who fantasized, and still do, of being the muse to inspire songs of devotion, loves redemption and physical allure will climb into Wonderful Tonight as if it were that comfy pair of hip-hugging bell-bottoms with just the right amount of wear and sex appeal. 2. Capable of storing a hypnotic force. Labels: archaic, usually
Word: mesmerizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mesmerization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesmerisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mesmerisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesmerically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From mesmeric + -ally. 1. In a mesmeric manner; by, or as if by, hypnotism. Example: "What do you want me to do?" she asked, in her nervousness holding the bowl of her glass — it was a large glass on a stem, that the Mexicans call a Copa, a Cup — and swaying the wine mesmerically.
Word: midargument Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₂érǵus Proto-Italic *argus Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Italic *-ō Proto-Italic *arguō Latin arguō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin argūmentumder. Anglo-Norman arguementbor. Middle English argument English argument English midargument From mid- + argument. 1. A point in time during an argument. Labels: uncountable Example: She accuses him of having a thing for white girls, which really sets him off — and Tomine takes voyeuristic delight in capturing every gruesome facial expression of a couple in midargument.
Word: midbite Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From mid- + bite. 1. While taking a bite; while eating. Labels: not-comparable Example: Another guest, not to be out-restrained, pushed her tart away midbite and asked for her own glass of Jell-O.
Word: muckamuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Chinook Jargon muckamuck (“food”). In the sense of person of authority, it is short for high muckamuck, from Chinook Jargon hayo muckamuck (“plenty to eat, plenty of food; to eat”). See muckety muck. The ultimate source of the word is unclear; it is possible that the term originated within Chinook Jargon itself, rather than being borrowed from another language. 1. A person in a position of power or authority, or of high status. Labels: colloquial, countable, derogatory, sometimes Example: I think it was the Fourth of July when they took the chair from under my ass again. Not a word of warning. One of the big muck-a-mucks from the other side of the water had decided to make economies; […] Example: Allen had the wit—God, I love that man when he's at his best—to invite all the new Kennedy muckamucks to an evening with a number of us at the Alibi Club. 2. Food. Labels: US, dated, dialectal, possibly, uncountable Example: She apparently has her own way in everything now, the old chief being quite satisfied to get his rations of muckamuck and tobacco without troubling himself as to how it is provided. Example: But old Halascum once, under the mellowing influence of having sold some furs, and seeing the great quantities of muckamuck, or goodly things to eat, which his prize had furnished, was led to tell the mystery […]
Word: muckamucks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muckamuck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonsafe Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + safe. 1. Not safe. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prekindergartner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + kindergartner. 1. A child who has not yet started kindergarten. Example: The argument that low-income prekindergartners would thrive on a regimen of academics and direct instruction does not take into account that these children, even more than middle-class youngsters, need a rich preliteracy experience with the hands-on interactions that all children relish (Ann Hulbert, Oct. 28).
Word: prekindergartners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prekindergartner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Quakerish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Quaker + -ish. 1. Suggesting or pertaining to the Quakers. Labels: dated Example: She wore a Quakerish grey dress.
Word: readerless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From reader + -less. 1. Devoid of readers. Labels: not-comparable
Word: recircuit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + circuit. 1. To redirect (a signal etc.) by, or as if by, changing the connections in an electrical circuit. Labels: transitive
Word: biscuitless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From biscuit + -less. 1. Without biscuits. Labels: not-comparable
Word: recircuits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recircuit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: recircuiting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recircuit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recircuited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recircuit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: serges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of serge Labels: form-of, plural