nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: alarm bell Part of Speech: noun 1. A sudden awareness of danger. Labels: figuratively, plural-normally Example: The specter of women in factories, women in schoolrooms, and women attending — a lot less addressing — public meetings set off alarm bells in the South. Example: I only got a glimpse of him, but alarm bells went off. He wasn't rushing over to give me a pat on the back for stopping to help. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see alarm, bell. Example: He put his foot on a concealed button under his desk and rang an alarm bell. He always had two strongarm men lolling around in an office down the passage.
Word: strongarmed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of strongarm Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: strongarms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of strongarm Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: strongarms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of strongarm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strongarming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of strongarm Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: croustade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French croustade. Doublet of custard. 1. An edible container (often of pastry) filled with a savoury food
Word: strongbacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of strongback Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crowbait Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crow + bait. 1. An old, emaciated horse. Labels: US, attributive, often
Word: frontless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From front + -less. 1. Lacking a front 2. shameless, impudent
Word: Bowden cable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; its invention is popularly attributed to Sir Frank Bowden, but also associated with Ernest Monnington Bowden. 1. A flexible cable used to transmit mechanical force by the movement of an inner cable (most commonly of steel) relative to a hollow outer housing. Example: Unfortunately, designers apparently forgot that the laws of sliding friction apply inside a Bowden cable just as they do at braking surfaces. The force transmitted by the inner cable is continuously reduced, particularly around bends, according to the formula […].
Word: bluenosed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of blue-nosed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: organofunctional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From organo- + functional. 1. Having a function in organisms. Labels: not-comparable
Word: alkoxysilane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From alkoxy + silane. 1. Any alkoxy derivative of a silane.
Word: alkoxysilanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alkoxysilane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alkoxylates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alkoxylate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bladderless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bladder + -less. 1. Not having a bladder. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unbordered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + bordered. 1. Without a border; borderless. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unbordered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unborder Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bladderwrack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bladder + wrack. 1. Fucus vesiculosus, a seaweed in which iodine was first discovered. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Someone stood on a string of bladderwrack and made it pop, and some distance away the tide was turning.
Word: bladderwracks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bladderwrack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bowden Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname, from several places in England, derived from Old English boga (“bow”) + dun (“hill”). * Also as an English surname, from Old English būfan dun (“above the hill”). * As a Scottish surname, from the place in Roxburghshire from Old English bōthl (“dwelling house”) + denu (“valley”). * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Buadáin (literally “descendant of Buadán”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Bawden. Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊdən/ 1. A surname. 2. A place name: 3. A place name: 4. A place name: 5. A place name: 6. A place name:
Word: Bowden Part of Speech: name Etymology: Uncertain, but the most accepted theory is that it originated from the maiden name of the wife of a surveyor named Williamson, who named the settlement along the Edmonton–Calgary Trail. Another theory states it originated from the village of Bowdon in Greater Manchester, England. Pronunciation: /ˈboʊdən/ 1. A town in Alberta, Canada.
Word: unhunted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + hunted. 1. In which hunting does not take place. Labels: not-comparable Example: While there is no difference between encounter rates in the two unhunted sites, the macaques are significantly less common in the hunted areas […] 2. Not hunted. Labels: not-comparable Example: Hunted big game avoided roadways more than unhunted species.
Word: aulos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek αὐλός (aulós). 1. Any of a class of ancient Greek musical instruments resembling pipes or flutes.
Word: auloi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aulos Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intraschool Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + school. 1. Within a single school. Labels: not-comparable Example: This policy served to decrease intraschool competition, encourage realistic choices and level the playing field (applications cost a lot of money).
Word: megawealthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mega- + wealthy. 1. Extremely wealthy. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: Americans who amass new fortunes today race to cover their walls with art that proclaims their status, but the status symbols of ancient North Africa’s megawealthy lay literally at their feet.
Word: megarich Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mega- + rich. 1. Extremely rich; having a lot of money. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: Poor Paris didn't ask to be a megarich human doughnut (glazed on the outside, empty in the middle).
Word: misos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miso Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skyful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sky + -ful. 1. As much as a sky will hold. Example: From this chaotic skyful of crowding flakes the mead and moor momentarily received additional clothing, only to appear momentarily more naked thereby. Example: The Queen of the Night is backlighted by a skyful of starry dots.
Word: skyfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skyful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skiesful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skyful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ultrarightist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ultra- + rightist. 1. A person of ultraright politics. Example: It was standard diplo-speak, but it enraged Miami's ultrarightists.
Word: ultraleftist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ultraleft + -ist. By surface analysis, ultra- + leftist. Pronunciation: /ˈʌl.tɹəˌlɛf.tɪst/ 1. An adherent of ultraleftism (all senses). 2. An extreme or uncompromising leftist, particularly an adherent of orthodox Marxism. Labels: derogatory
Word: ultraleftist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultraleft + -ist. By surface analysis, ultra- + leftist. Pronunciation: /ˈʌl.tɹəˌlɛf.tɪst/ 1. Extremely left-wing. 2. Of or pertaining to ultraleftism. Labels: rare
Word: ultraleftists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ultraleftist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ultrarightists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ultrarightist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ultraliberals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ultraliberal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unpalatably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unpalatable + -ly. 1. In an unpalatable manner.
Word: unpalatabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unpalatability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unpalatableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unpalatable + -ness. 1. unpalatability Labels: uncountable
Word: sicilicus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin sicilicus, the diminutive form of sicilis (“sickle”), so named because of its falciformity. Pronunciation: /sɪˈsɪlɪkəs/ 1. A diacritic, resembling a 180°-rotated ‘C’ (i.e., being similar in appearance to ⟨ᵓ⟩), written atop a consonant to mark gemination, superseded in Classical Latin by doubling the letter representing the geminated consonant. Labels: Old-Latin Example: It is stated by grammarians that a sicilicus or laterally inverted Ⅽ, Ↄ, was placed above a consonant which was to be regarded as a doubled letter. 2. A unit of weight equal to one quarter of an uncia. Example: Both the pounds were therefore divided alike into 15 ores, that is, ounces; the ores into 4 skyllings, the sicilici of the Romans, and the skyllings into 4 pence by the Saxons, while the Danes used the mark of 20 skyllings, and the skylling of 2 mancuses. Example: UNCIA (ὀγκία, οὐγκία, οὐγγία), the twelfth part of the As or Libra, is derived by Varro from unus, as being the unit of the divisions of the as (L. L. v. 171, Müller). It was subdivided into 2 semunciae, 3 duellae, 4 sicilici, 6 sextulae, 24 scrupula, and 144 siliquae.
Word: sicilici Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sicilicus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: groundhopper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ground + hopper. 1. A small insect, of the genus Tetrix, similar to a grasshopper. 2. One who engages in groundhopping, the hobby of attending sports matches at as many different stadiums or grounds as possible.
Word: hemicylindrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hemi- + cylindrical. 1. Having the form of half a cylinder (divided down its axis) Labels: not-comparable
Word: hopsack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hop + sack. 1. A hemp sack used for holding hops. Labels: countable 2. A coarse, loosely-woven clothing fabric. Labels: uncountable
Word: hyperinstrument Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + instrument. 1. Any musical instrument whose output is transformed by computer control
Word: groundhoppers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of groundhopper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: immaterialism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From immaterial + -ism. 1. The metaphysical denial of the existence of the material world Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: infeed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + feed. 1. The material fed into a machine to be processed. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Bernankean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Bernanke + -an. 1. Of or pertaining to American economist Ben Bernanke (born 1953) or his policies, work or theories. Labels: not-comparable
Word: investible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From invest + -ible. 1. That can be invested. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mechanicalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mechanic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English mechanical English mechanical Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English mechanicalness From mechanical + -ness. 1. The state or characteristic of being mechanical. Labels: uncountable Example: To conclude the ceremony, Raghu Agashe immerses the Lord of Wisdom in a brass bucket near the anthuriums. He does so with a manly mechanicalness, his discourse with God too personal for display. 2. A mechanical action. Labels: countable
Word: mediumism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From medium + -ism. 1. The actions of a medium (person claiming to contact the dead). Labels: uncountable
Word: mediumistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From medium + -istic. 1. Of or pertaining to mediums (people claiming to contact the dead); relating to or having the ability to communicate with spirits. Example: 1852, E. C. Rogers, Philosophy of Mysterious Agents, Human and Mundane, Boston: Redding, No. 1, p. 88, Fear of the world, fear of man individually, fear of loss of property or station, would all interfere, and prevent them from giving to their fellow-men, teachings, that their more receptive and mediumistic minds had been capable of receiving. Example: Mr. Michie’s wife is mediumistic and liable to be controlled. One day an entity came to her and spoke through her to her husband […]
Word: falciformity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From falciform + -ity. Pronunciation: /fælsɪˈfɔːmɪtɪ/ 1. The quality of being falciform; sickle-shapedness. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: The surface of sheet metals should not have any bracks, cracks, non-metallic inclusions. As far as bias and falciformity are concerned, they should not exceed the value of permissible aberrations of width and length of the sheet.
Word: orchestrina Part of Speech: noun 1. orchestrion
Word: overissue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + issue. 1. To issue too much or too many of. Labels: transitive Example: The government is accused of overissuing food stamps. 2. To issue shares or banknotes to an extent beyond the ability to pay, or in excess of authorization
Word: overissue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + issue. 1. The act of so overissuing. Example: An overissue of government paper.
Word: packcloth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pack + cloth. 1. A strong, coarse cloth used for packaging. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pursuable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pursue + -able. 1. Able to be pursued or followed.
Word: pursy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English pursyf (“short of breath, asthmatic”), probably from Old French pousser (“to push; to breathe with difficulty”); see French poussif (“wheezy”). 1. Out of breath; short of breath, especially due to fatness. Example: now breathless wrong Shall sit and pant in your great chairs of ease, And pursy insolence shall break his wind With fear and horrid flight. Example: We now set off in pursuit of her, all but the farmer, who, being pretty fat and pursy, was not for running a race […] 2. Fat and short. Example: Now I will give you a Picture of this Wretch: She is a broad, squat, pursy, fat Thing, quite ugly, if any thing human can be so called […] Example: […] the vicar […] was particularly fond of boys in general. Not so the doctor, a pursy little man with a terrific frown, who hated boys, especially little ones, with a very powerful hatred.
Word: pursy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From purse (“pucker”) + -y and purse (“small bag for carrying money”) + -y. 1. Puckered. Example: So Aunt Bell sat down to table—a bony frame, with an anxious green eye, a pursy mouth, and a sweating sickness of bitter words, seeking to break forth at the earliest opportunity. Example: The laundress has bangs And pursy lips And thin hips 2. Purse-proud; vain about one's wealth.
Word: scopula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin scōpula (“little broom”). 1. A dense tuft of hair, as on the legs of certain insects.
Word: semicylinder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + cylinder. 1. Half of a cylinder (cut along its axis)
Word: second name Part of Speech: noun 1. surname 2. middle name, second forename
Word: tailpiece Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tail + piece. Pronunciation: /ˈteɪlˌpis/ 1. An appendage or appendix. 2. An element, often triangular, to which the strings of a violin, guitar, etc. are attached at the lower end of an instrument. 3. A short joist between a header and a wall. 4. The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, etc. 5. The part of a lock that transmits motion from the hub to the latch bolt. 6. An ornamental design at the end of a chapter or page.
Word: trihedral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + -hedral. 1. Having three plane faces that meet at a common point Labels: not-comparable
Word: undercapitalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From under- + capitalize. 1. To supply with insufficient capital
Word: viewgraph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From view + graph. 1. A graph (or similar chart) produced as a transparency for use with an overhead projector.
Word: rattle snake Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rattlesnake. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: G20 Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation of Group of Twenty. 1. A group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies: 19 countries plus the European Union. Example: If the police at the G20 protests were pumped-up, testerical, itching for a fight, it was partly because their commanding officers have spent years blurring the distinction between peaceful campaigners and terrorists.
Word: e-card Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e- + card. 1. A computerized greeting card, typically hosted on a website to which the recipient is directed by an e-mail message.
Word: e-cards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of e-card Labels: form-of, plural
Word: e-billing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e- + billing. 1. electronic billing Labels: uncountable Example: My telephone company now offers e-billing: it saves paper and allows me to check my bill on the Internet at any time.
Word: warblefly Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of warble fly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: warbleflies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of warblefly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: warble fly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From warble (“a lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by the larva of a bot fly of genus Hypoderma”) 1. Any member of the genus Hypoderma of large flies, parasitic on cattle and deer.
Word: Catalanophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Catalano- + -phobia. 1. Dislike or hatred of the Catalan people, culture or language. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Villaverde's refusal to concede a concierto económico to the region, backed by a general diatribe of catalanophobia in the Madrid press, brought on a taxpayers' strike in Barcelona and throughout Catalonia, coupled with the closure of shops. Example: Against a general diatribe of catalanophobia in the Madrid press, the middle classes of the Principality, represented in their guilds (gremios), retaliated by declaring a taxpayers' strike and the closure of all shops, a movement which became known as the tancament de caixes.
Word: trigeneration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + generation. 1. The simultaneous production of mechanical power (often converted to electricity), heat, and cooling from a single heat source such as fuel or solar energy. Labels: uncountable
Word: Christadelphians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Christadelphian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shapedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1812: shaped + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪptnəs/ 1. The quality of being shaped in the specified manner. Labels: uncountable Example: 1812, July 19th: A. D. M. H. F. S. A., A Description of More Than Three Hundred Animals, Including Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Serpents, and Insects, “A Description of Beasts”, Book I: “Of Quadrupeds, or Four-Footed Beasts”, page 60, “The Elephant” The Elephant…[i]s reckoned the most intellectual animal in the creation after man. […] Nature, always impartial in the distribution of her gifts, has given this bulky quadruped a quick instinct nearly approaching to reason, in compensation for the uncouthness and ill-shapedness of his body.
Word: midstance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + stance. 1. The point in walking at which the raised leg passes the grounded leg that is supporting the body's weight. Labels: uncountable Example: A camera installed at foot level captured my gait, frame by frame, as I jogged, so the staff could gauge my midstance — when all the weight is on one foot — and determine how much support I needed. Mr. Bergland suggested the Saucony Omni shoe ($100), which is designed for V-shaped feet.
Word: new up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The keyword new creates an object in C++ and derived languages. 1. To create (an object) by calling its constructor. Labels: informal, transitive Example: If an exception occurs trying to new up bar1 or bar2, the TFoo part of the object won't have changed […] Example: So you just new up the object you want and once its internal reference count drops to 0, the language deletes it (during a free time as a background thread).
Word: ministudio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + studio. 1. A small studio (in various senses). Example: Direct outputs can be found on many independent mixers designed for multi-track use, though virtually none of the ministudios have true direct outputs. Example: Yet Mr. Weinstein was also markedly buoyant, insisting that the ministudio had not so much failed in its aims as succeeded in ways not widely understood.
Word: ministudios Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ministudio Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minisuperspaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minisuperspace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multisports Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + sports. 1. Of or pertaining to multiple sports Labels: not-comparable Example: The Alumni Stadium, a 1400-seat multisports complex featuring synthetic turf, was completed in 2001.
Word: overcompetitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + competitive. 1. Excessively competitive. Example: Regardless, the store provided a moment of healing for my PECS. JackRabbit’s message is what our P.E. teachers should have told us from the very beginning: being athletic doesn’t mean you have to be an overcompetitive jerk.
Word: overcompetitiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overcompetitive + -ness. 1. The quality of being overcompetitive. Labels: uncountable Example: Willie Dick has all the usual bad qualities of very small, very intelligent men: vanity, arrogance, overcompetitiveness, a long memory for injuries and slights.
Word: Socinian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin Sociniānus. Pronunciation: /soʊˈsɪn.iː.ən/ 1. A member of a particular nontrinitarian Christian denomination founded in the late 16th century. Example: He was a Polish Socinian.
Word: Socinian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin Sociniānus. Pronunciation: /soʊˈsɪn.iː.ən/ 1. Pertaining to the Socinians. Example: a Socinian catechism
Word: falciferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin falx (“sickle”) + -i- + -ferous (“-bearing”). Pronunciation: /fælˈsɪfəɹəs/ 1. Sickle-bearing. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: The stinted growth of the stationary Conchifera forms a striking contrast with the size and number of the Cephalopoda interred with them in the same bed; in fact the dawning existence of these Conchifera appears to have been a struggle for life, whilst the conditions of the closing scene of the Belemnites, Nautili, and falciferous Ammonites, were favourable to their continuance in time, but abruptly brought to a termination by some great physical change which took place about the commencement of the deposition of the oolitic formations. Example: The third group is continued into the sands which cap the upper lias, and into strata a little above them, which constitute the lower part of the inferior oolite of Dundry. Even in the Stonesfield slate we find falciferous ammonites.
Word: double-plus-good Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined by British writer and journalist George Orwell in 1949 as part of the Newspeak in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. 1. Excellent; very good. Labels: not-comparable Example: For someone like myself who loves the MINISTRY album Mind... this new album is double plus good! Example: I think our glorious government's rewriting of language is double plus good, brother.
Word: ++good Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of double-plus-good. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: replace ungood 'liable' with ++good 'reliable'
Word: double plus good Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of double-plus-good. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: double-plus good Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of double-plus-good. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cum towel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of cum + towel. 1. A rag, towel or cloth used to clean up semen. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: nature's scythe Part of Speech: noun 1. The penis. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: Love's meadow happy Dick with nature's scythe was mowing.
Word: thede Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /θiːd/ 1. Alternative form of theed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: time and again Part of Speech: adv 1. Often; repeatedly. Labels: not-comparable Example: For successful and efficient operation, mechanical stokers must be fed with suitable coal. This has been proved time and again in all countries where stoker-fired engines are used. Example: Mario Gotze was inventive, Lewandowski a menace, and Shinji Kagawa a constant source of energy as, time and again, the hosts played through a porous Arsenal midfield.
Word: time and time again Part of Speech: adv 1. Often; repeatedly. Labels: not-comparable Example: Time and time again I said I'd leave you / Time and time again I went away / But then would come the time when I would need you Example: I long to see the sunlight in your hair / And tell you time and time again how much I care
Word: sweese Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swoose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swooses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swoose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ungood Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ungod, from Old English ungōd, equivalent to un- (“not”) + good (adjective). Popularised by its appearance in Newspeak, a fictional language coined in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), a dystopian novel by George Orwell. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnˈɡʊd/ 1. Not good; bad. Example: An unjust judge, as one well observes, is a cold fire, a dark sun, a dry sea, a mare mortuum, an ungood god, contradictio in adjecto, monsters, not men, much less gods. Example: Now to make a short story shorter, we all know this is very ungood for a new motor and I do not want to thank the person or persons who unwittingly left their fingerprints, of which I have photostatic copies, so that might detect the presence of graphite before staring the motor. 2. Those who are not good; the wicked, evil, or bad. Labels: in-plural Example: The authorities desire to deceive humankind, because they perceived him being in a kinship to the truly good. So they took the word 'good', they applied it to the ungood so that thru words they might deceive and bind him within the ungood.
Word: ungood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ungod (“evil”), equivalent to un- (“lack of”) + good (noun). Cognate with German Low German Ungood (“bad, evil”), German Ungüte (“ungood”). Pronunciation: /ˈʌnˌɡʊd/ 1. Lack or absence of good; goodlessness; bad Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Here we can see that electricity is merely a manifestation of the fundamental dichotomy of the dualistic universe, the struggle between Good and Ungood, between Yin and Yang. Example: This government has bought the myths and is determined to foist this 'ungood' on every Australian citizen. I say 'ungood' deliberately.
Word: overanxiety Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + anxiety. 1. Excessive anxiety. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: overanxieties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overanxiety Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semolinas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of semolina Labels: form-of, plural
Word: taxingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From taxing + -ly. 1. In a taxing manner.
Word: replug Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + plug. 1. To plug again or anew. Labels: transitive
Word: replugs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of replug Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: replugging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of replug Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: replugged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of replug Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nasalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nasal + -ness. 1. Synonym of nasality. Labels: uncountable
Word: calculary Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to calculus (stony concretions). Labels: not-comparable
Word: overpronate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + pronate. 1. To pronate to an excessive degree.
Word: overpronating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overpronate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overpronates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overpronate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overpronated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overpronate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overseed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + seed. 1. To replenish (a pasture, lawn, or field) by adding more seeds over top of the existing vegetation (as opposed to tilling and replanting the land). Example: Plant or overseed with the right grass for the spot. 2. To sow excessively, at overdensity of seeds per unit area. Labels: rare
Word: overseeds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overseed Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overseeding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overseed Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overseeded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overseed Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: peacockery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peacock + -ery; the (male) peacock puts on showy displays of his tailfeathers. 1. Gaudy showiness; ostentation. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: […] he was so deeply struck with the shock of this revelation that he actually forgot himself and his own peacockery. Example: Designs ranged from elaborate peacockery to sexy sheaths of black sequins, to puffs of lace topped with sparkling rhinestones.
Word: peacockeries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peacockery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rollmops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rollmop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rollmops Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rollmop. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: This guide was much addicted to indulgence of a peculiar form of twisted English and at odd moments given to the consumption of a delicacy of strictly Germanic origin, known in the language of the Teutons as a rollmops. A rollmops consists of a large dilled cucumber, with a pickled herring coiled round it ready to strike, in the design of the rattlesnake-and-pinetree flag of the Revolution, the motto in both instances being in effect: "Don't monkey with the buzz saw!" Example: Father poured a shot of vodka for each of his guests and for himself, and each of them pierced a rollmops with a fork.
Word: techdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tech + -dom. 1. The world or sphere of technology. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: The “up to 300 Mbps” you see in the ads is among the most preposterous exaggerations in all of techdom. Example: Of all the peculiar terms you may encounter in techdom, Bluetooth is one of our favorites.
Word: nonlatex Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + latex. 1. Not of or pertaining to latex. Labels: not-comparable Example: However, substantial proportions of participants preferred the nonlatex condom or reported that they would recommend its use to others.
Word: arsenicosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃enyomder. Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam Old Median *zaranyam Old Median *kā Old Median *zaraniyakāder. Middle Persian *zarnīkbor. Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)der. Arabic الزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)bor. Byzantine Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)der. Latin arsenicumder. Middle French arsenicbor. Middle English arsenik English arsenic Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English arsenicosis From arsenic + -osis. 1. arsenic poisoning Labels: uncountable
Word: nonshiny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + shiny. 1. Not shiny. Labels: not-comparable Example: Nonshiny paper is the best choice for this printer.
Word: unshiny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + shiny. 1. Not shiny. Labels: not-comparable
Word: double-plus-ungood Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined by George Orwell (as doubleplusungood) in 1949 as part of the Newspeak in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. 1. Terrible, very bad. Labels: not-comparable Example: There's only one problem. Files converted from Word Perfect to Q&A format don't work with Q&A. Q&A thinks it has read in the file, but then the whole mess blows up. Ungood. Double plus ungood. Example: But no excuses for the idiots who did the Cenotaph, double plus ungood!!
Word: disablements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disablement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arthroplast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arthro- + -plast. 1. An artificial joint
Word: ++ungood Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of double-plus-ungood. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Citizens (rikard) report 25-7-97 ++ungood Example: [see title]
Word: double plus ungood Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of double-plus-ungood. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: double-plus ungood Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of double-plus-ungood. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hyperclean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + clean. 1. Exceptionally clean. Example: The hyperclean Dia style, evident in all large Chelsea galleries, is in full cry around the corner at the new Gagosian space on West 21st Street.
Word: chlorprothixene Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular thioxanthene antipsychotic Labels: uncountable
Word: postminimalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post- + minimalist. 1. One who works in the style of postminimalism.
Word: postminimalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of postminimalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: splinterings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of splintering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: choriocapillaris Part of Speech: noun 1. The capillary layer of the choroid of the eye
Word: spoutings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spouting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tejano Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish tejano, originally a translation of Texan from English. 1. A Spanish colonial settler of the region that later became Texas. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: But when Santa Anna’s forces invaded the renegade province, Seguín and other Tejano leaders joined the secessionists in proclaiming an independent Republic of Texas 2. A Texan (especially male) of Mexican descent. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Various forms of folk and popular music originating among the Mexican-American populations of Central and Southern Texas. Labels: uncountable Example: Calderon points out as evidence an increase in Tejano record sales worldwide, and the meteoric rise of the young late Tejano recording artist, Selena Quintanilla-Perez.
Word: Tejanos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tejano Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tribespeoples Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tribespeople Labels: form-of, plural
Word: workmaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From work + master. 1. Master workman; overseer; employer of workmen. Labels: archaic Example: […] Sathan the workmaster of all mischeef being greved that his own kingdome draweth to an end […] like a slie Serpent setteth snares and pitfalles innumerable, to intrap men and bring them to destruction by policie […] Example: 1703, Richard Neve (pseudonym T. N. Philomath), The City and Countrey Purchaser, and Builder’s Dictionary, London: J. Sprint et al., title page, The Customs, and Methods of Measuring of all Artificers Work, concern’d in Building; together with the City and Countrey Prices, not only of Workmanship, but of Materials also: The which will be extraordinary useful in making of Bargains, or Contracts betwixt the Workmaster and Workman; and likewise in computing the Value (or Charge of Erecting) of any Fabrick, great or small. 2. A skilled craftsman who owns a workshop. Example: AUGUST Fredrik HOLLMING (1854- 1913), born in Finland, workmaster in St. Petersburg from 1880 until his death, with a workshop at 35 Kazanskaya Street; in 1900 he moved into Fabergé's new building. Example: Aarne returned to his native Finland in 1891 to become a workmaster in Tampere before being hired by Faberge that same year. His workshop produced gold and silver objects many of which were translucently enamelled in the Western taste.
Word: workmasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of workmaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arthroplasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arthroplast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tokenlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From token + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a token.
Word: cilastatin Part of Speech: noun 1. A dehydropeptidase inhibitor that is used in association with certain antibiotics to prevent them being inactivated Labels: uncountable
Word: barrierlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From barrier + -like. 1. resembling or characteristic of a barrier Example: (In the catalog, she makes a provocative comparison with Richard Serra’s barrierlike sculptures.)
Word: dipeptidase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dipeptide + -ase. 1. Any of a class of enzymes that hydrolyze dipeptides in the small intestine.
Word: dipeptidases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dipeptidase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clinafloxacin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From [Term?] + -floxacin (“nalidixic acid derivative”). 1. A particular fluoroquinolone antibiotic. Labels: uncountable
Word: horsehead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From horse + head. 1. The head of a horse. 2. A pump for pumping oil from an oil well. 3. A steel girder supporting the roof of a mine tunnel.
Word: horseheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of horsehead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ladykilling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lady + killing. 1. Womanizing, like a lady-killer. Example: That was when he played Jimmy Bond, an Americanized version of Ian Fleming’s ladykilling international spy, in an adaptation of “Casino Royale” for the CBS anthology series “Climax!”
Word: dehydropeptidase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + hydro- + peptidase. 1. Any of a particular group of dipeptidases
Word: nonprint Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + print. 1. Being or pertaining to a source not found in print; not in print. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mr. Haskell, 38, will oversee sales and advertising for nytimes.com and will play a crucial role in helping the company expand its digital advertising as it seeks more revenue from nonprint sources.
Word: dehydropeptidases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dehydropeptidase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cointerventions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cointervention Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudospiritual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin spīrituālisder. Old French spirituelbor. Middle English spiritual English spiritual English pseudospiritual From pseudo- + spiritual. 1. Apparently, but not truly, spiritual. Example: The difference lies in true, healthy spiritual life versus pseudospiritual manipulation. God gave us our minds for a reason...
Word: uncommoner Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of uncommon: more uncommon Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: uncommonest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of uncommon: most uncommon Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: cointervention Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + intervention. 1. Any additional procedure applied to members of either the study group or the control group in a randomized, controlled trial
Word: albondiga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish albóndiga (“meatball”). 1. A Spanish or Latin American variety of meatball. Example: Tapas selections like Spanish omelets, mussels romesco, ceviche, jumbo shrimp with garlic, and albondigas — meatballs with tomato mint sauce — share the menu with larger plates like chicken and wild mushroom paella, and grilled pork chop with savoy cabbage, bacon and apple puree.
Word: albondigas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of albondiga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: albondigas Part of Speech: noun 1. A Mexican soup made with albóndigas (Spanish meatballs). Labels: uncountable
Word: contextualised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of contextualise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dilutional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dilution + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to dilution. Labels: not-comparable 2. That dilutes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: clearheadedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clearheaded + -ness. 1. The quality of being clearheaded. Labels: uncountable
Word: clearheadedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From clearheaded + -ly. 1. In a clearheaded manner.
Word: endophthalmitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From endo- + ophthalmo- + -itis. 1. Inflammation of the interior of the eye. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: contextualise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of contextualize. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: "Secrets of the London Underground is completely unscripted. It is just me and Tim going to a location, and I have to contextualise where we are.
Word: contextualises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of contextualise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: contextualising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of contextualise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: endoprosthetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From endo- + prosthetic. By surface analysis, endo- + prosth- + -etic. 1. Of or pertaining to an endoprosthesis Labels: not-comparable
Word: endoprosthetic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From endo- + prosthetic. By surface analysis, endo- + prosth- + -etic. 1. Synonym of endoprosthesis.
Word: contextualizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From contextualize + -er. 1. One who, or that which, contextualizes. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US
Word: contextualizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of contextualizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extracapsular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extra- + capsular. 1. Situated outside a capsule, especially outside the capsular ligament of a joint. Labels: not-comparable
Word: counterreaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + reaction. 1. An action taken in response to a prior reaction. Example: There will be a very serious counterreaction, certainly in conventional military buildups but also in examining the nuclear option.”
Word: counterreactions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterreaction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterriot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + riot. 1. A riot triggered by another riot. Example: For two days and nights, since rumors first stole across the bridge with whispers of 500 rebel Arsiyah put to death in the yard of the Qomr, the fugitive partners had been trapped by riot and counterriot with 15 whores, male and female, among them Hanukkah’s beloved Sarah; the procuress Celestial Hind, supposedly a bastard half-sister of the kagan; a cat; a weasel; and an ill-tempered macaque called Fortunatus, a name that delighted Amram, being “Zelikman” put into Latin.
Word: counterriots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterriot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fetopathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From feto- + -pathy. 1. Any disease of a fetus.
Word: emblematize Part of Speech: verb 1. To stand as an emblem for; to represent; to emblemize. Labels: transitive
Word: emblematizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of emblematize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: emblematizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of emblematize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: emblematized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of emblematize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fetopathies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fetopathy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foetopathy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fetopathy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: foetopathies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foetopathy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: galelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gale + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a gale of wind. Example: In 1899, galelike winds loosened stones, and Lawrence Brignolia, a blacksmith from suburban Cambridge, was leading when he fell on one.
Word: hemiarthroplasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hemi- + arthroplasty. 1. The replacement of one surface of a joint with artificial material
Word: hypoalbuminaemia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hypoalbuminemia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hypoalbuminemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypo- + albuminemia. 1. The presence of an abnormally low concentration of albumin in the blood. Labels: uncountable
Word: albuminemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From albumin + -emia. 1. The (normal) presence of albumin in the blood. Labels: uncountable
Word: geoeconomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From geo- + economic. 1. Of or pertaining to geoeconomics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: inoculums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inoculum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geoeconomically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From geoeconomic + -ally. 1. In terms of, or with regard to, geoeconomics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: albuminaemia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of albuminemia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: hemiarthroplasties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemiarthroplasty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intertrochanteric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + trochanteric. 1. Between the two trochanters of the femur Labels: not-comparable
Word: kaffeeklatsch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Kaffeeklatsch, 1877. 1. A coffee klatch.
Word: kaffeeklatsches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kaffeeklatsch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kaffeeklatschen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kaffeeklatsch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intraabdominal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + abdominal. 1. Within the cavity of the abdomen Labels: not-comparable
Word: multidepartment Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + department. 1. Of or pertaining to multiple departments. Labels: not-comparable
Word: multidepartmental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + departmental. 1. Of or pertaining to multiple departments. Labels: not-comparable
Word: intraarticular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + articular. 1. Situated within a joint. Labels: not-comparable Example: Intraarticular visualization and suture placement are easier while the patient's knee is unstable and before notchplasty or osseous tunnel drilling can cause bleeding.
Word: nonhockey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + hockey. 1. Not of or pertaining to the sport of hockey. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonhyphenated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + hyphenated. 1. Not hyphenated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: intraretinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + retinal. 1. Within the retina Labels: not-comparable
Word: intravitreally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From intravitreal + -ly. 1. In an intravitreal manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: noninterview Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + interview. 1. Not of or pertaining to an interview. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noninterview Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + interview. 1. A person who is not interviewed. Example: 12 per cent of noninterviews were people who said they were too busy for the survey.
Word: noninterviews Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noninterview Labels: form-of, plural