nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pantaloon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pantalon, from Italian Pantalone (a character in Commedia dell'arte), from Spanish Pantaleon (surname). Pronunciation: /pæntəˈluːn/ 1. An aging buffoon. Labels: countable Example: Hic ibat, as I told you before, —Simois, I am Lucentio, hic est, son unto Vincentio of Pisa,— Sigeia tellus, disguised thus to get your love; — Hic steterat, and that Lucentio that comes a-wooing, — Priami, is my man Tranio, — regia, bearing my port, celsa senis, that we might beguile the old pantaloon. Example: They constantly followed the virtuous pair, who as constantly eluded their grasp, whilst they themselves met with every kind of misfortune, until they became clown and pantaloon, […]. 2. Trousers reminiscent of the tight-fitting leggings traditionally worn by a pantaloon. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable 3. A kind of fabric. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bakemeats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bakemeat Labels: form-of, plural Example: "...in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head."
Word: structurality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English structural Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English structurality From structural + -ity. 1. The qualities or types of the structure or structures an object possesses. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A property satisfied by structural translations from sequents into equations or from equations into sequents. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vacationers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vacationer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vacationists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vacationist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vulgarizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vulgarization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vacillations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vacillation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: valedictions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of valediction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: valedictories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of valedictory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vaginismuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vaginismus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: viceregally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English viceregal Middle English -ly English -ly English viceregally From viceregal + -ly. 1. In a viceregal manner; in the manner of a viceroy.
Word: volubilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of volubility Labels: form-of, plural
Word: viciousnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of viciousness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: viceroyalties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of viceroyalty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: volcanologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of volcanologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: volatilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of volatility Labels: form-of, plural
Word: workingwomen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of workingwoman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parallel immersion Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of education in which students are taught simultaneously in two languages: a "primary" language which is dominant in the given country (in which the immersion is taking place), plus a "secondary" language which is the student's native language. Labels: uncountable
Word: inf. Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of inferior. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable 2. Abbreviation of informal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: inf. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of infinitive. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of infantry. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: bakemeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bake mete, baken mete; equivalent to bake + meat. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪkˌmiːt/ 1. Any baked product (such as a pie) Labels: obsolete Example: And in the vppermoſt baſket there was of all maner of †bake-meats foꝛ Pharaoh,and the birds did eat them out of the baſket vpon my head.
Word: blister blight Part of Speech: noun 1. An infection of tea plants, caused by the fungus Exobasidium vexans, characterized by blister-like lesions on the leaves. Labels: uncountable 2. A similar disease of some pines caused by Cronartium asclepiadeum. Labels: uncountable
Word: my son Part of Speech: noun 1. Refers to the person one is addressing, when giving caution or advice, indicating that the person is inferior in some way. It does not necessarily refer to a relationship. Example: Now, look here, my son, I said; you're a kid and a know nothing.
Word: ITT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of individual time trial. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of internal turbine temperature. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ITT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of International Telephone & Telegraph, a global American manufacturing company. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ITT Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of in this thread (the topic of this thread is). Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of in this topic. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of I think that. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: lierre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French lierre (“ivy”). Pronunciation: /liˈɛ(ə)ɹ/ 1. A grayish olive colour. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nonmilitant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + militant. 1. Not militant. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonmilitant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + militant. 1. One who is not a militant.
Word: ards Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɑɹdz/, /ɑːdz/ 1. plural of ard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arginate Part of Speech: noun 1. A salt of alginic acid. Example: Since arginine is a normal component and plays an important role in the glucose transport mechanism, arginates can easily serve as acceptors for glucose. So I have given diabetic patients both calcium arginate and magnesium arginate, with spectacular results thus far.
Word: Casper Part of Speech: name Etymology: Alternative spelling of Caspar. The slur denoting a white person is an allusion to Casper the Friendly Ghost. The skateboarding term is named after Bobby Boyden, a professional skateboarder who was given the nickname "Casper" as a child because of his pale skin (again in allusion to the friendly ghost). Pronunciation: /ˈkæspə/, [ˈkʰæspə], /ˈkæspɚ/, [ˈkʰæspɚ] ~ [ˈkʰæspɹ̩] 1. A male given name from Old Persian, of occasional usage, variant of Caspar. 2. A city, the county seat of Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. 3. A mountain in Wyoming.
Word: Casper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alternative spelling of Caspar. The slur denoting a white person is an allusion to Casper the Friendly Ghost. The skateboarding term is named after Bobby Boyden, a professional skateboarder who was given the nickname "Casper" as a child because of his pale skin (again in allusion to the friendly ghost). Pronunciation: /ˈkæspə/, [ˈkʰæspə], /ˈkæspɚ/, [ˈkʰæspɚ] ~ [ˈkʰæspɹ̩] 1. A white person. Labels: ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Example: Speed is whitey's drug, from the palefaces who cook it to the Caspers who deal it to the ofay vanilla wafers who snort or spike it. 2. Ellipsis of Casper flip. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: arrotolata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian arrotolata. 1. A form of rolled-up pancetta. Labels: uncountable
Word: bathyspheres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bathysphere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: basketballs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of basketball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: basketballs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of basketball Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bastardizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bastardization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: backscatterings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backscattering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: backsplashes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backsplash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: backsplashes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of backsplash Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bankruptcies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bankruptcy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: backstabbings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backstabbing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quantitations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quantitation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quantizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quantization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quercitrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quercitron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Franck Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name. 2. A surname, variant of Frank. Example: It all started when Nick Farmer bought George R. R. Martin a drink, but the plot really thickened when the linguist met Martin’s then-assistant Ty Franck. […] Farmer also happened to be just the kind of expert that Franck and his co-author Daniel Abraham needed to bring their novels to the screen.
Word: culpabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of culpability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aspro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. associate professor Labels: Australia, informal
Word: atta Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Probably from that's a with heavy simplification. 1. that's the; that's a Labels: contraction
Word: atta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi आटा (āṭā, “flour, farina, dough”). 1. A type of wholegrain flour from the Indian subcontinent. Labels: India, countable, uncountable Example: Kabutri, in the meanwhile, had kneaded some atta and rolled out a few real rotis. Example: The little bits of atta on her hands turned the water a milky white and that was all she could offer to her children’s hunger.
Word: combining forms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of combining form Labels: form-of, plural Example: Common in English, where in some putative compounds, such as autocrat or technocrat, both members would be combining forms.
Word: vajayjay Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of va-jay-jay. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: post-modern Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of postmodern. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He turns off all of the techno-shit in his goggles. All it does is confuse him; he stands there reading statistics about his own death even as it's happening to him. Very post-modern. Time to get immersed in Reality, like all the people around him.
Word: scintillation vial Part of Speech: noun 1. The laboratory apparatus in which a sample to be analyzed by scintillation counting is held in a scintillation counter
Word: crybabies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crybaby Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crybabies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of crybaby Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: take a break Part of Speech: verb 1. To have a short rest period in one's work, studies, or other activities (This entry is a translation hub.) Example: She took a break from studying to eat a snack.
Word: kavana Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kavanah. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: dithyramb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dithyrambus, from Ancient Greek δῑθύραμβος (dīthúrambos). According to the American Heritage Dictionary, it is of non-Indo-European origin (Pre-Greek substrate, Illyrian/Phrygian), related to θρίαμβος (thríambos) and ἴαμβος (íambos). Brandenstein also compares Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, “member”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɪθ.ɪ.ɹæm/ 1. A raucous and ardent choral hymn sung in ancient Athens in honor of the god Dionysus. Example: Now of the numerical constitution of the chorus before Aeschylus we know nothing; but to him, in the Suppliant Maidens at least, it was a happy coincidence that the myth gave to Danaüs fifty daughters, a number exactly equal to that of the chorus of the dithyramb, from which tragedy itself had sprung. 2. A poem or oration in the same style. Example: While those who drown a truth’s empiric part In dithyramb or dogma turn frenetic; — Than whom no writer could be less poetic He left this lesson for all verse, all art. 3. An impassioned speech; a rant. Example: During the seven decades that have elapsed since that distracted wife, mother, and blindly impassioned mistress threw herself beneath the wheels of the train - thus terminating, with a gesture symbolic of what already had happened to her soul, her tragedy of disorientation - a tumultuous and unremitting dithyramb of romances, news reports, and unrecorded cries of anguish has been going up to the honor of the bull-demon of the labyrinth: the wrathful, destructive, maddening aspect of the same god who, when benign, is the vivifying principle of the world.
Word: innovatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From innovate + -ory. 1. Producing new ideas or products.
Word: jump page Part of Speech: noun 1. A page of a newspaper on which an article is continued, having been started on a more prominent page. Example: 1999, Lawrence N. Strout, Covering McCarthyism: How the Christian Science Monitor Handled Joseph R. McCarthy, 1950–1954, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 65, The New York Times, after running a front-page story (which included rebuttals on the jump page) about the McCarthy speech, also ran an editorial. Example: Who, I wondered, was included among the et al.? I hastily turned to the jump page and saw that, sure enough, along with eighteen others... there was Goldman Sachs.
Word: starost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Polish starosta. 1. A Polish nobleman who possessed a starosty. Labels: historical
Word: mute point Part of Speech: noun 1. Eggcorn of moot point.
Word: hunny Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhʌni/ 1. Eye dialect spelling of honey (“attractive woman, or as a term of affection”). Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: reappraises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reappraise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: green flash Part of Speech: noun 1. A rare phenomenon observed in the morning or evening when the sun is crossing or immediately below the horizon, in which a momentary flash or ray of green light appears above the upper rim of the solar disk, caused by the refraction of light in the atmosphere. Example: Frank T. Davies, physicist on board the City of New York, en route to the Antarctic regions with Byrd Antarctic Expedition, reports as follows on a green flash observed off Bermuda on the evening of August 29, 1928.
Word: amiabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amiability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amicabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amicability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: angioplasties Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæn.d͡ʒi.əʊ.plæs.tiz/ 1. plural of angioplasty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gazillionth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gazillion + -th (ordinal suffix). 1. The ordinal form of the number gazillion. Labels: informal, not-comparable
Word: gazillionth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gazillion + -th (ordinal suffix). 1. The person or thing in the gazillionth position. Labels: informal 2. One of a gazillion equal parts of a whole. Labels: informal
Word: amenabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amenability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ambulatories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ambulatory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ambidexterities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ambidexterity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: allelopathies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of allelopathy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alkalinities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alkalinity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: affordabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of affordability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: affectivities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of affectivity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: affabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of affability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: advisabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of advisability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: admissibilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of admissibility Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adaptabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adaptability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bicentenaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bicentenary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beneficiaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beneficiary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: belligerencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of belligerency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: believabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of believability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: availabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of availability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autoimmunities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autoimmunity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: audibilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of audibility Labels: form-of, plural
Word: authenticities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of authenticity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arthroscopies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arthroscopy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aromaticities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aromaticity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aromatherapies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aromatherapy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aristocracies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aristocracy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: applicabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of applicability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: on the outs Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. On unfriendly terms; estranged. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: I marvel that a mind on the outs with itself should have nevertheless made a painstaking record of its every tremor. Example: A second ill of this day lies in the trend of getting more and more on the outs with those who have been more successful than we.
Word: kick the can Part of Speech: noun 1. A game played by children, similar to tag. Labels: uncountable Example: Her house is […] in a middle-class neighborhood where kids would meet in the schoolyard on summer nights for kick the can, where Good Humor and doughnut truck men still come by. Example: "Did you ever play Kick the Can when you were a kid?"
Word: kick-the-can Part of Speech: noun 1. A game played by children, similar to tag, where tagged players are freed if an untagged player manages to kick over a discarded tin can etc. set up for this purpose. Labels: uncountable Example: Each syllable, screamed by a hysteric caller in the world's last round of kick-the-can. Example: And because few families could afford cars anymore, the alley was a safe place to play Captain-May-I?, kick-the-can, and bounce-out.
Word: hemeral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”). 1. Daily; circadian; cyclical, with a period of 24 hours Labels: not-comparable Example: Photostimulation at 22 weeks of age was done with either a normal, hemeral day (14 hours of light; 10 hours of darkness) or a long ahemeral day (14 hours of light; 14 hours of darkness).
Word: ahemeral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English hemeral English ahemeral From a- + hemeral. Pronunciation: /eɪˈhɛməɹəl/ 1. Cyclical, with a period not equal to 24 hours Labels: not-comparable Example: Photostimulation at 22 weeks of age was done with either a normal, hemeral day (14 hours of light; 10 hours of darkness) or a long ahemeral day (14 hours of light; 14 hours of darkness). Example: Short ahemeral cycles have typically been made up of 14L:7D [L=light; D=dark], 14L:8D or 14L:9D photoschedules and have been used by poultry breeders who wish to identify hens with rapid rates of follicular maturation.
Word: yellowfin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yellow + fin. 1. Any of various fish with yellow fins. Example: “It’s estimated that 10,000 yellowfin gobies died … as well as hundreds of striped bass and hundreds of sturgeon,” and the bloom probably is impacting all aquatic species in the area “to some degree,” Traverso said. 2. Any of various fish with yellow fins. 3. Any of various fish with yellow fins. 4. Any of various fish with yellow fins. 5. Any of various fish with yellow fins. 6. Any of various fish with yellow fins. 7. Any of various fish with yellow fins. 8. Any of various fish with yellow fins. 9. Any of various fish with yellow fins. 10. Any of various fish with yellow fins. 11. Any of various fish with yellow fins. 12. Any of various fish with yellow fins. 13. Any of various fish with yellow fins. 14. Any of various fish with yellow fins.
Word: didjeridu Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of didgeridoo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Peoria Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Miami peewaareewa (“comes carrying a pack on his back”). Pronunciation: /piːˈɔːɹi.ə/ 1. A number of places in the United States: 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A typical, unremarkable United States city; Anytown. Labels: figuratively Example: "If you love the theater and it's in your blood, it doesn't matter if it's Peoria. Can you play Peoria, Gil?" Example: To hear Carlson foam, you’d think that each time a devious immigrant sneaks into the United States and reaches for a voter registration form, a White American in Peoria blinks into nonexistence.
Word: Peoria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Miami peewaareewa (“comes carrying a pack on his back”). Pronunciation: /piːˈɔːɹi.ə/ 1. A member of a Native American tribe, historically part of the Illinois Confederation.
Word: berthing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From berth + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of berth Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: berthing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From berth + -ing. 1. The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake. Labels: obsolete 2. An instance of a ship being brought to be berthed, to rest at some docking facility. 3. A berth, especially figuratively, a place to sleep.
Word: soitenly Part of Speech: adv 1. Pronunciation spelling of certainly, representing New York City English. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: halibuts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of halibut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Knollenorgan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Knollenorgan (literally “tuber organ”), from Knolle + -n- + Organ, because they resemble tubers. 1. A tuberous electroreceptor organ found in the skin of weakly electric fish of the family Mormyridae from Africa, which is specialized for electrical communication.
Word: Brecheisen Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Brecheisen. 1. A surname from German.
Word: tumefy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French tuméfier, from Latin tumefaciō, ultimately from tumeō, from Proto-Indo-European *tum-éh₁- (“to be swelling”), stative stem of *tum- (“to swell”). Pronunciation: /ˈt(j)uːmɪfaɪ/ 1. To cause to swell. Labels: transitive Example: to swell, tumefy, stiffen, not the diction only, but the tenor of the thought 2. To swell; to rise into a tumour. Labels: intransitive Example: […] Lanfrank takes Notice of Tract. 3. Doct. 3. cap. 18. ſaying, "I have ſeen many who being full of Humours, have made an Iſſue under the Knee, before due Purgation had been premis'd; whence, by reaſon of the too great Defluxion of Humours, the Legs tumified, ſo that the cauterized Place corrupted, and a Cancer (or rather cacoethic Ulcer) was thereby made, with which great Difficulty was cur'd."
Word: iz Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Eye dialect spelling of is. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of be Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: iz Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Respelling. 1. Eye dialect spelling of us (“me”). Labels: Geordie, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: Eloi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Éloi, from Medieval Latin Eligius, chiefly after Saint Eligius, from Latin ēligere (“to pick, to choose from”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives and names”). Pronunciation: /ˈiːlɔɪ/ 1. A male given name.
Word: Eloi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by British science fiction author H. G. Wells in 1895 as a fictional species in The Time Machine. Pronunciation: /ˈiːlɔɪ/ 1. A group of people who have been domesticated or intentionally dumbed down. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: meristic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Back-formation from meristics. 1. Relating to meristics. 2. Relating to the meristem. 3. Relating to merisis.
Word: meristic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from meristics. 1. A quantitative property of a fish, as studied in meristics.
Word: meristics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”) + -ist + -ics. Pronunciation: /məˈɹɪstɪks/ 1. The counting of quantitative features of a fish, such as its number of fins or of scales. Labels: uncountable
Word: meristics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”) + -ist + -ics. Pronunciation: /məˈɹɪstɪks/ 1. plural of meristic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: San Andreas fault Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of San Andreas Fault. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: If reconstructed palinspastically for 300 km of right lateral movement on the San Andreas fault, these strata would lie west to northwest of Paleozoic to Lower Mesozoic strata in Sonora.
Word: veterinarians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of veterinarian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: talking head Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from the fact that when a pundit is speaking on television, the camera often zooms in on his or her head. Pronunciation: /ˌtɔːkɪŋ ˈhɛd/, /ˌtɔkɪŋ ˈhɛd/ 1. A journalist or pundit, especially one on television, who presents or discusses issues of the day. Labels: also, attributive, idiomatic Example: Early TV newscasts consisted largely of "talking heads"—a reporter reading news bulletins or interviewing prominent politicians—but maps were frequently employed as visual aids, particularly for war news. Example: We've seen the respect once reserved for serious thinkers transferred to talking-head experts, skilled at reducing their messages to thirty-second sound bites.
Word: quadrupeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quadruped Labels: form-of, plural
Word: San Andreas faults Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of San Andreas fault Labels: form-of, plural 2. The component faults of the San Andreas fault system in California Example: That might explain why the last three major earthquakes occurred not at San Andreas faults, where it would seem natural to expect them, but in both adjacent fault groups.
Word: internationalise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English national English international English -ise English internationalise From international + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of internationalize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: fooling around Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fool around Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: making whoopee Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of make whoopee Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: I was making whoopee with Adrian when my dad came in. How embarrassing!
Word: internationalised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of internationalise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pace-setter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pacesetter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pace-setters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pace-setter (alternative spelling of pacesetters). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vallecula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1859 borrowing from Late Latin vallecula (“a little valley, glen, dell”), diminutive of vallēs (“a valley, vale”). Pronunciation: /vaˈlɛk.jʊl.ə/, /væˈlɛk.jəl.ə/, /vəˈlɛk.jəl.ə/ 1. A depression, channel, or groove.
Word: accuracies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accuracy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: buttresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buttress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: buttresses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of buttress Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: buttressed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having buttresses or supports. Example: Only the buttressed outer walls still stood. Example: […] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.
Word: buttressed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of buttress Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: achy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ache + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.ki/ 1. With or suffering from aches; sore. Example: The achy path leads downhill, bump bump bump, rocks jagged and the climate wetter and colder, till I’m toothless, beyond pain, on a frosty skerry beach, my fingers numb, my lungs flapping like dead leaves. Example: Sora, his cinematographer, Bill Kirstein, and the composer Lia Ouyang Rusli capture the achy pleasures of youthful friendship and the tectonic frictions of the personal, the political and the geological.
Word: achier Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.ki.ə/, /ˈeɪ.ki.ɚ/ 1. comparative form of achy /achey: more achy /achey Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: achiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of achy /achey: most achy /achey Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: congratudolences Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Blend of congratulations + condolences. 1. Used to express congratulations and condolences simultaneously. Labels: humorous Example: : And soon to be an eligible bachelor guy! Congratudolences, or whatever.
Word: congratudolences Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of congratulations + condolences. 1. Simultaneous congratulations and condolences. Labels: humorous, plural, plural-only Example: 1918–1920, Octavus Roy Cohen, Come Seven, page 354, The place was crowded. It was crowded with men who knew Cass intimately. A score crowded commiseratingly around him. “Ise sayin’ tha’s a devil of a trick fo’ a feller's gal to do, Cass — run off an’ make ma’iage with another man!” Cass ducked and tried to get away. Bud Peaglar extended earnest congratudolences. “Bet I woul’n’t stan’ fo’ it if’n I was you, Cass.” Example: 2005, Colin Baenziger, quoted in Mark Woods, “New Clay manager has his hands full”, in The Florida Times-Union, 2005 October 12, "When I have friends elected to the city council, I offer them congratudolences," Baenziger said.
Word: aerodynamicist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros)der. English aero- Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *dunamai Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai) Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)lbor. French dynamiqueder. English dynamic English aerodynamic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English aerodynamicist From aerodynamic + -ist. 1. A person who studies aerodynamics.
Word: aerodynamicists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aerodynamicist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Alaskans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Alaskan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aliases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alias Labels: form-of, plural
Word: altimeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of altimeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: altimetry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English alti(tude) Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría)der. Latin -metriader. Old French -métrieder. English -metry English altimetry From alti(tude) + -metry. 1. The science of measuring altitude. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the descent below Minimum Descent Altitude during a nonprecision approach under adverse operating conditions, without visual contact with the runway environment. The Board has been unable to determine the reason for this descent, although the two most likely explanations are (a) improper use of cockpit instrumentation data, or (b) an altimetry system error.
Word: amphoras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amphora Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amputations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amputation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: judgemental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From judgement + -al. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒˈmɛn.təl/, [d͡ʒʌd͡ʒˈmɛn.tl̩], /d͡ʒad͡ʒˈmen.təl/, [d͡ʒad͡ʒˈmen.tl̩] 1. Alternative spelling of judgmental. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: analogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of analog Labels: US, form-of, plural
Word: -metry Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría)der. Latin -metriader. Old French -métrieder. English -metry From Old French -métrie, from Latin -metria, from Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría), from μέτρον (métron, “measurement”) + -ίᾱ (-íā, “-y: forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to -meter + -y. 1. Forming nouns relating to measures and measurement. Labels: morpheme
Word: bubble-head Part of Speech: noun 1. A submariner. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: bubble-heads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bubble-head Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Galatian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Galatia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Galatian From Galatia + -an. Pronunciation: /ɡəˈleɪ.ʃən/ 1. Of or pertaining to Galatia.
Word: Galatian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Galatia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Galatian From Galatia + -an. Pronunciation: /ɡəˈleɪ.ʃən/ 1. A person from Galatia. 2. A member of an ancient Celtic tribe from Galatia (now part of Turkey).
Word: Galatian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Galatia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Galatian From Galatia + -an. Pronunciation: /ɡəˈleɪ.ʃən/ 1. The now-extinct Celtic language of this tribe.
Word: Galatia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Galatia, from Ancient Greek Γαλατία (Galatía). 1. A historical region of ancient Asia Minor, in what is now central Turkey. 2. A former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 25 BC to the late 7th century AD. 3. A village in Saline County, Illinois. 4. A minor city in Barton County, Kansas.
Word: Hebr. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Hebrews. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of Hebrew (language) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Phil. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Philippians. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of Philippines. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Philipp. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Philippians. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Philem. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Philemon. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: hemianaesthesia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor. English hemi- English anaesthesia English hemianaesthesia From hemi- + anaesthesia. 1. Alternative spelling of hemianesthesia. Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: overexposures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overexposure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orthopedically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English orthopedic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English orthopedically From orthopedic + -ally. 1. In an orthopedic manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: oceanfronts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oceanfront Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stone bramble Part of Speech: noun 1. A plant species of the genus Rubus, Rubus saxatilis.
Word: wee juggler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Wiradjuri wijagala. 1. Major Mitchell's cockatoo, Lophochroa leadbeateri.
Word: gang-gang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Wiradjuri gaŋ-gaŋ. Pronunciation: /ˈɡaŋɡaŋ/ 1. A kind of cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum). Example: He carried the two gang-gang cockatoos in a ferret box.
Word: quarrion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Wiradjuri guwarrayiŋ. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒɹiən/ 1. A cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus.
Word: weero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wiru, its name in several north-western Australian Aboriginal languages. Possibly onomatopoeic. 1. A cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus. Labels: Australia, Western
Word: maramie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Wiradjuri. 1. A freshwater crayfish. Labels: Australia
Word: pardo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese pardao (an obsolete spelling of pardau), from Sanskrit प्रतापः (pratāpaḥ), which was written on the coins. 1. A former money of account in Portuguese India, one twentieth of a rupia. Labels: historical
Word: pseudoneglect Part of Speech: noun 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- English neglect English pseudoneglect From pseudo- + neglect. 1. A mild asymmetry in spatial attention, displayed by neurologically normal individuals, in which the left side of space tends to be favoured, making leftward errors in line bisections as well as in the judgment of brightness, numerosity, and size quite common. Labels: uncountable
Word: foofooraw Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfuːfəɹɔː/ 1. Alternative form of foofaraw. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “Sounds more like it was all that Chinese foofooraw you mentioned,” said Darby, “nothing you caused.”
Word: two-point conversion Part of Speech: noun 1. An option, for a team that has scored a touchdown, to gain two points by getting the ball into the end zone by a running or pass play, in lieu of a kicked extra point.
Word: extra point Part of Speech: noun 1. A point scored after a touchdown by kicking the ball through the goal posts or by advancing to the end zone.
Word: goal posts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goal post Labels: form-of, plural
Word: end zone Part of Speech: noun 1. The area between the end line and goal line bounded by the sidelines, bordered on all sides by a white line indicating its beginning and end points; it is 10 yards long. Example: Veteran tight end Travis Kelce, who only had one catch for one yard in the first half, finished with nine receptions and 93 yards but didn’t find the end zone. 2. A similar area, but 20 yards long. Labels: Canadian 3. the portion of the rink behind the goal line.
Word: fair catch Part of Speech: noun 1. An uncontested catch on a kicking play, after the receiver waves his hand to indicate that he will not run with the ball, assuring that he will not be tackled on catching it.
Word: special teams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of special team Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cloudberries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cloudberry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gooseberries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gooseberry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: huckleberries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of huckleberry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lingonberries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lingonberry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sugarberries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sugarberry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whortleberries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whortleberry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: winterberries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of winterberry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mamacita Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish mamá Spanish -cita Spanish mamacitabor. English mamacita Borrowed from Spanish mamacita. Pronunciation: /ˌmɑ.məˈsiː.tə/ 1. A babe, a hottie (sexually attractive woman). Labels: slang Example: As the driver continued down Frederick Street, having been persuaded at the thought of hot mamacitas in tight pants, Kwae was looking out for one particular place. He did not care about seeing the girls. He just wanted to pass round by Woodford Square. Example: “You went home with Belinda?” Chuck smirked as he polished the same glass he’d been polishing since they walked in ten minutes before. “She's a man-eater, boy.” / Brice blushed on top of his blush. “Can we get back to business here? Did you see anyone around my stuff?” / “Can’t say that I noticed anyone. We had a full house last night, dollar beer night, live band, hot mamacitas. You should come in more often, Sheriff. Hell, if that brother of yours can stop by, the former playboy of Silverhill can give it a try.”
Word: clarionet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clarion + -et. Pronunciation: /ˈklæɹɪənɛt/, /klæɹɪəˈnɛt/ 1. A clarinet. Example: Pygmies sang Christian hymns in the Pygmy dialect, Jewish klezmer ensembles filled the night with unearthly clarionet solos […]
Word: eat one's hat Part of Speech: verb 1. Used to express absolute certainty that something will not happen or is untrue. Labels: idiomatic Example: He said he would eat his hat if more than ten people came. He'd better fetch a knife and fork!
Word: curse of Scotland Part of Speech: name Etymology: Uncertain; it may have come from a resemblance to the coat of arms of Dalrymple, Lord Stair, who was an object of criticism for his part in the Massacre of Glencoe in 1692, and his work in bringing about the Union with England in 1707 (ref. Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition 1989). 1. The nine of diamonds. Labels: slang Example: With a mixed hand and the highest card the curse of Scotland, I've seen that man stand pat in a game with four millionaire mining men. Example: After a moment of silence, it was Miles who announced in a clear and firm voice, “The cards you have put down there all happen to be black—your ‘red’ is the nine of diamonds, the curse of Scotland, and it's right here,” reaching to lift the sharper's hat, and to remove from atop his head, and exhibit, the card at issue.
Word: move the goal posts Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of move the goalposts. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Sooner or later we have to have rules, and we have to know that they are not going to change, for people to have business plans developed and so that they can go out and raise capital and stick with their business model. But if there is this constant uncertainty that when the Commission changes, or when they have another rule tha they are going to move the goal posts again, nobody is going to want to have anything to do with this field.
Word: goal post Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of goalpost. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cheatgrass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cheat + grass (reputedly because farmers felt cheated when wheat yields were lower because of cheatgrass invading their fields). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːtɡɹɑːs/ 1. Bromus tectorum, drooping brome, native to Europe, thought to create an ecology prone to annual fires in many US areas Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It took maybe nine or ten years more of westward drift, over the rolling prairie, through the cheatgrass, the sage grouse exploding skyward […]
Word: sneezeweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sneeze + weed. Pronunciation: /ˈsniːzwiːd/ 1. A plant of the genus Helenium, especially Helenium autumnale. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: "Sir, you mustn't shout." "I want to reverse the decline. Rebound to boom. Land in a field of golden sneezeweed." "Sir, I don't have the faintest idea what you're talking about. I must hand over now to the manager." Example: outracing cyclones and rangefires, switchbacking up the eastern slope of the Rockies through meadows of mule-ear and sneezeweed, on over the great torn crestline, to be delivered at last into these unholy mountains Webb grew to manhood in […] 2. A plant of the genus Centipeda; either of the species Centipeda cunninghami or Centipeda minima, which induce sneezing and are known as a folk remedy for colds and allergic reactions. Labels: Australia, countable, uncountable Example: Centipeda Two species of sneezeweed are found in wet places, often at the fringes of wetlands where they may be flooded during heavy rain. C. cunninghamii is the larger plant, an upright perennial with coarsely toothed leaves up to 3 cm long; it is found through much of eastern Australia other than Tasmania. C. minima is a sprawling annual with leaves less than 1 cm long, smooth-edged or sometimes with a few blunt teeth. This is a widespread plant found across much of non-tropical Australia. Both species are strongly and pleasantly aromatic, and have been used in the treatment of colds and infected eyes or throats. 3. Synonym of sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bla Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of blah (“imitative of idle, meaningless talk”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […] Chair of the Women's Committee, bla bla bla, said she won't vote to let Turkey into the EU until Turkish men improve as lovers, […]
Word: plute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from plutocrat. Pronunciation: /pluːt/ 1. A plutocrat, especially a rich industrialist. Labels: Australia, US, colloquial Example: 1909, Western Federation of Miners, Miner′s Magazine, page 95, As a result, the plutes are in a panic. Example: 1915, Gene Stratton-Porter, Michael O′Halloran, 2006, Echo Library, page 224, “Exactly what the plutes are doing,” said Mickey. “Gee, Junior, if your Pa does all the things he said he was going to, you'll be a plute yourself!” “Never heard him say anything in my life he didn′t do,” said Junior, “and didn′t you notice that he put you in too? You′ll be just as much of a plute as I will.”
Word: biogas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos) Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)der. Dutch gasbor. English gas English biogas From bio- + gas. 1. A mixture of methane and carbon dioxide, produced by anaerobic digestion of organic waste matter, used as a fuel. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dicyanoaurate Part of Speech: noun 1. aurocyanide
Word: iridophore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From irido- + -phore. 1. iridocyte
Word: Indian paintbrush Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the genus Castilleja of herbaceous perennial plants. Example: Webb and Veikko watched across a meadow of larkspur and Indian paintbrush, and behind them a little creek rushed down the hillside. 2. Gaillardia pulchella, a flowering plant of southern US, from Arizona to Florida, and northern Mexico. 3. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), of eastern North America. 4. Orange hawkweed (Pilosella aurantiaca, syn. Hieracium aurantiacum) 5. Hieracium spp. (certain hawkweeds).