nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: supermotos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supermoto Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unwrites Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unwrite Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unwriting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unwrite Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unwriting Part of Speech: adj 1. Not writing. Labels: not-comparable Example: Take my word for it, — if indeed I can be a fair witness, — the man who has written a book is above the unwriting average, and as such should be ranked mentally above them […]
Word: unwrote Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of unwrite Labels: form-of, past
Word: wargaming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From war + gaming. 1. The playing of war games. Labels: uncountable Example: DARKON The Darkon Wargaming Club, a “full-contact medieval fantasy wargaming group” based in the Washington-Baltimore area, profiled in a documentary by Luke Meyer and Andrew Neel .
Word: wargaming Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From wargame + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of wargame Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: attitudinous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Italian attitudine + -ous, from Latin aptitūdin- + -ous, from oblique stem of Latin aptitūdō, from aptus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, attitude + -ous. 1. Having a bold and possibly unfriendly attitude; sassy. Labels: informal Example: As pageants go, this one was short (about four blocks, one hour) and friendly in a fringey, attitudinous way.
Word: loafered Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of loafer Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: loafered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From loafer + -ed. 1. Wearing a loafer or loafers. Labels: not-comparable Example: P. J. stuck an impeccably loafered-and-bobby-socked foot upon the desk and glared at it. Example: He leaned back and put his expensively loafered feet on one of my chairs. Apparently he was willing to cough up some change for footwear.
Word: martyrlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From martyr + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a martyr. Example: Jesus, very noble and martyrlike from the first, repeatedly holds gestures of benediction or crucifixion, sometimes (a particularly artful trick of Limón’s) at the same time; Judas is forever conflicted by inspiration and jealousy.
Word: nonpolemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + polemic. By surface analysis, non- + polem- + -ic. 1. Not polemic. Labels: not-comparable Example: Jere L. Bacharach, a historian at the University of Washington who presented the awards, said at the time that both books were “nuanced, nonpolemic works on subjects that too often lend themselves to political tirades and polemics.”
Word: nostalgize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From nostalgia + -ize. 1. To treat nostalgically. Labels: transitive 2. To revel in nostalgia. Labels: intransitive Example: Appropriately enough for a crowd hung up on the fashions and music of the past, the nostalgizing began almost immediately.
Word: nostalgizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of nostalgize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nostalgizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of nostalgize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nostalgized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of nostalgize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nosologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nosology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coccidioidomycotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From coccidioidomycosis + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to the fungal disease coccidioidomycosis. Labels: not-comparable Example: In contrast to tuberculosis, coccidioidomycotic cavities may occur in the anterior segment of the upper lobes as well as in the lower lobes, but these cavities, like those of tuberculosis, are more common in the upper lobes.
Word: incastellate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1552; borrowed from Medieval Latin incastellātus, perfect passive participle of incastellō (“to fortify, incastle, incastellate”) from in- (“in-: make into”) + castellum (“little fortification, castle; cistern”). Cognate with Italian incastellare. 1. To make into a castle. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To enclose a well or cistern with masonry. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Sir William Estfild, knight of the Bath, Mayor, 1438. a great benefactor to that church, vnder a fayre monument, hee also builded steeple, changed their old Bels into 5. tunable bels, and gaue one hundred poundes to other workes of that church. Moreouer hee caused the Conduit in Aldermanbury which he had begun, to be performed at his charges and water to be conuayed by pipes of leade from Tyborne to Fleetstreete, as I haue said. And also from high Berie to the parrish of S. Giles without Cripplegate, where the inhabitants of those partes incastellated the same in sufficient cisternes, […]
Word: flushingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From flushing + -ly. 1. In a flushing manner; while flushing, while blushing (red with embarrassment) Example: No schoolgirl passed their observation-posts more flushingly than did Mrs. Dr. Kennicott. In shame she knew they glanced appraisingly at her snowy overshoes, speculating about her legs.
Word: carriwitchet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly a humorous alteration of catechism. 1. An absurd question; a quibble; a conundrum; a pun; a piece of jocularity or facetiousness. Labels: rare
Word: nontraveler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + traveler. 1. One who is not a traveler.
Word: nontravelers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nontraveler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: redbaiter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of red-baiter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: prooftexts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prooftext Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Charcotian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Charcot + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893), French neurologist.
Word: redbaiters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of redbaiter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lmk Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative letter-case form of LMK (“let me know”). Labels: Internet, alt-of
Word: acromioclavicular joint Part of Speech: noun 1. A joint at the top of the shoulder, the junction between the acromion and the clavicle. Example: He waved them up and down to show that his throwing shoulder still operates despite a sprained acromioclavicular joint, or AC joint.
Word: acromioclavicular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From acromio- + clavicular. 1. Pertaining to both the acromion and the clavicle. Labels: not-comparable Example: Frederick Matsen, the chairman of the department of orthopedics and sports medicine at the University of Washington, who has watched the hit that injured Bradford, said an injured acromioclavicular joint could be a bruise, a clavicle fracture, a mild separation or a severe separation.
Word: bleaty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bleat + -y. 1. Having a bleating sound. Example: The problem is that these two attributes seem to belong to two different voices: the top was altogether less satisfying than the bottom, and at the point at which they meet, his sound was dangerously bleaty.
Word: capacocha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Quechua. 1. A child sacrificed in a religious ritual in some pre-Columbian cultures.
Word: capacochas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of capacocha Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carriwitchets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carriwitchet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carwhichets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carwhichet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carwhichet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of carriwitchet. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: groundfire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ground + fire. 1. Gunfire directed at aircraft from the ground. Labels: uncountable Example: Mr. Chaika described the old approach, before Chechnya’s airport was sacked: the plane would circle high over Grozny, and then descend in a harrowing corkscrew, hoping to dodge groundfire.
Word: overwatch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + watch. Back-formation from watch over. 1. To watch over. Labels: transitive 2. To watch excessively. Labels: transitive 3. To overcome with long lack of rest. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: overwatch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + watch. Back-formation from watch over. 1. The supervision of one unit or vehicle by another while the supervised unit is firing or moving. Labels: uncountable Example: At a further and undefined point in the future, the American force would shrink to about seven and later five brigades — all involved in overwatch missions. Example: “It’s 21st-century warfare,” says another team member, Doshch. And although some of the overwatch can be conducted remotely in bunkers, most of the drone teams (typically four-strong, they say) have to work about 1km behind the front.
Word: overwatches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overwatch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overwatching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overwatch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overwatched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overwatch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overwatering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overwater Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overwaters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overwater Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: phoropter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a trademark. 1. An instrument used in eye examinations to determine an individual's prescription, the patient looking through various lenses at a chart on the other side. Example: Testing includes using a pen or finger to test for the “near point of convergence,” as well as a phoropter, which uses lenses and prisms to test the eyes’ ability to work together.
Word: phoropters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phoropter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toothcare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tooth + care. 1. The care and treatment of the teeth. Labels: uncountable
Word: mouthcare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mouth + care. 1. The care and treatment of the mouth. Labels: uncountable
Word: mouthbrooders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mouthbrooder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mouthbrooding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mouth + brooding. 1. Oral incubation; the care given by some animals, especially fishes, to their offspring by holding them in the mouth for extended periods of time. Labels: uncountable
Word: smitest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: smite + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of smite Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: smiteth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: smite + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of smite Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: subscience Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + science. 1. A scientific discipline that forms part of a larger science. Example: Neurology, after all, is a subscience of anatomy — the symptoms of brain disorders are directly related to the sites of lesions — yet many neurology residencies no longer require brain-cutting time.
Word: subsciences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subscience Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suitmaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From suit + maker. 1. A maker of suits. Example: At Z Zegna, a youthful men’s label by the Italian suitmaker, there were papery cotton parkas with oversize backpacks and some handsome striped jackets, but the many baggy shorts lent a weird weight to everything.
Word: suitmakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suitmaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sooji Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of suji. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: soogans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of soogan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cyberintruder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + intruder. 1. One who breaks into a computer system; a malicious hacker. Example: And even though his department takes the threat of hacking and malicious cyberintruders seriously, he said, “I’ve got a list of 16 things that I try to address in terms of outages — only one of them is cyber- or malicious attacks.”
Word: cyberintruders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyberintruder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eventlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From event + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an event. Example: “We wanted to preserve the eventlike feel and the sense that this was something important to attend,” said Mr. McDonell, who converted an 18-city industry road show, called the Automated Test Summit, into a consolidated virtual conference last May.
Word: microdoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microdose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microdoses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of microdose Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nongilled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + gilled. 1. Without gills. Labels: not-comparable Example: Rotenone is widely considered safe for mammals and other nongilled animals, though some concerns have been raised about links to Parkinson’s disease and some types of cancer.
Word: prescandal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + scandal. 1. Before a scandal. Labels: not-comparable Example: But the pace, so far, is significantly slower than in the prescandal days of 2005, when Congress financed more than 15,000 pet projects, by some estimates, totaling more than $30 billion.
Word: postscandal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + scandal. 1. Following a scandal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: echinaceas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of echinacea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yaravi Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional nostalgic love song of Peru.
Word: yaravis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yaravi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yarcos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yarco Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acclimatizational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From acclimatization + -al. Pronunciation: /əˌklaɪmətɪˈzeɪʃənəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to acclimatization.
Word: semistupid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + stupid. 1. Somewhat or partially stupid. Labels: not-comparable Example: They include Kirsten Storms of “General Hospital,” whose photograph is grotesquely animated to look as though she is blowing into a cartoon Breathalyzer, and Gary Dourdan of “CSI,” who as a hot-dog driver and apparent street enemy of the TMZ photographers, is baited into saying things that sound semistupid only after obscene amounts of editing.
Word: acclimatisational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From acclimatisation + -al. 1. Non-Oxford British English and New Zealand standard spelling of acclimatizational.
Word: subprocessor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + processor. 1. A microprocessor that makes up part of a larger processor. Example: It has two 32-bit microprocessors and four 8-bit subprocessors — not to mention 100 customized gears, 38 sensors, 14 motors and a camera-based optical system. 2. An entity that processes data on behalf of another. Example: To obtain consent from the data controller for any subprocessor appointments and to flow down the same data protection terms to the subprocessor […]
Word: subprocessors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subprocessor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: washi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 和紙 (washi). 1. A tough paper used in traditional Japanese art forms. Labels: uncountable Example: My favorite is Model B, a nubby construction that is 18 inches wide by 92 inches long and is made of washi paper over bamboo ribs.
Word: mastertone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-der.? Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *magisteros Latin magister, magistrum Old French maistrebor. ▲ Latin magisterder. Old English mǣġester Middle English maister English master English ringtone blend English mastertone Blend of master + ringtone. 1. A ringtone consisting of an extract from an original recorded work (and not a synthesised imitation). Example: In a written statement, Universal said it was disappointed that “the Marley estate has chosen to take such an extreme and meritless position that a customary promotional campaign highlighting the availability of Marley mastertones somehow constitutes an ‘endorsement’ of Verizon over all.”
Word: mastertones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mastertone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: midbudget Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mid- + budget. 1. Having or requiring a moderate budget. Labels: not-comparable Example: At a moment when the term independent film is taken to refer either to midbudget studio projects anchored by Oscar-soliciting performances or to the aimless navel-gazing of under-stimulated hipsters (Speak up!
Word: photographica Part of Speech: noun 1. Collectable photographic equipment. Labels: uncountable Example: Many of those ephemeral devices, which experts refer to collectively as photographica, were used to illustrate the book.
Word: precomputer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + computer. 1. Before the availability of computer technology. Labels: not-comparable Example: But they did not count the last three to six months of work history because in a precomputer age, those records were often unavailable.
Word: precomputer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + computer. 1. A device used for calculation before the development of computers.
Word: restone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + stone. 1. To fit with new stones. Labels: transitive Example: Back in his workshop in the barn, Mr. Scheel refined his to-do list: In addition to putting in the slide, he could cross off restoning the quarter-mile driveway, repairing the windmill-powered watering system and building an arbor gate for the vegetable garden .
Word: restoning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of restone Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: restoned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of restone Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: restocker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From restock + -er. 1. One who restocks.
Word: restockers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of restocker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: specklike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From speck + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a speck; almost too small to see. Example: From his window at the Grand Hôtel du Louvre, Pissarro made many paintings of the Avenue de l’Opéra; in the one on view, from 1898, specklike couples promenade into a foggy sky.
Word: handprinted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hand + printed. 1. Printed by hand. Labels: not-comparable Example: 8 P.M. (Sundance) UNFOLDING FLORENCE: THE MANY LIVES OF FLORENCE BROADHURST (2006) Gillian Armstrong (“Oscar and Lucinda”) examines the mysterious life of Broadhurst, a flamboyant Australian designer known for her handprinted wallcoverings — and her endless reinvention of herself.
Word: minihistory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + history. 1. A brief history. Example: With 80 works ranging from folksy illustrations to precisionist Dutch-inspired landscapes and loose 20th-century abstractions, it offers a minihistory of American painting but also challenges tired notions about watercolor as an amateur’s medium.
Word: minihistories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minihistory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adsorptional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From adsorption + -al. Pronunciation: /ædˈzɔɹpʃənəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to adsorption.
Word: condotel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of condo + hotel. 1. A condo-hotel. Example: The Greenwich Hospitality Group, which manages the Delamar Hotel in Greenwich, still has a contract with the partnership to manage the inn, which will not operate as a condotel after all, according to Jonathan Wise, the company’s vice president for hotel development.
Word: condotels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of condotel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: condottieres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of condottiere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adsorptionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From adsorptional + -ly. 1. By means of, or in terms of, adsorption. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonattenuative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + attenuative. 1. Not attenuative. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noneviction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + eviction. 1. Failure to evict (especially in terms of allowing existing residents to remain when a building is redeveloped). Labels: uncountable Example: Finally, the building’s owners made their move, and in 1999 Mr. DiPrinzio joined the tenants committee that negotiated a noneviction condominium conversion plan and a 40 percent insiders’ discount.
Word: nonreaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + reaction. 1. Absence of reaction; failure to react. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “The Arab world nonreaction is a signal to Iran, that Arabs aren’t happy with Iran’s power and influence, so if the Israelis want to go and intimidate and violate the airspace of another Arab state that’s an ally of Iran, the other Arab states aren’t going to do anything.”
Word: nonreactions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonreaction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonsuspect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + suspect. 1. One who is not a suspect. Example: After the accuser proved unable to identify her assailants during two photo lineups, Nifong told the police to give her a third chance, showing her pictures only of the 46 white lacrosse players without any pictures of “fillers,” or nonsuspects.
Word: nonsuspects Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonsuspect Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overconcerned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + concerned. 1. Excessively concerned. Example: “You probably don’t go wrong,” he said, “by looking at some of the largest companies that have dominant positions within their sectors and have experienced management teams that have been through the up cycle and down cycle and they don’t get overly exuberant when things go great or overconcerned when going down.”
Word: overconcerned Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + concerned. 1. simple past and past participle of overconcern Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overcultivated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + cultivated. 1. Excessively cultivated. Example: The overcultivated, emotionally constrained New York of Edith Wharton and Henry James — who appears in the novel as a force for debilitating self-control — resounds in the morality tale of Theodore’s demise.
Word: hyperscholastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + scholastic. 1. Very highly scholastic. Example: And he himself will never be free of the objection that Ulysses is too precious, overcalculated, overcultivated, overloaded with knowledge, hyperscholastic, too subtle...
Word: overfrequent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + frequent. 1. Excessively frequent. Example: Those perhaps overfrequent references to one of literature’s great characters contrast with the real-life figures who appear in several scenes.
Word: pimpy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pimp + -y. 1. Like a pimp. Labels: informal Example: Like Mr. Paresi, a pimpy Brooklyn lawyer who my mother claims is the number-one criminal defense attorney in New York, complete with an impressive roster of Mafia clients. Example: It’s kind of pimpy, sleazy, Eurotrash-guys-in-Vegas fashion, but it’s fashion.”
Word: psychophysiologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From psycho- + physiologist. 1. One who works in the field of psychophysiology. Example: Stephen LaBerge, a psychophysiologist and the founder of the Lucidity Institute (lucidity.com), conducts lucid dream research and teaches people to do it.
Word: psychophysiologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of psychophysiologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: psychophysiologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From psychophysiological + -ly. 1. In terms of psychophysiology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: reinterest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + interest. 1. To interest again or anew. Labels: transitive Example: I then had to reinterest everyone else.
Word: reinterests Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reinterest Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reinteresting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reinterest Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reinterested Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reinterest Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: interestable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From interest + -able. 1. Capable of being made interested. Example: Even when they were not eager for talk, sometimes they were interestable if addressed directly.
Word: semicompletion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + completion. 1. Partial progress towards completion. Labels: uncountable Example: When the long-awaited moment arrived, Vista turned out to be in as sorry a state of semicompletion as Mr. Jobs could have hoped for.
Word: posturally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From postural + -ly. 1. In terms of, or by means of, posture. Labels: not-comparable Example: You are posturally asphyxiated when you are shoved face down to the ground with your hands cuffed behind your back.
Word: stepparenting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stepparent + -ing, modelled on parenting. 1. The role of a stepparent. Labels: uncountable Example: I had no concept of the secret truth of stepparenting: that you must win their hearts again and again, every morning, every night, for at least the first five years.
Word: supergroovy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + groovy. 1. Extremely groovy. Labels: informal Example: An organ and Casio keyboard-fueled hootenanny, the record could be the breakbeaty and supergroovy soundtrack to a mid-'60s kids show. Example: “All the things that are supergroovy and acceptable, like Hedi Slimane and Prada and Balenciaga, can’t really exist without things like International Male as a point of reference.”
Word: supernanny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + nanny. 1. A remarkably capable and energetic nanny. Example: With lessons in good behavior all but forgotten in many homes, must teachers now be supernannies? Example: Three decades later reality TV shows about supernannies and wife swapping take place in a postfeminist society in which families farm out parenting and domestic duties but nevertheless still cling to traditional notions of motherhood.
Word: supernannies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supernanny Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ultrasnug Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + snug. 1. Very snug. Example: But the real attention-getters are his ultrasnug $450 shorts (above), inspired by Jimmy Connors.
Word: unprofessionalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unprofessional + -ism. 1. Behaviour or qualities that are not professional. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: By the end of January, and well past the scheduled Dec. 16 opening date, Mr. Büchel had departed for good and begun accusing the museum of interference, unprofessionalism and wasting his time.
Word: unscuffed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + scuffed. 1. Not having been scuffed. Labels: not-comparable Example: PUT yourself in Hugh Dancy’s shoes (black, leather, unscuffed, possibly expensive).
Word: charanga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish charanga. 1. A traditional ensemble of Cuban dance music Labels: countable 2. The genre of music they perform. Labels: uncountable Example: Going to hear charanga, the Afro-Cuban music that uses strings, flute and a standard rhythm section, is a bit like going to see a rare ibex in a zoo: it's a wonder that it exists at all, and its existence can color one's perception of its value. Example: The album includes plenty of songs about love and dancing that draw on vintage and recent Cuban music, from the lilting son to the elegant flute and violins of charanga to percussive rumba and mambo.
Word: charangas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of charanga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coalheaver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coal + heaver. 1. One who feeds coal into a furnace. Example: ...but rheumatism is a vulgar complaint, and would sink even a ducal coronet—the very lowest people have it. I question if there is a workhouse in Great Britain exempt from it. Neither is there one free from asthma, and yet all the world knows a royal duke suffers from it as much as a coalheaver might do;... Example: It was a hot night, and the dust of Limpet's fanlight covered him like a garment, and streaked his countenance like a coal-heaver's.
Word: coalheavers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coalheaver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coalheaving Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coal + heaving. 1. The job of feeding coal into a furnace. Labels: uncountable
Word: mischiefful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mischief + -ful. 1. mischievous Labels: rare
Word: watchlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From watch + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a watch (timepiece). Example: The Forerunner 305 by Garmin (at Amazon.com, $217.99, among others) is a watchlike G.P.S. device that can help travelers keep up with their exercise regimes in unfamiliar places.
Word: minidistrict Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + district. 1. A small district. Example: Another cluster on Tuscaloosa’s gritty west side now amounts to an all-black minidistrict; its five schools have 2,330 students, and only 19 are white.
Word: minidistricts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minidistrict Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyperexuberance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + exuberance. 1. Extreme exuberance. Labels: uncountable Example: Mr. Williams, who at 75 still conducts with kinetic energy, has taken flack from patronizing (and no doubt jealous) “serious” composers for the hyperexuberance and heart-tugging sentiment of his film scores.
Word: Drydenian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Dryden + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to John Dryden (1631-1700), English poet.
Word: Drydenesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Dryden + -esque. 1. Reminiscent of the works of John Dryden (1631-1700), English poet.
Word: rhyniophyte Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪni.əˌfaɪt/ 1. An extinct early vascular plant, Rhyniopsida.
Word: rhyniophytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhyniophyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polysporangiophyte Part of Speech: noun 1. Any plant in which the sporophyte has a structure of branching stems (axes) terminating in sporangia.
Word: polysporangiophytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polysporangiophyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: euphyllophyte Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the taxon Euphyllophytina of seed plants and ferns
Word: euphyllophytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of euphyllophyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: debuccalizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of debuccalization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subblock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + block. 1. A block (of data, etc.) making up part of a larger block. Example: Again, as with every code subblock, indentation (and dedentation) are used to delimit blocks of code as well as to indicate which block of code statements belong to […]
Word: subblocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subblock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: funboarding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From funboard + -ing. 1. The sport of surfing on a funboard. Labels: uncountable
Word: anticommission Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + commission. 1. Opposing a commission. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antiprivacy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + privacy. 1. Opposing, or working against, privacy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antisurfing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + surfing. 1. Opposing the sport of surfing. Labels: not-comparable Example: It goes past a rocky point called Punta de las Brisas, where Mexican boys violate the local antisurfing rules and catch the tube waves that roll in during July and August, and during the full moon.
Word: antifootball Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + football. 1. Opposing (any of the sports called) football. Example: Some faculty members read into this action of a nearby fellow Southland member a close parallel to the North Texas situation, and there was a fairly sizable antifootball feeling within the faculty from that time forward.
Word: antifootball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + football. 1. Alternative form of anti-football. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: antipoliticians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antipolitician Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antidescriptivism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + descriptivism. 1. Opposition to descriptivism. Labels: uncountable
Word: antisport Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + sport. 1. Opposing sport.
Word: antihighway Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + highway. 1. Opposing the construction of highways. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antipsychiatric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + psychiatric. 1. Opposing psychiatry.
Word: antiwork Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + work. 1. Opposing work. Example: Most students, long before they reach the high school age, develop an antiwork attitude — a negative attitude toward anything that requires "excessive" time and effort.
Word: antistudent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + student. 1. Opposing students.
Word: antitracking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + tracking. 1. Of a system or application, preventing the gathering or collecting of personal data or information. Labels: Internet, not-comparable 2. Resistant to the electrical phenomenon of tracking. Labels: not-comparable Example: an antitracking varnish
Word: antisurveillance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + surveillance. 1. Synonym of countersurveillance. Labels: uncountable Example: Conduct antisurveillance: survey your surroundings to be sure no one is surveilling you. Example: Looking around is an act of antisurveillance: it's a simple precaution that can put off a criminal because he sees you are aware and therefore not soft.
Word: antisurveillance Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + surveillance. 1. Against surveillance. Example: They're not against technology per se but they're very antisurveillance.
Word: antigaming Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + gaming. 1. Opposing gambling. Labels: not-comparable Example: Casino owners are lobbying against the proposed antigaming law. 2. Opposing video games. Labels: not-comparable Example: The antigaming campaigner argued that violent shoot-'em-up games led to killing sprees in real life.
Word: antirecycling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + recycling. 1. Opposing recycling. Example: Among antirecycling myths is the fiction that recycling is expensive. But there are factors that naysayers don't take into account. Any recycling fees must be compared to disposal costs.
Word: antitherapy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + therapy. 1. Opposing therapy. Example: Its interior and other environmental features should not give any antitherapy messages, such as signs of hopelessness or negative, intimidating effects.
Word: anticomputer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + computer. 1. Opposing computer technology. Example: The most vocal anticomputer group is the San Francisco Citizens Action Committee.
Word: antifactory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + factory. 1. Opposing a factory or factories in general. Example: Such ignorance becomes the more — and more sadly — ironic when we realize that mill workers commonly grounded their antifactory stance in the same web of republican values as did many townspeople.
Word: Neopythagoreanism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + Pythagoreanism. 1. A Graeco-Alexandrian school of philosophy, reviving Pythagorean doctrines, which became prominent in the first and second centuries CE. Labels: uncountable
Word: antiextremism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + extremism. 1. Opposition to extremism. Labels: uncountable
Word: Neo-Pythagoreanism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Neopythagoreanism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: antisurgery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + surgery. 1. Opposing surgery. Example: I am by no means antimedicine or antisurgery; I believe in the development of modern approaches to save eyesight. I only suggest that nutrition and other natural methods be applied first.
Word: antimedicalization Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + medicalization. 1. Opposing medicalization. Labels: not-comparable Example: Yet, though Israeli women seem to look suspiciously on antimedicalization messages, medical institutions are increasingly attempting to integrate alternative medical practices into hospital births.
Word: antimuseum Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + museum. 1. Opposing museums. Example: He had a clearly articulated antimuseum stance. His antagonism toward the museum as an institution did not take the form of trying to change the museum or subvert it from within. Instead, for a long time, he bypassed it altogether.
Word: antibanking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + banking. 1. Opposing banking. Example: Whether caused by specific economic grievances or qualms about the perversion of the proper moral order, antibanking sentiment was a major political force until the 1840's.
Word: spaewife Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Scots spaewife. 1. female fortuneteller
Word: spaewives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spaewife Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antiexpansionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + expansionism. 1. Opposition to expansionism. Labels: uncountable
Word: antiexpansion Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + expansion. 1. Acting to prevent the expansion of a physical substance. Example: Although the amount of spatulation will not affect the final setting time of plaster mixes containing antiexpansion additives and retarders, excessive spatulation will reduce the available working time... 2. Opposing expansion (as of a state or corporation).
Word: antimurder Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + murder. 1. Opposing murder. Example: It is tough to be a pacifist during war because pacifists are so often accused of being traitorous — which really means antistate and antimurder.
Word: antisentimental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + sentimental. 1. Opposing or shunning sentimentality. Example: an antisentimental author Example: an antisentimental heroine
Word: antiprotestant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + Protestant. 1. Opposing the Protestant form of Christianity.
Word: antireunification Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + reunification. 1. Opposing political reunification.
Word: antiunification Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + unification. 1. Opposing political unification.
Word: antiunification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + unification. 1. The most specific term in a language that describes the terms in some given set. Labels: no-plural
Word: antioppression Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + oppression. 1. Opposing or countering oppression.
Word: nonoppressive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + oppressive. 1. Not oppressive. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonoppressed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + oppressed. 1. Not oppressed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: oppressest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: oppress + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of oppress Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: unoppressive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + oppressive. 1. Not oppressive.
Word: nonoppression Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + oppression. 1. Absence of oppression. Labels: uncountable
Word: unoppressed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + oppressed. 1. Not oppressed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unoptimizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + optimizable. 1. Not optimizable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: anticomedy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Ancient Greek κῶμος (kômos) Proto-Hellenic *awéidō Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Proto-Hellenic *awoidā́ Ancient Greek ᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ) Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ) Ancient Greek κῶμος (kômos) Proto-Hellenic *awoidós Ancient Greek ἀοιδός (aoidós) Ancient Greek κωμῳδῐ́ᾱ (kōmōidĭ́ā)bor. Latin cōmoediader. Middle French comediebor. Middle English comedie English comedy English anticomedy From anti- + comedy. 1. A form of comedy that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of comedy. Labels: uncountable Example: In the usual comedic parlance, “anticomedy” is a self-aware performance that mines laughs from its utter lack of conventional punch lines.
Word: antiexport Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + export. 1. Opposing exports.
Word: antiimport Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + import. 1. Opposing imports.
Word: antiprotectionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + protectionism. 1. Opposition to protectionism. Labels: uncountable
Word: anticelebrity Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + celebrity. 1. Opposing celebrity. Example: The singer had continually been occupied, to distraction, with making anticelebrity and antifame statements. He spent a good portion of the late 1980s and early 1990s dismissing his fame as an “illusion” […] Example: The highly literate distaste for people who too passionately identify with fictional incarnations has a distinctly anticelebrity feel to it.
Word: antipoor Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + poor. 1. Opposing or working against the poor.
Word: antirich Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + rich. 1. Opposing or working against the rich.
Word: antiindependence Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + independence. 1. Uncommon spelling of anti-independence. Labels: alt-of, uncommon
Word: antischolarship Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + scholarship. 1. Opposing scholarship. Labels: not-comparable
Word: anticollectivist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + collectivist. 1. Opposing collectivism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: anticollectivist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + collectivist. 1. An opponent of collectivism.
Word: anticollectivism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + collectivism. 1. Opposition to collectivism. Labels: uncountable
Word: anticollectivists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anticollectivist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antirabbinical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + rabbinical. 1. Opposing rabbis.
Word: antirabbinic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + rabbinic. 1. Opposing rabbis.
Word: grainland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grain + land. 1. Land where grain is grown.
Word: grainlands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grainland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gobernadoras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gobernadora Labels: form-of, plural
Word: methi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi मेथी (methī), from Sanskrit मेथिका (methikā), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *mentti (“fenugreek”). Pronunciation: /ˈmeːti/ 1. fenugreek Labels: India, uncountable Example: Immediately, add the chopped methi leaves and cook on medium heat, stirring frequently for six to eight minutes, stirring continuously or until the methi leaves are completely cooked and dry. Example: Skip the free Russian-leaning appetizer salads, which are uniformly awful, and dive into a menu that includes excellent chicken methi and the tangy stewed mustard greens called sarsoka sag.
Word: Neopythagorean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neo- + Pythagorean. 1. Of or pertaining to Neopythagoreanism. Example: Nevertheless Neopythagorean treatises are extant that were written in Alexandria at the end of the first century B.C. Some of these treatises were written by women adopting as pennames the names of earlier female disciples and relatives of Pythagoras.
Word: Neopythagorean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + Pythagorean. 1. An adherent of Neopythagoreanism.
Word: multiflight Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + flight. 1. Having or pertaining to multiple flights (of stairs, screws, airline tickets, etc.). Labels: not-comparable
Word: multiflighted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + flighted. 1. Having more than one flight, or screw thread pattern.
Word: rhinorrhœa Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of rhinorrhea. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: neo-Pythagorean Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Neopythagorean. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: neo-Pythagorean Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Neopythagorean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: flighted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flight + -ed. 1. Having flight feathers (for example, upon reaching maturity). Labels: not-comparable 2. Capable of flight. Labels: not-comparable Example: In comparison with flighted birds, the forelimb of a flightless bird typically has a substantially smaller carpometacarpus and ulna-radius, and the relative proportions between these midwing elements and the humerus, and of these last two to[…] 3. Having a specified number or kind of flights (of stairs, a screw thread, etc.). Labels: not-comparable
Word: flighted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From flight + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of flight Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: taccavi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of takavi. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Danite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dan + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈdæˌnaɪt/ 1. A descendant of Dan, fifth son of Jacob. 2. A descendant or member of the tribe of Dan. 3. A member of a fraternal vigilante group founded by members of the Latter Day Saints in the 1830s. Labels: Mormonism, historical
Word: Danite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Dan + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈdæˌnaɪt/ 1. Of or pertaining to Dan, or to the tribe of Dan. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Danites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Danite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jasmina Part of Speech: name 1. A variant of female given name Jasmine.
Word: dankishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dankish + -ness. 1. The quality of being dankish. Labels: uncountable
Word: hydrostatic paradox Part of Speech: noun 1. The proposition in hydrostatics that any quantity of water, however small, may be made to counterbalance any weight, however great; or the law of the equality of pressure of fluids in all directions.
Word: calanoid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the order Calanoida of copepods with a joint between the fifth and sixth body segments.
Word: calanoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calanoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unacclimated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + acclimated. 1. Not having been acclimated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unregarding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + regarding. 1. unseeing Labels: not-comparable
Word: unregardingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unregarding + -ly. 1. Without seeing. Labels: not-comparable
Word: xanthomonad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xantho- + monad, from Latin monas (“one, unity”). 1. Any of the genus Xanthomonas of proteobacteria.
Word: xanthomonads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xanthomonad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scutcheons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scutcheon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unpedigreed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + pedigreed. 1. Without a pedigree. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unplumed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + plumed. 1. Without plumes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cotyledonary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cotyledon + -ary. 1. Of or pertaining to a cotyledon Labels: not-comparable