nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: reallocator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reallocate + -or. 1. One who, or that which, reallocates.
Word: reallocators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reallocator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cellotaphs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cellotaph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anaerobies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French anaérobie, plural anaérobies. 1. anaerobes Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: closehauled Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of close-hauled. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: louage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French louage (“renting”). 1. Synonym of shared taxi.
Word: seabound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sea + bound or sea + -bound. 1. Surrounded by the sea. Labels: not-comparable 2. Destined for the sea. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hemialbumin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hemi- + albumin. 1. hemialbumose Labels: uncountable
Word: setdown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * Deverbal from set down. * (buttocks): See set as US regional form of sit, and see sit down. 1. The act of setting down something or someone. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: setdown areas in a factory for materials unloaded from incoming vehicles Example: The [tour] bus brought them to the next setdown point, the gravesites of John and Robert Kennedy. 2. The act of descending onto a surface (of an aircraft or spacecraft). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The platforms [at the rear of the spaceship] will also have legs for landing—designed to cushion the setdown and also to help level off the ship. Example: The medic would have to hold them on hover and watch the radar for a clear setdown. 3. The humbling of a person by act or words. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: Diva fell quietly asleep, and presently there were indications that she would soon be noisily asleep. Miss Mapp hoped that she would begin to snore properly, for that would be a good set-down for Lucia […] 4. A retort or a reproof that has a humbling effect. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: He walked here, and he walked there, fancying himself so very great! […] I wish you had been there my dear, to have given him one of your set downs. Example: To see a family taking deck passage on the boat […] is an interesting spot in the day’s experience, especially when some patronising passenger, accustomed to “natives” in other countries, gets one of the delightful set-downs the Maori can give so effectively. 5. A sit-down meal eaten by a tramp; a charitable meal provided to a tramp in the giver's home. Labels: countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable Example: In Germany and England the tramps usually eat their set-downs in cheap restaurants or at lodging-houses. Example: They had just finished eating, and I was taken right into the dining room—in itself a most unusual happening, for the tramp who is lucky enough to win a set-down usually receives it in the kitchen. 6. A person’s buttocks. Labels: US, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable Example: “If we [boys] did get caught the watchman would take the wooden end of his hood, slap our setdowns, then give us a kick and say, ‘Get out!’ […]”
Word: setdowns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of setdown Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exiccation Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of exsiccation. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: septaria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of septarium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: septarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin saeptum (“inclosure, partition”) + -arium. Pronunciation: /sɛpˈtɛəɹi.əm/, /sɛpˈtɛɹi.əm/ 1. A flattened concretionary nodule, usually of limestone, intersected within by cracks which are often filled with calcite, barite, or other minerals.
Word: hypocist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῠ̔ποκῐστῐ́ς (hŭpokĭstĭ́s). 1. An astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit of a plant Labels: uncountable 2. The plant, Cytinus hypocistis, a parasitic species growing in the roots of the Cistus, a small European shrub. Labels: uncountable
Word: polysyndetic Part of Speech: adj 1. Characterized by polysyndeton, or the multiplication of conjunctions.
Word: postfactum Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin 1. Alternative form of post factum. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: stoak Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of stoke. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: stoaked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of stoak Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stoaking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stoak Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stoaks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stoak Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: blennorrhea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blenno- + -rrhea, New Latin combining forms based on Ancient Greek roots. 1. An inordinate secretion and discharge of mucus. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. gonorrhea Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: blennorrheas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blennorrhea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metatungstic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + tungstic acid. 1. Synonym of polytungstic acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: sifilet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French siflet. 1. The western parotia (Parotia sefilata), a species of bird of paradise found in New Guinea Labels: archaic
Word: sifilets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sifilet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: court tennis Part of Speech: noun 1. real tennis Labels: uncountable
Word: louages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of louage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baldmoney Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently a corruption of Latin valdē bona (“very good”) (a plant mentioned in Leonhart Fuchs's Great Herbal). Earliest forms seem to come from an intermediate, unattested French form baudemoine (modern French baudremoine) and by analogy to the plant name agrimony. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːldˌmʌni/ 1. Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family. Labels: uncountable 2. A Gentianeae tribe plant, gentian or felwort. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Gentius king of Illyria was the first founder of this herbe, and the first that used it in medicine, for which cause it was called Gentian after his own name: in Greek, γεντιανή, which name also the apothecaries retaine unto this daie, and call it Gentiana: it is named in English Felwoort Gentian; Bitterwoort; Baldmoyne, and Baldmoney.
Word: spignel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either: * an alteration of Middle English spigurnel (“unidentified broomlike flowering plant with medicinal uses”) [and other forms], borrowed from Anglo-Norman spigurnel, spigurnelle, and Anglo-Latin spigurnella, further etymology unknown; or * from spike + nail, because of the shape of its capillary leaves. Pronunciation: /ˈspɪɡnəl/ 1. Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family found in mountain areas in Central and Western Europe, with roots and feathery leaves used as food and for medicinal purposes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I would gladly cõſẽt to thẽ yͭ holde yͭ yͤ herbe wich is called of the apothecaries feniculũ tortuoſum⸝ of yͤ Northẽ Engliſhe mẽ ſpiknel⸝ of the Duche mẽ berwurtz⸝ is yͤ true mew, if yͭ I could fynd any ſpicknel or berwurtz yͭ were of ij. cubites hygh. […] [W]here as the Mew of Mattiolus⸝ yͤ berwurtz of Germany & yͤ ſpiknel of Englãd (which peraduẽture was ones called Spiknard) haue a rough thyng like to the Iudiſh Spiknarde in the hygheſt parte of the root⸝ out of whiche the ſtalke cõmeth firſt furth⸝ the mew of Amatus hath yͤ ſame rough tuht lyke Spiknarde⸝ as he writeth in infirma parte⸝ in the loweſt parte of the roote⸝ which thyng if it be ſo⸝ neither Matthiolus nor I know the ryght mew; […] Example: The ſhops of the Low countries haue miſcalled it in times paſt by the name of Meum, & vſed it for the right Mew or Spiknell woort. 2. Preceded by a descriptive word: a plant resembling Meum athamanticum. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: SESELI; Wild-ſpignel. Example: It [the carrot] is the daucus of botany, and was well known to the Greek writers, but is thought to have been by them confounded with the Cretan spignel, or Candy carrot, which grows abundantly in that island, and of which a species is found on Gog-Magog hills, in Cambridgeshire. 3. The dried, powdered root of Meum athamanticum used as a cooking spice or a medicine. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: [G]entian root, celtic ſpikenard, ſpignel, (meum athamanticum) mountain poly leaves, St. John's wort leaves, […] each half an ounce, […] Example: [H]e wrote a doctor's hand—the hand which from the beginning of has been so disastrous to the apothecary and so profitable to the undertaker: "Take […] of opobalsamum, Indian leaf, cinnamon, zedoary, ginger, coftus, coral, cassia, euphorbium, gum tragacanth, frankincense, styrax calamita, celtic, nard, spignel, hartwort, mustard, saxifrage, dill, anise, each one dram;[…]"
Word: written statement of employment Part of Speech: noun 1. A legally binding document that puts the main terms of employment, such as pay, working hours, holidays, applicable collective agreement, sick leave and pension in writing, and which an employer is required to give to an employee. Labels: UK
Word: teraconic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of terebic + citraconic + acid. 1. An acid obtained by the distillation of terebic acid, and homologous with citraconic acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: ternion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ternio, from terni (“three each”). See tern (adjective). 1. A group of three things together; a ternary, triplet or triad. Example: disposing them into ternions of three general hierarchies 2. A section of paper for a book containing three double leaves or twelve pages.
Word: ternions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ternion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cribration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French cribration, from Latin cribrare (“to sift”). See cribble (noun). 1. sifting, especially of the finer parts of drugs from the coarser parts. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: cribrations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cribration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plagiostomatous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of plagiostomous. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: shrouded gear Part of Speech: noun 1. A cogwheel or pinion having flanges which form closed ends to the spaces between the teeth and thus strengthen the teeth by tying them together.
Word: shrouded gears Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shrouded gear Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bona roba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian bona roba, literally, “good stuff”. 1. An attractive woman, especially one who is sexually available; a prostitute or courtesan. Labels: obsolete Example: And is Jane Nightwork alive? […] By the mass, I could anger her to th' heart. She was then a bona-roba. Doth she hold her own well? Example: A fine strapping bona roba, in the Chartres taste, but well-limbed, clear-complexioned, and Turkish-eyed; thou the first man with her, or made to believe so, which is the same thing […].
Word: bona robas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bona roba Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chloroleucite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chloro- + leucite. 1. A chloroplast. Labels: archaic
Word: chloroleucites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chloroleucite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: renay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English reneye, from Old French reneier, French renier, renier, from Latin re- (“re-”) + negare (“to deny”). See renegade. Doublet of renege and related to deny. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈneɪ/ 1. To renounce (one’s faith or god), to apostasize from. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: […] Mammolukes and Geniſaries about yͤ Turk and Sowdã [Sowdan, i.e., Sudan], haue vſed to chriſten their children of purpoſe, that by the renayĩg [renaying] of their fayth, after, they might be made Mammolukes or Geniſaries, as theyr fathers were, and may be had the more in eſtimacion & fauour about the greate Turke, […] 2. To take back, to recant (something one says or believes). Labels: obsolete, transitive 3. To reject, to deny the truth of (a statement). Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: renayed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of renay Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: renayed Part of Speech: adj 1. Apostate, having renounced one’s faith or god. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: You know our armie is inuincible: As many circumcized Turkes we haue, And warlike bands of Chriſtians renyed, As hath the Ocean or the Terrene ſea Small drops of water, […]
Word: renaying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of renay Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: renays Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of renay Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: three-pile Part of Speech: noun 1. The finest and most costly kind of velvet, with a fine, thick pile. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile.
Word: politzerization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hungarian Politzer + -ization, named after Ádám Politzer of Vienna, who first practiced it. 1. The inflation of the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: politzerizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of politzerization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caballer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cabal + -er. Pronunciation: /kəˈbælɚ/, /kəˈbɑːlɚ/ 1. Someone who cabals; a plotter or intriguer. Example: a close caballer and tongue-valiant lord Example: "I would threaten him with a protestant son-in-law, and be glad of an opportunity to disobey him for conscience sake. And now that Nanny is out of hearing, let me really say, I think you would be excuseable before God and man for resisting this preposterous match by every means in your power. A proud, dark, ambitious man; a caballer against the state; infamous for his avarice and severity; a bad son, a bad brother, unkind and ungenerous to all his relatives—Isabel, I would die rather than have him."
Word: caballers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caballer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orchilla weed Part of Speech: noun 1. Any lichen from which orchil is obtained. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: orchilla weeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orchilla weed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pass-parole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French passe-parole. 1. An order passed from the front to the rear by word of mouth. Labels: archaic
Word: pass-paroles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pass-parole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: archils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of archil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: praemaxilla Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of premaxilla. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: praemaxillae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of praemaxilla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superfetate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin superfetare, from super (“above, over”) + fetare (“to bring forth”). 1. To conceive after a prior conception, but before the birth of the offspring. Example: The hare, for instance, which is hunted alike by beasts, birds, and men, breeds so abundantly as even to superfetate, a thing which is true of no other animal. You find in a hare's belly, at one and the same time, some of the young all covered with fur, others quite naked, others again just fully formed in the womb, while the hare perhaps has lately conceived afresh. Example: Rabbits breed in every month of the year, and superfetate, as do hares; after giving birth they pair again at once.
Word: superfetated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of superfetate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: superfetates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of superfetate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: superfetating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of superfetate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: strontitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From strontite + -ic. 1. Of or relating to strontium Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: strontitic mineral Example: strontitic salt
Word: Pomptine Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Pontine. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vascularisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vascularisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: avoutrer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of avouterer. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Word: avoutrers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of avoutrer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: expectorative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From expectorate + -ive. 1. Archaic form of expectorant. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: expectorative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From expectorate + -ive. 1. Archaic form of expectorant. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: expectoratives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of expectorative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: expectest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: expect + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of expect Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: diggest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: dig + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of dig Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: arapaimas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arapaima Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pirarucu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pira Old Tupi pirá Proto-Tupian *ɨrʲuku Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruku Old Tupi uruku Old Tupi pirauruku Nheengatu pirarukúbor. Brazilian Portuguese pirarucubor. English pirarucu Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese pirarucu. Pronunciation: /pɪˌɹɑɹəˈku/ 1. An arapaima (Arapaima gigas), a large fish of the Amazon.
Word: pirarucus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pirarucu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sea peach Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a number of ascidians of the genus Halocynthia, resembling a ripe peach in size, colour, and velvety surface, especially 2. Any of a number of ascidians of the genus Halocynthia, resembling a ripe peach in size, colour, and velvety surface, especially 3. Any of a number of ascidians of the genus Halocynthia, resembling a ripe peach in size, colour, and velvety surface, especially
Word: sea peaches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea peach Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Acroceraunian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Acroceraunius, from Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “high, heights”) + κεραυνός (keraunós, “thunderbolt”). 1. Of or relating to the Ceraunian Mountains. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Arethusa arose / From her couch of snows / In the Acroceraunian mountains,—— Example: What grand irregular thunder, thought I, standing on my hearthstone among the Acroceraunian hills, as the scattered bolts boomed overhead and crashed down among the valleys, every bolt followed by zigzag irradiations, and swift slants of sharp rain, which audibly rang, like a charge of spear-points, on my low shingled roof.
Word: heartpea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heart + pea. 1. heartseed (plant) Labels: uncountable
Word: pistillody Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pistil + -oid + -y. 1. The metamorphosis of other floral organs into pistils. Labels: uncountable
Word: stimulism Part of Speech: noun 1. The theory of medical practice which regarded life as dependent upon stimulation, or excitation, and disease as caused by excess or deficiency in the amount of stimulation. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 2. The practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: a different theory of therapeutics, that have introduced, instead of the somewhat overdone antiphlogistic measures of our predecessors, the expectancy with some, and the stimulism with others[…]
Word: subreptive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin subreptivus. 1. Surreptitious. Labels: obsolete 2. Relating to subreption.
Word: MFP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of multi-function printer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MFP Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Multifunction Polis. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, historical
Word: discommon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English discomyned, discomynned, dyscomynyd (participle); equivalent to dis- + common. 1. To deprive of the privilege of citizenship of a town or city. Labels: UK, historical Example: But what punishment is laid vpon Recusants, by the rare clemencie of her Maiestie, any way comparable to those that Christian Emperours haue made against Recusants, or such as refused to communicate with the Church of Christ? They were discommoned from buying and selling, from bequeathing their goods or lands to others, or receiuing anie Legacies from others, yea they might not inioy their fathers inheritaunce, &c. What like thing is done to English Recusants? or rather what not vnlike? they buy, they sell, they bequeath their goods at their pleasure, they receiue legacies, and inioy inheritances. Example: Let us not leave our fellowship, and estrange our selves from Gods people[…]To be discommoned a Town, or for a Citizen to be banished a city, is a great evill: But to be an exile from Gods city, and discommoned [i.e. excommunicated] from the communion of Saints, this is lamentable indeed. 2. To deprive (lands etc.) of commonable quality, by enclosing or appropriating. Labels: historical Example: She saw in front of her a two-storey house, standing back from the gravel pathway, on the edge of a triangular piece of turf which represented, no doubt, a more extensive village green, now discommoned and taken in by the private dwellings scattered around. Example: […]acres had already been discommoned – that is, they were no longer available to tenants, cottagers and freeholders[…] 3. To exclude from using a commonable resource, such as land. Example: I know we may by way of admonition, before hand, tell them of the danger, and by way of perswasion presse them better to prepare themselves: but wee may not for their sakes discommon our selves from the table of the Lord . Example: Whiles thou discommonest thy neighbours keyne, And warn'st that none feed on thy field saue thine;." 4. To deprive of the right to deal with undergraduates. Labels: UK, historical, transitive Example: […] persons violating the above statute are liable to a fine for the first offence, and to be discommoned for the second. Example: It could 'discommon' any citizen (most of whom, the Laudian statutes grumbled, 'catch at every occasion of impugning the University privileges') or privileged person should they 'oppose the University privileges'; for a privileged person this meant a suspension of privileges and for a citizen an embargo on dealing with any member of the University.
Word: discommoned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of discommon Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: discommoning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of discommon Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: discommons Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of discommon Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: discommons Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of discommon (“to deprive of the right to deal with undergraduates”).
Word: discoast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + coast: compare Italian discostare. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkəʊst/ 1. To depart; to leave the coast (literally, or figuratively the side or border); to be separated. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: As far as heaven and earth discoasted lie. Example: To discoast from the plain and simple way of speech.
Word: discoasted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of discoast Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: discoasting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of discoast Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: discoasts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of discoast Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: appenage Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of apanage. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: appenages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of appenage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pelecypod Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the Pelecypoda.
Word: pelecypods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pelecypod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dimyarian Part of Speech: adj 1. Like or relating to the Dimya. Labels: archaic
Word: dimyarian Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the Dimya. Labels: archaic
Word: dimyarians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dimyarian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chorometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From choro- + -metry. 1. The act of surveying a region or district. Labels: uncountable
Word: paleola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Diminutive of Latin palea. 1. A diminutive or secondary palea 2. a lodicule.
Word: paleolae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paleola Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tayassuid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any peccary of the family Tayassuidae
Word: tayassuids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tayassuid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: octodont Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the Octodontidae, a family of rodents including the degu (Octodon degus) and 12 other South American species. Labels: not-comparable
Word: octodont Part of Speech: noun 1. An octodontid, a member of the family Octodontidae. Labels: archaic
Word: octodonts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of octodont Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pecary Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of peccary. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: elocation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e- + location. 1. Departure from the usual state; an ecstasy. Labels: obsolete
Word: botargo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Occitan boutargo, from Arabic بُطَارِخ (buṭāriḵ). Doublet of bottarga and tarek. 1. Bottarga; a cake or sausage made from salted mullet roe.
Word: botargoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of botargo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snatch block Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope. 2. A block equipped with a hook that hooks a cable so that it can be doubled back on itself in order to double the load carrying ability of the cable. Example: On a tramway installation, drag the haul rope through each intermediate tower, placing it in the snatch block as the tower is passed to lighten the load. Example: To effectively double the pulling power of a winch, you can use a snatch block.
Word: snatch blocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snatch block Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wauke Part of Speech: noun 1. The paper mulberry, Broussonetia papyifera, used to make kapa.
Word: paper mulberry Part of Speech: noun 1. A tree in the mulberry family (Moraceae), Broussonetia papyrifera, with fibrous inner bark used to make paper and tapa cloth.
Word: Walmartian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Walmart + -ian, in the noun sense presumably influenced by Martian. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːlmɑː(ɹ)ʃən/ 1. A person with strange habits or mannerisms, typically low income and sometimes obese, shopping at Walmart. Labels: US, derogatory, informal
Word: Walmartian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Walmart + -ian, in the noun sense presumably influenced by Martian. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːlmɑː(ɹ)ʃən/ 1. Of or related to Walmart. Labels: US, not-comparable
Word: shit factory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alluding to the fact that babies and some animals produce a lot of feces. 1. An infant, especially one who defecates a lot. Labels: derogatory, humorous, vulgar Example: […] because you have neither the time nor the money to do any of the things you really wanted to do in life before you created a little shit factory of your own? Example: “Damn it, Sandy,” he fumed. “You knew when we got married that I was going to hunt and fish any time I wanted to. I told you that. I said I'd marry you and take care of you, but I told you nothing was going to get in the way of my hunting and fishing. Not you. Not some five-day-a-week job. And not that little shit factory on your lap.” 2. A bird, animal, etc. that defecates a lot. Labels: derogatory, humorous, vulgar
Word: shit factories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shit factory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dropout factory Part of Speech: noun 1. An underperforming high school, especially one with low graduation rates. Labels: US, informal
Word: blue screen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A compound of blue + screen, from the historical film-making technique of using blue backgrounds. 1. The filmmaking technique of shooting foreground action against an evenly-lit monochromatic background for the purpose of removing the background from the scene and replacing it with a different image or scene. 2. The visual effect resulting from this technique as well as the colored screen itself, especially blue. 3. Ellipsis of blue screen of death. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: blue screens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blue screen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bullaun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish bullán. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊlɔːn/, /ˈbʊlɑːn/ 1. A natural depression in a stone, often filled with water and sometimes pebbles. Example: And Castledawson we'll enlist And Upperlands, each planted bawn- Like bleaching-greens resumed by grass- Example: For when he shuffles across the esker I glimpse my grandfather’s whiskers stained with tobacco-pollen. When he piddles against a bullaun I know he carries bovine TB
Word: hypermasculinized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + masculinized. 1. Extremely masculinized. Example: […] the hypermasculinized image of rappers such as Puff Daddy (Sean Combs) […]
Word: proworker Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro- + worker. 1. Supporting workers.
Word: prosocialist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro- + socialist. 1. Supporting or in favour of socialism.
Word: prosocialist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- + socialist. 1. A supporter of socialism.
Word: procapitalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- + capitalist. 1. An advocate or supporter of capitalism.
Word: procapitalist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro- + capitalist. 1. Supporting or in favour of capitalism.
Word: prosocialists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prosocialist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: procapitalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of procapitalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Montgomery pie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. 1. A kind of shoofly pie with lemon juice added to the bottom layer and buttermilk to the topping.
Word: Brandoesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Brando + -esque. 1. Reminiscent of Marlon Brando, Jr. (1924–2004), American actor known for his mumbling diction and animal magnetism.
Word: daycarer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From day + carer or daycare + -er. 1. A daycare worker.
Word: daycarers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of daycarer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semiduplex Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + duplex. 1. Providing communication in both directions, but only one direction at a time, not simultaneously. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hyalea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a taxonomic name, Hyalaeidae, that was used erroneously for the genus for many years. 1. A mollusk of the genus Cavolinia.
Word: hyaleas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hyalea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tubicole Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the order Tubicola (syn. Tubicolae) of annelids.
Word: tubicoles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tubicole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: endysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔνδυσις (éndusis, “a putting on”), from ἐνδύω (endúō). 1. The growing of a new coat of hair, or a new set of feathers, scales, etc. Labels: uncountable Example: the endysis of hens
Word: apogeal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin apogēus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόγειος (apógeios), ἀπόγαιος (apógaios), or from apogee + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌæpəˈd͡ʒiːəl/, /ˌæpoʊˈd͡ʒiːəl/ 1. Connected with the apogee; apogeic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Mossad Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew מוֹסָד (mosád, literally “institute”). Pronunciation: /məˈsɒd/, /məʊ̯ˈsɒd/, /məˈsɑd/, /moʊ̯ˈsɑd/ 1. The national intelligence agency of Israel. Example: Israeli intelligence agency Mossad had smuggled weapons into Iran ahead of the strikes, according to Israeli security officials, and would use the weapons to target Iran’s defense from within. […] Intelligence gathered by the Mossad in Iran also gave Israel’s air force the ability to target senior Iranian commanders and scientists.
Word: Adiaphorite Part of Speech: noun 1. an adiaphorist.
Word: Adiaphorites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Adiaphorite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microseme Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign, mark”). Compare French microsème. 1. Having the orbital index relatively narrow, therefore having eye sockets far away. Labels: archaic
Word: sententiaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sententiary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sententiary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin sententiarius. 1. One who read lectures, or commented, on the Sentences of Peter Lombard. Example: arranged under a hundred and seventy-five heads, not exhibiting the consent of antiquity, which had been the aim of all preceding sententiary collectors
Word: paraphyses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paraphysis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paraphysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + -physis. 1. A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants. Example: Spores tetrahedral, paraphyses mastoid-claviform, scales smooth, entire. 2. A type of sterile cell amongst the spore-bearing asci. 3. A derivative of the roof-plate of the telencephalon.
Word: desideration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin desideratio. 1. The act of desiderating. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something desired. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Coriander-seed might correct it[…]The very desideration!
Word: desiderations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of desideration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thamyn Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of thamin (“Eld's deer”) (Rucervus eldii) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: silverfin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From silver + fin. 1. A small North American freshwater cyprinoid fish (Notropis whipplei, now Cyprinella whipplei).
Word: silverfins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of silverfin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emergy investment ratio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attributed to author Howard T. Odum. 1. The ratio of purchased emergy to the local free environmental emergy.
Word: bergmaster Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of barmaster. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: bergmasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bergmaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emergetic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to emergy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hypostrophe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑποστροφή (hupostrophḗ), from ὑποστρέφω (hupostréphō, “to turn round or back”). 1. The act of a patient turning himself or herself. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. A relapse; a return of a disease. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Whenever the temperature remains elevated, however slightly, and generally when the temperature rises still more, we may confidently assume that the healing process is yet incomplete, or that a fresh malady, a sequela, or a hypostrophe is being developed. 3. A return to the main theme following an insertion or parenthesis. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Example: In addition, the initial σὺ of line 14 completes the series in 6 and 12, providing an extended epanaphora through the mid-section of II, and supplies a slight hypostrophe (catches up the thread of the narrative after a parenthesis and makes a fresh start by either repeating the subject or adding a demonstrative) after the trinitarian parenthesis of 12–13.
Word: hypostrophes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypostrophe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: surmark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sur- + mark? 1. A mark made on the moulds of a ship to show where the angles of the timbers are to be placed.
Word: surmarks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surmark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snobocratic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From snob + -o- + -cratic. 1. Exhibiting, or relating to, snobocracy.
Word: snobocracies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snobocracy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snobocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snob + -o- + -cracy. 1. Snobs, collectively; snobbish behaviour or attitudes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You will not surely live to solicit ( as many a fine fellow , alas ! did but last year ) the votes , not even of the people , but merely of the snobocracy , on the ground of your having neither policy nor principles , nor even opinions , upon any matter in heaven or earth Example: Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy—[…]—distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its flavor.
Word: circumagitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From circum- + agitate. 1. To agitate on all sides. Labels: transitive Example: God […]hath placed his angels in their houses of light , and given to every one of his appointed officers a portion of the fiery matter to circumagitate and roll
Word: circumagitated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of circumagitate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: circumagitates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of circumagitate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: circumagitating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of circumagitate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sirmark Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of surmark. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sirmarks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sirmark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: half-duplex Part of Speech: adj 1. Semiduplex. Labels: not-comparable
Word: subitany Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See subitaneous. 1. Sudden; hasty. Labels: obsolete Example: This which I now have commented is very subitany, and I fear confused Mr. Bagley , who was by me all the time I wrote it, would not conceive, that the frequent discourses betwixt his little son and himself, could be an hinderance to me
Word: epanastrophe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπαναστροφή (epanastrophḗ, “return”). 1. Anadiplosis. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable Example: The repetition of a word or phrase in the same sense[…]as in epanastrophe, […]adds weight to the thought or idea, and increases its logical worth.
Word: stephanotis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the genus Stephanotis of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs with large white waxy flowers in cymes. Example: Palms towered majestically over the heads of the lower shrubs, and camellias, stephanotis, and many other semi-tropical flowers were growing luxuriantly in the open air. 2. A perfume prepared from the flowers of Stephanotis floribunda.
Word: stephanotises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stephanotis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scorper Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of scauper. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: scorpers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scorper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beaufin Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of biffin (“apple”). Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: beaufins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beaufin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bergander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From berg (“burrow”) + gander (“a male goose?”). Compare German Bergente, Danish gravgaas. 1. A European duck (Tadorna tadorna), a sheldrake.
Word: berganders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bergander Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ruddying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ruddy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ruddied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ruddy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cavo-rilievo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian cavo rilievo (literally “hollow relief”). Pronunciation: /ˌkɑːvəʊ ɹɪlˈjeɪvəʊ/ 1. Sculpture in sunken relief, such that no part of it projects beyond the surrounding surface. An example is in wood carving. Labels: uncountable
Word: paleothere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French paléothère 1. Any extinct mammal of the genus Palaeotherium.
Word: paleotheres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paleothere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: persicaria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin persicarius (“a peach tree”). See peach. Pronunciation: /ˌpɜː.sɪˈkɛəɹi.ə/, /ˌpɝ.səˈkɛɹi.ə/ 1. lady's thumb Example: […] and the arrow-shaped leaves of the blue spiked pondwort and rosy flowers of the persicaria, form a beautiful sight on hot sunny days.
Word: persicarias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of persicaria Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cadilesker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish قاضی العسكر (kadilasker), see kazasker for more. 1. Synonym of kazasker.
Word: cadileskers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cadilesker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pertinately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From pertinate + -ly. 1. pertinaciously Labels: obsolete
Word: favouredly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From favoured + -ly. 1. In a favoured or favourable manner; favourably. Labels: obsolete Example: For of fence , almost in every town , there is not only masters to teach it , with his provosters , ushers , scholars , and other names of art and school ; but there hath not failed also , which hath diligently and favouredly written it
Word: coagulatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From coagulate + -ory. Pronunciation: /koʊˈæɡjələˌtɔɹi/, /kəʊˈæɡjʊlətəɹi/, /kəʊˈæɡjʊlətɹi/, /kəʊˌæɡjʊˈleɪtəɹi/ 1. Serving to coagulate. Labels: not-comparable 2. Produced by coagulation. Labels: not-comparable Example: A specific may subdue the too great proportion of acid , or other luxuriant particles , in the mass of blood , and prevent their coagulatory , or other pernicious effects.
Word: precisianist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From precisian + -ist. 1. A precisian; a religious purist or Puritan.
Word: precisianists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of precisianist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: falness Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of fullness. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: poonac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Sinhalese [script needed] (punakku) (compare Tamil புண்ணாக்கு (puṇṇākku)), from Sanskrit पिण्याक (piṇyāka). 1. A kind of oil cake prepared from the coconut. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: poonacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poonac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: patrocination Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of patrocinating or patronizing. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: patrocinations of treasons
Word: patrocinations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of patrocination Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toged Part of Speech: adj 1. togated; dressed in a toga Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: […]Nor the deuiſion of a Battell knowes, / More then a Spinſter, vnleſſe the bookiſh Theorique, / Wherein the toged Conſuls can propoſe
Word: exprobration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin exprōbrātiō (whence -ion), from exprōbrō (“to reproach, upbraid or reprove”), from ex- + probrum (“disgrace, shame”) (whence ex-). Compare French exprobration. By surface analysis, exprobrate + -ion. 1. Reproachful accusation; upbraiding. Labels: obsolete Example: For it will, it must needs be a fearful exprobration of our unworthiness, when the Judge himself shall bear witness against us, that the wisdom of God himself was strangely employed in bringing us safely to felicity.
Word: exprobrations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exprobration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cephalotomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cephalotomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cephalotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cephalo- + -tomy. 1. dissection or opening of the head Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A craniotomy; usually applied to bisection of a dead fetal head with a saw. Labels: historical, uncountable, usually
Word: shovelard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schovelerd, schulerde, schevelard, from schovel (“shovel”), perhaps influenced by malard (“mallard”), on model of Middle Dutch lepelaar (“spoonbill”), with Middle English -ard replacing -aar, but not completely certain. 1. A kind of dabbling duck; the shoveler. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: shovelards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shovelard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: platycoelian Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of platycoelous. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: Swaddler Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the Methodist Church in Ireland. Labels: Ireland, dated, derogatory Example: Nobody is taking any interest in the fine subtle Irish language, apart from mean Swaddlers who try to lure the Irish to join their new cursed religion
Word: Swaddlers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Swaddler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hemicollin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hemi- + Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla) + -in. 1. A more soluble form of semiglutin. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: tellee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tell + -ee. 1. One who is told something. Example: This shows that it is just as important to understand the social relationships between the status of the teller, the tellee and the butt of the humour, as it is to understand other language devices used to construct the humour.
Word: pondfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pond + fish. 1. Any of numerous species of American freshwater fishes belonging to the family Centrarchidae.
Word: pondfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pondfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chroma-key Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of chromakey. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chroma key Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of chromakey. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chroma key Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of chromakey. Labels: alt-of, alternative, transitive
Word: sageland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sage + land. 1. A habitat with many sagebrush plants.
Word: sagelands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sageland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shrubsteppe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shrub + steppe. 1. A kind of natural grassland with low rainfall, less dry than a desert and capable of supporting perennial grasses and shrubs.
Word: shrubsteppes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shrubsteppe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: septemvirate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin septemvirātus, from septemvir + -ātus (“-ate”). 1. A group of seven people, especially (politics) a council of seven men who share office or rule.
Word: septemvirates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of septemvirate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: somniative Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to sleep or dreams. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: septendecillions Part of Speech: num 1. plural of septendecillion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pectoriloquism Part of Speech: noun 1. pectoriloquy Labels: uncountable
Word: electaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electary Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of electuary. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: colophene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From colophony + -ene. 1. (chemistry) A colorless oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony (rosin), regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: colophenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of colophene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: compte rendu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French compte rendu. 1. A report by an officer or agent. Labels: archaic
Word: comptes rendus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of compte rendu Labels: form-of, plural