nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: chromopermittivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chromo- + permittivity. 1. chromodynamic permittivity Labels: uncountable
Word: Comptonization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Compton + -ization. 1. The result of the Compton effect; particularly, the redistribution of the energies of photons scattered by electrons in space Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: fluxless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flux + -less. 1. That requires no flux. 2. In which no flux occurs.
Word: gyrosonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gyro- + sonic. 1. Of or pertaining to gyrosonics Labels: not-comparable
Word: gyrosonics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gyro- + sonics. 1. A form of audio binaural stimulus that produces rotational perceptions of sound movement in the head at a particular predetermined frequency. Labels: uncountable 2. The therapeutic effect of this on the autonomic nervous system when used to alleviate long-standing pain. Labels: uncountable
Word: heterostructured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hetero- + structured. 1. Composed of a heterostructure Labels: not-comparable
Word: idealizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From idealize + -able. 1. That may be idealized
Word: megaparsecs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megaparsec Labels: form-of, plural
Word: micromaser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + maser. 1. A very small maser
Word: modularizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From modularize + -able. 1. That may be modularized
Word: myrtucommulone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Myrtus communis and -one? 1. A nonprenylated acylphloroglucinol, found in the leaves of myrtle (Myrtus communis), that can induce apoptosis in cancer cells Labels: uncountable
Word: nonprenylated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + prenylated. 1. Not prenylated Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonparaxial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + paraxial. 1. Not paraxial Labels: not-comparable
Word: photopolarimetric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From photo- + polarimetric. 1. Of or pertaining to photopolarimetry Labels: not-comparable 2. Measured using a photopolarimeter Labels: not-comparable
Word: photopolarimeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo- + polarimeter. 1. A combination of a polarimeter and a photometer
Word: polyphenyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + phenyl. 1. Many phenyl groups in a molecule Labels: in-compounds, uncountable
Word: supernode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + node. 1. Any peer-to-peer network node that also serves as a proxy server. 2. In nodal analysis: a combination of two nodes which are connected by a voltage source, allowing for the voltage of the nodes to be solved simultaneously without having to consider the unknown current between them.
Word: telecloning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From teleclone + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of teleclone Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: telecloning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tele- + cloning. 1. The cloning of a quantum state and its subsequent transmission to a remote site. Labels: uncountable
Word: ultradiscrete Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + discrete. 1. Describing any discrete system whose dependent variables also take discrete values Labels: not-comparable
Word: worldlines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of worldline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aminohydroxylation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From amino + hydroxylation. 1. Any addition reaction in which an amino and a hydroxyl group are added across a double bond or triple bond
Word: azadiene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aza- + diene. 1. Any vinyl imine CH₂=CH-CH=NH or CH₂=CH-N=CH₂; any derivative of these compounds
Word: borating Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From borate + -ing. 1. treatment or reaction with a borate Labels: uncountable
Word: boration Part of Speech: noun 1. treatment or reaction with a borate or other boron compound Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: butanediol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From butane + diol. 1. Any of four isomeric diols derived from butane.
Word: butanedione Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From butane + dione. 1. The simplest diketone CH₃-CO-CO-CH₃, used as an aroma agent; and derivative of this compound
Word: chloroaluminate Part of Speech: noun 1. The anion AlCl₄⁻; any salt containing this anion
Word: chloroborane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chloro- + borane. 1. The chlorine derivative of borane BH₂Cl. 2. Any organic derivative of this compound.
Word: chlorosilyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chloro- + silyl. 1. Any chlorine derivative of a silyl radical. Labels: especially, in-compounds, uncountable
Word: cyclododecyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyclododecane + -yl. 1. The radical derived from cyclododecane. Labels: especially, in-compounds, uncountable
Word: cyclododecane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyclo- + dodecane. 1. The cycloalkane having twelve carbon atoms; and derivative of this compound
Word: archangelic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin archangelicus. By surface analysis, arch- + angelic or archangel + -ic. 1. Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of archangels. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] th’ Archangelic Power prepar’d For swift descent, with him the Cohort bright Of watchful Cherubim; Example: […] the bird of heaven, with archangelic shrieks, and his imperial beak thrust upward, and his whole captive form folded in the flag of Ahab, went down with his ship […]
Word: supercaffeinated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + caffeinated. 1. Containing large amounts of caffeine. Labels: not-comparable 2. Hyperactive. Labels: humorous, not-comparable Example: But his supercaffeinated style, dependence on out-of-state donors and lack of experience in state politics have undercut his popularity among some voters and undermined his claim that his national stature makes him the man to beat Mr. McDonnell.
Word: predoc Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortening. 1. Abbreviation of predoctoral. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: predoc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. A predoctoral student.
Word: predocs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of predoc Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arcosolium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin arcus (“arc, arch”) and solium (“sill, place of state”). 1. A tomb in an arched recess in a wall.
Word: arenation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin arēna (“sand”). 1. A form of therapeutic bathing in hot sand. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: areolation Part of Speech: noun 1. An areola, or a similar form of a space surrounded by something of a different colour. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: areolations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of areolation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: areologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of areologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypnotherapies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypnotherapy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: argentophil Part of Speech: adj 1. Having an affinity for silver. Labels: not-comparable 2. argyrophil Labels: not-comparable
Word: argentophilic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From argento- + -philic. 1. argyrophilic
Word: argyrophilic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From argyro- + phile + -ic. 1. Having an affinity for silver (and thus able to be stained by a subsequent reducing agent). Example: Tumor cells of both the endocrine cell carcinoma and the adenocarcinoma were argyrophilic.
Word: argillite Part of Speech: noun 1. A fine-grained sedimentary rock, intermediate between shale and slate, sometimes used as a building material
Word: pindicks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pindick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eggmass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From egg + mass. 1. A jelly-like mass of eggs, laid by various creatures.
Word: eggmasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eggmass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flowy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flow + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈfləʊi/, /ˈfloʊi/ 1. Flowing; able to flow. Example: In her flowy skirt, with her flowy hair, bare feet, and still the single eyebrow, she reads a poem that sounds like it came straight from English class.
Word: flowier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of flowy: more flowy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: flowiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of flowy: most flowy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: fricken Part of Speech: adj 1. Pronunciation spelling of fricking. Labels: alt-of, colloquial, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
Word: refounds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of refound Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: feminiser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From feminise + -er. 1. Alternative spelling of feminizer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: feminisers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feminiser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: refounding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of refound Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: refounded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of refound Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fucosidases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fucosidase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fugue state Part of Speech: noun 1. A rare psychiatric disorder characterized by reversible amnesia for personal identity, including the memories, personality and other identifying characteristics of individuality.
Word: fuhgeddaboutit Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of fuhgeddaboudit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nonhypertensive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + hypertensive. 1. Not hypertensive. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cellolike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cello + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a cello.
Word: beef curtains Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Due to the alleged resemblance of a woman's genitals to a pair of curtains, and their being made of flesh. 1. Saggy or loose labia. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang, vulgar
Word: spoofy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spoof + -y. 1. Characterized by spoof; satirical. Example: As sidekick Brenda, Regina Hall outsassed Death in Scary Movie and all its spoofy sequels, including the just out fourth installment. Example: But the movie is no spoofy, salacious Roger Corman “women in cages” picture.
Word: spoofier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of spoofy: more spoofy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: spoofiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of spoofy: most spoofy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: blouseless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From blouse + -less. 1. Without a blouse (item of clothing). Labels: not-comparable
Word: apronless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From apron + -less. 1. Without an apron. Labels: not-comparable Example: However, she persisted in dishing the dinner as well as cooking it, and then sat down, bibless and apronless, to partake of it as an illustrious guest[…]
Word: fastpaced Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of fast-paced. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fast-paced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fast + paced. 1. Moving or changing rapidly. Example: We went to see a fast-paced action film. Example: On one level, the joy of the film is its rhyming couplet commentary, written by the late Paul le Saux and read alternately by Howard Marion Crawford and Alan Wheatley, which adds rhythmic pace to the already fast-paced editing.
Word: Filofax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A brand name, from file of facts. 1. A personal organizer comprising a calendar, address book, etc. in a compact wallet.
Word: Filofaxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Filofax Labels: form-of, plural
Word: filoselles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of filoselle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Glades Part of Speech: name 1. The Everglades.
Word: filmily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From filmy + -ly. 1. In a filmy manner. Example: The fine rain blew very softly, filmily, but the wind made no noise. Nothing made any sound.
Word: furunculosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From furuncle + -osis. 1. The presence of furuncles or boils. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: furunculoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of furunculosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fainéants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fainéant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fleshmeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English flǣsċmete, equivalent to flesh + meat. 1. The flesh of animals (excluding fish or invertebrates) used or prepared for food. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: a. 1529, John Skelton, Colyn Cloute, London: Richard Kele, c. 1545, some of you do eate / In lenton season fleshe mete Example: […] Fish may be mix’d with Flesh-meat, although all Physicians are against it: for certainly, the natural freshness and coldness of Fish, doth temper and allay the natural heat and saltness that is in Flesh-meat,
Word: fleshmeats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fleshmeat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gainstrive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From gain- + strive. 1. To strive against; to resist, oppose. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To resist; to fight back. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: For on the spoile of women he doth live, / Whose bodies chast, when ever in his powre / He may them catch unable to gainstrive, / He with his shamefull lust doth first deflowre, / And afterwardes themselves doth cruelly devoure.
Word: hadronizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hadronization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quarg Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of quark (soft creamy cheese) Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: […] Emmental and Gruyere most suitable and quarg least suitable for processed cheese.
Word: quargs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quarg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: structural deficit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From structural + deficit. 1. That portion of the public sector deficit which exists even when the economy is at potential. Government spending beyond government revenues at times of normal, predictable economic activity, as opposed to a cyclical deficit. Example: Canadian Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page maintained that the government has a structural budget deficit which will only decline gradually to C$13.7 billion in 2014/15 in spite of C$17.6 billion in cost savings announced by the government last week.
Word: splanch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of split-level + ranch. 1. A house with three levels inside a two-level skin. Labels: US Example: We barely see the world at such a level, for we are surburbing in our splanches, looking for ledges to set down our plastic menorahs for all the gentiles to see.
Word: splanches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of splanch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: basashi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 馬刺し. 1. A Japanese dish of sliced raw horsemeat. Labels: uncountable
Word: ranchwoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ranch + woman. 1. The female equivalent of a ranchman.
Word: ranchwomen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ranchwoman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plasma rifles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plasma rifle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: splash page Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /splæʃ peɪdʒ/, [splaʃ peɪdʒ] 1. A simple introductory webpage shown to the visitor before proceeding to the main page. Labels: Internet Example: There was a terrible animated logo on the splash page. 2. A page of a comic book that is mostly or entirely taken up by a single image or panel.
Word: inhold Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From in- + hold. Compare Old English onhealdan (“to hold, keep, maintain”). More at in, hold. 1. To contain, hold in. Example: Sound implicates these obscure tethers, which connect sound to noise, thereby giving sound its sense. The implicated difference inholds an obscure reserve of sense. 2. To possess inherently, contain in oneself. Example: c. 1604-1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, Cynthia If to the living were my muse addressed, Or did my mind her own spirit still inhold
Word: rimstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rim + stone. 1. A secondary mineral deposit, with a stone-wall-like appearance made up of calcite and other minerals, that builds up to create cave pools. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: total eclipse Part of Speech: noun 1. An eclipse in which the eclipsed body is completely obscured to the viewer. Example: Once upon a time I was falling in love / Now I'm only falling apart / There's nothing I can do / A total eclipse of the heart
Word: antumbra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ante- (“before”) + umbra (“shadow”). Pronunciation: /ænˈtʌm.bɹə/, /ˈæn.tʌm.bɹə/ 1. The region from which an occulting body appears entirely contained within the disc of the light source. Labels: rare
Word: splash pages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of splash page Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gryke Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of grike. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Tiamat Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒀀𒀊𒁀 (tiāmtum, “sea; a deity”), from Proto-Semitic *tihām- (“sea”). 1. A Babylonian goddess who personifies the sea, considered the monstrous embodiment of primordial chaos. 2. A supposed planet once located between Mars and Jupiter. Example: Sitchin also tells us Mummu was the planet Mercury - "One Who Was Born," and that Tiamat was an earlier Earth.
Word: pipeclay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pipe + clay. 1. Catlinite Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pipeclay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pipe + clay. 1. To whiten by application of pipeclay. Labels: transitive Example: I sat up on the coping of the bridge admiring my frail canvas shoes which I had diligently pipeclayed overnight and watching the docile horses pulling a tramload of business people up the hill. Example: The walls were lined with paper-bark, pipe-clayed and panelled with polished bloodwood. 2. To clear off. Labels: UK, dated, slang, transitive Example: to pipeclay accounts
Word: rimstones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rimstone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tufas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tufa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Türck's column Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Ludwig Türck (1810-1868), Austrian neurologist. 1. The anterior corticospinal tract. Labels: dated
Word: cellco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of cell + telco. 1. A cellular telecommunications company. Labels: informal
Word: cellcos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cellco Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rotework Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rote + work. 1. Dreary, tedious work done by rote. Labels: uncountable
Word: rightio Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪti.əʊ/ 1. Alternative form of righto. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "Rightio!" said the strong man in a soldier's bark. "Everybody's good for a penny. Right. Now, I'll give you two tricks that are worth a performance... Example: "What'll it be." "Scotch for me Smith." "Two scotch." "Rightio."
Word: Ross River fever Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In 1959, the virus was identified in samples from a mosquito (Aedes vigilax) trapped in the Ross River, located in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. 1. Epidemic polyarthritis, a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by infection with Ross River virus. Labels: uncountable
Word: shoelessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shoeless + -ness. 1. Lack of shoes, or the condition of not wearing them. Labels: uncountable Example: Shoelessness during worship has been until recently the practice of several Eastern Jewish communities.
Word: leftard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From left + -tard. 1. A person of left-wing political views. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar
Word: rightard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From right + -tard. 1. A person of right-wing political views. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar
Word: leftards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leftard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rightards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rightard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: re-identification Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of reidentification. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: reinkable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of re-inkable. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: arundinaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin arundinaceus, from arundo (“reed”). 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a reed or cane
Word: arviculture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin arvum (“field”) + cultura (“cultivation”). 1. arable farming Labels: uncountable
Word: closetedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From closeted + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being closeted; confinedness. Labels: uncountable 2. The state or condition of being in the closet (not open about one's homosexuality). Labels: uncountable
Word: confinedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From confined + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being confined; lack of space. Labels: uncountable
Word: crampy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cramp + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæmpi/ 1. Characterised by cramp. Example: The patient reported a crampy ache. 2. Cramped; offering little room to move.
Word: crampiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crampy + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being crampy. Labels: uncountable
Word: chickabiddy Part of Speech: noun 1. A chicken or similar bird. Labels: childish 2. Term of endearment for a young child or loved one. Example: Why, my dear, who'd murder sich chickabiddies as you? Example: "I tried to cheer her up a little with touches of warm tones here and there--all lies--same kind you tell your own chickabiddy when she's blue--but she wouldn't have it and cried straight ahead for four hours until the sun came out; but I was through by that time and waded ashore.
Word: chickabiddies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chickabiddy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aquacades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aquacade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shadebob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shade + bob. See bob (“blitter object, type of hardware sprite”). 1. A type of bob (graphical sprite-like element) rendered additively on the display, so that it blends with others but can be easily removed again by decrementing the colour value at each pixel. Example: If I made a shadebob routine, which ran 60Hz on PentiumIII 550Mhz on 320x200x8bit mode, would you be impressed? Example: Even on older hardware, the dithering is perfect. The effect is convincing. You can press your face up against the screen and see no edges, you can see wonderful curves and strange shapes out of shadebobs that are probably unintentional.
Word: shadebobs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shadebob Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brain sand Part of Speech: noun 1. corpora arenacea Labels: uncountable
Word: breastknot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From breast + knot. 1. A pin worn on the breast as a fastening or ornament; a brooch.
Word: breastknots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of breastknot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: butter oil Part of Speech: noun 1. clarified butter Labels: uncountable
Word: suche Part of Speech: det 1. Obsolete form of such. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Now if ye felt your belly in ſuche caſe, that ye muſt be fayne al daye to tende it with warme clothes, oꝛ els ye were not able to abide the payne, would ye recken your belly ſicke oꝛ whole? I wene ye would recken your belly not in good quart.
Word: ba-dum ching Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitating a drum roll and cymbal crash played as a comic sting. 1. Used to underscore or acknowledge a joke. Example: She gave it a little spin as it came off her right arm, then sent it flying. It landed on his head with aplomb, and she laughed. "Ba-dum, ching!" Example: Boy, it looks like the average Viagra consumer has some stiff competition. (ba-dum ching!)
Word: bogger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From various senses of bog + -er. 1. Someone associated with or who works in a bog. Example: “I was a bogger afore the war—” “A bogger?” “Yep. I was the one sent to get the cattle out of the muddy bogs and thickets.” 2. A man who catches nippers (snapping prawns). Labels: Australia, slang 3. Synonym of boglander: an Irishman, now (Ireland, derogatory) a yokel, an Irishman from the countryside or (sometimes) from anywhere other than Dublin and the Pale. Labels: derogatory 4. A dare, a task that children challenge each other to complete. Labels: Newfoundland 5. Someone who works to shovel ore or waste rock underground. Labels: Australia, Western, slang Example: Polish Joe was a bogger, a man who shifted unbelievable quantities of dirt away from the face from which it had been blown, and into trucks for dumping in the underground bins each day. 6. Someone who works to shovel ore or waste rock underground. Labels: Australia, Western, slang 7. A lavatory: a room for urination and defecation. Labels: Australia, slang Example: So what if you kissed some bogan mole in the bogger at some 3rd-rate bar? 8. A member of the goth, skate, punk, or emo subculture. Labels: Northern-England, derogatory, slang
Word: bogger Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From various senses of bog + -er. 1. comparative form of bog: more bog Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: bogger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bugger. 1. Pronunciation spelling of bugger, used particularly as an epithet or term of camaraderie or endearment. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: "You bloody bogger...! Example: "You're a funny bogger, though. I never could mek yo' out. Ye're just like one of the lads, but sometimes there's a posh bogger trying to scramble out."
Word: cacosyntheton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad, ugly”) + σύνθεσις (súnthesis, “putting together”) 1. The poor placement of words. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable
Word: corporisation Part of Speech: noun 1. The forming into one body; embodiment 2. The restructuring of a public trading enterprise as a business corporation.
Word: etamine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French étamine. 1. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: glass onion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its shape, resembling the vegetable. 1. A large hand-blown glass bottle used aboard ships to hold wine or brandy. 2. monocle. Labels: informal, slang
Word: grigios Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grigio Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kelper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kelp + -er, so named because the islands are surrounded by much kelp. 1. A Falkland Islander, native to the Falkland Islands. Labels: dated, slang
Word: Wanderers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Wanderer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neo-Objectivist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + objectivist. 1. Someone who subscribes to certain beliefs which notably differ from but do not oppose in basic principle those of the Objectivist movement.
Word: pinacoderm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax, “tablet, dish, plank”) + -derm. 1. The outermost layer of cells (pinacocytes) in the phylum Porifera (sponges), equivalent to the epidermis, and characterized as an epithelial layer of flattened cells.
Word: pound for pound Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative spelling of pound-for-pound. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: seddity Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of saditty (acting bourgeois, snobbish or pretentious). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:saditty.
Word: sigogglin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Apparently from side + goggling, from goggle (“to stare at with wide eyes”), indicating that something had to be stared at sideways to appear straight. Compare antigoglin. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ̯.ɡɒɡ.lɪn/ 1. Not built correctly; crooked, skewed, or out of balance. Labels: Appalachia, US, dated
Word: tenderpreneur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tender + -preneur. 1. A government official or politician who uses their powers and influence to secure government tenders and contracts. Labels: South-Africa, slang Example: No doubt you’re tired of reading about his colourful escapades – about his glamorous home, his allegedly dodgy tenderpreneur deals, his gushing praise of malevolent dictators, or his soundly articulated international economic policy. Example: If anything, the decision represents an important victory to both emerging and accomplished tenderpreneurs who have undoubtedly distinguished themselves in clandestine plundering of state resources.
Word: adverbial genitive Part of Speech: noun 1. A noun declined in the genitive case that functions as an adverb.
Word: adverbial genitives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adverbial genitive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anti-passback Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of antipassback. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: qui tam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur, "[he] who sues in this matter for the king as [well as] for himself". Pronunciation: /kwiː ˈtæm/, /kwaɪ ˈtæm/ 1. A writ whereby a private individual who assists a prosecution can receive all or part of any penalty imposed. Labels: uncountable 2. An action in which a private party sues on behalf of the state. Labels: uncountable
Word: qui tam Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur, "[he] who sues in this matter for the king as [well as] for himself". Pronunciation: /kwiː ˈtæm/, /kwaɪ ˈtæm/ 1. Relating to or constituting a qui tam. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rainforestation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rainforest + -ation. 1. The conversion of a habitat to rainforest. Labels: uncountable
Word: asperous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin asper (“rough, coarse”) + -ous. 1. Rough, rugged, uneven. 2. Bitter, cruel, severe. Example: [T]here needeth onely an unfolding and deplication of the inſide of this order, to ſhevv, it is not ſo aſperous and thorny as our Nature apprehendeth it by the firſt glances that light upon it. Example: And as their valour, so you trow, defied / on aspe'rous voyage cruel harm and sore, / so many changing skies their manhood tried, / such climes where storm-winds blow and billows roar; […]
Word: syntopicon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined as the name of an Encyclopaedia Britannica publication compiled by Mortimer Adler, A Syntopicon: An Index to The Great Ideas (1952). 1. A publication that indexes and compares a number of works in some field. Labels: rare Example: Obviously, this makes for a syntopicon that is extremely personal, that defies all the rules of classification by verbal labels... Example: ...the production of a syntopicon of Freud's concepts...
Word: astrogator Part of Speech: noun 1. One who navigates through space. Example: He went over and over the data of the course the Astrogator had set. Example: Shapiro, the astrogator, weighed a hundred and forty pounds and stood five-five. Physical combat was not his specialty.
Word: syntonies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of syntony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: qui tams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of qui tam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oh, well Part of Speech: intj 1. Dated form of oh well. Labels: alt-of, dated Example: It was not until he heard a ring at the bell that he wondered how he should address her. Countess? That would seem like rubbing it in. Oh, well, it wasn't really necessary to call people anything, if one used a little management. Example: The meager X-ray facts are woefully inadequate and there is nothing upon modern roentgen-cardiography. And this book comes out of Boston where Holmes and George practice the art of roentgenology? Oh, well—Prophets without honor, etc.
Word: astrogators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of astrogator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: astrogeological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From astro- + geological. 1. Of or pertaining to astrogeology.
Word: astuciously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From astucious + -ly. 1. astutely
Word: Syriasms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Syriasm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: atavic Part of Speech: adj 1. ancestral, atavistic
Word: scare story Part of Speech: noun 1. A rumour spread by a scaremonger in order to cause anxiety. Labels: idiomatic Example: Have you heard the recent scare story about broken glass in baby food?
Word: aureity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin aureitās, with the suffix adapted to -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌɔːˈɹiː.ɪ.ti/ 1. The particular property peculiar to gold; goldenness. Labels: uncountable
Word: aureomycin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: aureofaciens + -mycin 1. The drug chlortetracycline, obtained from Streptomyces aureofaciens bacteria. Labels: uncountable
Word: gas generator Part of Speech: noun 1. A mechanical device that uses a chemical reaction to produce a gas as an output. 2. An electrical generator that runs on gasoline. Labels: US
Word: aurification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aur- + -ification. 1. Any of several processes, especially in dentistry, that involve working with gold.
Word: chlortetracycline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chlor- + tetracycline. Pronunciation: /ˌklɔː.tɛ.tɹəˈsʌɪ.kliːn/, /ˌklɔɹˌtɛ.tɹəˈsaɪˌklin/ 1. A yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₃ClN₂O₈ (trademark Aureomycin) of the tetracycline group that is produced by a soil actinomycete (Kitasatospora aureofaciens), active against many bacterial and fungal infections, and is sometimes used in animal feeds to stimulate growth. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: autumny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From autumn + -y. 1. Characteristic of autumn.
Word: auxospore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auxo- + spore. 1. A reproductive spore in diatoms that is formed by the union of two cells Example: Auxosporulation [is] the formation of an auxospore...usually a zygote, produced by diatoms, which expands to near the maximum size of a given species.
Word: savefile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From save + file. 1. A file containing saved data.
Word: aveniform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin avena (“oats”) + -iform. 1. Having the appearance of oats.
Word: savefiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of savefile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subtransaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + transaction. 1. A transaction making up part of a larger transaction.
Word: subtransactions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subtransaction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aviarist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aviary + -ist. 1. A person who keeps an aviary. Example: But if the Aviarist be ambitious to keep the lovely, but destructive, members of the Parrot family, he must be content with grass alone, because Parrakeets (except the weak-billed Turquoisines and Elegants) would destroy the shrubs and trees in a day. Example: Since then the price of these handsome Doves has fallen considerably, but it is still sufficiently high to make a good breeding pair of them a by no means unprofitable investment for the aviarist.
Word: avicolous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin avis (“bird”) + -colous. 1. That is parasitic on birds
Word: aviculturist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis Proto-Italic *awis Latin avisbor. English avi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English aviculture Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English aviculturist From aviculture + -ist. 1. A person who keeps and rears (breeds) birds.
Word: aviculturists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aviculturist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glass onions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glass onion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hollywoodize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Hollywood + -ize. 1. To adapt to the norms and ideals of Hollywood; to make glitzy, superficial, thrilling, etc. Labels: transitive
Word: Hollywoodizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Hollywoodize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Hollywoodizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Hollywoodize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Hollywoodized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of Hollywoodize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Hollywoodization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hollywood + -ization or Hollywoodize + -ation. 1. The act, process, or result of Hollywoodizing. Labels: uncountable Example: [D]ying dramatic arts like Kabuki and No (or Noh) that have existed for years [...] are falling by the wayside because of the onslaught of VCRs and the Hollywoodization of the dramatic arts. Example: The Hollywoodization of crypto is a moral disaster.
Word: hyperlysinuria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + lysine + -uria. 1. The presence of excessive lysine in the urine. Labels: uncountable
Word: know one's stuff Part of Speech: verb 1. To be knowledgeable about and competent at a particular subject or task. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: Joe really knows his stuff when it comes to baseball. Example: The field of knowledge in which Hori claimed to be an authority was Palestinology. The contents of the missive show that Hori certainly knew his stuff.
Word: mogigraphia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μόγις (mógis, “with toil and pain”) + -graphia. 1. Writer's cramp. Labels: uncountable
Word: linearithmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of linear + logarithmic. Pronunciation: /ˌlɪni.əˈɹɪðmɪk/ 1. Taking up to time proportional to n log(n) to run on inputs of size n. Labels: not-comparable
Word: evenings out Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of evening out Labels: form-of, plural
Word: galluptious Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɡəˈlʌpʃəs/ 1. wonderful; fascinating; delightful Example: […] your nails are well manicured—say, girls, it’s galluptious—don’t ever let it get by you.
Word: smoking guns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smoking gun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: The Strip Part of Speech: name Etymology: A colloquial English term for a section of a road, usually with many retail establishments. 1. The four-mile stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas, Nevada, running from Mandalay Bay to the Stratosphere, including most of Las Vegas' major hotels and attractions. Labels: informal Example: Holonyms: Las Vegas, Vegas, Sin City 2. Any of several highways in the United States, usually with numerous retail establishments.
Word: avuncularity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From avuncular + -ity. 1. The condition of being avuncular. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The condition of being an uncle. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: baculiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin baculum (“staff”) + -iform 1. Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
Word: Periclean Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌpɛɹɪˈkliːən/ 1. Of or relating to Pericles, an Ancient Greek politician, or to the golden age of art and literature in Athens. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Stalinian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Stalin + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Joseph Stalin, a Russian revolutionary and political leader. Labels: not-comparable Example: Of this we saw an example when dealing with the "political sections" in the rural districts. But the entire mass of soldiery was compelled to recognize in the course of daily life, the crying absurdity of the Stalinian "general aim." Example: First, the working class has shown that it is against Bolshevism, whether Stalinian or Khrushchevian, that this regime is as much an enemy and oppressor of the workers as was that of the Tsars.
Word: Xenophanean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Xenophanes + -an. 1. Of or relating to the pre-Socratic philosopher Xenophanes of Colophon. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Anaxagorean Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to Anaxagoras, an ancient Greek natural philosopher noted for the cosmological concept of Nous (mind), as an ordering force. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Democritean Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to Democritus, an ancient Greek philosopher noted for his atomic theory. Labels: not-comparable
Word: balenological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From balenology + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to balenology Labels: not-comparable
Word: Euripidean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin Eurīpidēus (from the Ancient Greek Εὐρῑπῐ́δειος, from Εὐρῑπῐ́δης, whence Euripides) + English -an Pronunciation: /juːˌɹɪpɪˈdiːən/ 1. Of or relating to Euripides (an ancient Greek tragedian). Labels: not-comparable
Word: Aeschylean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Aeschylus + -ean. Pronunciation: /ɛskɪˈliː.ən/ 1. Of or relating to Aeschylus, an ancient Greek dramatic poet. Example: In Aeschylean tragedy, in particular, that ruin involves not only the individual but also his descendants, whole families, and even entire nations.
Word: balenology Part of Speech: noun 1. The therapeutic use of thermal and mineral spas Labels: uncountable
Word: balkline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From balk + line. 1. Alternative form of baulk line. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Goethean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Goethe + -an. 1. Of or relating to Johann Wolfgang Goethe, a German writer and thinker. Labels: not-comparable
Word: balneal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin balneum (“bath, bathing place”) + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to baths or to bathing
Word: Leninian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Lenin + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian revolutionary and politician. Labels: not-comparable
Word: balneation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin balneum (“bath”). 1. The act of bathing. Labels: formal Example: There is the Professor's nightly bath, for instance, which has all the solemn trappings of a royal balneation. 2. The administration of public baths.
Word: Parmenidean Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to Parmenides, an Ancient Greek philosopher born in Elea. Labels: not-comparable
Word: balneologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From balneology + -ist. 1. balneotherapist
Word: balsamiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From balsam + -ferous. 1. That yields balsam
Word: barbellate Part of Speech: adj 1. Having one or more barbellae. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having a covering of fine barbs, quills, spines or thorns. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Ross River virus Part of Speech: noun 1. A small encapsulated single-strand RNA alphavirus endemic to Australia and the South Pacific, responsible for Ross River fever. Labels: uncountable
Word: antilambdas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antilambda Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sockeroo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sock + -eroo. Compare sockdolager, socko. 1. Something remarkably impressive or successful. Labels: dated, slang
Word: sockeroos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sockeroo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: morningness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From morning + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being most active and alert during the morning; being a morning person. Labels: uncountable
Word: eveningness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From evening + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being most active and alert during the evening; being a night owl. Labels: uncountable
Word: dullnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dullness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dulness Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of dullness. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable, usually Example: He then sat down to contemplate, at his ease, that vivacity without motive, and without aim, which is found in most numerous assemblies; mediocrity in Italy is by no means a disagreeable character; it has little vanity, little jealousy, and much respect for superiority of mind; and if it fatigues with its dulness, it hardly ever offends by assuming. Example: At first it was downright dulness to Emma. She had never seen Frank Churchill so silent and stupid. He said nothing worth hearing — looked without seeing — admired without intelligence — listened without knowing what she said.
Word: dulnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dulness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chordwise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chord + -wise. 1. In the manner of a chord (straight line connecting points of a curve).
Word: chordwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From chord + -wise. 1. In the manner of a chord (straight line connecting points of a curve). Labels: not-comparable
Word: chordlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chord + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a chord (straight line connecting points of a curve). 2. Resembling or characteristic of a chord (musical notes played simultaneously). Example: If you never hear the chordlike tone: • Check that your Mac is plugged in securely at both ends and that the outlet or power strip is also on...
Word: chordomata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chordoma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kesa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 袈裟 (けさ, kesa), from Middle Chinese 袈裟 (kˠa ʃˠa), from Sanskrit काषाय (kāṣāya). 1. A robe worn by Buddhist monks and nuns.
Word: fleaborne Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flea + borne. 1. Transmitted by fleas. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antibrane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + brane. 1. One of a pair of branes each having opposite orientation to the other.
Word: antiresonant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + resonant. 1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting antiresonance Labels: not-comparable
Word: cobaltites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cobaltite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disequalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disequality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disequality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dis- + equality. 1. inequality, inequation
Word: heteroepitaxial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hetero- + epitaxial. 1. Of or pertaining to heteroepitaxy Labels: not-comparable
Word: hexaferrite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hexa- + ferrite. 1. Any of several complex oxyanions of iron having hexagonal symmetry. 2. Any of various materials containing such anions, many of which have useful magnetic properties.
Word: microcanonically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From microcanonical + -ly. 1. In a microcanonical manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nanopolaritons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanopolariton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Annella Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ann + -ella. 1. A female given name. Labels: rare
Word: nanopolariton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nano- + polariton. 1. A nanoscale polariton
Word: nanoscaled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nano- + scaled. 1. nanoscale (attributive) Labels: not-comparable
Word: phoretic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /fəˈɹɛtɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to phoresy or to phoronts Labels: not-comparable
Word: pseudospins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudospin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recurrency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently from recurrent + -cy, although the former is first attested later in a general sense, originally after Italian recorrenza. 1. The act or process of recurring; recurrence. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: spallogenic Part of Speech: adj 1. Formed by spallation.
Word: subarray Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + array. 1. A contiguous subset of an array.
Word: orpheline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French orphelin. See orphan. Pronunciation: /ˈɔː(ɹ)fəlɪn/ 1. An orphan. Labels: obsolete
Word: orphelines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orpheline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supermartingales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supermartingale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barbicel Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the hooks on the barbules of a feather that interlock adjacent barbs