nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: puceron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French puce (“a flea”). 1. Any of a number of plant live, or aphids. Labels: dated
Word: pucerons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of puceron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reaccess Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + access. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈæksɛs/ 1. To access again. Labels: transitive Example: It is interesting to note that this loop reaccesses the primary loop via line 4510 causing a jump to line 4105.
Word: reaccess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + access. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈæksɛs/ 1. A second or subsequent access. Example: page reaccesses 2. A second or subsequent approach; a return. Labels: archaic Example: the reaccesse, of the Sunne
Word: reaccesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reaccess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reaccessing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reaccess Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reaccessed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reaccess Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: chiqueras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chiquera Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chiquera Part of Speech: noun 1. The red-necked falcon (Falco chicquera). Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Falco chicquera, the chiquera falcon. This small bird of prey has the lower mandible formed like the two preceding. Example: But these slight differences will not justify us in considering the West African chiquera as a true species distinct from the Indian true chiquera; it is only a subspecies of the latter true species.
Word: ex-official Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ex officio + -al, influenced by official. 1. Proceeding from office or authority. Labels: not-comparable Example: an ex-official model of religion
Word: pissmire Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pismire. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pissmires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pissmire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intail Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic form of entail. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: intailed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of intail Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: intailing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of intail Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: intails Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of intail Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: coupee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French coupée, past participle of couper (“to cut”). Compare coupé, coopee. Pronunciation: /kuːˈpiː/, /ˈkuːpi/ 1. A motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent and raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made. Example: One, two, and a coupee.
Word: coupees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coupee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chiropracteur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French chiropracteur. 1. Misspelling of chiropractor. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: I dislocated something in my spine when I was head banging. I had to goto^([sic]) a chiropracteur (sp) dude.... man THAT hurt... and that dance was no fun. Example: Come forward some 20 odd years and Osteopaths, and their equally outcast at the time cousins Chiropracteurs, are now likely to be situated in your Doctor's surgery - or at least you can get a referral. Back then it was akin to going to a witch doctor.
Word: acrotism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin acrotismus, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, privative a) + κρότος (krótos, “a rattling, beating”) + -ismus. 1. A lack or defect of the pulse. Labels: uncountable
Word: Arax Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Araks. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: aortoarteritis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aorto- + arteritis. 1. A condition involving inflammation of the aorta and other arteries. Labels: uncountable
Word: colloidalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of colloidality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: colloidality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From colloidal + -ity. 1. The state or quality of being colloidal. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: doryphoroi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doryphoros Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doryphoros Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin doryphoros, from Ancient Greek [Term?], literally "spear-bearing". 1. A spear-bearing soldier (nowadays, a statue of a man holding a spear, or appearing to do so). Labels: historical
Word: diminutival Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin dīminutīvus + -al. By surface analysis, diminutive + -al. 1. Diminutive. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: twight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English twight, past tense of twicchen. See twitch. 1. To twitch; to cause to twitch; to touch. Labels: obsolete
Word: bimastism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bi- + Ancient Greek μαστός (mastós, “breast”) + -ism. 1. The condition of having two mammae or teats. Labels: dated, rare, uncountable
Word: merry-meeting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From merry + meeting. 1. A fun meeting, a laughfest. Labels: archaic
Word: merrymeetings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of merrymeeting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scirrhosities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scirrhosity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scirrhosity Part of Speech: noun 1. A morbid induration, as of a gland 2. The state of being scirrhous.
Word: rimau dahan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Malay harimau dahan (“clouded leopard”). 1. The Sunda clouded leopard. Labels: archaic, no-plural
Word: thallious Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of thallous. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: extreat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant form of estreat. 1. Estreat. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. Extraction. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Whether this heavenly thing whereof I treat, / To weeten Mercie, be of Justice part, / Or drawne forth from her by divine extreate […]
Word: extreat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant form of estreat. 1. Obsolete form of estreat. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: extreats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of extreat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extreats Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of extreat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: archical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀρχικός (arkhikós, “able to govern”). See arch-. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː(ɹ)kɪkəl/ 1. chief; primary; primordial Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: these three archical hypostases of the Platonic trinity, though looked upon as substances distinct from each other, and subordinate , yet are they frequently taken all together by them for the whole supreme Deity.
Word: instillment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From instill + -ment. 1. The act of instilling Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something which is instilled. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: instillments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of instillment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bow net Part of Speech: noun 1. A trap for lobsters, consisting of a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end. 2. A net for catching birds. Example: HAGGARDS may be trapped in this country but with the square-net, or the bow-net, but in either case great difficulty is experienced
Word: bow nets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bow net Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydrofluosilicic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A very corrosive compound, with the chemical formula H₂SiF₆, produced in volcanoes. Labels: uncountable
Word: unmark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + mark. 1. To remove marks from. Labels: transitive Example: to unmark text
Word: Ruhmkorff coil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after its inventor, Heinrich Ruhmkorff. 1. An induction coil. Labels: archaic
Word: Ruhmkorff coils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Ruhmkorff coil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phlogisticate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From phlogistic + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To combine phlogiston with (something). Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: phlogisticates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of phlogisticate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: phlogisticating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of phlogisticate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: traulism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek τραυλός (traulós, “a lisping”) + -ism. 1. A stammering or stuttering. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: c. 1660-1680, George Dalgarno, A Discourse of the Nature and Number of Double Consonants I know not what other censure to pass on them, but that they are childish and ridiculous traulisms.
Word: traulisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of traulism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: CSTO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Collective Security Treaty Organisation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: During a “family” photograph of leaders of countries in the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) in Yerevan on Wednesday, Armenia’s prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, stepped away from Putin, who had been standing to his left.
Word: entastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔντασις (éntasis, “tension, straining”) + -tic. 1. Of or relating to any disease characterized by tonic spasms. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sultanies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sultany Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sultany Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of sultanry. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Whileſt the Turks thus lorded it in Syria and the leſſer Aſia, the Saracen Caliph commanded in Egypt; under whom, two great Lords, Dargan and Sanar, fell out about the Sultanie or Vice-royſhip of that land.
Word: apertness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From apert + -ness. 1. Openness; frankness. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: And in general, the Freedom or Apertneſs and vigour of pronuncing (as is particularly obſerved in the Bocca Romana) and giving ſomevvhat more of Aſpiration; And on the other ſide, the cloſeneſs and Mufling, and (as I may ſay) Lazineſs of ſpeaking […] render the ſound of their Speech conſiderably different, though they all ſhould uſe the ſame Alphabet.
Word: circuition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin circuitiōnem, from circuīre. Compare circuit. Pronunciation: /səːkjʊˈɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. The act of going round; a circuit, an encircling. Labels: archaic Example: Democritus would sometimes say, that the images and their circuitions were Gods, and othertimes this Nature, which disperseth these images; and then our knowledge and intelligence.
Word: circuitions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of circuition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pustulant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin pustulans, present participle. See pustulate (verb). 1. Producing, or covered in, pustules.
Word: pustulant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pustulans, present participle. See pustulate (verb). 1. Any medicine that produces pustules. Example: Croton oil is a pustulant.
Word: pustulants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pustulant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crotonamides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crotonamide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crotonaldehydes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crotonaldehyde Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frisée Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɹi.zeɪ/, /fɹiˈzeɪ/, /fɹɪˈzeɪ/ 1. A variety of endive, Cichorium endivia var. crispum. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: frisées Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frisée Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Collective Security Treaty Organisation Part of Speech: name 1. An intergovernmental military alliance of several post-Soviet countries.
Word: responsal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Latin responsalis. 1. One who is answerable or responsible. Labels: obsolete Example: Anatolius being put into that See in the room of Flavianus, by the influence of Dioſcorus, (vvhoſe Reſponſal he had been) and having favoured the Eutychian Faction, Pope Leo might thence have had a fair colour to diſavovv him as uncapable of that Function and Dignity, he being ſo obnoxious; […] 2. A liturgical response. Labels: obsolete Example: After some short prayers and responsals, the mass-priest begs, 3. A proctor for a monastery.
Word: responsal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare Latin responsalis. 1. answerable; responsible Labels: obsolete
Word: responsals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of responsal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: huisache Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish huisache. 1. The needle bush or sweet acacia (Vachellia farnesiana), a thorny tree of the genus Vachellia, native to Mexico and Central America.
Word: charbonniers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of charbonnier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chauffeuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chauffeuse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Erdogan Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Erdoğan. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has purged thousands of judges from the judiciary as part of a broader effort to consolidate power in his own hands. But that required decades of effort and multiple constitutional changes, Levitsky said. It only became fully successful after a failed 2016 coup provided a political justification for the purge.
Word: huisaches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of huisache Labels: form-of, plural
Word: utility model Part of Speech: noun 1. An intellectual property right in certain legal systems, to protect invention, very similar to the patent, but usually with shorter term and less stringent patentability requirements.
Word: milled peat Part of Speech: noun 1. Peat processed for power plant fuel by scraping it off the surface of bog and drying in situ. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: adward Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ədˈwɔː(ɹ)d/ 1. Obsolete form of award. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: faint-heart-fooles, whom shew of perill hard / Could terrifie from Fortunes faire adward:
Word: adward Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ədˈwɔː(ɹ)d/ 1. Obsolete form of award. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: trichite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tricho- + -ite. 1. A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian. 2. A delicate, hair-like siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges. 3. A needle-shaped crystal of amylose in starch grains.
Word: trichites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trichite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: taxology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”) + -logy. Analyzable as taxo- + -logy. 1. taxonomy Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Ségou Part of Speech: name Etymology: Loan from French Ségou, which is transcription of Bambara Segu. 1. A city in south-central Mali, lying 235 kilometres (146 mi) northeast of Bamako on the River Niger. 2. A region in south-central Mali.
Word: phyllome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phyllo- + -ome. 1. A leaf, leaflike part of a plant, or part derived from a leaf, such as a petal.
Word: phyllomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phyllome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enchisel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + chisel. 1. To cut or engrave with a chisel. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: enchiselled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enchisel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: enchiselling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enchisel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enchisels Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of enchisel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Foos Part of Speech: name Etymology: Americanized spelling of German Fuss. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Foos Part of Speech: name 1. The Foo Fighters, an American rock band. Labels: informal
Word: NBG Part of Speech: noun 1. von Neumann-Bernays-Gödel (axiomatic) set theory
Word: NBG Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of no bloody good. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal, initialism, not-comparable
Word: simial Part of Speech: adj 1. simian; apelike Labels: archaic Example: It is these leaping tree-snakes probably which have given to monkeys their frantic terror at sight of a snake; and if in the anthropoid period any superior monkey and monkeyess had gained a securer place, defended by precipices from quadrupedal beasts, they might still have found one of these Leapers in their simial Eden.
Word: ideasthesia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”) + -aesthesia, modeled after synaesthesia, and introduced by Danko Nikolić in. Pronunciation: /ʌɪˈdɪəɛsˈθiːʒə/ 1. A neurological or cognitive phenomenon in which activation of a particular concept triggers a sensory-like experience. Labels: uncountable
Word: gnomologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gnomology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gnomology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek γνωμολογία (gnōmología) from γνώμη (gnṓmē, “judgement, maxim”) + -λογία (-logía, “study”) (from λέγω (légō, “gather, pick up”), see anthology). Compare French gnomologie. Pronunciation: /nəʊˈmɒləd͡ʒi/ 1. A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections. Labels: obsolete Example: wisest men have also taught in their ethical precepts and Gnomologies
Word: pickapack Part of Speech: adv 1. Dated form of pickaback. Labels: alt-of, dated, not-comparable
Word: inshelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of inshell Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ideæsthesia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From idea + -æsthesia. 1. Obsolete spelling of ideasthesia. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: entogenous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ento- + -genous. 1. Alternative form of endogenous. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, rare
Word: dissociabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dissociability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dissociability Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being dissociable; ability to be dissociated or separated. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Lack of sociability; unsociableness. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: universal prejudice had made men regard a refusal of this intercommunity as the most brutal of all dissociability.
Word: denegation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French dénégation. Pronunciation: /diːnɪˈɡeɪʃən/ 1. A denial, refusal or contradiction. Example: [B]y the same token to see Horton's straight denegation. I see Horton say emphatically No—and this for reasons quite conceivable in him, once one apprehends their connection with his wishing above all, beyond anything else that he at this moment wishes, to keep well with Gray. His denegation is plausible; Gray believes it and accepts it all the more that at the moment in question he wants to, in the interest of his own freedom of action.
Word: denegations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of denegation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: secretage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French secrétage, from secréter + -age. 1. A process in which mercury, or some of its salts, is employed to impart the property of felting to certain kinds of furs. Labels: uncountable Example: This defect in the straight filaments he supposed to be removed by secretage, or the application of a solution of nitrate of mercury to the tips of the fur on the skin , which caused these to curl
Word: agamous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + -gamous. 1. Having no marital partner or pair-bonded mate; being neither monogamous (pair-bonded) nor polygamous. Labels: not-comparable Example: First culture people are strictly monogamous, not agamous or polygamous. Incidentally, it is reasonable to suppose that sex behavior is of much greater importance in the life of the people of advanced culture, owing to the large number of […] Example: Divandu albimarginatus is a maternal mouthbrooder (latest observations demonstrated larvophilic), that does without pair-bonding (agamous or polygamous). Incubation lasted for approximately fourteen days, […] 2. Synonym of agamic: asexual (of reproduction: occurring without union of male and female gametes). Labels: not-comparable Example: It is now a hundred years since the celebrated observations of O. F. Müller on agamous reproduction (gemmiparity) of the Naiades was published, and although there is no reason to question their perfect accuracy on all essential points, […] 3. Having no visible sex organs; asexual or cryptogamous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: synartesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek a fastening together. 1. A fastening or knitting together; close union. Labels: uncountable Example: It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis, or rather with mere juxtaposition of corpuscles separated by invisible interspaces.
Word: donorship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From donor + -ship. 1. the state of being a donor
Word: sea cabbage Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of sea kale Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Synonym of green laver. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sea cabbages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea cabbage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sandwort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sand + wort. 1. Any of several plants in the genera Arenaria, Minuartia, and Moehringia.
Word: sandworts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sandwort Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chippable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chip + -able. 1. Capable of being removed by chipping. Example: chippable rock
Word: profection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See proficient. 1. A setting out; going forward; advance; progression. Labels: obsolete Example: profection of the horoscope
Word: squamula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin squamula, diminutive of squama (“a scale”). 1. One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.
Word: squamulae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squamula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cottonous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cotton + -ous. 1. Resembling cotton. Labels: archaic Example: the fulus bears a thick Cottonous Substance
Word: penhouse Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of penthouse. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: penhouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of penhouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shiesty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably from shyst(er) + -y. Green's Dictionary of Slang suggests that the word is a blend of shit + feisty or shicer (“a worthless person”) + feisty. The noun sense is a reference to the rapper Pooh Shiesty, known for wearing ski masks on stage. Pronunciation: /ˈʃaɪsti/ 1. Shifty, untrustworthy, unscrupulous. Labels: US, slang Example: The same sheisty cats that you hang with and do your thang with / Could set you up and wet you up nigga, peep the language Example: Muddah had been smart to warn me to flip my bank. My baby had never trusted his ass. I knew she would die before she let this shiesty niggah get his grimy fingers on a single dime of my money.
Word: shiesty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from shyst(er) + -y. Green's Dictionary of Slang suggests that the word is a blend of shit + feisty or shicer (“a worthless person”) + feisty. The noun sense is a reference to the rapper Pooh Shiesty, known for wearing ski masks on stage. Pronunciation: /ˈʃaɪsti/ 1. A black ski mask or balaclava. Labels: slang Example: In Shiesty's hometown of Memphis, the ski masks are nicknamed "Shiestys" and one store has gone as far as banning the wearing of them inside of their store. ¶ "Please remove all Shiesty's^([sic]) before entering," reads the sign on the door of the establishment. Example: Similar rhetoric made its way into our mayoral race as candidates and community members also began to conflate masks and violent crime. Some public-policy wonks in the region have argued that City Council should ban the shiesty because "we see young men committing violent crimes while wearing these masks." 2. A person that is untrustworthy, selfish, deceitful and in some cases heartless.
Word: corneule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cornéule, from New Latin corneola, diminutive of cornea. By surface analysis, cornea + ule. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)nijuːl/ 1. One of the corneas of a compound eye in certain invertebrates. Labels: archaic Example: Behind each “corneule" is a layer of dark pigment, which takes the place, and serves the purpose, of the “iris” in the eyes of Vertebrate animals.
Word: corneules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corneule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crowstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crow + stone? 1. Ganister, a kind of sandstone. Labels: UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable Example: Yoredale Sandstones […] Large quarries in the "crowstone," as the rock is locally calld, may also be seen in Ratcliffe Wood. […] along Hollin Lane, where the crowstone is again largely quarried.
Word: crowstones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crowstone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hagdon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Compare later haglet (“shearwater, petrel”). Attested (as hagden) from the 17th century. 1. One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus, especially, Ardenna gravis (syn. Puffinus gravis, Puffinus major), the great shearwater, and Puffinus stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater. Labels: archaic, regional
Word: hagdons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hagdon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alhenna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic الحِنَّاء (al-ḥinnāʔ), preserving the Arabic article اَل (al-). 1. Henna (Lawsonia inermis). Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: empawn Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic form of impawn. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: to sell, empawn, and alienate the estates
Word: empawned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of empawn Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: empawning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of empawn Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: empawns Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of empawn Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: trawlnet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trawl + net. 1. A kind of fishing net for trawling; a trawl.
Word: trawlnets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trawlnet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ecphractic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐκφράσσω (ekphrássō, “to open or unblock”), from φράσσω (phrássō). Compare French ecphractique. 1. Serving to dissolve or clear viscous matter or secretions, and so remove obstructions Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: ecphractic pill Example: ecphractic remedy
Word: ecphractic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐκφράσσω (ekphrássō, “to open or unblock”), from φράσσω (phrássō). Compare French ecphractique. 1. Any medicine of this kind. Labels: dated
Word: disenclose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + enclose. 1. To free from being enclosed. Labels: transitive
Word: disenclosed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disenclose Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disencloses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disenclose Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disenclosing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disenclose Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: entomolite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From entomo- + -lite. 1. A fossil insect. Labels: archaic
Word: entomolites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entomolite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subventionize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From subvention + -ize. 1. To come to the aid of; to subsidize or support. Labels: transitive
Word: subventionized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of subventionize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: subventionizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of subventionize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: subventionizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of subventionize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ichorhaemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ichor + haemo- + -ia. 1. infection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: spitroasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spitroast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spitroasts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spitroast Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: surance Part of Speech: noun 1. assurance; guarantee Labels: obsolete Example: But thenne were they accorded with Merlyn that kynge Arthur shold come oute and speke with the kynges / and to come sauf and to goo sauf / suche suraunce ther was made.
Word: heartswelling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From heart + swelling. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑː(ɹ)tˌswɛlɪŋ/ 1. heartwrenching Example: powerful, heartswelling music Example: heartswelling hate
Word: phyllostomid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Phyllostomidae. Pronunciation: /fɪˈlɒstəmɪd/ 1. Any bat of the family Phyllostomidae, having large, lance-shaped noses; a leaf-nosed bat. Example: As I mentioned previously, pteropodid bats have been much less studied than phyllostomids
Word: phyllostomids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phyllostomid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reviction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin revivere, revictum (“to live again”), from re- (“re-”) + vivere (“to live”). 1. revival (return to life, usually figuratively) Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: c. 1682, Thomas Browne, letter to a friend to arise from the grave to return again into it, is but an uncomfortable reviction
Word: owl light Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From owl + light. 1. glimmering or imperfect light Labels: uncountable Example: obscurely seen by Owl Light
Word: submittable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From submit + -able. 1. Capable of being submitted, or eligible to be submitted. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Goliath beetle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the Biblical giant Goliath. 1. A very large cetoniid beetle of the genus Goliathus.
Word: cetoniid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the beetle subfamily Cetoniinae (family Scarabaeidae).
Word: cetoniids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cetoniid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sponsal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sponsalis, from sponsus (“a betrothal”), from spondere, sponsum (“to betroth”). See spouse, and compare espousal, spousal. 1. Relating to marriage, or to a spouse; spousal. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: 1870, Lorenzo Altisonant [Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour], Letters to Squire Pedant in the East, 4th Edition, page 64, The sponsal munities I claim are the postnate: To be autocratix in the culinary department, synarchist in other departments of the domicile, and adespotic alibi; and to commonstrate the bairns not to be solifidians, nor nullifidians. Example: Boniface Llamera, St. Joseph (Herder, 1961), better preserves the primary character of the sponsal relationship when he writes: "The entire theology of St. Joseph (Josephology) has one first and principal basis: the marriage which united him to Mary."
Word: tetrinic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See tetra- (“four”). It was once supposed to contain a peculiar radical of four carbon atoms. 1. A complex ketonic acid, C₅H₆O₃. Labels: uncountable
Word: Aristarchian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Aristarch + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Aristarch. Example: Ariatarchian symbols
Word: spondylolistheses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spondylolisthesis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spondylolisthetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spondylolisthesis + -etic. 1. Relating to or affected by the spine condition spondylolisthesis. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the spondylolisthetic pelvis, the body of the last lumbar vertebra is dislocated forward and downward over the anterior surface of the sacrum. Example: We aim to determine the incidence of this non-spondylolisthetic cause of instability in conservatively managed patients and operated groups of patients.
Word: unobservables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unobservable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exacerbescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin exacerbescens, exacerbescentis, present participle of exacerbescere, inchoate of exacerbare. See exacerbate. 1. exacerbation (particularly of a fever or disease) Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: Clumber spaniel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named from the estate of the Duke of Newcastle. 1. A spaniel of a British breed, with short legs and stout body, which, unlike other spaniels, hunts silently.
Word: Clumber spaniels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Clumber spaniel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paralactic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + lactic + acid. 1. sarcolactic acid Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: unbuxom Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + buxom. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈbʌksəm/ 1. Having small breasts; not buxom. Example: With clothes or without she is, in a slender, graceful and most unbuxom way, quite beautiful. Example: […] the ersatz-French cafes, the ramen-ya, the robatayaki, the Brazilian/Israeli/Ethiopian curiosities, the beer cellars (where unbuxom waitresses masquerade hopefully as buxom Bavarian bar maids), […]
Word: discumbency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin discumbens, present participle of discumbere. See discubitory. 1. A reclining position at a meal table, as was apparently the manner in old times such as in Ancient Rome. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: among the Insticutionary rules of youth , he adviseth they might not be permitted to hear Iambicks and Tragedies before they were admitted unto discumbency or lying along with others at their meals
Word: thimblerigger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thimblerig + -er or thimble + rigger. 1. Someone who cheats by thimblerigging, or similar tricks involving sleight of hand. Example: “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. They watch it all th' time b'cause they know blame well there ain't hardly room fer their feet fer th' pikers an' tin-horns an' thimble-riggers what are layin' fer 'em. […]” Example: "Mrs Kane has been filling us in on some background information on Owen." The woman nodded, drumming her nicotined fingers. "And I have been assuring her that the boys who arrive here thimbleriggers and termagants are the least of our worries. But we do not send them out that way. Do we, Brother?"
Word: thimbleriggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thimblerigger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypapophysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyp- + apophysis. 1. A process, or other element, of a vertebra developed from the ventral side of the centrum. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Haemal spines and chevron bones are examples of hypapophysis.
Word: distream Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + stream (with dis- as intensifier). 1. To flow. Labels: poetic Example: Yet o'er that virtuous blush distreams a tear.
Word: distreamed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of distream Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: distreaming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of distream Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: distreams Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of distream Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mestee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See mestizo and mustee. 1. Synonym of mustee.
Word: mestees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mestee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Thibetian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Thibet + -ian. 1. Archaic form of Tibetan. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Thibetian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Thibet + -ian. 1. Archaic form of Tibetan. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Thibetians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Thibetian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seirospore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σειρά (seirá, “cord”) + English spore. 1. One of several spores arranged in a chain, as in certain algae.
Word: seirospores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seirospore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plagiostomous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Plagiostomi + -ous 1. Of or pertaining to fish of the former order Plagiostomi, generally corresponding to the sharks, rays, and skates. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: larmier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French larme (“tear, drop”), from Latin lacrima. See lachrymose. 1. A tearpit (in animals) 2. A horizontal stringcourse for preventing rain from trickling down a wall.
Word: larmiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of larmier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tut-mouthed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a projecting under jaw; prognathous. Labels: obsolete Example: That hath his chin and neather iawe more sticking out than the upper jaw: tutmouthed
Word: ostosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From osteo- + -osis. 1. Synonym of osteosis. Labels: uncountable
Word: pelecaniform Part of Speech: noun 1. Any bird of the order Pelecaniformes.
Word: choak Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of choke. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: At that time, the interior was choaked up with rubbish, several feet above the present surface, and overspread with ashlings, alders, and trees, the growth of such situations, to a very considerable height. Example: The worm will of course be at the bottom, for no float is to be used, and when the barbel takes the bait, the bullet will lay on the ground and not choak him.
Word: choaked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of choak Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: choaking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of choak Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: choaks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of choak Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pressirostral Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the order Pressirostres, a group of wading birds with flattened beaks, including bustards, plovers, and cariamas. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: parcity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin parcitas, from parcus (“sparing”). 1. sparingness; thrift Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: Giffard injector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Invented by Henri Giffard (1825–1882), French engineer. 1. A steam ejector.
Word: Giffard injectors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Giffard injector Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyemal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin hiemalis, from hiems (“winter”). Compare French hyémal. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪəməl/ 1. Obsolete spelling of hiemal. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: But, beside vernal, æstival and autumnal, made of flowers, the ancients had also the hyemal garlands; contenting themselves at first with such as were made of horn dyed into several colours, and shaped into the figure of flowers Example: "Break a hunk of ice off the land, crack off a chunk the same proportions as Manhattan Island, then slab Aar's emberous body on out, the winds floating a hyemal pyre melting toward the Pole."
Word: skaldic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From skald + -ic. 1. Of or relating to the skalds (Norse poets). Example: skaldic poetry Example: … he could hardly hear an old bit of skaldic verse without it devolving into "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B."
Word: diageotropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dia- + geo- + -tropic. 1. Relating to, or exhibiting, diageotropism. Example: diageotropic growth Example: diageotropic roots
Word: conder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cond + -er. 1. One who conns (conds) a ship; a conning officer. Labels: obsolete 2. Synonym of balker (“one who signals to fishing boats the location of shoals of fish”). Labels: obsolete
Word: conders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anatomizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anatomize + -er. 1. One who carries out dissection. Example: The physician is a direct anatomizer of the human body.
Word: anatomizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anatomizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toluric acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of toluic + uric + acid. 1. Any of three isomeric crystalline acids, C₉H₁₀ON.CO₂H, which are toluyl derivatives of glycocoll.
Word: toluric acids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toluric acid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carbonatation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carbonate + -ation. 1. A chemical reaction in which calcium hydroxide reacts with carbon dioxide to form insoluble calcium carbonate. Labels: physical, uncountable, usually Example: Carbonatation is used in refining sugar from sugar beet.
Word: carbonatations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carbonatation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pearch Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of perch, a unit of measurement. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: pearches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pearch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forepossessed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fore- + possessed. 1. Holding or held formerly in possession. Labels: obsolete 2. Preengaged; preoccupied; prepossessed. Labels: obsolete Example: VVherein I doubt not by Gods help, but to make clear to the judgment of any man, that it is not either uncapable through ignorance, or fore-poſſeſſed with prejudice, theſe three things.
Word: timaline Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to the genus Timalia or family Timaliidae, which formerly included some thrushes and bulbuls, but now only the babblers. Labels: not-comparable
Word: similitudinary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin similitūdin- + -ary, from oblique stem of Latin similitūdō, from similis + -tūdō. By surface analysis, similitude + -ary. 1. Involving or expressing similitude. Labels: obsolete Example: this tearme ( hotchpot ) is but a tearme similitudinary , and is as much to say , as to put the lands in frankmarriage and the other lands in fee simple together
Word: pummace Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of pomace. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: Next to the VVhite is the Black Thorne and the Crab, vvhich make a very good Fence, and is raiſed as the VVhite Thorne, only if you ſovv the Pummace vvith them, they vvill come up the firſt Year.
Word: caffre Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of kaffir. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: A boat, with only caffres in her, having fruit to sell, came off, and we purchased pines, oranges, plantains, guavas, star apples, etc.
Word: caffres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caffre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thirdings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thirding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: optography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From opto- + -graphy. 1. The production of an optogram on the retina by the photochemical action of light on rhodopsin, which is seen as the fixation of an image in the eye. Labels: uncountable
Word: photobleaches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of photobleach Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: balistoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Balistes + -oid 1. Any fish of the genus Balistes
Word: epichorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + χώρα (khṓra, “countryside”) + -ial. Pronunciation: /ˌɛpɪˈkɔːɹiəl/ 1. In or of the country; rural. Example: Epichorial superstitions from every district of Europe. Example: Later ages contributed their own epichorial and distinctive manner to these universal delights in the erotic. In China, The Golden Lotus is an amazing sustained achievement. 2. Relating to the epichorion
Word: putrefactiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From putrefactive + -ness. 1. The quality of being putrefactive. Labels: uncountable
Word: manutenencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of manutenency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: manutenency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin manus (“hand”) + tenere (“to hold”). 1. maintenance Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: Mercy first, that God spar'd us, and preserv'd us so long. For without his Divine Manutenency, our strongest Fabrics had fallen immediately upon their very Builders.
Word: nursehound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nurse + hound. 1. Scyliorhinus stellaris, a species of catshark.
Word: nursehounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nursehound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slurringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From slurring + -ly. 1. In a slurring manner; with a slurred voice.
Word: perthiocyanogen Part of Speech: noun 1. persulphocyanogen Labels: uncountable
Word: discovert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Old French descovert, past participle of descovrir (“to uncover”). 1. An uncovered place or part. Labels: obsolete
Word: discovert Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Old French descovert, past participle of descovrir (“to uncover”). 1. Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: discoverts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of discovert Labels: form-of, plural
Word: imparsonee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French empersone. See in- and parson. 1. Only used in parson imparsonee.
Word: imparsonees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of imparsonee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perceptibleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From perceptible + -ness. 1. The state of being perceptible. Labels: uncountable
Word: forthby Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From forth + by. 1. Obsolete form of forby. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: proditory Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑdɪtɔɹi/ 1. Treacherous, traitorous. Labels: obsolete
Word: preacquaint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + acquaint. 1. To acquaint beforehand. Labels: transitive Example: 1633, James Shirley, The Witty Fair One, London: William Cooke, Act I, Scene 1, Wor[thy]. […] You haue not made your loue knowne to my Neece yet. Aym[well]. No, my intention was to preacquaint you. Example: [S]he inadvertently confirmed many Hints, vvith vvhich Slipſlop, vvhoſe Gallant he vvas, had pre-acquainted him; […]
Word: preacquainted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of preacquaint Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: preacquainting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of preacquaint Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: preacquaints Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of preacquaint Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: perplexedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From perplexed + -ness. 1. The quality of being perplexed; bafflement; confusion. Labels: uncountable Example: –Why do you wish to marry him? he persisted. She picked little strips of wood from the box, smiling in her perplexedness. He is my husband, she said, with the word that does not quite mean husband. 2. The quality of being intricate, complicated or entangled. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: 1689, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, London: Awnsham & John Churchil, 4th edition, 1700, Book 4, Chapter 8, Section 11, p. 317, […] most Writers are so far from instructing us in the Nature and Knowledge of Things, that they use their Words loosly and uncertainly, and do not, by using them constantly and steadily in the same signification, make plain and clear deductions of Words one from another, and make their Discourses coherent and clear, (how little soever it were instructive), which were not difficult to do, did they not find it convenient to shelter their Ignorance or Obstinacy, under the Obscurity and perplexedness of their Terms […]
Word: ethal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ether + alcohol. Compare French éthal. 1. cetyl alcohol Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: hemastatics Part of Speech: noun 1. The laws relating to the equilibrium of the blood in the blood vessels. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: haemangiomata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of haemangioma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hemangiomata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemangioma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outpeer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + peer. 1. To excel or surpass. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Which their own conscience sealed them, laying by That nothing gift of differing multitudes, Could not outpeer these twain