nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: mischief-maker Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who makes mischief. Example: He also revelled in controversy and was a great mischief-maker and stirrer-up of trouble[.]
Word: mischiefmaker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mischief-maker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: aganactesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγᾰνάκτησῐς (agănáktēsĭs, “physical pain and irritation”). Pronunciation: /ˌæɡənækˈtisɪs/ 1. An exclamation made out of a sense of deep indignation. Labels: rhetoric
Word: aganacteses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aganactesis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: funmaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fun + maker. 1. A person who does or says funny things; a person who makes people laugh.
Word: Sheet Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English sceat (“corner”). 1. A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England, previously in Petersfield parish (OS grid ref SU7524). 2. A small village in Ludford parish, next to Ludlow, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5374).
Word: J-Pop Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of J-pop. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: Asiad Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Asia + Olympiad? 1. Asian Games
Word: K-Pop Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of K-pop. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: Lewis guns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Lewis gun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: epagomena Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the neuter plural of Ancient Greek ἐπαγόμενος (epagómenos, “added on”), used by Greek writers of antiquity to describe the five epagomenal days of the calendar of the Egyptians. 1. Time (usually five days) appended to a calendar year, outside of any regular month, to make the year 365 days long (in e.g. the ancient Egyptian calendar and in the French Republican calendar). Labels: rare, uncountable Example: [The Ancient Egyptian calendar had] 12 months each 30 days long followed by five epagomenal days.
Word: sérac Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of serac. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Perhaps the finest part of it [the Lysjoch] is the grand sérac scenery of the Zwillinge Glacier. In August, 1876, a party of four, having missed the right track in crossing this pass when the snow was in very bad condition, were carried down in an avalanche of loose snow probably started by their own weight. Example: As you mount the Aletschhorn from the sleeping place, towards the lowest col from which you first overlook the Lotsch Glacier there descends, from a higher plateau, and on your right hand, a large mass of sérac.
Word: epagomenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From epagomena + -ic. 1. intercalary Labels: not-comparable 2. worshiped on intercalary days Labels: not-comparable
Word: you can't make this stuff up Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Used to describe a situation so outlandish or ridiculous that one could not have imagined it. 1. The reality is so bizarre, ironic, or comically coincidental as to be unbelievable. Labels: often Example: I can't believe it. Elena is my sister's husband's brother's daughter, and her mother is my boyfriend's deceased wife. You... you can't make this stuff up.
Word: you can't make this stuff up Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Used to describe a situation so outlandish or ridiculous that one could not have imagined it. 1. Used to express how ironically unbelievable or ridiculous a situation is.
Word: you couldn't make it up Part of Speech: phrase 1. Synonym of you can't make this stuff up.
Word: Chiles Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Yidglish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Yiddish + English. 1. A variety of English, influenced by Yiddish, spoken by the Jewish population of New York Labels: uncountable
Word: xylolite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xylo- + -lite. 1. A compressed wood product used for flooring. Example: The base of a xylolite floor must be free from lime, slag, gypsum and other materials reacting with magnesia-binding agents.
Word: litter bin Part of Speech: noun 1. A rubbish bin. Example: The pull-out or pull-down tables and litter bins in every compartment and seating bay are amenities which women, particularly those with young children, have been crying out for almost as long as railways have been in operation.
Word: litterbin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of litter bin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: trash bin Part of Speech: noun 1. A rubbish bin.
Word: trashbin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of trash bin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: arrieros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arriero Labels: form-of, plural
Word: awaze Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Amharic አዋዜ (ʾäwaze). Pronunciation: /ɑˈwɑ.zeɪ/ 1. A spicy sauce or paste, made with chili peppers and usually reddish in colour, used in Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine. Labels: uncountable Example: Today her short fingernails are tinged yellow from turmeric, on the back of her wrist a dot of awaze, the red pepper paste gleaming like fresh blood.
Word: post factum Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin: "after the fact". 1. After the fact; after the focus of an activity has already occurred. Labels: not-comparable Example: But if Mark recorded this prophecy post factum, he risked nothing and, as we have demonstrated above, he gained a great deal (Jesus is confirmed as a great prophet, God is understood as in control in the midst of crisis, encouragement is given to confused and frightened disciples, and the power of Rome is disarmed). Example: It was not found necessary either in the formulation of the hypotheses or in the explanations offered post factum to appeal to any innate language-specific capacity.
Word: post factum Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin: "after the fact". 1. After the fact; occurring after the focus of an activity has already occurred. Labels: not-comparable Example: Merton cautioned against confusing post factum sociological interpretations with social theory. Example: Parallel to this is an interest in the notion of post factum documentation, that is, when the 'designerly' drawings have supposedly stopped.
Word: put to work Part of Speech: verb 1. to put to use Labels: idiomatic Example: Clearly, empathy is a Scriptural concept that Christians can put to work in becoming better leaders. Example: Once you develop a great brand, you need to put it to work. The simple rule of thumb is that you should use your brand everywhere you can. 2. Give a job; Force to work (even if it is make-work) Example: Insistence that those who become dependent on the state be put to work seeks to impose the demands of the reality principle on them or to punish them by forcing them to do the unskilled work inconsistent with creative living. Example: The able-bodied unemployed, who were without work because of the Depression, he believed should be put to work by the federal government at wages higher than the dole but lower than the prevailing wage so as not to encourage the rejection of opportunities for private employment "until economic recovery would make work relief unnecessary."
Word: puts to work Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of put to work Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: putting to work Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of put to work Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mitmita Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Amharic ሚጥሚጣ (miṭmiṭa). Pronunciation: /mit.mit.ɑ/ 1. An orange-red spice mixture, usually consisting of chili peppers, cardamom, cloves and salt (and sometimes additional spices), which is used in Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine. Labels: uncountable
Word: torward Part of Speech: adv 1. Misspelling of toward. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: torwards Part of Speech: adv 1. Misspelling of towards. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: contrafibularities Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From contra- + fibular + -ity + -s. From a 1987 episode of the British television comedy Blackadder, after Dr. Samuel Johnson boasts about his newly completed dictionary containing every word in the English language. Blackadder wishes Dr. Johnson his "most enthusiastic contrafibularities", upsetting Johnson, who quickly adds the alleged word to his manuscript. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒntɹəˌfɪbjʊˈlæɹɪtiz/ 1. False congratulations, sounding congratulatory while actually pulling someone's leg. Labels: humorous, plural, plural-only, rare Example: I was a bit obscure with that one. Please accept my most sincere contrafibularities... Example: My most enthusiastic contrafibularities go to the world-class HarperCollins construction team.
Word: yank someone's chain Part of Speech: verb 1. To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: Near-synonyms: poke, prod Example: So, be careful what you are paying attention to. If it looks like someone is yanking your chain, he or she probably is. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see yank, chain.
Word: yanks someone's chain Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of yank someone's chain Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: yanking someone's chain Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of yank someone's chain Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: yanked someone's chain Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of yank someone's chain Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Alabam' Part of Speech: name 1. Clipping of Alabama. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: Brit-com Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Britcom. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Those Brit critics, recalling Laurie's days of the slightly undignified do-what-you-have-to-to-get-ahead routine of a young British actor on the way up are past him, like to imply that his new life — what some of them have called his “reinvention” — as an American star has only come about because of his days in the Brit-com boot camp of the 1980s and '90s. Example: In an episode of the Brit-com Blackadder, Dr. Samuel Johnson boasts that his just-completed dictionary contains every single word in the English language, and in response Blackadder wishes Dr. Johnson his enthusiastic “contrafibularities.
Word: tchaouch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested 1741. 1. Obsolete spelling of chiaus. Labels: alt-of, historical, obsolete Example: Transylvania was vassal and tributary very nearly on the same conditions as Moldavia; on the death of John-Sigismond Zapoly, in 1571, the investiture was given by a tchaouch to Stephen Bathory, his successor.
Word: Brit-coms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Brit-com Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contrapose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French contraposer. 1. To place in contraposition. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonym: juxtapose Example: We certainly do not want to take our simple categorical statements and contrapose them into cumbersome natural language. 2. To contrast with, or form an opposite to, something. Labels: intransitive Example: At such moments, King was contraposed against the more frightening threat, his symbolism making the radicalism of the other party all the more apparent. Example: In fact, whereas the term existence is contraposed to non-existence, the term factual or empirical is contraposed to essential;
Word: contraposes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of contrapose Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: contraposing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of contrapose Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: contraposed Part of Speech: adj 1. Forming a contraposition. Labels: not-comparable Example: Inductive extrapolation, in effect, is grounded in the contraposed universal generalisation 'where the reason, so the target.' 2. Having a coastal region of hard rocks that is separated from the sea by a belt of overlapping softer deposits. Labels: not-comparable Example: ...drift has been completely retrograded and the result is a very young, contraposed shoreline.
Word: contraposed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of contrapose Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dickheadedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dickheaded + -ness. 1. Incivility and stupidity. Labels: informal, uncountable, vulgar Example: And it sucked extra, because for all Frankie's totally nonacademy-approved insubordination and occasional dickheadedness, he was an amazing chef.
Word: desk organizer Part of Speech: noun 1. A box or open tray, typically kept on the surface of a desk, divided into compartments for such office supplies as pens, pencils, paperclips, etc. They are meant to help keep your items in a small compact space. Example: The company's desk accessories, which include clocks, letter holders and a desk organizer, were designed by Alan Fletcher and Kenneth Grange in London, Takenobu Igarashi in Tokyo and Massimo Vignelli in New York. Example: Helps you to keep your desk clear from small things like pens, rulers, mobile phone and USBs.
Word: desktop organizer Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of desk organizer.
Word: desk organiser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From desk + organiser. 1. Alternative form of desk organizer. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: desktop organiser Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of desk organizer.
Word: calorific rays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calorific ray Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calorific ray Part of Speech: noun 1. infrared ray, heat ray Labels: obsolete
Word: offglide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From off + glide. Pronunciation: /ˈɒfɡlaɪd/, /ˈɑfɡlaɪd/ 1. A phase while the articulators are moving away from their position in articulating a speech sound. 2. The final, weaker part of a complex vowel, such as a diphthong, as the /ɪ/ sound of the /ɔɪ/ in English boy.
Word: offglides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of offglide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: off-glide Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of offglide. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: off-glides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of off-glide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: onglide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From on- + glide. Compare Middle English ongliden (“to glide over”). 1. A phase while the articulators are moving into position to produce a new speech sound. 2. The first, weaker part of a complex vowel, such as a diphthong, as the /j/ sound of the /juː/ in English few.
Word: onglide Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From on- + glide. Compare Middle English ongliden (“to glide over”). 1. To produce this sound.
Word: onglides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of onglide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: on-glide Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of onglide. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: on-glide Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of onglide. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: on-glides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of on-glide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piphilologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From piphilology + -ist, after philologist. Pronunciation: /paɪfɪˈlɒləd͡ʒɪst/, /ˌpaɪfɪˈlɑləd͡ʒɪst/ 1. Someone who creates or uses mnemonics to memorize sections of the number pi (π). Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:piphilologist.
Word: first day covers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of first day cover Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exuviations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exuviation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: general population Part of Speech: noun 1. The general public. Example: Meronyms: subsubpopulation < subpopulation < population 2. The main body of inmates in a prison, excluding those being detained in solitary confinement, protective custody, a medical wing or on death row.
Word: general populations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of general population Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gestational sacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gestational sac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gestation sacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gestation sac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Widia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened form of German wie Diamant, "like diamond". 1. A form of tungsten carbide used in machining tough materials. Labels: uncountable
Word: Kafkaism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Kafka + -ism. 1. The literary style associated with Franz Kafka Labels: uncountable
Word: kbyte Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of kilobyte. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of kibibyte. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: paans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: keikogi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 稽古着. 1. A set of uniform worn while training in some Japanese martial arts
Word: Kircherian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Kircher + -ian. 1. Relating to, or characteristic of the German Jesuit polymath Athanasius Kircher. Labels: not-comparable
Word: e-textbook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e- + textbook. 1. A textbook published in electronic form.
Word: e-textbooks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of e-textbook Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brown-brown Part of Speech: noun 1. Powdered cocaine or heroin mixed with smokeless gunpowder. Labels: Africa, regional, slang, uncountable Example: Such bartering in exchange for securing routes is not uncommon; the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) fighters in Sierra Leone regularly consumed crack cocaine and brown-brown (heroin) that were transshipped through their territories. Example: Only later in the afternoon, when the rebels ordered the child soldiers to kill did they carve slits into the boys' young temples, pierce holes into their tender veins, and rub cocaine and “brown-brown” heroin into their raw wounds.
Word: steamway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From steam + way. 1. An aperture or conduit for steam.
Word: oilway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oil + way. 1. An aperture or conduit for oil.
Word: steamways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of steamway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oilways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oilway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sleekers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sleeker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blackwashing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blackwash + -ing. 1. The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people. Labels: derogatory, uncountable Example: If Pindell opposes the 'whitewashing' of history, then Walker's is a revisionist blackwashing. Example: This “blackwashing,” in Hare's opinion, was the work of black studies departments and the black faculty […] 2. The application of a coating of blackwash. Labels: uncountable Example: The blackwashing is here to be the very last operation, and to be well performed, and when dry must be polished by a large sleeker fitting the circle of the cylinder. 3. The revisionist portrayal of something as evil. Labels: derogatory, uncountable Example: Historical writing proliferates in examples of tendentious accounts of national history, where the “whitewashing” of one history goes hand in hand with the “blackwashing” of another.
Word: blackwashing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From blackwash + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of blackwash Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bro-hug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bro + hug. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹəʊhʌɡ/ 1. A hug shared between male colleagues or friends, especially a quick, physically reserved one. Labels: US, slang Example: It wasn't even one of the one-armed bro-hugs that we usually do, it was a full-on hug with my arms wrapped all the way around his pudgy body. Example: “I'm proud of you,” Brees whispered in Griffin's ear when they met at midfield after the game for the traditional quarterback bro-hug.
Word: bro-hugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bro-hug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bro hugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bro hug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cubana Part of Speech: noun 1. A Cuban woman.
Word: Cubanas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cubana Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metadebate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + debate. 1. Debate about a debate, or about debating in general. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: metadebates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metadebate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: countercriticize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From counter- + criticize. 1. To respond to (a person who is criticizing) with a criticism of one's own. Labels: transitive
Word: countercriticized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of countercriticize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: countercriticizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of countercriticize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: countercriticizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of countercriticize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: countercriticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + criticism. 1. A criticism offered in response to a criticism by the opposing party. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: No critic is exempted from countercriticism.
Word: countercriticisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of countercriticism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mundialization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mondialisation, from mondial (“global, worldwide”) + -isation; or from Latin mundus (“the world”) + -ization, by analogy with the French word. Pronunciation: /ˌmɒn.dɪ.ə.lʌɪˈzeɪ.ʃn̩/, /ˌmɑn.di.ə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/, /-ˌlaɪ-/ 1. An ideology based on the solidarity and diversity of global citizens and the creation of supranational laws, intended as a response to dehumanizing aspects of globalization. Labels: uncountable Example: The mundialization movement was born in Hiroshima, in 1945, when the surviving citizens declared their resolve to work for a world federation that would make impossible any repetition of the tragedy that their city had undergone. Example: Mundialization is a psychological mechanism toward peace by which the "in-group" is enlarged until it encompasses all humans.
Word: coxie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cox + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒksi/ 1. A coxswain. Labels: Canada, slang
Word: brohawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bro + Mohawk. 1. A Mohawk hairstyle worn by a bro. Labels: slang Example: Your brohawk. Example: Other fighters started filing in: tribal-tattooed, creatine-slamming, brohawk-sporting dudes; […]
Word: brohawks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brohawk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brohemian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bro + Bohemian. 1. A bro who has adopted or affects a Bohemian lifestyle. Labels: slang Example: Celebrity brohemians abound. The Strokes, the Hives, and any group lumped into that nouveau rock thing MTV's so in love with right now – all brohemian. Example: Diddlysquatters beat out the Brohemians in terms of ganja savvy because they have ample alone time to devote to the discovery and practice of nuances in marijuana manner.
Word: brohemians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brohemian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: couchlock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From couch + lock. 1. A state of idleness, laziness, or inactivity brought about by excessive consumption of drugs, typically marijuana. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: Silver Goo is strong medicine—a bit heavy for some but not a complete couchlock. The Haze influence brings an up edge that balances the high nicely. Example: The young saleslady at the medical marijuana distribution center told me that one brownie was equal to one dose. Later I found out that it was equal to four doses. The brownie caused complete couchlock for about four hours, but I had no trouble whatsoever with the experience itself because I was already familiar with how to handle high doses.
Word: blackwashed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From blackwash + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of blackwash Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: blackwashed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From blackwash + -ed. 1. Covered in the color black. Labels: not-comparable Example: My cell had blackwashed walls, and I spent the next year in almost total darkness. 2. Having been villainized through a blackwashing campaign Labels: not-comparable
Word: brodown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bro + hoedown. 1. A gathering featuring and/or appealing primarily to men. Labels: slang Example: After a few false starts I finally meet the Swiss French snowboarder at Europe's winter sports brodown Babylon. Example: “Probably the same old thing—another Saturday-night brodown.” Becka laughed. “A brodown, huh? Sounds fierce. What do you boys do? Play video games and burp a lot?”
Word: brodowns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brodown Labels: form-of, plural
Word: collateral damage Part of Speech: noun 1. Damage to civilian property or civilian casualties that is the unintended result of military operations. Labels: euphemistic, uncountable, usually Example: A certain amount of collateral damage and destruction to the surrounding environment has always been viewed as a necessary but generally undesirable by-product of military conflict. Example: But the most critical tension concerns the need to balance minimal own-casualties and low collateral damage with operational effectiveness. 2. Harm to innocent people that results from policy decisions. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: What is missing from this line of reasoning, however, is a frank assessment of the collateral damage caused by supply-side efforts and whether this harm outweighs the unproven positive impact of current programs, which is likely to be marginal at best. Example: Neoliberals readily admit that economic liberalization causes some dislocations, but they view such collateral damage as necessary for the longer term gains of increased productivity and efficiency. 3. Unintended victims of an attack targeted at someone or something else. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The versatility and specificity of PDT regards dosing and delivery may provide a far superior treatment and management of infection than antibiotics and minimize the risk of developing resistance as well as collateral damage to host bacteria. Example: The possibility of false claims exists with kinetic attacks as well, but claims about collateral damage from a cyberattack are likely to be even more difficult to refute.
Word: bluntnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bluntness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gin and tonics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gin and tonic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Neo-Hellenism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + Hellenism. 1. Hellenism as surviving or revived in modern times; the practice or pursuit of Ancient Greek ideals in modern life, art, or literature, as in the Renaissance. Labels: uncountable
Word: nero antico Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Italian, literally "black ancient". 1. A beautiful black marble found in fragments among Ancient Roman ruins, and usually thought to have come from ancient Laconia. Labels: uncountable Example: A table of red granite, above which is a relief in nero antico on a ground of lapislazzuli […]
Word: Neo-Scholasticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + Scholasticism. 1. A revival and development of medieval scholasticism in Roman Catholic theology and philosophy which began in the second half of the 19th century. Labels: uncountable
Word: Neo-Greek Part of Speech: adj Etymology: * From French néo-grec * neo- + Greek 1. Describing a style of French painters and architects of the mid-19th century. Labels: not-comparable
Word: panselectionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pan- + selection + -ism. 1. The theory that natural selection acting on genetic variation is virtually the only acceptable mechanism of evolutionary change. Labels: uncountable
Word: Neo-Lamarckism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + Lamarckism. 1. Lamarckism as revived, modified, and expounded by later biologists, especially as maintaining that the offspring inherits traits acquired by the parent from change of environment, use or disuse of parts, etc. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: villainises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of villainise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Neo-Malthusian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + Malthusian. 1. A proponent of Neo-Malthusianism
Word: Neo-Malthusians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Neo-Malthusian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Neo-Malthusianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + Malthusianism. 1. A later form of Malthusianism that advocates for population control programs, especially birth control, to ensure resources for current and future populations. Labels: uncountable
Word: villainising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of villainise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: brodeo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bro + rodeo. 1. A gathering featuring or primarily appealing to men. Labels: slang Example: Dude! The hottest chick just walked in. The ratio just got a bit better, but this party is still a brodeo. Example: It's Jell-O shots, beer pong, backwards baseball caps and a full-on brodeo every day of the week in this three-barred behemoth. It's a club for the sports-bar set.
Word: mustahfiz Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the territorial militia of the Ottoman Empire. Labels: historical
Word: flourishments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flourishment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: never have I ever Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of I have never (game of forfeits)
Word: never ever have I Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of I have never (game of forfeits)
Word: county brownie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for their brown uniforms and cars. 1. A sheriff. Labels: US, slang
Word: county brownies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of county brownie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: John Q. Law Part of Speech: noun 1. A generic police officer. Labels: US, slang Example: Now if we cross the path of any John Q. Laws, nobody does a fuckin' thing 'til I do something.
Word: Johnny Law Part of Speech: noun 1. A police officer. Labels: slang
Word: Johnny Hopper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Rhyming slang for copper. 1. A police officer. Labels: Cockney, UK, slang
Word: Johnny Hoppers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Johnny Hopper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Blucher Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742-1819), Prussian general. Pronunciation: /ˈbluːkə/ 1. In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning sextuple, or losing treble the fixed stake (an amount agreed upon before the game begins). 2. A rural municipality in central Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343. 3. A community within the rural municipality in Saskatchewan.
Word: Blucher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742-1819), Prussian general. Pronunciation: /ˈbluːkə/ 1. Alternative form of blucher. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: moon cricket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moon + cricket. Perhaps a reference to slaves singing songs during the night. 1. A black person. Labels: US, ethnic, slang, slur Example: Her Dad had been someone her Mom didn't know in Houston. I always used to joke, "Maybe he was a Moon-Cricket from Alabama," but Trish is totally not black. Example: Quoted in 2020, Leslie Picca, Joe Feagin, Two-Faced Racism: Whites in the Backstage and Frontstage When we were leaving it was getting dark and my husband says to me “look at all of those moon crickets.” I confusingly asked him what he had meant by that. When we got into the car, he explained to me that all of the black people walking around under the moonlight look like a bunch of crickets scurrying around.
Word: hipster glasses Part of Speech: noun 1. Plastic eyeglasses with thick, horn-rimmed (typically black) frames, characteristically worn by members of the hipster and nerd subcultures. Labels: dated, plural, plural-only Example: “I think we totally need to talk about the StarMart thing,” a girl with chunky hipster glasses and a blunt, black bob says, and rapidly the rest of the council agrees. Example: He had these watery blue eyes behind a pair of black hipster glasses and was holding a fancy camera.
Word: unceremonially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unceremonial + -ly. 1. In an unceremonial manner, abruptly, without the due formalities.
Word: cat-eye Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Due to the shape that is reminiscent of the eyes of a domestic cat. 1. Having frames with an upward-slanting point at the top outer edges of the front.
Word: cat-eye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Due to the shape that is reminiscent of the eyes of a domestic cat. 1. Alternative form of cat's eye (“glass marble with colourful inclusions”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A cosmetic effect with blackened lateral waterlines and wings.
Word: Bötzinger complex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named in 1978 by Professor Jack Feldman of UCLA, after a variety of white wine served at a scientific meeting in Hirschhorn, Germany. 1. A group of neurons located in the rostral ventrolateral medulla and ventral respiratory column in mammals. It plays an important role in controlling breathing and responding to hypoxia.
Word: youth center Part of Speech: noun 1. A building operated as a place for young people to meet and take part in recreational activities.
Word: youth centers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of youth center Labels: form-of, plural
Word: youth centre Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of youth center. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: youth centres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of youth centre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antibisexual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + bisexual. 1. Opposing bisexuality.
Word: antistraight Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + straight. 1. Opposing heterosexuality. Example: The laws banning discrimination based on sexual orientation apply to all people, gay and straight alike. If an antistraight boss starts firing heterosexuals, they're protected. Example: So you think Gregg is antistraight, but he is best friends with a straight guy. Russell and he have a very close relationship.
Word: Chiauss Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of chiauss; obsolete spelling of chiaus. Labels: alt-of Example: Whereupon hee ſent another Chiauſs with Letters directed to all the kingdome,by which he commaunded that euery should obey and reuerence him,as being againe confirmed in all his former honours and degrees.
Word: blippiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of blippy: most blippy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: blippier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of blippy: more blippy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: radicalistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From radicalistic + -ally. 1. In a radicalistic manner Labels: rare
Word: wargus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Latin wargus, from wearg, wearh (“outlaw, criminal”), from Proto-West Germanic *warg, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz (“criminal, wolfish individual”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to twist, bend, crook”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɔː(ɹ)ɡəs/ 1. An outlaw, outcast, or exile; one driven out of society for their crimes. Labels: historical Example: If anyone has dug up or despoiled a body already in the sepulchre, let him be an outlaw (wargus) — that is, let him be expelled from that district until it is agreeable to the relatives of the dead and those relatives themselves have sought on his behalf that he be allowed to live within the district. Example: Rather, civilization is made when the wolf becomes sovereign. Hobbes's sovereign wolf resembles instead Giorgio Agamben's sovereign, the correlative figure to the homo sacer characterized as the banned Germanic outlaw, the wargus, or wolf-man: […]
Word: warful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From war + -ful. 1. Indicative of war; warlike. Example: Hence the long Train of never-ending Jars / Of warful Peaces, and of peaceful Wars, […] Example: Sabotage being itself a warful act and carrying its own penalty, would not excuse the original unwarful act nor any subsequent unwarful acts of counter-retaliation.
Word: counterretaliation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + retaliation. 1. retaliation against a previous retaliation Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: counterretaliations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterretaliation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: warfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From warful + -ly. 1. In a warful, or warlike, manner. Example: Now Bartty's a-galloping most warfully; Sweet John must needs do the same. Example: We arrive not-warfully. Is there a Rachel Mansour here?" Well, here goes. She stood up and cleared her throat. "Who wants to know?" The Critic grinned at her, baring frighteningly long tusks: "I am Sister Seventh. You come in time!
Word: Appaduraian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Appadurai + -an. 1. Of or relating to Arjun Appadurai (born 1949), social-cultural anthropologist known for his work on globalization.
Word: otherhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From other + -hood. 1. The state or quality of being other. Labels: uncountable Example: This otherhood, itself based on solidarity with other human beings, provides the difference which evades paradox. Example: The attempt to remake nature in terms of grace and to restructure the world according to other-worldly postulates resulted in the eventual loss of transcendent otherhood.
Word: finanscape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of finance + -scape. 1. Alternative form of financescape. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: finanscapes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of finanscape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: technoscape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From techno- + -scape, coined by Arjun Appadurai. 1. Figuratively, the technological landscape; the global distribution of technology allowing ideas and information to be communicated.
Word: technoscapes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of technoscape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unterritorialized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + territorialized. 1. Not territorialized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: territorializable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From territorialize + -able. 1. Capable of being territorialized.
Word: inhibitability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inhibit + -ability. 1. The quality or degree of being inhibitable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: inhibitabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inhibitability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paucivalent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pauci- + -valent. 1. Having a low valency
Word: imagology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin imago (“image”) + -logy. 1. The study of cultural stereotypes as presented in literature etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Applied to American Studies, imagology—the term derives from Latin “imago”/image—asks not how Americans themselves see America, but how other cultures view the United States. In other words, what is the image of the United States as seen in literatures from outside the United States?
Word: imagologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of imagology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chiauss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since 1600. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃəˈus/ 1. Obsolete spelling of chiaus. Labels: alt-of, historical, obsolete Example: Whereupon hee ſent another Chiauſs with Letters directed to all the kingdome,by which he commaunded that euery should obey and reuerence him,as being againe confirmed in all his former honours and degrees.
Word: imagological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From imagology + -ical. 1. Relating to imagology.
Word: palo blanco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish, literally "white stake" or "white pole". 1. A western American hackberry (Celtis reticulata) with light-coloured bark. 2. A Mexican mimosaceous tree (Lysiloma candidum) whose bark is used in tanning.
Word: palo blancos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palo blanco Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mimosaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Mimosaceae + -ous 1. Of or relating to the family Mimosaceae. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Bull Moose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Journalists quoted Roosevelt saying "I feel like a bull moose" shortly after the new party was formed. 1. A member of the Progressive Party (United States, 1912), an American political party formed by former President Theodore Roosevelt after a split in the Republican Party. Labels: historical
Word: Bull Moose Part of Speech: name Etymology: Journalists quoted Roosevelt saying "I feel like a bull moose" shortly after the new party was formed. 1. A township in Cass County, Minnesota, United States, named after the Bull Moose Party.
Word: Bull Mooses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bull Moose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mooers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mooer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hamada Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic حَمَادَة (ḥamāda). 1. A high, desert landscape from which most of the sand has been removed by wind erosion
Word: mewer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mew + -er. 1. One who makes a mewing sound; a cat. Example: They heard a noise of mournful mewing, and looked down at the cats in the river below. A small black one, the probable mewer, was gazing up at them with such a sorrowful expression in its green eyes that my lady was wrung with pity. Example: This supposedly demonstrates 'uncertainty' because one doesn't know if the cat is dead or alive until you peek inside. However, our version is more deterministic. There is no isotope-clock, no hydrocyanic acid. We drop a mewer in one of these reusable modules, close it tight, add just a limited supply of oxygen […] 2. One who mews (flattens the tongue against the roof of the mouth for supposed health benefits).
Word: mewers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mewer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hamadas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hamada Labels: form-of, plural
Word: handycam Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of handicam. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: floriation Part of Speech: noun 1. ornamentation by means of flower forms, either realistic or stylized Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: floriations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of floriation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Flower State Part of Speech: name Etymology: A nickname, alluding to Latin florida (“flowery”). 1. Florida
Word: fluoroscopically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From fluoroscopic + -ally. 1. By means of fluoroscopy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cryptoscopy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crypto- + -scopy. 1. fluoroscopy Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: cryptoscopic Part of Speech: adj 1. fluoroscopic Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: fluviometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fluviometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fluviometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fluvio- + -metry. 1. measurement with a fluviometer Labels: uncountable
Word: fluviometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fluviometry + -ic. 1. Relating to fluviometry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: foot valves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foot valve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hubble Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhʌbəl/ 1. An uproar. Labels: Scotland 2. A heap, as of work. 3. A lump. Labels: US
Word: frijole Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of frijol. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Froebelians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Froebelian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Fröbelians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Fröbelian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frog-eyed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having frog-like, bulging eyes. 2. Spotted with whitish specks due to a disease, or produced artificially by spraying.
Word: unipositive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From uni- + positive. 1. Carrying one unit of positive charge. Labels: not-comparable Example: a unipositive ion
Word: dipositive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From di- + positive. 1. Carrying two units of positive charge. Labels: not-comparable Example: a dipositive ion
Word: fumatorium Part of Speech: noun 1. An airtight compartment in which vapour may be generated to destroy germs or insects; especially, the apparatus used to destroy San Jose scale on nursery stock, using hydrocyanic acid vapour.
Word: fumatoria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fumatorium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recoalesce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + coalesce. 1. To coalesce again or anew. Labels: intransitive Example: I felt myself recoalesce.
Word: recoalescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + coalescence. 1. coalescence again or anew. Labels: uncountable
Word: recoalesced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recoalesce Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: recoalescing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recoalesce Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recoalesces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recoalesce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fumatories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fumatory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fringe trees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fringe tree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fremescent Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /fɹɪˈmɛsənt/ 1. Becoming murmurous; roaring. Labels: poetic Example: Fremescent clangour comes from the armed Nationals in the Court; far and wide is the infinite hubbub of tongues.
Word: fremescence Part of Speech: noun 1. Quality of being fremescent. Labels: poetic, uncountable Example: Paleness sits on every face; confused tremor and fremescence; waxing into thunder-peals, of Fury stirred on by Fear.
Word: uncountenanceable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + countenance + -able. 1. That which cannot be countenanced.
Word: frivolled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of frivol Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: frivoled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of frivol Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: frivoling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of frivol Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: frivolling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of frivol Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: frivoller Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of frivoler. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: frivollers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frivoller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frivolers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frivoler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quadrative Part of Speech: adj 1. squared Labels: not-comparable 2. quadratic Labels: not-comparable
Word: Finsen light Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860-1904), Faroese-Danish physician. 1. Highly actinic light, derived from sunlight or from some form of electric lamp, used in the treatment of lupus and other cutaneous disorders. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Finsen lights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Finsen light Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flacherie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French, meaning "flaccidity". 1. A disease of silkworms, resulting from their consumption of infected or contaminated mulberry leaves. Labels: uncountable
Word: wackness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wack + -ness, popularized by The Wackness, a 2008 coming-of-age film. 1. Badness; contemptibility Labels: slang, uncountable, usually Example: Kyla said she was delighted to meet other Pakistanis. When I'd made the appointment with her I had been too, but now my enthusiasm was dead. I was worried that Moosa would impute her wackness onto me. Example: I don't have that problem. I just look at the dopeness. But you, it's like you just look at the wackness?”
Word: quadraturism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian quadraturismo. 1. An Italian genre of painting that used architectural elements to create illusions of perspective. Labels: uncountable
Word: unflared Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + flared. 1. Not flared. Labels: not-comparable
Word: wacknesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wackness Labels: form-of, plural Example: As it is, there's scarcely a verse that doesn't reference something or someone a few years away from anachronism, but then maybe that's the point: history is transient, and this litany of wacknesses is a snapshot every bit as chaotic and variegated as the zeitgeist it depicts.
Word: fin keels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fin keel Labels: form-of, plural