nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: technorealist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- Proto-Indo-European *téḱ-sneh₂der. Ancient Greek τέχνη (tékhnē) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek τεχνο- (tekhno-)der. English techno- Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English realist English technorealist From techno- + realist. 1. A supporter of technorealism.
Word: technorealists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of technorealist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: timesuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From time + suck. 1. Synonym of time sink. Labels: informal Example: Give it a try and explore some of the Paint Shop Pro Web rings. You never know what you'll find. Be careful, though, because this can be a huge timesuck and you might find the afternoon slipping away unnoticed. Example: the old-fashioned timesuck of housework
Word: timesucks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of timesuck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thronal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From throne + -al. 1. Relating to a throne. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tripartisanship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tripartisan + -ship. 1. Cooperation between three competing political parties; governing in a tripartisan manner. Labels: uncountable
Word: testosteronic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From testosterone + -ic. 1. Relating to testosterone; characterized by aggressive masculinity. Example: While men are depleting themselves in testosteronic warfare, snarling and staring and playing their mind games, the ladies are saving their energy to play poker games, keeping their cool and using their brainpower to win pots rather than intimidate opponents. Example: He has resisted all society's attempts to feminize him: he is a triumph of testosteronic impulse. He was always the bad boy of the class, the one who fought in the playground[…]
Word: lumberjack breakfast Part of Speech: noun 1. A large breakfast of eggs, ham, bacon, sausages, and pancakes. Labels: Canada
Word: persillades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of persillade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antiskeptic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + skeptic. 1. One who opposes a skeptical viewpoint.
Word: antiskeptics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antiskeptic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: confitents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of confitent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: angiya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani انگیا / अंगिया (aṅgiyā), from Sanskrit अङ्गिका (aṅgikā). 1. A bodice traditionally worn by Muslim women in India.
Word: angiyas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of angiya Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antigram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of anti- + anagram, equivalent to anti- + -gram. Pronunciation: /ˈæntɪˌɡræm/ 1. Either of a pair of anagrams with opposite meanings.
Word: antigrams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antigram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antigerm Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + germ. 1. Countering germs. Labels: not-comparable Example: Derived from a bacillus commonly found in soil and water, a new antigerm chemical, polymyxin, is 25 times more effective than streptomycin in treating one severe skin infection.
Word: mattacin Part of Speech: noun 1. a particular polymyxin antibiotic. Labels: uncountable
Word: Chana Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Hebrew חַנָּה (chaná). 1. Hannah
Word: anatocism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνατοκισμός (anatokismós), from ἀνα- (ana-) + τοκισμός (tokismós, “usury”). 1. compound interest Labels: uncountable Example: Of Anatocism, or Compound Interest; wherein is shewed how by the Logarithms to answer all Questions concerning the Increase or present Worth of any Sum of Money or Annuity
Word: nodosarine Part of Speech: adj 1. Resembling in form or structure a foraminiferous shell of the genus Nodosaria.
Word: nodosarine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any foraminifer of the genus Nodosaria or allied genera.
Word: nodosarines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nodosarine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mostwhat Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From most + what. 1. mostly; for the most part Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: All the rest do mostwhat far amiss.
Word: rakestale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rake + stale (“handle”). 1. The handle of a rake. Labels: archaic Example: a. 1892, Bliss Perry, Salem Kittredge and Other Stories, page 138, "You don't say! Ain't bought it yet, have ye? Set still, Jocko!" He tapped the dog's back with the rakestale. Example: Linseed oil was scattered over it, and then what sport they had as with sticks, rakestales and broom handles they mixed up the wool, making it fly in every direction, while the rafters of the barn echoed their merry, shouts and laughter.
Word: rakestales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rakestale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pissabeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pissabed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postanthesis Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + anthesis. 1. occurring after the opening of a flower Labels: not-comparable
Word: preanthesis Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + anthesis. 1. occurring before the opening of a flower Labels: not-comparable
Word: prestructured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + structured. 1. structured in advance Labels: not-comparable
Word: tellurhydric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. hydrogen telluride in solution Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: procarboxypeptidase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- + carboxypeptidase. 1. Any inactive precursor of a carboxypeptidase
Word: postanthetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See postanthesis. 1. After the opening of a flower. Labels: not-comparable
Word: anallantoic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From an- + allantoic. 1. Without an allantois. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: anallantoic embryos
Word: promonocytic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro- + monocytic. 1. Of or pertaining to a promonocyte Labels: not-comparable
Word: procarboxypeptidases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of procarboxypeptidase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: promonocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- + monocyte. 1. A cell, arising from a monoblast, that develops into a monocyte
Word: omnibi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of omnibus Labels: form-of, humorous, hypercorrect, plural Example: O ships, on lock, or frith, or ocean, propelled by engines of three hundred horse-power! cabs and cars, omnibi and stages, wayside rests and fishing-taverns[…] Example: All hats are waving; pretty girls in carriages shake the victorious colours, that flutter also from Hansom cab whips, and from the tops of omnibi.
Word: prophenoloxidase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- + phenoloxidase. 1. An inactive precursor of phenoloxidase
Word: bisulcous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin bisulcus, from bis (“twice”) + sulcus (“furrow”). Pronunciation: /baɪˈsʌl.kəs/ 1. bisulcate Labels: not-comparable Example: the swine, although multiparous, yet being bisulcous, and only cloven-hoofed, is not excluded in this manner, but farrowed with open eyes as other bisulcous animals
Word: disassiduity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dis- + assiduity. 1. Lack of assiduity or care. Labels: uncountable Example: a. 1639, Henry Wotton, a letter to Edmund Bacon some argue upon it, that disassiduity in a Favorite, is a degree of declination, but of this there is no appearance
Word: prophenoloxidases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prophenoloxidase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spyism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spy + -ism. 1. spying; espionage Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: protegrin Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a family of polypeptides, first discovered in porcine leukocytes, that have antimicrobial activity
Word: proteogenomic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to proteogenomics Labels: not-comparable
Word: proteogenomics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proteo- + genomics. 1. A field of study that encompasses proteomics and genomics. Labels: uncountable
Word: proteolytical Part of Speech: adj 1. proteolytic Labels: not-comparable
Word: protophloem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proto- + phloem. 1. The form of phloem that is initially formed, composed of narrow, thin-walled cells. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: carbonitride Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From carbo- + nitride. 1. To harden the surface of a metal using carbon and nitrogen
Word: carbonitride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carbo- + nitride. 1. A mixed carbide and nitride
Word: carbonitriding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of carbonitride Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: carbonitrided Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of carbonitride Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: relaxase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From relax + -ase. 1. A single-stranded DNA transesterase produced by some prokaryotes and viruses.
Word: transesterase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trans- + ester + -ase. 1. Any enzyme that catalyzes a transesterification reaction
Word: rhamnogalacturonan Part of Speech: noun 1. A polysaccharide, consisting mostly of rhamnose and galacturonic acid, that is found in plant cell walls
Word: sequons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sequon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sequon Part of Speech: noun 1. A sequence of three consecutive amino acids in a protein that can serve as the attachment site for a glycan
Word: Oswego tea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Oswego (from an Iroquoian language) + tea. 1. An American aromatic herb (Monarda didyma) with bright red labiate flowers; also called bee balm or bergamot. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Oswego teas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Oswego tea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: somatodendritic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From somato- + dendritic. 1. located together, even at the ends of a dendrite Labels: not-comparable
Word: chatelet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French chastelet, diminutive of chastel. Compare castle. 1. A little castle. Labels: obsolete
Word: chatelets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chatelet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: opponencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of opponency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: opponency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From opponent + -cy? 1. The act of opening an academic disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree. Labels: UK Example: This is only a Trick to turn off the Opponency Example: The chairman of the committee will be very glad to give you the opportunity to express your views, whether of proponency or opponency.
Word: substractive Part of Speech: adj 1. Nonstandard form of subtractive. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard
Word: assonantal Part of Speech: adj 1. assonant Example: How often on the contemporary poetry scene do we come across so relentlessly assonantal a hum as in these lines from "Later Meeting": Tying your hair/for our long walk, you carom in your new/room arms akimbo, hips adrift, miming/all our enemies.
Word: meteorolite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meteor + -lite. Compare French météorolithe. 1. A rock from space, such as an aerolite or meteorite. Labels: archaic
Word: meteorolites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meteorolite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: synaptoneurosome Part of Speech: noun 1. A synaptosome with attached resealed postsynaptic entities
Word: temporins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of temporin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lady's bedstraw Part of Speech: noun 1. A herbaceous perennial flowering plant, Galium verum, used in the Middle Ages for bedding and for making red dye. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata, syn. Pharnaceum mollugo), a slender-leaved East Indian shrub with white flowers in umbels. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: martext Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mar + text. 1. A blundering preacher. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: martexts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of martext Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emblanch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From em- + blanch. 1. To whiten. Labels: obsolete Example: it was impossible that a spot of so deep a dye should be emblanched
Word: emblanched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of emblanch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: emblanching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of emblanch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: thiopeptide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thio- + peptide. 1. Any of a family of antibiotics composed of a ring structure containing highly modified amino acids and a linear peptide containing dehydroalanines extending from the ring at a pyridyl group
Word: transcripted Part of Speech: adj 1. transcribed Labels: not-comparable
Word: transcripted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of transcript Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: depilous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From de- + pilous. Compare Latin depilis. 1. hairless Labels: not-comparable Example: […] they mistake the condition of this animal (which is a kind of lizard, a quadruped corticated and depilous, that is, without wool, fur, or hair) […]
Word: transcriptor Part of Speech: noun 1. transcriber
Word: translin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translocation + -in. 1. Any of a family of DNA-binding proteins that specifically recognise consensus sequences at the breakpoint junctions in chromosomal translocations
Word: translocalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trans- + localization. 1. translocation Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: thiopeptides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thiopeptide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: triptolide Part of Speech: noun 1. A diterpenoid triepoxide lactone that is immunosuppressive with antiinflammatory and antitumor activity Labels: uncountable
Word: mino bird Part of Speech: noun 1. A myna. Labels: archaic
Word: mino birds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mino bird Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cadmean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Cadm(us) + -ean and Cadm(ea) + -ean. 1. Of or relating to Cadmus, a mythical prince of Thebes, said to have introduced the Phoenician alphabet into Greece. 2. Of or from Cadmea.
Word: Cadmean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cadm(us) + -ean and Cadm(ea) + -ean. 1. A person from Cadmea.
Word: prosopalgia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face”) + -algia. By surface analysis, prosop- + -algia. 1. Facial neuralgia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: prosopalgias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prosopalgia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caveator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From caveat + -or. 1. Someone who enters a caveat.
Word: caveators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caveator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stichomancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sticho- + -mancy. First used to translate French stichomantie in Rabelais. 1. Divination by randomly selecting lines or passages from books. Labels: uncountable
Word: dartle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dart + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑː(ɹ)təl/ 1. A brief shining; a flicker of light 2. A flit; a darting about movement
Word: dartle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dart + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑː(ɹ)təl/ 1. To pierce, shoot, or shine through Example: my star that dartles the red and the blue 2. to dart about. Example: The brooks that sometimes run dry, or hide under the smooth stones; In the time of fullness leaping from ledge to ledge down to the big brook that never dries; Where the trout dartle and the pools are shadowy and cool[…] Example: The crimson banners of Samarkand dartled above the low breakers of drifted sand. Plumed helmets swam along the dunes like shark fins over billows.
Word: dartled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dartle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dartles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dartle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dartling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dartle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: upyield Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + yield. 1. To yield up; to give or surrender. Labels: transitive
Word: upyielding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of upyield Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: upyielded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of upyield Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: numeronyms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of numeronym Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tetrylene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tetr- + ethylene, because of the four carbon atoms in the molecule. 1. butylene Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: tetrylenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tetrylene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: encrinite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-, “in”) + κρίνον (krínon, “lily”): compare French encrinite. 1. A fossil crinoid, especially one belonging to, or resembling, the genus †Encrinus. Labels: obsolete 2. A type of grain-supported bioclastic sedimentary rock in which all or most of the grains are crinoid ossicles.
Word: encrinites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of encrinite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: impedition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin impeditio. 1. That which impedes; a hindrance. Labels: obsolete Example: VVhen God poſitively vvilleth the Poſitive hindering of a thing, he may morally be ſaid to Nill the thing, or to vill that it ſhall not be. That there are Poſitive Impeditions of God (by Dr. [William] Twisses leave) I have elſevvhere proved: […]
Word: impeditions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of impedition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tical Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɪˈkɑːl/, /tɪˈkɔːl/, /ˈtiːk(ə)l/ 1. An old Thai measurement of weight, the baht, of about 15 grams. 2. A Burmese measurement of weight, the kyattha, of about 16.3293 grams (0.576 ounces). Labels: Myanmar 3. The baht, the currency of Siam (now Thailand). Labels: archaic 4. A former currency of Cambodia. Labels: archaic
Word: ticals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tical Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stroy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English stroyen, an apheretic form of destroyen (modern English destroy). Pronunciation: /stɹɔɪ/ 1. To destroy. Labels: obsolete Example: How I convey my shame out of thine eyes By looking back what I have left behind Stroy'd in dishonour Example: Dig garden, stroy mallow, Set willow and sallow
Word: stroyed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of stroy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stroying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stroy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stroys Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stroy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: etherin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ether + -in? 1. A white crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left after making ether. Labels: uncountable
Word: waly Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Compare wellaway. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪli/ 1. An exclamation of grief. Labels: Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal Example: O waly, waly, but love be bonnie
Word: si quis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin siquis (“if anyone”), referring to the first words of the notice in Latin. 1. A notification by a candidate for Holy Orders of his intention to enquire whether any impediment may be alleged against him.
Word: goutier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of gouty: more gouty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: goutiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of gouty: most gouty Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: disimprovement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dis- + improvement. Pronunciation: /dɪsɪmˈpɹuːvm(ə)nt/, /dɪsɪmˈpɹuvmənt/ 1. Reduction from a better to a worse state. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [...] '[T]is very reaſonable, that all ſhould be obliged to the Law of Justice. [...] And as to the Public, 'twould be all one as if there were no Property; and then for want of Encouragement and Security, the final iſſue of the matter would be, an utter neglect and diſimprovement of the Earth, and a continual diſturbance of the Public Peace. Example: From day to day the intelligent student can watch the course of the affection before him, notice the finest shades of improvement or disimprovement, test the results of treatment, and verify for himself the truth of both diagnosis and prognosis. 2. Attempt to make something better while ending up worse than before. Labels: countable, informal, rare, uncountable
Word: disimprovements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disimprovement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miscollocation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + collocation. 1. Wrong collocation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Miscollocation or dislocation of related words disturbed the whole sense; its least effect was to give no sense, often it gave a dangerous sense.
Word: miscollocations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miscollocation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spiritist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Old French espiritbor. Middle English spirit English spirit Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English spiritist From spirit + -ist. 1. Spiritualist. Example: People [with AIDS] who can afford it go to expensive private clinics. Those with little financial resources consult with bruxos, umbandists, spiritists, or they die at home. 2. Alternative form of Spiritist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: spiritists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spiritist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gugas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: providest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: provide + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of provide Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: Mailerian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Mailer + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Norman Mailer (1923-2007), American writer and film director.
Word: lishey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From *lish, lush + -y. More at lush. 1. Flexible; limber; bendsome. Labels: Kent, UK, dialectal
Word: wingcase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wing + case. 1. An elytron.
Word: wingcases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wingcase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unhealable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + healable. 1. That cannot be healed.
Word: unforestallable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + forestallable. 1. That cannot be forestalled.
Word: elytroid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From elytra + -oid. 1. Resembling a beetle's elytron (wingcase). Labels: archaic
Word: featherfew Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of feverfew. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: lottery ticket Part of Speech: noun 1. A slip of paper drawn in a lottery, possibly redeemable for a prize. 2. Any investment taken for its incalculable chance to multiply (e.g. a mining stock). Labels: figuratively
Word: bims Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bim Labels: form-of, plural
Word: like heck Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. minced form of like hell. Labels: emphatic, intensifier Example: You'd better run like heck!
Word: vab Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of vagina + dab. Pronunciation: /ˈvæb/ 1. To wear one's own vaginal fluid as perfume, as a purported aphrodisiac. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: So yall be #vabbing like seriously? Example: In one of the first videos detailing the trend – which has since been deleted – TikTok user and influencer Mandy Lee hailed vabbing as the latest dating hack for women, purporting that it helped her to land dates.
Word: ditokous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”) + τόκος (tókos, “a bringing forth, offspring”). 1. Having two kinds of young, such as offspring from asexual reproduction versus those from sexual reproduction. Labels: not-comparable Example: Certain annelids are ditokous. 2. Producing only two offspring per reproductive cycle or gestation, such as two eggs in a clutch. Labels: not-comparable Example: Some birds are ditokous.
Word: trochilics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos), from τρέχω (trékhō, “run, move quickly”). 1. The science of rotary motion, or work done with wheels. Labels: uncountable Example: For setting wheels within wheels, you cannot match Fortune. After all, she has made trochilics her hobby through all the ages. Example: But for the better conceiving of this invention, it is requisite that we rightly understand some principles in trochilics, or the art of wheel-instruments
Word: thricecock Part of Speech: noun 1. the mistle thrush Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete
Word: misframe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + frame. 1. To frame wrongly.
Word: misframed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mysframed, equivalent to misframe + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of misframe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: misframes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misframe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: misframing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misframe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: misframing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of framing something incorrectly.
Word: garefowl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Icelandic geirfugl, from Old Norse geirfugl (“great auk”), related to Swedish garfågel, Danish geirfugl, Faroese geirfuglur, gorfuglur, French gorfou. 1. The great auk. Example: The Faroese men were able to catch more than a dozen gare-fowl along with 200 guillemots and numerous gannets, collecting them from rocks which the Icelanders were not brave enough to climb. 2. The razorbill Labels: archaic, rare
Word: garefowls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of garefowl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prociduous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin prociduus. 1. droopy Labels: archaic, not-comparable, rare
Word: dastardize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dastard + -ize. 1. To make cowardly; to intimidate or weaken the spirits of. Example: dastardize my courage
Word: dastardized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dastardize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dastardizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dastardize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dastardizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dastardize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pillau Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of pilau. Labels: alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable Example: [H]aving performed his devotions, dinner was served in a most splendid style — pillaus of many kinds, the most delicious quails, and pyramids of rice and saffron.
Word: pillaus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pillau Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wadies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wadi Labels: form-of, plural Example: My companions are undependable as a wadi, as watercourses that run dry in the wadies; 2. plural of wady Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wady Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of wadi. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: traditive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tradere, traditum (“to transmit, give up”). Compare French traditif. 1. Transmitted or transmissible from parent to child, or from older to younger generations, by oral communication; traditional. Labels: archaic Example: it is said there are traditive interprétations , as well as traditive propositions , but these have not much distinct consideration in them Example: Suppose we on things traditive divide.
Word: cilicious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin cilicium (“a covering, originally made of Cilician goat hair”), from Cilicious (“Cilician”), from Cilicia (“a province of Asia Minor”). 1. Made, or consisting, of hair. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: a cilicious or sackcloth habit
Word: prodigence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin prodigentia, from prodigens, present participle of prodigere. See prodigal. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒdɪd͡ʒəns/ 1. wastefulness; profusion Labels: archaic Example: Herod, this pastime is overpaid for; there is no proportion in this remuneration; this is not bounty, it is prodigence
Word: undescried Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + descried. 1. Not having been descried. Labels: not-comparable
Word: archpresbyteries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of archpresbytery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: archpresbytery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arch- + presbytery. 1. The absolute dominion of presbytery. Example: “The government of their kirk we despised” not, but their imposing of that government upon us; not presbytery, but archpresbytery, classical, provincial, and diocesan presbytery, claiming to itself a lordly power and superintendency both over flocks and pastors, over persons and congregations no way their own.
Word: surfeiter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From surfeit + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːfɪtə/, /ˈsɝːfɪtɚ/ 1. A person who surfeits or overeats. Example: […] I did not thinke / This amorous Surfetter would haue donn’d his Helme / For such a petty Warre: Example: Surfetters, and Cormorants he compared to beasts voyd of reason.
Word: surfeiters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surfeiter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bar + wood, since it was imported from Africa in bars. 1. Red wood of a leguminous African tree, Baphia nitida, used as a dyewood and for various other purposes such as ramrods, violin bows and handles for woodturning tools. Labels: uncountable 2. A tree of species Pterocarpus erinaceus. Labels: countable
Word: filletable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fillet + -able. 1. Suitable for filleting. Example: a filletable fish
Word: connusor Part of Speech: noun 1. A cognizor. Labels: obsolete
Word: connusors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of connusor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lingence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin lingere (“to lick”). 1. A linctus. Labels: obsolete Example: Great the use thereof in Physick, it being found very pectoral and soveraign for several diseases. A Stick hereof is commonly the Spoon prescribed to Patients, to use, in any Lingences or Loaches.
Word: lingences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lingence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pledgeries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pledgery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pledgery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Old French pleigerie. 1. A pledging; suretyship. Labels: obsolete
Word: pinguitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pinguitudo, from pinguis (“fat”). 1. fatness; obesity Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: Oddfellow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From odd + fellow. Pronunciation: /ˈɒdfɛləʊ/ 1. A member of a secret order or fraternity established for mutual aid and social enjoyment. Example: He said I ought to join the Oddfellows. He belonged.
Word: Oddfellows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Oddfellow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: savement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English savement, from Old French sauvement. Equivalent to save + -ment. 1. The act of saving; salvation. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: dephlegm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + phlegm; compare French déphlegmer, déflegmer. 1. To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate. Labels: obsolete, physical Example: Having almost filled a vial, capable of containing near a pound of human blood, with a mixture of that, and some rectify'd spirit of wine, by guess a fourth, or an eighth part; at the end of above three years, looking upon the same glass, stopt with nothing but a cork, we found it coagulated, or of a consistent form: when the vessel being unstopp'd, there appeared no sign of putrefaction in the blood; and having smelt to it, we could not perceive that it was fetid: so balsamic a vertue has dephlegmed spirit of wine to preserve it.
Word: dephlegmed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dephlegm Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dephlegming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dephlegm Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dephlegms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dephlegm Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dejectory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin dejector (“a dejecter”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈdʒɛktəɹi/ 1. Having power, or tending, to cast down. 2. Promoting evacuations by stool. Example: The physician should devote himself to this during several days so that the humor can be easily evacuated by dejectory medications
Word: trinitrocellulose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + nitrocellulose, because regarded as containing three nitro groups. 1. nitrocellulose; gun cotton. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: cardiograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh₂ Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor. English cardio- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English cardiograph From cardio- + -graph. 1. Electrocardiograph.
Word: cardiographs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cardiograph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: epipubes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of epipubis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: epipubis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From epi- + pubis. 1. A cartilage or bone in front of the pubis in some amphibians, reptiles and other animals, including the duck-billed platypus and some extinct mammals.
Word: subsensible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + sensible. 1. Deeper than the reach of the senses. Example: subsensible realm Example: definite images of things which that subsensible world contains
Word: disusage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dis- + usage. 1. Gradual cessation of custom or use; disuse. Labels: uncountable Example: leaving the rest to be abolished by disusage through tract of time
Word: babelicious Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of babealicious. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cognitivist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cognitive + -ist. 1. Of or pertaining to cognitivism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cognitivist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cognitive + -ist. 1. One who subscribes to the philosophy of cognitivism.
Word: confusables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of confusable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cyberchondria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor. English cybernetic English cyber- English hypochondria blend English cyberchondria Blend of cyber- + hypochondria. Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪbə(ɹ)ˈkɒndɹi.ə/ 1. Anxiety concerning one's health, caused by visiting medical websites. Labels: uncountable Example: [Sam] Altman’s mother, a dermatologist named Connie Gibstine, told me, “Sam does keep an awful lot tied up inside. He’ll call and say he has a headache—and he’ll have Googled it, so there’s some cyber-chondria in there, too. Example: Using “Dr Google” for health purposes is controversial. Some have expressed concerns that it can lead to inaccurate diagnoses, bad advice on where to seek treatment (triage), and increased anxiety (cyberchondria). […] Marcantonio Spada, an academic psychologist at London South Bank University who has researched cyberchondria, said the study was well designed, and highlighted the benefits of internet searching when confronted with health symptoms.
Word: connusance Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of conusance. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: A Dedimus was awarded to take the Conuſance of a Fine from Baron and Feme, and the Conuſance of Baron only was returned, and the Feme would not acknowledge it.
Word: connusances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of connusance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: khaf Part of Speech: noun 1. The eleventh letter of the Hebrew and Aramaic alphabets, kaph, especially when pronounced as a fricative (rather than as a plosive). Example: The letter that follows yud is khaf and the letter that follows kuf is resh.
Word: duathlete Part of Speech: noun 1. An athlete who takes part in a duathlon
Word: duathletes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of duathlete Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flattener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flatten + -er. 1. Anything that flattens. 2. A trade whose terms are based on the assumption that the rate of return will decrease. Example: Provided that the curve doesn't ever flatten too much and the option remains out-of-the-money, then we will put on flatteners when the curve steepens and put on steepeners when the curve flattens. Example: For example, if a trader thought that 2's 10's would trade lower than 185, he or she would put on a flattener.
Word: flatteners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flattener Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gravatar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of globally + recognized + avatar; a marketing coinage. 1. An image (avatar) that registered users can use automatically on various blogging sites. Labels: Internet
Word: kinaesthetic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of kinesthetic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ludologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ludology + -ist. 1. A person who studies games.
Word: paginator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paginate + -or. 1. Anything (especially a programming object) that controls pagination
Word: punchboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From punch + board. 1. A board, having a number of holes filled with slips of paper, once used as a form of lottery
Word: vro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American rapper XXXTentacion in 2015 (see quotation below) as a modification of bro, referencing his group "Very Rare". Pronunciation: /vɹoʊ/, /vɹəʊ/ 1. Synonym of bro (term of address to a male friend). Labels: Internet Example: My bitch don't love me no mo', ayy / She kick me out, I'm like "Vro", ayy Example: How is you feelin', vro? Uh / Feelin' like the Four, I feel fantastic
Word: reblogger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reblog + -er. 1. A person who reblogs
Word: punchboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of punchboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slummock Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈslʌmək/ 1. A slovenly person
Word: slummock Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈslʌmək/ 1. To behave lazily or indolently 2. To behave awkwardly or clumsily
Word: Apollonian gasket Part of Speech: noun 1. A fractal generated from triples of circles, where each circle is tangent to the other two.
Word: Apollonian net Part of Speech: noun 1. Apollonian gasket
Word: autopathography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + pathography. Compare autobiography. 1. A piece of writing about one's own illness.
Word: autopathographies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autopathography Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Arverni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin Arvernī m pl. Pronunciation: /ɑːɹˈvɜːɹnaɪ/ 1. An ancient, powerful Gallic tribe living in what is now the Auvergne region of France, who opposed the Romans on several occasions. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only Example: The vast plateau of the Massif Central was still the fortress it had been when the Arverni tribes held out against the Romans. Its rivers were unnavigable and its links to the rest of France practically non-existent.
Word: Asclepiad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Asclēpiadēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀσκληπιάδης (Asklēpiádēs). Pronunciation: /əˈskliː.pi.æd/ 1. Any one of the children of Asclepius and Epione (or Aristodama). Labels: Greek Example: […] Epione, his wife, bore the two Asclepiads, Podaleirius and Machaon. 2. A member of one of the families that claimed descent from Asclepius, known as physicians or healers.
Word: Asclepiad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Asclēpiadēus, from Ancient Greek Ἀσκληπιάδειος (Asklēpiádeios), from Ἀσκληπιάδης (Asklēpiádēs) + -ειος (-eios). Pronunciation: /əˈskliː.pi.æd/ 1. A choriambic verse consisting of four metrical feet: a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus. First used by the ancient Greek poet Asclepiades of Samos.
Word: Asclepiad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Asclepiad-, the stem of the taxonomic name Asclepias, from Latin asclēpias (stem: asclēpiad-), from Ancient Greek ἀσκληπιάς (asklēpiás) (stem: ἀσκληπιάδ- (asklēpiád-)). Pronunciation: /əˈskliː.pi.æd/ 1. Any member of the Asclepiadaceae.
Word: autosegment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of autonomous segment. 1. A segment on an autosegmental tier.
Word: autosegments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autosegment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Averni Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Arverni. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: acrocyanoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acrocyanosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: podzolic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From podzol + -ic. 1. Resembling or relating to podzol. Example: podzolic soil
Word: podzolic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From podzol + -ic. 1. A soil of the podzolic class. Labels: uncommon
Word: ecdysteroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ecdysis (“shedding, moulting”) (from Ancient Greek ἔκδυσις (ékdusis, “stripping”)) + steroid. 1. Any of a group of hormones responsible for moulting in insects and other functions in other invertebrates and plants. Example: The ecdysteroid group includes more than 250 polyhydroxysterols that occur in plants and animals, with 20-hydroxyecdysone (20-OH-E) being the physiologically active moulting hormone in most insects (Lafont 2000). Example: In some dipteran species, ecdysteroids synthesis starts at almost the same time as the onset of vitellogenin synthesis, whereas in other species like orthopterans the synthesis starts only towards the end of vitellogenin uptake.
Word: ecdysteroids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecdysteroid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phytoecdysteroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phyto- + ecdysteroid. 1. Any ecdysteroid found in plants.
Word: phytoecdysteroids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phytoecdysteroid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adaptogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From adaptogen + -ic. 1. Being or relating to an adaptogen. Example: It's triggered and explosion of “functional” drinks featuring adaptogenic and nootropic ingredients; plants that in some cases have been used for thousands of years to boost mood and cognitive performance.
Word: couple-beggar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally a verb-noun compound, "one who couples beggars"; later extended to cases where the spouses were not destitute. 1. One who, for a fee, performs an unauthorised wedding service, especially for poor people (originally beggars). Labels: historical Example: Yet you'd have no license, but be married by beggarly bans ! [...] Sure it's wonderful you don't seek out a couple-beggar, and get married like the heathens in the time of Nebecudnazar ! Example: these destitute paupers believed themselves to be married, since they had paid a small sum of money to a 'couple beggar' and in return he performed a rudimentary ritual over them.
Word: couple-beggars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of couple-beggar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xeropthalmia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xero- + ophthalmia. 1. Dry eye. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: xeropthalmias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xeropthalmia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xyris Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Xyris. 1. Any member of the plant genus Xyris.
Word: xyrises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xyris Labels: form-of, plural
Word: torpified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of torpify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: torpifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of torpify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: torpify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin torpere (“to be torpid”) + -fy. 1. To make torpid; to benumb, to paralyse. Labels: dated, transitive
Word: torpifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of torpify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jings Part of Speech: intj 1. An exclamation of surprise. Labels: Scotland Example: Jings! This blizzard is no place for a wee bucket boy! If I'm not careful I'll slip and —
Word: jingoize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From jingo + -ize. 1. To make excessively patriotic. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: jingoizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jingoize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jingoized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of jingoize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: intersource Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + source. 1. Between sources. Labels: not-comparable Example: There have not been any major intersource shifts, but there has been a small tendency for the share of electricity to increase, as shown in Figure 14-6. Example: Here, the source memory and the target signal are from different sources, so soundspotting in this context performs intersource matching.
Word: ivoroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ivory + -oid. 1. A synthetic celluloid plastic resembling ivory. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: unstroked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + stroked. 1. Not stroked. Labels: not-comparable Example: And no matter how “pretty” you make your outside, that ignored, unstroked, inner judge called self-esteem can and will beat you back down time and time again — if you let it. How do you judge your own self-esteem?
Word: infostructure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From info + structure, influenced by infrastructure. 1. The technical infrastructure supporting an information system. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The design of an information resource, such as a web site, so that it can be used and navigated efficiently. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: infostructures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of infostructure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: iatroepidemic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iatro- + epidemic. 1. A large-scale problem caused by a medical procedure or drug. Example: The drug thalidomide caused many birth defects and led to an iatroepidemic.
Word: iatroepidemics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of iatroepidemic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: informavore Part of Speech: noun 1. An infovore; one who eagerly acquires information.
Word: informavores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of informavore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inexcuseable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + excuseable. 1. Alternative form of inexcusable. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "So much the more inexcuseable," answered the lady; "for whom doth he ruin by his fondness but his own child?"
Word: overinhibited Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + inhibited. 1. Excessively inhibited. Example: Twenty-five overinhibited children and twenty-five unsocialized aggressive children were followed up in the spring of 1944. Example: Overinhibited children often benefit cathartically from dramatic play.
Word: knee baby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Because a baby of this age may be taken into the mother's lap, i.e. on her knee. 1. A young child, slightly older than a baby.