nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: deliberatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From deliberative + -ly. 1. In a deliberative manner.
Word: paterfamiliases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paterfamilias Labels: form-of, plural
Word: matresfamilias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of materfamilias Labels: form-of, plural
Word: materfamiliases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of materfamilias Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tightlaced Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of tight-laced. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unpolemical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + polemical. By surface analysis, un- + polem- + -ic + -al. 1. Not polemical; undisputatious.
Word: cardtable Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of card table. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cardtables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cardtable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: froggeries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of froggery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unstrewn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + strewn. 1. Not having been strewn. Labels: not-comparable
Word: medician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps a blend of medic and physician. 1. A physician, a medical doctor; a medic. Example: During the Second Epoch, Tombilly, Chief of Ban Rona in the Green Hollows, fell ill to a malady for which the medicians of the Hollows could find no cure. Example: We have also the target of obtaining a good ontological description that allows a better use of CBR techniques to aid medicians in diagnostic accuracy.
Word: medicians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of medician Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lacedaemonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Lacedaemoni(us) + -an or Lacedaemon + -ian. Pronunciation: /læsədɪˈməʊnɪ.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to Lacedaemon (Laconia) in Greece. 2. spartan
Word: Lacedaemonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Lacedaemoni(us) + -an or Lacedaemon + -ian. Pronunciation: /læsədɪˈməʊnɪ.ən/ 1. An inhabitant of Lacedaemon (Laconia) in Greece. Example: […] yet if in temperance, thriftines, & noble mind (exceeding all their vanities) he could come to reſtore the Lacedæmonians againe vnto equalitie: that then in deede he ſhould be counted a noble king. Example: For Kallikrates died out of the battle, he came to the army the most beautiful man of the Greeks of that day - not only of the Lacedæmonians themselves, but of the other Greeks also.
Word: Lacedaemonians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Lacedaemonian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lacedemonian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of Lacedaemonian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Lacedemonian Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Lacedaemonian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Lacedemonians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Lacedemonian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bobbinless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bobbin + -less. 1. Without a bobbin. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bobbinlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bobbin + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a bobbin.
Word: lacemaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lace + making. 1. The manufacture of lace. Labels: uncountable
Word: leathermaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leather + making. 1. The manufacture of leather. Labels: uncountable
Word: wiremaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wire + making. 1. The manufacture of wire. Labels: uncountable
Word: wirelines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wireline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ropemaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rope + making. 1. The manufacture of rope. Labels: uncountable
Word: leathermaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leather + maker. 1. A manufacturer of leather.
Word: wiremaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wire + maker. 1. A manufacturer of wire.
Word: leathermakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leathermaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wiremakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wiremaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unsubjugated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + subjugated. 1. Not subjugated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: modesties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of modesty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prudishnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prudishness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whipmaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whip + maker. 1. A manufacturer of whips.
Word: whipmaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whip + making. 1. The manufacture of whips. Labels: uncountable
Word: whipmakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whipmaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Diderotian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Diderot + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Denis Diderot (1713–1784), prominent French philosopher, art critic, and writer of the Enlightenment.
Word: unscholarliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unscholarly + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being unscholarly. Labels: uncountable
Word: overeffusive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + effusive. 1. Excessively effusive.
Word: etherlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ether + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of ether.
Word: physiographical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From physiography + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to physiography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sportspersonship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sportsperson + -ship. 1. Sportsmanship. Labels: uncountable
Word: macabreness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macabre + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being macabre. Labels: uncountable
Word: unstoned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + stoned. 1. Not having been stoned; without the stone removed. Labels: not-comparable 2. not stoned, not under the influence of recreational drugs. Labels: not-comparable
Word: decipium Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɪpɪəm/ 1. Proposed name for a chemical element isolated from samarskite, later found to be a mixture of samarium and other rare earth elements. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: enthalpies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enthalpy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whip stitch Part of Speech: noun 1. A simple embroidery or hand sewing stitch in which the needle is passed in and out of the fabric in a series of stitches that circle an edge of the fabric.
Word: whip stitch Part of Speech: verb 1. To embroider using this technique. Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: undisputatious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + disputatious. 1. Not disputatious.
Word: unpolemically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unpolemical + -ly. By surface analysis, un- + polem- + -ic + -al + -ly. 1. In an unpolemical manner.
Word: unendurability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + endurability. 1. unendurableness Labels: uncountable
Word: unendurableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unendurable + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being unendurable. Labels: uncountable
Word: profligateness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From profligate + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being profligate; wastefulness. Labels: uncountable
Word: peerlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peerless + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being peerless, of having no equal. Labels: uncountable Example: and no again I'm sorry again no one here knows himself it's the place without knowledge whence no doubt its peerlessness
Word: unfelicitously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unfelicitous + -ly. 1. In an unfelicitous manner; unhappily, unfortunately.
Word: hatlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hatless + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being hatless; absence of a hat. Labels: uncountable
Word: heatlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heatless + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being heatless; absence of heat. Labels: uncountable
Word: uninstructively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From uninstructive + -ly. 1. In an uninstructive manner.
Word: uninstructiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uninstructive + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being uninstructive. Labels: uncountable
Word: puzzledly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From puzzled + -ly. 1. In a puzzled manner; confusedly.
Word: larcenously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From larcenous + -ly. 1. In a larcenous manner.
Word: nameserver Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of name server. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nameservers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nameserver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: name server Part of Speech: noun 1. A program or server that maps human-readable names to computer addresses, especially as part of the Domain Name System. Labels: Internet
Word: name servers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of name server Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bandung Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈbændʊŋ/, /ˈbɑndʊŋ/ 1. A city, the provincial capital of West Java, Indonesia. 2. The first Asian-African Conference, also known as the Bandung Conference Labels: metonymically
Word: Tasikmalaya Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Indonesian Tasikmalaya. 1. A city in West Java, Indonesia.
Word: noop Part of Speech: particle 1. Alternative form of nope. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare Example: There are people right here in Disneyland who have gone to California by rail. They never saw Utah. Kansas, yes. Idaho, O.K., Nebraska, mabe. But Utah? Uh-uh! Noop! Negative! Nope! No! It's just not there. Example: when writing a message hmmmms..., aaahhhs, woos & ehs yip, yeap, yeah, yap, yup, yupe nope, noop & noope... are all nuance musts piping thru' the mail passage to carry a voice to understand signals
Word: Matchmara Part of Speech: name 1. A large village in the thana of Godagari in Rajshahi district of Bangladesh.
Word: golden wedding Part of Speech: noun 1. The golden anniversary of a wedding, the 50th anniversary of a marriage. Example: ‘Perhaps you have no golden or silver wedding in England?’ ‘I confess I never heard of any thing of the kind,’ said Hamilton... ‘To be fifty years married and to have a golden wedding, is a sort of event in a family.’ Example: ...in fact the paper, wooden and tin wedding presents are seldom anything but jokes. Crystal is the earliest that is likely to be taken seriously by the gift-bearers. Silver is always serious, and the golden wedding a quite sacred event.
Word: kists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kists Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of kist Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: kisting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of kist Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: kisted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of kist Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Gabi Gabi Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Gabi-Gabi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bladed stance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the traditional stance of fencers. 1. A stance in which one foot is in front of the other and the body is at an angle to a person in front (who may become aggressive)
Word: bladed stances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bladed stance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 1930s Part of Speech: noun 1. The decade from 1930 to 1939. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: In addition to glazed ceramics we have, for the first time, actual remnants of wood — not simply imprints in the earth like those found at An-Yang. The first discovery of these woods was an accident, occurring at railroad excavations of the early 1930s in the South China province of Hunan, at the city of Ch’ang-Sha. Example: Note the presence in the foreground of the fronds of ailanthus, often called “ghetto palm,” now ubiquitous in Baltimore but apparently already common in the 1930s.
Word: 1920s Part of Speech: noun 1. The decade from 1920 to 1929. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: In the 1920s, the golly was used as a trademark for Robertson's Marmalade, and a little cut-out paper figure was popped into the stone jars between a circle of greaseproof paper and the lid. Example: The history of fish-farming in nondesert areas here, mostly in the Galilee region near the sea, dates back to the late 1920s, before Israel was established as a state.
Word: 1910s Part of Speech: noun 1. The decade from 1910 to 1919. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: As in his living room, a 1910s wooden pillar by Constantin Brancusi ($19 million to $25 million) will be placed not far from a 1910s armchair by Eileen Gray carved with dragons ($2.5 million to $3.8 million), two 1920s red-lacquered palmwood benches by Gustave Miklos ($2.5 million to $3.8 million), an ivory-inlaid 1910s cylindrical table by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann ($88,000 to $114,000) and a surprisingly staid pair of 18th-century walnut sofas ($38,000 to $63,000).
Word: moilee Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɔɪliː/ 1. An Indian curry, originally from Kerala, containing fish or seafood and coconut milk.
Word: lactard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lactose + -tard. 1. A lactose intolerant person. Labels: derogatory, offensive, rare, slang, vulgar Example: Our 'lactard' designer hopes innocent will make some soya options so she can also enjoy a breakfast thickie. Example: He also welcomes “glutards and lactards.”
Word: armaria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of armarium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alas Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tabularia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tabularium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: atoles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of atole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: serger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From serge + -er. 1. A type of sewing machine designed to produce an overlock stitch and to cut the fabric as it stitches. Example: If using a serger instead of a sewing machine, remember to eliminate or otherwise take into account the seam allowances given to each pattern, or you may end up with a larger pillow than expected.[…]Sergers, which create a series of overlapping stitches on the actual edge of the fabric, cutting away the excess, do not require seam allowances. Example: If you have a serger, you can use it to finish fabric edges so they don't ravel, but the zigzag stitch on your regular machine works well, too.
Word: completive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin complētīvus. 1. Making complete.
Word: completive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin complētīvus. 1. A construction denoting completion.
Word: teenagehood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From teenage + -hood. 1. The state of being in one's teenage years (13 to 19). Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonym: adolescence Example: Teenagehood is a crippling disease. I can tell because none of my children can walk anymore. Bus fares and car fares are eating up what little extra I have earned in royalties from my work.
Word: blank ends Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blank end Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blanket loans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blanket loan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blaze oranges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blaze orange Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bleeding edges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bleeding edge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bleeding times Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bleeding time Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bleeding time tests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bleeding time test Labels: form-of, plural
Word: block heaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of block heater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blind pigs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blind pig Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blind dates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blind date Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blockholes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blockhole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: block polymers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of block polymer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blood reds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blood red Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blowsabellas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blowsabella Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blue dazes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blue daze Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blue states Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blue state Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blues scales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blues scale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blue tits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blue tit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vaporing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vapor Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: vaporing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of vapouring. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vapored Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of vapor Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: vapored Part of Speech: adj 1. Wet with vapors; moist. 2. Affected with the vapors (hysterical disorder)
Word: board-feet Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of board-foot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bobbysoxers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bobbysoxer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bodgies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bodgie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bohr magnetons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bohr magneton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bolt buckets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bolt bucket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bonings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boning Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bootjacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bootjack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bootjacks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bootjack Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bootjacking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bootjack Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bootjacked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bootjack Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bootups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bootup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clausula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin clausula. 1. The conclusion of a passage; cadence. 2. The close or end of a historical period; clause.
Word: clavicorn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin clavus (“key”) + cornu (“horn”). 1. Having antennas shaped like clubs; used especially of the Clavicornes group of beetles Labels: not-comparable
Word: clavicorn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin clavus (“key”) + cornu (“horn”). 1. One of the Clavicornes.
Word: clavula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin clāvula (“scion, graft”). By surface analysis, clav(a) + -ula. 1. A ciliated bristle of some sea urchins 2. A spicule of some sponges
Word: clavule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin clāvula, diminutive of clāva (“club”). Pronunciation: /ˈklævjuːl/ 1. A club-shaped part of the receptacle of some fungi
Word: vavasor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of vavasour. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vavasors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vavasor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clavules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clavule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clientage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From client + -age. 1. clients collectively; clientele Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After the death of his father he settled in Chicago and entered upon the practice of law, soon having a large clientage 2. the condition of being a client Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: clavulae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clavula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clavulas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clavula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tertiary color Part of Speech: noun 1. Any color that results from the mixing of two secondary colors, or of a primary color and an adjacent secondary color. Labels: US
Word: cliental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From client + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to a client. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: I sat down in the cliental chair placed over against Mr. Jaggers's chair, and became fascinated by the dismal atmosphere of the place.
Word: succorer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From succor + -er. 1. Someone who succors.
Word: succourer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of succorer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: succourers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of succourer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: succorers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of succorer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clivis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin clivis (“by means of slopes”), ablative plural of clivus. 1. A neume representing two notes descending.
Word: coadjacence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + adjacence. 1. The condition of being coadjacent Labels: uncountable
Word: coadjacent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From co- + adjacent. 1. Mutually adjacent; contiguous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: casava Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cassava. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: coadjutrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin coadiūtrīx. By surface analysis, coadjutor + -trix. 1. A female coadjutor 2. An assistant (and eventual successor) to an abbess
Word: coadunate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The verb is first attested in 1607, the adjective in 1839; borrowed from Latin coadūnātus, perfect passive participle of coadūnō (“to unite, collect or join into one”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. Closely joined (by growing together).
Word: coadunate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is first attested in 1607, the adjective in 1839; borrowed from Latin coadūnātus, perfect passive participle of coadūnō (“to unite, collect or join into one”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To merge, unite into one.
Word: cataria Part of Speech: noun 1. catnip 2. The dried leaves and flowering tops of catnip formerly used in medicine.
Word: wolphins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wolphin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aerolitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aerolite + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to aerolites.
Word: miais Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miai Labels: form-of, plural
Word: party hats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of party hat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pictographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pictograph + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌpɪktəˈɡɹæfɪk/ 1. Represented by pictures. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to pictographs. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pictographic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pictograph + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌpɪktəˈɡɹæfɪk/ 1. A pictograph or hieroglyph. Example: Only two words in English possess a bare minimum resemblance to that of pictographics: eye (two es are the eyes, and the y is the nose) and bed (two vertical strokes from b and d compose the frame of the bed).
Word: platooned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of platoon Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: inchaste Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + chaste. Doublet of incest. 1. Unchaste. Labels: rare Example: Now you that were my father's concubines, Liquor to his inchaste and lustful fire, Have seen his honour shaken in his house, Which I possess in sight of all the world ; Example: They used to burn "witches." How soon til we are burning homosexuals, the inchaste, or those who dance on Sundays?
Word: æstimation Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of estimation. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The Hedde of Lune River by al Æſtimation muſt be yn Caterine Hille, or not far fro the Root of it. Owt of this Hille riſith Ure, Sawle, and Edon.
Word: zate Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of soft.
Word: æstimations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of æstimation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: menstrue Part of Speech: noun 1. The menstrual cycle; menses; menstrual flow. Labels: obsolete
Word: erudit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French érudit. Doublet of erudite. 1. An erudite person, a scholar, especially in French contexts. Labels: rare Example: When the fragments of Petronius made a great noise in the literary world, Meibomius, an erudit of Lubeck, read in a letter from another learned scholar of Bologna, ' We have here an entire Petronius [...].’ Example: By contrast, however, we have a charming letter from Charles Beard in which he regrets that he never met Lord Acton, an érudit with an encyclopedic mind who published very little.
Word: analise Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of analyse. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: ratless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rat + -less. 1. Without rats. Labels: not-comparable Example: Given leaders, however, who will keep the rat problem before them as long as there is one live rat, and you'll soon have a ratless community […]
Word: trot out Part of Speech: verb 1. To list or recite quickly. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: It is a canard trotted out by lazy or tendentious journalists that nationalised British Railways lacked entrepreneurial flair. 2. To bring something forward in order to display or use it. Example: Then he rushed to the museum, found a scientific man – ‘Trot me out a deadly serpent, just the deadliest you can;
Word: imperfectivization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From imperfective + -ization. 1. The creation of imperfective verb forms from perfective verb stems. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: shit stain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shit + stain. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪt steɪn/ 1. A spot or area that has been discolored by having absorbed feces. Labels: slang, vulgar 2. A stupid or contemptible person. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, offensive, vulgar Example: "And if we was, pray tell me, you shit-stain, you darlin' little cunt rag, what difference'd that make to you?"
Word: imperfectivizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of imperfectivization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ice luge Part of Speech: noun 1. A large block of ice with a narrow channel carved through it used to cool a beverage for drinking.
Word: dick munch Part of Speech: noun 1. An idiot or foolish person. Labels: humorous, idiomatic, vulgar
Word: tractorless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tractor + -less. 1. Without a tractor. Labels: not-comparable Example: In 1939, small farms were still largely tractorless, and the others were far from horseless.
Word: blackless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From black + -less. 1. Without black people. Labels: not-comparable Example: Likewise, as Nick relates the disturbing presence of blacks, his analysis suggests that many white nationalists speculate on the possibility of a blackless country. Example: As strange as it may seem, millions of white southerners live in a largely blackless South, and a number of blacks live in isolated rural and urban communities where they have little contact with a variety of whites.
Word: mijas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mija Labels: form-of, plural
Word: narrativeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From narrative + -less. 1. Devoid of narrative. Labels: not-comparable
Word: narratorless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From narrator + -less. 1. Without a narrator. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mija Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish mija. 1. A term of endearment for a woman or girl. Labels: US Example: Mrs. Salazar seemed cheerful, but looked as if she’s been crying. I realized I’d never thought of her as vulnerable, and my heart went out to her. I gave her a warm hug, and she looked both pleased and surprised. “I’m glad you’re here, mija. You make my Ryan happy. I’m sorry about the other night.” Example: “Who are you here to see, mija?” asked Gerson Guzman, 38. “Rapinoe!” said his 2 year-old daughter, Andrea Rosa Guzman.
Word: pansylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pansy + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a pansy.
Word: marriagelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From marriage + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of marriage.
Word: weddinglike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wedding + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a wedding.
Word: feastlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From feast + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a feast.
Word: banquetlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From banquet + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a banquet.
Word: guestlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From guest + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a guest.
Word: bouquetlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bouquet + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a bouquet.
Word: auctionlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From auction + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an auction.
Word: sicklelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sickle + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a sickle. Example: Stunned, I took the sicklelike corn knife Fowler thrust into my hands and let myself be herded out toward the cornfield.
Word: pannierlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pannier + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a pannier.
Word: raccoonlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From raccoon + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a raccoon.
Word: suedelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From suede + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of suede.
Word: scarflike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scarf + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a scarf.
Word: turbanized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of turbanize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: discomposures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of discomposure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: desuetudes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of desuetude Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pettinesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pettiness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: firstie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From first + -ie. 1. A first-class cadet. Labels: US, informal Example: WEST POINT, N.Y., May 22 — The graduating cadets of the United States Military Academy spent their final days here like scores of seniors, or firsties, before them: packing foot lockers and showing their mothers around gray buildings and sweeping lawns. 2. Someone who does something for the first time; a debutant or newbie. Labels: broadly, informal 3. Someone who is in the first year, or round, of something. Labels: informal 4. A First Worlder; someone from the First World. Labels: slang
Word: tyrannicalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tyrannical + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being tyrannical; tyranny. Labels: uncountable
Word: me judice Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin. 1. in my judgement Labels: not-comparable
Word: asylumlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From asylum + -like. 1. Resembling an asylum (hospitally for the mentally ill).
Word: royster Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of roister. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The only son of his father, an honest man, and a quiet man, not a roystering drunken robber!
Word: royster Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of roister. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: He now suspected that the grave roysters of the mountain had put a trick on him, and having dosed him with liquor, had robbed him of his gun.
Word: roystering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of royster Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: roystering Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of roistering. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: roysters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of royster Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: roystered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of royster Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overcanopy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + canopy. 1. To form a canopy over (something). Labels: transitive Example: I know a banke where the wilde thyme blowes, / Where Oxſlips and the nodding Violet growes, / Quite ouer-cannoped with luſcious woodbine, / With ſweet muſke roſes, and with Eglantine; […] Example: On an eminence, in one of the most sequestered parts of these woods, was a rustic seat, formed of the trunk of a decayed oak, which had once been a noble tree, and of which many lofty branches still flourishing united with beech and pines to over-canopy the spot.
Word: overcanopying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overcanopy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overcanopies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overcanopy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overcanopied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overcanopy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: miasmalike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From miasma + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a miasma.
Word: poisonlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poison + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of poison.
Word: urinelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From urine + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of urine.
Word: toxinlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From toxin + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a toxin.
Word: cloudcapt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cloud + capt. 1. Capped with clouds. Labels: archaic, poetic
Word: unconversant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + conversant. 1. Not conversant; unfamiliar, unacquainted.
Word: ringleted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ringlet + -ed. 1. With the hair in ringlets. Example: As for the mob cap, not a fig did I care for it; but, to be taken for anything but a cavalier, by the ringleted one, was absolutely unendurable. Example: The picture of a blanched and ringleted Boy George on the cover had been taken by Russell.
Word: ringleted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ringlet + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of ringlet Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ringletted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of ringleted. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tryingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trying + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being trying (arduous, difficult to endure). Labels: uncountable
Word: brewage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brew + -age. 1. Something brewed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] Mad brewage set to work / Their brains, no doubt, like galley-slaves the Turk / Pits for his pastime, Christians against Jews.
Word: brewages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brewage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: insuperabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of insuperability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: treatiselike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From treatise + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a treatise.
Word: raccoonish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From raccoon + -ish. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a raccoon.
Word: riflelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rifle + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a rifle.
Word: decklike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From deck + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a deck.
Word: shotgunlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shotgun + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a shotgun.
Word: partylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From party + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a party.
Word: bargewoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From barge + woman. 1. The female equivalent of a bargeman.
Word: bargewomen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bargewoman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beegum Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of begum (“high-ranking Muslim woman, especially in South Asia”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: beegum Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bee gum. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: beegums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beegum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ferrywoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ferry + woman. 1. A woman who operates a ferry.
Word: ferrywomen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ferrywoman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forepeople Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foreperson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gunneries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gunnery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hornyhead chub Part of Speech: noun 1. Nocomis biguttatus, a small minnow of the northern central United States and Canada.
Word: unscored Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + scored. 1. Not assigned a score, or rating. Labels: not-comparable Example: the unscored section of a test 2. Not given a musical score. Labels: not-comparable Example: the unscored scenes in a film 3. Not having been scored or cut. Labels: not-comparable Example: The long bay was unruffled and grey to the horizon, like a sheet of unscored ice.
Word: scorable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From score + -able. 1. Able to be scored. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ken Johnson, a spokesman for the drug manufacturers group, said the industry’s $80 billion commitment would include “significant scorable savings to the government,” though details were not available.
Word: egg-shaped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From egg + shaped. 1. Having the shape of an egg. Example: This takeaway counter serves up some of Hong Kong's best eggettes, the egg-shaped waffles beloved by local children and adults alike.
Word: unscorable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + scorable. 1. Unable to be scored; not scorable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pugilistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From pugilistic + -ally. Pronunciation: /pjuːdʒɪˈlɪstɪkli/ 1. In a pugilistic manner; by means of fighting; aggressively. Example: Wired Puerto Ricans were pacing about pugilistically on the corner, and black guys with big hats were leaning in doorways.
Word: tippy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1790, tip (“apex”) + -y (diminutive). Sense of “clever” may be influenced by tip (“inside information”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɪpi/ 1. Fashionable, tip-top. Labels: colloquial, obsolete, slang Example: Of all the gay beaux, / That sport their smart cloathes, / There's none that my fancy can please, / With their Spencers or Crops, / Or woolly Foretops, / Like Bob with his Tippy Bootees. 2. Clever, neat, smart. Labels: colloquial, slang Example: She read Renan's Vie de Jésus, and I am now going to lend her the antidote—a tippy little bit of criticism by Pressensé. 3. Of tea, having a large amount of tips, or leaf buds. Example: Before rolling some planters are in the habit of sifting the leaf through a No. 4 sieve, and manufacturing the small leaf and tips that fall through separately. This will add to the appearance of the tea, by making it more tippy, but unless fancy teas are being made will not pay for the time and trouble incurred.
Word: tippy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1790, tip (“apex”) + -y (diminutive). Sense of “clever” may be influenced by tip (“inside information”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɪpi/ 1. A dandy. Labels: colloquial, obsolete, slang Example: Is his dreſs, as we may preſume it will be, elegant; exhibiting no articles of apparel but ſuch as are “All the rage?” he is “Quite the tippy.” 2. Something at the height of fashion, excellent, cool. Labels: absolute, colloquial, obsolete, slang Example: I underſtand, however, that there is a diſtinction between theſe names in the city and St. James's; in the latter place you may find faſhion in the characters of the ton, the taſte, the etiquette, &c. in the city they are all the tippy, the thing, the ſort, &c. and pretty things they are, Heaven knowns! [sic]—with a ſort of a cane, which being twelve inches long, one blow of an Iriſhman's ſhillalagh would drive twelve yards away. Example: The wig's the thing, the wig, the wig, / Be of the ton a natty sprig, / The thing, the tippy and the twig, / Nor heed who are the truly wise, / For after all, in vulgar eyes, / The wisdom's in the wig.
Word: tippy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1886, tip (“knock over”) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪpi/ 1. Tending to tip or tilt over; unstable. Labels: Canada, US
Word: winkt Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wink Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: ergonomist Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɜɹˈɡɑnəmɪst/ 1. An expert in ergonomics. Example: However, comfort was a key part of the selling point and David Lawrence, in his wonderful book British Rail Designed 1948-1997, explains how an ergonomist was hired to ensure the seats were comfortable. Nowadays, I suspect that if the ironing board seats on Thameslink Class 700s or on the Azumas are anything to go by, no ergonomist worthy of the name ever sat in those seats during their design phase.
Word: ergonomists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ergonomist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: once more Part of Speech: adv 1. Again, a further time, once again. Labels: not-comparable Example: I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite. Example: Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly,[…], down the nave to the western door. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see once, more. Labels: not-comparable
Word: netlabel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From net + label. 1. A record label that distributes most of its music online through digital audio formats.
Word: perfectivization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From perfective + -ization. 1. The process of forming a perfective verb from the imperfective verbal stem. Labels: uncountable
Word: peeping toms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peeping tom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: voyeuse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French voyeuse. 1. A female voyeur; a woman who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people.
Word: voyeuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of voyeuse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hongweibing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 紅衛兵 /红卫兵 (hóngwèibīng, “red defense soldier; red guard”). 1. A red guard, a member of a mass movement of civilians, mostly students and other young people in China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong in 1966 and 1967, during the Cultural Revolution. Labels: historical Example: The Chinese are hastily obliterating all traces of hongweibing pogroms in Moslem mosques and other holy places. Mao's successors have been clamouring for Moslems to preserve the Islamic cultural heritage. The blame for all the excesses in the Islamic policy has been heaped upon the "gang of four" and Lin Biao.
Word: takeups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of takeup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Schrödinger Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Schrödinger * The places are named for physicist Erwin Schrödinger Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹoʊdɪŋɚ/ 1. A surname from German. Labels: countable 2. A placename Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 3. A placename Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 4. A placename Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: Applewhite Part of Speech: name Etymology: Habitational surname from the village of Applethwaite, in the Lake District, from Old Norse apaldr (“apple tree”) + þveit (“clearing”). 1. A surname from Old Norse.
Word: wantok Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tok Pisin wantok, from English one talk, that is, a speaker of the same language. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒntɒk/, /ˈwɑntɑk/, /-toʊk/ 1. A close comrade; a person with whom one has a strong social bond, usually based on a shared language. Labels: Papua-New-Guinea, sometimes, term-of-address Example: I refer to the classes of settlers thus distinguished as ‘wantok’ (although their members did not always have the same mother tongue), and the areas from which they came as ‘home areas’. […] There were 7 groups of wantok among the Situm block-holders and 4 among the Gobari holders. Example: In Saraga, there are more wantoks (3.16) per household than in Bumbu (2.7). […] Like Bumbu, almost 80 percent approves of their wantoks living with them but half of the respondents would not like to see an increase in the wantoks in their houses.
Word: brag book Part of Speech: noun 1. A small personal photo album. Labels: informal
Word: mentches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mentch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Yid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish ייִד (yid, “Jew”). Doublet of Jew. Pronunciation: /jɪd/, /jiːd/ 1. A Jew. Labels: informal Example: Erdman's response is confessional, 'I am a Yid... I am! My father was a Yid. Please believe me!' (p. 211). Example: Cause a yid never breaks, and a yid never bends, and a yid never gives up in the night 2. A Jew. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: “You're a fucking Jew, Grünbaum!” Frege yelled. “A miserable, fucking Yid.” 3. A supporter or club member of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.. Labels: informal
Word: DVD+R Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌdiːviːdiː ˈplʌs ɑɹ/, /ˌdiːviːdiː ˈplʌs ɑː/ 1. Initialism of Digital Versatile Disc recordable: a form of digital media that is similar to a CD, but has far denser storage and thus greater capacity. It can only be written to once, but can be read from an indefinite number of times. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: upbring Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English upbringen, equivalent to up- + bring. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apbrange, West Frisian opbringe, Dutch opbrengen, German Low German upbrengen, German aufbringen, Danish opbringe, Swedish uppbringa. 1. To bring up. Labels: obsolete Example: From mothers pap I taken was vnfit: / And streight deliuered to a Faery knight, / To be vpbrought in gentle thewes and martiall might.
Word: expertest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of expert: most expert Labels: form-of, superlative Example: Old Timon, who in youthly yeares hath beene In warlike feates th’expertest man aliue, And is the wisest now on earth I weene […]
Word: privity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman priveté, privitee et al., Old French priveté, from privé + -té. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪvɪti/ 1. A divine mystery; something known only to God, or revealed only in holy scriptures. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: But yet there is a place that men clepe the school of God, where he was wont to teach his disciples, and told them the privities of heaven. 2. Privacy, secrecy. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Him oft and oft I askt in priuitie, / Of what loines and what lignage I did spring[…]. 3. A private matter, a secret. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 4. The genitals. Labels: archaic, countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: Having ended the delights of nature, they were wont to wipe their privities [translating catze] with perfumed wooll. 5. A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, e.g. contract, estate, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There is no privity, (as the lawyers say),—that is, no mutual recognition, consent and agreement—between those who take these oaths, and any other persons. 6. The fact of being privy to something; knowledge, compliance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But this acknowledgement was made without the privity of his wife, whose vicious aversion he was obliged, in appearance, to adopt. Example: This episode in her life, above all other things, was most cruelly suggestive to him, as possibly involving his father in the privity to a thing, at which Pierre’s inmost soul fainted with amazement and abhorrence.
Word: privities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of privity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: privities Part of Speech: noun 1. The genitals. Labels: archaic, plural, plural-only
Word: whilere Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English whil er, whileere [and other forms], whilom er (“some while ago or before, formerly”), from Old English hwīle ǣr, hwīlum ǣr, from hwīle (accusative singular of hwīl), hwīlum (“at some time in the past, once; sometimes”) (dative plural of hwīl (“period of time, a while”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest; peace, rest”)) + ǣr (“before”) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *airiz (“before, earlier”)). The English word is analysable as while + ere. Pronunciation: /ʍaɪˈlɛː/, /waɪ-/, /ʍaɪˈleɹ/ 1. A while ago; a time before; formerly, previously. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: VVe met that villen (God from him me bleſſe) / That curſed wight, from whom I ſcapt whyleare, / A man of hell, that cals himſelfe Deſpayre: […] Example: Thou mak'ſt me merry: I am full of pleaſure, / Let vs be iocond. Will you troule the Catch / You taught me but whileare?
Word: ABC's Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ABC Labels: form-of, plural