nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Suchow Part of Speech: name Etymology: From an irregular romanization of Mandarin 敘州 /叙州 (Xùzhōu). 1. Alternative form of Xuzhou, Sichuan. Labels: alt-of, alternative, historical, obsolete
Word: Suchow Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Mandarin pronunciation of 肅州 /肃州 (Sùzhōu). 1. Alternative form of Suzhou, Gansu. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Our fellows were at base camp no. 70, waiting for help. Their food supplies would not last till the end of June. Again and again, orally and in writing, we had asked for lubricating oil for the convoy. We had still, at camp no. 70, enough petrol to enable three motor-lorries and the small car to cover a stretch of 930 miles—i.e. the distance from Korla to Suchow via Hami and Anhsi. Example: In 1876 Tso Tsung-t’ang, a Chinese general from Hunan who had already done much to subdue the Taipings and prove himself loyal to the Manchu Imperial Court, was appointed commander in chief of the Sinkiang expedition. His second in command was Liu Ching-t’ang, who proved himself so able that later he became the first governor of Sinkiang. At Suchow in Kansu he accumulated a stock of grain large enough to last his army for two years. When his army reached Komul, Barkul, and Kuchengtze, it was divided into two groups.
Word: slash bunt Part of Speech: noun 1. A play by the team at-bat where the hitter assumes the position for a bunt and then changes grip and takes a swing at the ball.
Word: safety squeeze Part of Speech: noun 1. A play by the team at-bat where with a runner at third base, the batter puts down a sacrifice bunt with the aim of allowing the runner to score. In contrast to a suicide squeeze, the runner waits to see the trajectory of the ball before deciding whether to attempt to touch home plate.
Word: caught stealing Part of Speech: adj 1. Thrown out (i.e. put out) while attempting to steal a base. Labels: not-comparable 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see caught, stealing. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Haimen Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 海門／海门 (Hǎimén, literally “sea gate”). 1. A district of Nantong, Jiangsu, China; a former county-level city and former county of Nantong, Jiangsu, China. Example: At the mouth of the Yangtze, population-density on the island of Tsungming and the peninsula Haimen reaches an exaggerated figure, the one of 1475, the other of 700 inhabitants per square kilometre. Example: Japanese authorities served notice today that they intended to land troops at Haimen, 200 miles down the coast from Shanghai, later tomorrow in a new move to tighten the China coast blockade.
Word: europous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From europium + -ous. 1. Containing europium with valence two. Labels: not-comparable
Word: europic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From europium + -ic. 1. Containing europium with valence three. Labels: not-comparable
Word: paid the bills Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pay the bills Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: paying the bills Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pay the bills Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pays the bills Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pay the bills Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: trirhenium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + rhenium. 1. Three atoms of rhenium in a compound. Labels: in-compounds, uncountable
Word: exmatriculate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From German exmatrikulieren, equivalent to ex- + matriculate. 1. To deregister or unenroll (a student in Germany or Austria), as a result of graduation, expulsion, or voluntary termination of courses. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: exmatriculates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of exmatriculate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: exmatriculating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of exmatriculate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: exmatriculated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of exmatriculate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: exmatriculation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exmatriculate + -ion. 1. The process of exmatriculating. Labels: uncountable
Word: slash bunts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slash bunt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: N64s Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of N64 Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gamophobes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gamophobe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: safety squeezes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of safety squeeze Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dead-bug Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to a form of electronic prototyping where integrated circuits are stuck upside down to the breadboard and soldered to directly. Labels: informal, not-comparable
Word: interfixation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From interfix + -ation. 1. The act or process of interfixing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: interfixation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + fixation. 1. Between fixations of the eyeballs. Labels: not-comparable Example: Interfixation distance is the metric that is often used to measure how readers space their fixations.
Word: interfixations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interfixation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sapiophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sapiophile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nabbie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of nabby. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nabies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of naby Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cuddle puddle Part of Speech: noun 1. A group session of hugging and petting. Labels: colloquial Example: Then Pug and I split a tab of E and passed a thermosful of mushroom tea back and forth—a "hippie flip," something I hadn't tried in more than a decade—and an hour later I was dancing my ass off and the world was an amazing place. I ended up in a wonderful cuddle puddle around 2 A.M., every nerve alive to the breathing chests and the tingling skin of the people around me.
Word: cuddle puddles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cuddle puddle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hash marks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hash mark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kanner Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from German.
Word: till the cow come home Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Alternative form of until the cows come home. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Word: ATCs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ATC Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wankaholic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wank + -holic. 1. Somebody who is addicted to masturbation. Labels: rare, slang, vulgar
Word: Crusoean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Crusoe + -an. 1. Of or relating to the fictional castaway Robinson Crusoe, or the novel in which he appears.
Word: Crusoesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Crusoe + -esque. 1. Reminiscent of the fictional castaway Robinson Crusoe.
Word: wankaholics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wankaholic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Spearman's rank correlation coefficients Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Spearman's rank correlation coefficient Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Robinson Crusoe Island Part of Speech: name Etymology: Renamed in 1966 by the Chilean government, after the fictional castaway Robinson Crusoe: the island was home to the marooned sailor Alexander Selkirk from 1704 to 1709, and is thought to have inspired the novel. 1. The second largest of the Juan Fernández Islands.
Word: tray ceiling Part of Speech: noun 1. A tray-shaped recess in a ceiling.
Word: tray ceilings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tray ceiling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shoulder-of-mutton sails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shoulder-of-mutton sail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Karp reduction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Richard Karp. 1. A polynomial-time algorithm for transforming inputs to one problem into inputs to another problem, such that the transformed problem has the same output as the original. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Karp reductions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Karp reduction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Karp-reducible Part of Speech: adj 1. Capable of undergoing Karp reduction. Labels: not-comparable
Word: puppet governments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of puppet government Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interverts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of intervert Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: interverting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of intervert Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: interverted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of intervert Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: neofeudal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neo- + feudal. 1. Of or relating to neofeudalism. Example: Ironically, the German university became more bourgeois just when contemporaries like Weber began to criticize the "social aristocratic tendency of our time" among the cultivated and when student subculture in the duelling corporations was becoming more neofeudal! Example: With that decline, there was the potential that papal ideology on sociopolitical issues would be neofeudal in orientation and yet have no neofeudal social groups or social order to defend.
Word: Kropotkinian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Kropotkin + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Peter Kropotkin (Пётр Кропо́ткин; 1842–1921), Russian scientist and philosopher who advocated a communist society based on voluntary associations between workers.
Word: neofeudalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + feudalist. 1. A proponent of neofeudalism.
Word: neofeudalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neofeudalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jagunço Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese jagunço. 1. A hired gunman in backland Brazil; a militiaman or bodyguard; a bandit or outlaw. Example: Maria Quadrado, Alexandrinha Correa, and Gertrudes […] went around placing the dead bodies of jagunços in hammock litters so that they could be carried back to Canudos to be buried. Example: Though the government forces carried modern rifles against their one-shot muskets and scraping knives, the jagunços repelled first a detachment of a hundred men and then a detachment of five hundred.
Word: jagunços Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jagunço Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snakes in the grass Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snake in the grass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tintinology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tintin + -ology. 1. The study of The Adventures of Tintin, especially in an academic context. Labels: uncountable
Word: Tintinologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tintinology + -ist. 1. A person who studies Tintinology.
Word: protocolar Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈprəʊtə(ʊ)ˌkɒləɹ/ 1. Alternative form of protocolary. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: shoemender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of shoe + mender. 1. A person who repairs shoes. Example: Next he called on Paul Leblond, the shoemender he had visited before. As with Madame Vauclin, his return had been eagerly awaited and, again, he showed the list. The shoemender knew others, he said, who would be well placed to help: […]
Word: shoemenders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shoemender Labels: form-of, plural
Word: space-cadet keyboard Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of computer keyboard, traditionally used on MIT Lisp machines, equipped with seven modifier keys and three shift keys, arranged to facilitate chording.
Word: Multician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Multics + -ian; coined at Honeywell around the 1970s, according to the Jargon File. 1. A competent user of Multics. Labels: slang
Word: Multicians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Multician Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Aleppine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Aleppo + -ine. 1. Of or pertaining to Aleppo. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Aleppine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Aleppo + -ine. 1. A person from, or an inhabitant of, Aleppo.
Word: Aleppines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Aleppine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Eskimological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Eskimology + -ical. 1. Of or relating to Eskimology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Miller flip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Introduced by skateboarder Darrell Miller. 1. A frontside invert in which the rider cartwheels into the fakie position.
Word: Miller flips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Miller flip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: just on Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. exactly Example: Harkness checked the time. It was just on half-past eleven.
Word: Rule 110 Part of Speech: name Etymology: The binary number sequence 01101110, summarising the rule, is equivalent to the decimal number 110. This is the rule's Wolfram code. 1. A simple cellular automaton, unusual in being Turing-complete, where each cell's value changes depending on its current value and those of two neighbouring cells.
Word: cellular automatons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cellular automaton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microstatement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + statement. 1. A statement in microcode.
Word: microstatements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microstatement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microaggresses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of microaggress Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: microaggressed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of microaggress Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: microaggressing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of microaggress Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: weight down Part of Speech: verb 1. To place a weight on, attach a weight to, load with a weight; to encumber with a weight. Example: […] the fact is that you can't move fast when you are sodden and mudded from head to foot and weighted down with a heavy rifle and bayonet and a hundred and fifty cartridges. Example: The orchards of peaches with the lush fruit weighting down the dwarfed trees.
Word: PUFs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of PUF Labels: form-of, plural
Word: physical unclonable functions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of physical unclonable function Labels: form-of, plural
Word: physically unclonable function Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of physical unclonable function.
Word: physically unclonable functions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of physically unclonable function Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gabillions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gabillion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tape libraries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tape library Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gatrillions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gatrillion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eckie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ecky (“ecstasy”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: shotgun debugging Part of Speech: noun 1. A poorly-directed form of debugging, making various experimental changes to the source code in the hope that one of them will eventually fix the problem. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: shotgun cloning Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of shotgun sequencing. Labels: uncountable
Word: despine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + spine. 1. To remove the spines from a plant. Example: Three specimens are partially decorticated. One of these items is not longitudinally split but is despined while another is longitudinally split into quarters and is despined. The last Yucca thomsoniana specimen is longitudinally split into less than quarter-sized segments and is despined. Example: Prickly pears, known as tunas in Spanish, produce deliciously juicy fruits. They are sometimes available in Southwestern markets, or can be picked straight off the plants—but take care not to prick your fingers on the spines. (Those for sale in stores have been despined.)
Word: despines Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of despine Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: despining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of despine Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: despined Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of despine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spinalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From spinal + -ize. 1. To surgically separate the spinal cord of (an animal) from the brain. Labels: transitive Example: Such procedures may involve surgically separating the spinal cord from the brain. In this case, the animal is called spinalized or a spinal preparation. If we assume that every volitional act comes from the brain, then in a spinalized animal all muscle reactions to external stimuli are apparently reflexes, because signals from the brain cannot reach the spinal cord. Example: An injury that results in complete spinal transection at the thoracic or cervical level has the same effect as the surgical procedure used to spinalize animals for use in experiments.
Word: spinalizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spinalize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: spinalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of spinalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spinalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of spinalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: framework agreement Part of Speech: noun 1. An agreement between two parties, recognising that they have not come to a final agreement on all matters relevant to the relationship between them, but have agreed on enough to move forward with the relationship, with further details to be determined in the future.
Word: testosteronally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From testosteronal + -ly. 1. In a testosteronal way.
Word: nail cutter Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of nail clippers.
Word: nailcutter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of nail cutter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: toe-biter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of toe biter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: toe-biters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toe-biter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nailcutters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nailcutter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nail cutters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nail cutter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: framework agreements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of framework agreement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gyal dem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Jamaican Creole gyal dem (“girls”). 1. group of girls or women Labels: Multicultural-London-English, plural, plural-only Example: […] I make the gyaldem sing for me
Word: monstricides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monstricide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heavy metals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heavy metal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: high bailiff Part of Speech: noun 1. An officer of the county courts responsible for executing warrants and court orders. Example: Every bailiff duly appointed may serve or execute any process which by any Act passed or to be passed is directed to be served or executed by a high bailiff, unless otherwise specially provided against therein. 2. The chief stipendiary magistrate of the Isle of Man, who acts as a judge, including passing sentence, imposing fines, etc. Labels: capitalized, often
Word: monolexical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + lexical. 1. Consisting of a single word. Labels: not-comparable Example: In English there is no monolexical verb form to denote that the verbal subject is silent.
Word: monoverbal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + verbal. 1. Consisting of a single word. Labels: not-comparable
Word: drinkwater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English drinkwater (attested as a nickname), equivalent to drink + water. Compare Saterland Frisian Drinkwoater (“drinkwater”), West Frisian drinkwetter (“drinkwater”), Dutch drinkwater (“drinkwater”), German Low German Drinkwater (“drinkwater”), German Trinkwasser (“drinkwater”). 1. Potable water; water intended for drinking Labels: uncountable Example: In very dry seasons some drinkwater is brought from wells dug in the bed of the river, about half-an hour from the village. Example: “I'll come back and bring you some drinkwater," he said.
Word: drinkwater Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English drinkwater (attested as a nickname), equivalent to drink + water. Compare Saterland Frisian Drinkwoater (“drinkwater”), West Frisian drinkwetter (“drinkwater”), Dutch drinkwater (“drinkwater”), German Low German Drinkwater (“drinkwater”), German Trinkwasser (“drinkwater”). 1. Small, rural, and insignificant. Labels: not-comparable Example: And for a moment it seemed that everything would be all right, that we were traveling back in time to that idyllic farm near a drinkwater town in Iowa, back to my boyhood, and that Mina would always smile up at me from her bed. Example: I'm surprised they have that kind of thing in a drinkwater place like this.
Word: duppying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of duppy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: duppied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of duppy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lexicometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lexico- + -metric. 1. Relating to lexicometry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lexicometrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lexicometric + -al. 1. Relating to lexicometry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: empanneled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of empannel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: actorlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From actor + -like. 1. Like or resembling an actor Example: Oedipus is actorlike in his taking upon himself words and deeds on the behalf of other characters. Example: They are thus more actorlike in some respects, but arguably less actors (than their forebears, or peasants) in other respects. In any case they are not plausibly the exaggerated actors marching around the metatheory of actor-centric social science.
Word: Chin State Part of Speech: name 1. A state in western Myanmar. Capital: Hakha.
Word: pin-tailed sandgrouse Part of Speech: noun 1. Pterocles alchata, a bird in the sandgrouse family.
Word: nonvacuolated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + vacuolated. 1. Not vacuolated. Labels: not-comparable Example: Most of the cortex was composed of fascicular cells which had nonvacuolated, nonhoneycombed eosinophilic cytoplasm.
Word: pornophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From porno- + -phile. 1. A fervent consumer of pornography. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:pornophile.
Word: pornophilic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to, or exhibiting pornophilia.
Word: pornophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pornophile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mastologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mastologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: desexualizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From desexualize + -er. 1. That which desexualizes. Labels: rare Example: Likewise, instead of functioning as a "fashion desexualizer", the Levis jeans inevitably reverses this by having a men's and ladies' fit.
Word: pre-announce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + announce. 1. Alternative form of preannounce. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: question time Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Question Time. Labels: alt-of
Word: PMQ Part of Speech: noun 1. singular of PMQs (“Prime Minister's Questions”) Labels: form-of, singular
Word: tendie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chicken tender + -ie. As Internet slang, it is popularized by a genre of post on 4chan that mocks the concept of childish basement dwellers who continue to eat chicken tenders well into adulthood. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.diː/ 1. A chicken tender. Labels: colloquial, plural-normally Example: Grade "A" tendies and mozz sticks. Example: Favorite Food: Chicken Tendies 2. The money or financial instruments gained by independent currency or securities traders following a successful wager or risk. Labels: Internet, plural-normally Example: In recent weeks, the only way to get up to speed with WallStreetBets would have been through full immersion, absorbing comments about “tendies” and “diamond hands” and “holding the line” until you worked up the nerve to post the group’s most beloved slogan for yourself: “We like the stock.” Example: There are members who say they made enough to pay off student debt, afford an operation for a family member, and even buy a yacht, all thanks to their fresh delivery of “tendies” – WSB jargon for money (it’s an allusion to tender fried chicken).
Word: tendies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tendie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: patanas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of patana Labels: form-of, plural
Word: business practice Part of Speech: noun 1. the usual procedure followed in business, or a particular business. Example: 1997, European Free Trade Association Court, Annual Report The respondent Aker emphasises that it is common business practice for a principal to conclude a contract for the supply of goods or services with a new provider upon expiry or termination of a contract.
Word: leptospiras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leptospira Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dudh-wallah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dudhwallah. Labels: India, alt-of, alternative
Word: my condom broke Part of Speech: phrase 1. Indicates that the condom of the speaker broke.
Word: Croatocentrism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * Croato- + -centrism 1. The practice of viewing the world from a Croatian perspective, with an implied belief, either conscious or subconscious, in the preeminence of Croatian culture. Labels: uncountable
Word: Croato- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Croat + -o-. 1. Combining form of Croatia, Croatian, and Croat. Labels: form-of, in-compounds, morpheme Example: Тhe juxtaposition of the Croato-Glagolitic material with that of manuscripts written in more easterly areas shows that […]
Word: Balkanocentrism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * Balkano- + -centrism 1. The practice of viewing the world from a Balkans perspective, with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of Balkans culture. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: 'Balkanocentrism' implying a certain opposition to Europe is an idea of the past.
Word: Balkano- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Balkan + -o-. 1. Pertaining to the Balkans. Labels: morpheme
Word: Jugo- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of Yugo-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: Yugo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Yugoslavia; compare Afro-, Sino-, Turko-. 1. Pertaining to Yugoslavia or the Yugoslavs. Labels: morpheme
Word: bankerage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From banker + -age. 1. Banking. Labels: rare, uncountable, usually Example: They have their stored booths in every bazaar, occupy all the principal caravanseries with their merchandize, and entirely control the business of bankerage and monopolies. Example: […] merely because bankerage beats blacksmithing?
Word: bankerage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bank + brokerage. 1. A brokerage institution that also offers banking services. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: You receive a monthly statement that reflects all the activities of your bankerage accounts (which can even include an equity line of credit with your bankerage). Banking with your brokerage has many advantages. Example: […] for the Web to provide a complete range of "bankerage" services. In two new studies, Corporate Insight senior analyst David Rosenberg claims that only 40 percent of the 18 brokerages that the firm monitors can be considered a full bankerage, defined as a broker that offers traditional banking products.
Word: musicography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From music + -o- + -graphy. 1. Writing on the subject of music. Labels: uncountable Example: The unanimous testimony of scores and of musicography is to this effect, and establishes, as an inviolable rule, the close on the inferior dominant. Example: Other now standard histories of music in Latin American nations that skirt developments after 1820, 1901, or 1950 emphasize an ever-present problem in Latin American musicography. The only histories of music in their nations with which reigning Latin American composers are pleased are those narrated by themselves. 2. The art or science of writing music and of musical notation. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: The short-hand of musicography alone, separated from the material accompanying it, might, we think, be found useful in no ordinary degree to the musical world. Example: This work is divided into two parts, logography, or universal writing of speech, and musicography, or symbolical writing in music; the first of which offers a new set of phonetic characters as a substitute for our degenerated logographic system, and the second a reformation of our musical notation; a short-hand form of each system being joined to it.
Word: Yoko Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ようこ (Yōko), a female given name with many variant kanji spellings. 1. A female given name from Japanese.
Word: Yuko Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ゆうこ (Yūko), a female given name with many variant kanji spellings. 1. A female given name from Japanese.
Word: Asako Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Japanese.
Word: Azumi Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Japanese. 2. A surname from Japanese.
Word: Yurina Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Japanese.
Word: Yurika Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Japanese.
Word: Yurika Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Yuri + Monika. 1. The ship of characters Yuri and Monika from the visual novel videogame Doki Doki Literature Club!. Labels: slang
Word: Yurie Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Japanese.
Word: Yumika Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Japanese.
Word: Yukina Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Japanese.
Word: Yukari Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Japanese.
Word: foreign secretary Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Foreign Secretary. Labels: alt-of
Word: Defra Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: For Defra, funding for flood defences and disease prevention are likely to be protected.
Word: DECC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Department of Energy and Climate Change. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: OLHC Part of Speech: name 1. Office of the Leader of the House of Commons Labels: UK
Word: OLHL Part of Speech: name 1. Office of the Leader of the House of Lords
Word: DCMS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DfE Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Department for Education. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DfID Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of DFID. Labels: alt-of Example: After lunch […] we toured the village with the woman from DfID, whose task it was to point out ‘areas of particular deprivation’.
Word: DfT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Department for Transport. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DCLG Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Department for Communities and Local Government. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Wight Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Wiht, from Latin Vēctis (“Isle of Wight”). 1. The Isle of Wight. 2. A sea area comprising part of the English Channel, from the southern English coast down to Normandy.
Word: Wight Part of Speech: name Etymology: Scottish and English surname, from the noun wight. 1. A surname.
Word: caulkhead Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone from the Isle of Wight Example: 'If you come across caulkheads they'd soon tell you' according to a middle-aged male respondent (2001: 34) who, presumably, was an 'overner' that is, not from the island. Example: Even a bad bastard like Pelly can't hide.' He grinned, looking up at Faraday. 'One happy family, that's us caulkheads.'
Word: caulkheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caulkhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ryde Part of Speech: name 1. A town and civil parish with a town council on the northeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England. Example: Once a Regency seaside resort, visitor numbers in Ryde were up and down historically, then down for good 1970s onwards (cheap Mediterranean charter flights). 2. A suburb and local government area (the City of Ryde) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, named after Ryde, IoW. 3. An unincorporated community in Sacramento County, California, United States, named after Ryde, IoW.
Word: Shanklin Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈʃæŋklɪn/ 1. A town and civil parish with a town council on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5881). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He is a son of James Hopkins and Agnes (Pogue) Shanklin, the former of whom was born on the old homestead of the Shanklin family situated in East May's Lick precinct and the latter on the present site of Ashland, in Boyd county.
Word: Sandown Part of Speech: name 1. A town and civil parish with a town council on the southeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5984). , from Old English sand and hamm, meaning 'the sandy enclosure or river-meadow'. Example: A ‘slum zoo’ in Sandown and a nation in decline, but here we go. What a life. 2. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States, named after Sandown, IoW. 3. A suburb of Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Word: Cowes Part of Speech: name 1. A town on the north coast of the Isle of Wight, England. 2. A town in Bass Coast Shire, Phillip Island, southern Victoria, Australia.
Word: Ventnor Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈvɛntnəɹ/ 1. A town and civil parish with a town council on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5677). 2. A rural locality in North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. 3. A small town on Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia.
Word: Gale Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. A unisex given name. 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States:
Word: Gee Part of Speech: name Etymology: Northern English surname of debated meaning. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒiː/, /ˈɡiː/ 1. A surname. Example: Prosecutors allege that Gee posted several videos online following Biden’s visit to Scranton, Pennsylvania, in April for a campaign event. 2. A male given name. Labels: rare 3. An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Kentucky, United States. 4. A ghost town in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States.
Word: Gee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Northern English surname of debated meaning. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒiː/, /ˈɡiː/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of gee. Labels: alt-of
Word: Vale Part of Speech: name 1. Port Vale FC. Labels: informal
Word: Vale Part of Speech: name 1. A place in the United States: 2. A place in the United States: 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States: 7. A small settlement near Cornholme, Todmorden parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9126).
Word: Vale Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Swann Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Swan. 1. A surname transferred from the nickname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An unincorporated community in Cabell County, West Virginia, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Coniston Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old Norse konungr (“king's”) + Old English tūn (“town, manor”), after the model of other settlements known as Cinges tūn or Cynges tūn (“king's town”). Doublet of Coniston Cold. Cf. also Conington, Conisbrough, Coningsby, Kingston, Kingstown, Kingstone, Kingsburg, and Kingsville. 1. A cattle station in the Northern Territory, Australia. 2. A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. 3. A town in Derwent Valley, Tasmania, Australia. 4. A community in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; formerly in former town of Nickel Centre. 5. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1535). 6. A village and civil parish next to Coniston Water in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD3097). 7. An unincorporated community in Yolo County, California, United States.
Word: Lilliputianly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Lilliputian + -ly. 1. In a Lilliputian way, to a small or insignificant degree. Example: Nastasha shrilled and went into her and Walter's room, just off the living room, and slammed the door as hard as she Lilliputianly could. Example: The Sociologists suggest with measured tones, the surveys collect the unthought minds for minds unthinking so that theology may be bound Lilliputianly to the sterile turf.
Word: antecedaneously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From antecedaneous + -ly. 1. In an antecedaneous way: precedingly. Labels: archaic, not-comparable, obsolete, rare Example: We will therefore suppose that those unto whom the word is declared, have antecedaneously thereunto, all the help which the light of nature will afford. Example: –– Is that which we affirm to be antecedaneously necessary unto justifying faith.
Word: sharebait Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From share + -bait (manipulation to elicit a particular response). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛɹ.beɪt/ 1. Website content that exists only to be shared, aimed at generating advertising revenue, especially at the expense of quality or accuracy, relying on sensationalist headlines to attract click-throughs. Labels: Internet, derogatory, informal, uncountable Example: Forget click-bait. We’re living in the world of share-bait now. Example: Among the many phenomena we’d tentatively attribute, in large part, to the trend: the rise of sharebait (nee clickbait) and the general BuzzFeedification of traditional media; the Internet hoax-industrial complex, which only seems to be growing stronger; and the utter lack of intelligent online discourse around any remotely complicated, controversial topic.
Word: weather day Part of Speech: noun 1. A day set aside on a school calendar in certain climates, assuming a closure will occur during a given time period because of extreme weather conditions.
Word: Nutbush Part of Speech: name Etymology: From nut + bush. Origin unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈnʌtbʊʃ/ 1. Nutbush, TN: An unincorporated town in Southwest Tennessee, about which Tina Turner wrote the 1973 song Nutbush City Limits. Example: [...] On highway number nineteen [...] They call it Nutbush city [...] Little old town in Tennessee [...] a quiet, little old community; A one-horse town. 2. Nutbush, Memphis: A neighborhood in Northeast Memphis, TN, originally settled by migrants from the town. 3. the Nutbush: A line dance popular in Australia that is danced to the song. Example: [A]fter spilling a coke [...] all down my front when some idiot doing the Nutbush elbowed my can.
Word: April Fools' Days Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of April Fools' Day Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lubeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lube + -less. 1. Without lube. Labels: not-comparable
Word: condomlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From condomless + -ness. 1. The condition of being condomless. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: tutulus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin tutulus. 1. A conical Etruscan headdress for women.
Word: gurukula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit गुरुकुल (gurukula). 1. A residential school in India with pupils living near the guru, often in the same house. Labels: Hinduism
Word: gurukulas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gurukula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: weather days Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of weather day Labels: form-of, plural
Word: desexualizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of desexualizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: as the fella says Part of Speech: phrase 1. As the saying goes; as someone once said, invoking the wisdom of the common man on the street. Labels: informal
Word: as the fella said Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of as the fella says. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: diagrammers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diagrammer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dog's-eared Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of dog-eared. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: There were a couple of forms, notched and cut and inked all over; a small deal desk perched on four legs, at which no doubt the master sat; a few dog's-eared books upon a high shelf; and beside them a motley collection of peg-tops, balls, kites, fishing-lines, marbles, half-eaten apples, and other confiscated property of idle urchins. Example: He remembered all about the incident of the boxes, and from a wonderful dog’s-eared notebook, which he produced from some mysterious receptacle about the seat of his trousers, and which had hieroglyphical entries in thick, half-obliterated pencil, he gave me the destinations of the boxes.
Word: dog's-ear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See dog-ear. 1. Obsolete form of dog-ear. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: dog's-ear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See dog-ear. 1. Obsolete form of dog-ear. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] Lady Slattern Lounger, vvho had juſt ſent it home, had ſo ſoiled and dog's-ear'd it, it vva'n't fit for a chriſtian to read.
Word: actory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From actor + -y. 1. Like, characteristic, or typical of an actor Example: A couple of his friends had gotten married in huge church ceremonies with morning coats and spats and one even with top hats, and it was all so actory, he thought, as though they were reenacting some ritual that their parents, or more likely their grandparents, had done for real.
Word: transpilation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of translation + compilation. 1. transcompilation Labels: uncountable
Word: buys out Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of buy out Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: buying out Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of buy out Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bought out Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of buy out Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: YL Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In radio sense: short for young lady. 1. A female radio amateur. Labels: slang Example: Games for the harmonics, (children), YL's and XYL's and the OM's, plus free soda for all. 2. Initialism of young learner. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: YLs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of YL Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lidington Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: midrats Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. midnight rations Labels: plural, plural-only, slang
Word: Liddell Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Liddel, from Middle English Lidelesdale &c., from Old English hlÿde (“loud, River Lid”) + dæl (“dale, valley”), now Liddesdale, the valley of the Liddel Water. 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A locality in Singleton council area, New South Wales, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: who's whos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of who's who Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bra-burning Part of Speech: adj 1. stridently feminist Labels: derogatory, not-comparable, slang
Word: fighting irons Part of Speech: noun 1. A set of cutlery. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: The leading recruit is pausing briefly while receiving his dinner plate in his left hand and then is resuming his forward movement towards the serving area, but first picking up a dark green plastic cup and a set of fighting irons (knife, fork, and spoon) from the leading edge of the bay marines.
Word: foreign secretaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foreign secretary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Krock Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Krock. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Bross Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a shortened form of the Latin given name Ambrosius, or from Middle High German brossen (“to sprout, bud”). 1. A surname.
Word: marless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mar + -less. 1. Without mars; unspoiled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pleonectic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 19th century borrowing from Ancient Greek πλεονεκτικός (pleonektikós, “greedy”), from πλείων (pleíōn, “more”) + κτάομαι (ktáomai, “to get, acquire”). 1. Greedy; covetous.
Word: high adventure Part of Speech: noun 1. Exciting or strenuous outdoor recreational activities such as backpacking, rock climbing, mountaineering, and whitewater kayaking. Labels: uncountable Example: Culture has not emasculated me. I am quite unaffected. It was in the day's work, and my kind have always been day-workers, doing the day's work, whatever it might be, in high adventure or dull ploddingness, and always doing it. 2. A style of literature involving danger and excitement in remote or lawless places. Labels: uncountable
Word: precedaneously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From precedaneous + -ly. 1. In a precedaneous manner; precedingly; antecedently. Labels: obsolete Example: Aristotle however says, that the soul moves itself as with a lever not precedaneously, but according to accident : for it precedaneously moves the body... Example: For it is necessary that he who is adorned by the cathartic virtues, should abstain from doing any thing precedaneously in conjunction with body.
Word: Clutterbuck Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Templer Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a German pietist sect that emerged in the mid-19th century. Labels: historical
Word: Templer Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: secernate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin secerno (“to sever”). 1. To secern.
Word: rain dances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rain dance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: allenerly Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of allenarly. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, obsolete Example: In the first place, tolerating the moderate presbyterians to meet in their private houses, and these to hear all such ministers, as either have or are willing to accept of the indulgence allenerly, and none other […] Example: […] together also with the sum of 10 marks money foresaid, at the entry of every heir to the said lands, in name of doubling the few farm duty, by and autout the same few farm duty allenerly, and the said A.B. and his foresaids […]
Word: High Bailiff Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of high bailiff. Labels: alt-of
Word: MTYEWTK Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of more than you ever wanted to know. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, rare, uncountable
Word: YWMV Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Modelled on earlier YMMV. 1. Initialism of your wallet may vary: you may have more or less money to spend, or different financial priorities. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: I can't justify spending that much money on a meal, but YWMV since your recent inheritance has replenished your checking account.
Word: WAT Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Waterford. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: TIP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Tertiary Ideographic Plane, the fourth 65,536-codepoint plane in Unicode (from U+30000 through U+3FFFF). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Abbreviation of Tipperary. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Initialism of Third Intermediate Period. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: […] is based on a far too general assessment of the social position of TIP and Late Period priesthood. Further, it overlooks the actual historical context in which the trend of archaism emerged. 4. Initialism of Technological Institute of the Philippines. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TIP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of trans-identified person. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, initialism, offensive
Word: black-bellied sandgrouse Part of Speech: noun 1. Pterocles orientalis, a bird in the sandgrouse family.