nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Commonwealth of Virginia Part of Speech: name 1. The official name of Virginia, a constituent state of the United States of America .
Word: State of Virginia Part of Speech: name 1. The U.S. state of Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia Labels: archaic, dated, proscribed Example: The State of Virginia have determined to undertake an expedition […]
Word: rocking chair money Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rocking-chair money. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Balmaseda Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Basque Balmaseda. 1. A town and municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, Spain.
Word: counterpropagandist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + propagandist. 1. A person who produces or disseminates counterpropaganda.
Word: counterpropagandists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterpropagandist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: black henna Part of Speech: noun 1. A dangerous paraphenylenediamine compound sometimes illicitly used as a substitute for the dye henna. Labels: uncountable
Word: Virg. Part of Speech: name 1. Virginia Labels: archaic
Word: ethnically challenged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: An ironic imitation of the perceived oversensitivity of language like mentally challenged. 1. Of a person, belonging to a marginalized ethnicity. Labels: euphemistic, humorous Example: […] everybody knew, and agreed, that you didn't cut in line or urinate on sidewalks in public (a new cultural practice among the ethnically challenged) or just plain be rude and disagreeable. Example: “And I want to thank you for pointing that out at long last instead of referring to me as a little ethnically challenged boy in drag.”
Word: wh-movements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wh-movement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overspins Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overspin Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: eigenaxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eigenaxis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eigenloci Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eigenlocus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leukemiavirus Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of leukaemiavirus. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: leukemiaviruses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leukemiavirus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bee's dick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A humorous allusion to how short the penis of a bee would be. 1. A small amount. Labels: Australia, slang, vulgar Example: We were within a bee's dick of trying it when one day we rounded the arete and BLAM! The council had obviously decided to avoid any "strollers in shark-nude-drug-torso-shock-horror collapse" and blasted the place to smithers. Example: I'm a bee's dick away from those people and that beautiful air they breathe and I can't reach it or them, or them me.
Word: erubescences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of erubescence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: side hustle Part of Speech: noun 1. A secondary job or gig that brings in extra cash. Labels: informal, slang Example: Near-synonyms: side gig, side job Example: But think of this side hustle as an opportunity to do something you love to do.
Word: Frey's procedure Part of Speech: noun 1. A surgical technique, used in the treatment of chronic pancreatitis, in which the diseased portions of the pancreas head are cored out. A lateral pancreaticojejunostomy is then performed in which a loop of the jejunum is then mobilized and attached over the exposed pancreatic duct to allow better drainage.
Word: Frey's procedures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Frey's procedure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: to tell you the truth Part of Speech: phrase 1. Synonym of to be honest. Example: “I think Kellyanne is doing a phenomenal job. I don’t know Steve Bannon, to tell you the truth, very well.”
Word: Peltier effects Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Peltier effect Labels: form-of, plural
Word: struggleless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From struggle + -less. 1. Without struggle; easy, unburdensome, unwearisome.
Word: struggleful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From struggle + -ful. 1. Full of struggle; difficult, hard. Labels: India
Word: Goanese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Goa + -n- + -ese. 1. Of or relating to Goa
Word: Goanese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Goa + -n- + -ese. 1. The people of Goa. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: I discharged him, and through Berkeley's help I succeeded in securing a Goanese — a native of Goa which is a Portuguese settlement in India. Example: In the first years of his rule he had attempted to bring the meek Goanese to some knowledge of cultivation as the West understood it, but though they might be biddable, the soil and the sun were not.
Word: configed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of config Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: configing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of config Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: party leader Part of Speech: noun 1. a person in charge of a political party.
Word: party leaders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of party leader Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preswollen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + swollen. 1. swollen in advance Labels: not-comparable
Word: monowheel tractor Part of Speech: noun 1. A vehicle driven and controlled by an engine and steering mechanism mounted on a single large wheel, with the load-carrying body trailing behind on two smaller wheels.
Word: telepicture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tele- + picture. 1. Synonym of telefilm.
Word: telepictures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of telepicture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perisystolic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From perisystole + -ic. 1. Relating to the perisystole. Labels: not-comparable
Word: monowheel tractors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monowheel tractor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fisters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fister Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bullwhippings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bullwhipping Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inshell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From in- + shell. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈʃɛl/ 1. To enclose in a shell. Labels: literary, rare Example: ’Tis Aufidius, Who, hearing of our Coriolanus’ banishment, Thrusts forth his horns again into the world; Which were inshell’d when Coriolanus stood for Rome, And durst not once peep out. Example: […] of all men that I have ever known, no one was more reluctant to creep out of the modesty in which he had inshelled himself, than the man whom I cannot even yet think no more, feeling towards his memory as if he were still waiting for something not received.
Word: inshell Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + shell. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnˌʃɛl/ 1. (of nuts, eggs, shellfish) Not removed from the shell. Labels: not-comparable Example: Live inshell scallops are preferable to frozen scallop meats. Example: The insects that attack inshell peanuts consist of several species of beetles and of moths.
Word: inshell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + shell. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnˌʃɛl/ 1. A product (nut, shellfish) that has not been removed from its shell. Example: Inshells are shipped in 50-pound sacks, while shelled walnut pieces are shipped in 25-pound bags'
Word: inshells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inshell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inshells Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of inshell Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: thrustable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From thrust + -able. 1. Capable of being thrust. Labels: not-comparable Example: A nut cracking machine comprising an upright frame having front extensions, revolving disks carrying plungers axially thrustable towards each other, means for periodically actuating said plungers consisting of means mounted on said frame […] Example: Duryodhana was the best champion in the world with a weapon that was made of an iron ball tied by a chain to a heavy rod held by the warrior, a sort of thrustable cudgel or bludgeon.
Word: inshelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of inshell Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: watermarkable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From watermark + -able. 1. Capable of being watermarked. Labels: not-comparable
Word: zooanthroponoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zooanthroponosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deafener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deafen + -er. 1. One who, or that which, deafens.
Word: deafeners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deafener Labels: form-of, plural
Word: osturduckens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of osturducken Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acolutholect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos, “follower”) + -lect. 1. Synonym of satellect.
Word: acolutholects Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acolutholect Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foot-tappings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foot-tapping Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poculent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin poculentus, from poculum (“cup”). 1. Fit for drink. Labels: obsolete Example: Some of these herbs, which are not esculent, are notwithstanding poculent; as hops and broom.
Word: poculent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin poculentus, from poculum (“cup”). 1. A drink; something drunk. Labels: obsolete Example: […] the minute attention which the first physicians paid to the esculents and poculents of their patients […] Example: The use of unguents acts as raiment against heat and cold by preventing profuse perspiration and evaporation; it is the more necessary in a land where extreme lassitude and thirst necessitate a great consumption of poculents.
Word: party member Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who belongs to a political party.
Word: party members Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of party member Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Second Cold War Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Cold War II. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Although developed around the First Cold War of 1947-53, the same debate, about causes and responsibility, elaborated simultaneously rather than sequentially, can be identified with regard to the Second Cold War, of 1979-85. Example: For the true aficionados there is, in addition, the impact imprecisely) as the new or Second Cold War of the 1980s.
Word: communist party Part of Speech: noun 1. A political party which advocates communist ideals.
Word: Communist Party Part of Speech: name 1. An individual communist party within a specific context.
Word: high-endness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From high-end + -ness. 1. The quality of being high-end. Labels: uncountable Example: So the Unico bristles with high-endness, inside and out.
Word: communist parties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of communist party Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dul Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Khmer ឌុល (dul). 1. A surname from Khmer.
Word: metalevels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metalevel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bass drop Part of Speech: noun 1. A pause in the percussion, followed by a reintroduction of drums accompanied by a heavy bass line. Example: Bass drop! Example: Based around a wailing diva and a bass drop that had the emotional weight of a Detroit synth wash, "Remember the Roller" proved that you could be just as expressive with rhythmic elements as you could with keyboards.
Word: bass drops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bass drop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tonalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Shinichi Suzuki based on vocalization. 1. In the Suzuki method of music teaching, the term for what is normally called tone production, the student's ability to produce and recognize a beautiful, ringing tone quality from a musical instrument. Labels: uncountable
Word: he who sups with the devil should have a long spoon Part of Speech: proverb 1. One must be careful when dealing with bad people. Example: January 17, 2017 CommunityNews Australia Labor should beware, though, of aligning itself with the dreadlocks and thumb-locks brigade – he who sups with the devil should have a long spoon.
Word: touch upon Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of touch on. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Pokhara Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Nepali पोखरा (pokharā). 1. A city in Nepal.
Word: precomas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of precoma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dead-stroke hammer Part of Speech: noun 1. A power hammer having a spring interposed between the driving mechanism and the hammer head, or helve, to lessen the recoil of the hammer and reduce the shock upon the mechanism.
Word: dead-stroke hammers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dead-stroke hammer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sectisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sectism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Macnab cypress Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of MacNab cypress. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: difficultated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of difficultate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: difficultating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of difficultate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Garhwali Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Garhwali गढ़वळि (gaṛhvaḷi), probably via another Indo-Aryan language. 1. A Central Pahari language of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken chiefly by the Garhwal people of Uttarakhand, India. Some sources consider it to be a dialect of Hindi. 2. An ethnolinguistic group native to Garhwal in Uttarakhand, India.
Word: Champa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Chăm Pa. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃæm.pə/ 1. A collection of Cham polities in what is now Vietnam from the 2nd century through 1832. Labels: historical
Word: Champa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Americanized spelling of Slovene Čampa. 1. A surname from Slovene.
Word: Corse-du-Sud Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French Corse-du-Sud (literally “Southern Corsica”). 1. A department of Corsica, France.
Word: Haute-Corse Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Haute-Corse (literally “Upper Corsica”). 1. A department of Corsica, France.
Word: persistent truncus arteriosus Part of Speech: noun 1. A congenital cardiac defect characterised by the failure of division of the embryological structure of truncus arteriosus. Labels: uncountable
Word: zicral Part of Speech: noun 1. An alloy of aluminium with zinc and small amounts of magnesium and copper
Word: introgressively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From introgressive + -ly. 1. By the means of introgression.
Word: modern convenience Part of Speech: noun 1. A labour-saving device or service making a task easier or more efficient to perform than by traditional methods.
Word: fake news Part of Speech: noun 1. Purported news stories with false or misleading information, deliberately created to disinform. Labels: uncountable Example: Never trust fake news websites. Example: The scourge of “fake news”, pumped out by online bots and Russian troll farms, suggested that the authority of professional journalism had been fatally damaged by the rise of social media. 2. Satirical news stories, intended to amuse. Labels: uncountable
Word: person-made Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of human-made. Labels: not-comparable Example: A flattened person-made concrete block lying in between the two bays known as Gnejna and Ghajn Tuffieha.
Word: Smita Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Sanskrit.
Word: Chinese jump rope Part of Speech: noun 1. A children's game in which two participants hold a string of rubber bands tied in a circle with their feet and a third participant is challenged to make a certain series of moves in relation to the string successfully. Labels: uncountable
Word: who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The prosecutors who reviewed the Peabody case in 1988 described his behaviour as “infantilism.” In other words, he who keeps company with wolves will learn to howl. Example: After hearing this proverb, Chadwick went out to see if it was true. "I thoroughly tested it," he said, "and though it may apply to people, it doesn't pertain to cats." Who keeps company with wolves learns to howl warns us that if we associate with bad company we, too, will become bad.
Word: transport poverty Part of Speech: noun 1. A state of restriction on being able to travel because of limited access to affordable transportation. Labels: uncountable
Word: mims Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mim Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interreference Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + reference. 1. Mutual reference between two or more things. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: interreferences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interreference Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interreferential Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + referential. 1. Exhibiting, or relating to, interreference.
Word: interideological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + ideological. 1. Between ideologies. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vyakarana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit व्याकरण (vyākaraṇa). 1. The grammar or linguistic analysis of Vedic Sanskrit, as the language of the Hindu scriptures. Labels: Hinduism, uncountable Example: The fact that Indian philosophy is based on oral traditions is another reason why vyākaraṇa takes its teaching to be of primary importance. Example: Among pandits, vyakarana was one of the six ‘auxiliary sciences’ or ‘limbs’ of the Veda – learning not found within the Vedas, but essential in order to comprehend them.
Word: misbecomingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From misbecoming + -ly. 1. In a misbecoming manner.
Word: ant-beds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ant-bed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: patricentred Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From patri- + centred. 1. patricentric
Word: matricentered Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of matricentred. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: patricentered Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of patricentred. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Red Room Part of Speech: noun 1. According to an urban legend, a room where people are tortured and murdered for an audience of viewers via the Dark Web, the viewers sometimes voting or bidding on the form of torture to be performed. Labels: Internet
Word: Red Rooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Red Room Labels: form-of, plural
Word: studyings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of studying Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intersocietally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From intersocietal + -ly. 1. Between societies. Labels: not-comparable
Word: kubong Part of Speech: noun 1. The flying lemur Cynocephalus variegatus
Word: oral stage Part of Speech: noun 1. In Freudian psychoanalysis, the first stage of psychosexual development, during early infancy, when the baby's mouth is their primary erogenous zone.
Word: oral stages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oral stage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dagohoy Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality of Bohol, Philippines.
Word: forebelieved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of forebelieve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: forebelieving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of forebelieve Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: forebelieves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of forebelieve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: besprinckled Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of besprinkled. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: After her heat the breathing cold to taſte; Her golden lockes, that late in treſſes bright Embreaded were for hindring of her haſte, Now looſe about her ſhoulders hong undight, And were with ſweet Ambroſia all beſprinckled light.
Word: creep-shames Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of creep-shame Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: creep-shaming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of creep-shame Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: creep-shamed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of creep-shame Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: questionlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From questionless + -ly. 1. In a questionless manner; assuredly. Example: The doorkeeper took my ticket questionlessly; that supposed peril was past. Example: Audubon's art is like Warren's own, she observes, in that “his birds and his rats alike inhabit a world of beak and claw and fang, of ripped-open bellies and planted talons,” in the face of which “these striking vignettes of a man questionlessly happy in his environment map out for us a possible happiness.”
Word: murmurates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of murmurate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: murmurating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of murmurate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: murmurated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of murmurate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: better to light a candle than to curse the darkness Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: words fail someone Part of Speech: phrase Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːdz feɪl ˈsʌmwʌn/, /ˈwɝdz feɪl ˈsʌmˌwʌn/ 1. Someone is incapable of describing something with words, especially due to fear, shock, or surprise. Labels: idiomatic Example: Nature has given me the passion for poesy, but refused me the boon of words and the faculty of expressing my thoughts. I think deeply, but when I wish to speak words fail me. If I wish to write, it is still worse. Example: Here he paused, so bewildered by the dignified unconsciousness and serene superiority of the potentate in whose presence he stood that words failed him, and he stood and gazed at that immovable countenance with a sort of appalled wonder to think that anything should be so great yet so small, so capable of making himself ridiculous, and yet with power to spoil two lives at his pleasure.
Word: to err is human; to forgive, divine Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: An extended form of earlier to err is human (a calque of Latin errāre hūmānum est) from the poem An Essay on Criticism (written in 1709, published in 1711) by Alexander Pope; see quotation. 1. Extended form of to err is human Labels: extended, form-of Example: Now thoſe that reach Parnaſſus’ lofty Crown, / Employ their Pains to ſpurn ſome others down; / And while Self-Love each jealous Writer rules, / Contending Wits become the Sport of Fools: / But ſtill the Worſt with moſt Regret commend, / And each Ill Author is as bad a Friend. / To what baſe Ends, and by what abject Ways, / Are Mortals urg’d by Sacred Luſt of Praiſe? / Ah ne’er ſo dire a Thirſt of Glory boaſt, / Nor in the Critick let the Man be loſt! / Good-Nature and Good-Senſe muſt ever join; / To Err is Humane; to Forgive, Divine.
Word: finders, keepers; losers, weepers Part of Speech: proverb 1. Synonym of finders, keepers.
Word: do ill Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈduː ˌɪl/, /ˈdu ˌɪl/ 1. To harm, to injure. Labels: idiomatic Example: But if ye would know, what grace they meene, go, and looke, and learne emonges them, and ye ſhall ſee that it is: First, to bluſh at nothing, And bluſhing in youth, ſayth Ariſtotle is nothyng els, but feare to do ill: which feare beyng once luſtely fraid away from youth, thẽ foloweth, to dare do any miſchief, to cõtemne ſtoutly any goodneſſe, to be buſie in euery matter, to be ſkilfull in euery thyng, to acknowledge no ignorance at all. Example: Me like a dog ſhe out of dores did thruſt, / Miſcalling me by many a bitter name, / That neuer did her ill, ne once deſerued blame.
Word: in wine, there is truth Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Calque of Latin in vīnō vēritās. 1. Statements made or expressed under the influence of alcohol reveal true beliefs that are not expressed when sober. Example: It is a saying, that “wine inspires wit;' and that in wine “there is truth.” These sayings are the apologies of drinkers. Example: In wine there is truth. People who love wine and have a lot of it still like to get a great wine as a present.
Word: genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Attributed to Thomas Edison. 1. A genius depends more on hard work than imagination. Example: The whole thing is to keep working and pretty soon they'll think you're good. Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration. Example: In the adage that says “genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration,” this is the all important one percent.
Word: wise head on young shoulders Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of old head on young shoulders. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: old head on young shoulders Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of good head on one's shoulders. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic, idiomatic 2. Someone who has the wisdom of age during his or her physical youth. Labels: idiomatic
Word: six-way Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The sense referring to a serving of Cincinnati chili was coined in the 1920s by Tom and John Kiradjieff, Slavic-Macedonian immigrants to Cincinnati, for their Empress Chili chain. 1. A serving of Cincinnati chili with spaghetti, cheese, onions, beans, and either jalapeños or chopped garlic. Labels: Cincinnati 2. A sexual act involving six people.
Word: six-ways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of six-way Labels: form-of, plural
Word: regredient Part of Speech: adj 1. Going backward; regressive.
Word: Jackies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Jacky Labels: form-of, plural
Word: MDN Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Mozilla Developer Network. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: folkdance Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of folk dance. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: For the former a folksong or a folkdance was a mere source for a composition, artistic arrangement, or stylization; for the latter it was important to respect the style of the traditional singer […]
Word: folkdances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of folkdance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: syrtaki Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sirtaki. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: syrtakis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of syrtaki Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sirtaki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Greek συρτάκι (syrtáki), from συρτός (syrtós, a type of folk dance, literally “drawn, led”) + -άκι (-áki, diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /sɜːˈtakɪ/, /sɚˈtɑki/ 1. A modern Greek folk dance, a mixture of the slow and fast versions of the hasapiko dance.
Word: sirtakis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sirtaki Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hasapiko Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Greek χασάπικο (chasápiko), literally "the butcher's (dance)"; it originated in the Middle Ages as a battle mime with swords performed by the Greek butchers' guild. 1. A Greek folk dance from Constantinople.
Word: hasapikos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hasapiko Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misinput Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + input. 1. Incorrect input. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: misinput Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + input. 1. To input incorrectly.
Word: misinputs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of misinput Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misinspired Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of misinspire Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: misinspiring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misinspire Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: misinspires Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misinspire Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: misinspiration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + inspiration. 1. bad or wrong inspiration Labels: uncountable
Word: trinitized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of trinitize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rebalancer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rebalance + -er. 1. That which rebalances.
Word: rebalancers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rebalancer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recontributed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recontribute Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: recontributing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recontribute Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recontributes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recontribute Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: redisinfected Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of redisinfect Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: redisinfects Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of redisinfect Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: redisinfecting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of redisinfect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reobservation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + observation. 1. observation again Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reobservations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reobservation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reexiting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reexit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reexited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reexit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reexits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reexit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reexits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reexit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: recontribution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + contribution. 1. The process of contributing an amount previously withdrawn back into the same fund. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: recontributions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recontribution Labels: form-of, plural
Word: U-shapedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From U-shaped + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being U-shaped. Labels: uncountable
Word: kandic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Acronym formed from the initial letters of the minerals kaolinite, nacrite, dickite + -ic. 1. Being or relating to a soil horizon with an accumulation of iron and aluminium oxides and low-activity silicate clays. Labels: not-comparable
Word: umbric Part of Speech: adj 1. Essentially mollic but with a lower base saturation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ochric Part of Speech: adj 1. Either too thin, too light in colour, or too low in organic matter to be considered either mollic or umbric. Labels: not-comparable
Word: thaumetopoein Part of Speech: noun 1. An urticating toxin found in the defensive bristles of certain moths. Labels: uncountable
Word: U-shapedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From U-shaped + -ly. 1. In a U-shaped manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unvintageable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + vintage + -able, an allusion to the Greek poet Homer's epithets for the sea. 1. Not fit to drink. Labels: poetic Example: I stood by the unvintageable sea Till the wet waves drenched face and hair with spray, […] Example: Will Hero’s Tower crumble under 15-inch guns? Will the sea be polyphloisbic and wine dark and unvintageable?
Word: French breads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of French bread Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skin-dived Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of skin-dive Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: post-left Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + left. Attested earliest in Bob Black's book Anarchy after Leftism (written in 1996, published in 1997), although Black assumed then that the expression was in circulation. 1. Designating a form of anarchism that aims to move away from traditional leftism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Gilgameshian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Gilgamesh + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Gilgamesh or the "Epic of Gilgamesh".
Word: dokshit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit दोक्षित (dokṣita). 1. An evil spirit.
Word: dokshits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dokshit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: balings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kitset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kit + set. 1. A kit; a set of components to be assembled into a structure. Labels: New-Zealand Example: He had already purchased a small fleet of diggers and earth movers to carry out the excavation, along with a few RVs and kitset mobile offices to accommodate the crew;
Word: kitsets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kitset Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heterotext Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hetero- + text. 1. A text that is heterogeneous, for example in being composed of several different languages. and visual vs textual
Word: heterotexts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heterotext Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudoservices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudoservice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudoservice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + service. 1. Something offered or presented as a service that is not actually useful. Labels: countable Example: The pushing of doorbells, the recording of “contacts,” and the requirement of monthly reports all add up to expensive pseudoservices. At best they constitute a costly but useless frenzy of activity. 2. Formal or clerical rituals that are imagined to serve God, as distinguished from genuine good or pleasing actions. Labels: uncountable
Word: rookless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rook + -less. 1. Without rooks (the birds). Labels: not-comparable 2. Without rooks (the chess pieces). Labels: not-comparable
Word: boatperson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boat + person. 1. A boatman or boatwoman.
Word: boatpeople Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boatperson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boatpersons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boatperson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: up your nose with a rubber hose Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Popularized in the 1970's from use by the writers of US TV series Welcome Back, Kotter to replace the censored phrase up yours, but apparently already in use decades earlier. 1. A derisive insult.
Word: smoothifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smooth + -ify + -er, a marketing coinage by Guinness. 1. A floating widget inside a beer can, which (unlike earlier fixed versions) prevents the contents from overflowing if opened when warm.
Word: smoothifiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smoothifier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autoconcurrency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + concurrency. Pronunciation: /ˌɔːtəʊkəŋˈkʌɹənsi/, /ˌɔ.toʊ.kəŋˈkɝ.ən.si/, /ˌɑ.toʊ.kəŋˈkɝ.ən.si/ 1. The situation where two instances of the same actions occur simultaneously and in parallel. Labels: uncountable
Word: Hadamard transform Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for the French mathematician Jacques Hadamard. 1. A generalized Fourier transform that performs an orthogonal, symmetric, involutive, linear operation on 2ᵐ real numbers (or complex numbers, although the Hadamard matrices themselves are purely real).
Word: white nationalism Part of Speech: name 1. The political ideology that white people (Europeans) are a distinct race and should form an ethnic state.
Word: plug and feather Part of Speech: noun 1. A technique used to split stone, using a metal wedge (the plug) and two tapering shims (the feathers). Labels: uncountable
Word: Tissot tank Part of Speech: noun 1. A device for collecting exhaled air for analysis, similar to a Douglas bag.
Word: Tissot tanks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tissot tank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kolas Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Kola Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clay-colored thrush Part of Speech: noun 1. A thrush, common in the Americas, of species Turdus grayi; the national bird of Costa Rica.
Word: nephrotomogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nephro- + tomogram. 1. A tomographic nephrogram. Example: The nephrogram may be elaborated by doing a nephrotomogram, i.e. the kidney may be examined layer by layer (laminagram).
Word: rynges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rynge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multicommunal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + communal. 1. Between communes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: intracommunal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + communal. 1. Within a single commune or community. Labels: not-comparable
Word: intersatellite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + satellite. 1. Between satellites. Labels: not-comparable Example: intersatellite communications
Word: intrasatellite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + satellite. 1. Within a single satellite. Labels: not-comparable
Word: interorbit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + orbit. 1. Between orbits. Labels: not-comparable Example: For interorbit communications Artemis was planned to communicate with the same SPOT 4, the European environmental satellite Envisat and OICETS.
Word: spotbeam Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of spot beam. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: spotbeams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spotbeam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spot beam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spot + beam. 1. A satellite signal that is specially concentrated in power (i.e. sent by a high-gain antenna) so that it will cover only a limited geographic area on Earth.
Word: spot beams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spot beam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autorefractometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From autorefractometer + -y. 1. The use of an autorefractometer Labels: uncountable Example: The subjective verification of refraction is a must even after autorefractometry. Example: Refraction was measured three times using autorefractometry (ARK-900, NIDEK, Gamagori, Aichi, Japan) and an average value was calculated.
Word: autorefractometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + refraction + -meter. 1. A device that uses infrared light to measure the refractive status of the eye. Example: The computerised, autorefractometer quickly gives information about the refractive error of the patient in terms of sphere, cylinder with axis and interpupillary distance. Example: The autorefractometer is now routinely used as the first approach.
Word: autorefractometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autorefractometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: henon bamboo Part of Speech: noun 1. Phyllostachys nigra f. henonis, a cultivated form of black bamboo. Labels: uncountable
Word: alphabet agency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The names of these agencies were initialisms. 1. Any of a number of US federal government agencies created as part of the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Labels: US
Word: alphabet agencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alphabet agency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bifrost Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old Norse Bifrǫst. Pronunciation: /ˈbif.ɹɒst/, /baɪ.fɹɔst/ 1. The rainbow bridge that connects Asgard with Midgard. Labels: Norse Example: Yet Asgard is always prey to attacks, so Bifrost is guarded by Heimdall, the most astounding of sentries. Example: The Younger Edda tells us that Asgard is an island surrounded by ocean that lies west of Europe and which is accessed by means of the rainbow bridge, Bifrost. Hence Asgard, like Atlantis, represents the North American ice sheet. Like Atlantis, Asgard has outlying colonies that lie "along the outer strand of that sea." The Bifrost bridge most likely signifies the ice sheet bridge that spanned Baffin Bay and the North Sea to connect the North American and Greenland ice sheets with the European ice sheet.
Word: brush pen Part of Speech: noun 1. A writing and drawing instrument that has a tip like a paintbrush, typically with an ink cartridge similar to that on a fountain pen. Example: For a bold look, simply fill in theletters with the same color of marker you used on the outline (Figure 4). A brush pen is the easiest for filling. Example: This image relies upon overlaying and other methods of brush pen application: 'edge' lines can be delicately placed using on/ off pressure upon the pen; dots and dashes contrast with areas that are blocked in; and simple stippling contributes tothe variety of techniques.
Word: brush pens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brush pen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brush-pen Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of brush pen. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The scribe had to dip his brush-pen quite often; he could write only five to nine hieroglyphic characters with each dip. Example: The use of the brush-pen and lampblack ink as the basic vehicle for committing thoughts to writing can be traced back to remote antiquity in China.
Word: brush-pens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brush-pen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hollywooder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hollywood + -er. 1. Someone who works in the film industry in Hollywood.
Word: Hollywooders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hollywooder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: white nationalist Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who believes in white nationalism. 2. a member of a group of white militants that supports white supremacy with racial segregation. Example: "On one board, he detailed his vision for the community — an enclave where residents fly “racialist” banners, where they are able to import enough “responsible hard core” white nationalists to take control of the town government, where “leftist journalists or antis” who “come and try to make trouble” will face arrest."
Word: fudepen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 筆ペン (fudepen), a compound of 筆 (fude, “brush”) and ペン (pen, from English pen). 1. Synonym of brush pen. Example: I've seen some people do rather nice calligraphy with a fudepen, in various sizes and styles. Example: When using a fudepen, the ink flow increases when a stronger grip is used to apply more pressure, so the stroke width changes depending on the strength of the grip.
Word: fudepens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fudepen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: panaka Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of panakam. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: underprove Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of underproof. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: businessowner Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of business owner. Labels: alt-of, alternative, proscribed, rare
Word: business owner Part of Speech: noun 1. One who owns a business.
Word: hipsterishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hipsterish + -ly. 1. In a hipsterish manner; in a (often pretentiously) trendy fashion. Example: She tried to make this sound hipsterishly arch and mocking, but she wanted to know.
Word: Shanwei Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 汕尾 (Shànwěi). 1. A prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong, China. Example: He left the junk at Shan-wei in the province of Canton, and from there took a boat which conveyed him to Macao. Example: He had reached the retirement age of fifty-five in 1957, after being first employed by the Government as a young man. Born in Kowloon about 1903, he was taken back to Shan Wei in eastern Kwangtung (Fig. 3.1) at age eight for his primary education comprising four or five years in a private school with over a hundred students.
Word: kahen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ge'ez ካህን (kahn, “priest”). 1. a Haymanot religious role, analogous to a rabbi in other Jewish communities Labels: Judaism
Word: rockwren Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rock + wren. 1. A small wren endemic to the South Island of New Zealand, Xenicus gilviventris.
Word: Japanese pizza Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of okonomiyaki. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Unique on the menu is Okonomiyaki, or Japanese Pizza, fried thin breading with teriyaki or curry topping. Example: One evening she took him to an okonomiyaki place for the inexpensive savory pancakes, known as Japanese pizza. 2. A pizza where the toppings, and sometimes the sauce and cheese replacements, are of Japanese ingredients and flavours. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable
Word: German pizza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German + pizza. 1. Synonym of flammkuchen, from the appearance of this Germanic dish, being similar to a pizza pie crust topped with pizza toppings. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: German pizza — or flammkuchen — is being cooked up at the Vancouver Christmas Market and its giving the better-known Italian kind a run for its money. Example: The Rhein Haus menu offers a variety of options, ranging from appetizers, soups and salads, to sandwiches, gourmet house-made wurst plates and Flammkuchen, or “German pizza,” on house-made sourdough. 2. A pizza where the toppings, and sometimes the sauce replacement and cheese, are of German ingredients and flavours. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable
Word: Quebecoise Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Québécoise. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Quebecoise Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Québécois. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Kiko Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese きこ (Kiko). 1. A female given name from Japanese.
Word: pussy print Part of Speech: noun 1. A cameltoe. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: I looked in the mirror and saw my fat pussy print showing. I smiled at myself in the mirror. What nigga in his right mind would leave all this pussy to go chase another bitch? I thought as I used my hand and patted my pussy.
Word: white-throated kingfisher Part of Speech: noun 1. Halcyon smyrnensis, an Asian species of tree kingfisher.
Word: common kingfisher Part of Speech: noun 1. Alcedo atthis, a Eurasian and North African species of kingfisher.
Word: bi-ritual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + ritual. 1. Able to celebrate the Divine Liturgy and administer the sacraments of two different sui iuris churches. Labels: not-comparable 2. Applying to the rituals of two different churches. Labels: not-comparable Example: Unless he has bi-ritual faculties, the Latin priest must baptize and confirm the Eastern rite person, whether infant or adult, according to the liturgical books of the Latin church ( canon 846 , §2 ).
Word: pied kingfisher Part of Speech: noun 1. Ceryle rudis, a species of kingfisher found in Asia and Africa.
Word: white-throated kingfishers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of white-throated kingfisher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pied kingfishers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pied kingfisher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: common kingfishers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of common kingfisher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gooseberry eye Part of Speech: noun 1. A prominent, dull eye. Labels: dated, idiomatic Example: He enjoyed the Countess Rossakoff's society partly because of her aristocratic provenance, and he was not going to have his enjoyment spoiled by a spectacled little girl with boiled gooseberry eyes and a degree in psychology! Example: Aged only twenty, she caught the gooseberry eye of Lord Randolph Churchill. He proposed to her almost at once.
Word: gooseberry eyes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gooseberry eye Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stereoizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stereo + -izer. 1. A device or a computer program that enhances monophonic sound with stereo effects. Example: Several digital effects are supported by Deck, ranging from a digital equalizer, which lets you accentuate or attenuate certain frequencies, to a stereoizer, which processes a mono- phonic recording to simulate stereo.
Word: stereoizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stereoizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hepatoptosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hepato- + ptosis. 1. Prolapse or posterior displacement of the liver. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: quadrantinopsia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of quadrantanopsia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: quadrantinopia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of quadrantanopia. Labels: alt-of, alternative