nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: barber chair Part of Speech: noun 1. An articulating chair used in barbershops and salons to facilitate hair-cutting and styling or face-shaving. 2. A tree which splits vertically while being felled, causing part of the tree to remain upright while the remainder of the tree falls. Example: One technique that can reduce the chance of creating a barber chair is to use a bore cut.
Word: barber chair Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of barber-chair. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A severely leaning tree which is greater than 12 inches on the stump can "barber chair" by splitting prematurely during the felling cut so that the butt of the main tree trunk pivots upward toward the chainsaw user's head, if special felling techniques are not used. Example: Figure 4-6 A shows a tree that barber chaired when the back cut was too low. Figure 4-6 B shows why it's called a “barber chair”.
Word: barber chairs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barber chair Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barber chairs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of barber chair Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: barberchairs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barberchair Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barberchairs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of barberchair Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: APUD Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Acronym of amine precursor uptake (and) decarboxylation. 1. That secrete low molecular weight polypeptide hormones, such as gastrin, secretin, cholecystokinin, and motilin. Labels: attributive, usually Example: More recently it has been proposed that the APUD cell types of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts originate from neuroendocrine-programmed ectoblast.
Word: printer's proof Part of Speech: noun 1. A proof designed to monitor the progress of printing, similar to an artist's proof.
Word: clockable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From clock + -able. 1. Able to be recorded by or on a timeclock, because it occurs during specific times. Labels: nonstandard, not-comparable, possibly, uncommon Example: The experience of time is therefore a measurable experience as was similarly the case in the social form of the mass experience. All the work done by craftsmen, secretaries, administrators, and the like, is “clockable.” Work begun and finished is clocked ("nine-to-fivers"). 2. Of an ordinal such that an infinite-time Turing machine can complete in so many steps of computation. Labels: not-comparable Example: Then if I completes its computational task in exactly α steps we say that the ordinal α is clockable. By the previous definition, any natural number is clockable. In addition, there are many other ordinals that are clockable. 3. Of a transgender person or drag performer: able to be clocked; capable of being noticed or recognized as transgender; not passing. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] Walking down the street as a clockable trans woman for the first year of my transition didn't help […] Example: Many if not most of us strive for “it” but few trans women ever get to 100 percent passability. In my experience, there's usually something about us that makes us clockable on closer inspection. For trans women, this is often our voices.
Word: at second hand Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. By an intermediary or by indirect means; usually relating to something heard, by hearsay. Example: Even devoted monarchists knew of her only at second hand, as a cipher, a still, small, largely silent, smiling figure, bound by her sense of duty and service, surrounded by turmoil and hubbub.
Word: blue streak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the afterimage of a stroke of lightning, which looks like a blue streak across the sky. 1. A great deal of fast talking, cursing, lying, or similar. Labels: informal Example: to talk a blue streak Example: interspersing his vehement comments with a ‘blue streak’ of oaths 2. A trace left by something that is too quick to see. Example: To pass[…] with such rapidity as not even to leave a ‘blue streak’ behind him Example: An American engineer, who had been in England, described the Express train from Liverpool to London as running a "blue streak," by which he meant going like lightning.
Word: yellow streak Part of Speech: noun 1. cowardly behaviour Labels: UK, informal
Word: Tongyong Pinyin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 通用拼音 (Tongyòng Pinyin). Pronunciation: /ˌtɒŋjɒŋ ˈpɪnjɪn/, /ˌtʊŋjʊŋ ˈpɪnjɪn/ 1. A system of romanization for Mandarin Chinese developed and implemented in the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the 1990s. Example: With regard to romanization, several different systems are concurrently being used in Taiwan, including Wade-Giles, Tongyong Pinyin 通用拼音, Hanyu Pinyin 漢語拼音, and Gwoyeu Romatzyh. Example: By now, you may be as puzzled as most American visitors to Taiwan are. And there is more confusion to come. For the purpose of this book, keep in mind that we are using Tongyong Pinyin throughout, with Hanyu Pinyin in parentheses when the spelling is different.
Word: more money than brains Part of Speech: phrase 1. Wealthy, but lacking the wisdom to spend that wealth wisely. Example: The Diver ſhall walk at the bottom of the Thames; the Saltpeter-Maker ſhall Build Tom T---ds Pond into Houſes; the Engineers Build Models and Windmills to draw Water, till Funds are rais’d to carry it on, by Men who have more Money than Brains, and then good night Patent and Invention; the Projector has done his buſineſs, and is gone. Example: But I suppose that a prig with more money than brains was much the same sixty or seventy years ago as he is now.
Word: mediologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mediology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mediologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mediology + -ist. 1. A proponent or student of mediology. Example: The mediologist busies himself with the forms of media like Marcel Proust with his petites madeleines, or Sigmund Freud with his slips. Example: What mediology wishes to bring to light is the way in which something serves as a medium, and the often unperceived complexities that go with it, looking back over the long term (from the birth of writing) without being overly concerned with present-day media (even if certain mediologists are prepared to consider these).
Word: mediologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mediologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mediologic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mediology + -ic. 1. Pertaining to or characteristic of mediology. Example: Even if the mediologic reputation he deserves is not something widely recognized, we owe as much if not more to this agnostic as to the famed Catholic of Toronto. Example: This leads us to set the term "store" aside and to think more and more in terms of "mediologic gallery", where you do not just go and buy a quality product, but you also purchase the quality culture that generated it.
Word: turnuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turnus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mediological Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of mediologic. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The function of this reformative strategy can be seen once the argument is addressed in mediological terms. Example: The second point we want to map out concerns the underlying mediological assumptions of both perspectives.
Word: Normandize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Normandy + -ize. 1. To make more Norman; to subject to a Norman influence. Example: But a very ingenious author has, with great plausibility, sketched the process by which the Saxon was Normandized. Example: Thus, in time, fair England was Normandized; William, with dignity, rested and gormandized.
Word: Normandizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Normandize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Normandizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Normandize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Normandized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of Normandize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: x- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Abbreviation of trans-. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, morpheme 2. Abbreviation of cross-. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, morpheme
Word: big word Part of Speech: noun 1. An erudite word, especially a Latinate or multisyllabic one; a word used by scholars, intellectuals, etc., but that is not commonly known outside of academia. Example: The customer complained that the instructions were incomprehensible, and our office tried to provide remedial help, but when they complained that “supplementary” and “atmospheric” were big words, we knew that they were beyond help. Example: The object of the writer is to show that preachers need not use big words to teach the truth. 2. Boastful or exaggerated statements. Labels: in-plural Example: big words from a little man Example: Then you said in your paper that there was a paucity of variety and the length of the programme made the latter part to say the least rather monotonous. Now those are big words for a little chap like me, but I say they are very unfair and very misleading.
Word: big words Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of big word Labels: form-of, plural
Word: normandize Part of Speech: verb 1. To invade Europe. Example: The Army Chief of Staff [Omar Bradley] lamented the country's great vulnerability. "All we have right now," [David E.] Lilenthal paraphrases Bradley, parenthetically filling in the blanks he had left in his diary for the sake of security, "but all, is (our A-bomb stockpile). Without that we are helpless to aid our friends and must, if they are overrun, try to hold our foes off from home base; never again able to normandize (invade Europe)." Example: The United States would never again be able to "normandize," that is, to invade Europe as it had in 1944. 2. Alternative form of Normandize. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Yet, “ normandizing" is not as generally practiced, or as necessary as “percherizing,” for among the large multitude of horses along the sea diast from Nantes to Bordeaux, excellent coach horses are found, such as the horses of St. Gervais, which are natives of the swamps between St. Gervais and Machecaul, resembling the Anglo-Normans in size and structure. Example: The contest between the king: and the people who resisted his normandizing schemes resulted in the convening of a most important National Assembly.
Word: normandizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of normandize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: normandizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of normandize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: normandized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of normandize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: epistomal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From epistome + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to an epistome. Labels: not-comparable Example: That portion of the frons below the supra-antennal area and above the epistomal suture is referred to as the supraelypeal area.
Word: nonreactively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From non- + reactive + -ly. 1. In a nonreactive manner; without reaction.
Word: kivver Part of Speech: noun 1. A fish, Lepomis gibbosus. Example: Kivvers would bite at just about anything dropped into the water. I remember how my friend Donny once snagged three or four with a small safety pin jiggled back and forth in front of their faces.
Word: kivver Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kiver. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic, dialectal Example: An' when they turn't the kivvers down, he wasn't there at all!
Word: kivvers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kivver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phytoplasmic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to phytoplasma. Labels: not-comparable
Word: phyllogen Part of Speech: noun 1. A protein inducer of leaf-like floral organs.
Word: phyllogens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phyllogen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xenocidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From xenocide + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to xenocide. Example: But difference is also a potential fault line at the heart of the human psyche – and one along which prejudice, stigma, projection and xenocidal impulses can flow.
Word: pale swallowtails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pale swallowtail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: obtusifolione Part of Speech: noun 1. A triterpenoid ketosteroid related to obtusifoliol Labels: uncountable
Word: occulodentodigital Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of oculodentodigital. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: oligocentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From oligo- + -centric. 1. Having, or originating from, several centres Labels: not-comparable
Word: osmospecific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From osmo- + specific. 1. specific to a certain (range of) osmotic pressure(s) Labels: not-comparable
Word: osteosarcopenia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From osteo- + sarcopenia. Pronunciation: /ˌɒs.ti.əʊˌsɑː(ɹ).kəˈpiː.ni.ə/ 1. gradual age-related loss of bone tissue and associated muscle Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: osteosarcopenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From osteo- + sarcopenic. 1. Relating to osteosarcopenia Labels: not-comparable
Word: outplantings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of outplanting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oxoferryl Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to high-valent iron ions directly bonded to oxygen Labels: not-comparable
Word: oxymetric Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of oximetric. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: downcut Part of Speech: verb 1. Deepen by erosion.
Word: Fangshan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 方山. 1. A county of Lüliang, Shanxi, China. Example: GEDONG, China -- There was no sign, but Gedong's teenagers knew the way. Down a dusty alley just off Jicui Park and a few minutes' walk from local schools, the curtained door beckoned. Inside, in a dingy back room off the kitchen, a clutch of adolescent boys crowded around six computers and stared at the images flickering on their screens. For the equivalent of 35 cents an hour, the youths were playing computer games in an underground Internet cafe, one of a half-dozen information-age speak-easies in this little farming and coal-mining town in Shanxi province 220 miles southwest of Beijing. For those unable to afford their own computers -- the vast majority here -- going online in a clandestine dive has become the only option; the local Communist Party leader banned Internet cafes nine months ago as a bad influence on minors. "If they dare to reopen, we might launch another campaign to shut them all down again," proclaimed Zhang Guobiao, party secretary for the surrounding Fangshan County.
Word: Fangshan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 枋山 (Fāngshān). 1. A rural township in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan. Example: The military exercise, code named “Lien Hsing”, was held at Pingtung County's Fangshan township, involving all three branches of the ROC Armed Forces. Example: Born in 1956 in Taipei City, Tsai Ing-wen traces her family roots to Fangshan Township of Pingtung County in southern Taiwan.
Word: Fangshan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 房山 (Fángshān). 1. A district of Beijing, China. Example: The hsien consist of Ch'ang-p'ing with the Ming tombs north of the city, Fang-shan where the remains of Peking Man were found southwest of the city, Ta-hsing, T'ung and Shun-yi. Example: But Mr. Li, 39, a salesman, was skeptical when he set foot in the new public toilet at the corner of Fuqian Square in Fangshan, a district in southwest Beijing. “What was wrong with the old one?” he said. “The government has too much money and doesn’t know how to spend it.”
Word: palaeoreconstruction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From palaeo- + reconstruction. 1. Alternative form of paleoreconstruction. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: palaeoreconstructions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palaeoreconstruction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paleoreconstruction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paleo- + reconstruction. 1. A reconstruction of a paleoenvironment
Word: paleoreconstructions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paleoreconstruction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paleomap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paleo- + map. 1. A map of an ancient landscape
Word: paleomaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paleomap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paleoproductivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English productivity English paleoproductivity From paleo- + productivity. 1. Alternative form of palaeoproductivity. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: panfungus Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pan- + fungus. 1. Alternative form of panfungal. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: paraglioma Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of paraganglioma. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: paragliomas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paraglioma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parapinnate Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of paripinnate. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: pathenogenetic Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of parthenogenetic. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: penehyclidine Part of Speech: noun 1. An anticholinergic agent (as the hydrochloride) that has antimuscarinic and antinicotinic activity Labels: uncountable
Word: pentamdine Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of pentamidine. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: peptidoglycolipid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peptido- + glycolipid. 1. A complex of peptide and glycolipid
Word: peptidoglycolipids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peptidoglycolipid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: percentagewise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From percentage + -wise. 1. In terms of, or as regards, a percentage. Labels: not-comparable
Word: peristeric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From peri- + -steric. 1. That binds in an inactive position near an active site Labels: not-comparable
Word: phimosiectomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phimosis + -ectomy. 1. The excision of the foreskin in order to correct phimosis.
Word: phimosiectomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phimosiectomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: photoconvertibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo- + convertibility. 1. The condition of being photoconvertible Labels: uncountable
Word: descanning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of descan Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: photothrombotically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From photo- + thrombotically. 1. In a photothrombotic manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: phthalazinone Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of phthalazone. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: descan Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + scan. 1. To reverse the path of emission from a specimen to the sensor in a microscope scan.
Word: physioregulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From physio- + regulation. 1. physiochemical regulation Labels: uncountable
Word: physioregulatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From physio- + regulatory. 1. Relating to, or providing physioregulation Labels: not-comparable
Word: phytomedical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phyto- + medical. 1. Relating to phytomedicine. Labels: not-comparable
Word: podomer Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the divisions of the leg of an insect or beetle
Word: podomers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of podomer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postcopulation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + copulation. 1. Following copulation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: paragneissic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to paragneiss.
Word: cosmovisional Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to a cosmovision.
Word: ribonucleic acids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ribonucleic acid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Shahabs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Shahab Labels: form-of, plural
Word: December brides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of December bride Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dactylions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dactylion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: funduq Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fonduk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fonduq Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fonduk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fondak Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fonduk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: funduqs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of funduq Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fonduqs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fonduq Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fondaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fondak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bhaigans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bhaigan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baigan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bhaigan. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: baigans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baigan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tideworn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tide + worn. 1. eroded by the passing waters of the tide
Word: ad-seg Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of administrative segregation: solitary confinement in prison. Labels: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Example: I'm now in AdSeg because I beat those idiots in court and they are hopping mad.
Word: tailmost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tail + -most. 1. Furthest toward the tail. Labels: not-comparable
Word: night eye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Once popularly said to have indicated the ability to see in the dark. 1. Synonym of chestnut (“irregular growth on a horse's leg”).
Word: night eyes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of night eye Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coffee and cake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From typically being the cheapest item in a café or diner. 1. A trivial amount of money; peanuts. Labels: attributive, slang, sometimes, uncountable Example: Don't go help those people with their shows for coffee-and-cake money.
Word: congous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of congou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Congo Peggies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Congo Peggy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesira Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mesirah. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: mesirah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew מְסִירָה f (m'sira, “a turning over”). 1. The act by which one Jew reports the conduct of another Jew to a non-rabbinic authority in a manner prescribed by Rabbinic Law. Labels: Judaism, uncountable
Word: postinjections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of postinjection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: worksheeted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of worksheet Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: worksheeting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of worksheet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: postmoratorium Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + moratorium. 1. Following a moratorium Labels: not-comparable
Word: superhistorical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + historical. 1. Above or beyond history. Example: In our day Roy Basler's The Lincoln Legend and Lloyd Lewis' Myths After Lincoln have demonstrated that the most popular and admired of all American heroes has long ago been made superhistorical in myth; he has become, at least north of the Potomac, a household deity. Example: It is rather that, precisely because it is fraught with history, a work like Ulysses affirms the need to see the experience simultaneously under a superhistorical sign.
Word: prochlorococcal Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to cyanobacteria of the genus Prochlorococcus. Labels: not-comparable
Word: propioceptive Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of proprioceptive. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: prostatosome Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of prostasome. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: prostatosomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prostatosome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: demethanize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + methane + -ize. 1. To remove methane from. Labels: transitive
Word: demethanizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of demethanize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: demethanizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of demethanize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: demethanized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of demethanize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stroke out Part of Speech: verb 1. To suffer a stroke (interruption of blood supply to the brain); especially, to suffer a fatal one. Labels: colloquial Example: A lesion that wasn't malignant and gooey, a patient that wasn't going to stroke out or wake up dead.
Word: pseudoacacia Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of black locust (“tree”), robinia
Word: pseudoacacias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudoacacia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudospecies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + species. 1. A group of organisms created by pseudospeciation.
Word: pseudospeciation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + speciation. 1. The formation of self-contained groups (typically of humans) that have different language, customs or other social grouping. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pseudospeciations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudospeciation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudovein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + vein. 1. An apparent vein seen on an X-ray image due to hemorrhage
Word: pseudoveins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudovein Labels: form-of, plural
Word: knockup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from knock up. 1. Alternative form of knock-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: knockups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of knockup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: psycholegal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From psycho- + legal. 1. Relating to psychological aspects of law enforcement or justice Labels: not-comparable
Word: pyrogranuloma Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of pyogranuloma. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: psychojudicial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From psycho- + judicial. 1. Relating to psychological aspects of the justice system. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pyrogranulomatous Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of pyogranulomatous. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: quasistate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quasi- + state. 1. Synonym of protostate.
Word: quasistates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quasistate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: radioembolic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From radio- + embolic. 1. Relating to radioembolism Labels: not-comparable
Word: radioembolism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radio- + embolism. 1. A radiotherapy in which radioactive nanoparticles are injected into an artery and travel to an organ (typically the liver) where they settle Labels: uncountable
Word: rakehoe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rake + hoe. 1. A tool, comprising a rake and form of hoe, used in the suppression of wildfires
Word: rakehoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rakehoe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recharacterise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + characterise. 1. Alternative form of recharacterize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: recharacterised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recharacterise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sueding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of suede Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sueded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of suede Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: relaxasome Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of relaxosome. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: resedimentation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + sedimentation. 1. A second deposition of sediment
Word: recharacterising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recharacterise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recharacterises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recharacterise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reticospinal Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of reticulospinal. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: rheotrophic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rheo- + -trophic. 1. Supplied with nutrients by flowing water. Labels: not-comparable 2. Misspelling of rheotropic. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, not-comparable
Word: rockland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rock + land. 1. A rocky landscape.
Word: rocklands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rockland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kräusen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From German krausen, from kraus (“curly”). 1. To condition (beer) by adding fermenting wort, so as to restart fermentation and introduce fresh carbon dioxide. Labels: transitive
Word: kräusens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of kräusen Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: kräusening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of kräusen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: kräusened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of kräusen Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: yuppieness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yuppie + -ness. 1. Alternative form of yuppiness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, informal, uncountable
Word: nose strip Part of Speech: noun 1. A pore strip for use on the nose.
Word: nose strips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nose strip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pore strip Part of Speech: noun 1. An adhesive strip used to remove sebaceous filaments, blackheads etc. from the skin.
Word: pore strips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pore strip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: syntaxonomy Part of Speech: noun 1. A classification system based on syntaxa
Word: syntaxonomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of syntaxonomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phytosociologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From phytosociological + -ly. 1. In terms of phytosociology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: geobotanically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From geobotanical + -ly. 1. In terms of geobotany. Labels: not-comparable
Word: syntaxon Part of Speech: noun 1. In phytosociology, a conceptual unit of vegetation comprising a combination of plant taxa.
Word: syntaxa Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of syntaxon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: landbase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From land + base. 1. The collective geographical territory of a people or culture. Example: The Navajo Nation, for instance, possesses a landbase larger than those of Monaco, Fiji and Grenada combined.
Word: landbases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of landbase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postfiller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post- + filler. 1. In text processing systems, a pattern of text that is expected to occur after the portion of interest. Labels: uncountable
Word: prefiller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prefill + -er. 1. A machine or device that fills something in advance.
Word: prefiller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + filler. 1. In text processing systems, a pattern of text that is expected to occur before the portion of interest. Labels: uncountable
Word: prefillers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prefiller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: McLeods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of McLeod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: LEPs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of LEP Labels: form-of, plural
Word: SMSFs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of SMSF Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cariye Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jariya (“slave-girl, concubine”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cariyes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cariye Labels: form-of, plural
Word: woodmanship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From woodman + -ship. 1. Alternative form of woodsmanship. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: unsozzled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + sozzled. 1. Not drunk; sober. Labels: slang
Word: unsowable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + sowable. 1. Incapable of being sowed.
Word: Itals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Ital Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uc Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of upper case. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: ww Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of wrong word. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: hr `num` Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of hair space. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: eq `num` Part of Speech: phrase 1. Abbreviation of equalize spacing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: libidinism Part of Speech: noun 1. libidinousness Labels: uncountable
Word: Wolfring's glands Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Polish ophthalmologist Emilj von Wolfring (1832-1906). 1. Small tubular accessory lacrimal glands found in the lacrimal caruncle of the eyelid, which produce tears to be secreted onto the surface of the conjunctiva. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Krause's glands Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after German anatomist Karl Friedrich Theodor Krause (1797–1868). 1. Small mucous accessory lacrimal glands found underneath the eyelid where the upper and lower conjunctivae meet. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: epididymovasostomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of epididymovasostomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clearomizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clearomizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: greater rhea Part of Speech: noun 1. Rhea americana, a species of flightless bird native to eastern South America.
Word: greater rheas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of greater rhea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tamulic Part of Speech: adj 1. Tamil Labels: archaic
Word: Tamilic Part of Speech: adj 1. Tamil Labels: archaic
Word: Tamillian Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Tamilian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Tamillian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Tamilian. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Tamillians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tamillian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sculduddery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of obscure origin. 1. Grossness; bawdiness; obscenity. Labels: Scotland, uncountable Example: You seem to have been very much offended because your father talks a little sculduddery after dinner, which it is perfectly licit for him to do, and which (although I am not very fond of it myself) appears to be entirely an affair of taste.
Word: sculduddery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Of obscure origin. 1. Gross; bawdy; obscene. Labels: Scotland
Word: bumblefeet Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bumblefoot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bumblefooted Part of Speech: adj 1. club-footed
Word: ecardinate Part of Speech: adj 1. Having no hinges. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bumblebee moths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bumblebee moth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bumbastic Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of bombastic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: bumbastical Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of bombastical. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: bumbasted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bumbast Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of bumbaste Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bumbasts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bumbast Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bumbasting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bumbast Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. present participle and gerund of bumbaste Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: swing wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. The wheel that drives a clock's pendulum, corresponding to the balance wheel in a watch.
Word: swing wheels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swing wheel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swing-swang Part of Speech: noun 1. A complete oscillation. Labels: archaic Example: Thus, in the present case, the air in one second of time makes 512 swing-swangs or vibrations both ways, that is, 1024 simple swings each way, that is, simple vibrations, as the French call them, in one second.
Word: swing-swang Part of Speech: adj 1. Swinging. Labels: archaic 2. Drawling; sing-song. Labels: archaic
Word: swing-swangs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swing-swang Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swinging boom Part of Speech: noun 1. The spar which stretches the foot of a lower studdingsail.
Word: swinging booms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swinging boom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dinge queens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dinge queen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tatashes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tatashe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: junckerite Part of Speech: noun 1. A supposed iron aragonite mineral, later determined not to exist. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: hit-skips Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hit-skip Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hit-skipping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hit-skip Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hit-skipped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hit-skip Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: field train Part of Speech: noun 1. A department of the Royal Artillery responsible for the safety and supply of ammunition during war.
Word: field trains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of field train Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dipnetter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dip net + -er. 1. One who fishes with a dip net.
Word: dipnetters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dipnetter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subequigranular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + equigranular. 1. Almost or imperfectly equigranular. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Rothchild Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Rothschild. 1. A surname from German.
Word: chime up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps confusion of chime in and pipe up. 1. To speak suddenly; to make an unexpected contribution to a conversation. Labels: nonstandard
Word: timeist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of timist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: timeists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of timeist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: time-gun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From time + gun. 1. A gun fired by means of an electric current, formerly used to signal a specific time of day. Labels: historical
Word: time-guns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of time-gun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: new legs Part of Speech: noun 1. Energy or momentum for continuing provided by a change. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Along with the growing crisis in the Middle East, this troubling thought seemed to give new legs to realism in American foreign policy, that is, the view that we should be less concerned about the internal social and political makeup of a nation than we should its external behavior. Example: To be honest, after me growing Boost to where it was at this stage, the business needed new legs to continue the journey. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see new, leg. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Othello error Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Shakespeare's play Othello, in which the title character misinterprets his wife's distress as proof of her infidelity. 1. An erroneous conclusion that someone is lying based on signs of stress. Example: Out of such turmoil, it must be expected that some significant percent of Othello errors (false positives) will subsequently be improperly scored as hits when innocent subjects "confess" in return for a reduced charge. Example: The relatively low accuracy rates for detecting truths in CQT polygraph research (discussed before) is perhaps the result of the Othello error (Ofshe & Leo, 1997).
Word: Othello errors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Othello error Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trampouse Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of trampoose. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: trampouses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trampouse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: trampousing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of trampouse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: trampoused Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of trampouse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cross-armed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the arms crossed. Labels: not-comparable 2. Brachiate. Labels: not-comparable Example: Inflorescence a large terminal, leafy, cross-armed panicle, composed of small, 5-flowered, terminal umbellets.
Word: rhapsodistic Part of Speech: adj 1. Characteristic of a rhapsodist; rhapsodic.
Word: rising line Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of dead rising.
Word: rising lines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rising line Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lithotryptor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of lithotripter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lithotryptors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lithotryptor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scullies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scully Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drawing table Part of Speech: noun 1. A table that can be extended in length by drawing out sliding leaves.
Word: drawing tables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drawing table Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sternboard Part of Speech: noun 1. Backward motion of a ship; loss of way in tacking. 2. A kind of ship's figurehead.
Word: sternboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sternboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ice-pail Part of Speech: noun 1. A bucket filled with ice, used to cool bottles of wine.
Word: ice-pails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ice-pail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: iceplants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of iceplant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ice plough Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument for cutting grooves in ice to facilitate its removal and use for refrigeration. Labels: historical
Word: ice ploughs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ice plough Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ice plow Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ice plough. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ice plows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ice plow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bring into play Part of Speech: verb 1. To bring into exercise or use.
Word: oesophagocele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oesophago- + -cele. 1. A hernia of the mucous membrane of the oesophagus through its walls. Labels: uncountable
Word: oesophago- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of esophago-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: seed gall Part of Speech: noun 1. A small gall.
Word: seed galls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seed gall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peop. Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of people’s. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable, rare
Word: peo. Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of people’s. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable, rare
Word: long-stop Part of Speech: verb 1. To field in the role of long stop. Labels: intransitive
Word: long-stopped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of long-stop Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: long-stops Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of long-stop Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: long-stopping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of long-stop Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dissolvables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dissolvable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Low Mass Part of Speech: noun 1. An ordinary Roman Catholic or Anglo-Catholic Mass celebrated without music and incense.
Word: sundawn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sun + dawn. 1. The light of the dawning sun.
Word: sundawns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sundawn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sunday boards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sunday board Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alloplasia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From allo- + -plasia. 1. heteroplasia Labels: uncountable
Word: TEI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of trans-Earth injection. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: trans-Earth injection Part of Speech: noun 1. A manoeuvre in which a spacecraft leaves the orbit of a moon or other planet and travels to orbit around the Earth.
Word: HERV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of human endogenous retrovirus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Baby Moses law Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A reference to the Biblical story, related in Exodus chapter 2, in which the baby Moses is abandoned by the river Nile and found by the pharaoh's daughter. 1. A statute that decriminalizes the leaving of (unharmed) infants with certain designated private persons so that they become wards of the state. Labels: US
Word: Baby Moses laws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Baby Moses law Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polycylindrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poly- + cylindrical. 1. Composed of multiple cylinders (or sections of cylinders) Labels: not-comparable
Word: polycyclical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poly- + cyclical. 1. Involving more than one cycle. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sacrococygeal Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of sacrococcygeal. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: water-bellows Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of blower used in gas machines, and to supply a blast for furnaces. Labels: historical
Word: saringosterol Part of Speech: noun 1. A sterol derivative present in Lessonia nigrescens Labels: uncountable
Word: schizocoelic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to schizocoely Labels: not-comparable
Word: schizocoely Part of Speech: noun 1. The formation of a coelom from embryonic tissue Labels: uncountable
Word: watering house Part of Speech: noun 1. A building where the horses that drew cabs were provided with water to drink. Labels: historical
Word: watering houses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of watering house Labels: form-of, plural
Word: schizocoelomate Part of Speech: noun 1. An animal that develops via schizocoely
Word: schizocoelomates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of schizocoelomate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: watermoles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of watermole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seacow Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sea cow. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: seacows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seacow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monkey jar Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of water monkey.
Word: monkey jars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monkey jar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: water violet Part of Speech: noun 1. An aquatic plant, the featherfoil (Hottonia palustris).
Word: water violets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of water violet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: selenourea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From seleno- + urea. 1. Any of a class of compounds based on NH₂-CSe-NH₂, derived from urea by replacing the oxygen atom with selenium Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: water of life Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Chiefly a calque of Medieval Latin aqua vītae directly and via Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha and Irish uisce beatha. Compare akvavit, aquavit, aqua vitae, eau de vie, whisky, and whiskey from the same sources. Compare also vodka, whose (borrowed) roots also refer to a special kind of water, as it were. 1. Synonym of aqua vitae, a distilled spirit. Labels: uncountable 2. Synonym of whisky/whiskey. Labels: Scotland, uncountable 3. Spiritual refreshment. Labels: figuratively, uncountable
Word: selenoureas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of selenourea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: selfreported Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From self- + reported. 1. reported by a person named in the report Labels: not-comparable
Word: servoventilation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From servo- + ventilation. 1. An automated ventilation system for patients with sleep apnoea Labels: uncountable