nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: compulsative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin compulsāt-, participial stem of compulsāre, intensitive form of Latin compellere (“to compel”). 1. Compulsatory; employing force or constraint. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: But to recouer of vs by ſtrong hand / And termes Compulſatiue, thoſe foreſaid Lands Example: The infernall powers appeaſed with ſacrifice, prayers, and tedious murmurings (words ſoftly muttered barbarous and vnſignificant, leaſt they ſhould diſturbe the Imagination: although held by the deluded of a compulſative power) Medea cauſeth Æſon to be brought forth: […]
Word: sircar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sarkar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sircars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sircar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tangfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: tang (“seaweed”) + fish 1. A common or harbour seal (Phoca vitulina). Labels: UK, dialectal, no-plural Example: The coasts of Shetland swarm with the smaller seals, or Tangfish, so named from being supposed to live among the Tang, or larger fuci that grow near the shore. Example: a noted retreat of seals or selkies, or tangfish, as they are vernacularly called in Zetland
Word: stelene Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See stela. 1. Resembling, or used as, a stela; columnar. Labels: not-comparable
Word: teleosaur Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several species of marine crocodylomorphs belonging to Teleosauridae . They are similar to the modern-day gharial.
Word: teleosaurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teleosaur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: teleosaurid Part of Speech: noun 1. A teleosaur.
Word: teleosaurids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teleosaurid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piscivory Part of Speech: noun 1. The eating of fish. Labels: uncountable
Word: unhedonistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + hedonistic. 1. Not hedonistic.
Word: unaltruistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Italic *aljos Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *aliteros Latin alterī Vulgar Latin *alterui Old French autrui French autrui Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French altruismebor. English altruism ▲ Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English altruist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English altruistic English unaltruistic From un- + altruistic. 1. Not altruistic.
Word: antihedonist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + hedonist. 1. One who opposes hedonism.
Word: antihedonistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + hedonistic. 1. Opposing hedonism.
Word: antihedonists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antihedonist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antifun Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + fun. 1. Opposing fun. Example: The lie […] goes like this: “God is antifun.” So if God is against getting drunk, getting drunk must be fun. You can either have a wild, exciting life stiff-arming God or a dull, boring one doing the go-to-church-God-thing. Example: That was what the First Choice pay-TV debate was all about. After all, it's only entertainment, right? Entertainment means fun, and only a killjoy would be antifun.
Word: Chicago typewriters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Chicago typewriter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prelibation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin praelibatio, from praelibare (“to taste beforehand”). 1. A tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste. Example: a prelibation of heavenly bliss 2. A pouring out, or libation, before tasting.
Word: prelibations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prelibation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: steys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: asitia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀσιτία (asitía). 1. Lack of appetite, or loathing of food or eating. Labels: archaic, rare, uncountable
Word: piedmontite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Piedmont + -ite. 1. piemontite (a manganic variety of epidote) Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: piedmontites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of piedmontite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rouche Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ruche. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rouche Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of ruche. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rouches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rouche Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Apollinaris water Part of Speech: noun 1. An effervescent alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage, obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, a hill near Bonn.
Word: gunjah Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of ganja. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: At the time when I received the extract I happened to have a slight attack of rheumatism, and, in consequence, I commenced the trial of the gunjah upon myself.
Word: notpology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of not + apology. 1. Synonym of non-apology. Example: A short time later, Bush, who is certainly not known for contrition, went further in the notpology direction and lashed out at detractors of Gonzales, whose "good name was dragged through the mud for political reasons," he said. Example: Prior to the notpology, at least half a dozen companies had pulled their ads from the show.
Word: tilt-shift Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɪltʃɪft/ 1. The use of camera movements to simulate a miniature scene in the resulting photograph. Labels: attributive 2. The blurring of parts of a photograph or video so that it looks like a photograph of a miniature scale model.
Word: ambrosin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ambrosīnus (nummus), from Ambrosius (“Ambrose”), the patron saint of Milan. 1. An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the effigy of St. Ambrose on its horseback. 2. The sesquiterpene lactone (3aS,6S,6aR,9aR,9bR)-6,9a-dimethyl-3-methylidene-3a,4,5,6,6a,9b-hexahydroazuleno[8,7-b]furan-2,9-dione present in Ambrosia maritima
Word: ambrosins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ambrosin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: albumoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of albumose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microserver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + server. 1. A simple server requiring little or no configuration.
Word: microservers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microserver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: correctified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of correctify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: correctifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of correctify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: correctify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From correct + -ify. 1. To correct. Labels: nonstandard Example: When your worship's pleas'd to correctify a lady. Example: I've correctified the minutes of Secretary Stiles, and send it to you to publish, to let our Democratic brethren, all over the country, know that we've made a rally here to try to save the party[…]
Word: correctifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of correctify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: exossation Part of Speech: noun 1. The removal of fruit stones. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Experiment solitary touching exossation of fruits
Word: wizzes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wiz Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of wizz Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wizzes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wiz Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cowwheat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cow-wheat. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: cowwheats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cowwheat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: promanation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- + Latin manatio (“a flowing”), from manare (“to flow”). 1. The act of flowing forth; emanation. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: yet the first being the Original, the second being by that promanation necessarily and eternally united with the first.
Word: scapulet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scapula + -et or scapula + -let. 1. A secondary mouth fold developed at the base of the oral arms of the manubrium of many jellyfish.
Word: scapulets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scapulet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wheatgerms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wheatgerm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: non-apology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + apology. 1. A statement in the form of an apology, but without contrition or acknowledgement of wrongdoing. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:non-apology.
Word: non-apologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of non-apology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: remort Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + mort, from mortal. 1. To start over or reincarnate as a beginner-level character (while keeping former classes, experience points, acquired skills, and items). Labels: Internet Example: After remorting you can choose your 2. class (we have 4x4 = 16 classes all in all). Example: Once remorted they are then on the road to becoming a Hero or Legend within the world. Unlike most other remort systems, our^([sic]) assigns experience to each selected class.
Word: remorted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of remort Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: remorting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of remort Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: remorts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of remort Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sempervive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin semperviva, sempervivum, from sempervivus (“ever-living”), from semper (“always”) + vivus (“living”). 1. A succulent plant, the houseleek.
Word: sempervives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sempervive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mudders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mudder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tough crowd Part of Speech: noun 1. An audience that is difficult to please. Labels: informal Example: Plautus, Terence and the other Roman comic writers had to write for a tough crowd.
Word: procced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of proc Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: proccing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of proc Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: procs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of proc Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ICYDK Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Initialism of in case you didn't know. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: ICYDK, most of the lawsuits that have been brought against gun manufacturers in recent years for negligence have not been due to defective weapons discharging, but rather for weapons properly discharging when the trigger is pulled. Example: The OG Joe in Taylor's life was none other than Joe Jonas. ICYDK, the “Better Than Revenge” singer dated the JoBro briefly in 2008 when the two were just teenagers—18 and 19, respectively.
Word: immort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of immortal. 1. An immortal; an administrator of a multi-user dungeon. Labels: Internet, informal Example: Note: I'm not an immort on Armag, but merely just a player. Example: [Quoting "LegendMUD Rules"] For additional information, see individual help files or immorts with the 'Admin' flag.
Word: immorts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of immort Labels: form-of, plural
Word: star pass Part of Speech: noun 1. The transfer of jammer status to a team's pivot, accomplished by passing a helmet cover marked with a star. Example: [A pivot] "Can be involved in a "star pass" where the jammer can pass her star panty to the pivot, who then becomes the jammer for that jam."
Word: preferists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preferist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Roller Derby Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of roller derby, particularly in its pre-2001 incarnation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: remortgager Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From remortgage + -er. 1. One who remortgages.
Word: remortgagers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of remortgager Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mortgageless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mortgage + -less. 1. Without a mortgage. Labels: not-comparable Example: This process had begun the minute we got there, early in July, and here we were at the end of the summer mortgageless. It was time to get tough.
Word: viewser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a typographical error for viewers, which entered general use after an article entitled "Viewsers," the audience of the future? appeared in the Thunderbird Online Magazine. In the article, viewsers is considered to be a blend of the words users and viewers. 1. One who is both a user and a viewer of the Internet or other broadcast media. Labels: Internet, slang
Word: viewsers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of viewser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spiranthy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spiro- + antho- + -y. Pronunciation: /spaɪˈɹænθi/ 1. The occasional twisted growth of the parts of a flower. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: goosefish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From goose + fish. 1. Any anglerfish of the family Lophiidae.
Word: goosefishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goosefish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of inkle. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: The incle, or tape manufacture, as being partly linen, may be here noticed. It was introduced into Scotland in the year 1732, the first incle-loom being then made at Glasgow […]
Word: lentous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lentus. See lentor. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛntəs/ 1. viscid; viscous; tenacious Labels: obsolete Example: spawn of a lentous and transparent body
Word: squawl Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of squall. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: squawl Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of squall. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: squawled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of squawl Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: squawling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of squawl Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: squawls Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of squawl Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: side surf Part of Speech: verb 1. To roller skate with feet pointing in opposite directions.
Word: ageisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ageism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: T-stop Part of Speech: noun 1. A transmission stop; an alternative to an f-stop. 2. A method of stopping by placing one foot perpendicular to, and behind, the other, thereby forming a T shape.
Word: T-stop Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform a T-stop. Labels: intransitive
Word: mellonide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mellone + -ide. 1. Any of various compounds of mellon. Labels: archaic Example: mellonide of calcium Example: mellonide of magnesium
Word: mellonides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mellonide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apostemation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin apostematio: compare French apostémation. 1. The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration. Labels: obsolete Example: For I have known Pieces of Splinters etc. sometimes stick so fast in the inward Parts, or to have been so inclosed, that we could by no means get them out; yet at length, upon Apostemation of the Part, they have thrust forth.
Word: apostemations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apostemation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bear's-foot Part of Speech: noun 1. A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves and an offensive smell. It is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic.
Word: leesy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lees + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈliː.zi/ 1. Rich in a way that indicates, and results from, long contact with lees. 2. Having such an aroma or flavor.
Word: punctator Part of Speech: noun 1. One who marks with points, especially in writing Hebrew. Example: In the Hebrew notation the one dot for [i] and the two dots for [e] go back to the Nestorian punctators; but in Hebrew they are used exclusively to stand for these vowel 2. An official charged with keeping track of attendance at religious services. Example: The punctator calls their names and keeps an account of the absent. Example: The punctator must note as absent those who come to mass after the last Kyrie, those who do not chant, those who talk or who wander about in the choir, who leave beforre the end of mass, and those who do not wear the choral dress. 3. A secretary for a choir who copied music and often pointed to the correct note during practice. Example: Their "punctator," or secretary, was a Spaniard, Cristofano de Hoyeda, whose recording of a protest against Palestrina's admission to the choir has already been mentioned. Example: Choirbooks were placed around the facistol or big podium, allowing the singers to be grouped around them. A punctator – who also doubled as music copyist and choirbook archivist – would point to the notes to be sung with a long stick. 4. One who punctuates. Example: But the statement of another inquirer, equally learned, "that the punctators borrowed their punctuation from the Arabic," shows how little force this proposition has. Example: For what does a punctator do, if not carve up the written line for intellectual consumption?
Word: punctators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of punctator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strout Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English. See etymology of the corresponding sense of strut Pronunciation: /stɹaʊt/ 1. To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: I will make a brief list of the particulars themselves in an historical truth , no ways strouted , nor made greater by language 2. Alternative form of strut (“to swell; protuberate; bulge or spread out”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, intransitive, obsolete Example: The daintie Clover growes (of grasse the onely silke) That makes each Udder strout abundantly with milke.
Word: strouted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of strout Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: strouting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of strout Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: strouts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of strout Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: spongiole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin spongiola (“a rose gall, small roots”), diminutive of spongia: compare French spongiole. 1. A supposed sponge-like expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water.
Word: spongioles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spongiole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deoppilative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + oppilative. 1. Any medicine that dissolves obstructions. Labels: dated Example: prescribed him a Deoppilative and Purgative Apozem, not questioning his Cure
Word: deoppilatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deoppilative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: splanchnopleures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of splanchnopleure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dipodies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dipody Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tripodies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tripody Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tripody Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + -pody, from Ancient Greek τρι- (tri-, “three”) and πούς, ποδός (poús, podós, “foot”). 1. Three metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.
Word: roothair Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of root hair. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: roothairs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roothair Labels: form-of, plural
Word: root hair Part of Speech: noun 1. The rhizoid of a vascular plant; a tubular outgrowth of a trichoblast, a hair-forming cell on the epidermis of a plant root.
Word: hockey stop Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of stopping by rapidly bringing the feet perpendicular to the direction of motion.
Word: hockey stop Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform a hockey stop. Labels: intransitive
Word: holmoi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of holmos Labels: form-of, plural
Word: holmos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὅλμος (hólmos). 1. An Ancient Greek or Etruscan vase with a rounded body, especially a closed vessel of nearly spherical form on a high stem or pedestal, or a drinking cup with a foot and stem. Example: The large vase of a globular form standing in the middle is an holmos or therikleios, «vase for perfumes.» Example: The same characteristics of the clay of the small holmoi apply to almost all the fine impasto pottery at 'Satricum' except for the globular ollae, which have a reddish slip and a yellowish brown or greyish brown clay core like the holmos.
Word: propleg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prop + leg, because it props up or supports the body. 1. A proleg.
Word: proplegs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of propleg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: touchbox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From touch + box. 1. A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers for kindling matchlocks.
Word: touchboxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of touchbox Labels: form-of, plural
Word: respectworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From respect + -worthy. 1. Worthy of or deserving respect; respectable. Example: Caring is fastened on others, even if respectworthy values are absent.
Word: mutualness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mutual + -ness. 1. The property of being mutual. Labels: uncountable Example: For instance, the Jews no doubt had deeply engrained in their religion the notion of the necessary mutualness of every relationship between God and man.
Word: solidist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From solid + -ist. 1. An advocate of, or believer in, solidism. Labels: obsolete
Word: solidists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of solidist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: solidities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of solidity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: honourworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From honour + -worthy. 1. Worthy of or deserving honour; honourable. Example: I trusted that I might have had other glad meetings and pleasant communings with my honoured and honourworthy father in this world, but it was not so appointed. Example: Where is our highly honourworthy salutable spouse-founderess?
Word: shovelbill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shovel + bill. 1. A bird with a spatulate bill; the shoveler.
Word: shovelbills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shovelbill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alcade Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of alcaide. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: alcades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alcade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bavaroy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bavarois (“Bavarian”). Pronunciation: /ˈbævəɹɔɪ/ 1. A kind of cloak or surtout. Labels: obsolete Example: Let the loop'd Bavaroy the Fop embrace, / Or his deep Cloak be ſpatter'd with Lace.
Word: bavaroys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bavaroy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crenulation Part of Speech: noun 1. A minute crenation. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being minutely scalloped. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crenulations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crenulation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cmt Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of comment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: toe stop Part of Speech: noun 1. An attachment placed underneath the front of a roller skate or ice skate, used to brake or for stability.
Word: lifeworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From life + -worthy. 1. Worthy of or deserving of life. Example: As long as the soul of a nation grows, it is lifeworthy, and its body will probably expand to suit the expansion of the spirit. 2. Able to handle or cope with life; able to live; livable. Example: As a ship is made to be seaworthy, God made us "lifeworthy," or able to cope and endure whatever comes our way.
Word: platinocyanic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A (possibly hypothetical) acid compound of platinous cyanide and hydrocyanic acid, obtained as a red crystalline substance. Labels: uncountable
Word: platinocyanate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From platinocyanic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt or ester of platinocyanic acid.
Word: platinocyanates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of platinocyanate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whipworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From whip + -worthy. 1. Deserving a whipping. Example: "The whipworthy rogue would not have used me so foully had he not outweighed me by two to one." Example: "We'll give those whipworthy bastards what they deserve yet, see if we don't."
Word: bionomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bionomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bionomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + -nomy. 1. Physiology. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: columbiad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Columbia (“the United States”).The term was first used for a type of cannon employed at Fort Columbus on Governor's Island in New York in 1808. 1. A form of cannon from the 19th century, mostly used for seacoast protection. It is a large-caliber, smoothbore, muzzle-loading cannon designed for launching shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at both high and low angles of elevation. Labels: historical
Word: columbiads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of columbiad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: terebratula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Terebratula. Further from Latin terebrātus (“boring, drilling”) + Latin -ula (diminutive suffix), from terebrō (“to bore, to drill”), terebra (“borer, drill, gimlet”), and terō (“to rub, to wear upon”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, to turn, to pierce, to drill”). 1. Any of the genus Terebratula of brachiopods.
Word: terebratulas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of terebratula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amphictyonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀμφικτυονικός (Amphiktuonikós). By surface analysis, amphictyon + -ic. Pronunciation: /æmˌfɪktiˈɒnɪk/ 1. Of or relating to the amphictyons or their League or Council. Labels: not-comparable Example: an Amphictyonic town or state Example: the Amphictyonic body
Word: pistacia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the tree genus Pistacia, including the pistachio.
Word: pistacias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pistacia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chivachie Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of chevauchee. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: aponeurotomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aponeurotomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aponeurotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aponeurosis + -tomy. 1. dissection of aponeuroses
Word: cashworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cash + -worthy. 1. Worthy or deserving of cash, or of being awarded cash. Labels: rare Example: [...] as historians have shown, that public pensions significantly improved the welfare of many mothers, the program still carefully discriminated between the cashworthy and untrustworthy widow.
Word: becry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English becrien, equivalent to be- (“about, at, over, upon”) + cry. Pronunciation: /bɪˈkɹaɪ/, /bəˈkɹaɪ/ 1. To cry about; cry over; lament; bemourn. Labels: transitive Example: Wisdom, becried on either hand, will steer very nicely a middle course between these extremes; allowing here, forbidding there. Example: "The Sun becried its death" — it rained during that fiesta celebrated on 4 May [...] 2. To accuse. Labels: transitive 3. To bewitch. Labels: transitive
Word: yeartime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From year + time, or revived from Middle English yer tyme (“yearly commemoration”) (which did not directly survive into Modern English). Compare Dutch jaartijd, jaargetijde (“season”), German Jahreszeit (“season, time of year”), Swedish årstid (“season”), English yeartide. 1. A time of the year; a season. Example: Asters. My dearest blossoms of the yeartime hold Scant eulogy, save wandering children's meed — All scentless [...] Example: [...], till another yeartime came to the yards of men, as still today the weather glory-bright always keeps its seasons. 2. A year's time; the space of time equivalent to a year. Example: [...] even beetle — these thousands of pads in a yeartime of life — had matted the moss and nettle, [...]
Word: yeartime Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From year + time, or revived from Middle English yer tyme (“yearly commemoration”) (which did not directly survive into Modern English). Compare Dutch jaartijd, jaargetijde (“season”), German Jahreszeit (“season, time of year”), Swedish årstid (“season”), English yeartide. 1. Seasonal. Example: yeartime variance 2. Of or pertaining to the timespan of a year or years; yearly. Example: To see how valuable a consumer segment really is, calculating such a yeartime value is obviously not sufficient.
Word: yeartimes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yeartime Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Melekeok Part of Speech: name 1. A state of Palau.
Word: cassada Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cassava. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: I raised, last year, rice, potatoes, and cassada, of which I had an abundance for my own use and a quantity for sale.
Word: cassadas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cassada Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesocaecum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meso- + caecum. 1. mesocolon
Word: yearward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From year + -ward. 1. In the direction of the year as a whole; toward the remainder of the year. Example: In looking yearward at this time, it is difficult to forecast the immediate future of the lumber business, because of the War.
Word: TRIGA Part of Speech: name 1. TRIGA: Acronym of training, research, isotopes, General Atomics (“a type of nuclear reactor originally made by General Atomics”).
Word: dextrocardias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dextrocardia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dextrocardiac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See dextrocardia. 1. One who has the heart on the right-hand side of the body. Example: A dextrocardiac, said the smiling doctor. Your heart's in the right place.
Word: dextrocardiacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dextrocardiac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stormworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From storm + -worthy. 1. Fit for weathering a storm; capable of outlasting, outliving, or surviving a storm; stormproof.
Word: nimming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of nim Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: thoughtworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From thought + -worthy. Compare obsolete Dutch gedachtwaardig, modern Dutch gedenkwaardig (“memorable”), German denkwürdig (“memorable, notable”). 1. Worthy of thought or of being thought; considerable. Example: The most thoughtworthy task of thinking and speaking (logos) consists in bringing somehow Being into language, in letting Being come into words.
Word: speechworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From speech + -worthy. 1. Worthy of speech or of being spoken. Example: Further, whatever is speechworthy, whatever can be understood, is language. 2. Fit for a speech. Example: [...] something most delegates would be able to appreciate at face value, and Llewellyn Smith had earmarked it as being speechworthy.
Word: onbringing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From on- + bringing. Compare bring on. Compare also Dutch aanbrengen (“to apply, fix, put up”), German anbringen (“to install, apply, put on”). 1. A bringing on; an oncome; inducing; induction. Example: Should it be requisite to remove both tubes a small portion of one ovary, on the less affected side, should be preserved, to obviate the sudden onbringing of an artificial menopause with its unpleasant sequelae. 2. An ushering in. Example: The church is God's appointed means for the salvation of the world, for the onbringing of the Millennium of peace and blessedness, and therefore must know the disease, in order skilfully to apply the remedy.
Word: onbringing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From on- + bringing. Compare bring on. Compare also Dutch aanbrengen (“to apply, fix, put up”), German anbringen (“to install, apply, put on”). 1. Bringing on; transportive. Example: If this method of filling in the drain trenches with ashes is adopted, care should be taken that the drains are laid transversely to the slope of the ground, and that the onbringing carriers are placed just below the line of the underdrains, [...]
Word: onbringings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of onbringing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sulpharsenic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A hypothetical sulphacid analogous to arsenic acid, known only in its salts. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: susceptivities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of susceptivity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: susceptivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From susceptive + -ity. 1. Capacity for receiving; susceptibility. Example: nor can we have any idea of matter , which does not imply a natural discerpibility and susceptivity of various shapes and modifications
Word: Eupatrid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek εὐπατρίδης (eupatrídēs), from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + πατήρ (patḗr, “father”) + -ίδης (-ídēs, patronymic suffix). Pronunciation: /juːˈpætɹɪd/, /ˈjuːpətɹɪd/ 1. In Ancient Greece, a member of the noble Attic landowning class. Labels: historical
Word: Eupatrid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek εὐπατρίδης (eupatrídēs), from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + πατήρ (patḗr, “father”) + -ίδης (-ídēs, patronymic suffix). Pronunciation: /juːˈpætɹɪd/, /ˈjuːpətɹɪd/ 1. In Ancient Greece, belonging to the noble Attic landowning class. Labels: historical, not-comparable
Word: mulierosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin mulierositas. 1. A fondness for women. Labels: archaic, nonce-word, uncountable Example: Both Gaspar Sanctus and he tax Antiochus for his mulierosity and excess in luxury.
Word: stratography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek στρατός (stratós, “army”) + -graphy. 1. A description of an army, or of what belongs to an army. Labels: archaic, uncountable 2. warfare Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: stratography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From strato- + -graphy. 1. The scientific description of geological strata. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: ectrotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔκτρωσις (éktrōsis, “abortion”). 1. That tends to prevent the development of something, especially a disease. Labels: dated Example: In this case none of the symptoms were present, and there can be no doubt that the ectrotic treatment really checked the progress of suppuration and modified the disease. Example: In both sexes the ectrotic treatment of applying nitrate of silver to the inflamed surface, either in stick or in strong solution, is undesirable, being fraught with untoward results.
Word: notpologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of notpology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: not-pology Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of notpology. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:notpology.
Word: not-pologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of not-pology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: LFTB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of lean finely textured beef. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: BLBT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of boneless lean beef trimmings. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: lean, finely textured beef Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lean finely textured beef. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Wenzhou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 溫州 /温州 (Wēnzhōu). Pronunciation: /wɛnˈd͡ʒəʊ/, /wʌnˈd͡ʒoʊ/ 1. A prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, in southeastern China. Example: The issue of land ownership rights came into focus in Wenzhou in April after the local government demanded that homeowners whose land-use rights had expired after 20 years pay fees of up to a third of the value of their homes before they could sell their apartments. The decision provoked protests from property owners in Wenzhou, a coastal city of eight million that was one of the first to set up private enterprise after the government opened up the economy in the late 1970s. Example: Saola is not the only storm threatening China this weekend, as Haikui, a second Pacific typhoon, is expected to make landfall on Sunday in eastern China, south of the city of Wenzhou, the US Embassy in Beijing said in a weather alert.
Word: Bhilai Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Chhattisgarh, in eastern India.
Word: Gujranwala Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Urdu گوجْران٘وَالَہ (gujrānvālā), from Punjabi گوجرانوالہ (gujranvālā). 1. A city in Punjab, in northeastern Pakistan.
Word: Dammam Part of Speech: name 1. The capital city of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
Word: Taoyuan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 桃園 (Táoyuán) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻao²-yüan². 1. A city in northwestern Taiwan, formerly a county. Example: One of the first 4-H members receives an official club banner during the inaugural meeting in Taoyuan. Example: An international seminar entitled "Land Consolidation: Its Potential for New Urbanization at the Rural Fringe" began June 7 at Taoyuan in northern Taiwan. 2. A district of Taoyuan, Taiwan, formerly a county-administered city.
Word: Taoyuan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 桃源 (Táoyuán). 1. A district in northeastern Kaohsiung, Taiwan, formerly a rural township. 2. A county of Changde, in northern Hunan, China. Example: The important mining center Paoking is connected with Siangtan by a road through Hsiang Hsiang. It is also connected with Yuanchow by way of Wukang and with Changteh by way of Hsin Hua, An Hua, and Taoyuan. Example: By December 4 the advance upon Changsha had come to a standstill. After several days' indecisive fighting around Changteh and the town of Taoyuan, 15 miles to the west, which had been taken by the enemy after a heavy air raid supported by parachutists on November 21, the Japanese retreated northwards.
Word: Barranquilla Part of Speech: name 1. A city in northern Colombia; the capital of Atlántico department.
Word: Kuwait City Part of Speech: name 1. The capital city of Kuwait. Example: Richard now briefed me on the developing situation, and suggested that I phone Saddam Hussein to try to convince him not to attack. As we spoke, Brent took a call from Bob Kimmit of the State Department and learned that our embassy was reporting shooting in downtown Kuwait City. “So much for calling Saddam,” I said, shaking my head. Brent and Richard left to find out more about what was happening.
Word: Palembang Part of Speech: name 1. A city, the provincial capital of South Sumatra, Indonesia. 2. A language of South Sumatra, Indonesia.
Word: Toluca Part of Speech: name 1. A city, the capital of the State of Mexico, in central Mexico. 2. A city in Marshall County, Illinois, United States. 3. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County and Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States.
Word: Cochin Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌkoʊˈtʃɪn/, /ˌkɒˈtʃɪn/ 1. A domestic hen of a large variety with feathered legs, full breast, and small tail.
Word: Cochin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Malayalam കൊച്ചി (kocci). Pronunciation: /ˌkoʊˈtʃɪn/, /ˌkɒˈtʃɪn/ 1. Former name of Kochi: a city in Kerala, India.
Word: Santos Part of Speech: name Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of Santo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Santos Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Santos. 1. A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil.
Word: Santos Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romance (Spanish Santos, Portuguese Santos). 1. A surname from the Romance languages. Example: When Larissa Santos opened her front door and saw Rachel Bush for the first time, she was immediately flooded with emotions.
Word: Semarang Part of Speech: name 1. The capital and largest city of Central Java, Indonesia.
Word: Nizhniy Novgorod Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Nizhny Novgorod. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Vishakhapatnam Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Visakhapatnam. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Asansol Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali আসানসোল (aśanśōl), আসনসোল (aśonśōl). 1. A city and municipality of West Bengal; the headquarters of Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India.
Word: buke muslin Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of book muslin. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: rectitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rect- + -itis. 1. Synonym of proctitis (“rectum inflamation”) Labels: uncountable
Word: Kaduna Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hausa Kaduna. 1. A state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Kaduna City. 2. The largest city and state capital of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Example: It was out of nowhere — we’d been talking about her fishponds and catfish in Kaduna.
Word: Virginia Beach Part of Speech: name 1. An independent city in Virginia, in the eastern United States. Example: Virginia Beach actually had a large landfill before it was turned into a public park.
Word: Bursa Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Turkish Bursa, from Ottoman Turkish بورسه (Brusa), from Byzantine Greek Προῦσα (Proûsa), from Ancient Greek Προυσίας (Prousías, “Prusias”) + -α (-a). Doublet of Prusa. 1. A province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Anatolia Turkey, on the Sea of Marmara. 2. A city, the capital of Bursa Province, Turkey.
Word: Kitakyushu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 北九州 (Kitakyūshū). 1. A large city in Fukuoka Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu, Japan.
Word: dissental Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dissent + -al. 1. A dissent from an order denying rehearing en banc. Labels: US, colloquial Example: Increasing numbers of circuit judges are writing dissents from, and concurrences in, orders denying rehearing en banc—colloquially known as dissentals and concurrals. Example: While dissentals are more common, judges on both this and other courts have, on occasion, penned dissents from the grant of en banc review. ... These disgrantles are understandably rare....
Word: concurral Part of Speech: noun 1. A concurrence in an order denying rehearing en banc. Labels: US, colloquial Example: Increasing numbers of circuit judges are writing dissents from, and concurrences in, orders denying rehearing en banc—colloquially known as dissentals and concurrals.
Word: Kolhapur Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Marathi कोल्हापूर (kolhāpūr). 1. A city in Maharashtra, in western India. 2. A district of Maharashtra, India.
Word: Mbuji-Mayi Part of Speech: name 1. A city, the capital of Kasaï-Oriental province, in the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Word: hippurite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) + -ite 1. A fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus Hippuritida, having a conical, cup-shaped undervalve, with a flattish upper valve or lid.
Word: hippurites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hippurite. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Benares Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi बनारस (banāras). 1. Alternative form of Varanasi: a city in Uttar Pradesh, India. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated
Word: subuliform Part of Speech: adj 1. subulate
Word: Mosul Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish موصل (mosul) , from Arabic الْمَوْصِل (al-mawṣil). Pronunciation: /ˈməʊsəl/ 1. The capital city of the Nineveh governorate, Iraq. Example: New video released by ISIS shows militants smashing what they say are antiquities at a museum in Mosul, Iraq. […] “Mosul Museum has 173 original pieces, and there were preparations to reopen the Mosul Museum before ISIS invaded the city in June 2014,” Rashid said. He added that Mosul has more than 1,700 historical sites that are potentially at risk. 2. A former province of the Ottoman Empire with its capital at Mosul. Labels: historical
Word: Taizhou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 台州 (Tāizhōu). Pronunciation: /taɪˈd͡ʒoʊ/ 1. A prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, in eastern China. Example: Another kind mentioned in the Pêntsao is 天竺桂 (T‘ien-chu-kuei). Porter Smith, on the supposition that the first two characters meant India, identified this with Cinnamomum tamala. But Li Shih-chen says that it is so named from a place called T‘ien-chu, in the prefecture of Taichou, Chekiang, where it grows plentifully. It is a large tree, bearing abundant flowers and a fruit the size of a lotus nut. Example: On Friday, congregants at the Wenling Church in the city of Taizhou faced off with as many as 4,000 police officers but failed to prevent the removal of two crosses from atop their building.[…] One of the two crosses that were removed on Friday from the Wenling Church in Taizhou in Zhejiang Province, China.[…] At the Wenling Church in Taizhou, congregants said hundreds of Christians sang hymns at daybreak on Friday as the riot police surrounded the church, which is anchored by a distinctive clock tower capped by a bright red cross.
Word: Taizhou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 泰州 (Tàizhōu). Pronunciation: /taɪˈd͡ʒoʊ/ 1. A prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, in eastern China. Example: In eastern Jiangsu province anxious investors gathered on Wednesday morning outside company offices in Taizhou city, while similar protests have been reported in Anhui and unpaid workers have demanded their wages in Ezhou city, Hubei.
Word: Khulna Part of Speech: name 1. A city, the administrative center of the Khulna District, Khulna Division, in western Bangladesh.
Word: Weifang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 濰坊 /潍坊 (Wéifāng). 1. A prefecture-level city of Shandong, in northeastern China. Example: The haste with which marriages are contracted by young people who are experimenting for the first time with unobstructed choice of mates is typified by such a current remark as that which Tzu Chi reports from Weifang, Shantung: “First let’s go to the movies and then let’s get married.” Example: Weifang officials knew the policy meant trouble for them. China has other concentrations of Falun Gong believers, such as in the northeast. But those areas are remote from the capital. Weifang is located just three hundred miles southeast of Beijing, making it easy for protesters to travel to the capital even after the city had taken the initial precaution of sending security agents to train and bus stations to head them off before they left town.
Word: Ciudad Juárez Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Ciudad Juárez, named after Mexican politician Benito Juárez. 1. A city in Chihuahua, in northern Mexico.
Word: Kozhikode Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ). The name probably corresponds to Ancient Greek Καλαικαρίας (Kalaikarías), mentioned by Ptolemy, of uncertain meaning. The second element is likely Sanskrit कोट (koṭa, “fortress, palace”). The first element could be from Kali, wife of Shiva, meaning "palace of Kali," or it could instead be a Dravidian name கல்லியை (kalliyai). The anglicized variant of the name is Calicut. 1. A city in Kerala, in southwestern India. 2. A district of Kerala, India.
Word: Calicut Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Calicut, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ), perhaps through Arabic قليقوط (“qālīqūṭ”). 1. Former name of Kozhikode: a city in Kerala, India.