nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: big head Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌbɪɡ ˈhɛd/, /ˈbɪɡˌhɛd/ 1. Alternative form of bighead (“person with an inflated opinion of themselves”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. An inflated ego, an exaggerated belief in one's own importance. Labels: idiomatic Example: He has gotten a little success, and a big head to go with it. Example: Don't let the Mayor's compliments give you a big head. 3. The brain, as opposed to the penis; rational thought, as opposed to lust. Labels: humorous, idiomatic, usually Example: "I wasn't thinking." "Oh, you were thinking, just not with your big head. [...] A sexy skirt catches your eye, and you're blind to what's in front of you." 4. The short head of a long tail distribution. Labels: capitalized, figuratively, sometimes Example: My friend Mark Wieman noted recently that the Long Tail has gotten so long and so thick that there's not much left in the Big Head.
Word: ambergreece Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of ambergris. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: We found great ſtore of Ambergreece, which the Indians call Pirapoun Arepoty, here fortune was ſomewhat fauourable vnto me, for I got aboue fiue hundred Crownes in this iourney. Example: […] we were cloſe by the Peninſule Mozambique (part of Quiloa) inhabited by Negroes; abundant in Gold, Silver, and Ambergreece […]
Word: ambergreace Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ambergris. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete, rare, uncountable
Word: amber greace Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ambergris. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete, rare, uncountable
Word: ambergrease Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of ambergris. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: amber-greece Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of ambergris. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: amber greece Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of ambergris. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: Your onely way to make a good pomander, is this. Take an ownce of the pureſt garden mould, clenſed and ſteeped ſeauen daies in change of motherleſſe roſe water, then take the beſt Labdanum, Benioine, both Storaxes, amber greece, and Ciuet, and muſke, incorporate them together, and work them into what form you pleaſe; this, if your breath bee not to valiant, will make you ſmell as ſweete as my Ladies dogge.
Word: ambergreese Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of ambergris. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: amber-greese Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of ambergris. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: ambergrise Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of ambergris. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: fizgigs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fizgig. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fizgigs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fizgig (to act as a police informer) Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: wanger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wangere, from Old English wangere (“pillow, bolster”), from Proto-West Germanic *wangārī, from Proto-Germanic *wangārijaz, suffixed form of *wangiją (“pillow, cushion”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenǵ- (“neck, cheek”). Cognate with Old High German wangari (“pillow”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌹 (waggari, “pillow”). Related to Old English wange (“cheek”). More at wang. 1. A rest or cushion for the cheek; a pillow. Labels: obsolete
Word: wanger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to wang. 1. The penis. Labels: slang Example: Just as he was about to plunge his wanger into Jonny, Jones arrived. 2. A contemptible person, neutral variant of a swear word. Labels: West-Country, dialectal
Word: wangers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wanger. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wonger Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wanger. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wongers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wonger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fishgig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A modification of fizgig, probably influenced by fish. 1. A spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals; a type of harpoon.
Word: fishgigs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fishgig Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fisgig Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of fishgig (“a type of harpoon”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: fisgigs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fisgig Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fish gig Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fishgig. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fish gigs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fish gig Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fissgig Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of fishgig (“a type of harpoon”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: At day break we were cloſe by the Peninſule Mozambique (part of Quiloa) inhabited by Negroes; abundant in Gold, Silver, and Ambergreece; […] [A]n Armado of Dolphins aſſaulted us; and ſuch we ſaulted as we could intice to taſte our hooks or fiſſgiggs: […]
Word: fissgigs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fissgig Labels: form-of, plural
Word: compital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin compitus (“crossroads”). 1. Of the vein of a leaf, intersecting at a wide angle. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to crossroads. Labels: not-comparable Example: The compital shrines stood at primary crossroads in the vici and received sacrifices during the annual Compitalia Festival.
Word: confelicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin con- (“with”) + fēlīcitās (“happiness”) 1. Pleasure in another person's happiness. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: "It is the first time, is it not? Well, it is my earnest hope that this repast augurs the foundation of a mutual confelicity between us." Example: This capacity of demonstrating confelicity which is experiencing joy in seeing the happiness and success of others can be seen as an important characteristic of youth mentoring relationships.
Word: eruginous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of aeruginous (“pertaining to (the colour of) copper rust”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: æruginous Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of aeruginous. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Æruginous vomiting, ſpitting at the bye-ſtanders, gnaſhing or grinding of the teeth, or ſnatching at the bed-clothes, are the fore-runners of a diſſolution.
Word: post-humous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of posthumous. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: boldlier Part of Speech: adv 1. comparative form of boldly: more boldly Labels: comparative, form-of Example: And he ſpake boldlyer: no / if I ſhulde dey with the / I woll not deny the Lyke wyſe alſo ſayd they all.
Word: waterish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English watryssh, equivalent to water + -ish. 1. Watery. Example: The Pepper-trees live in Italie; the ſhrub of Caſia or the Canell likewiſe in the Northerly regions; the Frankincenſe tree alſo hath been knowne to live in Lydia: but where were the hote gleames of the Sunne to be found in thoſe regions, either to drie up the wateriſh humor of the one, or to concot and thicken the gumme and roſin of the other?
Word: hostry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French hosterie, from hoste (“host”). Doublet of osteria. Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊstɹi/ 1. A hostelry. Labels: obsolete Example: And wrapped hym in ſwadlynge cloothes / and layed hym in a manger / be cauſe there was no roume for them with in / in the hoſtrey. Example: I ſeeing that, tooke him by the legge, and neuer reſted pulling, till I had pull’d me his legge quite off, and now tis at home in mine hoſtrey. 2. A stable for horses. Labels: obsolete Example: An Hoſtry now for Waggons;
Word: lymphonodi Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌlɪm.fəˈnoʊˌdaɪ/ 1. plural of lymphonodus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lasagna code Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Modeled after spaghetti code, and based on the layered construction of lasagna; coined by Joe Celko in 1982. 1. Computer program code characterized by several well-defined and separable layers forming a hierarchy of subsystems. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: bandage dress Part of Speech: noun 1. An elasticated dress that wraps tightly around the wearer to accentuate the profile of the body. Example: Where they carried Chanel bags and wore Alaia bandage dresses, Kate wore jeans and a vest top. Her boots were clumpy and her hair unstyled. Example: Did she really want to be skin and bone, great in one of those bandage dresses but nothing to look at once she whipped it off? No.
Word: bandage dresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bandage dress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: weaverfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of weeverfish 1. A fish in family Trachinidae, with venomous dorsal spines, the weever.
Word: weaverfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of weaverfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fluidized bed Part of Speech: noun 1. An industrial unit process in which a quantity of a solid particulate substance is caused to float in a stream of a fluid (usually air or other gas) in order to create conditions in which many chemical, combustion and drying reactions take place efficiently. 2. A reactor vessel or other piece of equipment in which a substance is maintained in the fluidized state. In this context, often used attributively.
Word: trainless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From train + -less. 1. Without a train (in various senses). Labels: not-comparable Example: At the radiant point itself, it was a subject of general remark, the meteors appeared trainless, and shone out for a moment like so many stars... Example: Mr Ray Buckton, the Aslef boss, is as miserable as most trainless commuters, though most of the public sees him as the villain.
Word: bioliths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biolith Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biolithic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From biolith + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to bioliths Labels: not-comparable
Word: screenwash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From screen + wash. 1. A fluid used to clean the windscreen of a motor vehicle; windshield washer fluid. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: screenwash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From screen + wash. 1. To sift sediment through open boxes with screens at the bottom, as a technique for finding microfossils.
Word: coassembling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of coassemble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: coassembles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of coassemble Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: divable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dive + -able. 1. Alternative form of diveable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: diveable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dive + -able. 1. Suitable for diving. Example: Two of the three shipwrecks are diveable. Example: It feels odd, on reflection, to consider the very little we chose to do as we fell beyond diveable depths and still further.
Word: SFPD Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of San Francisco Police Department. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SFPD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Secure Flight Passenger Data. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: poppling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of popple Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: poppled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of popple Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: poppodoms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poppodom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spellathon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spell + -athon. 1. A spelling bee held to raise money for charity. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: A feasibility study has revealed that $8,500 would be needed to bring the camp site up to standard. A mammoth spellathon or a walkathon have been suggested. Example: Old standbys like walkathons, spellathons, and candy and light bulb sales are common.
Word: spellathons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spellathon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skiathon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ski + -athon. 1. A skiing event held to raise money for charity.
Word: skiathons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skiathon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: passengering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of passenger Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: passengered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of passenger Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: passengered Part of Speech: adj 1. Loaded with passengers. Labels: not-comparable Example: a fully passengered boat
Word: Myrdal Part of Speech: name 1. A locality in Aurland municipality, Vestland county, Norway.
Word: perrier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Old French perriere, perrier, French perrière, pierrier. Compare pederero. 1. A short mortar used for throwing stone shot. Labels: historical Example: FIrst there were sixe great gunnes, cannons perriers of brasse , that shot a stone of three foote and a halfe
Word: stryker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Stryker (emergency stretcher). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: namable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of nameable. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: herdman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English herdeman, from Old English hyrdeman; equivalent to herd + man. 1. Someone who herds animals; a herdsman. Labels: obsolete Example: And the heerd toke their courſe / and ran heedlynge into the lake / and wer choked. when the herdmẽ ſawe what had chaunſed / they fleed / and tolde it in the cite and in the villages.
Word: appendent Part of Speech: adj 1. Hanging; pendulous.
Word: gifter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gift + -er. 1. One who gives a gift. 2. One who infects another with a sexually transmitted disease. Labels: slang Example: At any given time, there are often dozens of people actively posting online ads as “chasers” or “gifters” in San Francisco and elsewhere around the nation .. Though chasers and gifters are active around the world, many see San Francisco as a kind of mecca .. apps like Grindr and Recon, as well as the website Breeding.Zone, where gifters and chasers share advice and stories about their sexual experiences, make it relatively straightforward to meet people who want to be infected with the virus that causes AIDS — or to infect their partners .. All the chasers and gifters I found were gay or bisexual men, and they came from a variety of ethnic backgrounds and ranged in age from 18 to 59.
Word: reigles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reigle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Elza Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name.
Word: Elza Part of Speech: name Etymology: Altered form of Elsey. 1. A surname.
Word: brer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of br'er (“brother”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: untrappable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + trappable. 1. Impossible to trap. Labels: not-comparable
Word: beheadals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beheadal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antisepticise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From antiseptic + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of antisepticize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: antisepticises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of antisepticise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: antisepticising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of antisepticise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: antisepticised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of antisepticise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nonsurvival Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + survival. 1. Not of or pertaining to survival. Labels: not-comparable Example: We not only kill (harvest) wheat for food but also kill (chop down) trees for nonsurvival needs, such as paper.
Word: nonsurvival Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + survival. 1. Failure to survive. Labels: uncountable Example: Once again, therefore, there is no simple relationship between mass-populist versus elite-dominated regimes and survival versus nonsurvival.
Word: nonsurgically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-ōr Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhər Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír) Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Hellenic *wérgon Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon) Ancient Greek -ουργός (-ourgós) Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek χειρουργῐκός (kheirourgĭkós)bor. Late Latin chīrurgicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin cirurgicālisder. Middle French cirurgicalbor. Middle English cirurgicalder. English surgical English nonsurgical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly ▲ English non- ▲ English surgical ▲ English -ly English surgically English nonsurgically From nonsurgical + -ly or non- + surgically. 1. In a nonsurgical manner; not by means of surgery. Labels: not-comparable Example: The soft tissue diode laser used in the LAPOR protocol, biostimulates the healing response of the periodontium nonsurgically, and biostimulates the tissue regeneration of the periodontium, nonsurgically, and prevents long junctional epithelium from migrating downwards into the sulcus (a biomechanical aspect of tissue healing), thereby preserving the tissue height.
Word: meriter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From merit + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛɹɪtə/, /ˈmɛɹɪtɚ/ 1. Someone or something that merits. Example: Not that it is not wrought as well by the other persons, beeing a worke without themselues: for the Father reneweth as beeing the foundation and fountaine not of the Deitie alone, but of all diuine actions and good things whatsoeuer: and the Son reneweth as the Mediator and meriter of it. Example: If receiving Chriſt as a Satisfier and Meriter, be the only faith that gives right to Juſtification, then on the ſame grounds you muſt ſay, It is the only faith that gives right to further Sanctification and to Glorification: For Chriſt Merited one as vvell as the other.
Word: antifederalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antifederalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antinarrative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + narrative. 1. A narrative, as of a play or novel, that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of the narrative, such as a coherent plot and resolution.
Word: antinarratives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antinarrative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bullar Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, relating to, or being a bulla or bullae. Labels: not-comparable
Word: icey Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of icy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare Example: You had a bad fall last winter because you did not notice that the doorstep was icey.
Word: antimoniate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From antimony + -ate. 1. The anion of pentavalent antimony Sb(OH)₄⁻ or any salt containing this anion. It is most commonly encountered as a complex in the drug meglumine antimoniate
Word: slinter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally South African slang, borrowed from Afrikaans slenter (“scam”) from Dutch schlenter (“trick”) 1. A scam or deception; fast one. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa Example: Ah, never a mother's love they'll rob, By working a slinter — s'elp me Bob! Example: ...or he might work a slinter if you gave him half a chance .
Word: Beerman Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. Example: Mr. Beerman testified to San Diego's growth and reported that the city has made virtually maximum possible use of local waters available to it.
Word: antimoniates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antimoniate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snatchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From snatch + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsnæt͡ʃi/ 1. In snatches or glimpses. Example: We listen to a snatchy talk on one thing and then another, and abstruse questions that are like the Scotchman's definition of metaphysics. Example: The long-desired vision came first to Peter in Galilee in the morning twilight, and something of the kind perhaps happened to others; but of all this we have only garbled and snatchy reports. 2. Resembling or characteristic of a snatching or grabbing. Example: a snatchy gesture
Word: nonmutilated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + mutilated. 1. Not mutilated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Alexandrina Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Alexandrīna, feminine of Alexandrīnus. By surface analysis, Alexandra + -ina. 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Example: Alexander of Russia, the patron saint of the Cobourgs, was dead, so Alexandrina of England, named in honour of him, gave way to Victoria the tutelary deity of his (when living) subservient Cobourgs. Both names are alike foreign and unharmonious to British ears,* although of the two, Alexandrina perhaps the most euphonious. *George IV., who, whatever his faults, had a true British spirit and sentiments, declared both to be anti-British, and expressed himself in no measured terms at the time about giving the royal infant such unEnglish names. 2. A local government area in the Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island region of South Australia; in full, Alexandrina Council.
Word: artworlds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of artworld Labels: form-of, plural
Word: artworld Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From art + world, popularized by art critic Arthur Danto (1924–2013), see quotations. 1. A group or network of people involved in the production, commission, preservation, promotion, criticism, and sale of art. Example: Fashion, as it happens, favors certain rows of the style matrix: museums, connoisseurs, and others are makeweights in the Artworld. […] Brillo boxes enter the artworld with that same tonic incongruity the commedia dell'arte characters bring into Ariadne auf Naxos. Example: Yet while Gauguin went native, taking teenage mistresses, wearing local costumes and building his own wooden hut, his ultimate purpose was to impress the art world back home.
Word: Alexandrine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Partly from Middle French alexandrin and partly from Latin Alexandrīnus. 1. Of or relating to Alexandria. Example: The division of Scholz himself, in the work last named, is into the Alexandrine and Constantinopolitan recension. […] But in amalgamating the Alexandrine and Western Mss. together, he has done not a little violence to both. Moreover, taking the fact as true, which Eusebius has related in respect to his making out fifty copies of the New Testament for the churches at Constantinople, in the time of Constantine; and the fact also that Eusebius is known, by the quotations in his works, to have given a preference to the Alexandrine copies; how can the superiority or even the discrepancy of the Constantinopolitan class of Mss. in respect to the Alexandrine, be so definitely made out? Example: Dioscorus sent a man there called Eutyches, a monk—monks had been too useful to Alexandrine politics to be abandoned.
Word: Alexandrine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partly from Middle French alexandrin and partly from Latin Alexandrīnus. 1. A native or inhabitant of Alexandria. Example: The Alexandrines considered themselves Greeks and Macedonians. And, as a matter of fact, it does not seem likely that there was any considerable infusion of native Egyptian blood in the Alexandrines. Example: The Alexandrines, proud of their sophistication, claimed that the Cairenes were provincial, the Cairo girls somewhat dowdy; their petticoats showed below their dresses, and they boasted that the really beautiful Cairo girls all married in Alexandria. To prove their point, Alexandrines invariably mentioned the celebrated Quatour Fleuri, four beautiful young brides, all Cairo born, who had all married Alexandrian men—and were supposed to have acquired that extra chic in Alexandria.
Word: Alexandrine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Alexander + -ine. 1. Of or relating to Alexander the Great. Example: When we picture to ourselves his [Napoleon’s] dawning military genius at Toulon—his daring and decided politics in the storms of the Revolution—his Cæsarian ambition in assuming the purple—his rivalry of Hannibal in urging an army, with heavy artillery, over the frozen and apparently impassable summits of the very Alps crossed by the Carthaginian General—[…]—his Alexandrine bravery on many a bloody field, as well as his Alexandrine temerity, in warring against the elements themselves—[…]—when (we say) we picture to our imagination these, and many other scenes of Napoleon’s “strange eventful history,” we are apt to be dazzled with the splendour of his arms and the lustre of his fame! Example: Have you not read somewhere of a Philip of Macedon and an Alexander of Macedonia, whom the Greeks looked down upon because he had not been born farther south, and yet who built up the best army of ancient times? Macedonia, the beginning of the great Alexandrine Empire, and birthplace of the Emperor Constantine, has stood in the midst of the Balkan countries as they have come out of the Stygian darkness of Turkish rule, as Bulgaria and Servia and Roumania and Greece became first little principalities and in our days kingdoms—as they have risen out of their dreadful servitude, Macedonia remained under the Turks.
Word: Alexandrine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Alexander + -ine. 1. Ellipsis of Alexandrine parakeet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: He is hardly distinguishable from an ordinary cock Alexandrine except for his slightly smaller size and rather less massive head and beak—the latter a distinct improvement. Example: My own experiences of a liberty Alexandrine were of a very different nature. One Christmas Eve, above the pre-dusk cacophony which will be heard in any collection of parrots, I detected an unfamiliar voice. I soon sighted an Alexandrine flying towards the neighbouring garden.
Word: Alexandrine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French alexandrin. 1. Alternative letter-case form of alexandrine. Labels: alt-of Example: Some of these Alexandrines are well marked, in others the last word has such a strong accent on the last syllable but two that both final syllables fall on the ear rather as an addition to the last measure, a mere superfluous syllable, than a distinct measure by themselves. Example: In all these matters each man did as he liked—some used prose, some blank, some frequent short lines, some none at all: some weak-endings, some trisyllabic feet, some female endings, some Alexandrines; but none of these things were patent to the public.
Word: Alexandrine Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Alexandrine. By surface analysis, Alexandra + -ine. 1. A female given name from French. Example: Whoever will drink of an unadulterated stream must go to the fountain-head. This, Miss Laura Alexandrine Smith has done, and that she has drunk deeply, is easy to be seen from the spirit and enthusiasm with which she writes. Example: Alexandrine Ave., named for Alexandrine M. Willis, the wife of B. Campau, land owner (1863)
Word: jogathon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jog + -athon. 1. A charity event in which participants jog a long distance.
Word: jogathons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jogathon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chatathon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chat + -athon. 1. A long period of chatting. Labels: rare, slang
Word: chatathons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chatathon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypomobility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypo- + mobility. 1. A decreased ability to move a joint of the body. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hypomobilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypomobility Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enthuser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From enthuse + -er. 1. One who enthuses; a fan, enthusiast.
Word: enthusers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enthuser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hordelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From horde + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a horde.
Word: unherded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + herded. 1. Not herded. Labels: not-comparable Example: In all the day's excitement, the goats were left unherded to wander on the mountainside.
Word: floorplanning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From floor + planning. 1. The act of designing a floor plan (electronic circuit design). Labels: uncountable
Word: midlick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + lick. 1. The midpoint of the action of licking. Labels: uncountable Example: Pausing in midlick, Lanie shrugged. "I know I dress lousy. I just like this old jacket of mine. It's comfortable." Example: “Wayne had to walk around the side of the building,” she said, causing Moishe to look at up her in midlick.
Word: mulligan stews Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mulligan stew Labels: form-of, plural
Word: placebolike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From placebo + -like. 1. Having characteristics of a placebo.
Word: plateletphereses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plateletpheresis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: such like Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of suchlike. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: such like Part of Speech: pron 1. Alternative form of suchlike. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Such and such like were the reasonings of Sir Thomas---happy to escape the embarrassing evils of a rupture, the wonder, the reflections, the reproach that must attend it, happy to secure a marriage which would bring him such an addition of respectability and influence, and very happy to think any thing of his daughter’s disposition that was most favourable for the purpose.
Word: nutjob Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of nut job. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nut jobs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nut job Labels: form-of, plural
Word: daymares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of daymare Labels: form-of, plural
Word: daymares Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of daymare Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: breadwinning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bread + winning. Compare West Frisian breawinning (“livelihood”), Dutch broodwinning (“profession”). 1. The earning of a household's primary income. Labels: uncountable Example: This could have occurred nowhere but in England, where men and sea interpenetrate, so to speak—the sea entering into the life of most men, and the men knowing something or everything about the sea, in the way of amusement, of travel, or of bread-winning. Example: And the key issues that both batterers and battered women identify as triggers to battering are men's successes in breadwinning and the bedroom – the two Bs.
Word: sardiner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sardine + -er. 1. A sardine fisherman. 2. A fishing boat used for catching sardines. Example: Although primarily a sardiner, it is expected that "City of Naples II" will be employed as well in the tuna trade, and will probably be equipped with mechanical refrigeration […]
Word: sardonicisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sardonicism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rinner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rin + -er. 1. A runner. Labels: dialectal
Word: noncheater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + cheater. 1. One who does not cheat.
Word: noncheaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noncheater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: astraphobic Part of Speech: adj 1. Morbidly afraid of thunderstorms. Labels: rare
Word: qualmishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From qualmish + -ly. 1. In a qualmish manner.
Word: qualmishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From qualmish + -ness. 1. The quality of being qualmish. Labels: uncountable
Word: motser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of motza (“a lot of money”). Labels: Australia, alt-of, alternative, slang
Word: zigadenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zigadene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zincsmiths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zincsmith Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kikar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi कीकर (kīkar). 1. A tree native to South Asia, Vachellia nilotica, formerly Acacia arabica var nilotica.
Word: septfoil Part of Speech: noun 1. A symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of seven partially overlapping circles of the same diameter. 2. A stylized flower or leaf with seven lobes.
Word: dyker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of diker (“one who digs dykes”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jungler Part of Speech: noun 1. a musician or fan of jungle music
Word: junglers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jungler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tussar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi तसर (tasar), from Sanskrit तसर (tasara, “shuttle”). Pronunciation: /ˈtʌsə/ 1. A deep gold-coloured silk produced from larvae of several species of silk worms belonging to the moth genus Antheraea Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The principal manufacture throughout this district is the tusser or jungle silk. Example: The Tusseh silk is pretty well known in the English market; it is supplied by a large moth measuring five and a-half to six inches from wing to wing, the Antheræa paphia of Linnæus: The silk is strong and coarse, of a flax-brown colour. 2. Any of the moth species used to produce tussar silk Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Kharias have also learnt to prepare certain fibres for different purpose as they are expert in spinning, weaving, tussar rearing […] Example: In order to strengthen the rearing of tusser worms, extensive plantation of Saja and Arjun plants will be undertaken by the forest department.
Word: gaser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Acronym of Gamma Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation. 1. Alternative form of graser. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: WRPG Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Western role-playing game, a traditional genre of role-playing video game derived from design traditions originating in the United States and western world; generally understood as involving a customizable player character, open-ended and non-linear gameplay, exploration of a large game world, and an overall high level of player agency. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: WRPGs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of WRPG Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vidder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vid (“video”) + -er. 1. A person who creates fanvids. Example: Old school vidders created these forms of post-modern art using a VCR; today more and more vids are being created using video software such as Adobe premiere and imovie. Example: In his desire to differentiate vidders' multi-layered work from MTV's commercial, iconographic aesthetic, Jenkins asserts: “fan video is first and foremost a narrative art” (233).
Word: sufuria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic صُفْر (ṣufr)der. Omani Arabic صفرية (ṣufriya)bor. Swahili sufuriabor. English sufuria Borrowed from Swahili sufuria, from Arabic صُفْر (ṣufr, “brass”). Pronunciation: /sʊ.fʊˈrɪ.ə/, /sʊ.fʊˈri.ə/ 1. A deep metal cooking pot with a flat base and no handles. Labels: Africa, East Example: Two large sufurias. For baking and roasting. Obtained from Zanzibar. Large enough to hold fry-pan mentioned above. / One small sufuria. For native servants. The only way to prevent the master's sufuria being used. Example: In a corner, he discovered a small amount of maize-flour in a bag among the utensils. He put this in a sufuria on a fire, added water and stirred it with a wooden spoon. He liked porridge in the morning.
Word: Fridrich method Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Jessica Fridrich. 1. A method of solving the Rubik's Cube in which one starts with a cross, then finishes the F2L, then does OLL and PLL.
Word: lactage Part of Speech: noun 1. The food produced from animal lactation; milk and dairy products. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: lactaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lacto- + -aceous. 1. Consisting primarily or exclusively of milk. Example: Infants generally subsist on a lactaceous diet. 2. Milky in texture or consistency. Example: The plant produces lactaceous secretions.
Word: lactagogue Part of Speech: noun 1. A substance which induces lactation; a galactagogue.
Word: lactamide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lacto- + amide. 1. An amide derived from lactic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance having a neutral reaction. It has structural isomerism with alanine.
Word: lactarene Part of Speech: noun 1. A preparation of casein from milk, formerly used in printing calico. Labels: uncountable
Word: ladysfinger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lady + -s- + finger. 1. Alternative spelling of ladyfinger. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pomosexual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pomo (“post-modern”) + -sexual, playing on homosexual. Attested since the 1990s. Pronunciation: /ˌpəʊməʊˈsɛksjʊəl/ 1. Rejecting, avoiding, or not fitting in any sexual orientation label, such as heterosexual, homosexual, asexual, pansexual, or bisexual.
Word: pomosexual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pomo (“post-modern”) + -sexual, playing on homosexual. Attested since the 1990s. Pronunciation: /ˌpəʊməʊˈsɛksjʊəl/ 1. A pomosexual person.
Word: rainburn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rain + burn, by analogy with sunburn. 1. A notional burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to heavy rain. Labels: humorous, uncountable Example: It started with neck and upper body sores that looked a bit like rainburn - but usually they had only two or three of them. Example: I have seen sunburn/windburn and 'rainburn' affect horses over the years but this did not fit any of those causes […]
Word: lattice point Part of Speech: noun 1. gridpoint
Word: lattice points Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lattice point Labels: form-of, plural
Word: von Restorff effect Part of Speech: noun 1. The effect that distinctive things are easier to remember
Word: Zeigarnik effect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Bluma Zeigarnik, Soviet psychologist and psychiatrist (d. 1988), who studied the phenomenon. 1. The effect that remembering something is easier if a study period is interrupted by other tasks.
Word: BS&P Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbiː ˈɛs ən ˈpiː/ 1. Initialism of Broadcast Standards and Practices, the department of a television network responsible for the moral, ethical, and legal implications of the network’s programming. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: shoops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shoop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pyramider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pyramid + -er. 1. One who engages in pyramid trading.
Word: harmer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From harm + -er. 1. One who harms. Labels: rare Example: Turning to the post-Beowulf Cynewulfian poems, one notes the same duality between spiritual and natural "harmers" in the use of the word. Example: And if the rich succeed in using the surplus, they would also be the first harmers because the poor are thereby made worse off.
Word: peruker Part of Speech: noun 1. A manufacturer of perukes.
Word: consuite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From con + suite. 1. A hospitality room at a con (an organized gathering such as a convention, conference or congress). Example: On an impulse he took the painting with him to the consuite, where the dead-dog party closing the convention was in progress.
Word: consute Part of Speech: adj 1. Marked as if with stitches, like the wing-covers of some beetles. Labels: not-comparable
Word: roundoff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from round off. 1. A move similar to a cartwheel but ending with the legs together and the gymnast facing in the opposite direction. 2. The act of rounding off a number.
Word: antistes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin antistes (“bishop”). 1. The chief minister of the Swiss Reformed Church in a given canton, from the sixteenth to the nineteeth centuries. Labels: historical Example: One of the reasons Antistes Samuel was first attracted to Gustele Faber was her “second sight.” Example: Anton Klingler, the Antistes of Zurich, recommended him for preferment in the Church of England as a “speedy reward” for his past service.
Word: wanbeliever Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wanbelevare, equivalent to wan- + believer. Compare English wanbelief. 1. One who disbelieves; unbeliever. Labels: obsolete
Word: wanchancy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wan- + chancy. Compare unchancy. 1. Unlucky; unchancy. Labels: Scotland, dialectal 2. Wicked. Labels: Scotland, dialectal Example: It was the day of warlocks and apparitions, now happily driven out by the zeal of the General Assembly. Witches pursued their wanchancy calling, bairns were spirited away, young lassies selled their souls to the Evil One, and the Accuser of the Brethren, in the shape of a black tyke, was seen about cottage doors in the gloaming.
Word: wanchance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wan- + chance. 1. Ill luck; misfortune; calamity. Labels: UK, dialectal, uncountable, usually
Word: wanfortune Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wan- + fortune. 1. Misfortune. Labels: Scotland, dialectal
Word: wanweird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wan- + weird (“fate”). 1. Misfortune; ill or unhappy fate. Labels: Scotland, dialectal, uncountable
Word: wanrestful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wan- + restful. Compare Scots wanrest (“unrest”). 1. Restless; uneasy. Labels: Scotland, dialectal
Word: wanrufe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wan- + Scots rufe (“rest, quietness”), equivalent to wan- + roo. 1. Disquietude; unrest. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: dissavings Part of Speech: noun 1. an amount that is dissaved. Labels: uncountable
Word: regalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From regal + -ist. 1. A proponent of regalism.
Word: twirp Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeia, like chirp. 1. An imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn. Example: The hounds are impatient. "Twirp, twirp, twirp!" goes the horn, and "Crack, crack, crack!" responds the whip. It is a chorus that stirs the blood of the veteran as well as that of the uninitiated fox-hunter. Example: The first guy climbed up a tree and the farmer yelled, "Who is in my tree?" "Twirp, twirp," replied the first guy. […] "Meow," replied the second guy.
Word: twirp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown, possibly derived from the onomatopoeia. See twerp. 1. Alternative spelling of twerp. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Don't be such a twirp. I'll be back in twenty minutes. Watch the clock! Time me! I'm going to take the bus.
Word: impressioner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin impressiōder. Old French impressionder. English impression Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English impressioner From impression + -er. 1. One who impressions (manipulates a key in a lock to aid in creating a duplicate). Labels: rare Example: Fully-round files are also popular among individuals who do not wish to be encumbered by a need to orient their file each time they pick it up (many competitive lock impressioners choose fully-round files for this very reason, to save precious seconds during sporting sessions). Example: While many skilled impressioner ^([sic]) use no key holder, most do and nearly all recommend its usage.
Word: piem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of pi + poem. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪ.əm/ 1. A mnemonic to aid in memorizing the digits of pi.
Word: piems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of piem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decalumen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deca- + lumen. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkəluːmɪn/ 1. A unit of luminous flux equal to ten lumens. Example: If the aquarium is placed where it receives insufficient daylight, artificial lighting by means of ordinary incandescent lamps should be employed. For good plant growth 2 decalumens of luminous flux per square decimetre of water surface […]
Word: stilar Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of stylar (relating to the style of a sundial) Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: jasest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of jas: most jas Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: charity box Part of Speech: noun 1. A container into which people can deposit money to be collected by a charitable organization.
Word: charity boxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of charity box Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sumption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sumptio, from sumo (“to take”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌmpʃən/ 1. A taking. Labels: rare Example: Now St. Clement, proving by Christ's sumption of the eucharist, that he did drink wine, must mean the sacramental symbol to be truly wine, […] 2. The major premise of a syllogism. Labels: obsolete
Word: shout-outs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shout-out Labels: form-of, plural
Word: edaciously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From edacious + -ly. 1. In an edacious manner.
Word: Ossete Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Russian осети́н (osetín). Pronunciation: /ˈɒsiːt/ 1. Ossetian Labels: not-comparable
Word: Ossete Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian осети́н (osetín). Pronunciation: /ˈɒsiːt/ 1. Ossetian (one who is from Ossetia)
Word: Ossete Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian осети́н (osetín). Pronunciation: /ˈɒsiːt/ 1. Ossetian (language)
Word: Ossetes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Ossete Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gestalter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gestalt + -er. 1. One who forms or frames a gestalt.
Word: experter Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of expert: more expert Labels: comparative, form-of, nonstandard Example: If their efforts were bent to the objects of making the individual labourer experter, wiser, more intelligent and economical than at present - could he depend more for his gratifications on sources within himself, and less on the trappings of the external world […]
Word: bussar Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of bazaar. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: MIB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of man in black. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of man in black. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, in-plural, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of methylisoborneol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of motion-induced blindness. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: MIB Part of Speech: adj 1. mint in box Labels: initialism, not-comparable
Word: DIB Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of diffuse interstellar band. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of device-independent bitmap. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: RHIB Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪb/ 1. Initialism of rigid-hulled inflatable boat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Victoria Falls Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named by David Livingstone after Queen Victoria of England + falls. 1. A waterfall located in southern Africa on the Zambezi river between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe. 2. A city in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe, close to the falls. Formerly a town, granted city status in 2020.
Word: scholar's mate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First named and described in The Royall Game of Chesse-Play, a 1656 text by the English author Francis Beale. 1. The checkmate which occurs shortly after the opening, when the white queen checkmates by taking the black pawn on f7 (or the black queen taking the white pawn on f2), protected by a bishop on c4 (or c5).
Word: little Eichmanns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of little Eichmann Labels: form-of, plural