nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: chark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A back-formation from charcoal (interpreted as chark coal). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɑː(ɹ)k/ 1. Charcoal; coke. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ... so I contrived to burn some wood here, as I had seen done in England, under turf, till it became chark or dry coal ... 2. A pointed stick, which when placed with the point against another piece of wood, and spun rapidly in alternate directions with the aid of attached cords, produces enough heat by friction to create a fire; a fire drill. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The discoverer of the chark, or " fire-drill," an instrument for obtaining fire by artificial means, would be so great a benefactor to a people that had to suffer all the inconveniences resulting from occasional fireless hearths, that we may well understand why he may be invested by his astonished and delighted fellow-savages with miraculous or supernatural powers. 3. A wine glass. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: At noon, each man got his half-chark (a wine glass) full of rum and a four-quart iron pot of fish soup made from salt salmon, potatoes and graham flour ... in the evening another half chark of rum and 20 cents as pay for the day's work. 4. A Middle Eastern falcon, probably the lanner. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A good chark will sometimes take as many as eight or ten bustards or five or six gazelles in the course of a morning.
Word: chark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A back-formation from charcoal (interpreted as chark coal). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɑː(ɹ)k/ 1. To reduce by strong heat, as to produce charcoal or coke; to calcine. Example: 1749, John Lowthorp, Royal Society of Great Britain, The Philosophical Transactions and Collections to the end of the year MDCC, 5th Edition, I have ſeen Turf chark'd, and then it ſerves to work Iron, and, as I have been inform'd will ſerve to make it in a Bloomery or Iron-work. Turf chark'd I reckon the ſweeteſt and wholeſomeſt Fire that can be, fitter for a Chamber and conſumptive People, than either Wood, Stone-Coal or Charcoal. Example: The method which the Romans now taught them of charking the coal continues eſſentially the ſame until the preſent moment.
Word: chark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Cognate with Scots chork, from Middle English charken, cherkin, from Old English ċearcian, variant of cracian (“to resound, make an abrasive sound, crack”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to crack, crackle; to shriek”). Doublet of chirk, crack, and crake. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɑː(ɹ)k/ 1. To make a grating sound. Labels: Scotland Example: The hoarse charking conversation which they carried on was calculated to support the delusion.
Word: intertube Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + tube. 1. Between or among tubes or nanotubes. Labels: not-comparable Example: If the intertube interactions are negligibly small, the electronic band structure along any line in the Brillouin zone parallel to the rope axis would be exactly the same as that of an isolated tube.
Word: mixed declension Part of Speech: noun 1. The declension pattern for attributive adjectives that follow the indefinite article ein, the negative article kein, and possessive determiners such as mein and dein. Labels: German 2. The declension pattern for masculine and neuter nouns that have -en in the plural but -s, -es, or -ens in the genitive singular. Labels: German 3. A subtype of the third declension with -ium in the genitive plural. Labels: Latin
Word: snow sheep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its snowy mountain habitat. 1. Ovis nivicola, a species of sheep from the mountainous areas in the northeast of Siberia.
Word: aboiteaux Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɑ.bwɑ.toʊ/ 1. plural of aboiteau Labels: form-of, plural
Word: argali Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mongolic (Mongolian аргаль (argalʹ)). 1. Ovis ammon, the largest wild sheep, which roams the highlands of Central Asia.
Word: take sick Part of Speech: verb 1. To become ill, to fall ill, to attract an illness. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: The father of a certain family took sick and died. The family believed some foul play had been exercised in his case, and when they came to burn the body, a small portion, perhaps the heart, did not consume as rapidly as the rest.
Word: artal Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rotl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: domestic sheep Part of Speech: noun 1. Ovis aries, domesticated sheep kept as livestock
Word: geotropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From geo- + -tropic. Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒioʊˈtɹɒpɪk/, /ˌd͡ʒʒioʊˈtɹoʊpɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to geotropism.
Word: thinhorn sheep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: thin + horn + sheep 1. Ovis dalli, a species of sheep native to northwestern North America, ranging from white to slate brown in color and having curved yellowish brown horns.
Word: look down one's nose Part of Speech: verb 1. To regard as inferior or distasteful; to hold in contempt. Labels: idiomatic, usually Example: You look too high and mighty; customers would think you were looking down your nose at them. Example: The New York Daily News's Columnist John O'Donnell, a Taftman, looked down his nose at Eisenhower's campaign.
Word: hexagonal prisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hexagonal prism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Carcassonne Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌkɑːkəˈsən/, /ˌkɑːkəˈsɒn/, /ˌkɑɹkəˈsən/, /ˌkɑɹkəˈsoʊn/ 1. An old walled city, the prefecture of Aude department, Occitania, France. 2. A board game where players have to place tiles and score features.
Word: native speakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of native speaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: picard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English picard. Doublet of Picard. 1. A type of light, seaworthy vessel used in trade and the transport of fish in Britain and Ireland in the late medieval and early modern period. Labels: historical Example: Others, used commonly as fishing boats and in trade with Ireland, were “picards”, named often in the Tolsey Court books as pledges for debts, and worth about £8. Example: Irish picards were noted as leaving Bridgewater or Minehead one day with small cargoes of salt or victuals, and returning the next or even the same day with loads of fish.
Word: picards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of picard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: word processors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of word processor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Picards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Picard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: text editors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of text editor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: childraising Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From child + raising. 1. childrearing Labels: uncountable
Word: childraiser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From child + raiser. 1. A childrearer.
Word: childrearer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From child + rearer. 1. One who rears (cares for and raises) a child. Example: Though Harding is familiar with Marxism, she moves far beyond the bounds of traditional Marxist theory. Her emphasis on the biological, psychological and social development of children, and on women's work as childrearers, indicates a deep integration of feminist principles into her work.
Word: childrearers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of childrearer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: childraisers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of childraiser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonexhaust Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + exhaust. 1. Not of or pertaining to exhaust. Labels: not-comparable Example: nonexhaust emissions
Word: epifaunal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From epifauna + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to epifauna. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fairy-tale-like Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fairy tale + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a fairy tale; implausibly ideal or romantic, having a happy ending, etc. Example: Like a twisted Alice sucked down the rabbit hole, Sandy describes her imprisonment as a series of fairy-tale-like hallucinations. Example: Directly above me, on the plateau, sat the magnificent fortress. At night, bathed in soft lights, it appeared to be sitting magically up in the black sky. Even now, I become excited when I think about this fairy-tale-like scene.
Word: surfboardlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From surfboard + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a surfboard.
Word: skateboardlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From skateboard + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a skateboard.
Word: nonlove Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + love. 1. Absence of love. Labels: uncountable Example: Nothing is intrinsically good except love; nothing is intrinsically bad except nonlove. One can never prescribe in advance what a Christian should do.
Word: nondiurnal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + diurnal. 1. Not diurnal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonnocturnal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + nocturnal. 1. Not nocturnal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nondistorters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nondistorter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snowflaky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From snowflake + -y. 1. snowflakelike Labels: informal
Word: snowflakelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From snowflake + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a snowflake.
Word: multidirectory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + directory. 1. Of or pertaining to more than one directory (container structure in a file system). Labels: not-comparable Example: You can build one for diskette install, for single-directory install, or for a multidirectory install.
Word: diminishingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From diminishing + -ly. 1. In a diminishing manner; becoming progressively smaller.
Word: devouringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From devouring + -ly. 1. In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
Word: nonpassionate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + passionate. 1. Not passionate. Labels: not-comparable Example: Orgasm consistency was significantly higher in the passionate than nonpassionate groups.
Word: nondonor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + donor. 1. One who is not a donor. Example: So long as the costs of registering as a donor or a nondonor are low, the results should be similar.
Word: nondonors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nondonor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noncompassionate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + compassionate. 1. Not compassionate. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vacillatingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From vacillating + -ly. 1. In a vacillating manner; uncertainly, waveringly.
Word: nonkindergarten Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + kindergarten. 1. Not of or pertaining to kindergarten. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonsuccess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + success. 1. Absence of success; failure. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nonsuccesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonsuccess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nongrowing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + growing. 1. That does not grow. Labels: not-comparable Example: a nongrowing cell 2. Not of or pertaining to growing. Labels: not-comparable Example: the nongrowing season
Word: nonflowing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + flowing. 1. That does not flow. Labels: not-comparable Example: a nonflowing liquid
Word: nonpartitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + partitive. 1. Not partitive. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nondivorcing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + divorcing. 1. Not having a divorce. Labels: not-comparable Example: Nondivorcing parents generally had a higher income.
Word: newsies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of newsy Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of newsie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scowlingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From scowling + -ly. 1. With a scowl. Example: He scowlingly apologised to his brother, not really meaning it.
Word: waveringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From wavering + -ly. 1. In a wavering way; in a way involving wavering.
Word: soaringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From soaring + -ly. 1. In a soaring manner. Example: The bird soon flew soaringly out of view. 2. increasingly
Word: quibblingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From quibbling + -ly. 1. In a quibbling manner; with petty argumentativeness.
Word: nonaspirant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + aspirant. 1. One who is not an aspirant.
Word: nonaspirants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonaspirant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonanalgesic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + analgesic. 1. A drug that is not an analgesic.
Word: nonanalgesics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonanalgesic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonaspirate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + aspirate. 1. A sound that is not an aspirate.
Word: nonaspirates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonaspirate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: juttingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From jutting + -ly. 1. In a jutting manner; so as to obtrude or stick out.
Word: erringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From erring + -ly. 1. In an erring manner; with mistakes or sins.
Word: clatteringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From clattering + -ly. 1. With a clattering sound. Example: Grandpa Piper replaced the vase clatteringly back upon the mantleshelf.
Word: perturbingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From perturbing + -ly. 1. In a manner that perturbs. Example: The 'art or mystery of printing' could spread sedition and heresy more perturbingly than word of mouth.
Word: macrolike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From macro + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a macro.
Word: nonsupported Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + supported. 1. unsupported: without physical support. Labels: not-comparable 2. unsupported: for which support or help is not available. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonpositivist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + positivist. 1. One who is not a positivist.
Word: nonpositivists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonpositivist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonrealist Part of Speech: noun 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 *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō 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 realist English nonrealist From non- + realist. 1. One who is not a realist.
Word: nonrealists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonrealist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glitteringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From glittering + -ly. 1. In a glittering manner. Example: The streets were glitteringly shrouded in snow.
Word: glittering generalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glittering generality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: splutteringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From spluttering + -ly. 1. With spluttering noises.
Word: sputteringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From sputtering + -ly. 1. With sputtering noises, especially while throwing or scattering particles. Example: For a while he sat in silence beside the fire of bones soaked in train oil that burned sputteringly on the hearthstones beneath the smoke hole set in the pointed roof.
Word: panderingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From pandering + -ly. 1. In a pandering manner; patronizingly.
Word: nonfinalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + finalist. 1. One who is not a finalist. Example: The nonfinalists received consolation prizes.
Word: nonfinalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonfinalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seeked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of seek Labels: form-of, nonstandard, participle, past, proscribed Example: An' they seeked him in the rafter-room, an* cubby-hole, an' press, / An' seeked him up the chimbly flue, an' ever'wheres, I guess; / But all they ever found was thist his pants an' roundabout! Example: Frequently, once a disk has seeked to the track it needs, it can start spitting out data faster than the computer can receive it.
Word: bual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese boal. 1. A variety of madeira (wine) that is less sweet than malmsey. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: While most pedestrian Madeira is made from a utilitarian grape, the tinta negra mole, the best blends and vintages are created from one of seven noble grapes. The predominant ones are sercial, verdelho, bual (boal) and malvasia (malmsey). […] Bual offers sustained caramel and smoke and moderate sweetness.
Word: ideationally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From ideational + -ly. 1. by means of, or in terms of, ideation Labels: not-comparable
Word: novelesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From novel + -esque. Piecewise doublet of novelish. 1. Stylistically reminiscent of a novel. Example: a novelesque biography
Word: SPAD Part of Speech: phrase Pronunciation: /ˈspæd/ 1. Initialism of signal passed at danger. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SPAD Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈspæd/ 1. An instance of a signal passed at danger. Labels: UK Example: "We found there had been 60 SPADs in the Paddington throat in the previous eight years, and that was all to do with the layout becoming more complex because of the Heathrow Express. 2. Alternative form of spad (“special advisor in government”). Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, informal 3. A relative measurement of the amount of chlorophyll present in a leaf, based on measurements with a SPAD meter produced by Minolta. 4. Initialism of self-propelled air defense; a self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SPAD Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈspæd/ 1. To pass a signal at danger. Labels: UK Example: SPADing is best seen as a systemic problem requiring a systemic solution Example: SN109 should be known to all drivers driving out of Paddington as a multi SPADed signal
Word: SPADs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of SPAD Labels: form-of, plural
Word: SPADs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of SPAD Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: SPADing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of SPAD Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: SPADed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of SPAD Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Chornobyl Part of Speech: name Etymology: Romanization of Ukrainian Чорно́биль (Čornóbylʹ, literally “mugwort”). 1. Alternative spelling of Chernobyl. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A Russian Shahed drone costing up to £75,000 is estimated to have inflicted tens of millions worth of damage to the site of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, according to initial assessments and engineering experts.
Word: unemptied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + emptied. 1. Not having been emptied. Labels: not-comparable Example: And thus each man hung, till the morning shin’d;‭ Which come, he knew the hour, and let abroad ‭ His male-flocks first, the females unmilk’d stood ‭ Bleating and braying, their full bags so sore ‭ With being unemptied, but their shepherd more ‭ With being unsighted; which was cause his mind ‭ Went not a milking. Example: […] mounts in spray the skies, and thence again Returns in an unceasing shower, which round, With its unemptied cloud of gentle rain, Is an eternal April to the ground, Making it all one emerald.
Word: toplofty Part of Speech: adj 1. Self-important, haughty. Example: [T]he butler had entered, bearing in a toplofty fashion a huge silver platter, upon which lay a superb salmon, beautifully cooked and garnished. Example: Britain's Manchester Guardian . . . often irritates politicians with toplofty editorials suggesting that the paper is not only on the side of the angels but right alongside them in heaven.
Word: kettle holes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kettle hole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postfeudal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + feudal. 1. After feudalism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: kettle drum Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kettledrum. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kettle drums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kettle drum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: relexifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From relexify + -er. Pronunciation: /ɹiˈlɛk.səˌfaɪ.ɚ/ 1. One who relexifies. Example: The relexifiers thus relabelled the lexical entry copied from kò as te, a reduced form of été. This derivation accounts straightforwardly for the fact that the properties of te in the Haitian lexicon parallel those of kò in the Fongbe lexicon.
Word: Zibo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 淄博 (Zībó). Pronunciation: /ˌ(d)zɪˈboʊ/ 1. A prefecture-level city in central Shandong, China. Example: Industry in Tsinan is becoming highly developed. Indeed the day we set out to go west, factories on the outskirts were interspersed with fields of wheat, and everywhere on, into and through the Tzupo municipality, wheat fields were interspersed by factories. Tzupo with its five divisions which roughly correspond to five counties, has 2,000,000 people now, 550,000 of them mostly factory workers in the town portions, and the rest commune farmers who cultivate 93,330 hectares of land, all but 26,667 hectares of hills and downs irrigated. Example: The explosion on Saturday, which tore through a chemical plant in Zibo, in Shandong Province, killed one person and injured at least nine others, according to the official Xinhua news agency. A microblog post by the Zibo Public Security Bureau late Saturday said the fire had been “basically controlled” and that the injured had been taken to a hospital.
Word: Tangshan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 唐山 (Tángshān). Pronunciation: /tæŋˈʃæn/, /tɑŋ-/, /-ˈʃɑn/ 1. A prefecture-level city in northeastern Hebei, China. Example: At Tangshan, which is half a day by rail from Tangku, I was very kindly received by the engineer-in-chief of the railway and the mining companies and his wife. Tangshan is the northern terminus of the eighty-five miles of railway constructed and open to traffic. Example: The freight traffic of the Peking-Mukden Line has steadily increased, and the demand for rolling stock has been so great, due largely to the heavy traffic in coal between Tangshan and Tongho, that recommendations have been made for the addition of two hundred 30-ton coal cars, one hundred 30-ton covered-goods cars, and 12 locomotives. It is also proposed to extend the railway slope at Tangshan.
Word: Fushun Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 撫順 /抚顺 (Fǔshùn). 1. A prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China, known for coal mining. Example: In the Fushun mine, apparently on the same seam, the coal reaches a thickness of thirty-five feet, though it averages much less. Example: FUSHUN (FU-SHUN, FUSUNG), an industrial city adjoining Mukden on the east, located on the Hsün river in central Liaoning province, China. 2. A county of Fushun, Liaoning, China.
Word: Qiqihar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Manchu ᠴᡳᠴᡳᡥᠠᡵ (cicihar). Pronunciation: /ˈtʃiːtʃiːˌhɑː/, /ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃiˌhɑɹ/ 1. A city in Heilongjiang, China. Example: On April 28 the Chinese Communists occupied Qiqihar, a railroad center in Manchuria. Example: In the grounds of my hotel at Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province, on 8th May 1983, I (J.B.) found a local bird-catcher with six traps slung from a tree.
Word: Xuzhou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 徐州 (Xúzhōu), from a former prefecture administered from the city. 1. A prefecture-level city in northwestern Jiangsu, China. Example: T’ung-shan County in the Hsüchou district of Kiangsu was apparently famous for nonglutenous rice during the Han and Northern Wei dynasties (third century B.C. to third century A.D.). Example: Earlier this week, 16 foreign teachers and three Chinese were arrested on drug charges at a local language school in Xuzhou, around 370 miles (600 kilometers) southwest of Yantai. On Friday, the British embassy in Beijing said four of its nationals had been arrested Jiangsu province, where Xuzhou is located.
Word: Xuzhou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 敘州／叙州 (Xùzhōu), from a former prefecture administered from the city. 1. A former name of Yibin, a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China, at the confluence of the Min and Yangtze rivers. Labels: historical 2. A district of Yibin, Sichuan, China.
Word: flowthroughs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flowthrough Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Datong Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大同 (Dàtóng). 1. A prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China. Example: Mr. Xi began proclaiming his dream since taking power five years ago, though he focused much of his early efforts on battling corruption. In Shanxi, the province that includes Datong, investigators have arrested so many corrupt cadres that the national government has declared the region to be in a state of “implosive corruption.” 2. A Hui and Tu autonomous county in Xining, Qinghai, China. Example: Heavy and sudden downpours in Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County, population 403,368, of Qinghai province started late Wednesday, causing flooding on the mountains and triggered landslides, according to China's state broadcaster CCTV. 3. A district of Taipei, Taiwan. Example: A cross-dike platform is among the plans for an urban renewal project in Taipei’s Datong District (大同), officials from the Taipei City Government’s Department of Urban Development said yesterday. Example: Over the past five years or so, the Datong District has been rewarding travellers looking for tea, herbal medicine or puppet shows on self-guided tours of low-rises built during the late 19th century and the occupation by Japan, which began in 1895.[…] Similar architecture can be found elsewhere in Taipei, but in pockets rather than as whole neighbourhoods, as in Datong. 4. A mountain indigenous township in Yilan County, Taiwan. Example: Up north in Yilan, only the county's Sih-Ji Elementary School in Datong Township is suspended, for both the school's main and satellite campuses. 5. Synonym of Taedong (North Korea): the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. Example: The Han Great Wall ran throughout Kuche, Gansu, Ningxia, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning and other provinces and autonomous regions, and ended to the north of DPRK’s Datong River estuary. Example: For instance, an illustration in the Dianshizhai huabao shows the battle at the Datong river near Pingrang in September 1894 (Figure 6).
Word: kajis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kaji Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Shantou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 汕頭／汕头 (Shàntóu). 1. A prefecture-level city of Guangdong, China. Example: A typical example was that of Shantou Special District in Kwangtung where in “full implementation” of party policies all the cadres from the brigades had been sent to the “front line of production” to lead the masses in spring planting and a total labour force of 2.42 million for the whole district, representing 81 per cent of its rural labour force, was mobilized for the purpose. Example: A fire at a lingerie factory killed 14 people in Shantou, a city in the southeastern Chinese province of Guangdong, on Tuesday, official news media said.
Word: Daqing Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大慶 /大庆 (Dàqìng). Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːˈt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. A prefecture-level city of Heilongjiang, China. Example: "The Russian part of the project is completed," Putin said at an opening ceremony in Skovorodino in the Far Eastern Amur region in comments published on his official web site. The branch pipeline will ultimately transport crude oil from Siberia to refineries in the northeastern Chinese city of Daqing. Example: From Daqing we took the train to the far north of China at Qiqihaer, described to me as a relatively small Chinese city of about six million people! 2. An oil field in Daqing, Heilongjiang, China. Example: The oil and gas from the giant Daqing oil field are being produced from a broad anticlinal structure in continental Cretaceous formations with minor undulations covering an area of up to 30 km in width and 50 to 60 km in length, trending north northeast.⁶¹ This structure is located in the northern part of the Songliao basin, about 160 km northwest of Haerbin in Heilongjiang province.
Word: Huainan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Mandarin 淮南 (Huáinán, “land[s] south of the Huai River”). 1. A prefecture-level city of Anhui, China. Example: 1319 Great fire at Yang 揚 chou ; over 23,300 official and private houses were burnt. All the roads in Shantung and Huainan were flooded. Example: After reporting one positive case, Huainan, a city of nearly 3.5 million people in Anhui province that borders Shanghai, ordered residents not to leave unless they can provide a negative test result taken within the past 48 hours. 2. A principality between the Huai and Yangtze rivers during the Han Dynasty. Labels: China, historical 3. The region of China between the Huai and Yangtze rivers generally. Labels: China
Word: quaying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of quay Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: quayed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of quay Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: quayed Part of Speech: adj 1. Furnished with a quay. Labels: not-comparable Example: a quayed area
Word: solar flares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of solar flare Labels: form-of, plural
Word: impaler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From impale + -er. 1. One who impales. Example: Vlad the Impaler
Word: trepidly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From trepid + -ly. 1. In a fearful or timid manner.
Word: companying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of company Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: companied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of company Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: corneous Part of Speech: adj 1. containing a horny substance; horny
Word: CROWS Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: electron cloud Part of Speech: noun 1. A mathematically defined region around an atomic nucleus defined by a high probability that the atom's electrons will be present in that region.
Word: electron clouds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electron cloud Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Benxi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 本溪 (Běnxī). Pronunciation: /ˌbʌnˈʃiː/ 1. A prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China. Example: Some of the victims stuck inside the mine run by China National Coal Group Co in Liaoning province were able to contact rescuers, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The local government of Benxi, where the blast occurred, has dispatched a rescue team, CCTV added. 2. A Manchu autonomous county in Benxi, Liaoning, China. Example: Tong Da, based in the Benxi Manchu autonomous county in the northeast of China, has total iron ore reserves of 34.63 million tonnes, of which around 30 percent is recoverable.
Word: Changzhou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 常州 (Chángzhōu). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃæŋ.d͡ʒoʊ/, /t͡ʃɒŋ-/ 1. A prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu, China. Example: The Cultural Revolution paved the way for the full implementation of Chairman Mao’s whole set of principles of ‘walking on two legs’, and in the fair one saw many of the advanced industrial products on display which were actually manufactured by medium-sized and small enterprises. A precision self-balancing capacitor bridge was, for example, made by a small plant in Changchou, a small railway town in Kiangsu Province. Example: Ch’ü was born on January 29, 1899, in a small room in the family residence in the southern portion of Changchow, a relatively small city in Kiangsu province.
Word: Changzhou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 長洲 /长洲 (Chángzhōu). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃæŋ.d͡ʒoʊ/, /t͡ʃɒŋ-/ 1. A district of Wuzhou, Guangxi autonomous region, China. 2. An island of Huangpu district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Word: trigones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trigone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Liuzhou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 柳州 (Liǔzhōu). Pronunciation: /ˌljoʊˈd͡ʒoʊ/ 1. A prefecture-level city in north-central Guangxi autonomous region, China. Example: Even General Lin, an honest man, eventually became a victim of the age. During his old age he operated a small farm in Liuchou, Kwangsi. After the Communists took over the mainland in 1949, he was invited to become a member of the National Assembly, which he did. I cannot say that he was better off under the Communist regime, but at least he survived the crisis. Example: Employees work on Baojun RS-5 cars at a final assembly plant operated by General Motors Co and its local joint-venture partners in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, February 28, 2019.
Word: triskele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Circa 1885, alongside triskeles (c. 1880), from French triskèle (1835). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪ.skil/, /ˈtɹɪs.kil/ 1. A material with a structure resembling a triskeles. Example: Both materials have the triskele geometry. 2. Alternative form of triskeles. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Guerra se asomó, me miró el hombro y vio el trisquel dibujado.
Word: triskeles Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1880, via German Triskeles (c. 1850), from French triskèle (1835). It is in turn from Ancient Greek τρισκελής (triskelḗs, “three-legged”), composed of τρι- (tri-, “three”) + σκέλος (skélos, “leg”). 1. A symbol consisting of three spirals, or three bent human legs. Example: 1889 "The three legs diverging from one centre, which is now the well-known arms of the Isle of Man, is the ancient Triquetrum, or, as Olshausen [Zeitsch. f. Ethnol., 1886, p. 283] more properly terms it, the Triskeles, seen on the oldest Sicilian coins and on those of Lycia, in Asia Minor" (Daniel Garrison Brinton, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 26, p. 177)
Word: fender benders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fender bender Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fender-benders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fender-bender Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disfame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dis- + fame. 1. disrepute Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Fame is half-disfame
Word: disfame Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + fame. 1. To disrepute. Labels: obsolete
Word: disfames Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disfame Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: circuit-breaker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of circuit breaker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wassat Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /wɒˈsæt/ 1. what is that? Labels: contraction, slang
Word: pretty pass Part of Speech: noun 1. An unsatisfactory situation. Labels: dated Example: "Things have got to a pretty pass, if a woman can't give a warm supper and a bed to poor, starving creatures, just because they are slaves, and have been abused and oppressed all their lives, poor things!" Example: The prisoner of unknown bandits, hurried he knew not whence, a pretty pass for an adventurer.
Word: pretty passes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pretty pass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Aten Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Egyptian jtn. 1. The deified disc of the sun, as an aspect of Re or as the sole God under Akhenaten.
Word: spermato- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek σπέρμα, σπέρματος (spérma, spérmatos, “seed”). By surface analysis, spermat- + -o-. 1. seed Labels: morpheme 2. sperm Labels: morpheme
Word: a watched kettle never boils Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: See a watched pot never boils. 1. Synonym of a watched pot never boils.
Word: Davey Jones Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Davy Jones. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Davey Jones's locker Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Davy Jones's locker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: boraciferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin borax (stem borac-) + -iferous. 1. Yielding or containing borax.
Word: respectfulnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of respectfulness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crammer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cram + -er. 1. One who crams or stuffs. Example: The pigeon crammers of Paris took mouthfuls of grain and water and spat it into the mouth of a pigeon. 2. A book used for accelerated study in preparation for an examination. 3. A student who studies hard for an examination. 4. A teacher who aids such a student. 5. A school whose speciality is helping students to pass certain examinations. 6. A liar. Labels: British, dated, slang Example: Look here; do you mean to call me a crammer? 7. A lie. Labels: British, dated, slang Example: I'm afraid he wouldn't mind telling crammers about it if he was questioned.
Word: crammers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crammer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: respectables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of respectable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Trindade Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Trindade. 1. A surname from Portuguese. 2. An island of the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of southeastern Brazil.
Word: nature calls Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to indicate that someone (usually the speaker) feels a need to urinate or defecate. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic
Word: miserabilist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of miserable + -ist, with interconsonant -i- added due to difficulty or lack of flow in pronouncing miserablist. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪzəɹəbəlɪst/ 1. One who is unhappy, or extols being miserable as a virtue; a philosopher of pessimism. Example: Gissing is never more of a miserabilist than when trying to be light-hearted. Example: An old, failed actor who lived on his own, he never had friends dropping by, because he was a bedridden inconsiderate miserabilist.
Word: miserabilist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Variant of miserable + -ist, with interconsonant -i- added due to difficulty or lack of flow in pronouncing miserablist. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪzəɹəbəlɪst/ 1. Miserable, pessimistic. Example: This is a radical difference between the naturalism of the miserabilist approach, and the naturalism practiced by the Romanian New Wave.
Word: miserabilists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miserabilist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anachorite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of anchorite. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: anachorites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anachorite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: liquifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of liquify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: blabby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From blab + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈblæbi/ 1. Tending to blab or gossip a lot.
Word: blabbier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of blabby: more blabby Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: blabbiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of blabby: most blabby Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: keys to the midway Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of key to the midway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: circular breathing Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular breathing technique: it involves inhaling via the nose while pushing air, that was stored in the cheeks, out through the lips, so allows for continuous playing of a wind instrument. Labels: uncountable
Word: love triangles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of love triangle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amorosos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amoroso Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amorosas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amorosa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spiro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sper- Proto-Indo-European *sper-yeh₂- Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra)der. Latin spīra Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English spiro- From Latin spīra + English -o-. 1. spiral, helix Labels: morpheme 2. respiration Labels: morpheme 3. spiro compound Labels: morpheme
Word: spirogyra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Spirogyra. 1. Any of a group of freshwater, filamentous green algae, of the genus Spirogyra, having chloroplasts arranged in spirals. Example: Then he produced a bottle of it, green and slimy. I recognised the spirogyra I’d seen in biology classes.
Word: spirogyras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spirogyra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: occipitofrontalis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin occipitofrontālis, clipping of mūsculus occipitofrontālis (“occipitofrontal muscle”). Doublet of occipitofrontal. Pronunciation: /ɒkˌsɪp.ɪt.əʊˌfɹʌnˈteɪ.lɪs/, /ɒkˌsɪp.ɪt.əʊˌfɹʌnˈtɑː.lɪs/, /ɒkˌsɪp.ɪt.əʊˌfɹʌnˈtal.ɪs/, /ɑkˌsɪp.ət.oʊ.fɹʌnˈteɪ.lɪs/ 1. A large flat muscle on each side of the vertex of the skull, consisting of an occipital portion (arising from the occipital and temporal bones) and a frontal portion that are separated by the epicranial aponeurosis, and serving to draw the scalp backwards, raising the eyebrows and wrinkling the forehead.
Word: occipitofrontal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From occipito- + frontal. 1. Of or pertaining to the occipital and frontal bones of the skull. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the occipitofrontalis muscle. Labels: not-comparable
Word: occipitofrontal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From occipito- + frontal. 1. the occipitofrontalis muscle Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: occipitalis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from New Latin occipitālis, ellipsis of mūsculus occipitālis (“occipital muscle”). Doublet of occipital. Pronunciation: /ɑkˌsɪp.əˈteɪ.lɪs/ 1. A muscle of the head that arises from the lateral two-thirds of the superior nuchal lines and from the mastoid part of the temporal bone, inserts into the galea aponeurotica, and acts to move the scalp; it is sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.
Word: chutzpadik Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Yiddish חוצפּהדיק (khutspedik), from חוצפּה (khutspe, “chutzpah”). Pronunciation: /ˈxʊtspədɪk/, /ˈhʊtspədɪk/ 1. Showing chutzpah; not showing due respect; impudent; impertinent; brazen.
Word: frontalis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin frontālis, clipping of mūsculus frontālis (“frontal muscle”). Doublet of frontal. Pronunciation: /ˌfɹʌnˈteɪ.lɪs/ 1. A muscle of the forehead, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.
Word: genses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gens Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orbicularis oculi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin orbiculāris oculī, clipping of mūsculus orbiculāris oculī (“orbicular muscle of the eye”). Pronunciation: /ɔːˌbɪk.jʊˈlɑː.ɹɪs ˈɒk.jʊ.lʌɪ/, /ɔːˌbɪk.jʊˈlɑː.ɹɪs ˈɒk.jʊ.li/, /ɔɹˌbɪk.jəˌlɛɹ.ɪs ˈɑk.jəˌlaɪ/ 1. A muscle of the face that encircles the orbit and passes through the eyelids, serving to close the eye.
Word: corrugator supercilii Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin corrūgātor superciliī (“wrinkler of the eyebrow”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɹ.əˌɡeɪ.tɚ ˌsu.pɚˈsɪl.iˌaɪ/ 1. A small narrow pyramidal muscle at the medial end of the eyebrow.
Word: steno- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek στενός (stenós, “narrow”). 1. narrow or restricted Labels: morpheme
Word: stenocardia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From steno- + -cardia. 1. Angina pectoris. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: mobbish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mob + -ish. 1. like a mob, characteristic of a mob Example: Mobbish feeling always inclines to violence.
Word: sewerman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sewer + -man. 1. A man who works in a sewer.
Word: sewermen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sewerman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: specists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of specist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: participially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From participial + -ly. 1. As a participle; in a participial manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: monadically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From monadic + -ally. 1. In a monadic manner; as a monad or by means of monads. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the APL programming language, some operators can be used both monadically and dyadically.
Word: dyadically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From dyadic + -ally. 1. In a dyadic manner; as a dyad or by means of dyads. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the APL programming language, some operators can be used both monadically and dyadically.
Word: Enlightened One Part of Speech: name 1. Buddha
Word: trapezelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trapeze + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a trapeze.
Word: nonfluffy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + fluffy. 1. Not fluffy. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ask her to hold a sterile dressing or a clean, nonfluffy pad over the affected eye.
Word: infocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From info- + -cracy, influenced by terms like bureaucracy and democracy. 1. An organization whose operation is based on the flow of information. Labels: uncountable
Word: hemless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hem + -less. 1. Without a hem. Labels: not-comparable Example: a hemless tunic
Word: Euskara Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Basque euskara. 1. The Basque language.
Word: nonflatulent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + flatulent. 1. Not flatulent. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nondenatured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + denatured. 1. Not denatured. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonsongbird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + songbird. 1. A bird that is not a songbird.
Word: nonsongbirds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonsongbird Labels: form-of, plural
Word: game theorist Part of Speech: noun 1. A mathematician whose work is in game theory.
Word: game theorists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of game theorist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: impalers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of impaler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ultrasimplified Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + simplified. 1. Simplified to a very great extent.
Word: crimeridden Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From crime + -ridden. 1. Alternative spelling of crime-ridden. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It's the most crimeridden housing estate in Britain.
Word: heatable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From heat + -able. 1. Capable of being heated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nondouble Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + double. 1. Not double. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: nondouble-stranded DNA antigens Example: a nondouble-blind study
Word: cinemalike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cinema + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a cinema. Example: a large cinemalike screen
Word: stoopidest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of stoopid: most stoopid Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: stoopider Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of stoopid: more stoopid Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: outdazzles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outdazzle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overshares Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overshare Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: oversharing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overshare Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overshared Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overshare Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: depressor supercilii Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. An eye muscle, usually considered to be part of the orbicularis oculi.