nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: transesterifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of transesterify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: transesterifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of transesterify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: transesterified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of transesterify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: homodont Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hom- + -odont. 1. Having teeth that are all of the same type. Labels: not-comparable
Word: homodont Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hom- + -odont. 1. Any organism with teeth all of the same type.
Word: ethacridine lactate Part of Speech: noun 1. An aromatic organic compound, 2-ethoxy-6,9-diaminoacridine monolactate monohydrate, based on acridine, used primarily in antiseptics. Labels: uncountable
Word: phosphatidylinositols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phosphatidylinositol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monochloroethane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mono- + chloroethane. 1. Chloroethane. Labels: uncountable
Word: isentropically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From isentropic + -ally. 1. In an isentropic way.
Word: turboexpander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From turbo- + expander. 1. A centrifugal or axial-flow turbine through which a high-pressure gas is expanded to produce work that is often used to drive a compressor.
Word: turboexpanders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turboexpander Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydrohalogenation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + halogenation. 1. The electrophilic addition of hydrohalic acids to alkenes to yield the corresponding haloalkanes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hydrohalogenations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydrohalogenation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydroformylations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydroformylation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudoephedrines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudoephedrine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: endosulfans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of endosulfan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: organotoxic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From organo- + toxic. 1. Toxic to an organ in living creatures.
Word: octocrylene Part of Speech: noun 1. An ester formed by the condensation of a diphenylcyanoacrylate with 2-ethylhexanol, used in sunscreens and cosmetics. Labels: uncountable Example: As documented in a recent FDA study, chemical sunscreens, with active ingredients like oxybenzone, octocrylene, octinoxate, homosalate, and avobenzone, are applied to the skin and then can remain in the blood plasma at significant levels for days to weeks after application[.]
Word: didecyl Part of Speech: noun 1. Eicosane. Labels: uncountable
Word: cytotoxically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From cytotoxic + -ally. 1. In a cytotoxic way.
Word: bed and board Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bed and bord. 1. A place to sleep and eat; bed and breakfast; the services provided by an inn or similar establishment. Labels: uncountable Example: For, alas, the Ideal always has to grow in the Real, and to seek out its bed and board there, often in a very sorry way. No beautifullest Poet is a Bird-of-Paradise, living on perfumes; sleeping in the aether with outspread wings. The Heroic, independent of bed and board, is found in Drury Lane Theatre only 2. Full connubial relations. Labels: uncountable
Word: cyberczar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + czar. 1. A czar (political official) responsible for cyber issues. Labels: US Example: The White House office will be run by a “cyberczar,” but because the position will not have direct access to the president, some experts said it was not high-level enough to end a series of bureaucratic wars that have broken out as billions of dollars have suddenly been allocated to protect against the computer threats.
Word: Smyrna Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Σμύρνα (Smúrna), a variant spelling of Σμύρνη (Smúrnē), the Ionic Greek form of the original Aeolic Greek name Μύρρᾱ (Múrrhā, “Smyrna”). Doublet of Izmir. Pronunciation: /ˈzmɪənɑː/, /ˈsmɜɹnə/ 1. An ancient port city on the Aegean coast of western Asia Minor founded in circa the 11ᵗʰ century BC on the site of the present-day Turkish city of İzmir. Labels: historical 2. A former settlement in Kern County, California. 3. A town in Kent County and New Castle County, Delaware. 4. A city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. Example: The Smyrna city government maintains Taylor Brawner Park through a partnership between its environmental department and a local organization called Keep Smyrna Beautiful that has the support of local government, businesses and residents. 5. An unincorporated community in Salt Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana. 6. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana, also called Creswell. 7. A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. 8. A town in Aroostook County, Maine. 9. An unincorporated community in Otisco Township, Ionia County, Michigan. 10. An unincorporated community in Nuckolls County, Nebraska. 11. A town and village in Chenango County, New York. 12. A locality in Carteret County, North Carolina. 13. A tiny town in York County and Cherokee County, South Carolina. 14. A sizable town in Rutherford County, Tennessee. 15. An unincorporated community in Grant County, Washington.
Word: qubyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of quantum + byte, generalizing the prefix qu-, after qubit. 1. A quantum byte, one composed of eight qubits.
Word: qubytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of qubyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bitflip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bit + flip. 1. The switching of a bit's value (from 1 to 0, or vice versa). 2. The switching of a bit's value (from 1 to 0, or vice versa). Labels: usually Example: Near-synonym: SEU (“single-event upset”) Example: The problem centers on the way intense solar radiation can affect the data used by software that calculates the plane's elevation, says BECA (Belgian Pilot Association). At high altitudes, cosmic rays—high-energy particles from the Sun and distant space—can penetrate aircraft and strike sensitive parts of computer chips. In some cases, this can cause a bit flip, which is when a stored "0" turns into a "1," or vice versa. In technical terms, this is called a single event upset (SEU). Investigators found that ELAC B units (Elevator & Aileron Computers) running software version L104 were more likely to be affected. If corrupted data is fed into the flight-control system, the aircraft's elevators could move unexpectedly. In a worst-case situation, this could push the aircraft close to or beyond safe structural limits.
Word: bitflips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bitflip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ægean Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /iːˈdʒiːən/ 1. Obsolete form of Aegean. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: Greece and the Ægean Islands Example: The Ægean Civilization
Word: Ægean Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /iːˈdʒiːən/ 1. Obsolete form of Aegean. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Tales from the Ægean
Word: Æolic Part of Speech: name 1. Dated form of Aeolic. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: Æolic Part of Speech: adj 1. Dated form of Aeolic. Labels: alt-of, dated, not-comparable
Word: buy-down Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of buydown. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: buy-downs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buy-down Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Prince Charlie jacket Part of Speech: noun 1. A formal Scottish jacket, normally worn with a kilt
Word: Prince Charlie jackets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Prince Charlie jacket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Æolia Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /iːˈəʊlɪə/ 1. Archaic form of Aeolia. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: […] the rifling of continents, watched by unsexed guards, the last refinement of jealousy and the self‐irony of lust; their tables spread for fifteen thousand daily, though the king himself dined alone, and often frugally; their water brought in silver from the Choaspes, their salt from the Libyan desert, their wine from Syria, and their wheat from Æolia; a thousand pounds of incense came yearly from Arabia; from Armenia tens of thousands of horses and hundreds of thousands of sheep; from Assyria five hundred eunuch-boys to serve at feasts; where, too, they had large towns, all whose revenues went for breeding dogs, and royal stables on an enormous scale; and the daily tribute to the satrap amounted to a bushel of silver. Example: […] Such fiery tumult in her mind, She seeks the birthplace of the wind, Æolia, realm for ever rife With turbid elemental life : Here Æolus in a cavern vast With bolt and barrier fetters fast […]
Word: Æolus Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈiː.ələs/ 1. Obsolete spelling of Aeolus. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] Such fiery tumult in her mind, She seeks the birthplace of the wind, Æolia, realm for ever rife With turbid elemental life : Here Æolus in a cavern vast With bolt and barrier fetters fast […]
Word: porte-cochere Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of porte cochère. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: We had admirable Noſes to ſmell out proper Places, and your Houſes with Porte-Cocheres were ſure to have enough of our Company. Example: [M]oſt of the Houſes having Porte-Cocheres, and Court-yards, for the Conveniency and the Uſe of the Families.
Word: porte cochere Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of porte cochère. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: port city Part of Speech: noun 1. A city built around a port, for its defence, to provide infrastructural support, or as parasitic urban sprawl.
Word: port cities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of port city Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tzadik Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tzaddik. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tzadik Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tsade (“Semitic letter”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tzadiks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tzadik Labels: form-of, plural
Word: godmotherly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From godmother + -ly. 1. Of, or befitting, a godmother.
Word: godfatherly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From godfather + -ly. 1. Of, or befitting, a godfather.
Word: skaterly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From skater + -ly. 1. Of, or befitting, a skater. Labels: rare Example: ...dipping in and out of a deep lunge, he abandoned a lot of skaterly control and really dropped the weight of his body and swung it up again loosely. Example: ...elegant, skaterly, bubble-chamber spirals of hair.
Word: bubble chamber Part of Speech: noun 1. A vessel filled with a superheated transparent liquid (most often liquid hydrogen) used to detect electrically charged particles moving through it. Example: These discoveries, along with others produced by bubble chambers at Argonne, Brookhaven, and CERN, supported the SU(3) particle classification.
Word: bubble chambers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bubble chamber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vexillological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vexillology + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to vexillology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: electrophilically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From electrophilic + -ally. 1. In an electrophilic way.
Word: Philomena Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Philomēna, from Ancient Greek Φιλουμένη (Philouménē, literally “beloved”). Name of an alleged early martyr whose remains were discovered in 1802 in Rome. Doublet of Philomene. Pronunciation: /ˌfɪləˈmiːnə/ 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Example: "Why did St Philomena get crossed off, I wonder?" asked Celia. "I don't know, maybe they found her out," Tom grinned. "I know my sister Phil was very annoyed at the time, she felt it was an attack of some sort."
Word: Greekness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Greek + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being Greek. Labels: uncountable
Word: foreland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English foreland, equivalent to fore- + land. 1. A headland. 2. In plate tectonics, the zone adjacent to a mountain chain where material eroded from it is deposited. Example: Most foreland fold and thrust belts are linear or arcuate belts of folds and thrust faults that form a marginal part of an orogenic belt between an undeformed craton and a more intensely deformed inner zone.
Word: forelands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foreland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anbury Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The first component may be the same as in hangnail. 1. A wen or spongy wart on the legs or flanks of a horse. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 2. A disease in turnips, produced by one of the slime-fungi, and usually the result of improper cultivation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: unartistlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars 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 -ista Late Latin artistader. French artisteder. English artist Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English artistlike English unartistlike From un- + artistlike. 1. Not artistlike; unartistic. Example: […] the defects of the plates are owing to the engraver, WF Starling; who has executed them in a coarse, flimsy, unartistlike manner, as though cheapness rather than excellence had been aimed at.
Word: unbrotherlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + brotherlike. 1. Not brotherlike.
Word: unbusinesslike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + businesslike. 1. Not businesslike.
Word: unchristianlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + Christianlike or un- + Christian + -like. 1. Not Christian-like.
Word: ungentlemanlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + gentlemanlike. 1. Not gentlemanlike.
Word: ungodlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + godlike. 1. Not godlike.
Word: unhomelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + homelike. 1. Not homelike.
Word: unkinglike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + kinglike. 1. Not kinglike.
Word: unlifelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + lifelike. 1. Not lifelike.
Word: unloverlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + loverlike. 1. Not loverlike.
Word: unmanlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + manlike. 1. Not manlike. Example: Her body—soft and quite unmanlike—pressed against him.
Word: unqueenlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + queenlike. 1. Not queenlike.
Word: unsailorlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + sailorlike. 1. Not sailorlike.
Word: unscholarlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + scholarlike. 1. Not scholarlike.
Word: unsoldierlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + soldierlike. 1. Not soldierlike.
Word: unstatesmanlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + statesmanlike. 1. Not statesmanlike.
Word: unwifelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + wifelike. 1. Not wifelike.
Word: unwarlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + warlike. 1. Not warlike.
Word: unworkmanlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + workmanlike. 1. Not workmanlike.
Word: sell past the close Part of Speech: verb 1. To oversell by trying to further convince a customer of the benefits of making a purchase after the customer has already decided to make that purchase.
Word: screechingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From screeching + -ly. 1. In a screeching way; with screeching noises.
Word: sells past the close Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sell past the close Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: selling past the close Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sell past the close Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sold past the close Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sell past the close Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Ivoirian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French Ivoirien, ivoirien. 1. Ivorian Labels: not-comparable
Word: Ivoirian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French Ivoirien, ivoirien. 1. Ivorian
Word: graecismus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin graecismus. Doublet of Grecism. 1. Use of Greek words and examples. Labels: historical, rhetoric, uncountable 2. Affectation of erudition. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable
Word: virtual sex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From virtual + sex. 1. Sexual activity where two or more people stimulate each other transmitting erotic material using the Internet, telephones or other electronic communication equipment. Labels: uncountable Example: "Virtual sex is just phone sex, it ain't cheating but it does raise eyebrows." https://web.archive.org/web/20090607012152/http://io9.com/5276414/virtual-sex-cheating-or-not
Word: unclubbable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + clubbable. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈklʌb.ə.bl̩/, /ˌənˈkləb.ə.b(ə)l/ 1. Not suitable for membership of a club, because of a lack of social skills or conformity; unsociable. Example: ‘But Sir John was a most unclubable man!’ Example: It is for the convenience of these that the Diogenes Club was started, and it now contains the most unsociable and unclubbable men in town.
Word: Cathar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded since the 16th century; from the masculine plural of Medieval Latin Catharī (“Pure (ones)”), from the masculine plural of Byzantine Greek καθαροί (katharoí, “Pure (ones)”), from the masculine singular of Byzantine Greek καθαρός (katharós, “Pure (one)”), from Ancient Greek καθαρός (katharós, “pure”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæθɑɹ/ 1. A member of certain so self-styled Novatian and other medieval Christian sects embracing a form of dualism and extraordinary practices purportedly adhering to Mary Magdalene's teachings, persecuted by Roman Catholics as heretics. Example: The Albigenses, famous Cathars in and around Albi (southern France), were eradicated in a bloody ‘crusade’.
Word: bad influence Part of Speech: noun 1. Something or someone that teaches others to do wrong or encourages wrong actions and thoughts by example.
Word: Catharist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Cathar + -ist. 1. Relating to Cathari or Catharism.
Word: bad influences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bad influence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homologously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From homologous + -ly. 1. In a homologous manner 2. With regard to homology
Word: Novatian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Novatius (plausibly via French Novatien). 1. A Roman priest, who became an antipope against St. Cornelius in 251 AD, considered by the Catholic Church to be a schismatic heresiarch as founder of a Christian sect known as Novatianism.
Word: Novatian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Novatius (plausibly via French Novatien). 1. A follower of Novatianism.
Word: Novatian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Novatius (plausibly via French Novatien). 1. Relating to the heresiarch Novatian or his schismatic sect, Novatianism.
Word: staio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian staio. 1. fanega (various units of dry capacity and land area) Labels: historical
Word: staia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of staio Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rosados Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rosado Labels: form-of, plural
Word: châtelains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of châtelain Labels: form-of, plural
Word: châtelaines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of châtelaine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: châtelaine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chatelaine. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Courts of love, hawking, hunting, cavalcades, were the pastime of the châtelaines of the middle ages. Example: They could not tell me where it was, or who the châtelaines, / But they knew it was a château, in the heart of the Ardennes.
Word: texture map Part of Speech: noun 1. A matrix of data, representing texture, added to a polygon or polyhedron in the process of texture mapping
Word: texture map Part of Speech: verb 1. To map a texture to a three-dimensional model.
Word: texture maps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of texture map Labels: form-of, plural
Word: texture maps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of texture map Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: texture mapping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of texture map Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: texture mapped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of texture map Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Shiba Inu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 柴犬 (shibainu). Pronunciation: /ˌʃiːbə ˈiːnuː/ 1. A dog of a small, agile Japanese breed originally used for hunting. Example: Doge has taken the standard twists and turns, and it’s increasingly common to see images which have the format of a Doge picture but don’t actually contain any Shiba Inus at all. Example: Even Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that began as a joke with a perpetually surprised Shiba Inu dog for its symbol, has soared almost 1,000 percent over the last week to set a record.
Word: homopter Part of Speech: noun 1. Any insect of the order Homoptera.
Word: balata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish balatá. 1. Manilkara bidentata, a large South American tree that yields latex and edible yellow berries. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ‘She tall like a balata tree, her skin black like midnight.’ 2. The latex obtained from this tree. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: shoulder bone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schuldre bon; equivalent to shoulder + bone. 1. shoulder blade
Word: xeer Part of Speech: noun 1. The traditional legal system of Somalia, believed to predate Islam, in which elders serve as mediators and people are responsible for the actions of their families. Labels: uncountable Example: It arranges for settlement of collective debts, discusses xeer dealings with central authorities, maintains the group wells, and protects grazing areas. Example: In rural areas, there is still confusion between xeer and shari'a.
Word: search warrant Part of Speech: noun 1. A court order in the form of a warrant, authorizing the search of a home and/or other privacy-protected place(s), notably to seek unlawful possessions, evidence etc. as part of a judicial inquiry Example: Evidence found without a valid search warrant may be discarded by the courts as null and void
Word: Andras Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: boglet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bog + -let. 1. A small patch of boggy ground. Example: In and out of the tufts they went, with their eyes dilating; wishing to be out of harm, if conscience were but satisfied. And of this tufty flaggy ground, pocked with bogs and boglets, one especial nature is that it will not hold impressions. Example: The practical Martha was in fact advancing with an improvised leaping-pole that had already carried her neatly over the brook and would obviously bring Bundock over the boglet.
Word: boglet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scots boglet. 1. A kind of supernatural being. Example: Goodfellow and the vampire had dropped us off in the limo at the park's south entrance. […] I was again smacking the claws of the boglet above me. […] They ate muggers and joggers. […] "Don't make me shoot off the end of your tail."
Word: American mink Part of Speech: noun 1. An animal of that species Neogale vison, that lives near water.. Labels: countable
Word: in aid of Part of Speech: prep 1. for the sake of, for (usually placed at the end of a question when quizzing a person about why they have done something) Labels: UK, informal Example: - What's that coaster in aid of? - This table gets stained by cups very easily.
Word: booze jockey Part of Speech: noun 1. An alcoholic. Labels: UK, derogatory, slang
Word: heterocarpy Part of Speech: noun 1. The production of multiple kinds of fruit on the same plant. Labels: uncountable Example: The production of two or more distinct fruit types by an individual, i.e. heterocarpy, is considered as a mixed dispersal strategy in which a proportion of the offspring is able to colonize new sites, whilst others remain near the maternal location.
Word: heterocarpous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hetero- + -carpous. 1. Exhibiting heterocarpy
Word: caliginosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cālīginōsus (“misty, dark”), from cālīgō (“fog; darkness”). 1. darkness; obscurity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: breaktime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From break + time. 1. A break for a worker or workers that splits a period of work. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: 2007, National Labor Relations Board (U.S.) (editor), Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, Volume 346: November 28, 2005—May 8, 2006, page 39, Supervisor Laws asserts that when the incident occurred it was not the breaktime of either Tingler or Parnell. (4:760,789.) 2. A break for schoolchildren between lessons. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: It tends to evaluate the liking for, and the acceptance of, the pupils in their class as peers, rather than asking children to specifically select their friends, breaktime and home companions. Example: The significance of breaktimes as a mechanism for children to develop social competence is highlighted in much of Peter Blatchford's work.
Word: matje Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of maatje. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: legend in one's own lunchtime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A playful variation of legend in one's own lifetime. 1. One whose fame is insignificant, fleeting or imaginary. Labels: idiomatic, ironic, often Example: A legend in his own lunchtime, Bulwer-Lytton became renowned for penning exceptionally bad prose... Example: At the company's end-of-season party last week, East Sr, a legend in his own lunchtime, grabbed the mic from the house band and regaled guests—including Setanta pundits Steve McManaman and Les Ferdinand—with a Beatles medley.
Word: hunk of junk Part of Speech: noun 1. A worthless or malfunctioning piece of mechanical or electrical equipment. Labels: UK, US, informal
Word: school trip Part of Speech: noun 1. an event in which schoolchildren travel to a location separate from their normal learning environment under the authority of the staff of their school and with the purpose of learning by experience.
Word: sabadilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish cebadilla, diminutive of cebada (“barley”). Pronunciation: /ˌsæbəˈdɪlə/, /ˌsæbəˈdiːjə/ 1. A Mexican and Central American plant of the family Melanthiaceae (Schoenocaulon officinale, syn. Sabadilla officinalis). 2. The seeds of this plant, used in medicine and insecticides.
Word: Sabaean Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Saba + -ean. Pronunciation: /səˈbiː.ən/ 1. An extinct Semitic language spoken in Sheba (Saba).
Word: Sabaean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Saba + -ean. Pronunciation: /səˈbiː.ən/ 1. A member of the ancient Sabaean people.
Word: Sabaean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Saba + -ean. Pronunciation: /səˈbiː.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Sabaean people or their culture.
Word: Sabaism Part of Speech: noun 1. The religion of the Sabians; Sabianism Labels: uncountable 2. worship of the sun, moon, and stars; heliolatry; astrolatry Labels: uncountable
Word: cottonfield Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cotton + field. 1. a field in which the cotton plant is grown and harvested.
Word: riverboat queen Part of Speech: noun 1. A large paddle steamer operating on the Mississippi river. Labels: US Example: I never saw the good side of a city until I hitched a ride on a riverboat queen.
Word: sabal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name Sabal, of uncertain origin. it might be from Arabic “sabal” سبل سنبلة سنابل meaning “wheat plant” Pronunciation: /ˈseɪˌbæl/ 1. Any palm of the genus Sabal of American dwarf fan palms; usually called palmetto.
Word: sabalo Part of Speech: noun 1. Milkfish (Chanos chanos). 2. A common fish of southeastern South America, Prochilodus lineatus. 3. Fish of various species in the genus Brycon, native to northern South America.
Word: bills of attainder Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bill of attainder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pæans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pæan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wakes up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wake up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: woke up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of wake up Labels: form-of, past
Word: waked up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wake up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: woken up Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of wake up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: military attachés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of military attaché Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heterocentrism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hetero- + -centrism. 1. heterosexism; a focus on heterosexual issues Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: heteroclisis Part of Speech: noun 1. The presence of two or more classes of inflection in the inflectional paradigm of a noun, verb, etc
Word: frisé Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of frisée (“curly endive”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: sand niggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sand nigger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moose knuckles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moose knuckle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foot lifter Part of Speech: noun 1. A small object placed under another, vertical object to lift it temporarily.
Word: foot lifters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foot lifter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: PGR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of post-grant review. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of palmar grasp reflex. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of progesterone receptor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of postgraduate research. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of postglacial rebound. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: PGR Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Patriot Guard Riders. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: tussive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin tussis + -ive. 1. Related to, caused by, or accompanied by a cough
Word: Sabaoth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Sabaoth, from Ancient Greek Σαβαώθ (Sabaṓth), from Biblical Hebrew צְבָאוֹת (ts'vaót), plural of צָבָא (tsaváʾ, “army”). Pronunciation: /ˈsæbeɪˌɒθ/, /səˈbeɪˌoʊθ/ 1. An epithet of God in His role as protector of the Israelite army, usually translated (alongside YHWH or Elohim) as "Lord of Hosts".; compare the archaic title Drighten. Labels: Judaism, uncountable 2. Hosts, armies. Labels: uncountable 3. One of the seven chief archons in the Ophite cosmogony. Labels: uncountable
Word: sabbatia Part of Speech: noun 1. A plant of Sabatia, a genus of smooth slender North American herbs (family Gentianaceae) with opposite leaves and showy white or rose-pink cymose flowers.
Word: brass neck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stick one's neck out. 1. Gall, shamelessness, cheek. Labels: Ireland, UK, idiomatic Example: This year's commemorations of the start of World War One are a stark reminder of the sacrifices politicians make with other people's lives – except nowadays they'll do so wearing a Help for Heroes t-shirt (almost entirely covering their brass necks). When it comes to the hypocritical lauding of the armed forces while simultaneously shafting them, no one does it better than this government. Example: That’s why it’s particularly outrageous for the government to sneak out its rubbish “blueprint” for cycling and walking on Easter Sunday, and having the brass neck to try to spin its laughably small investment in cycling and walking as a genuine attempt to make them people’s choice for shorter journeys and to reduce the rate of cyclists killed or seriously injured. 2. A person with gall. Labels: Ireland, UK, idiomatic Example: And it will need a strong hand to wield that knife, and it will need a steady nerve besides, because they have necks of brass, these aristocrats, I tell you: brass necks, all of them! Example: Mostly, though, open data acts as a deterrent against committing fraud in the first place, since it would take the brassiest of brass necks to post a fake dataset on a public website.
Word: frostbiting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of frostbite Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: levomethadone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From levo- + methadone. 1. the active enantiomer of methadone Labels: uncountable
Word: arrestation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French arrestation, from Latin arrestatio. 1. The act of arresting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] he had continued [the treatment] to the day on which I saw him […] with relief of pain and improvement of his general feelings, but without any arrestation of his decline in strength and weight; Example: We realise that the results of the war are revealed not only in the total of lives lost or wrecked […] but on the ruin of the fabric of Society, […] the arrestation of progress moral and material […] 2. The act of arresting. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: Different hypnotists use different methods of inducing this condition, but the main factor in all of them is the fixation and arrestation of the attention and the use of suggestion. 3. The act of arresting. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: 1794, Helen Maria Williams, letter dated September 1794 in Letters Containing a Sketch of the Politics of France, London: G.G. and J. Robinson, 1795, Volume 1, p. 4, […] the arrestation of the English residing in France was decreed by the national convention; Example: He was not a German, and could prove it, so that only a short time afterwards he got out of arrest and changed his name. But at that hour I saw in his arrestation, the finger of God, for now there was nobody but me to take the waggons through the country.
Word: UEA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of universal enveloping algebra. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: UEA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of University of East Anglia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Andrew Hopper worked on the Virtual Norfolk Project in the School of History at UEA, before moving to the University of Birmingham. He is the author of several articles on regional responses to the English Civil Wars. 2. Initialism of EsperantoUniversala Esperanto-Asocio (“World Esperanto association”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: carpet bagger Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of carpetbagger. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: éclaircissements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of éclaircissement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carpet baggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carpet bagger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aldols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aldol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abiraterone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From [Term?] + -terone (“antiandrogen”). Pronunciation: /æb.ɪˈɹæt.əˌɹoʊn/, /æb.ɪˈɹæt.ə.ɹəʊn/ 1. A pyridine-substituted sterol used as a drug against prostate cancer. Labels: uncountable
Word: electroresistance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From electro- + resistance. 1. the change in electrical resistance with current
Word: perinatally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From perinatal + -ly. 1. Around the time of birth. Labels: not-comparable
Word: roadkills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roadkill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: weakly symmetric matter Part of Speech: noun 1. A predicted very high-energy state of matter, present in the very early universe for perhaps 10⁻¹² seconds after the Big Bang, when strong, weak, and electromagnetic forces were undistinguished. Labels: uncountable
Word: strongly symmetric matter Part of Speech: noun 1. A predicted very high energy state of matter, present in the very early universe for perhaps 10⁻³⁶ seconds after the Big Bang, when strong, weak, electromagnetic, and gravitational forces were undistinguished. Labels: uncountable
Word: banhammer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ban + hammer, perhaps evoking a gavel. 1. The power of a sysop to block a user from participating in an online community. Labels: Internet, humorous, often
Word: banhammer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ban + hammer, perhaps evoking a gavel. 1. To block a user from participating in an online community. Labels: Internet, transitive
Word: brass-necked Part of Speech: adj 1. Nervy; cheeky; shameless. Labels: Ireland, UK, idiomatic Example: I was at Stansted airport with my wife, younger kids and a niece the other week to take a flight to Dublin; one provided by that brass-necked, self-proclaimed champion of the air-travelling masses Michael O'Leary and his low-cost trailblazer Ryanair. Example: “Humbug”. That word may sink him. “Unfit” was Corbyn’s sombrely measured term. Brazen, brass-necked, thrashing about wildly in proclaiming the 11 supreme court justices “wrong”, Boris Johnson’s performance last night defied all democratic dignity.
Word: brass-necked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of brass-neck Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: long drinks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of long drink Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brass-neck Part of Speech: verb 1. To behave boldly or shamelessly. Labels: Ireland, UK, idiomatic
Word: Sabean Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Sabean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Saba (“Sheba”) + -ean. 1. Alternative form of Sabaean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sabean Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Saba (“Sheba”) + -ean. 1. Alternative spelling of Sabaean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sabean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Saba (“Sheba”) + -ean. 1. Alternative spelling of Sabaean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sabæan Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of Sabaean. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Sabæan Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Sabaean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sabæan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Sabaean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sabatia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sabbatia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: crack babies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crack baby Labels: form-of, plural
Word: money changers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of money changer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brown bastards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brown bastard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: market squares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of market square Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cataloreactant Part of Speech: noun 1. A catalytic reactant that is regenerated at the end of a reaction
Word: antimetric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + metric. 1. The converse of symmetric in electrical network theory, especially filter theory. A network where the input and output image impedances are the dual, or inverse, of each other as opposed to symmetric networks where they are equal. Labels: not-comparable Example: A Butterworth filter with an odd number of elements is symmetric while one with an even number of elements is antimetric. 2. In mechanics, relating to a pair of forces, a pair of oscillations or other motion acting in the opposite direction to symmetric. Labels: not-comparable 3. Going off the rhythm, especially during a transition from one time signature to another. Labels: especially, not-comparable 4. Opposed to metrication. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antimetrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + metric + -al. 1. antimetric Labels: not-comparable
Word: Sabba-day Part of Speech: noun 1. the Sabbath Labels: obsolete 2. Saturday Labels: obsolete
Word: private sector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: private + sector 1. All organizations in an economy or jurisdiction that are not controlled by government, including privately owned businesses and not-for-profit organizations. Example: After spending two decades at various government agencies, he returned to the private sector and took a job as a business consultant. Example: Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.
Word: Sabbatarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin sabbatarius, from Latin sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton), from Hebrew שבת (shabát) + -an. In use from c. 1610. Pronunciation: /ˌsæb.əˈtɛɹ.i.ən/ 1. A person who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week ("Saturday", the Israelite or Jewish Sabbath) as holy in conformity with the fourth commandment of the Decalogue, such as an Orthodox Jew, Seventh-day Adventist, Seventh Day Baptist, a member of the Church of God (Seventh Day); a Sabbath-keeper, a Saturday-keeper. 2. A person who regards and keeps the first day of the week as holy and often considers it as a replacement for the seventh-day Sabbath, a Sunday-keeper. Example: During the sixties [1860s] the Sabbatarians were particularly active in their attacks on Sunday excursions, and this had an effect both on the companies and the public. 3. A person who favors the strict observance of the Sabbath (either the sixth, seventh, or first day of the week). 4. A member of a non-Jewish religious sect originating in Russia distinguished by observance of Jewish rites and festivals including Saturday as the day of rest.
Word: Sabbatarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin sabbatarius, from Latin sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton), from Hebrew שבת (shabát) + -an. In use from c. 1610. Pronunciation: /ˌsæb.əˈtɛɹ.i.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Sabbath, or the tenets of Sabbatarians. Example: The Newcastle & Carlisle Railway announced a special Sunday excursion from Newcastle to Carlisle for August 29, 1841, and immediately ran up against strong Sabbatarian opposition.
Word: Sabbatarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sabbatarian + -ism. Pronunciation: /sabəˈtɛːɹɪənɪzm̩/ 1. The principles and practices of a Sabbatarian; the observance of the Sabbath, the keeping of the Sabbath. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the seventeenth century, the connection between sabbatarianism and material prosperity was fully accepted by many contemporary preachers […]
Word: Sabbatharian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1632: Sabbath + -arian. Pronunciation: /ˌsæb.əˈθɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌsæ.bəˈθɛɹi.ən/ 1. Alternative spelling of Sabbatarian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sabbath-day Part of Speech: noun 1. The day of the Sabbath; Saturday, the seventh day of the week.
Word: feorm Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of farm. Labels: alt-of, alternative, historical Example: Thence the Leases so made were called Feormes or Farmes, which word signifieth Victuals.
Word: negroids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of negroid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cash registers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cash register Labels: form-of, plural
Word: guerezas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guereza Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mantled guereza Part of Speech: noun 1. A guereza of Colobus guereza species
Word: mantled guerezas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mantled guereza Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diptote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin diptōtum, from Ancient Greek δίπτωτος (díptōtos), from δί- (dí-) + πτῶσις (ptôsis, “case”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɪptoʊt/ 1. A noun which has only two cases. Example: In Modern Standard Arabic, nouns belong to triptotes or diptotes, or can be indeclinable.
Word: diptotes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diptote Labels: form-of, plural
Word: triptote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin triptōtum, from Ancient Greek τρίπτωτος (tríptōtos), from τρι- (tri-, “three”) + πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”) + -τος (-tos, verbal adjective–forming suffix), influenced by the verbal noun πτῶσις (ptôsis, “inflection”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪptoʊt/ 1. A noun which has three cases. Example: In Modern Standard Arabic, nouns belong to triptotes or diptotes, or can be indeclinable.
Word: triptotes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of triptote Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wamble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an unknown root (possibly related to Latin vomere (to vomit), Norwegian vamla (to stagger), and Old Norse vāma (vomit)) + -le (frequentative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈwɑm.bəl/ 1. Nausea; seething; bubbling. Labels: obsolete 2. An unsteady walk; a staggering or wobbling. Labels: dialectal Example: Fancy her white hands getting redder every day, and her tongue losing its pretty up-country curl in talking, and her bounding walk becoming the regular Hintock shail and wamble! 3. A rumble of the stomach. Labels: dialectal
Word: wamble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From an unknown root (possibly related to Latin vomere (to vomit), Norwegian vamla (to stagger), and Old Norse vāma (vomit)) + -le (frequentative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈwɑm.bəl/ 1. To feel nauseous, to churn (of stomach). Labels: dialectal 2. To twist and turn; to wriggle; to roll over. Labels: dialectal 3. To wobble, to totter, to waver; to walk with an unsteady gait. Labels: dialectal Example: Sicily thought of sand flies and wondered how big they were, what color. […] Organs Sicily had not dared contemplate stomped and wambled and scuffed inside of her. Example: His leathery shoes exuded some anachronistic wonder, with damp shimmer of copper buckles which changed color with remedy, easily in the light, and he wambled this way and that to the kitchen and wondered to himself about the many lives[…]
Word: Womble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Created by author Elisabeth Beresford; they originally appeared in a series of children's novels from 1968. The name was suggested to the author by her young daughter's mispronunciation of the place name "Wimbledon" as "Wombledon" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8226039/Elisabeth-Beresford.htmlhttps://www.tidybag.uk/people/interview-with-elisabeth-beresford-daughter/. The books centre on the activities of a group of the creatures who live on Wimbledon Common. 1. A fictional pointy-nosed furry creature. They are supposed to live in burrows, where they help the environment by collecting and recycling rubbish in creative ways. Labels: UK Example: Wombles are a bit like teddy bears to look at but they have real claws and live underneath Wimbledon Common and devote their lives to ‘tidying up’ all the things those untidy Human Beings leave behind. 2. A nickname of Wimbledon Football Club. Labels: UK
Word: Womble Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: womble Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of wamble. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: womble Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of wamble. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: womble Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Womble (“fictional furry creature”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A person from the Wimbledon area of London, England. Labels: UK, colloquial
Word: ribaldo Part of Speech: noun 1. Mora moro, the common mora, a deep-sea cod-like fish.
Word: great crest Part of Speech: noun 1. the great crested grebe. Labels: UK, informal, rare
Word: black cock Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of blackcock (“the black grouse”). Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, Wales, alt-of, alternative 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, cock.
Word: Canadian goose Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Canada goose. Labels: alt-of, alternative, proscribed, sometimes Example: Canadian geese crap along the bank.
Word: red lion Part of Speech: noun 1. The puma. Labels: Canada, US
Word: red tiger Part of Speech: noun 1. The puma. Labels: Canada, US, obsolete
Word: butcher bird Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of butcherbird. Labels: alt-of, alternative