nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: metainformational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From meta- + informational. 1. Of or pertaining to metainformation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: metaphilosophical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From meta- + philosophical. 1. Of or pertaining to metaphilosophy. Example: In essence, the issue at hand is the metaphilosophical question of whether all philosophical “analysis” involving hypothetical cases is “conceptual analysis.”
Word: metatheoretically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From metatheoretical + -ly. 1. In a metatheoretical manner or context. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Stalnaker-Lewis approach is far from being uncontroversial or devoid of problems, but it does allow one to avoid the circularity of having to establish what information is metatheoretically or contextually relevant to the agents in order to evaluate some further relevant information.
Word: nomenklaturas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nomenklatura Labels: form-of, plural
Word: objectivistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From objectivist + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to objectivism. Example: In this section we propose to contribute to the general project of connecting chance and credence by showing that Reichenbach’s objectivistic approach is intimately linked to subjectivistic Jeffrey conditionalization.
Word: Kantianist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Kantian + -ist. 1. A proponent of Kantianism.
Word: Kantianists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Kantianist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: showerer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shower + -er. 1. One who showers.
Word: showerers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of showerer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Blackstone Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English blac (“black”) + stān (“stone”). Pronunciation: /ˈblækstən/ 1. A surname. 2. A place in England: 3. A place in England: 4. A place in England: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States: 7. A place in the United States: 8. A place in the United States: 9. A place in the United States: 10. A suburb of the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
Word: blacktips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blacktip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disuniformity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dis- + uniformity. 1. The quality of being disuniform. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: disuniformities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disuniformity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: equilibriums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of equilibrium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ninety-nines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ninety-nine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pipeman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pipe + -man. 1. A firefighter. 2. One who smokes a pipe.
Word: pipemen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pipeman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abelianness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From abelian + -ness. 1. The quality of being abelian. Labels: uncountable
Word: autonymously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From autonymous + -ly. 1. In an autonymous fashion. Labels: not-comparable Example: This confusion, however, is harmless, for it is completely resolvable by context: Individual constants occurring to the immediate left or right of a triple bar denote themselves, autonymously; in all other contexts, they denote their usual denotations.
Word: autonymous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, auto- + -nym + -ous Pronunciation: /ɔːˈtɒnᵻməs/ 1. Exhibiting autonymy; used as a name for itself. Labels: not-comparable 2. Published under the author's autonym (true name): being an autonym. Labels: not-comparable Example: Books may be classed under four heads, namely (1) Autonymous — (2) Polyonymous — (3) Pseudonymous, and — (4) Anonymous. ¶ 1. Autonymous, the first and most common is with the author's name either on the title-page, or if not on the title-page, signed to a preface, introduction, letter, or dedication, or in some part of the book, or at the end. Speeches though usually anonymous with regard to the reporting or editing, are frequently catalogued under the name of the speaker as autonymous. ¶ 2. Polyonymous, is with several authors' names. […] ¶ 3. Pseudonymous, without the author's name, but with a fictitious name or designation, […] ¶ 4. Lastly an Anonymous book is one without the author's name […]
Word: autonymy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + -onymy. 1. The use of a symbol as a name for itself. Labels: uncountable
Word: bathetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From bathetic + -ally. 1. In a bathetic manner. Example: No wonder the cosmic question whether to call two such world systems true should simmer down, bathetically, to a question of words.
Word: can haz Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * Nonstandard variant form of can have, from the popular phrase (meme) "I can has cheezburger?" supposed to be uttered by cats on the Internet. Pronunciation: /kæn hæz/ 1. To be able to have. Labels: Internet, nonstandard Example: If I go to the office, Joe can haz my porpoise if he wants.
Word: cognizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cognize + -er. 1. One who, or that which, cognizes. Example: So although McDowell takes experiences themselves to justify perceptual beliefs, this task always requires the cognizer to form beliefs or judgments about how the world appears to him (henceforth, ‘appearance beliefs’).
Word: cognizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cognizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decompositional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From decomposition + -al. Pronunciation: [diːˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃənəɫ] 1. Of or pertaining to decomposition. Labels: not-comparable Example: To begin with, Reynolds’ decompositional strategy invoking sub-skills such as various visual recognitional capacities (as in Marr’s theory of vision) seems to be an appeal to the so-called ‘unconscious’ processes that lead up to experience and eventually to belief. Example: The Manelis and Tharp ( 1977 ) investigation failed to find a difference between affixed and nonaffixed words in either direction, a result that favored the independent entries hypothesis over either version of the decompositional hypothesis.
Word: THCV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of tetrahydrocannabivarin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: tetrahydrocannabivarin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tetra- + hydro- + cannab(is) + -i- + -varin. 1. A non-psychoactive cannabinoid found naturally in Cannabis sativa; an analogue of tetrahydrocannabinol with the sidechain shortened by two CH₂.
Word: tetrahydrocannabivarol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tetra- + hydro- + cannab(is) + -i- + -var(in) + -ol. 1. Synonym of tetrahydrocannabivarin. Labels: uncountable
Word: disquotational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From disquotation + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to disquotation. Labels: not-comparable Example: Halback ( 1999 ) points out that the disquotational notion of truth is just a tool for expressing infinite conjunctions and can contribute nothing to our knowledge of non-semantical facts.
Word: explanationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From explanation + -ist. 1. One who subscribes to explanationism. Example: The explanationist strategy has to be supplemented with further constraints to identify genuine justifiers from among these candidates but Moser’s account lacks such a fastidious tendency.
Word: explanationists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of explanationist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: explanationism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From explanation + -ism. 1. A philosophical system where beliefs are justified by their usefulness in explaining. Labels: uncountable
Word: secretum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sēcrētum. Doublet of secret. 1. A special seal used for private correspondence. Example: A personal Seal having a secretum is unusual; with armorial and monastic seals they are very common; […]
Word: hypercompute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hyper- + compute. 1. To carry out hypercomputation. Labels: transitive Example: Whether physical processes can hypercompute, i. e. compute Turing uncomputable functions “ultimately depends upon the causal (versus formal) structure of the world” (p. 144).
Word: hypercomputing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hypercompute Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mediocreness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mediocre + -ness. 1. mediocrity Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: intertranslatability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + translatability. 1. The quality of being intertranslatable. Labels: uncountable Example: It should be noted that the mere existence of a sound and complete calculus for W-logic comes as no surprise at all, given the intertranslatability with FOL = .
Word: intertranslation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + translation. 1. Translation between multiple things. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If all our acceptable theories are on similar evidential footings (neither the theory nor the theory language is fixed by the relevant evidence) then the distinction between notationally indeterminate theories and underdetermined theories comes down to just the fact that intertranslation is possible in the former but not the latter.
Word: intertranslations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of intertranslation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonconceptualist 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 *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō ▲ Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq. Latin concipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin conceptus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin conceptuālisbor. English conceptual English nonconceptual 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 nonconceptualist From nonconceptual + -ist. 1. One who subscribes to the philosophical doctrine of nonconceptualism. Example: As more recent advocates of the traditional nonconceptualist view like to put it, the content of perceptual experiences is essentially noncompositional or iconic (Hanna 2008 ; Heck 2007 ).
Word: terms of use Part of Speech: noun 1. The terms, conditions, or restrictions under which a person, commonly called an end user, may or may not utilize the aspects of a particular manufactured object, commonly called the end product. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: It [OpenAI] said that its terms of use prohibited asking ChatGPT for advice about self-harm and highlighted a limitation of liability provision that states “you will not rely on output as a sole source of truth or factual information”.
Word: nondoxastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + doxastic. 1. Not doxastic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonconceptualists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonconceptualist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intratextual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + textual. 1. Within a single text. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonpropositional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + propositional. 1. Not propositional. Labels: not-comparable Example: 32 Moser offers a broadly foundationalist account of epistemic justification in which the justification of empirical propositions are ultimately provided by the nonpropositional evidential bases.
Word: notationally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From notational + -ly. Pronunciation: /nə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃənəli/, /nə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃnəli/, /nə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃənli/, /noʊˈteɪʃənəli/, /noʊˈteɪʃnəli/ 1. In terms of notation. Labels: not-comparable Example: If all our acceptable theories are on similar evidential footings (neither the theory nor the theory language is fixed by the relevant evidence) then the distinction between notationally indeterminate theories and underdetermined theories comes down to just the fact that intertranslation is possible in the former but not the latter.
Word: prescientifically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From prescientific + -ally. 1. Prior to established science. Labels: not-comparable Example: The majority of what we prescientifically called ‘water’ has more than one microstructural feature that we could have concluded distinguishes the true from the spurious samples believed to be water.
Word: rationalisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rationalism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reducibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From reducible + -ly. 1. In a reducible manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: subskill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + skill. 1. A skill that makes up part of a larger skill. Example: Writing is a subskill of overall literacy.
Word: subskills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subskill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subrepresentation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + representation. 1. Given a representation (W,ψ) of (say) a group G, a linear subspace of W which is preserved by the action of G in the sense that g · v ∈ V for all v ∈ V.
Word: subrepresentations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subrepresentation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superselections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superselection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superselected Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + selected. 1. Chosen through superselection. Labels: not-comparable Example: Indeed, Landsman rejects the modal semantics in favor of the rule that all and only those observables whose operators are self-adjoint and are superselected in the sense that they belong to the center of the von Neumann algebra of observables have definite values.
Word: nonobservable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + observable. 1. Not observable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonobservable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + observable. 1. That which is not observable.
Word: nonobservables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonobservable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonobservability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + observability. 1. The quality of being nonobservable. Labels: uncountable
Word: supervaluation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + valuation. 1. The valuation of a logical expression according to supervaluationism. Example: In the domain of valuations which are supervaluations with respect to a certain partial valuation the axioms of classical logic remain valid.
Word: supervaluations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supervaluation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: underdescribed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + described. 1. Not described with sufficient precision. Example: LaPorte shows that some of these cases—like Putnam’s Twin Earth—are seriously underdescribed; others—like the jade/jadeite/nephrite example–are historically inaccurate. 2. Described further on in the same document. Labels: formal, not-comparable
Word: precations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of precation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lipservice Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lip service. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: The present inquiry therefore aims to pay more than lipservice to the notion of drama as performance, and to make more than a gesture towards the idea of theatre as a composite art, one that mixes music and mime, dance and song, painting and design, poetry and narrative, and much else. It is precation and response, and seeks out evidence of the manipulation of the audience and its powers of perception.
Word: metastory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + story. 1. An overarching story having other stories embedded within it. Example: Once analytic units have been identified, the researcher will often combine the narratives of individual participants into a metastory. Example: A game like chess, for example, may not really have a well-scripted narrative but its structure is certainly informed by a metastory of two armies (black and white, with varying significances) engaged in strategic battle. 2. A story about stories themselves.
Word: metastories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metastory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multidisciplinarity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, multidisciplinar(y) + -ity, or, by surface analysis, multi- + disciplinar(y) + -ity. 1. The quality of being multidisciplinary. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: cross-disciplinarity, interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity
Word: kissagrams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kissagram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonoriginalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + originalist. 1. One who is not an originalist (regarding the US Constitution).
Word: nonoriginalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonoriginalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unrecounted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + recounted. 1. Not having been recounted; untold. Labels: not-comparable Example: Some of the untidiness that goes unrecounted in both physics and philosophy of science texts will be revealed in Sects. 11 and 12 .
Word: warrantedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From warranted + -ness. 1. The quality of being warranted. Labels: uncountable Example: He has said “truth is one thing, warranted belief another”, and when talking about rival theories he says we (1992, pp. 94, 100) “can still be even handed about the cachet of warrantedness, if not of truth”.
Word: illocutive Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to illocution. Labels: not-comparable
Word: physicalistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From physicalistic + -ally. 1. In a physicalistic manner or context. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] that the facts of parapsychology will be widely and fully accepted by the rank and file of physicalistically oriented scientists. Example: Hence, any facts that are commonly admitted as physicalistically acceptable but that don’t fit C&J’s model are counterexamples to their view.
Word: physicalisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of physicalism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prosentential Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro- + sentential. 1. Of or pertaining to pro-sentences. Labels: not-comparable Example: ݛD]isquotationalism, minimalism, the redundancy theory, the prosentential theory, and more” (ibid.) are embraced by the term “linguistic deflationism”.
Word: subjectivistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From subjectivist + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to subjectivism. Labels: not-comparable Example: In this section we propose to contribute to the general project of connecting chance and credence by showing that Reichenbach’s objectivistic approach is intimately linked to subjectivistic Jeffrey conditionalization.
Word: thingish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From thing + -ish. 1. Like a physical, tangible thing; objective. Example: (However, Sellars vehemently rejects that this would imply they are merely ‘in the eye of the beholder’—despite starting as mere posits of a theoretician, once the theory acquires a certain social status, they become as thingish as a thing can be.)
Word: usably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From usable + -ly. 1. In a usable manner. Example: Such a sense is typically not presented to the subject in usably verbal form; one says things like ‘She would do that because she is that sort of person.’
Word: usableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From usable + -ness. 1. The quality of being usable. Labels: uncountable
Word: overbreadth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + breadth. 1. The excessive broadness of a statute that, in proscribing unprotected activity, also proscribes protected activity. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: overinclusive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-der. Proto-Italic *klaudō Latin claudō Latin inclūdō Latin inclūsus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin inclūsīvusder. Middle French inclusifder. English inclusive English overinclusive From over- + inclusive. 1. Too inclusive; tending to include too much.
Word: overenforcement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + enforcement. 1. Excessive enforcement (of a law, statute, etc.). Labels: uncountable Example: The application of substantive canons typically overenforces the Constitution. But because overenforcement in the context of statutory interpretation clips congressional prerogatives much less than overenforcement in the context of judicial review, the application of substantive canons is not in direct conflict with the limitations upon judicial review.
Word: overinclusiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overinclusive + -ness. 1. The quality of being overinclusive. Labels: uncountable
Word: overinclusively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-der. Proto-Italic *klaudō Latin claudō Latin inclūdō Latin inclūsus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin inclūsīvusder. Middle French inclusifder. English inclusive English overinclusive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English overinclusively From overinclusive + -ly. 1. In an overinclusive manner.
Word: overindulger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overindulge + -er. 1. One who overindulges.
Word: overindulgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overindulger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postratification Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + ratification. 1. Following ratification. Labels: not-comparable
Word: preratification Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + ratification. 1. Prior to ratification. Labels: not-comparable
Word: reaffirmance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + affirmance, after reaffirm. 1. A second or subsequent affirmance; a reaffirmation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [B]oth the one and the other were nothing more than a re-affirmance of the still more antient standing law of the kingdom.
Word: reaffirmances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reaffirmance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: standardless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From standard + -less. 1. Without a standard. Labels: not-comparable
Word: stack off Part of Speech: verb 1. To play an all in pot; to commit all of one's chips to a pot. Labels: slang Example: Only thing notable here is when I got crushed trying to take Barry's BB (I was SB). Raised him a couple thousand with K9s, then he went allin. I should have folded, as I needed to call about T7000 more, for about a T13500 pot, but without really thinking I stacked off on him. He had KQ, and I couldn't suck out. Next round, I raised him again, and he went allin on an ugly flop, so I lost a bunch more.
Word: standardlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From standardless + -ness. 1. The absence of a standard or standards. Labels: uncountable Example: While nihilism is usually understood as standardlessness and devaluation, and as the death of God, these perceptions are not the essence of nihilism.
Word: treatymaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From treaty + making. 1. The making of legal treaties. Labels: uncountable
Word: underenforcement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + enforcement. 1. Inadequate enforcement (of a law, statute, etc.). Labels: uncountable
Word: underinclusive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-der. Proto-Italic *klaudō Latin claudō Latin inclūdō Latin inclūsus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin inclūsīvusder. Middle French inclusifder. English inclusive English underinclusive From under- + inclusive. 1. Not inclusive enough; tending to include too little.
Word: underinclusiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-der. Proto-Italic *klaudō Latin claudō Latin inclūdō Latin inclūsus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin inclūsīvusder. Middle French inclusifder. English inclusive English underinclusive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English underinclusiveness From underinclusive + -ness. 1. The quality of being underinclusive. Labels: uncountable
Word: antispinward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From anti- + spin + -ward. Pronunciation: /ˌæntiːˈspɪnwɜ(ɹ)d/ 1. In a rotating reference frame, against the direction of spin. Labels: often Example: To antispinward was the largest mountain men had ever seen. Example: My fathers and mothers tell that we have been moving to antispinward since they were little. They remember that they had to go around a great sea, but they did not come too close, because the beasts would not eat the plants that grow around the shore.
Word: end user license agreement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From end user + license + agreement. Pronunciation: /ɛnd ˈjuːzəɹ ˈlaɪsəns əˈɡɹiːmənt/ 1. A contract between the manufacturer or copyright holder, also commonly called the licensor, of an end product and a person, commonly called the end user, that specifies the licenses under which the end user may utilize the end product, subject to restrictions as specified in the contract or agreement.
Word: poisonable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poison + -able. 1. Capable of being poisoned. 2. poisonous Labels: obsolete Example: poisonable heresies
Word: Nintendonitis Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Nintendinitis. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Nintendo thumb Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Nintendinitis. Labels: uncountable
Word: noninstantaneous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + instantaneous. 1. Not instantaneous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: freedom of assembly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From freedom + of + assembly. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːdəm əv əˈsɛmbli/ 1. The fundamental right of individuals to gather peacefully with others to express shared ideas, promote causes, or petition authorities without undue government interference. Labels: uncountable
Word: right to keep and bear arms Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the wording of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: " […] the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." 1. The right of individuals to possess firearms and armor. Labels: US Example: A well regulated Militia, being neceſsary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. Example: President Bush had vetoed an earlier version of the Brady bill because of the intense opposition of the NRA, which said it infringed on the constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
Word: right to bear arms Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of right to keep and bear arms. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The National Rifle Association, one of the most effective lobbies in Washington, opposed the measure because it thought passage of the bill would lead to further government restrictions on the right to bear arms. Example: Chip called from New Hampshire to tell me about Jack's representing me at the National Rifle Association meeting. Jack not only told them I was a hunter all my life and a good shot, but also said in a loud voice, "My daddy will approve anything you want to do in the woods."[…] The key words were "in the woods." The NRA, basing its argument on the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution regarding the right to bear arms, has acquired tremendous influence within the U.S. Congress and among state and local governments.
Word: sham marriage Part of Speech: noun 1. A marriage of convenience conducted by two persons who do not intend to live as a couple, generally for the purpose of gaining some advantage arising from married status.
Word: twifold Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English twifold, twifald, from Old English twifeald (“double, twofold”), from Proto-West Germanic *twifald, from Proto-Germanic *twifaldaz (“twofold”), equivalent to twi- + -fold. Cognate with Middle High German zwivalt (“double”), Old Norse tvífaldr (“double”), Icelandic tvöfaldur (“double”). Pronunciation: /ˈtwaɪfəʊld/ 1. Twofold. Labels: archaic
Word: twifold Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English twifold, twifald, from Old English twifeald (“double, twofold”), from Proto-West Germanic *twifald, from Proto-Germanic *twifaldaz (“twofold”), equivalent to twi- + -fold. Cognate with Middle High German zwivalt (“double”), Old Norse tvífaldr (“double”), Icelandic tvöfaldur (“double”). Pronunciation: /ˈtwaɪfəʊld/ 1. In a twofold manner or measure. Labels: archaic
Word: twiforked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From twi- + forked. 1. Bifurcate, biforked. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, poetic Example: Bid me go snatch a daring Thunderbolt, Or twi-fork'd lightning from the hand of Jove: […]
Word: twiformed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From twi- + formed. 1. Having a double form; biform. Labels: obsolete Example: On the very ground / Alone she sat, as she had there been left / A guard upon the wain, which I beheld / Bound to the twyform beast.
Word: twiform Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of twiformed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: twifaced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From twi- + faced. 1. Having two faces. Labels: archaic, poetic Example: These two of whom I tell, from their first hours. Or, like a twi-faced urn, which doth outflow With the same spring, […] Example: “E'en so, Æneas, do I swear by Stars, and Sea, and Earth, By twi-faced Janus, and the twins Latona brought to birth, […] 2. Two-faced; deceitful. Labels: obsolete Example: There is no time to measure motion by, There time is swallowed in eternity: Wry-mouth'd disdain, and corner-hunting lust, And twy-fac'd fraud, [...]
Word: twifallow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From twi- + fallow. 1. To plow a second time, as fallow land, to prepare it for seed. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: twifallow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From twi- + fallow. 1. The process of twifallowing land. Labels: obsolete
Word: protistologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From protistology + -ist. 1. One who studies protists.
Word: protistologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protistologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sham marriages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sham marriage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oranged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of orange Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: oranging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of orange Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Nikolayev Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Никола́ев (Nikolájev), from Никола́й (Nikoláj, “Nicholas”). Compare Mykolaiv. Pronunciation: /nɪkəˈlaɪ.ɪf/ 1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Никола́ев (Nikolájev) 2. A male surname from Russian, feminine equivalent Nikolayeva. 3. A khutor in Znamenka rural settlement, Morozovsk Raion, Rostov Oblast, Southern Federal District, Russia. 4. Russian name of Mykolaiv (four villages and two cities in the Ukraine) Example: He is worried for his parents, who live in Mykolaiv, a port city on the Black Sea where Abramenko was raised. […] “Fighting is already underway in Nikolaev,” Abramenko wrote, using an alternate spelling for the city. 5. Russian name of Mykolaiv (four villages and two cities in the Ukraine) Labels: historical
Word: umbone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian umbone, from Latin umbō. Doublet of umbo. 1. Synonym of umbo.
Word: difficult nut to crack Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of hard nut to crack.
Word: wolfpack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wolf + pack. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊlfpæk/ 1. A family or other group of wild wolves. 2. During World War II, any of various marauding groups of submarines, especially German submarines that patrolled the North Atlantic and preyed upon merchant ships. Labels: historical
Word: wolfpack Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From wolf + pack. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊlfpæk/ 1. To gang up on a solitary target, in the manner of a pack of wolves. Example: 2017, September 6, Michael Gordon, "Online they were Heather, Megan and Kylie – adult men luring boys into making porn Sacramento Bee If a boy refused to take part, the predators would team up – Anderson called it "wolfpacking" – until the target complied
Word: submarine pitch Part of Speech: noun 1. A pitch thrown with an underarm-to-sidearm motion.
Word: know from a bar of soap Part of Speech: verb 1. To know; to be acquainted with (a person). Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, idiomatic, informal Example: After she won the lottery, Marge had long-lost relatives she didn't know from a bar of soap come up to her to ask for money.
Word: best-kept secret Part of Speech: noun 1. Something interesting or important but not well-known. Labels: idiomatic Example: Forget the Great Wall - Beijing's best-kept secret is its crazy taxi drivers.
Word: fingernail moon Part of Speech: noun 1. A lunula of a fingernail. 2. The earliest phase of a crescent moon. Labels: rare
Word: fingernail moons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fingernail moon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prefork Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + fork. 1. To fork (a process) in advance, so that additional similar processes are immediately available if required later. Labels: transitive
Word: preforks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prefork Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: preforking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of prefork Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: preforked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of prefork Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: green hairstreak Part of Speech: noun 1. A small, green butterfly, Callophrys rubi, of the family Lycaenidae.
Word: green hairstreaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of green hairstreak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: green-veined white Part of Speech: noun 1. A white butterfly with prominent green veins, Pieris napi, of the family Pieridae
Word: green-veined whites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of green-veined white Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grizzled skipper Part of Speech: noun 1. Any butterfly of the genus Pyrgus, of the family Hesperiidae. 2. A small, brown and white chequered butterfly of species Pyrgus malvae.
Word: grizzled skippers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grizzled skipper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: PTW Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of powered two-wheeler, a motorbike or similar vehicle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of pay to win. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: cœloma Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /siːˈləʊmə/ 1. Dated form of coelom. Labels: alt-of, dated Example: To avoid confusion, we will in future call this cavity the cœloma.
Word: denotatum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin denotatum. 1. Something that is denoted; a referent.
Word: fair-haired boy Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone's favorite, especially a young one; a blue-eyed boy (British), (Australian) Labels: Australia, US, idiomatic
Word: piripiri Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various plants of genus Acaena. Labels: uncountable
Word: repyne Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of repine. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: [VV]e are able with playne demonſtration to proue, and vvith reaſon to perſvvade that in tymes paſt our fayth vvas alike, that then vve preached thinges correſpondent vnto the forme of faith already published of vs, ſo that none in this behalfe can repyne or gaynesay vs.
Word: Huya Part of Speech: name 1. the Wayuu rain god 2. a mid-sized Kuiper belt object and plutino
Word: beknow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English beknowen, biknowen, from Old English becnāwan (“to know, know about”), equivalent to be- + know. Cognate with Old High German bichnāan (“to recognise, see”). 1. To know about; have knowledge of; recognise; understand; be aware (of); be knowledgeable about. Labels: transitive Example: At length Alkimedon, his friend and comrade, right beknew it; [...] Example: Do not think my reverend father that I am beknowing to all the affairs of the savages, there is a great deal wanting: they come to us about the affairs of their conscience, but as to the rest they consult us but little. 2. To acknowledge; own; confess. Labels: transitive Example: For vnto the no nombre can be layd for to preſcrybe remiſſions off offence In hertes retornd, as thow thy ſellff haſt ſayd. And I, beknow my Fawt my neclegence [...]
Word: beknit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the Middle English *beknitten, from the Old English becnyttan (“to knit around; tie up; tie around; bind; surround”), equivalent to be- + knit. 1. To knit. Labels: transitive 2. To girdle or encircle. Labels: transitive
Word: beknotted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + knotted. 1. Knotted again and again; covered with knots.
Word: beknave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + knave. 1. To treat as a knave. Labels: rare, transitive 2. To call (someone) a knave. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: beknight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + knight. Pronunciation: /bɪˈnaɪt/, /bə-/ 1. To make a knight of. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: wolfpacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wolfpack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bejumble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + jumble. 1. To throw into confusion; jumble. Labels: transitive
Word: beladle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + ladle. 1. To pour out with a ladle; ladle out. Labels: transitive
Word: belead Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English beleden, from Old English belǣdan (“to lead astray”), from Proto-West Germanic *bilaidijan, equivalent to be- + lead. Cognate with Dutch beleiden, German beleiten. 1. To lead away. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To lead; conduct. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: twichild Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From twi- + child. 1. Being in second childhood. Labels: obsolete
Word: twiblade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From twi- + blade. 1. Twayblade.
Word: considerin Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle of consider Labels: dialectal, form-of, participle, present Example: considerin in her mind ... iffen the pleasure o gatherin some pokeberries an drawin dark purple picthures on a flat rock wi em would be worth the trouble...
Word: popular vote Part of Speech: noun 1. The total number of votes among a populace as an electorate. Example: The president was elected even though his opponent received 60% of the popular vote.
Word: twi-gated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From twi- + gated. 1. Having two gates; double-gated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: NAIOP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: useably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From useable + -ly. 1. Alternative form of usably. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: short change Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of shortchange. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: short changes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of short change Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: short changing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of short change Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: short changed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of short change Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: short-change Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of shortchange. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: If you feel I have short-changed Brunel by not detailing all his accomplishments, it's only because he's so well known to us rail aficionados.
Word: short-changes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of short-change Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: short-changing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of short-change Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: short-changed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of short-change Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: whitewater rafting Part of Speech: noun 1. Traveling by raft through a section of a river which is churning with rapids, as for sport or adventurism. Labels: uncountable Example: Scheduled, too, during the tour . . . is a visit to Big Bend Country, where jagged canyons cutting among towering limestone cliffs offer whitewater rafting on the Rio Grande. Example: Karleigh had been on a six-week African adventure holiday when she went whitewater rafting on the treacherous Zambesi River rapids.
Word: white-water rafting Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of whitewater rafting. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: white water rafting Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of whitewater rafting. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: wiggle room Part of Speech: noun 1. The opportunity to make alternative decisions or to pursue other courses of action, especially any involving only minor changes to one's present situation or course. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: There was no wiggle room here, no leeway, no margin for error. Example: "Nothing I know right now interests me in running," she said last week. But that leaves her some wiggle room, should things change.
Word: gets laid Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of get laid Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: getting laid Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of get laid Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: got laid Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of get laid Labels: form-of, past
Word: gotten laid Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of get laid Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: twissel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English twisel, twisil, from Old English *twisel (“forked, double”), from Old English twisla (“confluence, junction”), from Proto-Germanic *twisilą (“fork, bifurcation”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwis- (“twice, in two”). Cognate with German Zwiesel (“fork”). 1. Double; twofold. Labels: obsolete
Word: twissel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English twisel, twisil, from Old English *twisel (“forked, double”), from Old English twisla (“confluence, junction”), from Proto-Germanic *twisilą (“fork, bifurcation”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwis- (“twice, in two”). Cognate with German Zwiesel (“fork”). 1. A double fruit or a pair of like things growing on a tree. Labels: rare Example: 16thC, George Turberville, The Louer, in 1810, Samuel Johnson (series editor & biographies), Alexander Chalmers (additional biographies), The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume II, page 599, As from a tree we sundrie times espie / A twissell grow by Nature's subtile might / And beeing two, for cause they grow so nie / For one are tane, and so appeare in sight; 2. That part of a tree where the branches separate from the trunk or bole; a fork. Labels: rare
Word: œcologic Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of ecologic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: This masterly summary of the Californian Neogene Tertiary deals with both the systematic and œcologic aspects of the fossil faunas. The Œcologic Chart, enclosed in the pocket of the book, is of particular interest, as picturing the bathymetric ranges of the foraminiferal genera, and they appear to be carefully sorted and arranged according to all available data.
Word: cyclotriveratrylene Part of Speech: noun 1. A macrocycle used in host-guest chemistry as a molecular host. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cyclotriveratrylenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyclotriveratrylene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tutour Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of tutor. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: I was entred there when the first great difficulties arose betwixt the old King and Parliament, and as much care was taken as was usual in the choice of a tutour ; but, as I came to understand, there was a certain Master of Arts who was to be the next tutour of course, and so the next gentleman who entred was to be recommended to him in his turn ; it happened I was the man, who came with tolerable parts and learning at the rate of a gentleman.
Word: pædeutics Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of paideutics. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: exhausture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exhaust + -ure. 1. Exhaustion. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: Burke […] deploring the State of financial Exhausture into which we were plunged; concluded by making an ingenious and fanciful Exposition of our national Condition […] Example: […] as under such physical and moral exhausture, […]
Word: indubitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin indubitatus, past participle of indubitare; prefix in- (“in”) + dubitare (“to doubt”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈd(j)uːbɪteɪt/ 1. To bring into doubt; to cause to be doubted. Labels: obsolete Example: to conceal, or indubitate, his existency
Word: indubitate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin indubitatus, past participle of indubitare; prefix in- (“in”) + dubitare (“to doubt”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈd(j)uːbɪtət/ 1. Not questioned or doubtful; evident; certain. Example: On the other side, if he stood upon his own title of the house of Lancaster, inherent in his person, he knew it was a title condemned by parliament, and generally prejudged in the common opinion of the realm, and that it tended directly to the disinherison of the line of York, held then the indubitate heirs of the crown.