nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: superinduce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From late Latin superindūcere. Pronunciation: /ˌsuːpəɹɪnˈdjuːs/, /ˌsupɚɪnˈdus/ 1. To replace (someone) with someone else; to bring into another's position; especially, to take (a second wife) quickly after the death of a first, or while she is still alive. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To bring in or introduce as an addition; to produce, cause, bring on. Example: 1615, Helkiah Crooke, Microcosmographia: A Description of the Body of Man, Book Four, Chapter One, cited in Kenneth Borris (ed.), Same-Sex Desire in the English Renaissance: A Sourcebook of Texts, 1470-1650, New York and London: Routledge, 2004, Chapter 3, p. 140, For this purpose Nature hath framed in both sexes parts and places fit for generation; beside an instinct of lust or desire, not inordinate such as by sin is superinduced in man, but natural residing in the exquisite sense of the obscene parts. Example: 'Tis not for a Desultory Thought, to attone for a Lewd Course of Life; nor for any thing but the Super-inducing of a Virtuous Habit upon a Vicious One, to qualify an Effectual Conversion. 3. To cause (especially further disease) in addition (to an existing medical condition). Example: Among the numerous train of maladies superinduced by that fatal and primary one which effected a revolution of so horrible a kind in the moral and physical being of my cousin, may be mentioned the most distressing and obstinate in its nature, a species of epilepsy not unfrequently terminating in trance itself [...]. 4. To place over (something or someone); to cover. Example: So omnipotent is art; which in many a district of New Bedford has superinduced bright terraces of flowers upon the barren refuse rocks thrown aside at creation’s final day
Word: at length Part of Speech: prep_phrase Pronunciation: [æʔ ˈlɛŋθ] 1. For a long time; extensively. Example: He went on at great/long length about his supposed qualifications. 2. At last, finally, eventually. Labels: dated, formal Example: She led us through the tunnels for some time, until at length we reached a small door in the rock. Example: Through all these she persistently pursued the object of her mission. Her search lasted for long weary years—she followed it unweariedly, till at length she was rewarded. 3. In full; without omission or abbreviation. Labels: archaic Example: The proceedings of Congress are not given, since they are inserted at length in the "Congressional Globe;" but the principal bills are noticed under the date of their passage.
Word: cynegetics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *ḱwṓ From cynegetic + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum). Pronunciation: /ˌsɪniːˈd͡ʒɛtɪks/, /ˌsɪniˈd͡ʒɛtɪks/ 1. Hunting (especially with dogs). Labels: obsolete, plural, plural-only
Word: cloud seeding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cloud + seeding. 1. The act of firing munitions containing silver iodide at passing clouds to make them more likely to produce rain. Labels: uncountable
Word: Caesarism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Caesar + -ism. Piecewise doublet of tsarism. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːzəɹɪzəm/ 1. autocracy Labels: countable, uncountable 2. democratic dictatorship Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dadda Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dada (“father”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "Dadda!" said Gip, in a guilty whisper. "What is it, Gip?" said I. "I do like this shop, dadda."
Word: Misanga Part of Speech: name 1. One of the Batan Islands
Word: medevac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Syllabic abbreviation of medical evacuation. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛdɪvæk/ 1. The emergency transportation, usually by air, of patients to a medical facility. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A vehicle, typically aircraft, used for emergency transportation of patients to a medical facility. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Dr. Isom arrived with a Russian specialist named Shaknovich on a medevac. Example: The village of Igiugig, Alaska, came together to light the runway for a medevac flight. 3. Trained personnel who care for patients during emergency transportation to a medical facility. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: medevac Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Syllabic abbreviation of medical evacuation. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛdɪvæk/ 1. To transport (patients) by medevac. Labels: transitive Example: Uncleʼs frequent trips to the nursing station get him medevaced out for testing.
Word: unai Part of Speech: noun 1. A two-toed sloth.
Word: medevacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of medevac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: medevacs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of medevac Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: medevacking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of medevac Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: medevacked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of medevac Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: medivacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of medivac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: medivacs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of medivac Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: medivac Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of medevac. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: medivac Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of medevac. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: medivacked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of medivac Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: medivacking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of medivac Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dogmatical Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of dogmatic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: B4 Part of Speech: prep 1. Abbreviation of before. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: background processing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: background + processing 1. The execution of a subsidiary operation by a computer while the user works with another application. Labels: uncountable
Word: focaliser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of focalizer. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: divitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dyew- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *deywós Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás Proto-Iranian *daywáh Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v /⁠daivaʰ⁠⁠/) Middle Persian 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw /⁠dēw⁠/) Iranian Persian دیوْ (div)bor. English div Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English divitis From div + -itis. 1. The practice of authoring web-page code with many div elements in place of meaningful semantic HTML elements. Labels: derogatory, uncountable, usually
Word: faddy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fad + -y. 1. Having characteristics of a fad. 2. fussy, having particular tastes or whims Example: He's a faddy eater. Example: In dress now, for example! We are faddy people, you know—faddy but kind-hearted. If you were asked to wear any dress which we might give you, you would not object to our little whim. Heh?
Word: protozoans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protozoan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sacrifier Part of Speech: noun 1. The individual or group that is to receive the practical benefits of the sacrifice.
Word: despight Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of despite. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: In haste Duessa from her place arose, And to him running said, O prowest knight, That ever Ladie to her love did chose, Let now abate the terror of your might, And quench the flame of furious despight, And bloudie vengeance; lo th' infernall powres, Covering your foe with cloud of deadly night, Have borne him hence to Plutoes balefull bowres. The conquest yours, I yours, the shield, the glory yours. Example: I'll bid adieu to gravity, and drink; And, though I can't put off a woful mien, Will be all mirth and cheerfulness within: As, in despight of a censorious race, I most incontinently suck my face.
Word: despight Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete spelling of despite. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: itises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of itis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inoperant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English operant English inoperant From in- + operant. 1. Not operant.
Word: diamond twill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From diamond + twill. 1. An even-sided twill, in which the weave produces a diamond (rhomboid) pattern. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A fabric woven with this pattern. Labels: countable
Word: youthquake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From youth + quake, by analogy with earthquake. Coined by American magazine editor Diana Vreeland in 1965. 1. A noticeable shift in society or culture in response to the activities or tastes of younger members of the culture. Labels: informal Example: Britain produced many of the first temblors of the youthquake. There were the elegantly dressed but often vicious Teddy boys of the late 1950s. There were the gentler Mods and the tough leather-jacketed, working-class rockers in the '60s. Example: The trend was partly a manifestation of the Silicon Valley youthquake that was powering the dot-com economy.
Word: whap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic; variant of whop. 1. A blow; a hit; a whop. 2. A breast. Labels: UK, colloquial
Word: whap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic; variant of whop. 1. To strike hard and suddenly. Labels: US, transitive 2. To throw oneself quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly. Labels: US, intransitive Example: 1844, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Judge Haliburton’s Yankee Stories, Part Two, Chapter 22, Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, pp. 179-180, He wears his hat a little a one side, rakish-like, whaps his cane down ag’in the pavement hard, as if he intended to keep things in their place, swaggers a few, as if he though he had a right to look big […] Example: TO WHAP OVER. To turn over. (New England.)
Word: whap Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic; variant of whop. 1. The sound of sudden blow or hit. Example: Whap, Biff, Ooooof, Sock, Pow, Zok! Batman is back. Gotham City is again leaving its law and order in the hands of a man who wears plastic underpants over his tights.
Word: whap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of whaup. 1. The curlew, Numenius arquata; a whaup. Labels: Scotland, obsolete
Word: whops Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of whop Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: whops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whopped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of whop Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: whaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ozarkite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First named in print by Charles Upham Shepard in 1846, after The Ozarks, Missouri, although it was from the region of Hot Springs, Arkansas. 1. Thomsonite, a mineral series of the zeolite group. 2. The mineral mozarkite of the Missouri, Ozark region. Labels: archaic
Word: byde Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of bide. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: flyte Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of flite. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The bird of Pallas has also a good flyte on the moral side […] in his suggestion that the principal effect of the nightingale's song is to make women false to their husbands.
Word: flyte Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of flite. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It was plain she was in the worst of tempers. She flyted on the lass till the poor thing's cheek paled.
Word: thomsonite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Thomson Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English thomsonite From Thomson + -ite. 1. Ozarkite, a mineral native to the United States.
Word: Ozarkite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Ozark Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Ozarkite From Ozark + -ite. 1. Someone from the Ozarks, Missouri. Labels: US
Word: phonecalls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phonecall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phonecall Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of phone call. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: price tag Part of Speech: noun 1. The tag or sticker attached to a product, displaying its price. 2. The price at which something is offered for sale. Labels: metonymically Example: The new sports car comes with a hefty price tag. 3. The amount that something costs. Example: Unsurprisingly, there's a hefty price tag attached to a programme that could bring a network on which 80% of train miles operate under electric traction, and which features a 25% increase in the number of people living with[in] 5km (3.1 miles) of a railway station.
Word: idk Part of Speech: phrase 1. Abbreviation of I don't know. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: content word Part of Speech: noun 1. A word that is not a function word, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, and most adverbs.
Word: Treasury bill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Treasury (“the US Treasury”) + bill. 1. A government obligation, sold at a discount, maturing in one year or less, and pay no interest prior to maturity.
Word: function word Part of Speech: noun 1. A word that has little meaning when standing alone, but instead serves to express grammatical relationships with other words within a sentence, or specify the attitude or mood of the speaker, including conjunctions, prepositions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs, certain frequent adverbs. Example: Durrant (2009), for example, developed a list of 1000 academic two-word bigrams, of which 763 were lexical words combined with function words.
Word: content words Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of content word Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acequia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish acequia, from Arabic الساقیة (“water conduit”), ultimately from Classical Arabic سَقَى (saqā, “to irrigate”). Doublet of sakia. Pronunciation: /əˈseɪkɪə/, /əˈseɪkjə/ 1. An irrigation ditch, chiefly with reference to Mexico or the southwestern US. Example: Las Vegas—“The Meadows” in Spanish—was a hodgepodge of adobe houses, set among rustling cornfields irrigated by a muddy acequia that seeped from the Gallinas River.
Word: Johnsen Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Danish Johnsen, patronymic from John + -sen. 1. A surname from Danish.
Word: ATKT Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of allowed to keep term. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: occerence Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of occurrence. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: multi-word Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English word English multi-word From multi- + word. 1. Consisting of more than one word. Labels: not-comparable Example: The single-word/multi-word distinction involves what is most plausibly a difference in terminal elements among items of the same category type (e.g. adjective phrases). Example: The verb categories included two-word multi-word verbs, though terms of more than two words were placed in the phrase category.
Word: single-word Part of Speech: adj 1. Consisting of a single word. Labels: not-comparable Example: The single-word/multi-word distinction involves what is most plausibly a difference in terminal elements among items of the same category type (e.g. adjective phrases).
Word: spier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English spier, spyer, spiar, equivalent to spy + -er. Compare Dutch verspieder and bespieder (“spier”), German Späher (“spier”). Compare also Danish spejde (“spy”), Swedish speja (“spy”). 1. One who spies; a spy. Labels: rare
Word: conventional weapon Part of Speech: noun 1. A weapon of warfare which is not nuclear, chemical, biological, or radiological in nature. Example: Germany would agree to make no ABC (atomic, bacteriological and chemical) weapons, build only enough conventional weapons to arm its twelve divisions.
Word: freak of nature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lusus naturae, from Latin lūsus nātūrae (literally “sport of nature”), originally used to explain fossils or abnormalities such as two-headed snakes. 1. A monstrosity; a malformation; an abnormal organism. 2. In the variety-show business, a person or an animal on exhibition as showing some strange deviation from nature, such as a bearded woman or an albino. Example: He read old almanacs at the book-stalls on the quays, and he began to frequent another café, where more newspapers were taken and his post-prandial demi-tasse cost him a penny extra, and where he used to con the tattered sheets for curious anecdotes, freaks of nature, and strange coincidences.
Word: conventional warfare Part of Speech: noun 1. The waging of war in a manner which does not use nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons. Labels: uncountable Example: For McNamara's buildup, which has given the armed forces the capacity to respond flexibly to guerrilla and conventional warfare as well as to nuclear attack, the defense budget this year will be $7.5 billion higher than the last Eisenhower defense budget in 1960. 2. The waging of war in set military battles, as opposed to waging guerrilla warfare or fighting insurgencies. Labels: uncountable
Word: unhusked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From unhusk + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of unhusk Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unhusked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + husked (“having a husk”). 1. Without a husk. Example: For 1975 they would range from 240 million to 259 million tons, depending on husked or unhusked variety. Example: In late-imperial Jiaxing, the seed-to-yield ratio for unhusked rice sown to unhusked rice reaped was, as a measure of volume, between 1:45 and 1:51 in good years for the better farmers.
Word: unhusked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + husked (“having been husked”). 1. Having the husk on; still on the husk; not husked. Example: Jerking the ears and storing them unhusked is a method of harvesting employed in some sections, especially in the South, where the argument usually given in its favor is that if the husks are on the ears they are more protected from the grain weevil. Example: Unhusked nuts fetch higher prices than husked nuts in areas where there are retting facilities (e.g. backwater areas).
Word: conventional weaponry Part of Speech: noun 1. Destructive implements of warfare which are not nuclear, chemical, biological, or radiological in nature. Labels: uncountable Example: The French initiative calls for the elimination of chemical weapons, a ban on production of biological arms and the reduction of nuclear arsenals. As for conventional weaponry, the plan aims to establish "a balance of forces" in each region of the world.
Word: unhusk Part of Speech: verb 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- English husk English unhusk From un- + husk. 1. To remove the husk of. Labels: transitive
Word: conventional war Part of Speech: noun 1. A war fought using conventional warfare.
Word: conventional weapons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conventional weapon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: concentrative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English concentrate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English concentrative From concentrate + -ive. Pronunciation: /kənˈsɛntɹətɪv/ 1. Characterised by concentration. Example: To observe attentively is to remember distinctly; and so far the concentrative chess-player will do very well at whist;[…].
Word: stereotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French stéréotomie, equivalent to stereo- + -tomy. Pronunciation: /stɛɹiːˈɒtəmi/ 1. The cutting or dissection of solids. Labels: uncountable Example: Here your countenance brightened up, and, perceiving your lips move, I could not doubt that you murmured the word ‘stereotomy’, a term very affectedly applied to this species of pavement.
Word: echos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of echo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pre-arrange Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of prearrange. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Elinor would not attempt to disturb a solitude so reasonable as what she now sought; and with a mind anxiously pre-arranging its result, and a resolution of reviving the subject again, should Marianne fail to do it, she turned into the parlour to fulfil her parting injunction.
Word: pre-arranges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pre-arrange Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: paraoptometric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + optometric. 1. A person who assists an optometrist Labels: US
Word: pre-arranging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pre-arrange Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: iver Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of ever. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dialectal, not-comparable
Word: ardency Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being ardent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So is their ioyes with fearefull passions mixt, Which doth encrease the ardencie of loue, On the forbidden thinges our eyes are fixt; Example: The Ardency of my Passion made me incapable of uttering more; 2. The quality of being ardent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1548, Hugh Latimer, sermon preached on 22 March, 1548 in 27 Sermons, London: John Day, 1562, p. 46, He repayred to God with this prayer, and said nothinge. Yet wyth a great ardency of spirit, he pearsed Gods eares. Example: 1650, John Milton, letter to John IV of Portugal dated 27 April, 1650, in Letters of State Written by Mr. John Milton, London, 1694, p. , This, as we have earnestly desired in our former Letters, so now again with the greatest ardency and importunity we request of your Majesty. 3. The quality of being ardent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1596, Francis Sabie, “David and Beersheba” Adams Complaint, London: Richard Johnes, Field-tilling Swains driue home their toiling teams, Out-wearied with ardencie of heat: Example: The use of clysters is so manifest, so obvious (especially during the ardency of the fever) that I have no further occasion to insist on their being serviceable; 4. The quality of being ardent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One could not look a moment, without a weeping of the sight, into the blinding ardency of the western atmosphere, so charged was it with the ceaseless gushing of the crimson glory; Example: I can shut my eyes now and see that incomparable sunrise; I can see again that vision of mountains filling half the sky with their unimaginable ardency, and I think that this world never presented nobler sight.
Word: ardencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ardency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: argufy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₂érǵus Proto-Italic *argus Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Italic *-ō Proto-Italic *arguō Latin arguōder. Old French arguerbor. Middle English arguen English argue English -fy English argufy From argue + -fy. 1. To argue without any aim; to dispute; to disagree. Labels: colloquial, intransitive Example: Mrs. Sudberry […] began to argufy with us, touching our going off the premises, and upon my soul, talked over the thing in such a moving manner, every now and then stopping to sob, that if it had not been doing an injury to Mr. Skain here, I could have found in my heart to have left um. Example: “But not in argufying over facts,” retorted Trunnell. “No, sink me, when I finds I’m argufying agin the world,—agin facts,—I tries to give in some and let the world get the best o’ the argument […]” 2. To dispute (a point, fact, etc.), to argue about (something). Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: “Why then you are his mistress, and a kept lady to all intents and purposes; so what signifies argufying the matter; […]” Example: “Well, it’s of no use argufying the pint,” said the butler, after a moment’s pause. “Here is Mr. Monroe’s address: perhaps when you have seen him, you will arrive at new inclusions.” 3. To reason (something) out, to fully consider, think through. Labels: ambitransitive, archaic, colloquial Example: […] this Lubberly Whelp here says I talk like a Fool; and sure I have not used the Sea this Thirty Years, but I can Argufie any thing as proper as he can. Example: I have argufied the topic, and it wou’dn’t be pratty […] 4. To persuade (someone) through argument. Labels: archaic, colloquial, transitive Example: She was thinkin I might find things turned around and changed about so till I wouldn’t hardly know the country, but still she wouldn’t argufy me out of makin the trip. 5. To weary (someone) with arguing. Labels: archaic, colloquial, transitive Example: 1895, Mary Noailles Murfree (as Charles Egbert Craddock), “The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain” in The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, p. 154, “Lord, how glad I’ll be to git rid o’ him!” Peters said in an undertone to Hite. “He hev mighty nigh argufied me ter death,—’bout sperits, an’ witches, an’ salvation, an’ law, an’ craps, an’ horse-flesh, an’ weather signs. […] ” 6. To be evidence of (something). Labels: archaic, colloquial, transitive Example: [S]he no ſooner ſet eyes on him than ſhe ſent me out; vvhich argufy’d no good, you'll ſay; […] 7. To be of importance or relevance; to make a difference, to be of use. Labels: archaic, colloquial, intransitive Example: Well, now who wins?—why, still the same— / For Sal has lost another game. / “I’ve done, (she mutter’d;) I was saying, / “It did not argufy my playing. / “Some folks will win, they cannot chuse, / “But think or not think—some must lose. Example: “[…] Moreover, Ma’am,” says I, “what does it argufy,” says I, “taking on so now, when the deed’s done;[”] but, poor soul! she only cried the more for that.
Word: phrenzy Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of frenzy. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The phrenzy generally known by the term muck or ámok
Word: pre-arranged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pre-arrange Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: subgenera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English genera English subgenera From sub- + genera. 1. plural of subgenus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subgenus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin subgenus. 1. A subdivision of a genus. Example: Any hope that the pierines would help to define “the level at which r-K phenomena should be sought has been dashed: apparently species groups (or subgenera, or splitters' genera) are r- or K-selected in the holarctic, whereas in Tatochila the same amount of differentiation is found among populations in a complex in which the process of speciation has not yet been completed. Example: Using this approach, a recent study that included genetic data from four of the new species described here proposed that tetraploidization occurred at least once in subgenus Silurana and once in subgenus Xenopus, octoploidization occurred at least three times in subgenus Xenopus, and that dodecaploidization occurred at least three times in subgenus Xenopus [21 ].
Word: flavourings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flavouring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: usu Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of usual. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: usu Part of Speech: adv 1. Abbreviation of usually. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: colloq Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of colloquium. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: Project Plus was the cultural center of the campus, with literally 24 hour-a-day possibilities. Involvement ranged from colloqs and tutorials to Sunday evening interest meetings and late night swimming excursions. Example: Educational aspects of the Health Services include four-credit courses, colloqs, and workshops, all geared towards the "education of the whole person, lasting beyond their four years at UMass."
Word: colloq Part of Speech: adj 1. Rare form of colloq. Labels: form-of, not-comparable, rare Example: the test was very simple: a cinch colloq, a doddle colloq, a piece of cake colloq, a pushover colloq, as easy as falling off a log colloq, clear, comprehensible, easy, easy-peasy colloq, effortless, elementary, straightforward, uncomplicated, understandable, uninvolved
Word: darnels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of darnel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: darnel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English darnel, dernel, from Old Northern French darnelle ( > dialectal French dernelle, darnette), of Germanic origin, possibly Proto-West Germanic *darjan (“to harm, injure”). Displaced native Old English boþen. Related to Walloon darne, derne (“stunned, dazed, drunk”), Middle Dutch verdarnt, verdaernt (“stunned, dumbfounded, angry”). The association with being dazed or drunkenness is due to the well-known intoxicating effects of the plant. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːnəɫ/ 1. Any of the genus Lolium of grasses, especially as a weed in wheat fields. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: With harlocks, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flowers, / Darnel, and all the idle weeds that grow / In our sustaining corn. Example: Poppies, hemp, and darnel were scavenged, dried, and ground up to produce a medieval hash brownie known as "crazy bread". 2. Any of the genus Lolium of grasses, especially as a weed in wheat fields. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ryegrass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rye + grass. But compare English ray grass. 1. Any of several species of tufted grasses of the genus Lolium. Labels: countable Example: Perennial ryegrass is an important species for lawn seed mixes. 2. A collection of plants of any of the species, as in a lawn or field. Labels: uncountable Example: We seeded the meadow with ryegrass to provide better forage.
Word: ryegrasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ryegrass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: driveshaft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From drive + shaft. 1. A shaft used to transmit rotary motion. Example: The driveshaft of an automobile transfers power from the engine to the wheels. Example: A windmill transmits motion to the ground level via a vertical driveshaft, which operates a water pump.
Word: driveshafts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of driveshaft Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oxidizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of oxidize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Savitr Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit सवितृ (savitṛ, “stimulator, rouser, vivifier”). 1. A solar deity (Deva) and one of the Adityas. He is sometimes identified with, and at other times distinguished from, the chief Sun deity Surya. Labels: Hinduism Example: However, Savitṛ represents, as has been rightly pointed out by Sāyaṇa, the natural phenomenon of the setting and rising sun, whereas Sūrya represents the sun after it is risen and before it approaches the setting frame.
Word: Savitṛ Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Savitr. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian бек (bek). Doublet of bey and beg. 1. Alternative form of bey (“Turkish governor”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: botter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old Czech robota Czech robota Czech robotbor. English robotclip. English bot English -er English botter From bot + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑtɚ/, /ˈbɒtə/ 1. One who operates a bot (automated software process). Labels: Internet Example: It is estimated by industry and leading botters that only around 1 in 10 players using bots make a profit, mainly in low-stakes games.
Word: botter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bottom (“backside”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɑtɚ/, /ˈbɒtə/ 1. A homosexual man. Labels: childish, slang Example: They told us about anal sex, but it was something that gay men did. And when you're twelve, gay men are botters, benders, shirt lifters and arse bandits.
Word: Ozarkites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Ozarkite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ozarkites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ozarkite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barszcz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥s-t-yós Proto-Balto-Slavic *burštjás Proto-Slavic *bъ̃rščь Old Polish barszcz Polish barszczubor. English barszcz Unadapted borrowing from Polish barszcz. Doublet of borscht. 1. Polish borscht. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Slimakowa looked him up and down, gave him a bowl of barszcz and another of potatoes, and told him to wash in the river. Example: She poured herself another glass of Bulgarian white, and spooned up the remainder of her barszcz before polishing off the small meat pasty that is always served with beetroot soup.
Word: thomsonites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thomsonite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mozarkite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mozarkite. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Did you know that Mozarkite, with its pretty pink and purple swirls is our state rock? Example: Our state rock is Mozarkite.
Word: hogweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hog + weed, so named because of its use as feed for pigs. 1. Any coarse weedy herb. 2. An umbelliferous plant, of genus Heracleum, most species of which are phototoxic. Example: “I will bewitch them with flea-bane, blister them with hog-weed,” he said, vainly looking for a suitable spell. Example: I see the tall not-weeds with white flowers up close. Don’t touch, don’t touch those. Hogweed, it will burn. 3. Certain plants from the genera Ambrosia, Erigeron, or Heracleum.
Word: meniver Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of miniver. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: 1858. Thomas Malory (15th century), La Mort D'Arthure: The History of King Arthur and of the Knights of the Round Table, page 28, Then came forth a likely knight, and well apparelled in scarlet, furred with meniver. Example: One day, as I sat in my shop, with two fur pelisses on me, one of sable and the other of meniver, for it was the season of winter and the time of the excessive cold[…]
Word: spinous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spine + -ous, or borrowed from Latin spinōsus. Pronunciation: /ˈspaɪnəs/ 1. Having many spines. Example: The cetaceous tribes have their bones entirely resembling those of quadrupeds, thick, white, and filled with marrow : those of the spinous kind, on the contrary, have small slender bones, with points resembling thorns, and generally solid throughout. Example: The organs are simple and spinous, the spines small distally on the organ, larger proximally. 2. Spine-like; spiny. Example: It is however to be remarked, that these hairs are not of a spinous nature, as in the Mus fasciculatus and the Mus macrourus; they may properly be compared to bristles, having more consistence and rigidity than those of the Mus decumanus and giganteus; and in a natural arrangement, our animal stands between these species, and between those from which the character of the section is derived by M. Desmarest, and which, in a more rigorous sense, may be called spinous Rats. Example: And yet — you are not to confuse the thistle with the cedar that is in Lebanon ; nor to forget — if the spinous nature of it become too cruel to provoke and offend — the parable of Joash to Amaziah, and its fulfilment : " There passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle." 3. Of a person: difficult to deal with, prickly. Labels: obsolete Example: He had the rough magnanimity of the old English vein, mellowed into tenderness and dashed with a flexible and spinous humor. Example: They were coevals, and had nothing but that and their benchership in common. In politics Salt was a whig, and Coventry a stanch tory. Many a sarcastic growl did the latter cast out — for Coventry had a rough spinous humour — at the political confederates of his associate, which rebounded from the gentle bosom of the latter like cannon balls from wool. You could not ruffle Samual Salt. 4. Of a subject: providing many difficulties, thorny. Labels: rare Example: The spinous problem shifted from the how to find minima efficiently to what method should be employed to provide a better connection between the topography and the dynamics on the surface. Example: In this paper we have dealt with a very spinous issue such as the relation between the contingent and transcendent of human life and its meaning for politics. 5. Having a sharp projection. Example: the spinous processes of the lumbar vertebrae Example: The spinous process of vertebra CII can be identified through deep palpation as the most superior bony protuberance in the midline inferior to the skull.
Word: logotypes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of logotype Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unsolvable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + solvable. Piecewise doublet of insolvable and insoluble. 1. Not solvable. Labels: not-comparable Example: Throughout this section, we shall assume the existence of finitely presented groups with unsolvable word problem.
Word: unsolvable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + solvable. Piecewise doublet of insolvable and insoluble. 1. A problem that cannot be solved.
Word: provably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English provable Middle English -ly English -ly English provably From provable + -ly. 1. With proof; in a provable manner.
Word: tramlines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tramline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tramlines Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tramline Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Komodo dragons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Komodo dragon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bronchitises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bronchitis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: osculatory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ōsculātōrium. 1. A religious tablet, usually carrying a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which is kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace"); it is then passed to others at the mass who also kiss it.
Word: osculatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From osculate + -ory. 1. Of or relating to kissing. Labels: formal Example: On this the two ladies went through the osculatory ceremony which they were in the habit of performing, and Mrs. Pendennis got a great secret comfort from the little quarrel—for Laura’s confession seemed to say, “That girl can never be a wife for Pen, for she is light-minded and heartless, and quite unworthy of our noble hero.[…]” 2. Relating to, or having the properties of, an osculatrix; capable of osculation. Example: A circle may be osculatory with a curve, at a given point.
Word: anosognosia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- (“not”) + noso- (“disease”) + -gnosia (“knowledge”), from Ancient Greek ἁ- (ha-) + νόσος (nósos) + γνῶσις (gnôsis). 1. The inability of a person to recognize his or her own illness or handicap. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A failure to be aware of a defect or deficit resulting from disability, due to a brain injury (e.g. Anton-Babinski syndrome). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: jk Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative letter-case form of JK (“just kidding”). Labels: alt-of
Word: pandemia Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: [pænˈdiːmɪə] 1. A pandemic.
Word: cassino Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of casino (all senses). Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: In this case business was of the same opinion as love. Pachetti's word was worth a thousand piastres any day; and his cassino on the coast had a very different appearance from his small dark house on the Strada.
Word: smokie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smoke + -ie. 1. A type of smoked sausage, often used for hot dogs. Labels: Canada, US 2. A smoked fish. Labels: UK, informal
Word: matl Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of material. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: yogas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yoga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yogin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of yogi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yogins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yogin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yawper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yawp + -er. 1. A person who yawps; one who cries vigorously. 2. A loud complainer.
Word: hink pink Part of Speech: noun 1. A game in which players guess a rhyming phrase, given definitions or synonyms of the words. Labels: uncountable 2. A rhyming pair of words that describe a single object, normally as a punchline to a riddle in the game, e.g. "fat cat" for "overweight feline". Labels: countable
Word: pocket veto Part of Speech: noun 1. A (de facto) veto of a bill by the US President by restricting Congressional action on the bill, as, figuratively, by carrying the bill in his pocket until the deadline for signing it has passed. Labels: US
Word: slop-jar Part of Speech: noun 1. A container used for urinating or defecating when it is not possible or convenient to use a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan, a chamber pot. Commonly used in hospitals, where it is normally called bedpan. Formerly used in private residences that were without an indoor toilet or bathroom. Labels: US, dated Example: "All you fit to do is be Shug's maid... Take out her slop jar, maybe cook her food. You ain't even that good a cook." Example: "The stage ought to be here," said Miranda, glancing nervously at the tall clock for the twentieth time. "I guess everything's done. I've tacked up two thick towels back of her washstand and put a mat under her slop-jar; but children are awful hard on furniture. I expect we sha'n't know this house a year from now."
Word: slop-basin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slop + basin. 1. A container used for urinating or defecating when it is impossible or inconvenient to go to a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan, a chamber pot. Commonly used in hospitals, where it is normally called bedpan. Formerly used in private residences, particularly those without an indoor toilet or bathroom. Labels: dated 2. A bowl for receiving the leavings of tea or coffee cups at table Labels: UK
Word: slop-bowl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slop + bowl. 1. Part of a traditional tea set, used to empty the cold tea and dregs in tea cups before refilling with hot tea. Usually pottery or silver. 2. A container used for urinating or defecating when it is not possible or inconvenient to go to a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan, a chamber pot. Commonly used in hospitals, where it is normally called bedpan. Formerly used in private residences, particularly those without an indoor toilet or bathroom. Labels: dated 3. A large teacup, used especially at breakfast time Labels: dated Example: A slop-bowl full of strong tea, together with bread, and butter, and eggs, was produced for him in the morning, and he expected that at whatever hour he might arrive in the evening, some food should be presented to him wherewith to satisfy the cravings of nature; if, in addition to this, he had another slop-bowl of tea in the evening, he got all that he ever required, or all, at least, that he ever demanded.
Word: gley Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1920s, from Ukrainian ґлей (glej, “clayey soil”), from Proto-Slavic *glьjь, from Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁y-ó-s, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-. Cognate of clay. Pronunciation: /ɡleɪ/ 1. A type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.
Word: gley Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1920s, from Ukrainian ґлей (glej, “clayey soil”), from Proto-Slavic *glьjь, from Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁y-ó-s, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-. Cognate of clay. Pronunciation: /ɡleɪ/ 1. To be converted into this kind of soil.
Word: gley Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Scots. Pronunciation: /ɡleɪ/ 1. To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things. Labels: Scotland Example: “Muckle lang gleyed Sanny Fite,” shouted the stranger
Word: slop-pail Part of Speech: noun 1. A container used for urinating or defecating when it is not possible or convenient to use a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan, a chamber pot. Commonly used in hospitals, where it is normally called bedpan. Formerly used in private residences that were without an indoor toilet or bathroom. Labels: dated
Word: country wife Part of Speech: noun 1. A fur trader's First Nations or Métis common-law wife. Labels: Canada, historical
Word: cover girl Part of Speech: noun 1. An attractive, usually well-known, female model whose image has been featured on one or more magazine covers. Labels: informal Example: Whether it's in next-to-nothing swimsuits in Sports Illustrated or starring in ex-husband Billy Joel's rock videos or in countless boldface tabloid mentions, the quintessential California blond cover girl has become a fixture on the cultural landscape. Example: She's sitting opposite a window that's gently breezing into her face, wafting her hair into cover-girl perfection and when I joke about this she roars with laughter.
Word: cover someone's ass Part of Speech: verb 1. To make preparations or take precautions to ensure that a person is not blamed or punished for his or her conduct. Labels: Canada, US, idiomatic, vulgar Example: Killian kept the files because "he was trying to cover his ass," Via said. "He was always worried something would come back on him."
Word: creature feature Part of Speech: noun 1. A horror film in which one or more monsters plays a prominent role. Labels: humorous, idiomatic Example: "Godzilla" is one of the classic creature features.
Word: newel posts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of newel post Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nictitating membranes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nictitating membrane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: niche markets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of niche market Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nibblers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nibbler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nose flutes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nose flute Labels: form-of, plural
Word: note values Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of note value Labels: form-of, plural
Word: news tickers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of news ticker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypermiling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + mile + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪpəmaɪlɪŋ/, /ˈhaɪpɚmaɪlɪŋ/ 1. Driving a motor vehicle slowly so as to maximize fuel efficiency. Labels: uncountable Example: Hypermiling, the art of driving your car so it delivers better fuel economy than the manufacturer's official figures, began in the US as a wacky journey taken by obsessives such as Wayne Gerdes, who coined the phrase and has averaged more than 180mpg in a hybrid Honda Insight. Example: Yahya Fahimuddin got tired of spending $60 to fill his Jeep, so he bought an old Honda Insight hybrid and took up hypermiling
Word: nuclear airbursts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nuclear airburst Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nuclear winters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nuclear winter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nodders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nodder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: naval architects Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of naval architect Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nicotinists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nicotinist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: number signs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of number sign Labels: form-of, plural
Word: national revivals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of national revival Labels: form-of, plural
Word: national holidays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of national holiday Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nutbowls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nutbowl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nabobesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nabobess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ultraists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ultraist Labels: form-of, plural