nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: satellitosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From satellite + -osis. 1. An abnormal clustering of cells around another, different, one; especially a clustering of glial cells around damaged neurons
Word: astral spirit Part of Speech: noun 1. One of numerous beings formerly believed to live among the heavenly bodies, variously seen as fallen angels or the spirits of dead men. Example: At an abstruse philosophical level the possibility was kept alive by the occult theories of the Neoplatonists, Paracelsians and Behmenists, who believed in astral spirits which lingered on after the body had decayed.
Word: astral spirits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of astral spirit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: billicock Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of billycock. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: seroepizootiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sero- + epizootiology. 1. The study of the dynamics and epidemiology of animal diseases of the blood Labels: uncountable
Word: billicocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of billicock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: revenue cutter Part of Speech: noun 1. An armed government vessel employed to enforce revenue laws, especially charging tariffs on imports and preventing smuggling, etc. Labels: US, historical
Word: seroepizootiologic Part of Speech: adj 1. relating to seroepizootiology Labels: not-comparable
Word: wattle turkey Part of Speech: noun 1. brush turkey
Word: salvestrol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Gerald Potter. 1. A natural phytoalexin that can be converted into a cytotoxic metabolite by certain enzymes that are overexpressed by cancer cells.
Word: fringe tree Part of Speech: noun 1. A small tree (Chionanthus virginicus) of the southern United States, having white flowers with long pendulous petals.
Word: salvestrols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of salvestrol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preaching cross Part of Speech: noun 1. A cross, sometimes surmounting a pulpit, erected outdoors to designate a preaching place. Example: In the churchyard stands a rare 14th-century preaching cross.
Word: preaching crosses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preaching cross Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sovnarkhoz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian совнархо́з (sovnarxóz), abbreviation of сове́т наро́дного хозя́йства (sovét naródnovo xozjájstva). 1. Any of the regional economic councils of the Soviet Union, which were created in 1957. Labels: historical
Word: Matissean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Matisse + -an. 1. Relating to Henri Matisse (1869–1954), French artist known for his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship.
Word: grand chop Part of Speech: noun 1. A ship's port clearance. Labels: obsolete
Word: chop dollar Part of Speech: noun 1. A silver dollar stamped to attest its purity. Labels: historical
Word: malleableization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From malleable + -ization. 1. The process of malleableizing. Labels: uncountable
Word: Megrel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian мегрел (megrel, “Mingrelian person”), мегрелец (megrelec, “Mingrelian person”), мегрельскій (megrelʹskij, “Mingrelian”, adjective). 1. Mingrelian, Megrelian
Word: Megrel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Russian мегрел (megrel, “Mingrelian person”), мегрелец (megrelec, “Mingrelian person”), мегрельскій (megrelʹskij, “Mingrelian”, adjective). 1. Mingrelian, Megrelian Labels: not-comparable
Word: sue out Part of Speech: verb 1. To petition for and take out, or to apply for and obtain. Labels: transitive Example: to sue out a writ in chancery; to sue out a pardon for a criminal
Word: loxodromically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From loxodromic + -ally. 1. In a loxodromic fashion. Labels: not-comparable Example: to navigate loxodromically
Word: sleeping table Part of Speech: noun 1. A stationary inclined platform on which pulverized ore is washed.
Word: tread out Part of Speech: verb 1. To press out with the feet; to press out, as wine or wheat. Example: to tread out grain with cattle or horses
Word: clericalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clerical + -ization. 1. The process of making clerical. Labels: uncountable Example: the clericalization of monastic communities
Word: hoist bridge Part of Speech: noun 1. A lifting bridge.
Word: hoist bridges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hoist bridge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mort stone Part of Speech: noun 1. A large stone by the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin, or a huge stone placed on a coffin or grave to dissuade body snatchers from defiling the corpse. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: Oh me ! the mortstone ! No it is not here!
Word: mort cloth Part of Speech: noun 1. A pall for a coffin; a casket saddle Labels: UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: grunting ox Part of Speech: noun 1. yak. Labels: archaic
Word: detinues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of detinue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hopping Dick Part of Speech: noun 1. A black thrush (Turdus aurantius), native to Jamaica.
Word: nitrum flammans Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably so called because it deflagrates when suddenly heated. 1. ammonium nitrate Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: Chinese celery Part of Speech: noun 1. Apium graveolens var. secalinum, a variety of celery with smaller stalks and flavorful leaves, grown in East Asian countries for use in cooking. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Oenanthe javanica Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: inch stuff Part of Speech: noun 1. Boards, etc., sawed one inch thick. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: pretorians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pretorian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lichenic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. An organic acid, C₁₄H₂₄O₃, obtained from Iceland moss. Labels: uncountable 2. fumaric acid Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: missiologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From missiological + -ly. 1. In terms of, or by means of, missiology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: varying hare Part of Speech: noun 1. Any hare or rabbit which becomes white in winter, especially the common hare of the northern United States and Canada.
Word: wild leek Part of Speech: noun 1. A perennial wild onion native to eastern North America, Allium tricoccum, with a cluster of ovoid bulbs and large oblong elliptical leaves. Labels: US 2. A wild onion native to southern Europe and western Asia, cultivated and consequently naturalized in many other places, Allium ampeloprasum.
Word: ware geese Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ware goose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ware goose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because it feeds on ware, or seaweed. 1. The brent goose. Labels: dialectal, obsolete
Word: jet ant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its jet-black colour. 1. A blackish European ant (Formica fuliginosa), which builds its nest of a paper-like material in the trunks of trees.
Word: jet ants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jet ant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: let go by the run Part of Speech: verb 1. To loosen and let run freely (lines) Labels: dated 2. To let fall freely (sail) Labels: dated
Word: telphered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of telpher Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: telphering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of telpher Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: suspense account Part of Speech: noun 1. An account in which receipts or disbursements are temporarily entered until their proper position in the books is determined.
Word: suspense accounts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suspense account Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bancors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bancor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Berlin blue Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Prussian blue.
Word: rising main Part of Speech: noun 1. The pipe through which water from an engine is delivered to an elevated reservoir.
Word: Forefathers' Day Part of Speech: noun 1. A holiday celebrated in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on December 22, to commemorate the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in 1620.
Word: bundle pillar Part of Speech: noun 1. A column or pier with others of smaller dimensions attached to it.
Word: groom-porter Part of Speech: noun 1. An officer in the English royal household who attended to the furnishing of the king's lodgings and had certain privileges. Labels: historical
Word: seaming machine Part of Speech: noun 1. A machine for uniting the edges of sheet-metal plates by bending them and pinching them together.
Word: Numidian crane Part of Speech: noun 1. A bird, the demoiselle.
Word: banana bird Part of Speech: noun 1. A small American bird (Icterus leucopteryx) which feeds on bananas. 2. Alternative form of bananabird Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: levy in mass Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of levy en masse. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: speaking tube Part of Speech: noun 1. A tube for conveying speech, especially from one room to another at a distance. Example: […] for the next twenty minutes they were consigned to the general office while Mr Carlyle fumed and displayed his watch ostentatiously. At last a clerk slid off his stool by the speaking-tube and approached them.
Word: on speaking terms Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Acquainted and friendly; in a state where salutations and general remarks can be comfortably exchanged. Example: [Shangai Lily:] I think you are right, if God is still on speaking terms with me. [Mr Carmichael:] God remains on speaking terms with everybody. Example: Ms. [Gomotsang] Modibu considers herself to be on speaking terms with the animals she sees every day. She sees them as her colleagues.
Word: rite de passage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French rite de passage, and attested later than rite of passage. The French term was coined by French ethnographer and folklorist Arnold van Gennep (1873–1957) and popularized in his work Les rites de passage (1909). Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːt də paˈsɑːʒ/, /ˌɹit də ˌpɑˈsɑʒ/ 1. Synonym of rite of passage. Example: it seems that the beginning of the decline of this traditional rite de passage should be traced back to the break effected by the Reformation, though the change also had sociological causes, notably the decline of the tightly knit community in which an individual death created an immediate void. Example: Stravinsky's wistful and brutal “Rite of Spring” has become a rite de passage for choreographers attracted to its rhythmic intricacies.
Word: rites de passage Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rite de passage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: declinatory plea Part of Speech: noun 1. The plea of sanctuary or of benefit of clergy, before trial or conviction. Labels: UK, obsolete
Word: mash tun Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmæʃ tʌn/ 1. An insulated vessel used in making the mashing process in which grains and water are mixed and heated to produce wort prior to fermentation.
Word: knight service Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English knyght service. 1. The military service a knight owed to his chief lord as a condition of holding title to his lands and rank. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: Land became fully devisable with the abolition of knight-service in 1660, but magnates continued to inherit property which was tied up in strict settlements, giving the current representative of the family no more than a life-tenancy. Example: If they were not heiresses, a lord's daughters were sometimes married off to his knights, but the latter […] might well need an incentive such as a cash payment, land or a reduction in their knight service. 2. Synonym of knight's fee, the system of land tenure based on such service. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: intercalarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From intercalary + -ly. 1. In an intercalary manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: knight-service Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of knight service. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Trans-Jordan Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Transjordan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Transjordania Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Transjordan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Trans-Jordania Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Transjordan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: swing round the circle Part of Speech: verb 1. To make a complete circuit. Labels: idiomatic Example: He had swung round the circle of theories and systems in which his age abounded, without finding relief.
Word: Trabzon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish Trabzon, from Ottoman Turkish طرابزون (Tırabızon), ultimately from Ancient Greek Τραπεζοῦς (Trapezoûs). Doublet of Trapezus and Trebizond. 1. A province and metropolitan municipality in northeastern Turkey, on the Black Sea coast. 2. A port city, the capital of Trabzon Province, Turkey.
Word: Trebizond Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Trébizonde, from Ottoman Turkish طرابزون (Tırabızon), from Ancient Greek Τραπεζοῦς (Trapezoûs). Doublet of Trabzon and Trapezus. 1. Former name of Trabzon.
Word: Trapezund Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Greek Τραπεζούντα (Trapezoúnta), from Ancient Greek Τραπεζοῦς (Trapezoûs). 1. Former name of Trabzon.
Word: Tribisonde Part of Speech: name 1. Former name of Trabzon.
Word: Trapezus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Trapezus. Doublet of Trabzon and Trebizond. 1. Former name of Trabzon.
Word: superfluous interval Part of Speech: noun 1. An interval that exceeds a major or perfect interval by a semitone. Labels: archaic
Word: onyx marble Part of Speech: noun 1. A banded variety of marble or calcium carbonate resembling onyx. It is obtained from Mexico. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: aftergames Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aftergame Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Şanlıurfa Part of Speech: name 1. A province and metropolitan municipality in southeastern Turkey, with a Kurdish majority. 2. A city, the capital of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey, commonly called Urfa.
Word: duplication of the cube Part of Speech: noun 1. The operation of finding a cube having a volume which is double that of a given cube. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Urfa Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish اورفه and اورفا (Urfa), from Classical Syriac ܐܘܪܗܝ (ʾUrhāy). 1. A city in southeastern Turkey. 2. Synonym of Sanliurfa, a province of Turkey around Urfa.
Word: trivet table Part of Speech: noun 1. A three-legged table. Example: The trivet-table of a foot was lame
Word: collect oneself Part of Speech: verb 1. To recover from surprise, embarrassment, or fear; to regain self-control.
Word: wellordering Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of well-ordering. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wellorderings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wellordering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wellfounded Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of well-founded. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: prewellorderings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prewellordering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prewellordering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + wellordering. 1. A binary relation that is transitive, total, and well-founded.
Word: Pharos Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros) via Latin Pharos. Doublet of Hvar. 1. A small island off Alexandria where the Lighthouse of Alexandria was located. 2. The Lighthouse of Alexandria, located on the island Pharos
Word: Muley axle Part of Speech: noun 1. A car axle without collars at the outer ends of the journals. Example: THE CHAIRMAN: Don't you think that many complaints of hard-riding coaches are owing to the fact that the lateral motion is often so great with cars equipped with the Muley axle?
Word: madderworts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of madderwort Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grayanotoxanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grayanotoxane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: graynesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grayness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: greymail Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of graymail. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Feodosiya Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Феодо́сия (Feodósija), from Ancient Greek Θεοδοσία (Theodosía). Doublet of Theodosia. 1. Alternative spelling of Feodosia, a port and resort city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Feodosia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Феодо́сия (Feodósija), from Ancient Greek Θεοδοσία (Theodosía). 1. A port and resort city and raion in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia.
Word: Theodosia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Theodosia, from Ancient Greek Θεοδοσία (Theodosía). Feminine form of Theodosius. Doublet of Feodosiya. Pronunciation: /ˌθiː.əˈdəʊ.ʒə/, /-zi.ə/, /ˌθi.əˈdoʊ.ʒə/, /-.oʊˈ-/ 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Example: Theda Bara, born Theodosia Burr Goodman, was one of the most popular actresses of the silent-film era. 2. A village in Missouri, United States. 3. Alternative form of Feodosiya, a city in Crimea, Ukraine. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pneumographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pneumography + -ic. 1. Relating to pneumography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tallow tree Part of Speech: noun 1. Triadica sebifera, a tree native to eastern Asia, with a waxy seed coating used in candle and soap manufacture. 2. Detarium microcarpum, an African tree with edible fruit 3. Various African trees in the section Garcinia sect. Allanblackia.
Word: seedcoat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of seed coat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: seedcoats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seedcoat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unillustriously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unillustrious + -ly. 1. In a way that is not illustrious. Example: Knighted unillustriously among a horde of some three hundred others in the accession honours of 1603, he was subsequently well compensated by being made Baron Verulam[…]
Word: tarantula killer Part of Speech: noun 1. Any species of tarantula hawk, especially (Pepsis grossa) that captures the Texas brown tarantula (Aphonopelma hentzii) and places it in its nest as food for its young, after paralyzing it by a sting. Labels: archaic
Word: caffeoylquinate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From caffeoylquinic acid + -ate. 1. Any salt or ester of caffeoylquinic acid.
Word: caffeoylquinates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caffeoylquinate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: primrose peerless Part of Speech: noun 1. The two-flowered narcissus (Narcissus × medioluteus).
Word: corn mint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corn + mint. 1. A form of mint, Mentha arvensis. Labels: uncountable
Word: unambassadorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + ambassadorial. 1. Not ambassadorial.
Word: goldenrod tree Part of Speech: noun 1. A shrub (Bosea yervamora native to the Canary Islands.
Word: gradient post Part of Speech: noun 1. A post or stake indicating by its height or by marks on it the grade of a railroad, highway, embankment, etc. at that point. Example: Long before Shap platform showed up around a corner and the two arms on the gradient post drooped in both directions at once, Duchess of Buccleuch's amiable throbbing purr at the stack [funnel, chimney] had become a fierce freight-engine bark, as she resolutely dragged at her enormous load.
Word: graphitate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From graphitic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. A salt or ester of graphitic acid.
Word: ectropy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: “This term was suggested by W. V. Quine in discussions following this symposium: Entropy, he pointed out, is Greek for turning in; the opposite term should therefore be the Greek for turning out, namely ectropy. Since the coaction cardioid literally turns in and out of the circle of reference, his short, elegant term is used throughout.” 1. The overall increase in the organization of a system Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: graphitic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From being obtainable from the oxidation of graphite. 1. Mellitic acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: graphitates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of graphitate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mahbubnagar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Telugu మహబూబ్ నగర్ (mahabūb nagar). 1. A district of Telangana, India. 2. A city in Mahbubnagar district, Telangana.
Word: ectropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ectropy + -ic. 1. Relating to ectropy. Labels: not-comparable Example: Life is the only ectropic force in the universe, although as we have just seen above, it can also be entropic in that it can create Negative Energy and therefore damage and destruction. 2. Relating to ectropion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Nalgonda Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Telangana, India. 2. A district of Telangana, India.
Word: spermaceti whale Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of sperm whale.
Word: Chaldaea Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Chaldea: (historical) An ancient geographic region of West Asia, in the southern portion of Babylonia in modern eastern Iraq and southwestern Iran, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Nizamabad Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi निज़ामाबाद (nizāmābād) / Urdu نظام آباد (nizāmābād). 1. A city and district of Telangana, India.
Word: Hamadan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Persian همدان (hamadân), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭧𐭬𐭲𐭠𐭭 (Ahmadān), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴 (Hagmatāna-). Doublet of Ecbatana; see that entry for more. Pronunciation: /ˈhæməˌdæn/ 1. A city in Iran, the seat of Hamadan County's Central District and the capital of Hamadan Province. 2. A county of Iran, around the city. 3. A province in western Iran.
Word: Hamadān Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Hamadan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Hamedān Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Hamadan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Hamedan Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Hamadan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Hankou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Mandarin 漢口 /汉口 (Hànkǒu, “Mouth of the Han River”). 1. A former city and treaty port; since 1949 an area in the city of Wuhan, Hubei, China, split among the districts of Jiang'an, Jianghan and Qiaokou. Example: Marcia Aldrich Thompson was born on Oct. 2, 1923, in the Central Chinese city of Hankou (now part of Wuhan) where her father, Newell, was an executive with the Standard Oil Company of New York. Example: Authorities in Wuhan, the epicenter of China's outbreak and location of the majority of its deaths, quickly identified the funeral business as a potential source of transmission. The local civil affairs bureau in late January ordered all funerals for confirmed COVID-19 victims to be handled at a single funeral home in the city's Hankou district.
Word: Hankow Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 漢口 /汉口 (Hànkǒu). 1. Alternative form of Hankou. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In February, 1860, the Yang-tse was for the first time opened by treaty to the ships of other nations, and the “Scotland,” commanded by Captain A. D. Dundas, R. N., and belonging to W. S. Lindsay, an auxiliary screw steamship of 1,100 tons gross register, was the first foreign merchant vessel which loaded a cargo from Shanghai to Hankow, bringing back teas for transshipment to Europe and America; but it was not until 1863 that any English vessel loaded a cargo direct from Hankow for Great Britain. Example: Hankow, a very important Treaty Port, is almost exactly in the centre of China. North and South China are divided by the Yangtze; East and West China are divided by the route from Peking to Canton. These two dividing lines meet at Hankow, which has long been an important strategical point in Chinese history. From Peking to Hankow there is a railway, formerly Franco- Belgian, now owned by the Chinese Government. From Wuchang, opposite Hankow on the southern bank of the river, there is to be a railway to Canton, but at present it only runs half-way, to Changsha, also a Treaty Port. The completion of the railway, together with improved docks, will greatly increase the importance of Canton and diminish that of Hong-Kong.
Word: Aurangabad Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately from Persian اورنگآباد (Owrang-âbâd), named for اُوْرَنگزیب (Owrang-zib, “Aurangzeb”), the sixth Mughal emperor (r. 1658–1707). 1. A district of Maharashtra, India. 2. A district of Bihar, India. 3. A large city, the headquarters of Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India.
Word: Beed Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Marathi बीड (bīḍ) 1. A city in central Maharashtra, India. 2. A district of Maharashtra, India.
Word: Nanded District Part of Speech: name 1. A district of Maharashtra, in central India.
Word: Parbhani Part of Speech: name 1. A district of Maharashtra, India.
Word: Cheops Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Cheops, from Ancient Greek Χέοψ (Khéops), from Egyptian ḫw.f-wj. Pronunciation: /ˈkiːɒps/, /ˈkiɑːps/ 1. Khufu, a pharaoh of Egypt, who ruled in the first half of the Old Kingdom period (26th century BC) and is renowned as the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza
Word: Cheops Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈkiːɒps/, /ˈkiɑːps/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of CHEOPS. Labels: alt-of Example: The dedicated time Cheops spent observing the star helped astronomers iron out the mixed signals from the TESS data to determine how many planets were crossing in front of the star and the resonance of their orbits.
Word: Khufu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian ḫw.f-wj. 1. Synonym of Cheops.
Word: Malacca cane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the former importance of Malacca as a port for the rattan trade and cane in its senses both as a reed-like plant and as a walking stick. 1. Calamus scipionum, a species of thick rattan climbing palm native to Southeast Asia; its material; (inexact) closely similar species and their material. Labels: uncountable Example: The mallets or sticks [sc. used in polo] are generally of malacca cane. Example: Malacca cane grows in clumps in the jungle. 2. A walking stick made of C. scipionum or similar material with a rich but mottled brown color. Labels: countable Example: The well-known ‘Malacca Canes’... do not occur about Malacca itself, but are imported from Siak, on the opposite coast of Sumatra. Example: Malacca canes have frequently to be colored in parts.
Word: phantom tumour Part of Speech: noun 1. pseudotumor
Word: spray condenser Part of Speech: noun 1. An injection condenser in which the steam is condensed by a spray of water which mingles with it.
Word: kinghead Part of Speech: noun 1. Ambrosia trifida, a form of ragweed. Labels: uncountable
Word: gratefullest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of grateful: most grateful Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: anotha' Part of Speech: det 1. Pronunciation spelling of another. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, slang
Word: anotha Part of Speech: det 1. Pronunciation spelling of another. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: leoninely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From leonine + -ly. 1. In a leonine manner.
Word: lipstick tree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lipstick + tree, from the resemblance of the open fruit pods of the plant to red lips, or from the fact that the consistency of the arils surrounding its seeds is similar to that of lipstick (see the 1942 quotation). Pronunciation: /ˌlɪpstɪk ˈtɹiː/, /ˌlɪpstɪk ˈtɹi/ 1. The shrub Bixa orellana, which is native to Mexico and northern South America; the arils covering its seeds are a source of the orange-red colourant annatto, and the ground seeds are used in traditional Caribbean, Central American, and South American cuisine. Example: Bixa Orellana. Lipstick Tree, Annatto. A small tree producing ovate leaves, panicles of pink to rose flowers, and prickly tan capsules which contain seeds covered with a red coating that is the consistency of lipstick and can be used as a coloring agent. (Bixaceae.) Example: Among flowering trees and shrubs of the Kona Coast, kalu, or yellow mimosa, is common, as is the yellow Timor shower, as is the lipstick tree, whose pods give an orange-red substance good not only for lips but—if local claims are true—for margarine.
Word: lipstick trees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lipstick tree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: non-believers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of non-believer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paresthesiae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paresthesia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bilos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bilo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minster house Part of Speech: noun 1. The official house in which the canons of a cathedral live on a houseshare or a time-share basis.
Word: loaf sugar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lofe sugre, lofe zuger. 1. Refined sugar formed into a conical loaf (a sugar-loaf) in a mould. It was a common type of sugar until the 19th century. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ARROW-ROOT PUDDING. From a quart of new milk take a small tea-cupful, and mix it with two large spoonfuls of arrow-root. Boil the remainder of the milk, and stir it amongst the arrow-root; add, when nearly cold, the well-beaten yolks of four eggs, with two ounces of pounded loaf sugar, and the same quantity of fresh butter broken into small bits; season with grated nutmeg. Mix it well together, and bake it in a butter dish fifteen or twenty minutes.
Word: septenaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of septenary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: camber arch Part of Speech: noun 1. An arch whose intrados, though apparently straight, has a slightly concave curve upward.
Word: camber beam Part of Speech: noun 1. A beam whose underside has a concave curve upward.
Word: scalloped oyster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally done in scallop shells. 1. An opened oyster baked in a deep dish with alternate layers of bread or cracker crumbs, seasoned with pepper, nutmeg, and butter. Example: "Poor things! they needed it," said she one night to her husband, during the discussion of some scalloped oysters, over which their mutual confidences usually took place.
Word: scalloped oysters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scalloped oyster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amplituhedron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From amplitude + -hedron. Coined by Nima Arkani-Hamed and Jaroslav Trnka in 2013 and published in 2014 in an article in the Journal of High Energy Physics. 1. A mathematical structure which encodes the integrand of an amplitude in planar N=4 super Yang-Mills theory, used in calculations of scattering amplitudes of particle interactions. Example: Meronym: twistor Example: In another parallel universe the amplituhedron, a recent invention in quantum field theory, is a geometric form endowed with a positive Grassmannian, that is an internal arithmetical structure for the calculation of amplitudes in terms of k-planes filling up an n-dimensional space.
Word: Australasians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Australasian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aluminium gallium arsenide Part of Speech: noun 1. A mixed arsenide of aluminium and gallium that is used as a semiconductor Labels: uncountable
Word: fling out Part of Speech: verb 1. To throw out, throw away. Labels: transitive 2. To kick out; to insult, to complain or criticize. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: I had rather she had flung out at me, as many a woman would do, than taken it as she did.
Word: ejaculatio praecox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Modern Latin, from noun type formed from participle stem of Latin ējaculāri (“to eject”) + praecox (“early”). 1. Premature ejaculation. Labels: uncountable Example: This can be done psychoanalytically, as for example in the suggestion that salt is a symbol of semen and that the objection to spilling it reflects an unconscious fear of ejaculatio praecox.
Word: arsabenzene Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of arsinine.
Word: benocyclidine Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular arylcyclohexylamine that acts as a psychostimulant.
Word: benzothiophenylcyclohexylpiperidine Part of Speech: noun 1. Benocyclidine. Labels: uncountable
Word: gyrotrigonometric Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to gyrotrigonometry Labels: not-comparable
Word: gyrotrigonometrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From gyrotrigonometric + -ally. 1. In a gyrotrigonometric manner Labels: not-comparable 2. With regard to, or using gyrotrigonometry Labels: not-comparable
Word: planet-ruler Part of Speech: noun 1. A white witch. Labels: historical Example: There is a little fold, called ‘Prickshaw,’ in this township of Spotland, which fold was the home of a notable country astrologer, in Tim Bobbin's time, called ‘Prickshaw Witch.’ Tim tells a humourous^([sic]) story in his works, about an adventure he had with this Prickshaw planet-ruler, at the old Angel Inn, in Rochdale. Example: In the late nineteenth century white witches were still sometimes known as ‘planet-rulers’.
Word: planet-rulers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of planet-ruler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: good shit Part of Speech: noun 1. Something or someone likeable. Labels: colloquial, informal, uncountable, vulgar Example: That weed is good shit. Example: That band is amazing live; you're going to have a blast! Good shit!
Word: women's shelter Part of Speech: noun 1. A place of temporary refuge and support for women escaping violent or abusive situations, such as rape and domestic violence.
Word: women's refuge Part of Speech: noun 1. A women's shelter.
Word: calmful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From calm + -ful, from the noun calm. 1. calm Labels: dated, poetic
Word: rescrutiny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + scrutiny. Pronunciation: /ɹiːskɹuːtɪni/ 1. Further scrutiny; a second or repeated examination. Labels: uncountable Example: Indeed this epistemological demand for certain knowledge […] also led to a rescrutiny of some hoary old legends.
Word: warcry Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of war cry. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: warcries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of warcry; alternative form of war cries Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arsenocholine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃enyomder. Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam Old Median *zaranyam Old Median *kā Old Median *zaraniyakāder. Middle Persian *zarnīkbor. Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)der. Arabic الزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)bor. Byzantine Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)der. Latin arsenicumder. Middle French arsenicbor. Middle English arsenik English arsenic Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English arseno- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Hellenic *kʰolā́ Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ)der. English choline English arsenocholine From arseno- + choline. 1. The organic compound formally derived from choline by replacing the nitrogen atom with arsenic Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: arsenolipid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃enyomder. Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam Old Median *zaranyam Old Median *kā Old Median *zaraniyakāder. Middle Persian *zarnīkbor. Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)der. Arabic الزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)bor. Byzantine Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)der. Latin arsenicumder. Middle French arsenicbor. Middle English arsenik English arsenic Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English arseno- Proto-Indo-European *leyp- Proto-Hellenic *lípos Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusbor. French -ide French lipidebor. English lipid English arsenolipid From arseno- + lipid. 1. Any compound formally derived from a phospholipid by replacing the phosphorus atom with arsenic
Word: arsenic pentachloride Part of Speech: noun 1. The binary compound of arsenic and chlorine AsCl₅ Labels: uncountable
Word: dangle after Part of Speech: verb 1. To hang upon importunately; to court the favour of; to beset. Labels: dated Example: the presbyterians, and their clans of other fanaticks, or freethinkers and atheists that dangle after them, are as well inclined to pull down the present establishment of monarchy and religion
Word: four-way cock Part of Speech: noun 1. A cock connected with four pipes or ports, and having two or more passages in the plug, by which the adjacent pipes or ports may be made to communicate; formerly used as a valve in the steam engine, and for various other purposes. Example: the chamber of the four-way cock
Word: four-way cocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of four-way cock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: holding note Part of Speech: noun 1. A note sustained in one part, or by one instrument, while the others change. Labels: archaic Example: the trumpet plays a holding note
Word: holding notes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of holding note Labels: form-of, plural
Word: India shawl Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of rich cashmere shawl woven in India from pieces which are sewn together.
Word: shawl goat Part of Speech: noun 1. The Cashmere goat.
Word: shawl goats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shawl goat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: malt floor Part of Speech: noun 1. A perforated floor in the chamber of a malt kiln, through which heat rises for drying.
Word: beebrush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bee + brush. 1. Any of the genus Aloysia of flowering plants in the verbena family.
Word: beebrushes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beebrush Labels: form-of, plural
Word: verbenalin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From verbena + -in. 1. An iridoid glucoside obtained from verbena. Labels: uncountable
Word: hastatoside Part of Speech: noun 1. An iridoid glucoside obtained from verbena. Labels: uncountable
Word: verbascoside Part of Speech: noun 1. A phenylethanoid (with hydroxytyrosol) and phenylpropanoid (with caffeic acid) sugar ester found in Verbascum and other plants. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: verbascosides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of verbascoside Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phenylethanoid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of phenolic compounds characterized by a phenethyl alcohol structure.
Word: phenylethanoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phenylethanoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydroxytyrosol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydroxy- + tyrosol. 1. A particular phenylethanoid with powerful antioxidant properties.
Word: hydroxytyrosols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydroxytyrosol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tyrosol Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular phenylethanoid found in olive oil. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tyrosols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tyrosol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tyrosinemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tyrosinemia + -ic. 1. Exhibiting or relating to tyrosinemia.
Word: bird of Jove Part of Speech: noun 1. The eagle.
Word: scribing iron Part of Speech: noun 1. An iron-pointed instrument for scribing, or marking, casks and logs.
Word: shinleaf Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a number of plants of Pyrola 2. Any of a number of plants of Pyrola 3. Any of a number of plants of Pyrola 4. Any of a number of plants of Pyrola
Word: Paquelin's thermocautery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after its inventor, Claude-André Paquelin. 1. thermocautery by means of a hollow platinum point, which is kept constantly hot by the passage through it of benzene vapour Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: beetle mite Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of many species of mites of the order Oribatida.
Word: beetle mites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beetle mite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: naming collision Part of Speech: noun 1. An error caused by two source code elements (such as variables or functions) having the same name as each other.
Word: Roman punch Part of Speech: noun 1. punch (the drink) frozen and served icy Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: take soil Part of Speech: verb 1. To run into the mire or water; hence, to take refuge or shelter. Labels: archaic, idiomatic Example: O, sir, have you taken soil here? It is well a man may reach you after three hours' running. Example: […] finding that he could not shake off the hounds, turned to the left towards the Saltwater River, and rushing down a precipitous and stony approach to the river, he instantly took soil in very deep water, with the pack clustering round him.
Word: riding hood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rydyng hoode, rydynghoode. By surface analysis, riding + hood. 1. A hood intended for use by women while horseriding. Labels: historical Example: He... violently pull'd off her Riding-Hood, and tore it at the Arm Holes in pulling it off. 2. A kind of hooded cloak.
Word: hero worship Part of Speech: noun 1. Extravagant admiration for great people, likened to the ancient worship of heroes. Labels: uncountable Example: Hero-worship endures forever while man endures.
Word: covered way Part of Speech: noun 1. In a fortification, a corridor or banquette along the top of the counterscarp and covered by an embankment whose slope forms the glacis. It gives the garrison an open line of communication around the works, and a standing place beyond the ditch. 2. A roofed walkway.
Word: sprunt up Part of Speech: verb 1. To draw oneself up suddenly, as in anger or defiance; to bristle up. Labels: US, dialectal, intransitive
Word: nundinal letter Part of Speech: noun 1. one of the first eight letters of the alphabet, repeated successively from the first to the last day of the year. One of these always corresponded to the market day, which occurred every eight days. Labels: Ancient-Rome
Word: nundinal letters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nundinal letter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhubarbarin Part of Speech: noun 1. chrysophanic acid Labels: uncountable
Word: silk serge Part of Speech: noun Labels: countable, empty-gloss, historical, no-gloss, uncountable
Word: quick-drying Part of Speech: adj 1. Able to dry quickly. Often used in relation to paints, varnishes, adhesives, as well as other products. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hoe one's row Part of Speech: verb 1. To do one's share of a job. Labels: idiomatic Example: I have to begin where I left off; but you cannot realize but that you have to take one jump away ahead, when you come to leave your bodies and go into the spirit world. That is not so, for you will have to commence to hoe your row where you left off. Example: “I ain’t sharing my room with assassins. Gilvey is ignorant and a brute. If you say so I’ll join you and we’ll lick him. We could do it easy, only it wouldn’t help you much. For the men would say I had to help you hoe your row.”
Word: chubby bunny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In the case of the game, named after one of the phrases commonly used. 1. A game in which players attempt to speak a phrase through an increasing number of marshmallows placed in the mouth. Labels: uncountable Example: It's important not to go overboard and choke while playing chubby bunny. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chubby, bunny. Labels: countable Example: On top of that, a chubby bunny may have trouble cleaning himself, leaving urine and stool on the hindquarters and feet, which can lead to inflammatory skin disease.
Word: bigotted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of bigoted. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chubbily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From chubby + -ly. 1. In a chubby manner.
Word: whited sepulchre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An allusion to Matthew 23:27 in the Bible. From Ancient Greek τάφος κεκονιαμένος (táphos kekoniaménos, “plastered tomb, hypocrite”). 1. One who is outwardly attractive, but unclean or vile on the inside; a hypocrite.
Word: Hamburg edging Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of embroidered work done by machinery on cambric or muslin, and used for trimming. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That was the tree all the neighborhood children loved best, playing house under it, hanging by hooked knees from its low branches, while their faces turned purple and the little girls' skirts fell over their heads, showing gathered drawers with Hamburg edging. Example: “Just let Master Harry try hiding my thimble again and I’ll go straight to his mother and tell her how the china shepherdess on the drawing-room mantel came to be broken.” Then, with a particularly spirited snip of her scissors, “And Miss Isabella needn’t think because of her big eyes and those curls that she’s better’n the rest of the world. Telling me she won’t wear the petticoats because they’ve only got Hamburg edging and two rows of tucks instead of three, the little peacock!”
Word: Brother Jonathan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Said to have originated from George Washington referring to the patriotic Jonathan Trumbull, governor of Connecticut, by this name. 1. The personification and emblem of New England. He is also an allegory of capitalism and transcendent aspirations, and, in the past, has occasionally been the national personification of the entire United States.
Word: Madeira nut Part of Speech: noun 1. A common walnut, a nut of an English walnut (Juglans regia). Labels: dated
Word: Madeira nuts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Madeira nut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: const Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of constant, used as a keyword in certain programming languages. 1. A variable whose value cannot be changed directly.
Word: const Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Abbreviation of constant, used as a keyword in certain programming languages. 1. Whose value cannot be changed directly. Labels: not-comparable 2. Which cannot change the value of its class’s attributes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: djebel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of jebel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: salammoniac Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sal ammoniac. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: austrium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Austria + -ium. 1. A supposed chemical element proposed by Eduard Linnemann in 1886, later found to be gallium. Labels: uncountable
Word: midsummer daisy Part of Speech: noun 1. oxeye daisy
Word: charnico Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of charneco. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: sinoscopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sinoscopy + -ic. 1. Relating to sinoscopy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: atomic emission spectroscopy Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of analytical spectroscopy that measures the radiation emitted at specific wavelengths by the atoms excited in a very hot sample Labels: uncountable
Word: common run Part of Speech: noun 1. Ordinary persons, things, or events. Labels: dated, idiomatic Example: I saw nothing else that is superior to the common run of parks. Example: Burns never dreamed of looking down on others as beneath him, merely because he was conscious of his own vast superiority to the common run of men.
Word: nudeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nude + -ness. 1. Synonym of nudity. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Bareness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She spoke wearily but matter-of-factly, letting her eyes almost close, and again I was conscious of the curious nudeness of her slightly swollen eyelids.
Word: intercontinental ballistic missiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of intercontinental ballistic missile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mania a potu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin mania ā pōtū (literally “madness from the drink”). 1. Madness caused by alcohol intoxication. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: archaization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From archaize + -ation. 1. Process of becoming or turning something more archaic.
Word: archaizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of archaization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dirk knife Part of Speech: noun 1. A clasp-knife with a large blade like that of a dirk.
Word: dirk knives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dirk knife Labels: form-of, plural
Word: huckle bone Part of Speech: noun 1. The hip bone. Labels: obsolete 2. The anklebone. Labels: obsolete Example: Ἀστράγαλος is in Latin, talus, and it is the little ſquare huccle bone, in the ancle place of the hinder legge in all beaſtes, ſauing man, […]
Word: huckle bones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of huckle bone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ataxic fever Part of Speech: noun 1. malignant typhus fever Example: The genera of the fifth order are the sporadic ataxic fever , the contagious , the flow nervous fever , the malignant remittent