nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: zooish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zoo + -ish. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a zoo. Labels: informal Example: Or was it that the years had shaped these things to make them inseparable from her growing memory of them? The trunk was lined with cedar, yet everything smelled zooish, the very opposite of Hygeia. 2. crowded with people. Labels: informal
Word: Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French. * Named after either Louis Marquis (one of the first colonists of the region), Louis-Antoine Proulx (vicar of Rivière-du-Loup), or Louis-Nicolas Bernier (an abbot). * Ha! Ha!, from ha-ha (“obstacle which suddenly interrupts a path”), is said by the Commission de toponymie to refer to nearby Lake Témiscouata. 1. A parish municipality of Témiscouata regional county municipality, Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Quebec, Canada.
Word: underwits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of underwit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sleeve tattoo Part of Speech: noun 1. A tattoo that covers most or all of the arm.
Word: Duckworth-Lewis Part of Speech: name 1. Duckworth-Lewis method
Word: Ietsism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch ietsisme. 1. An unspecified belief in an undefined transcendent reality. Labels: uncountable
Word: gaum-like Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gaum + -like. 1. Sensible; understanding. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: She had been farm-servant to my mother's brother--James Hepburn, thy great-uncle as was; she were a poor, friendless wench, a parish 'prentice, but honest and gaum-like, till a lad, as nobody knowed, come o'er the hills one sheep-shearing fra' Whitehaven; [...]
Word: Sabbateanism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Sabbatianism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: rubber cement Part of Speech: noun 1. An adhesive made from elastic polymers (typically latex) mixed in a solvent to keep them fluid enough to be used. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Vorarlberg Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Vorarlberg (literally, "before the Arlberg"), from vor (“before; in front of”) + Arlberg (“massif shared between Vorarlberg and Tyrol”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːɹˌɑː(ɹ)lbɜː(ɹ)ɡ/ 1. The westernmost federal state of Austria. Capital: Bregenz.
Word: volume shooter Part of Speech: noun 1. A player who takes a lot of shots. Example: When the 76ers drafted Iguodala ninth overall in 2004, many wanted him to be a me-first scorer and volume shooter just like the player who previously held the team's spotlight and bared [sic] the same initials: Allen Iverson.
Word: woulda, coulda, shoulda Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Derisively mimics the frequent perfect conditional forms (I would have done this and that) which are used when discussing events that may have occurred in the past. 1. An expression of dismissiveness or disappointment concerning a statement, question, explanation, course of action, or occurrence involving hypothetical possibilities, uncertain facts, or missed opportunities. Example: President Clinton . . . had his clear shot at health-care reform, if we need it, he and his wife, but they blew it. As Mrs. Clinton might say, woulda coulda shoulda. Example: Rahlves described the team's overall skiing performance here as, "woulda, shoulda, coulda—all that stuff. It sucks—we definitely came up very short."
Word: woulda, coulda, shoulda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derisively mimics the frequent perfect conditional forms (I would have done this and that) which are used when discussing events that may have occurred in the past. 1. An instance or moment of regret, hindsight, or futile pondering over a missed opportunity. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: But there a lot of talented people right down there on the street, singing their shoulda-coulda-wouldas, now is that how you wanna end up? Example: And, Dr. Lovett, would I be correct in saying that your basic complaint is, if you will allow me to characterize it as a "woulda, coulda, shoulda" in terms of lost opportunities and it isn't a good deal and we are not smart doing it, but that you do not take a fundamental position that the U.S. sov- ereignty is cashed in under this agreement?
Word: shoulda, coulda, woulda Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of woulda, coulda, shoulda. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shoulda, woulda, coulda Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of woulda, coulda, shoulda. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: woulda, shoulda, coulda Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of woulda, coulda, shoulda. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: coulda, shoulda, woulda Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of woulda, coulda, shoulda. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: coulda, woulda, shoulda Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of woulda, coulda, shoulda. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pighood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pig + -hood. Attested since the 19th century. 1. The state of being a pig. Labels: uncountable Example: The people had become readers; the swinish multitude fashioned into a sort of sapient pighood.
Word: bidars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bidar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spearplay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spear + play. 1. Fighting (or practice exercises) with spears. Labels: uncountable Example: The farmer or the potter or the merchant takes down his father's old spear, puts the old armor on, practices the spearplay, takes his place in the ranks, and goes through the drill as is expected of him. Example: What this spear-play reveals is something central to Homer, and to many of the arguments about Homer which have raged over the past two centuries.
Word: buzz cuts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buzz cut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: walking shark Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various species of shark that move by ‘walking’ their fins across the sea bed, especially Hemiscyllium ocellatum (epaulette shark) or Hemiscyllium halmahera. Example: Given the nickname the walking shark, it is about a metre long and stands up on its pectoral and pelvic fins to walk around on the seabed with a sinuous motion, rather like a lizard, hunting molluscs and crustaceans. Example: "This is the third walking shark species to be described from eastern Indonesia in the past six years, which highlights our tremendous shark and ray biodiversity," said Fahmi, a shark expert at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences.
Word: walking sharks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of walking shark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Xerces blue Part of Speech: noun 1. A recently extinct species of gossamer-winged butterfly (Lycaenidae), Glaucopsyche xerces. Example: Last seen at the Presidio, the Xerces blue finally passed from existence in 1943. Example: In fact, the xerces blue survived that first wave of habita destruction, only to succumb in the 1940s to continuing development especially of sand dune habitats.
Word: ornithophilic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ornitho- + -philic. 1. Fond of birds. Example: In countries such as the US, bird-feeding, birdwatching, and other types of ornithophilic behaviour form the basis of huge conservation efforts, in tandem with science. 2. That feeds on birds. Example: When the birds leave their breeding sites in the autumn the mosquito turns to humans. The London Underground molestus are not ornithophilic. We have nothing to fear from them. Example: Unlike the alphaviruses that produce arthritis, human cases occur in an epizootic from an enzootic cycle involving passerine birds and ornithophilic mosquitoes.
Word: artificial respirations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of artificial respiration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brickette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brick + -ette. 1. Alternative form of briquet (block of compressed combustible material used as fuel) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: acylpiperidine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acyl + piperidine. 1. Any acyl derivative of piperidine
Word: aftercontraction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From after- + contraction. 1. A contraction of a muscle some time after a stimulus has ceased.
Word: aftermovement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros Proto-Germanic *after Old English æfter Middle English after English after ▲ Old English æfter Old English æfter- Middle English after- English after- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old French movoir Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Old French movementbor. Middle English mevement English movement English aftermovement From after- + movement. 1. The movement of a limb following contraction of a muscle.
Word: alkanesulfonate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. German Alk(ohol) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Alkyl German alk- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānusder. German -an German Alkanbor. English alkane English sulfonate English alkanesulfonate From alkane + sulfonate. 1. The salt or ester of an alkyl sulfonic acid
Word: alkylglycerol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alc(ohol) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English alkyl Ancient Greek γλῠκερός (glŭkerós) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus French -in Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -am Old French -e French -e French -ine French glycérine English glycerine ▲ English alcohol English -ol English glycerol English alkylglycerol From alkyl + glycerol. 1. Any alkyl ether of glycerol
Word: aminomutase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From amino- + mutase. 1. Any mutase that moves an amino group.
Word: aminopurine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From amino- + purine. 1. Any amino derivative of a purine
Word: ammoniochloride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ammonio- + chloride. 1. Any double salt of ammonium chloride.
Word: amphoacetate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ampho- + acetate. 1. Any amphoteric acetate, especially a salt of an acetic acid that has a basic substituent.
Word: amphopropionate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of amphoteric + propionate. 1. Any amphoteric propionate, especially a salt of a propionic acid that has a basic substituent.
Word: amylinomimetic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From amylin + -o- + mimetic. 1. Any drug that mimics the action of amylin; they are used to counter diabetes
Word: anachronist Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who has anachronistic views or habits
Word: androstadiene Part of Speech: noun 1. A derivative of androstane that has two double bonds Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: androstanol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From androstane + -ol. 1. Any alcohol derived from androstane, but especially 5a-androstane3a-ol. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: anholonomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an- + holonomy. 1. An anholonomic system
Word: anthrapyrazole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French anthracènebor. English anthracene Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- English pyr- Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Hellenic *gʷyṓw-ō Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō Ancient Greek ζώω (zṓō) Ancient Greek ζῶ (zô) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ) French azotebor. English azote English azo- English -ole English azole English pyrazole blend English anthrapyrazole Blend of anthracene + pyrazole. By surface analysis, anthra- + pyrazole. 1. Any of a class of compounds that have a pyrazole ring formed adjacent to two of the rings of an anthracene; many of them are cytotoxic, or have anticancer activity
Word: anthraquinonoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anthraquinone + -oid. 1. Any compound that is structurally related to an anthraquinone, typically having a C=N- group replacing one of the C=O groups
Word: Kerkorian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Western Armenian pronunciation of Armenian Գրիգորյան (Grigoryan). 1. A surname from Armenian.
Word: antialgebra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + algebra. 1. The algebra of antisets, antigroups, antirings etc.
Word: Muslimas Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmʊzlɪməz/, /ˈmʌzlɪməz/ 1. plural of Muslima Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anti-algebra Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + algebra. 1. Opposed to the teaching or learning of algebra, especially to or by non-mathematical students
Word: antiamboceptor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + amboceptor. 1. Any substance that counters an amboceptor
Word: antidextran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + dextran. 1. Any antibody that targets dextran
Word: antisympathetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + sympathetic. 1. That affects the sympathetic nervous system Labels: not-comparable
Word: antisympathetic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + sympathetic. 1. Any agent that affects the sympathetic nervous system
Word: ESnet Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Energy Sciences Network, a high-speed computer network serving DOE scientists and their collaborators worldwide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: e-ballot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e- + ballot. 1. A computerized ballot in e-voting.
Word: e-ballots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of e-ballot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: workie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From work (noun) + -ie (suffix forming colloquial nouns denoting persons associated with the words to which they are affixed). Sense 1 (“intern”) alludes to work experience. Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːki/, /ˈwɜɹki/ 1. An intern. Labels: informal, slang Example: Other interns are another good source of advice and support. Melody Small, a 20-year-old student from Canterbury who did a two-week editorial placement at Grazia, said: 'Make friends with other workies […] 2. A worker, especially a manual labourer. Labels: Scotland, informal 3. Chiefly in the form Workie: a member or supporter of a Working Men's (or Workingmen's) Party, one of a number of political parties established in the United States in the early 19th century to further working class interests. Labels: US, historical, informal
Word: workies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of workie or worky Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ascent vehicle Part of Speech: noun 1. A means of transportation able to carry people or cargo into outer space from the surface of a planet or a moon.
Word: descent vehicle Part of Speech: noun 1. A means of transportation able to carry people or cargo from outer space to the surface of a planet or a moon.
Word: ascent vehicles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ascent vehicle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: descent vehicles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of descent vehicle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jurek Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Jurek. 1. A surname from Polish.
Word: Mission grapes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mission grape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: CTAL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Certified Tester Advanced Level. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CTFL Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Certified Tester Foundation Level. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: frighten the life out of someone Part of Speech: verb 1. To frighten someone very much.
Word: graecicize Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative letter-case form of Graecicize. Labels: alt-of Example: 1883, F. Warrington Eastlake, "Equine Deities", in Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, vol. XI, R. Meiklejohn & Co., Yokohama. For not only was Yauk a sun-god of the Sabaeans, but Set, under the title of Tebha, graecicized Typhon, was a personification of the destructive energy of the great orb. Example: ...Philipp Melanchthon, who, in honour of classical learning graecicized his German name of Schwarzerd.
Word: sts. Part of Speech: adv 1. Abbreviation of sometimes. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Example: V. General List of Abbreviations … sts. = sometimes Example: The following list provides some of the more common abbreviations [...] sts. sometimes
Word: sts. Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of st. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: formalinise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From formalin + -ise. 1. To preserve by treatment with formalin
Word: formalinises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of formalinise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: formalinised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of formalinise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: formalinised Part of Speech: adj 1. preserved by treatment with formalin Labels: not-comparable
Word: formalinising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of formalinise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: corbina Part of Speech: noun 1. A marine fish, Menticirrhus undulatus. Example: As a result, although corbinas commonly utilize mollusks, they are limited to the siphons, foot, or other soft parts that either extend from the shell or can be picked from it.
Word: roentgenkymogram Part of Speech: noun 1. An image produced by roentgenkymography.
Word: roentgenkymographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From roentgenkymography + -ic. 1. Relating to roentgenkymography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: roentgenkymograms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roentgenkymogram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pileworts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pilewort Labels: form-of, plural
Word: radarkymographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From radarkymography + -ic. 1. Relating to radarkymography. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: radiocinematographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From radio- + cinematographic. 1. Relating to radiocinematography. Labels: not-comparable Example: Judging by radiocinematographic data, these portions are only about half of the time filled by air to some degree, and their dynamics may depend on changes of the frequency contours of the whistles.
Word: rheocardiographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew- Proto-Indo-European *sréweti Proto-Hellenic *hréwō Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō) English rheo- Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh₂ Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor. English cardio- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English cardiography English rheocardiography Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English rheocardiographic From rheocardiography + -ic. 1. Relating to rheocardiography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rheocardiogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew- Proto-Indo-European *sréweti Proto-Hellenic *hréwō Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō) English rheo- Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh₂ Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor. English cardio- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma)lbor. English -gram English cardiogram English rheocardiogram From rheo- + cardiogram. 1. An image produced by rheocardiography.
Word: rheocardiograms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rheocardiogram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: off-handedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From off-handed + -ness. 1. Alternative form of offhandedness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Amaltheia Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Amalthea (Greek goddess) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: off-handedly Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of offhandedly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sakura Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese さくら (Sakura). 1. A female given name from Japanese.
Word: semiseparate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + separate. 1. Partly separate. Labels: not-comparable
Word: spinographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spinography + -ic. 1. Relating to spinography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: polyglycerols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polyglycerol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: no quarter Part of Speech: noun 1. No mercy; no sparing the life of a captured opponent. Labels: uncountable
Word: cloud-headed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the phrase head in the clouds. Pronunciation: /ˈklaʊdˌhɛdɪd/, /ˈklaʊdˌhɛdəd/ 1. Having one's head in the clouds: prone to daydreaming, or thinking impractically. Labels: idiomatic Example: In addition, you can stand in awe of yet another book, that despite being written by men, depicts women as cerebral creatures with slim builds and Barsoomian breasts instead of the typical cloud-headed, cassava-chested cranks of carnage. Example: And in the cloud-headed days that followed, he struggled to make sense of this. Perhaps he was dreaming.
Word: Gonio Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Georgian გონიო (gonio). 1. A Roman fortress in Adjara, Georgia.
Word: wellful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From well + -ful. 1. The amount that fills a well.
Word: wellfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wellful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wardrobeful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wardrobe + -ful. 1. The amount that fills a wardrobe. Example: She and Martha went over the great wardrobesful of clothes which had been Teddy Loring’s, sorting, selecting, choosing what garments she would take with her into exile.
Word: wardrobefuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wardrobeful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: onehanded Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of one-handed. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: A month earlier, we would have been shocked if a onehanded, fifty-four-year-old Norwegian fisherman had hailed us boisterously from the end of his wharf, but as we'd traveled north, we'd found the country less developed and less populated, and its people more outgoing.
Word: onehanded Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of one-handed. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: He lit a cigar onehanded. It was clearly his trick. Example: Wallace lifted the halfinch Browning off Doris and lumped after them in leagueboot paces, hefting the big weapon onehanded as if it were a toy.
Word: DIPs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of DIP Labels: form-of, plural
Word: buzzwordy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From buzzword + -y. 1. Involving or characteristic of buzzwords. Labels: informal
Word: plurisignifying Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pluri- + signifying. 1. Having multiple meanings.
Word: plurisignifying Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pluri- + signifying. 1. present participle and gerund of plurisignify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: metaphonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From metaphony + -ic. 1. Relating to metaphony. Labels: not-comparable
Word: metaphonically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From metaphonic + -ally. 1. By means of, or in terms of, metaphony. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Ball's Pyramid Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball, who discovered it in 1788. 1. An erosional remnant of a shield volcano and caldera, near Lord Howe Island in the Pacific Ocean.
Word: supersheer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + sheer. 1. Very sheer.
Word: Irukandji syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named in 1952 by Hugo Flecker, after the Aboriginal Irukandji people who live in Palm Cove, north of Cairns, Queensland, Australia, where stings are common. 1. A condition induced by venomization by the sting of Carukia barnesi and certain other box jellyfish. It can lead to cardiac arrest. Labels: uncountable
Word: Obecalp Part of Speech: name Etymology: From placebo spelled backwards. 1. Any medicine that is a placebo.
Word: favism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fava (“the fava bean”) + -ism. 1. An X-linked recessive genetic condition that predisposes a person to hemolysis and resultant jaundice in response to certain triggers. Labels: uncountable
Word: overresponsive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + responsive. 1. Excessively responsive.
Word: konzo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yaka [Term?], via French konzo. 1. An epidemic paralytic disease associated with excessive consumption of cassava, which contains cyanide. Labels: uncountable
Word: euthanases Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of euthanase Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: furious rabies Part of Speech: noun 1. The commonest form of rabies, characterised by hyperactivity and hydrophobia, and contrasted with the paralytic form. Labels: uncountable
Word: rabdomancy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rhabdomancy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: lepro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From leprosy, q.v. 1. leprosy Labels: morpheme
Word: Winterbottom's sign Part of Speech: name Etymology: From descriptions made by Dr. Thomas Masterman Winterbottom (1766-1859) in 1803. 1. A swelling of lymph nodes along the back of the neck, characteristic of the early phase of African trypanosomiasis, and suggestive of cerebral infection.
Word: African trypanosomiasis Part of Speech: noun 1. African sleeping sickness, a sleeping sickness caused by protozoa of the species Trypanosoma brucei. Labels: uncountable
Word: sitting-rising test Part of Speech: name 1. A test predicting mortality risk in older people, based on whether and how easily they can sit on the floor and then rise back to a standing position.
Word: rhabdomancer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rhabdomancy + -er. 1. One who carries out rhabdomancy; the user of a divining rod. Example: In the Middle Ages Rhabdomancers were employed to discover mines, and the whereabouts of precious stones.
Word: rhabdomancers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhabdomancer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adversativity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adversative + -ity. 1. adversativeness Labels: uncountable
Word: sharp s Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German scharfes S 1. The name of the Latin script letter ẞ/ß. Example: A minor but convenient feature is the ability to include words with accent marks (Umlauts, sharp s’s) (ß) into the text. The accent entry utility provides a quick and useful way of adding diacritical marks or sharp s’s in German) (ß) into the text. Example: That there are sudden and unexplained changes of typeface (on p. 121) or that Greek betas appear in lieu of German sharp s’s could be construed as small oversights.
Word: takes the liberty Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of take the liberty Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: taking the liberty Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of take the liberty Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: took the liberty Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of take the liberty Labels: form-of, past
Word: taken the liberty Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of take the liberty Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Turanism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Turan + -ism. 1. A movement aiming at close cooperation or political unification of various supposedly related ethnic groups, claimed to have all originated from Turan. Labels: uncountable
Word: takes liberties Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of take liberties Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: taking liberties Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of take liberties Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: took liberties Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of take liberties Labels: form-of, past
Word: taken liberties Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of take liberties Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tubal ligations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tubal ligation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Gymnesians Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Gymnesian + -s. 1. Gymnesian Islands Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Young Irelander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Young Ireland + -er. 1. A supporter of the Young Ireland movement of the mid-19th century, which led changes in Irish nationalism, including an abortive rebellion in 1848. Labels: historical
Word: Young Irelanders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Young Irelander Labels: form-of, plural
Word: limmu Part of Speech: noun 1. A royal official who presided over the New Year festival at the start of the reign of an Assyrian king. Labels: historical
Word: limmus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of limmu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tumen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish tümen. 1. Alternative form of toman (“army unit”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The largest unit was the tumen, equivalent to a division: 10,000 men in principle (and sometimes less). An army was made up of two to four tumen, each composed of ten times a thousand men (the equivalent of a regiment), and each regiment of ten times a hundred men (the equivalent of a squadron), ten times ten men.
Word: New Granada Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Spanish Nueva Granada. 1. A historical province in colonial South America corresponding to present-day Colombia and Ecuador. Labels: historical Example: In South America the major centre was Quito, where flocks of sheep and Indian labour were plentiful; its markets were in central Peru to the south and the gold-mining regions of New Granada to the north. 2. Ellipsis of United Provinces of New Granada, a short-lived predecessor of present-day Colombia (1810–1816). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical
Word: New Albion Part of Speech: name 1. All of the territory of North America north of New Spain, as claimed by Sir Francis Drake for England in 1579. Labels: historical 2. A town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States.
Word: mallku Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Aymara mallku. 1. A prince or leader among the Aymara people.
Word: mallkus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mallku Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Aymaran Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Aymara + -an. 1. Of or relating to the Aymara people or their language.
Word: Aymaran Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Aymara + -an. 1. The family of languages spoken by the Aymara.
Word: Vandemonian Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌvæn.dɪˈməʊ.ni.ən/, /ˌvæn.dɪˈmoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. A person from Van Diemen's Land. Labels: historical 2. A person from Tasmania. Labels: informal
Word: Vandemonian Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌvæn.dɪˈməʊ.ni.ən/, /ˌvæn.dɪˈmoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Relating to Tasmania or Van Diemen's Land. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Vandemonians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Vandemonian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: protofeudalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proto- + feudalism. 1. Any social system preceding, and moving toward, later feudalism. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: macahuitls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macahuitl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: macahuitl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl macahuitl. 1. A wooden sword with obsidian blades, used by various Mesoamerican cultures.
Word: underpads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of underpad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: underpadding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + padding. 1. Material used for underpads. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: underpaddings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of underpadding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: underpadded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + padded. 1. Having padding underneath. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having insufficient padding. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Dinaric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Dinara + -ic, after the mountain on the border of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. 1. Relating to the Dinaric Alps, a mountain chain in southern Europe. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to a subtype of the Caucasoid race, associated with southeastern Europe. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Dinaric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dinara + -ic, after the mountain on the border of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. 1. A member of a subtype of the Caucasoid race, associated with southern Europe.
Word: Snowball Earth Part of Speech: name 1. The planet Earth when its surface was almost completely frozen some time earlier than 650 million years ago, according to a hypothesis aiming to explain certain enigmatic features in the geological record, such as apparently glacial sedimentary deposits found at tropical paleolatitudes.
Word: weird fiction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Popularized by H. P. Lovecraft. 1. A macabre subgenre of speculative fiction originating in the late 19th and early 20th century, pre-dating the horror and fantasy genres. Labels: uncountable Example: Weird fiction is, after all, notoriously typified by the presence of entities so radically different from normality that they are, to borrow a characteristic phrase from H. P. Lovecraft, “impossible to describe” (Lovecraft 2014: 404).
Word: multicontinental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + continental. 1. Of or relating to more than one continent.
Word: simulism Part of Speech: noun 1. A tendency to be similar; resemblance. Labels: formal, rare, uncountable Example: The arrangement of leaves in E. cæspitosum and E. Ripleyi is quite different, but since both species are depressed dwarfs with much-condensed habits, the divergence in this character is almost concealed under a marked habital simulism.
Word: Publilian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Publilius + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Publilius Volero, Ancient Roman statesman who pushed for reforms in suffrage. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Littrow projection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Developed by Joseph Johann von Littrow in 1833. 1. A map projection that is conformal and retroazimuthal. Labels: no-plural
Word: Gibson Girl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Introduced in the satirical works of illustrator Charles Dana Gibson in the 1890s. (radio transmitter): So called from its hourglass shape (allowing it to be held between one's legs while the generator handle was turned), supposed to resemble a womanly figure. 1. A personification of American ideal feminine beauty around the beginning of the 20th century, depicted as voluptuous but ladylike and fashionable. 2. A survival radio transmitter carried by aircraft on over-water operations. Labels: US, historical, slang
Word: Gibson Girls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Gibson Girl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ayllus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ayllu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yanakuna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Quechua yanakuna. 1. An individual in the Inca Empire who left the ayllu system and worked full-time at a variety of tasks for the Inca, their queen, or the religious establishment. Labels: historical
Word: yanakunas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yanakuna Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quyas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quya Labels: form-of, plural
Word: osculum infame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin, "shameful kiss". 1. A witch's supposed ritual greeting of kissing the anus of the Devil. Labels: historical
Word: suicide bag Part of Speech: noun 1. A lysosome. Labels: informal 2. Synonym of exit bag.
Word: suicide bags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suicide bag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baby shampoo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Intended for use with young children. 1. A shampoo formulated to cause less irritation than normal shampoo if it gets into a person's eyes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: baby shampoos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baby shampoo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mediaevalesque Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of medievalesque. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: medievalesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From medieval + -esque. Piecewise doublet of medievalish. 1. Somewhat medieval in style. Labels: informal
Word: discerningness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From discerning + -ness. 1. The quality of being discerning; discernment. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: furtivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From furtive + -ity. 1. Furtiveness. Labels: uncountable
Word: præter- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Archaic spelling of preter-. Labels: alt-of, archaic, morpheme
Word: dispatch rider Part of Speech: noun 1. A messenger on a motorcycle. 2. A postrider or mounted courier (eg the US Pony Express)
Word: nonaggregatable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + aggregatable. 1. Not aggregatable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: aggregable Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of aggregatable.
Word: self-hateful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From self- + hateful. 1. Self-hating.
Word: bogatyri Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bogatyr Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ideot Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of idiot . Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: No remedy; you must be dieted, and let blood in the Cephalica vein of asses, fools, dolts, ideots, dunces, dodipolles, and so forth infinitely; and never trust me, if you be not as tame-tongued, and barren-witted, as other honest men of Lombardy and the Low Countries. Example: VVhat’s heere, the portrait of a blinking Ideot, / Preſenting me a ſedule?
Word: ideots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ideot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Guiney Part of Speech: name Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Géibheannaigh (“son of Géibheannach”), a personal name derived from géibheannach (“fettered”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪni/ 1. A surname from Irish.
Word: Guiney Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪni/ 1. Obsolete form of Guinea. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: awooga Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of aooga. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Hotlanta Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of hot + Atlanta, referring to the hot climate. 1. Nickname for Atlanta: a major city in Georgia, United States. Labels: colloquial
Word: Jewniverse Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Jew + universe. 1. The entire Jewish world or culture. Labels: colloquial, humorous Example: When I was eleven years old my stepmother enrolled my heathen ass in Gan Israel, an Orthodox summer day camp run by the Lubavitchers, the Jewiest Jews in all of the known Jewniverse. Example: What matters is how you feel about the Jewish world, the Jewniverse.
Word: gaytard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gay + -tard. 1. Term of abuse. Labels: derogatory, slang 2. A homosexual person, especially a homosexual man. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: gaytards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gaytard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flipism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flip + -ism, introduced in the Disney comic Flip Decision by Carl Barks, published in 1953. 1. A pseudophilosophy under which all decisions are made at random, as if by flipping a coin. Labels: uncountable Example: You flip three times, but maybe that is still placing too much responsibility on the penny. You decide to flip it a hundred times, five hundred, a thousand. You have become a victim of flipism, and you still haven't solved your conflict frustration.
Word: dalca Part of Speech: noun 1. A light canoe employed by the Chonos, a nomadic indigenous people of southern Chile.
Word: dalcas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dalca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crurifragium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin crus (“leg”) + fragium (“a fracture of a part of the body”). 1. The breaking of the lower leg bones as an ancient form of punishment or execution. Labels: uncountable
Word: rain garden Part of Speech: noun 1. A planted depression or hole that allows rainwater runoff from impervious urban areas, such as roofs and driveways, to be absorbed into the ground. Example: The area around the station, spanning some 150 hectares, will also be transformed, with sunken rain gardens in the public plaza in addition to an outdoor terrace to the station concourse.
Word: rain gardens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rain garden Labels: form-of, plural
Word: temple garment Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of underwear worn by Latter-day Saints after taking part in the endowment ceremony; they are a symbolic reminder of the covenants made in temple ceremonies.
Word: temple garments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of temple garment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: magic underwear Part of Speech: noun 1. A temple garment. Labels: colloquial, derogatory, offensive, uncountable
Word: Mayanism Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mayan + -ism. 1. An eclectic collection of New Age beliefs influenced in part by pre-Columbian Maya mythology and some folk beliefs of the modern Maya peoples.
Word: alarmistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From alarm + -istic. 1. Synonym of alarmist.
Word: if-by-whiskey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Refers to a 1952 speech by Noah S. "Soggy" Sweat Jr. during a debate on whether or not Mississippi should legalize alcoholic beverages. He prefaced his qualified agreement with each side in turn with the formula "if by whiskey you mean..." and a definition of "whiskey" crafted to support that side. Pronunciation: /ˌɪf baɪ ˈwɪski/, /ˌɪf baɪ ˈʍɪski/ 1. That equivocates on an issue while appearing to affirm both sides, by asserting that each is correct depending on which of two stated alternatives is used as the definition of a key term. Labels: US, not-comparable, usually Example: 2010, Carol Phillip-Tudor, The Boy, The Professor and Ella's Regret, Dorrance Publishing Company (RoseDog Books), page 103, "You a foolin' nary a soul, mister Emil" says Bilky. "I's thinkin' maybe yourin a usin' the If-by-Whiskey defense. […] "
Word: beave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of beaver. 1. Alternative form of beav. Labels: Canada, US, alt-of, alternative, slang Example: She was too wrapped up in regaling them with an amusing story from her freshman year when one of the senior girls got tired of Mr. Stephenson's constant quest to see her beave and came to school wearing a strap on penis...a really big one.
Word: beaves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beave Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Disumbrationism Part of Speech: name Etymology: Apparently an arbitrary invention, perhaps from dis- + umbra + -ation + -ism. 1. A supposed art movement created as a hoax in 1924 in reaction to an art establishment perceived as overvaluing inferior artworks.
Word: doughfacism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From doughface + -ism. 1. The character of a doughface; willingness to be led about by others of stronger mind and will. Labels: uncountable
Word: flunkeyism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flunkey + -ism. 1. Alternative form of flunkyism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: The suggestion first saw public print last autumn in British Transport Review, wherein Mr. Rupert Shervington, Movements Officer of the S.R., expressed the view that in its present economic situation B.R. could no longer tolerate at its stations inherited traditions of "flunkeyism", which required the maintenance of a large number of men to shut doors and carry bags, [...].
Word: surf punk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From surf + punk. 1. A form of punk rock music influenced by surf rock. Labels: uncountable
Word: facilitated communication Part of Speech: noun 1. The now-discredited technique of assisting a person with a disability to communicate by helping them to point out letters of the alphabet on a board so as to spell a message. Labels: uncountable
Word: Bhuddism Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of Buddhism. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: ex-Yu Part of Speech: adj 1. From or relating to the former nation of Yugoslavia. Labels: informal, not-comparable, rare
Word: reattacks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reattack Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reattacking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reattack Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reattacked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reattack Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: potaholics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of potaholic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dispatch riders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dispatch rider Labels: form-of, plural
Word: post rider Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of postrider. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: post riders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of post rider Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aminoanthraquinone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From amino- + anthraquinone. 1. Either of two isomeric amino derivatives of anthraquinone
Word: aminoanthraquinones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aminoanthraquinone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arabinofuranosylcytosine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of arabinofuranosides of cytosine, some of which are anti-tumor agents
Word: archmould Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arch + mould. 1. A plastic moulding that surrounds and protects the wheel arch of a car.
Word: wheel arch Part of Speech: noun 1. The shaped part of the bodywork of a car or other vehicle that allows the wheel to be accessed, and in the case of front wheels, enable them to be steered.
Word: archsodality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arch- + sodality. 1. A confraternity
Word: expense accounts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of expense account Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Fabergé eggs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Fabergé egg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extension blocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of extension block Labels: form-of, plural
Word: argosol Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of alfisol. 2. Synonym of cambisol.
Word: back-translate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back- + translate. 1. To translate a translated text back to the original language.
Word: back-translation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back- + translation. 1. The process of translating a previously translated document back into the original language. Labels: uncountable 2. A text which has been translated in such a fashion. Labels: countable 3. The translation of an amino acid sequence into genetic code. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: back-translates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of back-translate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: back-translating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of back-translate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: back-translated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of back-translate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: back-translations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of back-translation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: armbrace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arm + brace. 1. Any of several forms of harness that support an injured arm.
Word: golden staphs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of golden staph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: has the painters in Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of have the painters in Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: having the painters in Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of have the painters in Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: had the painters in Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of have the painters in Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: arotinoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aromatic retinoid. 1. Any of a group of synthetic derivatives of a retinoid that contains a benzene ring