nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Vermonter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Vermont + -er. 1. A native or resident of the state of Vermont in the United States of America. Example: Vermont Central—Central Vermont. By Edward Hungerford, David W. Sargent, Jr., Lawrence Doherty and Charles E. Fisher, Boston, Massachusetts: The Railway & Locomotive Historical Society Inc., Baker Library, Harvard Business School. [...] These natural obstacles increased the difficulty of providing transport, but the intrepid Vermonters determined to have a railway linking the Great Lakes with Boston, independent of New York—and they achieved it. Example: But April is a whimsical month when Vermonters and Hampshirites alike are disposed to antic adventures such as trekking to Boston to get married or to New York to see the sights.
Word: North Dakotan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From North Dakota + -an. 1. Of, or pertaining to, North Dakota or its culture Labels: not-comparable
Word: North Dakotan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From North Dakota + -an. 1. A native or resident of the state of North Dakota in the United States of America.
Word: South Dakotan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From South Dakota + -an. 1. A native or resident of the state of South Dakota in the United States of America.
Word: campest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of camp: most camp Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: shouldest Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of shouldst. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dinna Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /ˈdɪnə/ 1. do not Labels: Northumbria, Scotland, contraction
Word: Ohioan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Seneca ohi꞉yo꞉h Seneca Ohi꞉yoʼbor. English Ohio English -an English Ohioan From Ohio + -an. 1. A native or resident of the state of Ohio in the United States of America. Example: Finally, it’s all over. I’m pretty sure that is what a lot of Ohioans are thinking. None of us has ever been through anything like this, and it was not pleasant. […] It does make some sense to have an Ohioan at the top of the ticket.
Word: Ohioan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Seneca ohi꞉yo꞉h Seneca Ohi꞉yoʼbor. English Ohio English -an English Ohioan From Ohio + -an. 1. Pertaining to or from Ohio. Labels: rare
Word: Idahoan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Idaho + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.də.həʊ.ən/, /ˈaɪ.dəˌhoʊ.ən/, /ˌaɪ.dəˈhoʊ.ən/ 1. Of or relating to the state of Idaho.
Word: Idahoan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Idaho + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.də.həʊ.ən/, /ˈaɪ.dəˌhoʊ.ən/, /ˌaɪ.dəˈhoʊ.ən/ 1. A native or resident of the state of Idaho in the United States of America. Example: Rachel Baxa was tending to her infant daughter, Georgia, when “the horrific phrase said by President Trump ran through my mind,” the Idahoan said. Example: Oregon’s uptick in marijuana sales along the Idaho border doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s all Idahoans who are lighting up, Lehner said.
Word: Rhode Islander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Rhode Island + -er. 1. A native or resident of the state of Rhode Island in the United States of America.
Word: man's best friend Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Refers to the millennia-long history of close relations, loyalty, friendship, and companionship of dogs with humans. 1. An affectionate term for a dog, or dogs in general.
Word: shoeshiner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shoe + shiner. 1. A person who shines shoes and other footwear, usually for a fee. Example: Finally, with the help of a group of shoeshiners, everything is clarified, the police arrest the criminals; Arlindo is set free.
Word: Jockland Part of Speech: name Etymology: From jock (“(derogatory) a Scotsman”) + land. 1. Scotland Labels: derogatory Example: This rozzer might be from Jockland, but he was every bit as oily as an East End old-timer. Example: Did the cunt think Darren was in some nationwide guild of criminals, that he could put an ad in the newsletter and find a good operator up in fucking Jockland, just like that?
Word: apodictic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Latin apodīcticus (“proving clearly”, “demonstrative”), from the Ancient Greek ἀποδεικτικός (apodeiktikós, “affording proof”, “demonstrative”), from ἀποδείκνυμι (apodeíknumi, “to demonstrate”). In turn, from ἀπο- (apo-, “separate, without”), and δεικτικός (deiktikós, “capable of proof”). Pronunciation: /apəʊˈdɪktɪk/, /apəʊˈdaɪktɪk/, /æpəˈdɪktɪk/, /apoʊˈdɪktɪk/ 1. Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain. Example: No religion has ever yet owed its prevalence to ‘apodictic certainty’. Example: The orca spoke in the odd grammatical tense used either to describe dreams, or to make statements so true they were apodictic, such as "All things die" or "Before my conception I did not exist." 2. Being a style of argument in which a person presents their reasoning as categorically true, even if it is not necessarily so. Example: Don’t be so apodictic! You haven’t considered several facets of the question. 3. Absolute and without explanation, as in a command from God like "Thou shalt not kill!"
Word: Indie Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Indy (“the Independent newspaper”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nonmetrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + metrical. 1. Without the constraints of a metronome; not played or sung with a strict underlying rhythmic method. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sportif Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French sport Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -if Middle French -if French -if French sportifbor. English sportif Borrowed from French sportif. 1. Synonym of cyclosportive.
Word: geometrician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geometric + -ian, presumably by analogy with other words in -ician, such as mathematician. Pronunciation: /dʒiˌɒməˈtrɪʃən/ 1. A geometer; a mathematician specializing in the study of geometry. 2. An erebid moth, Grammodes stolida, of Africa, Eurasia, and Australia.
Word: pass the buck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: May have originated with the game of poker, in which a marker or counter, frequently in frontier days a knife with a buckhorn handle, was used to indicate the person whose turn it was to deal. If the player did not wish to deal he could pass the responsibility by passing the "buckhorn" or "buck", as the marker came to be called, to the next player. 1. To transfer responsibility or blame from oneself onto another; to absolve oneself of concern for a given matter by claiming to lack authority or jurisdiction. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: McLean was quoted in the Austin American Statesman as saying that although he had expected the guidelines to be ruled illegal, an attorney general's opinion […] was required in order to clarify the law. But critics say Bernstein and McLean simply passed the buck to the attorney general in order to placate the small group of fundamentalist Christians who had been lobbying them. Example: He closes the foreword by acknowledging that his proposals would have far-reaching impacts on railway staff, communities and industry - and passes the buck onto government to ensure that these consequences are managed appropriately.
Word: passing the buck Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pass the buck Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: yeller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yell + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈjɛlə/, /ˈjɛlɚ/ 1. Someone who yells.
Word: yeller Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Eye dialect. Pronunciation: /ˈjɛlə/, /ˈjɛlɚ/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of yellow. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.
Word: menuet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of minuet (“type of dance”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Word: pyramide Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of pyramid. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: To measure a Pyramide. You may observe here, That a Pyramide differs from a Cone in this respect, […]
Word: slapshot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of slap shot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: suscitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin suscitatus, past participle of suscitare (“to lift up, to rouse”), from sub- + citare (“to rouse, excite”). Compare excite, incite, and resuscitate. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/ 1. To rouse; to excite; to call into life and action. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: pisco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Quechua pisquder. Spanish Pisco Spanish piscobor. English pisco Borrowed from Spanish pisco, from the name of the city Pisco, from Quechua pishku, pisqu. 1. A liquor distilled from grapes (a brandy) made in wine-producing regions of Peru and Chile. It is the most widely consumed spirit in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: boiloff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boil + off. 1. The vaporization of a liquid (or solid) whose boiling point is lower than that of the environment in which it is stored. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One would not be able to return from an extended holiday and drive off in the family car in view of the boiloff from even the best insulated tank. Example: "Boiloff" of the tungsten from the filament that adheres to the inside of a tungsten-standard bulb blade
Word: affixe Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic form of affix. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: gaucher Part of Speech: noun 1. Common land for grazing cattle. Labels: India Example: They report that the meager browse of gauchers is often adequate during the rainy season. Where gauchers are poor or nonexistent, fodder feeding is an option. Example: The livestock grazes in fallow lands and gauchers (common lands).
Word: gaucher Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. comparative form of gauche: more gauche Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: right-footed Part of Speech: adj 1. Of one who plays sports with their right foot in preference to, or more skillfully than their left. 2. Played using the right foot. Example: Foley scored with a right-footed volley from ten metres.
Word: left-footed Part of Speech: adj 1. Of one who plays sports with their left foot in preference to, or more skillfully than their right. 2. Played using the left foot Example: Poised link-up play between Essien and Lampard set the Ghanaian midfielder free soon after but his left-footed shot from outside the box was too weak.
Word: centre-back Part of Speech: noun 1. A central defender, a player who plays in the centre of defence, just in front of the goalkeeper Example: Ferguson was incensed as referee Martin Atkinson pointed to the spot - and United's sense of injustice deepened when Nemanja Vidic was sent off in stoppage time after receiving a second yellow card for a foul on Ramires, ruling the centre-back out of the visit to Liverpool on Sunday.
Word: full-back Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fullback. Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative, dated
Word: wing-back Part of Speech: noun 1. A player who plays on the wing, and acts as both a defender and an attacker depending on the team's situation.
Word: yelve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A metathesis of *yevel, from Middle English yevel, from Old English ġeafel, variant of gafol, from Proto-West Germanic *gabulu, from Gaulish gabalos, gablos, from Proto-Celtic *gablā (“fork”). 1. A fork used to carry dung; such a fork used as a garden tool. Labels: dialectal, obsolete
Word: yelves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yelve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recategorize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-) Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- Proto-Indo-European *h₂goréh₂ Proto-Hellenic *agorā́ Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek ἀγορεύω (agoreúō) Ancient Greek κᾰτήγορος (kătḗgoros) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορέω (kătēgoréō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορῐ́ᾱ (kătēgorĭ́ā)bor. Late Latin catēgoriader. Middle French categorie French catégoriebor. Middle English English category Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English categorize English recategorize From re- + categorize. 1. To categorize again, to put in a new or different category. Example: In 2021, Egypt recategorized nurseries as micro-, small- and medium enterprises (MSMEs), which provides greater business benefits, including tax markdowns, and in 2024, Jordan streamlined the registration process for home-based nurseries, making it simpler to start a child-minding business from home.
Word: xenization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xeno- + -ization. 1. The borrowing and integration of foreign linguistic elements into a language. Labels: uncountable Example: The article deals with the basic categories of the elevated style and the tactics to implement them: 1) techniques that help to avoid the associations that do not correspond to the idea of the beautiful; 2) various types of amplification that make speech ample. The techniques of the elevated pronunciation style form a system that is integrated into the mechanism of elevating. Such techniques are slow speech tempo, as well as the xenization of pronunciation by means of orthoepic borrowings from culturally prestigious languages. Example: As well as this, the paper depicts the tactics surrounding their implementation in speech: 1) transfers that connect the inner form of the nominative units with the spheres of these categories; 2) ways of renaming (xenization, archaizing and others), that remove the association of the everyday and other associations that are incompatible with the idea of beauty from the notions; 3) various types of amplification which make the speech discursive, which is in line with the quantitative assessment of the category of the sublime (I. Kant). 2. The process of integrating an organism into an environment containing other types of organisms. Labels: uncountable Example: A.xenization was accomplished by rinsing the worms 3 times in sterile distilled water, followed by their transfer to 10 ml. antibiotic solution (1,000 units potassium penicillin G and 100 y streptomycin sulphate per ml.); Example: Another possible mechanism to explain the 'healthy carrier' state would be through a transient decrease in amebic virulence, and this possibility is suggested by the common observation of loss of virulence in prolonged axenic cultures of pathogenic strains of E. histolytica, which is reversible by different means (eg. xenization of the cultures, treatment with cholesterol, or with serum complement, and passage through liver). 3. The act of spending time in a foreign culture. Labels: uncountable Example: Xenization is the act of traveling alone as a stranger in a foreign land. When one writer was 17, he traveled alone to Europe for the first time, to wash dishes in Gstaad, Switzerland, for the summer. Example: He noticed that Logan was smiling at his dullness and asked, "What are you used to doing for fun?" “Well, obviously not traveling in xenization like you! I don't actually do much. I have fun and stuff, but I try to stay at home and do what needs to be done. Plus, my roommate and my godson keep me occupied."
Word: volgivagant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin vulgivagus (“vagabond”). 1. Of or pertaining to the uneducated masses. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: vacivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vacivitas. 1. Emptiness; vacancy. Labels: uncountable Example: The vacivity occasioned by the resignation of col. Logan presented a prospect pleasing to the aspiring or ambitious […] Example: 2005, Christan Probasco, Highway 12, Logan: Utah State University Press, p. 16, You top a rise and there’s a wide vacivity where the earth should be, with the main draw below: an immense, pink basin, not a canyon at all, that seems to have been burned out of the flank of the plateau by acid, filled with thousands of rock needles big as church spires.
Word: art imitates life Part of Speech: phrase 1. The observation that a creative work was inspired by true events; based on a true story.
Word: life imitates art Part of Speech: phrase 1. Expresses the notion that an event in the real world was inspired by a creative work.
Word: aquabib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Based on Latin aqua (“water”) + bibere, infinitive of bibō (“to drink”) Pronunciation: /ˈeɪk.wə.bɪb/ 1. A teetotaler; one who does not consume alcohol. Labels: derogatory, obsolete, rare Example: Hydropots and aquabibs are epithets bestowed by the champions of alcohol in London upon the temperance folk. Example: Dwight L. Moody and John B. Gough, the great aquabib, had commanded attention […]
Word: libertines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of libertine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muzzled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of muzzle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: muzzled Part of Speech: adj 1. Wearing a muzzle Labels: not-comparable 2. Forcibly restrained from speaking or publishing an unwelcome or dangerous opinion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Kartveli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Kartvelian *kart-der. Old Georgian ქართველი (kartveli) Georgian ქართველი (kartveli)bor. English Kartveli Borrowed from Georgian ქართველი (kartveli). 1. A Georgian (person from country in the Caucasus).
Word: gluts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gluts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of glut Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: liturgies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of liturgy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: idolatries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of idolatry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trilogies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trilogy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oneirologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oneirology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: celeries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of celery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mercenaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mercenary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: technicalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of technicality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gratuities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gratuity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: synonymies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of synonymy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: necropsies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of necropsy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prosties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prosty Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of prostie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antinomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antinomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: immoralities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of immorality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tammies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tammy Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of tammie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nellies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nelly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biodiversities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biodiversity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jerry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably an abbreviation of jeroboam. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛɹi/ 1. A chamber pot. Labels: Ireland, UK, slang Example: We used chamber-pots a good deal – ‘jerries’ – cause of much hilarity doe to the hostilities.
Word: jerry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Short for jerrybuild or jerry-built. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛɹi/ 1. Synonym of jerrybuild. Labels: dated
Word: jerry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Short for jerrybuild or jerry-built. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛɹi/ 1. Jerry-built. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: If a man builds a jerry-house, he has a jerry conscience; and there are a lot of consciences of that description going about.
Word: jerry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alternative forms. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛɹi/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Jerry (“a German”). Labels: alt-of, ethnic, slur
Word: jerry Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛɹi/ 1. A watch (timepiece). Labels: UK, obsolete Example: Watch stealing, or jerry getting, as the thieving fraternity designate the operation, is carried on to a considerable extent all the year round. Example: R. Austin Freeman, A Savant's Vendetta 'Do you know a jerry when you sees one — a red 'un, mind you?' […] The fellow looked furtively at the door and then, diving into an inner pocket, pulled out a handsome gold watch with a massive chain attached, exhibited it for a moment and then dropped it back.
Word: jerries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jerry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jerries Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jerry Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: New Hampshirite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Hampshire + -ite. 1. A native or resident of the state of New Hampshire in the United States of America. Example: Wentworth may have been an employee of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, but he lived in New Hampshire and was a devoted New Hampshirite.
Word: nasopharynx Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *néh₂sder. Proto-Italic *nāssos Latin nāsus Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English naso- Ancient Greek φάρυγξ (phárunx)bor. New Latin pharynxbor. English pharynx English nasopharynx From naso- + pharynx. 1. The nasal part of the pharynx, lying behind the nose and above the level of the soft palate. Example: Occasionally she gasped out "Joe!" — a flat animal cry that her slack vocal cords made unfemininely deep, that her nasopharynx, choked with mucus, robbed of all resonance.
Word: tartare Part of Speech: adj Etymology: French tartare (literally “Tartar”). Pronunciation: /tɑːɹˈtɑːɹ/, /tɑːˈtɑː/, /ˈtɑː(ɹ)tɛə(ɹ)/ 1. Chopped fine and served raw. Labels: not-comparable Example: steak tartare; salmon tartare
Word: tartare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French tartare (literally “Tartar”). Pronunciation: /tɑːɹˈtɑːɹ/, /tɑːˈtɑː/, /ˈtɑː(ɹ)tɛə(ɹ)/ 1. A foodstuff chopped fine and served raw. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We ordered two steak tartares. 2. Ellipsis of tartare sauce. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: pulmonary alveolus Part of Speech: noun 1. A small air sac in the lungs, where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged with the blood.
Word: spets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bazin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic بازين (bāzīn). 1. An unleavened bread in the cuisine of Libya prepared with barley, water and salt
Word: WBN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of whole blood number. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: adhocracies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adhocracy. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amoralities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amorality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: armouries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of armoury Labels: form-of, plural
Word: armories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of armory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bendies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bendy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: buffaloberries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buffaloberry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chapelries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chapelry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cockies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɒkiz/, /ˈkɑkiz/ 1. plural of cocky Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cockies Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɒkiz/, /ˈkɑkiz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cocky Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: concessionaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of concessionary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: consistories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of consistory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cowberries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cowberry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dory Labels: form-of, plural Example: John Wesley Powell ... the one-armed Civil War veteran led nine men in four wooden dories down the untamed and uncharted Colorado River and into the equally untamed and uncharted Grand Canyon.
Word: eventualities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eventuality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Excellencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Excellency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flunkies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flunkey Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of flunky Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flunkeys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flunkey (alternative spelling of flunkies). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skum Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /skʌm/ 1. Obsolete spelling of scum (“surface impurities”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] by keeping the Water a certain time heating without boiling — the Meat swells — becomes tender — its fibres are dilated — and it yields a quantity of Skum, which must be taken off as soon as it appears.
Word: skum Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /skʌm/ 1. Obsolete spelling of scum (“remove surface impurities”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: two ounces of Hony of Roses well skummed
Word: frumenties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frumenty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gitties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gitty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grand larcenies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grand larceny Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hurdy-gurdies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hurdy-gurdy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grannies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of granny /grannie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grannies Part of Speech: noun 1. Granny panties. Labels: Canada, US, derogatory, plural, plural-only, slang Example: And there I was, standing in the middle of the room, in my bra and undies, wearing a Burger King crown, balancing on one leg and praying. A peal of laughter arose from the rest of the girls, who were all clothed. ‘I knew she’d be wearing grannies!’ I heard someone say. Example: “I’m just a little shocked.” / Monica laughs. “Shocked! You should have seen his face when he pulled down my shorts! He looks at me and says, ‘I wasn’t expecting a hot number like you to wear grannies.’ Then we have hot wild sex in the parking lot of the gym!” […] “What did Jena say?” / Monica laughs. “I guess you didn’t expect me to catch you climbing out of a Ford wearing grannies!’”
Word: grannies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of granny Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Grammies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Grammy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incendiaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of incendiary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mockumentaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mockumentary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: medflies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of medfly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: olallieberries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of olallieberry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lubricities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lubricity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inhospitalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inhospitality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intangibilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of intangibility Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pardners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pardner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pardner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant pronunciation of partner. 1. A friend or companion. Labels: US, dialectal, informal, term-of-address 2. A partner. Labels: US, dialectal, informal, term-of-address 3. A local community banking co-op, often set up as an initiative for a social group unable to get formal credit or bank accounts, notably West Indians in Britain.
Word: chamar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi चमार (camār). Pronunciation: /tʃəˈmɑː/ 1. A member of a tribe who works in leather and agriculture; a tanner or leather-worker. Example: It is not strictly a native patent, though chamars of the skin and hide castes can, if irritated, despatch a Sending which sits on the breast of their enemy by night and nearly kills him.
Word: pennons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pennon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonnies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonny Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pettifoggeries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pettifoggery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pornocracies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pornocracy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: priories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of priory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rotaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rotary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rosaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rosary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reversionaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reversionary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quinsies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quinsy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quadrilogies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quadrilogy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tetralogies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tetralogy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: profilometries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of profilometry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: promptuaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of promptuary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: youngberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Young + berry, named for its cultivator, Byrnes M. Young. 1. A hybrid between a blackberry and a dewberry of the rose family, first cultivated in the western United States.
Word: youngberries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of youngberry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sitooteries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sitootery Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of sitooterie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: specialties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of specialty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tanneries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tannery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tansies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tansy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: synchronicities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of synchronicity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pourtraict Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of portrait. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […]for beſide the expreſſions of Ovid and Pliny, their Pourtraicts in ſome ancient Coynes are framed in this figure[…].
Word: repandous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English repand Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English repandous From repand + -ous. 1. Bent outwards. Labels: obsolete Example: though they be drawn repandous, or convexedly crooked in one piece, yet the Dolphin that carrieth Arion is concavously inverted, and hath its spine depressed in another.
Word: Slavs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Slav Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incurvity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin incurvus + -ity, from Latin incurvitas. 1. The quality of being bent inwards. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: being the Hieroglyphick of celerity, and swifter than other animals, men best expressed their velocity by incurvity, and under some figure of a bow
Word: cucullated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin cucullatus, from cucullus (“hood”). Pronunciation: /ˈkjuːkəleɪtɪd/ 1. Having a hood or cowl; hooded. 2. Having a hood-like covering or component; hood-shaped. Example: They are differently cucullated or capuched upon the head and back, and in the Cicada the eyes are more prominent 3. Having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as the leaf of the commonest American blue violet.
Word: hereditariness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hereditary Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English hereditariness From hereditary + -ness. 1. The property of being hereditary. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: testone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese tostão, ulimately from Italian testone (“big head”). 1. An ancient subunit of a Portuguese cruzado.
Word: tifo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian, originally referring to the disease typhus but figuratively extended to refer to the fevered behaviour of football fans. 1. A form of choreography displayed by supporters on the terraces of an arena or stadium, where they make a large-scale pattern or picture by holding up, or wearing, various materials.
Word: lola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog lola. 1. a grandmother Labels: Philippines
Word: écru Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of ecru. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: The tussah, or wild silks, remain an écru color.
Word: écru Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ecru. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: mise en abyme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mise en abyme (literally “placement into abyss”). 1. A recursive image; an image that contains a smaller representation of itself; especially where the smaller representation itself likewise contains a still smaller representation of the whole image, ad infinitum. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Self-reflection or introspection in a literary or other artistic work; the representation of the whole work embedded in a work. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The narrative mapping of rhetorical strategies between narrator, characters and readers is supplemented by a network of interior duplication with the device of the mise en abyme. Example: Implicitly, the enunciative mise en abyme reflects an implied author who is attempting to persuade an authorial audience that would identify with the dismayed people.
Word: guichet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French guichet. 1. A small hatch or grill. Example: The door was walled up, his food passed through a guichet above, and a scanty allowance of light admitted through a small, barred window.
Word: feutre Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fewter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: feutre Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of fewter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: aldeia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese aldeia. Doublet of aldea 1. In colonial Brazil, a settlement created to assimilate and convert the indigenous population, similar to the Spanish reducción Labels: historical Example: It is little wonder that the settlers envied the wealth of the Jesuit aldeias, and resented what they saw as the Jesuits’ obstruction of their efforts to procure an adequate supply of labour for their own plantations.
Word: dishevelment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dishevel Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English dishevelment From dishevel + -ment. 1. The state or quality of being dishevelled. Labels: uncountable
Word: smearier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of smeary: more smeary Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: smeariest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of smeary: most smeary Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: Nabatean Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Nabataean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Nabatean Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Nabataean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Nabatean Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Nabataean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Aufhebung Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Aufhebung. 1. Synonym of sublation.
Word: MOA Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmoa/ [ˈmoː.ɐ] 1. Initialism of minute of angle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of military operations area. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Acronym of memorandum of agreement. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 4. Initialism of mission-oriented approach (NATO AAP-15). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of mechanism of action. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MOA Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈmoa/ [ˈmoː.ɐ] 1. Abbreviation of SM Mall of Asia. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: pariton Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of paradon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Bradlee Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage, variant of Bradley.
Word: albuginea Part of Speech: noun 1. A layer of white, fibrous tissue.
Word: base gas Part of Speech: noun 1. A gas similar to ammonia that has basic properties. Labels: physical
Word: oranger Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of orange: more orange Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: Obad. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Obadiah. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Pr. of Man. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Prayer of Manasseh. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Prayer of Manasseh Part of Speech: name 1. A book of the Apocrypha of the Bible.
Word: Pss. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Psalms. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: retributionists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of retributionist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: columellae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of columella Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lose face Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Calque from Chinese 丟臉／丢脸 (diūliǎn) or 丟面子／丢面子 (diū miànzi), both literally “lose face”. Pronunciation: /ˌluːz ˈfeɪs/ 1. To lose the respect of others; to be humiliated or experience public disgrace. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: "The Chengtu revolutionaries were fantastically colourful in the Szechwanese manner—they costumed themselves as heroes of the stage and their energies were chiefly occupied in tying ropes across the main streets so that when Imperial officials rode by in their litters they would have to get down and crawl under, losing face. Example: Ahithophel, Absalom's chief counsel, hanged himself when he lost face after his advice was rejected.
Word: nabob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In colloquial usage in English since 1612, from a corruption of Hindustani नवाब (navāb) / نواب (navāb, “nawab”), perhaps via Portuguese nababo, from Classical Persian نَوَّاب (nawwāb), from Arabic نُوَّاب (nuwwāb), the honorific plural of نَائِب (nāʔib, “deputy”). Pronunciation: /ˈneɪbɑb/, /ˈneɪbɒb/ 1. An Indian ruler within the Mogul empire. Labels: historical Example: They have drained the treasuries of Nabobs, who must fill them by oppressing the industry of their subjects. 2. Someone of great wealth or importance. Labels: broadly Example: Mr. Glentworth had never quitted Europe, and his wealth was either good English landed property, or equally undeniable English consols; still he was a stranger, very rich, and suddenly come from abroad. Such a man was necessarily a nabob in Mr. Palmer's eyes. India had been the place for making large fortunes in his young days. Example: Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. 3. A person with a grandiose style or manner. Labels: broadly
Word: burk Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɜːk/, /bɝk/ 1. To vomit. Labels: Southern-US, intransitive, slang Example: It was nasty, y’all. She just burked all over my sedan.
Word: Poynting vector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After English physicist John Henry Poynting (1852–1914). 1. The vector obtained in the direction of a right-hand screw from the cross product (vector product) of the electric field vector rotated into the magnetic field vector of an electromagnetic wave. Note: The Poynting vector, with transmission media parameters and constants, gives the irradiance and direction of propagation of the electromagnetic wave. Mathematically: ⃑P=⃑E×⃑H.
Word: common multiple Part of Speech: noun 1. A number which may be divided by any of a given set of numbers without a remainder. Example: 120 and all its multiples are common multiples of 60, 8 and 15.
Word: aigre Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French aigre (“sharp, sour”). See eager. 1. Alternative spelling of eager (“sour”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Word: caracter Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of character. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: medicin Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of medicine. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: crowdpleaser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crowd + pleaser. 1. Someone or something that is pleasing to the majority of a group. Example: Moths and the Flame seems to be the crowdpleaser here, having matinee and evening performances. Example: Is Reza’s play, in the end, a modern classic or a modish crowdpleaser?
Word: spherule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sphērula, sphaerula, from sphēra, sphaera (“sphere”) + -ula (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /sfɪəɹuːl/, /sfɪɹjuːl/ 1. A small sphere.
Word: spherulite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English spherule Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English spherulite From spherule + -ite. 1. a minute spherical crystalline body having a radiated structure, observed in some vitreous volcanic rocks, as obsidian and pearlstone.
Word: lah-de-dah Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of lah-di-dah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lah-de-dah Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of lah-di-dah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: in due course Part of Speech: adv 1. When the time is right; presently; eventually. Example: The kitchen will be painted in due course. Example: The Stage I electrified area has been resignalled throughout with colour-lights, which in due course will be associated with B.R. standard A.W.S., and 27 signalboxes now do the work of the steam age's 56.
Word: fizzog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From physiognomy. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪz.ɒɡ/ 1. Alternative form of phizog (“the face”). Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, dated, slang Example: Thus psychologically broken, they're offered a lifeline: Nicky and Co. offer to shave a decade off their fizzogs courtesy of a haircut, a makeover and a faceload of plastic surgery.
Word: umbilical hernia Part of Speech: noun 1. A hernia at the site of the umbilicus (navel).
Word: morsels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of morsel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autographing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of autograph Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: autographing Part of Speech: noun 1. The signing of an autograph. Example: Thus all readings, like all autographings, should be gladly accepted as a means of spreading your name around.
Word: acetifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of acetify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: allegorizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of allegorize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: allegorizing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act or process of making an allegory.
Word: aerosolizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of aerosolize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: affranchising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of affranchise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: noma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin noma from Latin nomē from Ancient Greek νομή (nomḗ, “spreading (of sores)”) from νέμω (némō, “feed, devour, spread (of sores)”). Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊ̯mə/, /ˈnoʊ̯mə/ 1. A gangrenous disease of humans leading to tissue destruction of the face, especially the mouth and cheek. Labels: uncountable
Word: arborising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of arborise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: assassinating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of assassinate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: assonating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of assonate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: azuring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of azure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: azures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of azure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: azures Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of azure Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: autopsying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of autopsy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: aurifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of aurify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: asphyxiating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, asphyxiate + -ing. 1. Causing asphyxiation; depriving living beings of the ability to breathe. Example: If one digs a deep pit and another comes and broadens it, and an ox falls into it and dies, the rule is as follows: If the ox dies as a result of the asphyxiating atmosphere of the pit, the second person is exempt because his action has rendered the atmosphere less asphyxiating. If, however, it dies as a result of concussion, he is liable since he has increased the likelihood that the pit will cause this damage. Example: Jeune syndrome, or asphyxiating chondrodystrophy, is an extreme form of mixed pectus excavtum/carinatum and is very rare. 2. Restrictive; stifling; preventing emotional or behavioral expression. Example: For Kate, Dick and the theatre company represent a world of imagination, sensuality, and emotional freedom that her asphyxiating religion cannot accommodate. Example: This sharing of emotional resources generates symbiotic energy fields between players, which they engage according to their inherent forces, and not based on the asphyxiating conventions of gender exclusivity and monogamy. 3. Overwhelming; breathtaking. Example: But according to Gauchet's thesis, Christianity has proven to be 'a religion for departing from religion' (ibid. 4); the gradual emancipation from and death of God has trained and conditioned us Westerners to withstand the asphyxiating terror of freedom. Example: Deeply buried emotional wounds were now on the surface; wounds manifesting themselves by the manner we were both breathing heavily, lest we pass out from asphyxiating emotional pain.
Word: asphyxiating Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, asphyxiate + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of asphyxiate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.
Word: affining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of affine Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: achromatising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of achromatise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: aerifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of aerify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: adducing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of adduce Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: asperating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of asperate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: allying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ally Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: alchemising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of alchemise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: adducting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of adduct Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: achromatises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of achromatise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person