nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: cymograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cymo- + -graph. Compare also cyma and cymatium. 1. An instrument for obtaining drawings from the mouldings of Gothic architecture.
Word: cymographs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cymograph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fewl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Phonetic respelling, probably influenced by kewl for cool. 1. Alternative spelling of fool (“foolish person”). Labels: Internet, Leet, alt-of, alternative
Word: fewls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fewl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bodystocking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From body + stocking. 1. A one-piece article of lingerie, resembling stockings or pantyhose but covering the torso, legs and sometimes the arms. Example: Bodystockings may be worn by as undergarments by exotic dancers.
Word: bodystockings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bodystocking Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zentai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese ゼンタイ, a portmanteau of 全身タイツ (zenshin taitsu, “full-body tights”). 1. skintight garments that cover the entire body Labels: uncountable Example: Saturday morning Tori was due over so we could go shopping. I thought I'd surprise her... so I set up the TENS unit, then locked on a zentai suit over it, then put a corset on over that, and locked a belt over that! Finally I chained myself to the bed so I couldn't do anything about it. Example: Laid out on the cot was a single piece of dark clothing that looked like someone's deflated shadow. "This is a zentai outfit." She held up the costume.
Word: suiciders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suicider Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mixy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mix + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪksi/ 1. mixed; various Labels: informal Example: "That's a mixy noise. The end part is ah-carp-fish-mouth; but what can we do about the front part? Yer-yer-yer and ah! Ya!" 2. Tending to mix with others. Labels: informal Example: My Bettina rather held back. She isn't one of the mixy kind.
Word: shab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English shabbe, schabbe, from Old English sċeabb, from Proto-West Germanic *skabb, from Proto-Germanic *skabbaz. Doublet of scab. Pronunciation: /ʃæb/ 1. Scabies. Labels: UK, countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable 2. A scab. Labels: UK, countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
Word: shab Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English shabbe, schabbe, from Old English sċeabb, from Proto-West Germanic *skabb, from Proto-Germanic *skabbaz. Doublet of scab. Pronunciation: /ʃæb/ 1. To scratch; to rub. Labels: obsolete Example: I have shabbed him off purely
Word: shab Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See scab. Pronunciation: /ʃæb/ 1. To move (something, away or out of the way), to drive off. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: Certain Nipnets intended to have sheltred themselves under Vncas; but he perceiving it would be distastful to the English, soon shab'd them off. Example: I have shabb'd him off purely. 2. To skulk or sneak away. Labels: UK, slang Example: […] and so the fat Parson shabb'd off,[…] Example: We bided a moment as the push we were part of moved forward and took the opportunity to slip deftly back through it, thus shabbing off from our prey.
Word: stercorianism Part of Speech: noun 1. The doctrine or belief of the stercoranists. Labels: derogatory, historical, uncountable
Word: Lima bean Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of lima bean. Labels: alt-of
Word: Lima beans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Lima bean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soroche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish soroche. 1. altitude sickness, mountain sickness Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Men, horses, and mules occasionally perish under soroche while on the Andes; and yet some persons who never were 3,000 feet above the level of the ocean, or if so, have only been sitting in a balloon in a state of muscular quiescence, have ridiculed statements of facts such as those here noted. Example: I should treat soroche on the plainest principles of hydraulics.
Word: semievergreen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + evergreen. 1. Losing all of the leaves in winter only if it is cold enough. Labels: not-comparable
Word: semievergreen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + evergreen. 1. A plant of this kind.
Word: staminated Part of Speech: adj 1. staminate Labels: not-comparable
Word: exercisability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exercise + -ability. 1. The quality of being exercisable. Labels: uncountable
Word: cardiacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cardiac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: imaginationless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From imagination + -less. 1. Lacking imagination; unimaginative; dull.
Word: hypodicrotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hypo- + dicrotic. 1. Exhibiting retarded dicrotism. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: a hypodicrotic pulse curve
Word: half-assedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From half-assed + -ly. 1. In a half-assed manner; poorly or incompetently. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Recycling Americana through predigested pop culture makes Monster Trucks seem indebted to Amblin movies of the ’80s, by way of the boy-and-his-car riff on those same movies Michael Bay half-assedly performed in the first Transformers.
Word: potelot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French 1. molybdenum sulphide Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: pseudotechnical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pseudo- + technical. 1. Apparently, but not actually, technical. Example: a science-fiction novel full of pseudotechnical jargon
Word: base station Part of Speech: noun 1. A GPS receiver at known fixed location, used to derive correction information for nearby portable GPS receivers. 2. A radio receiver/transmitter that serves as the hub of the local wireless network, and may also be the gateway between a wired network and the wireless network. Example: Used from mobile network operators' (MNOs) usual base stations, these waves work well in open country, which gives passengers a decent service. But DfT's report says that MNO base stations are not optimised for railways. 3. A radio transceiver permanently or semipermanently installed in a fixed location on land, typically used to communicate with mobile stations and/or other base stations
Word: base stations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of base station Labels: form-of, plural
Word: solivagous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin solivagus. 1. solivagant; wandering alone Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: ficlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fic + -let. 1. A short fic; a short piece of fan fiction or (less commonly) original fiction. Labels: slang
Word: ficlets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ficlet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: significates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of significate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Wallacean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Wallace + -an. 1. Of or relating to Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913), British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist.
Word: Wallacean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Wallacea + -an. 1. Of or relating to Wallacea (a group of Indonesian islands). Example: While the Philippines have a large Sundaland biotic component, there is a significant Wallacean, New Guinea and Australian element in the biota. The evolutuonary relationships of some of the iconic taxa suggest a Wallacean and Gondwanan origin. Example: This species is essentially Wallacean, but it is known from two areas in Sundaic Indonesia as we define it.
Word: longtitudinal Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of longitudinal. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: longtitude Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of longitude. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: orthopnoeas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orthopnoea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orthopny Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of orthopnoea. Labels: alt-of, dated, uncountable
Word: daggle-tail Part of Speech: noun 1. A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail. Labels: archaic Example: for she was no daggle-tail I will be bound, but as neat a lass as Sarah o ' Richard's, every bit. Example: He co'de her a mismanner't daggle-tail, —- an ' a mawkin', — an' a daffockin', sloppety sliven, an' an ill-contrive't snicketty fussock, -an' sich like. 2. Clothes that are filthy at the bottom from dragging through the mud. Labels: attributive, obsolete, often Example: This fact admitted of gentlemen of wit and pleasure murmuring, and being shocked at the sight of so many daggle-tail parsons, who happened to fall in their way , and offend their eyes ; Example: He says, —- come and dine here as soon as you can; With your haily, gaily, Gambo raily, Giggling, niggling, galloping Galloway Daggle tail dreary dun.
Word: chibouques Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chibouque Labels: form-of, plural
Word: penk Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɛŋk/ 1. A minnow. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: Now for the Minnow, or Penk: he is not easily found and caught till March, or in April, for then he appears first in the river,[…].
Word: penks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of penk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sleepsack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sleep + sack. 1. A kind of wearable blanket for a baby. 2. A device resembling a sleeping bag, often fastened with a zipper, that tightly immobilizes the occupant.
Word: sleepsacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sleepsack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zellij Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of zellige. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zillij Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of zellige. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zellijes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zellij Labels: form-of, plural
Word: God only knows Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of God knows (“it is unknown to people”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: God only knows what I'd be without you.
Word: subleaflet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + leaflet. 1. A leaflet making up part of a subdivided (e.g. bipinnate) leaflet.
Word: subleaflets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subleaflet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Zanj Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic زَنْج (zanj, “The East African coastlands”), from Persian زنگ (zang, “East Africa”) or its Middle Persian etymon; see the Persian entry for more. 1. A certain portion of the coast of East Africa. Labels: obsolete
Word: Zanj Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic زَنْج (zanj, “The East African coastlands”), from Persian زنگ (zang, “East Africa”) or its Middle Persian etymon; see the Persian entry for more. 1. One of the Bantu-speaking inhabitants of this part of East Africa. Labels: obsolete
Word: Zanjs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Zanj Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aboveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From above + -ness. 1. The quality of being above. Labels: uncountable Example: Because this evangile does in fact give us a continuum of gods below and above joined by a vibrating cord, it supports my point that metaphors operate upon continua — in this case belowness and aboveness — moving people and things aptly about on the continua.
Word: belowness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From below + -ness. 1. The quality of being below. Labels: uncountable Example: Because this evangile does in fact give us a continuum of gods below and above joined by a vibrating cord, it supports my point that metaphors operate upon continua — in this case belowness and aboveness — moving people and things aptly about on the continua.
Word: zillijes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zillij Labels: form-of, plural
Word: besideness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beside + -ness. 1. The quality of being beside. Labels: uncountable Example: Clearly, matching is a necessary condition for besideness in a category, since if two qualia of a category fail to match there is still an M-path joining them and consequently one or more qualia lying between them.
Word: beneathness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beneath + -ness. 1. The quality of being beneath. Labels: uncountable
Word: conculcated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of conculcate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: conculcating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of conculcate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: conculcates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of conculcate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sea orange Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + orange. 1. A sponge of the species Suberites ficus. 2. A sea cucumber of the species Psolus fabricii.
Word: sea oranges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea orange Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Christendoms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Christendom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: couchant and levant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Old French? See couchant. 1. Rising up and lying down; said of animals, indicating that they have been long enough on land, not belonging to their owner, to lie down at night and rise up to feed by day. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: stygial Part of Speech: adj 1. Stygian Labels: obsolete Example: By the Stigiall flode, And the stremes wode Of Cochitos bottumles well; […]
Word: selenitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From selenite + -ic. 1. Of or relating to selenite; resembling or containing selenite.
Word: selenitical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From selenite + -ical. 1. selenitic
Word: airglows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of airglow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homothermic Part of Speech: adj 1. Warm-blooded. Labels: not-comparable
Word: homothermous Part of Speech: adj 1. warm-blooded Labels: not-comparable
Word: staith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Norse stǫð, from Proto-Germanic *staþwō. Pronunciation: /steɪθ/ 1. A shore or a riverbank. Labels: obsolete Example: From staith to staith. 2. A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars into vessels. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: The high banks of the rivers of North East England have led to the shipment of coal from staiths by the simple process of shooting it down gravity spouts from bottom-door wagons. Example: The coal staiths of the North-East coast—for example at Blyth (Northumberland) and at Dunston-on-Tyne—are impressive installations. The staiths are in fact jetties or piers built up to a high level above the rivers. Loaded wagons are propelled on to them and the contents are then quickly discharged through chutes down to the waiting colliers below.
Word: staiths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of staith Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pulmonated Part of Speech: adj 1. pulmonate Labels: not-comparable
Word: millrynd Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of millrind. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: millrynds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of millrynd Labels: form-of, plural
Word: patrials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of patrial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: milted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of milt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sea geese Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea goose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sea goose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + goose. 1. A phalarope. 2. A dolphin.
Word: dulcorating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dulcorate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dulcorated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dulcorate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ingravidating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ingravidate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ingravidated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ingravidate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: subcylindric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + cylindric. 1. Imperfectly cylindrical; only approximately cylindrical. Labels: not-comparable
Word: subcylindrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + cylindrical. 1. Imperfectly cylindrical; only approximately cylindrical. Labels: not-comparable
Word: airward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From air + -ward. 1. Toward the air; upward.
Word: airwards Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From air + -wards. 1. Toward the air; upward.
Word: plentifullest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of plentiful: most plentiful Labels: form-of, superlative Example: We have hitherto handled the particulars which yield best, and easiest, and plentifullest nourishment; and now we will speak of the best means of conveying and converting the nourishment.
Word: pianinos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pianino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ullamaliztli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Classical Nahuatl ōllamaliztli. See also ulama. 1. The ball game tlachtli. Labels: uncountable
Word: Xibalban Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Xibalba + -an. 1. Of or relating to Xibalba.
Word: Xibalban Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Xibalba + -an. 1. An inhabitant of Xibalba.
Word: ballcourt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ball + court. 1. a general place (e.g. a paved yard) used to play ball games 2. A large masonry structure of a type used in Mesoamerica to play the Mesoamerican ballgame.
Word: ballcourts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ballcourt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Xibalbans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Xibalban Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Xibalba Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Xibalbá, from Mayan. Pronunciation: /ʃiˈbɑːlbə/ 1. The underworld in Mayan mythology.
Word: phycocyanine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of phycocyanin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: phycocyanines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phycocyanine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strawed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From straw + -ed. 1. Having a particular kind of straw. Labels: not-comparable Example: a short-strawed variety of rice 2. Covered with straw. Labels: not-comparable Example: Strawed yards provide cattle with free access to an area with deep, soft bedding, but there are no individual beds.
Word: strawed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From straw + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of straw Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pasigraphical Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to pasigraphy.
Word: pasigraphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pasigraphy + -ic. 1. Of or relating to pasigraphy.
Word: pleuritical Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with pleurisy. Example: One is sick of the pleuritical stitches of envy; one of the contracting cramp of covetousness; another of the atrophy of unproficiency.
Word: sanitationless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sanitation + -less. 1. Lacking sanitation facilities. Labels: not-comparable
Word: spraints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spraint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: labiatiflorous Part of Speech: adj 1. Having labiate flowers (as the snapdragon). Labels: rare Example: The corollas of the ray are distinctly bilabiate, but anthers and style differ so much from all the labiatiflorous genera grouped together in the Tribe Mutisieae that the authors of the Genera Plantarum have judged best to join our genus with the Tribe Asteroideae, in which, if the shape of the corolla be disregarded, it finds a proper place next to Grindelia among the Homochromeae.
Word: Yids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Yid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: words of one syllable Part of Speech: noun 1. Simple, clear, straightforward language; blunt language. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: I am at present engaged in preparing a vest-pocket edition of the philosophical works of Schopenhauer in words of one syllable. Example: So I explained in words of one syllable that I went there to pick edelweiss from the fire escapes.
Word: in words of one syllable Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In simple, clear, straightforward language; in blunt language. Labels: idiomatic Example: I am at present engaged in preparing a vest-pocket edition of the philosophical works of Schopenhauer in words of one syllable. Example: So I explained in words of one syllable that I went there to pick edelweiss from the fire escapes.
Word: Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan Part of Speech: name 1. A proposed common ancestor to the group of Malayo-Sumbawan languages.
Word: habu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 波布 (habu). 1. Any of several venomous snake species of Asia. 2. An aircraft nicknamed for these snakes, the SR-71. 3. A crewmember of these aircraft. Example: Habus always joked that you could probably get a free cup of coffee anywhere just by presenting your Mach 3 card.
Word: lieutenant-colonelcy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lieutenant-colonel + -cy. Pronunciation: /lɛfˌtɛnəntˈkəːnəlsi/ 1. The position of lieutenant-colonel. Example: Three years later, at the outbreak of the Revolution, he accepted a lieutenant-colonelcy in ‘La Légion Américaine’, a newly formed all-black unit led by the dashing swordsman and virtuoso violinist Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George.
Word: lieutenant-colonel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lieutenant colonel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: full body scanner Part of Speech: noun 1. A device used in some airports and train stations that creates an image of a person's naked body through their clothing to look for hidden objects without physically removing their clothes or making physical contact.
Word: orgiasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orgiast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sleepings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sleeping Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perserverance Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of perseverance. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: rudies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rudie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Beringia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Bering + -ia, coined by the Swedish botanist Eric Hultén in 1937. Pronunciation: /bəˈɹɪnd͡ʒiə/ 1. The Bering land bridge, a geographical phenomenon roughly 1,000 miles (1,600 km) wide (north to south) at its greatest extent, which joined present-day Alaska and eastern Siberia at various times during the Pleistocene ice ages; the land bridge previously occupying what is now the Bering Strait. Example: Note that, while not in Alaska, one site from the adjacent Yukon Territory has been included as well; it, too, would have been within easter Beringia during the last glaciation. 2. All the land between the Lena river in Russia and the Mackenzie river in Canada
Word: Bering Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from the surname of Vitus Bering, a Danish-born navigator in the service of the Russian Navy, known for his two explorations of the north-eastern coast of the Asian continent and from there the western coast on the North American continent. 1. An element of various place names in the geographical region between the northeastern extreme of Russia and the U.S. state of Alaska.
Word: pisher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish פּישער (pisher, “pisser”), from פּישן (pishn, “to urinate”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪʃɚ/, /ˈpɪʃə/ 1. Somebody who is inept at a task or new to a job. Labels: derogatory 2. A young child, usually male. Labels: informal
Word: Bozrah Part of Speech: name 1. An ancient biblical city in southern modern-day Jordan, the capital of Edom. 2. A town in New London County, Connecticut, United States.
Word: Botsra Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Bozrah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Botzrah Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Bozrah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: subselection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + selection. 1. A selection making up part of a larger selection.
Word: subselect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sub- + select. 1. To select (part of a larger selection). Labels: transitive Example: The ready-made title block shapes are actually groups. When you click a title block, the entire group is selected; then, you can click an individual shape to subselect it.
Word: subselect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + select. 1. A select query inside another select query.
Word: subselections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subselection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subselecting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of subselect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: subselects Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of subselect Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: subselected Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of subselect Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rococos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rococo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: speeling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of speel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: speeled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of speel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: schav Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish שטשאַוו (shtshav), from Polish szczaw. 1. A kind of borscht made with sorrel (or occasionally lemongrass). Labels: uncountable Example: I stopped at the B and H Dairy for a good knish. That was the only place left that didn't microwave. Tears ran down my cheeks dripping into a glass of cold schav with sour cream. 2. Synonym of sorrel (plant). Labels: uncountable
Word: Eartha Kitt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Rhyming slang, using the name of Eartha Kitt (1927–2008), American singer and actress. 1. Shit. Example: > why do men whistle while on the loo? so they know which end to wipe after they have had an eartha kitt!!! Example: NuLab will give an Eartha Kitt for as long as it is politically expedient to do so, and not a moment longer.
Word: sourgrass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sour + grass. 1. Sorrel Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Sorrel Labels: uncountable, usually 3. A crabgrass of species Digitaria insularis Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: schmutzy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From schmutz + -y. 1. messy; dirty; covered with schmutz
Word: shmutzy Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of schmutzy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fleishig Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of fleischig. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: fleishig Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fleischig. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: kodaking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of kodak Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: kodaked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of kodak Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pottying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of potty Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pottied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of potty Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spillikins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spillikin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spillikins Part of Speech: noun 1. A game in which players attempt to remove flat, carved sticks of ivory or wood (the individual spillikins of meaning 1) from a scattered pile without disturbing any stick other than the one currently being removed. Labels: uncountable Example: Spillikins is a game of skill. Example: Charlie loves playing spillikins.
Word: presbytic Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of presbyopic. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: sivvens Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sibbens. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: emporetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin emporeticus. 1. Relating to an emporium, or to merchandise. Labels: obsolete Example: The best sorts [of paper] were thirteen; the hieratic eleven; the Fannian paper ten; the amphitheatric nine; the emporetic six inches
Word: Mahumetanism Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mahumetan + -ism. 1. Obsolete form of Mohammedanism. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Mahumetan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Mahumet + -an. 1. Obsolete form of Mohammedan. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: Mahumetan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mahumet + -an. 1. Obsolete form of Mohammedan. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Mahumetans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mahumetan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sea titling Part of Speech: noun 1. A bird, the rock pipit. Labels: archaic, dialectal
Word: Borscht Belt Part of Speech: name 1. An area in upstate New York, in the Catskills, in which there were once many Jewish camps and resorts.
Word: Borscht Belt Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of comedy which originated in resort nightclubs of this region, noted for its use of self-deprecation, wordplay, and Yiddish vocabulary.
Word: Borscht Belt Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a style of this comedy. Example: Allen plays Alvy Singer, a Jewish comedian whose jokes are more Borscht Belt than sly urban wit. Example: 2012, March 2. Matt Soergel, "'Hedwig', 'Shortbus' filmmaker brings film, commentary to Five Points", Jacksonville.com. With my buddies, it's going to be very borscht belt, very shtick heavy.
Word: pencillate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pencil + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Shaped like a pencil. Example: pencillate cell Example: pencillate nucleus
Word: twen Part of Speech: noun 1. A twentysomething. Example: Europeans have more success with generational outreach, but they start with younger age groups and provide a greater variety of all-youth activities. Rather than giving up hope, the YCN redirected its focus from teens to twens, particularly ... Example: This exhibition shows how contemporary art confronts the various life worlds of teens, twens, and postadolescent thirty-somethings whose experience of youth culture often extends into their family lives and careers.
Word: heartleaves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heartleaf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pinnage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare pinfold. 1. poundage of cattle Labels: obsolete
Word: pinnage Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of pinnace. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, obsolete
Word: prospectives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prospective Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sinew-shrunk Part of Speech: adj 1. Having shrunk sinews under the belly, caused by overfatigue. Labels: archaic
Word: surmisers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surmiser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tue-iron Part of Speech: noun 1. A tuyere.
Word: tue-irons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tue-iron Labels: form-of, plural 2. A pair of blacksmiths' tongs. Labels: archaic
Word: pandura Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin pandura, from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα (pandoûra), a Pre-Greek/substrate loan. Doublet of mandola. 1. An Ancient Greek stringed instrument, a kind of lute with three strings that were stopped with a fingerboard to alter the tone, and with either a mandolin- or banjo-like shape.
Word: panduras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pandura Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pergamenous Part of Speech: adj 1. pergamentaceous; resembling parchment
Word: chining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of chine Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: leging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of lege Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pronunciators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pronunciator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seminific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin [Term?]. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛm.ɪˈnɪf.ɪk/ 1. Forming or producing semen; seminiferous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: zipliner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zipline + -er. 1. Someone who takes part in ziplining.
Word: sea apple Part of Speech: noun 1. A round, colourful sea cucumber of the genera Paracucumaria and Paracolochirus, found primarily in Indo-Pacific waters. 2. A sea urchin. Labels: obsolete 3. The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria plukenetii ⇒ ) Manicaria saccifera, often found floating in the sea. Example: Sea-apple: Manicaria Pluketielii. 4. A troolie palm; any of species Syzygium grande of trees, that can reach 30 m, found along the coastal mountains of Southeast Asia or its fruit.
Word: sea apples Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea apple Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zipliners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zipliner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ziplined Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of zipline Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: zip-liner Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of zipliner. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zip-liners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zip-liner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zip liner Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of zipliner. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: scheelin Part of Speech: noun 1. tungsten Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: pedicules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pedicule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Niagara grape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the area where they were first grown. 1. A large, juicy, sweet-smelling, green North American grape which has a pleasant, foxy flavour; a variety of Vitis labrusca which is eaten and used in the production of wines, jams, and white grape juice, but which is a poor shipping grape.
Word: Niagara grapes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Niagara grape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: saltiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saltier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: significants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of significant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: logwoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of logwood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: campeachy wood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First exported from Campeche in Yucatan. 1. logwood, bloodwood (Haematoxylum campechianum) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: incompleatness Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of incompleteness. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: compleatness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From compleat + -ness. 1. Obsolete form of completeness. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: aroynt Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of aroint. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: aroynted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of aroynt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: aroynting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of aroynt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: aroynts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of aroynt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lunated Part of Speech: adj 1. lunate; crescent-shaped
Word: nagualism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nagual + -ism. 1. Alternative form of nahualism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: nahual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish nahual, from Classical Nahuatl nāhualli (“sorcerer, spirit, animal form a person may take”). Pronunciation: /nəˈwɑːl/ 1. An animal form which a person may take. Example: She has a nahual for every day of the week. Example: ¿Quién quería tener un perro así? ... ¿Doble animal, nahual, de quién? 2. A person who is able to take an animal form. Example: They suspected that the man was a nahual.
Word: nahuals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nahual Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nagual Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /nəˈɡwɑːl/ 1. Alternative form of nahual. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: If a cross of lime is painted on the bottom of a metate it becomes "too heavy" for a nagual to carry. Example: ¿Quién quería tener un perro así? ... ¿Doble animal, nahual, de quién?
Word: naguals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nagual Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wantokism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wantok + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈwɑntɒkɪzəm/ 1. The Melanesian cultural practice of relying on one's wantoks for any need, and of sharing the fruits of one's personal success with one's wantoks. Labels: uncountable Example: The capture of a provincial bureaucracy by an ethnic elite and the practice of wantokism have had at least other grave repercussions for national unity and nation-building. Example: Many of these demands derive, RSL^([Ramu Sugar Limited]) believes, from the negative aspects of Papua New Guinean custom. These include wantokism, jealousy, exorbitant landowner-claims, and a handout mentality.
Word: rose diamond Part of Speech: noun 1. A diamond entirely covered with facets on the surface, and flat below, distinguished from a brilliant.
Word: rose diamonds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rose diamond Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catachrestical Part of Speech: adj 1. catachrestic Example: Catachrestical and improper way of speaking.
Word: WiFier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Wi-Fi + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪ.faɪə(ɹ)/ 1. A user of a Wi-Fi network, particularly a public one. Labels: Internet Example: "Many public WiFiers are salespeople or other professionals on the move who just can't bring themselves to stop working during lunch. So they choose to lunch at a place that also has a connection so they can keep browsing/emailing/whatever while they are shoving that club sandwich down their throats. […] Example: Nintendo is *really* determined to annoy non-WiFiers. Anyone who WiFied over the President's Holiday weekend received a Top Hat in the mail from Tortimer. Thanks for all the advance warning, Nintendo.
Word: WiFiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of WiFier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: penetrancies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of penetrancy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: penetrancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From penetrant + -cy. 1. The quality or state of being penetrant; penetrance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the penetrancy of subtile effluvia
Word: ascomycin Part of Speech: noun 1. An ethyl analogue of tacrolimus with strong immunosuppressant properties. Labels: uncountable
Word: immunomycin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From immuno- + -mycin. 1. ascomycin Labels: uncountable
Word: dentolegal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dento- + legal. 1. Relating to the legal aspects of dentistry. Labels: not-comparable Example: Endodontic mishaps sometimes have dentolegal consequences. These can be minimized or avoided by providing patients with adequate information prior to the endodontic procedure.
Word: beauvericin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Beauveria + -in 1. An enniatin depsipeptide with antibiotic and insecticidal effects, isolated from the fungus Beauveria bassiana. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nonactins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonactin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enniatin Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of organic compounds found in Fusarium fungi, appearing in nature as mixtures of cyclic depsipeptides.
Word: enniatins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enniatin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brefeldin A Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Eupenicillium brefeldianum (a fungus in which it is found) + -in. 1. A lactone antibiotic produced by fungal organisms such as Eupenicillium brefeldianum, inhibiting transport of proteins from ER to Golgi and inducing retrograde protein transport from the Golgi apparatus to the endoplasmic reticulum. Labels: uncountable
Word: mimosine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mimosa + -ine. 1. A toxic alkaloid, β-3-hydroxy-4 pyridone amino acid, found in Mimosa and related plants. Labels: uncountable
Word: leucenol Part of Speech: noun 1. mimosine Labels: uncountable
Word: pardaxin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Pardachirus + -in 1. A peptide produced by the Red Sea sole, used as a shark repellent.
Word: pardaxins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pardaxin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paxilline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual paxilli + -ine. 1. A potassium channel blocker; a toxic, tremorgenic indole alkaloid produced by Penicillium paxilli. Labels: uncountable
Word: tremorgenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tremor + -genic. 1. Causing tremors.
Word: penicillic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular mycotoxin. Labels: uncountable
Word: tremortin Part of Speech: noun 1. A fungal neurotoxin found on ryegrass. Labels: uncountable
Word: sterigmatocystin Part of Speech: noun 1. A dermatoxin found in the fungus genus Aspergillus. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sterigmatocystin appears on the crusts of mouldy cheese.
Word: dermatoxin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From derma- + toxin. 1. Any toxic chemical that damages the skin and/or mucous membranes, often leading to necrosis.
Word: dermatoxins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dermatoxin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dermatoxic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From derma- + toxic. 1. Having the nature of a dermatoxin; damaging to the skin.
Word: triacsin C Part of Speech: noun 1. A potent vasodilator and inhibitor of long fatty acyl CoA synthetase. Labels: uncountable
Word: vanabin Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of vanadium-binding metalloproteins, found almost exclusively in the blood cells or vanadocytes of some ascidians and tunicates.
Word: vanabins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vanabin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wott Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of wot (“to know”) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wott Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Amharic ወጥ (wäṭ). 1. A hearty Ethiopian or Eritrean stew. Labels: uncountable
Word: ascidiacean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ascidiacea + -an. 1. Any of the class Ascidiacea of sea squirts.
Word: ascidiaceans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ascidiacean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phlebobranch Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the Phlebobranchia.
Word: phlebobranchs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phlebobranch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aplousobranch Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the Aplousobranchia.
Word: stolidobranch Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the Stolidobranchia.
Word: aplousobranchs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aplousobranch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stolidobranchs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stolidobranch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brevianamide Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of indole alkaloids produced as secondary metabolites of fungi in the genus Penicillium and Aspergillus, and structurally similar to paraherquamides.
Word: brevianamides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brevianamide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enjera Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of injera. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: rhaphe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of raphe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rhaphes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhaphe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: confectures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of confecture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cippuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cippus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hayland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hay + land. 1. Grassland whose grass is cut for hay. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: haylands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hayland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: saprophagan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From saprophage + -an. 1. a detritivore Labels: archaic Example: Natural and sown haylands also differ in the trophic structure of the animal population, with phytophagans and saprophagans about evenly divided in sown legumes and saprophagans dominating in natural grass.
Word: saprophagans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saprophagan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: city center Part of Speech: noun 1. The central business and shopping area of a city. Labels: US Example: Near-synonyms: town center, town centre Example: In an effort to tackle mounting greenhouse gas emissions, the city of Hamburg, Germany, has decided to ban all cars from the city center by 2034.
Word: decacumination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dēcacūminātiō (“a lopping off the top of a tree”). Pronunciation: /diːkəkjuːmɪˈneɪʃən/ 1. The action or process of lopping off the top of a tree. Labels: rare Example: If M. Dutrochet has not adverted to Theophrastus, perhaps you may be interested in reading the following passage from that author, in the sixth chapter of the third book, where he particularly describes what he calls the ἄμφαυξις, or ἀμφιφύα, of the silver fir after decacumination.
Word: parkleaves Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From park + leaves? 1. Synonym of tutsan. Labels: uncountable
Word: tutsan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French toutesaine. 1. Hypericum androsaemum, a Eurasian perennial shrub. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The healing Tutsan
Word: tutsans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tutsan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sea hen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + hen. 1. Any of various seabirds, including Example: Besides the penguin many other birds are here to be found, among which may be mentioned sea-hens, blue peterels, teal, ducks, […] 2. Any of various seabirds, including: 3. Any of various seabirds, including: 4. lumpsucker, lumpfish, henfish (Cyclopterus lumpus).
Word: sea hens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea hen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clearstories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clearstory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clearstory Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of clerestory. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sensism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English sensism From sense + -ism. 1. sensualism Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sensisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sensism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cockal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. 1. A game played with sheep bones instead of dice. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 2. The bone used in playing the game; a huckle bone. Labels: countable, obsolete Example: [The altar is] of a little Tranſverce bone; / VVhich boyes and Bruckel'd children call / (Playing for Points and Pins) Cockall.
Word: cockals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cockal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bandobast Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bundobust. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: […] the round-up of all must be simultaneous - that's why it takes such a lot of bandobast. Example: There was a nest in a huge tree inside the entrance gate of the High Court judge's sprawling bungalow, which had bandobust (protection duties) by armed Policemen.
Word: bandobasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bandobast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wayupthere Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From way + up + there. 1. on high; in the heavens Labels: informal, nonstandard, not-comparable, rare Example: […] because when you throw everything up in the air anything becomes possible – wayupthere, at any rate, changes took place in delirious actors that would have gladdened the heart of old Mr Lamarck […]
Word: chapstick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark from ChapStick, a brand name, from chap + stick, since it is a stick that relieves chapped lips. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæpˌstɪk/ 1. Synonym of lip balm. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I kissed a girl and I liked it / The taste of her cherry chapstick / I kissed a girl just to try it / I hope my boyfriend don't mind it Example: After the kiss, she pulled out her chapstick and put it on.
Word: chapsticks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chapstick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drumbling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of drumble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: drumbled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of drumble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scream blue murder Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈskɹiːm bluː ˈmɜː(ɹ)də(ɹ)/, /ˈskɹiːm bluː ˈmɝdɚ/, /ˈskɹiːm bluː ˈmɚɾɚ/ 1. To protest loudly or angrily.
Word: postgenital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + genital. 1. Behind the genital region. Labels: not-comparable 2. Appearing as an organism matures. Labels: not-comparable Example: The carpels show various degrees of congenital or postgenital connation (Gut 1966; Ramp 1988).
Word: postvaginal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + vaginal. 1. Behind the vagina or vaginal region. Labels: not-comparable Example: It seems that the latter had made the claim to the effect that a woman without postvaginal organs is to be considered impotent.