nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: claying Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkleɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of clay Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: clayed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kleɪd/ 1. Containing clay. Example: 1896, O. E. Meinzer, R. F, Hare, Geological Survey (U.S.), Water-Supply Paper 343: Geology and Water Resources of Tularosa Basin, New Mexico, page 201, The soil of this belt is somewhat gravelly in the northeastern corner of the township and becomes more clayed toward the southwest. Example: 1981, Botanical Society of South Africa, Veld & Flora, Volumes 70-72, page 52, The resultant soils are generally wetter, more clayed and compacted.
Word: clayed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kleɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of clay Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: introduction agency Part of Speech: noun 1. A company which arranges dates and marriages between men and women, often from different countries.
Word: sports writer Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who writes about sports-related topics professionally.
Word: chum up Part of Speech: verb 1. To be friendly toward (with or to) someone, especially in an ingratiating way; to form a friendship (with). Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: I chummed up with a few of my new work colleagues. Example: Having met Mr. Hodson many years at various shows, and “chummed up,” as naturally we should have, he invited me to go and see him at his home in Somersetshire. 2. To initiate (a new prisoner) through a ritual involving beating him with sticks and swords, accompanied by music, to extort money from him. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang, transitive Example: They have a practice of “chumming up” a new fellow-prisoner—beating him with old swords and staves kept in the prison for the purpose, to exact a fee of a half-crown. Example: 1849, John Brand, Popular Antiquities of Great Britain, revised by Henry Ellis, London: Henry G. Bohn, Volume 2, p. 452, Mr. Miller. They are not very nice whom they chum up? Boot. Not very; they would as soon chum you up as anybody else. 3. To apply chum to water as bait. 4. To render a situation frenzied and confusing. Labels: broadly
Word: Boolean ring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after George Boole (1815–1864), an English mathematician, educator, philosopher and logician. 1. A ring whose multiplicative operation is idempotent. Example: From the defining idempotency property of a Boolean ring it is possible to prove that such ring has to have the further properties that each element is its own inverse and that such ring must be commutative.
Word: Boolean rings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Boolean ring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: real superhero Part of Speech: noun 1. A crimefighter who imitates common characteristics of superheroes of fiction, typically by at least wearing colorful spandex clothes and a mask. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see real, superhero.
Word: real superheroes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of real superhero Labels: form-of, plural
Word: second language Part of Speech: noun 1. A language that is spoken by someone but is not their mother tongue. Example: My second languages are Italian and German. Example: Vocabulary is a vital component of educational success in both first and second language contexts.
Word: second languages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of second language Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonrounded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + rounded. 1. Not rounded. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tzuica Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tsuica. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: sealability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From seal + -ability. 1. The property of being sealable. Labels: uncountable
Word: disunionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disunion + -ist. 1. A supporter of disunionism.
Word: disunionists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disunionist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kings of the hill Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of king of the hill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apposer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From appose + -er. 1. An asker; someone who poses questions. 2. In the English Exchequer of Pleas, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts. Labels: historical
Word: good-time girl Part of Speech: noun 1. A young woman who engages regularly in partying and romantic or sexual liaisons. Labels: euphemistic Example: "I'm a good-time girl. Clothes, music, lights, dancing and liquor-what else is there when a girl is young?" Example: Virginia is a wild, promiscuous, good-time girl, but she's self-sufficient. 2. A female prostitute. Labels: euphemistic Example: Just recently I found a story about a woman who was murdered in Niniltna back in 1915, a woman they called 'the Angel', one of the good-time girls who came up with the stampeders to mine the gold miners in the Yukon, and who came down to mine the copper miners along the Kanuyaq afterword. Example: We hadn't been out of the bar very long when a small, young Korean boy came up to us and wanted to know if we wanted good-time girls.
Word: goodtime girl Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of good-time girl. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: good time girl Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of good-time girl. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rust off Part of Speech: verb 1. to come apart, from the process of rusting. Labels: intransitive
Word: unstaple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + staple. 1. to remove staples from. Labels: transitive
Word: ethnomusicological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ethno- + musicological. 1. Relating to or pertaining to ethnomusicology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: desertic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From desert + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to a desert or deserts.
Word: Hepburn Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English hēa, definite form of hēah (“high”) + byrġen (“tumulus”). The romanization system is named after its inventor, James Curtis Hepburn. 1. A surname. 2. A system of romanization of Japanese, short for "Hepburn romanization". 3. A place name: 4. A place name: 5. A place name: 6. A place name: 7. A place name: 8. A place name: 9. A place name: 10. A place name:
Word: underturn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English underturnen, equivalent to under- + turn. 1. To turn upside down; subvert; upset. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: underween Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From under- + ween. 1. To undervalue. Labels: nonstandard, rare, transitive Example: ...in this Commandment is forbidden too high a conceit or esteem of ourselves, and so also is too mean a conceit, in underweening the good things that be in ourselves, Example: You'd better underween.
Word: underweening Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From underween + -ing. 1. Undervaluation. Labels: uncountable Example: Here is forbidden an over or underweening of the good things in our selves, Example: But the greatest underweening of this life is to undervalue that, unto which this is but Exordial or a Passage leading unto it.
Word: underweening Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From underween + -ing. 1. Extremely modest. Example: It is quite possible Challis may think you have an overweening estimate of foreigners and that a particular foreigner may think that your estimate of him is underweening as compared with his own. Example: But when this same, very likable but nebbishy comedian pretends to be that supremely ambitious youth, Phaethon, the tragic ride in the chariot of the Sun-God is reduced from overweening to underweening.
Word: underweening Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From underween + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of underween Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hand plant Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of handplant. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: handplant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hand + plant. 1. A one-handed handstand performed (most often by a skater) after skating up to the top of a halfpipe. 2. A handflower (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon).
Word: handplant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hand + plant. 1. To plant a seed with one's hands, as opposed to a machine or tool. Labels: transitive
Word: clear-outs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clear-out Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hang back Part of Speech: verb 1. To wait; to falter; to avoid proceeding through reluctance. Labels: informal Example: From this one poor hunt, then, the best lance out of all Nantucket, surely he will not hang back, when every foremast-hand has clutched a whetstone? Example: Ayala’s mix-up with Dean Whitehead left Cameron Jerome advancing from the flank, probably expecting at least one opponent would come across to block off the shot. It never happened. The next defender, Ben Gibson, hung back, mistakenly thinking Jerome would look for a team-mate, and the goalkeeper, Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, also seemed to be caught in two minds.
Word: hanging basket Part of Speech: noun 1. A container filled with decorative plants, suspended on a structure.
Word: hang over Part of Speech: verb 1. To be threatening, to be imminent. Labels: transitive Example: A shadow of doubt hung over my academic future. Example: Now, cramped and outclassed as Euston has become, rebuilding hangs over it with an awful inevitability. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang, over. Example: Peter, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, of Imber, dressed all in black as usual, sits at the head of the table. A crumpled and well-used orange vest hangs over the back of his chair.
Word: hang together Part of Speech: verb 1. To be connected. Labels: idiomatic 2. To correspond or fit well. Labels: idiomatic 3. To be in a romantic relationship. Labels: idiomatic 4. To be united in defiance. Labels: idiomatic 5. To remain united; to stand by one another. Example: […]we are all of a piece; we hang together. 6. To be self-consistent and make sense; to seem plausible. Example: The story does not hang together.
Word: stick together Part of Speech: verb 1. To physically combine or join together by adhesion. Labels: ambitransitive Example: It can be tricky to get the edges stuck together neatly. Alternatively, you can pinch them upward like a ruffled pie crust edge. When all the edges are stuck together, poke the straw into the little hole in the top where the points meet, and blow so the box inflates. 2. To remain united, to stay together in association or alliance. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Her’s Parſon Ball an honeſt Prieſt, and telles vs that in charitie, VVe may ſticke together in ſuch quarrels honeſtly. Example: The lines had realised that they had better stop fighting each other, and stick together in the face of the onslaught from the motor buses that were making horse buses obsolete.
Word: hangtag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hang + tag. 1. A small information tag attached to clothing or an article of merchandise.
Word: haphtarah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Haftarah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: harbor master Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of harbormaster. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: head girl Part of Speech: noun 1. A girl chosen to lead a school's sixth form, whose duties may include representing the school and organising the prefects. Labels: UK
Word: headshaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + shaking. 1. the act of shaking one's head, in disagreement or disapproval Labels: countable, uncountable 2. disagreement or disapproval Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable
Word: head teacher Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of headteacher. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: VVD Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch VVD (“Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie”). 1. People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Labels: Dutch Example: While it is highly unlikely that the Freedom Party will have any role in the coalition, due to the animosity between one-time VVD party colleagues Rutte and Wilders, Krouwel predicted that Wilders’ policies “will be dominant” as they dominated the election campaign.
Word: PVV Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch PVV (“Partij Voor de Vrijheid”). 1. Party for Freedom Labels: Dutch Example: Polls suggest that, were elections to be held today, the PVV would lose seats but remain the largest party, just ahead of the center-right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy.
Word: head trip Part of Speech: noun 1. An experience or set of experiences which is intellectually challenging or stimulating. Labels: informal Example: Not that Martin is a sun-bleached hippie philosopher, but his book is a head-trip as well as a hugely entertaining travel adventure along the eccentric orbits of cosmological research. 2. A disorienting, exciting experience, especially one consisting mainly of striking sensory impressions. Labels: informal Example: Part picture book, part head trip. "Magic Eye" presents 22 color images called "single-image random-dot stereograms." When looked at in a certain way, they spring mind-bending surprises on the viewer. Example: An essay on man's destiny, the film was for some of its late-60s viewers a light show, a head trip, needing no earthbound explanations. 3. A state of mind in which one is distracted, disturbed, or unnerved, whether self-induced or resulting from ill-treatment by others. Labels: informal Example: "I think the pressure of being center stage has a lot to do with it. . . . He's got the talent. He's just got to shake off this head trip." 4. An ego trip. Labels: informal
Word: LPF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of low-pass filter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: disunionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disunion + -ism. 1. The political position that the Union (the federal government of the United States) should be dissolved. Labels: US, historical, uncountable
Word: disuniform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dis- + uniform. 1. Not uniform. Labels: not-comparable Example: a disuniform surface
Word: disuniformly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From disuniform + -ly. 1. In a disuniform manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nanoplanktons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanoplankton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nannoplankton Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of nanoplankton. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: nannoplanktons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nannoplankton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nannofossils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nannofossil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unmodelled Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of unmodeled. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: nannycam Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of nanny cam. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nannycams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nannycam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cardgame Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of card game. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cardgames Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cardgame Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Leidenfrost effect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost. 1. The phenomenon whereby a liquid, in near contact with a mass significantly hotter than the liquid's boiling point, produces an insulating vapour layer which keeps the liquid from boiling rapidly.
Word: earwear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ear + -wear. 1. Clothing or accessories worn on the ears. Labels: uncountable Example: 1983, Intermed Communications, Inc, Aiding ambulatory patients After you locate these areas, stress to your patient the importance of wearing protective equipment. Make sure he knows how to apply the earwear correctly. Example: We all had on tuxedos and the women were in their dresses and serious patrician shoes and splendid earwear.
Word: gamecard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From game + card. 1. A card used as part of a game, such as a bingo or keno card or a scratch card.
Word: gamecards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gamecard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bar billiards Part of Speech: noun 1. A game resembling billiards, sometimes found in public houses, with pegs and holes in the surface of the table instead of side and corner pockets. Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: carcinosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carcino- + -osis. 1. carcinomatosis Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: carcinoses Part of Speech: noun Etymology: carcino- + -oses 1. plural of carcinosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fluometuron Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular phenylurea herbicide. Labels: uncountable
Word: noncarcinomatous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + carcinomatous. 1. Not carcinomatous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: carcinosarcomas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carcinosarcoma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carcinosarcomata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carcinosarcoma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cuculid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the family Cuculidae of near-passerine birds, the cuckoos.
Word: cuculids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cuculid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonliver Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + liver. 1. Not of or pertaining to the liver. Labels: not-comparable Example: nonliver disease
Word: nonvivid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + vivid. 1. Not vivid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonechoing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + echoing. 1. Not echoing. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ethylbenzoylecgonine Part of Speech: noun 1. The compound cocaethylene. Labels: uncountable
Word: ethylbenzenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ethylbenzene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ethylations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ethylation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: methylecgonidine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From methyl + ecgonidine. 1. A chemical intermediate derived from ecgonine or cocaine; a pyrolysis product formed when crack cocaine is smoked. Labels: uncountable
Word: methylenations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of methylenation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cocaethylene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coca + ethylene. 1. The ethyl ester of benzoylecgonine, structurally similar to cocaine, formed in vivo when cocaine and ethyl alcohol have been ingested simultaneously. Labels: uncountable
Word: pay table Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pay + table. 1. A table of values determining the payouts for various outcomes at the game.
Word: paytables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paytable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subthread Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + thread. 1. A thread of execution that is subordinate to another thread. Example: The program spawns a new subthread for each request made by the user. 2. A thread of messages on a forum etc. that is hierarchically beneath another thread or message. Labels: Internet
Word: subthreads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subthread Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cytofluorograms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cytofluorogram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cytodiagnostic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos)lbor. English cyto- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō) Ancient Greek δῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) ▲ Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis) ▲ Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) Ancient Greek δῐαγνωστῐκός (dĭagnōstĭkós)bor. English diagnostic English cytodiagnostic From cyto- + diagnostic. 1. Of or pertaining to cytodiagnosis or cytodiagnostics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Ubaid Part of Speech: name 1. A prehistoric period of Mesopotamia, circa 6500 to 3800 BCE.
Word: unadvanced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English un-avanced, unavanced; equivalent to un- + advanced. 1. Not advanced. Labels: not-comparable Example: At this time £25000 of the money required by Sadleir remained unadvanced by the bank.
Word: unadulteratedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unadulterated + -ly. 1. Without adulteration.
Word: acetyldigitoxin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acetyl + digitoxin. 1. A class of cardiac glycoside, an acetyl derivative of digitoxin.
Word: cymarine Part of Speech: noun 1. A cardiac glycoside obtained from plants of the genus Strophanthus. Labels: uncountable
Word: medigoxin Part of Speech: noun 1. A cardiac glycoside closely related to digoxin. Labels: uncountable
Word: digitoxigenin Part of Speech: noun 1. A cardenolide, the aglycone of digitoxin, usually obtained by hydrolysis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hederagenin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hedera, the genus of ivy; originally named hederic acid by the German professor L. Posselt, who was the first to extract the substance from ivy seeds and published his findings in 1849. 1. A triterpenoid originally extracted from Hedera helix, the common ivy. Labels: uncountable
Word: tritheistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + theistic. 1. Having, or pertaining to, a belief in three gods. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tritheist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + theist. 1. A believer in three gods.
Word: tritheists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tritheist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: falernum Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fəˈlɜː(ɹ)nəm/ 1. A sweet spiced syrup used in Caribbean and tropical drinks. Labels: uncountable Example: This base is tweaked, in many cases, with a hint of Pernod or falernum syrup, adding flavors that linger just barely at the threshold of perception.
Word: swamplike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From swamp + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a swamp. Example: Part of the answer came quickly: football players lost so much fluid in sweat in swamplike Florida that they had none left to form urine.
Word: unrocked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + rocked. 1. Not having been rocked. Labels: not-comparable Example: In a bipartisan ode to the unrocked boat, the committee sat passively through corruption scandals in the last Congress that put two lawmakers behind bars.
Word: archimperialist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arch- + imperialist. 1. A strong supporter of imperialism. Example: If the archimperialist Rudyard Kipling, the young Mohandas K. Gandhi, tribal leaders and Afrikaner supremacists could agree on anything about the war's consequences, it was, in Mr. Meredith's view, this: The machinations behind the making of South Africa would create patriotic fervors even worse than the ones they supplanted.
Word: archimperialists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of archimperialist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: klondike Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Klondike (“source of wealth”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The most exclusive luxury brands are seeking their share of the klondike.
Word: klondike Part of Speech: verb 1. To export fresh fish (usually herring or mackerel) rather than pickled ones.
Word: klondikes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of klondike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: klondikes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of klondike Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: refigure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + figure. 1. To figure again or anew. Labels: transitive Example: The hookworm campaign […] was far more effective in creating and legitimating powerful new social boundaries. Through the rhetoric of the hookworm campaign, poor white trash were partially refigured as pure white Americans, a group that deserved higher status and greater prestige than that accorded to southern blacks. Example: "I'm taking a step back to refigure out my own career, as is Sweet Talk," Ms. Gallo said. 2. To duplicate. Labels: transitive Example: Ten times thyself were happier than thou art, If ten of thine ten times refigur'd thee ... 3. To restore the parabolic figure of, as of a parabolic mirror. Labels: transitive
Word: refiguring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of refigure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: refigured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of refigure Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: skilift Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ski lift. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: milage Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mileage. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ass to mouth Part of Speech: noun 1. A sexual act in which the penis or another object is removed from someone's anus and promptly put into another's mouth. Labels: uncountable Example: Acts are classified as 'ass to mouth', or 'ATM' in porn industry language, when 'a man removes his penis from a woman's anus and, without cleaning it, places it in her mouth, or the mouth of another woman Example: “Anything I want,” you whispered into my ear. “Yes, yes,” I said. “You're going to do ass to mouth next,” you said. “And don't you dare flinch. I have a dirty cock covered in your shit and you're going to suck and lick it clean.
Word: pæderastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pæderast + -ic. 1. Obsolete spelling of pederastic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: In tribes where pæderastic ceremonies were part of the religious exercises, there would be no popular aversion to pæderasty. Indeed, Schopenhauer views pæderastic performances by old men as an illustration of the beneficence of nature in preventing the propagation of the defective beings.
Word: millage tax Part of Speech: noun 1. property tax, especially where the tax rate for property is determined in mills. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: twistily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From twisty + -ly. 1. in a twisty manner; characterised by many twists, bends or turns.
Word: tripulant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish tripulante. 1. A passenger or stowaway; especially, a Jewish emigrant during the Spanish Inquisition.
Word: torch songs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of torch song Labels: form-of, plural
Word: torch singers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of torch singer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hæmophiliac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hæmo- + -philiac. 1. Alternative spelling of hemophiliac. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: hæmophiliacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hæmophiliac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twistical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From twist + -ical. 1. Crooked; tortuous. Labels: archaic, colloquial, regional Example: […] I will meet Mr. Paine again at Point-no-Point, very properly so named because, as he observes, “it continually recedes at a distance a-head; and when you have got as far as you can go there is no point at all.” So it is with Mr. Paine’s twistical reflections on religion and government: Example: 1871, John William De Forest, Overland, New York: Sheldon, Chapter 15, p. 79, He had queer twistical ways of reasoning which often proved the contrary of what he seemed to want to prove; 2. Perverse; unfair; dishonest. Labels: archaic, colloquial, regional Example: c. 1797 John Leland, remark made while preaching, cited in Berkshire Historical and Scientific Society, Berkshire Book, 1892, Volume 1, p. 283, Godward he is an excellent man, manward he is rather twistical. Example: 1836, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, The Clockmaker, Halifax, NS: J. Howe, p. 111, […] well, he was a deep, sly, twistical lookin chap, as you een amost ever seed.
Word: weepe Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of weep. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: But all the rest, as borne of salvage brood, And having beene with acorns alwaies fed, 590 Can no whit savour this celestiall food, But with base thoughts are into blindnesse led, And kept from looking on the lightsome day: For whome I waile and weepe all that I may. Example: Then fall they to cry, to weepe, and to torment themselues, as little children that haue lost their play-game, which notwithstanding is nothing worth.
Word: welthe Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of wealth. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: And an enuyous man hath no vertue in hymself/ for he corrumpeth hymself for as moche as he hateth allway the welthe and vertues of other/ and thus ought they to kepe them that they take none euyll suspec[=o]n For a man naturally whan his affection hath suspecion in ony man that he weneth that he doth/ hit semeth to hym verily that it is doon. Example: Whan Charyte ys chosen with stats to stonde, Stedfast and styll, with oute distaunce, Then wreth may be exilid out of thys londe, And God oure gide to have governaunce; Wysdom and welthe with all plesaunce, May ryghtfulle reigne, and prosperite, For love hath underleyde wrethfull vengeaunce; Reioyse Enlond the lords acordid bee.
Word: thirde Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of third. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: werkeman Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of workman. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: rewle Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of rule. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: rewle Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of rule. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: For as moche as the Noble persone canne not rewle ne gouerne with oute y'e seruyce and werke of the peple/ than hit behoueth to deuyse the oeuurages and the offices of the werkemen/ Than I shall begynne fyrst at the fyrst pawne/ that is in the playe of the chesse/
Word: pawne Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of pawn. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: As therefore the morning devv, is a pavvne of the evenings fatneſſe, ſo, O Lord, let this daies comfort be the earneſt of to morrowes, […]
Word: chesse Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of chess. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: wyll Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of will. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: rooke Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of rook. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: kinge Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of king. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: shappe Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of shape. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: smyth Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of smith. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: wishe Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of wish. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Next all good men ought to wishe and desire that those which put their hande to (this is to say trauaile for) the reformation of maners, should do it with such good argumentes, that there shoulde remayne, or be left, but euen a very litle to be corrected and amended. Example: CHARLES. Prince of Navarre my honourable brother, Prince Condy, and my good Lord Admirall, wishe this union and religious league, Knit in these hands, thus joyn'd in nuptiall rites, May not desolve, till death desolve our lives, And that the native sparkes of princely love, That kindled first this motion in our hearts, May still be feweld in our progenye.
Word: wishe Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of wish. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The Bischope, to declair the zeall that he had to revenge the death of him that was his predecessour, (and yit for his wishe he wold nott haif had him leaving agane,) still blew the coallis.
Word: widder Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of widow. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dialectal Example: At the sewing- society the matter was fully discussed. Mrs. Greenfield, the doctor's wife, admitted that it would be an excellent match, "jest a child apiece, both on 'em well brought up, used to good company, and all that; but, land's sakes! he, with his mint o' money, a'n't a-goin' to marry a poor widder that ha'n't got nothin' but her husband's pictur' and her boy,--not he!" Example: And then, before the public mind had become sufficiently settled to inquire into the matter, the rumor changed itself into a piece of positive news:-- "The widder Kinzer's moved over into Ham's house, bag and baggage."
Word: venomed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From venom + -ed. 1. Containing venom; laced with or steeped in venom. Example: Indifferent usually to luxury, he here exhausts his ingenuity to obtain it; shrinking usually from the touch of a nigger as from the venomed tooth of a serpent, he here is seen resigning his nose to the digital custody of that sable operator, and placing his throat at his mercy, or revelling in titillary ecstasy from his manipulations with the hog's bristles;--all this he enjoys in a semi-recumbent position, obtained from an easy chair and a high stool, wherein he lies with a steadiness which courts prolongation--life-like, yet immoveable--suggesting the idea of an Egyptian corpse newly embalmed. Example: But now the Moormen, stalking o'er the strand / to guard the wat'ery stores the strangers need; / this, targe on arm and assegai in hand, / that, with his bended bow, and venom'd reed[.]
Word: venomed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From venom + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of venom Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: triweekly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + weekly. 1. Occurring three times per week. Labels: not-comparable 2. Occurring once every three weeks. Labels: not-comparable 3. Published three times a week. Labels: not-comparable Example: And then it appeared to be forgotten, or, at least, men seldom spoke of it, and presently it came to be accepted as the popular belief that the robbery had been committed by a gang of desperate tramps, this theory being confirmed by a certain exploit subsequently in the San Juan country, an exploit wherein three desperate tramps assaulted the triweekly road-hack, and, making off with their booty, were ultimately taken and strung up to a convenient tree. Example: This string of daily papers in Aurora, Joliet, Elgin, and Waukegan, the triweekly Naperville Sun, and 13 Sun suburban weeklies, has been winning major press-photography awards hand over fist in recent years.
Word: triweekly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + weekly. 1. A publication published three times a week.
Word: tumble-dry Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of tumble dry. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tu-whit tu-whoo Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of tuwhit tuwhoo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pudibund Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin pudibundus, from pudeō (“make ashamed, be ashamed”). Pronunciation: /ˈpjuːdɪbʌnd/ 1. Shy, bashful; prudish. Labels: rare Example: Involuntarily Lucette bent her head and frail spine, then she lay back on the outer half of Ada’s pillow in a martyr’s pudibund swoon, her locks spreading their orange blaze against the black velvet of the padded headboard.
Word: rebribe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + bribe. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈbɹʌɪb/ 1. To bribe again. Example: That same day (February 3, 1893) Van rebribed the already gorged janitor to have him answer all questions [...] with a brief assertion of utter ignorance.
Word: rebribes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rebribe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rebribing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rebribe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rebribed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rebribe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lmao Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative letter-case form of LMAO. Labels: Internet, alt-of, mildly, vulgar
Word: lmao Part of Speech: particle 1. Neutralises the tone of a message; denotes that a message is light-hearted or casual. Labels: Internet
Word: inofficial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + official. Compare Latin inofficiālis, French inofficiel, German inoffiziell. 1. Synonym of unofficial. Labels: rare
Word: hæmorrhagic Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of hemorrhagic. Labels: UK, alt-of, archaic, not-comparable, obsolete Example: Upon careful examination of an arterial branch within whose range a hæmorrhagic infarction has formed, we find in it a clot by which its calibre is more or less obstructed.
Word: anti-hæmorrhagic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + hæmorrhagic. 1. Obsolete form of antihemorrhagic. Labels: UK, alt-of, obsolete Example: He suggested whether the anti‐hæmorrhagic properties of some of our common astringent drugs may not depend upon the gallic acid as much or more than upon the tannin which they contain, or upon the tannin becoming changed into gallic acid within the body.
Word: synæsthete Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of synaesthete. Labels: alt-of, rare
Word: anaesthete Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an- + aesthete. 1. One who is afflicted with anesthesia. Labels: rare
Word: anæsthete Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an- + æsthete. 1. Obsolete spelling of anaesthete. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, rare
Word: moxidectin Part of Speech: noun 1. A parasiticide derived from nemadectin, used to prevent and control heartworm and intestinal worms in animals. Labels: uncountable
Word: nonsurplus Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + surplus. 1. Not surplus. Labels: not-comparable
Word: B.O. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of BO. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: evil laughs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of evil laugh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chimelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chime + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a chime. Example: He is perhaps best known for his sounding sculptures, metal sculptures with masses of rods or wires that make chimelike sounds when touched or moved by the wind.
Word: floorwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From floor + work. 1. Any part of dance or aerobics performed close to the floor. Labels: uncountable Example: The innocence with which Amos J. Machanic Jr. performs the highly controlled floorwork of his solo I Wanna Be Ready is particularly touching, as is the objectivity with which the dancers present the big knockout ensembles.
Word: foldup Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from fold up. 1. Alternative form of fold-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: A storage wall supports a desk, two drawers, two shelves, a bookcase, a reading light, a foldup table and the bed frame.
Word: foldup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from fold up. 1. Alternative form of fold-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A card table, three foldups, the bulging single bed, and an ice chest served as furniture. Example: Judy was attracted to Mesa Flats Resort primarily because of the ballroom, which could be converted into a performance venue with stage and lighting. Granted the chairs were fold-ups, the stage was small with only one dressing room, […]
Word: stagescape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stage + -scape. 1. A visual scene created on stage by means of set, props, etc. Example: Its austere aesthetic (a bluish-gray backdrop and vaporous lighting, a few chairs, an overturned bicycle, a ships mast center stage) and slow, stylized pace are often reminiscent of a Robert Wilson stagescape.
Word: stagescapes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stagescape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tenontosaur Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the genus †Tenontosaurus of ornithopod dinosaurs.
Word: tenontosaurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tenontosaur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uncheerful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + cheerful. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈtʃɪəfəl/ 1. Not cheerful. Example: But by the change of her unchearefull looke, / They might perceive she was not well in plight […]. Example: For now, though, Paramore gets by on good cheer, even during seemingly uncheerful songs.
Word: uncheerfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From uncheerful + -ly. 1. In a manner that is not cheerful.
Word: unstill Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + still. 1. Not still; changing or in motion.
Word: videotaper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From videotape + -er. 1. One who videotapes. Example: His arrest was made possible in part after a $5,000 night-vision system to detect digital-camera lenses was installed in the Guzzo Lacordaire multiplex cinema, described as a target of illegal videotapers. Mr. Hache faces a fine or up to two years in prison if found guilty of recording a movie without a theaters permission and a fine or up to five years in prison if convicted of recording for commercial gain.
Word: videotapers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of videotaper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anticollusion Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + collusion. 1. Preventing or countering collusion. Labels: not-comparable Example: The F.C.C.'s anticollusion rules will prevent participants from discussing their strategy after bidding begins.
Word: belllike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bell + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a bell. Example: Usually the pulse is established by a piano, which holds down the beat with a belllike tone.
Word: bellmaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bell + making. 1. The manufacture of bells. Labels: uncountable
Word: classload Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From class + load. 1. The amount of work allocated to students taking a class. Example: Some say this is another example of how little academics matter in major college sports, but others see the light classload as a reward for a job well done and as a way for a player to concentrate on the team.
Word: classloads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of classload Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neopopulism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + populism. 1. A cultural and political movement, mainly in Latin American countries, distinct from twentieth-century populism in radically combining classically opposed left-wing and right-wing attitudes and using electronic media as a means of dissemination. Labels: uncountable Example: President Chávez has been buying and selling against this idea, continuing to practice the kind of neopopulism that will reach its limit only when the country receives what economists call an external shock.
Word: nonmayoral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + mayoral. 1. Not mayoral. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonrepeat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + repeat. 1. Not a repeat. Labels: not-comparable Example: IFC's role and contribution is estimated to be better with repeat than nonrepeat clients. There has been much debate about the appropriate mix of IFC operations between repeat and nonrepeat clients.
Word: repayability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From repay + -ability. 1. The quality of being repayable. Labels: uncountable Example: the repayability of loans
Word: repaver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From repave + -er. 1. A machine for repaving.
Word: repavers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of repaver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vocalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin vōcālisbor. Middle English vocal English vocal Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 vocalness From vocal + -ness. 1. The quality of being vocal; outspokenness. Labels: uncountable Example: I like what I'm seeing, in terms of the vocalness of certain people on our team, starting to hold people accountable and their teammates accountable.
Word: endnoted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From endnote + -ed. 1. Annotated with endnotes. Labels: not-comparable Example: Denied access to the man himself, he interviews legions of Nicholson's friends, acquaintances and family members; analyzes his movies; and pieces together a detailed, heavily endnoted narrative about the man he calls the Gatsby of Mulholland Drive.
Word: endmembers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of endmember. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyperdramatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Ancient Greek δράω (dráō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek δρᾱμᾰτῐκός (drāmătĭkós)bor. Latin drāmaticuslbor. English dramatic English hyperdramatic From hyper- + dramatic. 1. Very highly dramatic. Example: That's somehow fitting, and so is Rudahl's madly anarchic, hyperdramatic visual approach.
Word: hyperdimensionality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Italic *mētis Latin mētior Latin dīmētior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dīmēnsiōder. English dimension English -al English dimensional Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English hyperdimensionality From hyper- + dimensional + -ity. 1. The quality of being hyperdimensional. Labels: uncountable
Word: konking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of konk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: konked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of konk Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: megadealer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + dealer. 1. A major, large-scale dealer. Example: Unlike today's megadealers with their constant poachings of high-profile artists whose careers were fostered by smaller galleries — and unlike today's collectors, whose feeding frenzy is driven by fashion and an eye for the auctions — Sonnabend was a kind of incubator, said the photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto, who has shown with the gallery since the 1970s.
Word: megadealers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megadealer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minibattle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + battle. 1. A minor battle. Example: Full Circle will perform on Wednesday, and Rokafella has served as the library's liaison, giving breaking workshops at the Bronx Library Center. Mr. Martin said he hoped some of her students would participate in a relaxed minibattle as part of the evening.
Word: minibattles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minibattle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minibubble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + bubble. 1. A minor bubble. Example: "I think this is a minibubble reflecting hysterical buying by speculators, who are fearful that we will embark on some sort of adventure in Iran and destabilize oil sources in the region," Mr. Metz said.
Word: minibubbles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minibubble Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overelaborate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + elaborate. 1. Excessively elaborate.
Word: overelaborate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + elaborate. 1. To elaborate excessively; to go into too much detail.
Word: overembellishment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + embellishment. 1. Excessive embellishment. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: overembellishments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overembellishment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parrotlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From parrot + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a parrot. Example: A jarring parrotlike voice assaulted me from the racks of leggings.
Word: patination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From patina + -ation? 1. The application of a patina. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Modern Art Foundry: Sculpture retouching, casting, finishing and patination.