nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: lusophones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lusophone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: copper moki Part of Speech: noun 1. A trumpeter fish of the species Latridopsis forsteri
Word: bastard trumpeter Part of Speech: noun 1. A trumpeter (fish) of the species Latridopsis forsteri
Word: bastard trumpeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bastard trumpeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: racebending Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From race + bending, following the pattern of genderbending. Popularized, and likely influenced in form by, fan reaction to racebending in the casting of the 2010 film The Last Airbender (film). 1. The act of playing the role of, or casting someone in the role of, a character of different race or ethnicity. Labels: derogatory, often, slang, uncountable Example: Hilarity ensues as the director tries to justify his decision with famous racebending examples from Hollywood (The faux slit-eyes in Cloud Atlas, anyone?). Example: Not only did the producers cast actors in their late twenties but also had the audacity to assign Michael B. Jordan (Fruitside Station, That Awkward Moment) to the role of the Human Torch/Johnny Storm. What has happened here is a wonderful example of racebending.
Word: racebending Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From race + bending, following the pattern of genderbending. Popularized, and likely influenced in form by, fan reaction to racebending in the casting of the 2010 film The Last Airbender (film). 1. present participle and gerund of racebend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reverse video Part of Speech: noun 1. Inverse video. Labels: dated, uncountable Example: For example, underlined reverse video cannot be obtained.
Word: feeder fish Part of Speech: noun 1. Certain types of inexpensive fish commonly fed as live prey to captive animals, such as sharks and turtles. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: mongongo Part of Speech: noun 1. A large, spreading tree (Schinziophyton rautanenii) of the family Euphorbiaceae, found on wooded hills and among sand dunes, with distinctive hand-shaped leaves, whose pale yellow wood resembles balsa. 2. Its egg-shaped, velvety fruit, having a thin layer of edible flesh surrounding a highly nutritious nut.
Word: mongongos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mongongo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soybean rust Part of Speech: noun 1. A fungal disease of soybeans and other legumes, caused by Phakopsora spp.. Labels: uncountable
Word: amberlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From amber + -like. 1. Resembling the resin amber.
Word: ungnawed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + gnawed. 1. Not having been gnawed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: DAWG Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of directed acyclic word graph. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: pindick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pin + dick. 1. An unusually small penis, or a person who has one. Labels: derogatory, rare, slang, vulgar Example: "You want to deal with somebody, pindick?" Example: Why should a woman subject herself to a tiny pindick, which gives her NO pleasure - just to be NICE? Ha! Fuck that.
Word: escapisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of escapism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: euthanase Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from euthanasia. Compare euthanize. 1. Alternative form of euthanize. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: 1988, British Small Animal Veterinary Association, World Small Animal Veterinary Association, The Journal of Small Animal Practice, Volume 29, page 258, One affected red and white pup was euthanased and the eyes sent for histological examination. Example: Mice from each treatment group, including negative controls, were euthanased seven days after the last feed.
Word: euthanasing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of euthanase Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: euthanased Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of euthanase Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: euthanaze Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See euthanase. 1. Alternative spelling of euthanase. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: euthanazing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of euthanaze Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: euthanazed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of euthanaze Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hoar-frosts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hoar-frost Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slooplike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sloop + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a sloop. Labels: rare Example: They were all single-masted, slooplike little sailboats, around 40 feet in length, with enclosed decks and an engine. Example: A little slooplike vessel, long, low, lateen-rigged, had put out from a masked cove. No threat. "Messenger boat," said Fat Poppo […]
Word: shitwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shit + work. 1. Work of low status or yielding little satisfaction. Labels: derogatory, uncountable Example: Now it was real detective shitwork. Example: GM paid us a tidy income and we did the shitwork. No one was holding a gun to anyone's head. 2. Tasks which could be done automatically by software but which the software forces the user to do manually. Labels: uncountable
Word: shiurim Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shiur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Angry Young Man Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in reference to John Osborne's 1956 play Look Back in Anger. 1. Any of a group of mostly working-class and middle-class British playwrights and novelists who rose to prominence in the 1950s, their works being characterized by harshness, realism, and disillusionment with traditional norms.
Word: Angry Young Men Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Angry Young Man Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sierpinski gasket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Polish mathematician Wacław Sierpiński. 1. The Sierpinski triangle.
Word: isophotal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From isophote + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to isophots or isophotes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unchannelled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + channelled. 1. Alternative spelling of unchanneled. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: unchanneled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + channeled. 1. Not channeled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unprojecting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + projecting. 1. That does not project. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unprogressively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unprogressive + -ly. 1. In an unprogressive way.
Word: ballotechnics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ballotechnic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multiton Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + ton. 1. Weighing more than one ton. Labels: not-comparable
Word: multiton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From multi- + singleton. 1. A creational design pattern resembling the singleton pattern except that multiple keyed instances of the class can be created. Labels: uncountable 2. The class used for the multiton pattern. Labels: uncountable
Word: deodar cedar Part of Speech: noun 1. A tall cedar, Cedrus deodara, native to the western Himalayas.
Word: deodar cedars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deodar cedar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vibratiuncle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From modern Latin vibratiuncula, diminutive form of Latin vibrātio (“vibration”). Pronunciation: /vaɪbɹeɪʃɪˈʌŋkl/ 1. A minuscule or slight vibration; specifically, a vibration in brain tissue caused by the comparatively greater vibrations of the particles of the medullary substance of the nerves (formerly hypothesised to convey external impressions to the mind). Labels: historical Example: Diminutive Vibrations, which may also be called Vibratiuncles and Miniatures. Example: Yet long after references to associationism all but ceased, neurophysiologists continue to explore variations of the “traces” or “vibratiuncles” that sensations might leave in the substance of the brain.
Word: suaviloquent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin suaviloquens (“sweet-spoken, suaviloquent”), from suavis (“sweet”) + loquens (“speaking”). 1. Sweetly speaking; using agreeable speech. Example: Her new book was most suaviloquent.
Word: vibratiuncula Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /vaɪbɹeɪʃɪˈʌŋkjʊlə/ 1. Alternative spelling of vibratiuncle. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1750: Elizabeth Carter, [letter from] Mrs. Carter to Miss Talbot (Deal, Dec. 1, 1750); printed in: Example: […] I have upon the strength of your recommendation ventured again to look into Dr. Hartley; I was at first sufficiently puzzled with vibrations, but vibratiunculas are beyond all mortal sufferance, and for any thing I am likely to learn by this part of the book, it would be as much to my profit to read the history of Parismus and Parismenus. After all In vain we search the wondrous cause to find How mind on body, body acts on mind. (with many more quotations and quotatiunculas which might be alleged to the same purpose) and all hypotheses about it seem equally perplexed and ineffectual. But however unsatisfactory these kind of systems may be, they are by no means to be treated with contempt. They are the result of great powers of understanding and strong habits of thinking; and an ingenious author who means well, is to be indulged in some few harmless whims, as it often happens (in a way which perhaps it may be impossible for all vibrations and vibratiunculas in the world to account for) that obscure, and even in themselves useless speculations, lead to the discovery of evident and important truths.
Word: vibratiunculæ Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /vaɪbɹeɪʃɪˈʌŋkjʊliː/ 1. plural of vibratiuncula Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural Example: Nothing therefore is more unwarrantable, or more plainly shews the precipitant presumption of modern sciolists, than the familiar use of the general theory of aerial undulations in their attempts to explain the abstruse phenomena of nature (such as the communication of sensation from the organ to the sensorium by the vibrations of a nervous fluid, the reciprocal communication of the volitions from the sensorium to the muscle, nay, the whole phenomena of mind), by vibrations and vibratiunculæ.
Word: vibratiunculae Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /vaɪbɹeɪʃɪˈʌŋkjʊliː/ 1. plural of vibratiuncula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vibratiunculas Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /vaɪbɹeɪʃɪˈʌŋkjʊləz/ 1. plural of vibratiuncula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vibratiuncule Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /vaɪbɹeɪʃɪˈʌŋkjuːl/ 1. Alternative spelling of vibratiuncle. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: They are true reactionaries. They would have us revert to the tabula rasa of Locke, the vibratiuncule of Hartley, and the unmitigated associationism of James Mill.
Word: vibratiuncules Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /vaɪbɹeɪʃɪˈʌŋkjuːlz/ 1. plural of vibratiuncule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vibratiuncles Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /vaɪbɹeɪʃɪˈʌŋklz/ 1. plural of vibratiuncle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: escape velocities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of escape velocity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: putzes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of putz Labels: form-of, plural
Word: putzes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of putz Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: putzing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of putz Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: putzed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of putz Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: run for one's money Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The idiom likely originates with horse racing, where one can get enjoyment "from watching the race even if one does not win much." Its usage was first recorded in 1874. 1. A difficult challenge for the person indicated, especially one involving a competitive situation. Labels: idiomatic Example: Since the beginning of the world all men have hunted me like a wolf—kings and sages, and poets and lawgivers, all the churches, and all the philosophies. But I have never been caught yet, and the skies will fall in the time I turn to bay. I have given them a good run for their money, and I will now. Example: "If your competitor regards you as a menace to his pocketbook, he can give you a nice little run for your money and delay you indefinitely." 2. A reasonable opportunity to succeed, perform acceptably, or escape harm, especially in a difficult situation. Labels: dated, idiomatic Example: He appealed and, by some arrangement or other, got leave to state his case personally to the Court of Revision. Said, I believe, that he did not much trust lawyers, but that if the sahibs would give him a hearing, as man to man, he might have a run for his money. Example: "I say he'll get a run for his money. If there's any killing to be done, it will be in fair fight."
Word: osteoblastoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From osteo- + blastoma. 1. an uncommon osteoid tissue-forming primary neoplasm of the bone
Word: carnavals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carnaval Labels: form-of, plural
Word: corvinas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corvina Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nothospecies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From notho- + species. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒθəʊˌspiːʃiz/ 1. A hybrid which is formed by direct hybridization of two species, not other hybrids. Example: The fourth species, the nothospecies Fragaria × ananassa, was originally established for the hybrids F. chiloensis × F. virginiana, which had originated under cultivation and are known as the large-fruited garden strawberries. When the hybrid populations in the coastal regions of northwestern North America were identified as introgressants of the same two octoploid species, they were combined with the cultivated garden strawberries into the nothospecies F. ×ananassa. Example: For our treatment we designate hybrid species (nothospecies) by prefix with a multiplication sign placed flush with the species epithet (×; Art H.1.1; H.3A.1 of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Greuter et al. 2000) only if they are of restricted distribution and are sympatric with their putative parents.
Word: grex name Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Latin grex 1. A common name for the collective ('herd') of hybrids stemming from a given set of two (or more) commonly paired parent species Example: Grex names are mainly used for orchids and bromeliads, which hybridize easily and are eagerly cultivated
Word: Ninotsminda Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Georgian ნინოწმინდა (ninoc̣minda), named after the nearby church devoted to Saint Nino: წმინდა (c̣minda, “holy”) + ნინო (nino). 1. An Armenian-populated town in Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia. Known as Bogdanovka before 1991.
Word: Strait of Dover Part of Speech: name 1. A strait in the English Channel, connecting to the North Sea, between Dover (England) and Calais (France)
Word: Pas-de-Calais Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French Pas de Calais (“Strait of Dover”, literally “strait of Calais”). 1. A department of Hauts-de-France in northern France, bordering the Strait of Dover.
Word: funambulism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin funambulis. 1. The art of walking on a tightrope or a slack-rope. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: quisse Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of cuisse. Labels: alt-of, rare Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:quisse.
Word: quisses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quisse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 69s Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 69 Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 69s Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of 69 Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: incombustibility Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality or state of being incombustible. Labels: uncountable
Word: vulpines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vulpine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: commixtion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English commixtion, from Middle French commixtion, and its source, Latin commixtiōnem, from commiscēre (“to mix”). Pronunciation: /kəˈmɪkst͡ʃən/ 1. The action of mixing or blending together; commingling. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. The blending (of wines, etc.); garbling. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 3. Coition; copulation; sexual intercourse. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Of that commixtion they did then beget / This helliſh Dog, that hight the Blatant Beaſt; […] 4. Commixture; a commixed condition or state. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 5. A mixture; a compound. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 6. A method of acquiring property by mixing or blending substances belonging to different proprietors. Labels: Roman, countable, uncountable 7. The putting of a small piece of the host into the chalice during Mass, typifying the reunion of body and soul at the resurrection. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: commixtions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of commixtion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: depaint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + paint. 1. To depict. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: on his shield depainted he did see: Such homage till that instant never learned hee 2. To depict in words; to describe graphically. Labels: archaic, transitive 3. To colour; to decorate with colours. Labels: archaic, transitive 4. To stain; to distain. Labels: archaic, transitive 5. To remove paint from. Labels: transitive Example: aircraft depainting technology
Word: gelotophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γέλως (gélōs, “laughter”) + -phobia. 1. An abnormal and persistent fear of being laughed at. Labels: uncountable Example: Titze sees Gelotophobia as a clinical category, […] Example: Studies of gelotophobia. It turns out that gelotophobes have difficulty distinguishing between situations in which they are the butts of gentle mockery and those in which […]
Word: gelotophobe Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛlətəˌfoʊb/ 1. A person who experiences gelotophobia, one who fears being laughed at. Example: Indeed, the 14 countries (with altogether 3526 participants) studied yielded a noticeable number of gelotophobes. […] Studies showed that gelotophobes misperceive auditorily presented laughter of a positive quality, and consider it […] Example: Gelotophobes have particular problems understanding facial expressions (Ruch and Proyer, 2008a). A smile may be seen as malevolent, even when no more is intended than a warm, happy, expression of positive emotion, as in teasing.
Word: gelotophobes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gelotophobe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: run for the money Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of run for one's money. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: chuiwan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 捶丸 (chuíwán, literally “ball-hitting”). 1. An early Chinese game somewhat similar to golf. Labels: uncountable
Word: sums of their parts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sum of its parts Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shiphandler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ship + handler. 1. A person maneuvering a ship.
Word: shiphandlers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shiphandler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unshed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + shed. 1. That has not been shed. Labels: not-comparable Example: His eyes misty with unshed tears Master Tommy came at her call for their big sister's word was law with the twins.
Word: Tommy Atkins Part of Speech: name Etymology: Said to be a fictitious name inserted in document templates given to soldiers to guide them in filling out account blanks, etc. Found in the publication Soldier's Account Book (1815) and later in King's Regulations (1837). Compare also John Doe and Richard Roe. 1. Generic term for any British soldier. Example: O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away"; But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play Example: A voice I don't want to listen to tells me that this is England's last land triumph; that our military history ends here[…]. Tommy Atkins will serve with pluck and valor wherever he fights hereafter, as always; but the conduct of the war is passing out of our hands.
Word: actino-uranium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From actino- + uranium. 1. Uranium-235. Labels: uncountable
Word: actinouranium Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of actino-uranium. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: j.g. Part of Speech: adj 1. junior-grade Labels: not-comparable, postpositional
Word: paganica Part of Speech: noun 1. A Roman ball stuffed with feathers, used in a game that is sometimes considered a precursor to golf (since early golf balls had a similar construction). Labels: historical Example: The folliculus was merely a smaller follis, apparently about the same size as a paganica, also a middle sized ball, stuffed with feathers, and therefore harder than the follis, which was only filled with air, but tenderer than the pila, which was probably as hard and heavy as our tennis-ball. Martial mentions all the three principal balls in a couplet — ‘ Hæc quæ difficilli turget Paganica plumâ / Folle minus laxa est et minus arcta pilâ. ’ ¶ ‘ This Paganica stuffed with stiff feathers is of tougher substance than the balloon, but of less compact substance than the tennis ball ’ 2. The game itself. Example: An attempt, a rather lame one, however, has been made to prove that golf was known to the Romans, or at least that a game called Paganica resembled it. Example: Beginning with paganica in Ancient Rome, golf has had many ancestors in many distant lands, all similar in one way or another to the game we know today.
Word: pargo Part of Speech: noun 1. common seabream, red porgy, Pagrus pagrus
Word: cambuca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English camboke, from Late Latin cambuca (“hooked rod or stick”) referring to the 'club' used to play the game. Compare cammock. 1. A 12th-century English game somewhat similar to golf in that it was played with a wooden ball similar to a golf ball. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: GOLF. - there are many games played with the ball that require the assistance of a club or bat[…]In the reign of Edward III. the Latin name cambuca was applied to the pastime[…]. Example: Though golf as it has been played, from time immemorial in Scotland, is more closely allied to the French game jeu de mail, and the Roman game cambuca, an opinion has been long held by writers on the subject that we owe golf to Holland[…]. 2. A curved stick used to strike the ball in the game of pall mall. Labels: historical, uncountable 3. A pastoral staff. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: bullaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bullary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fantasque Part of Speech: adj 1. fantastical Labels: obsolete
Word: gloser Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of glosser. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: afference Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Adjective form of afferent, from French afférent (“which brings inward”), from Latin afferent-, from afferēns, present participle of afferre (“bring to”), from af- (variant of ad-) + ferre (“bear”). Doublet of afferentia. Pronunciation: /ˈæfəɹəns/ 1. The brain’s reception of signals from the body. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Christina had lost this normal inflow, this afference, had lost her normal proprioceptive vocal tone and posture, and therefore had to use her ears, auditory feedback, instead.
Word: signalosomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of signalosome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wawl Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of waul. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mixed signal Part of Speech: noun 1. An unclear message, often contradicting a situation. Labels: in-plural, often Example: Crap, he sent a winky back. That was not good. Mixed signals were a bad way to start any kind of beginning, whether it was love or friendship. Example: German firms have signed a 15-year deal to buy 2m tonnes of liquid gas from Qatar, sending out mixed signals over the priority Germany places on human rights in the Gulf and its commitment to a carbon neutral energy supply.
Word: sessileness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sessile + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being sessile, being directly or permanently attached. Labels: uncountable
Word: six-footedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From six-footed + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being a hexapod (having six feet). Labels: uncountable 2. The state or quality of being six foot tall. Labels: uncountable
Word: six-leggedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From six-legged + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being a hexapod (having six legs). Labels: uncountable
Word: leggedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From legged + -ness. 1. The state or quality of having a particular type of or number of legs. Labels: uncountable
Word: headedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From headed + -ness. 1. The state or quality of having a particular type of head (in various senses). Labels: in-compounds, uncountable Example: An analysis of the historical change that led to the development of second-position clitics in Old Bulgarian is proposed that implicates a switch in the parameter of headedness of TP. Example: We can sometimes see evidence for a particular headedness direction among head-dependency pairs, in the form of a more compressed grammar.
Word: armedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From armed + -ness. 1. The state or quality of having a particular type of or number of arms. Labels: uncountable Example: long-armedness
Word: opłatek Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of oplatek. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: But Mother enclosed in one letter an opłatek—the thin white wafer traditionally shared by all at the beginning of the Christmas Eve dinner. We took it to be a clear message from her: stay in Romania, at least through Christmas. Example: Before sitting down, an opłatek—a special wafer symbolizing the Christian child—was broken and shared, while family members, starting with the father and mother, would exchange good wishes for the new year. Family members would sometimes send a piece of their opłatek to ones who were far away, as a symbol that they were breaking the wafer together even though separated by war or a repressive political system. (The opłatek ritual persists among Poles in Chicago, where the wafers are sold in Polish stores.)
Word: kneedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kneed + -ness. 1. The state or quality of having a particular type of or number of knees. Labels: uncountable
Word: chestedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chested + -ness. 1. The state or quality of having a particular type of chest. Labels: in-compounds, uncountable
Word: flat-chestedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flat-chested + -ness. 1. The state of being flat-chested; the state of having small breasts. Labels: uncountable Example: Flat-chestedness was a big problem when I was in school.
Word: neckedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From necked + -ness. 1. The state or quality of having a particular type of neck. Labels: uncountable
Word: mouthedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mouthed + -ness. 1. The state or quality of having a particular type of mouth. Labels: uncountable
Word: brainedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brained + -ness. 1. The state or quality of having a particular type of brain. Labels: uncountable Example: Some say there is a link between right-handedness and left-brainedness.
Word: lungedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lunged + -ness. 1. The state or quality of having a particular type of lung. Labels: uncountable
Word: earedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eared + -ness. 1. The condition or tendency to hear with one ear more than the other. Labels: uncountable 2. The state or quality of having a particular type of ear. Labels: uncountable Example: Rabbits are known for their long-earedness.
Word: eyedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eyed + -ness. 1. The quality of having a dominant eye - one eye that is used more than the other. Labels: uncountable 2. The state or quality of having a particular type of eye or eyes. Labels: uncountable
Word: toothedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toothed + -ness. 1. The state or quality of having a particular type of tooth or teeth. Labels: in-compounds, uncountable
Word: foreheadedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foreheaded + -ness. 1. The state or quality of having a particular type of forehead. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: You've decided to admit that 'high foreheadedness' and 'balding' are one and the same thing.
Word: hairedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From haired + -ness. 1. The state or quality of having a particular type of hair. Labels: uncountable
Word: nosedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nosed + -ness. 1. The state or quality of having a particular number of or type of nose. Labels: uncountable
Word: lippedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lipped + -ness. 1. The state or quality of having a particular number of type of lips. Labels: uncountable
Word: elbowedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From elbowed + -ness. 1. The state or quality of having a particular type of elbow. Labels: uncountable
Word: tonguedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tongued + -ness. 1. The state or quality of having a particular number of or type of tongue or tongues. Labels: uncountable
Word: bottomedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bottomed + -ness. 1. The state or quality of having a particular type of bottom. Labels: uncountable
Word: chubster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chub + -ster. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃʌbstɚ/ 1. An overweight person. Labels: informal Example: Played by TV sitcom stalwart Kevin James (The King of Queens), the title character is an over-officious, under-achieving chubster. 2. A person with chubby cheeks. Labels: informal
Word: Argentine tango Part of Speech: noun 1. A dance on which the ballroom tango is based, with slow intricate footwork.
Word: Argentine tangos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Argentine tango Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lard-ass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lard + -ass. 1. An overweight person. Labels: Canada, US, derogatory, slang
Word: Viennese waltz Part of Speech: noun 1. A ballroom dance based on the waltz where the couple is constantly performing turns and pirouettes.
Word: Viennese waltzes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Viennese waltz Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hugemungous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of hugemongous. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chuggable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chug + -able. 1. Able to be chugged; suitable for chugging. Labels: not-comparable Example: It's a light beer, so is perfectly chuggable, unlikely the fizzy stuff.
Word: downable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From down + -able. 1. Able to be downed; able to be drunk in one go. Example: This shooter has a terrible taste, but is downable after a few pints.
Word: belly dances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of belly dance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: belly dancer Part of Speech: noun 1. One who performs a belly dance.
Word: belly dancers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of belly dancer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pindownable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pin down + -able. 1. Able to be pinned down; not elusive; categorizable.
Word: fox-trot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of foxtrot. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: fox-trots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fox-trot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pigeonholeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pigeonhole + -able. 1. Able to be pigeonholed; categorizable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unpigeonholeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + pigeonholeable. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈpɪd͡ʒənhoʊləbəl/, /ʌnpɪd͡ʒənˈhoʊləbəl/ 1. Not pigeonholeable; elusive in nature; impossible to categorise. Labels: not-comparable
Word: paso dobles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paso doble Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudo-edge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + edge. 1. The connection between vertices in a pseudo-Hamiltonian-connected graph.
Word: Posh 'n' Becks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Victoria Beckham (dubbed "Posh") and David Beckham ("Becks"), a high-profile celebrity couple. 1. sex (the act of fornicating) Labels: Cockney, slang, uncountable
Word: spomenik Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian spomenik (“monument”). 1. A monument erected in former Yugoslavia to commemorate World War II. Labels: uncommon Example: A moody punter is standing in front of Jan Kempenaers's photograph Spomenik #11 at the Breese-Little gallery in Clerkenwell, London, giving his opinion to anybody who will listen. […] With the help of a friend from Zagreb, he found a map showing the locations of all the monuments and painstakingly sought them out, discovering while doing so that most of the thousands of Spomeniks had been deliberately destroyed. Example: The most elaborate spomeniks were abstract, monumental environments designed by prominent sculptors and architects including Drago Tršar, Vojin Bakić, Dušan Džamonja, and Bogdan Bogdanović.
Word: gigster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gig + -ster. 1. A horse that pulls a gig (a two-wheeled carriage). Labels: dated 2. A musician who plays gigs (shows). Labels: informal Example: Of additional interest to dance band musicians was the opening that month [November 1935] of an extension to Manchester’s largest musical instrument store, Mameloks on Oxford Road. The store had a ballroom, café, lounge, and teaching rooms. The Dance Band and Variety booking agencies on its premises made it a center for ‘gigsters’. Example: Regular gigsters say it's a good venue to play and the promoters have worked hard, even if they have to stuff three bands on a night to make ends meet.
Word: hadd Part of Speech: noun 1. singular of hudud Labels: form-of, singular
Word: midwiferies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of midwifery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nubilous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin nubilus (“cloudy”), from nubes (“cloud”). 1. Cloudy, misty. 2. Unclear. Labels: figuratively
Word: throwing shapes Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of throw shapes Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: steely-eyed missile men Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of steely-eyed missile man Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bulletholes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bullethole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grass mud horse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A calque of the Mandarin 草泥馬／草泥马 (cǎonímǎ). See 草泥馬 for more. 1. One of the ten "mythical Baidu deities" invented by Chinese internet users for the purpose of circumventing censorship. Usually depicted as resembling an alpaca, and is supposedly living in the Mahler Gobi desert. Example: What began as an entertaining by-product of that internet clean-up has become a sensation. This is because “Grass Mud Horse” in Chinese is a homonym for an unprintable but widely used phrase. Both the phrase – “F*** your mother” – and the name of the mythical animal are pronounced as caonima, although using different tones Example: A YouTube children’s song about the beast has drawn nearly 1.4 million viewers. A grass-mud horse cartoon has logged a quarter million more views. A nature documentary on its habits attracted 180,000 more.
Word: eobiotic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to any substance that is endogenous to the body or to an ecological system Labels: rare
Word: eobiotic Part of Speech: noun 1. Such a substance Labels: rare
Word: submachine guns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of submachine gun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in someone's way Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Obstructing, blocking, or impeding the movement or line of sight of someone. Example: I couldn't get to the door because there were too many people in my way. Example: Wrex: Shepard! Get that second hammer going! Shepard: There's a Reaper in my way, Wrex! Wrex: I know! You get all the fun! 2. Of interest or relevance to someone. Example: In the meantime, we had found nothing of any value but the silver and the trinkets, and neither of these were in our way.
Word: regimina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin regimina, nominative plural form of regimen. Pronunciation: /ɹɛˈdʒɪmɪnə/ 1. plural of regimen Labels: form-of, plural Example: Let us consider a few examples of regimina and similar works in various literatures. The earliest to draw our attention in this period are the Greek.
Word: glass-works Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of glassworks. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: high touches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of high touch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Caesars Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Caesar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Caesars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Caesar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catheterisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catheterisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cherry picks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cherry pick Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cherry picked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cherry pick Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cherrypicks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cherrypick Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cherrypicked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cherrypick Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: contenement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French contenement. 1. That which is held together with another thing. 2. That which is connected with a tenement, or thing holden, as a certain quantity of land adjacent to a dwelling, and necessary to the reputable enjoyment of the dwelling.
Word: cotranscriptions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cotranscription Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cotransfections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cotransfection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: co-transfection Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cotransfection. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: co-transfections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of co-transfection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: countersings Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of countersing Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: countersinging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of countersing Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: countersung Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of countersing Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cynologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cynologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: delipidates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of delipidate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: delipidates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of delipidate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: delipidating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of delipidate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: delipidated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of delipidate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: saics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: end state Part of Speech: noun 1. The specified situation at the successful completion of the final phase of a military operation. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: any ending state.
Word: Katanga Part of Speech: name 1. A region in the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, originally conquered by the Congo Free State (owned by the Belgian king, not his European state) but administered as a corporate mining concession. 2. Since 1910, an autonomous part of the Belgian colony Congo. 3. Since 1933, a regular province, until 1947 however named after its capital: Elisabethstad in Dutch or Elisabethville in French. 4. In 1960 a unilaterally declared independent state; in 1961-63 reconquered by Congo and reorganized in three provinces until 1966; renamed Shaba 1972-1997 as part of president Mobutu's Zaireanization.
Word: bedels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bedel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Juno Moneta Part of Speech: name Etymology: From New Latin Juno Moneta, varient of Classical Latin Iūnō Monēta, from Iuno (“Juno”), queen of the Roman gods equated with the Greek Hera, and Moneta, of uncertain etymology. The name has been popularly derived from monēre (“to advise or warn”) since antiquity with reference to various events in Roman legend and history, but modern archeology seems to show the worship of a goddess Moneta elsewhere in Italy prior to her introduction to Rome (cf. evocatio) in 344 BC. The connection to coinage and money derived from her temple's use to house the state mint until a fire around AD 84. Cognate with money and monetary. 1. Synonym of Juno, particularly as a patron of the state mint and Roman coinage. Labels: Roman
Word: sideward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From side + -ward. Compare Middle English liftsideward (“leftward”, adjective). 1. Toward a side.
Word: sideward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From side + -ward. Compare Middle English liftsideward (“leftward”, adjective). 1. Toward a side.
Word: sidewards Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From side + -wards. Compare Middle English syduardys (“sideways, obliquely”). 1. Toward a side.
Word: sidewards Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From side + -wards. Compare Middle English syduardys (“sideways, obliquely”). 1. Toward a side.
Word: sideling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sidlyng (early 14th century), from side + -lyng (modern English side + -ling). 1. directed toward one side 2. inclined; having an inclination
Word: sideling Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English sideling, sidelinge, equivalent to side + -ling. 1. in a sidelong direction 2. obliquely; askew
Word: sideling Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of siding (“side branch of railway track”). Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Upon the main stem […] there is also but one track of Rails with sidelings and turnouts.
Word: OLDI Part of Speech: name 1. On-Line Data Interchange: A Eurocontrol standard used in ATC systems in order to exchange information about flights crossing the border between the two ATC units. The messages described by this standard use ICAO subfields. Labels: abbreviation, acronym
Word: boardsport Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From board + sport. 1. Any sport based on riding a board, such as surfing or snowboarding.
Word: stas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sta Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wall ride Part of Speech: noun 1. A trick where the rider makes the bottom of the board or bicycle touch the side of a wall.
Word: wall ride Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform this trick.
Word: boardslide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From board + slide. 1. A slide trick where the boarder stands on the center of the board, on the rail between the two axles. 2. A slide trick, where the boarder balances the snowboard at its centre, between the two boot bindings, and slides along the width of the board.
Word: heelflip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heel + flip. 1. A flip trick where the skateboarder kicks the board in order to make it flip 360 degrees along its long axis.
Word: pole jam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named in honor of Pearl Jam, a rock group popular in the 1990s. 1. A trick where the skateboarder skates over a bent pole.
Word: cock pump Part of Speech: noun 1. A penis pump. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:cock pump.
Word: Viennois Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Viennois. By surface analysis, Vienne + French -ois. 1. A historical region of Dauphiné, France.
Word: seed vessel Part of Speech: noun 1. The ripened and otherwise modified wall of a plant ovary.
Word: seed pearl Part of Speech: noun 1. A tiny, often irregular pearl. 2. Some minute pearls worked into a bedding.
Word: seed leaf Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the first leaves a seed plant's embryo develops.
Word: geisha ball Part of Speech: noun 1. A Ben Wa ball.
Word: vizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of viz Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: vizes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of viz Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shooting galleries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shooting gallery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: berisping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of berisp Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cynocephaly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyno- + -cephaly. 1. The state of a human having the head of a dog. Labels: uncountable
Word: lewest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of lew: most lew Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: mega-amps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mega-amp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: omnisciences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of omniscience Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kilocal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. A kilocalorie: a kilogram-calorie: one thousand gram-calories. Labels: informal
Word: kilocals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kilocal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gram calorie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Because a gram of water is the referent mass (versus a kilogram of water); see Calorie. 1. The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of a gram of water by a degree centigrade: a unit of measure of energy. Example: Holonyms: kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, large calorie, Calorie (with a capital C), calorie (large-calorie sense) < megacalorie < gigacalorie
Word: kilogram calorie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Because a kilogram of water is the referent mass (versus a gram of water); see Calorie. 1. Synonym of kilocalorie.
Word: gram calories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gram calorie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kilogram calories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kilogram calorie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: entablement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French entablement, Late Latin intabulamentum. 1. entablature Labels: archaic
Word: entablements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entablement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: depolarizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of depolarization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: depolarisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of depolarisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: depolariser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From depolarise + -er. 1. Alternative spelling of depolarizer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: depolarisers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of depolariser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metabisulphite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of metabisulfite. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: metabisulphites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metabisulphite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unhilarious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + hilarious. 1. Not hilarious; devoid of hilarity.
Word: loopback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From loop + back. 1. The routing of a signal, data stream, etc. from its origin back to the origin, primarily as a means of testing the transmission or transportation infrastructure. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: loopbacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of loopback Labels: form-of, plural
Word: borborygmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From borborygmus + -ic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling borborygmus; rumbling. Example: They were flapping their ears, moving their great stamp-like feet up and down, grinding their teeth, slobbering with their mouths, making borborygmic gurgles and rumbles in their dinosaurian-like bodies, or throwing up their trunks or their tails. Example: They went down, stepping carefully as though in an unfamiliar place, though all of them were familiar with it, it was only The Train with its caves and dens, its mad signs pointing in contradictory directions, no help for the lost, and its seep of inky water and far-off borborygmic rumbles.