nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: dog man Part of Speech: noun 1. A man who likes dogs or prefers dogs as pets, often as opposed to liking cats. Example: Now. I am not a cat man, but a dog man. Indeed, if I had my way. I would own an English bulldog, which I consider the king of breeds. Example: Major Anstruther did not care much for cats: he was a dog-man himself. 2. A man who breeds, handles, or sells dogs; a greyhound or hunting dog handler. Example: Of course there is a sprinkling of wealthy dog men, but in the main it is working-class hopefuls who supply the fields[.]
Word: dog men Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dog man Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cat-man Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of catman. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative form of cat man. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cat men Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cat man Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Amlwch Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Welsh, am (“at, near”) + lwch (“water”). Pronunciation: /ˈamlʊx/ 1. A town and community with a town council in Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH4493).
Word: Dear Joy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the supposed propensity of 17th-century Irishmen to exclaim ‘dear joy’. 1. An Irishman. Labels: derogatory, obsolete Example: A Dear Joy in the late King James his Army, being newly Liſted, and Armed with a Match-lock, having never before ſeen any of that Faſhion, was much put to a ſtand, at the rare Phyſiognomy of this ſurprizing Whim-wham:
Word: lewds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lewd Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lewds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lewd Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lewding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of lewd Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lewded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of lewd Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Willenhall Part of Speech: name 1. A market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9698). 2. A suburb of Coventry, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP3676).
Word: transmisandry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trans- + misandry, modeled on the earlier transmisogyny. 1. Hatred of or contempt for trans men. Labels: neologism, uncountable Example: Also, I probably shouldn't ask, and will thus look into it myself, but apparently "transmisogyny" is a thing, separate from transphobia... I guess it's easy to imagine that perhaps transwomen have all the problems of transmen, plus having to conform to beauty standards and all that. I guess? Or is it simply that they have distinct problems (in 99% of sports, no one is going to say a transman has an unfair advantage), so transmen's problems fall under... transmisandry? Example: The other thing I want to say isn’t about race/ethnicity, but I did want to say it. I know that transmisandry happens. But I think that to treat transmisogyny and transmisandry as equal problems is as broken as treating sexism and “reverse sexism” as equal problems.
Word: Bathgate Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cumbric *bayð (boar) + *cɛ̄d (wood), recorded as Batket c. 1160. 1. A town in West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9768). 2. A minor city in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States, named after the Scottish town. 3. A surname
Word: borkage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bork + -age. 1. A failure or breakdown. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is just a simple borkage. It be a mean thing. But it could not be stated that the program failure was of extremely high importance, not – it was just a typical accident, and some of them occurs from time to time in the Dream System Centre. Example: Sadly, 2018 was not done with the devices and further borkages followed later in the year.
Word: borkages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of borkage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Qiemo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 且末. 1. A county of Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China. Example: To-hu-ti-jou-tzu (Uighur), chief of Kaochao production brigade in the Hunghsing Commune, Chiehmo County, said: Lin Piao hoisted Confucius' tattered banner and clamored about "restoring the rites" in order to reinstate the overthrown landlords, rich peasants, reactionaries, bad elements, and rightists and to make us suffer again. Example: These buses stop at the oasis towns of Keriya (Yutian; 177km/110 miles; 3 hr.; ¥25), Niya (Minfeng; 294km/182 miles; 5 hr.; ¥55), and Charchan (Qiemo; 603km/374 miles; 8-10 hr.; ¥105-¥147). 2. A town in Qiemo, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
Word: Qarqan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Uyghur چەرچەن (cherchen). 1. Synonym of Qiemo. Example: Two pieces of embroidery found in Turpan and Qarqan (Qiemo), respectively, are decorated with the same design of a bird with two facing heads set in the midst of swirling grass and other tiny birds. Example: Qarqan Man One of the most striking finds was made at Zaghunluq, a site close to the town of Qarqan (also known as Cherchen) in the southeastern Tarim.
Word: Bayinguoleng Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 巴音郭楞 (Bāyīnguōléng). 1. Synonym of Bayingolin: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. Example: While conveying the directives of Chairman Hua, who has high hopes for Sinkiang, Comrade Wang Feng also analyzed the excellent situation in both Sinkiang and Payinkuoleng Prefecture. In light of actual conditions in Sinkiang and Payinkuoleng Prefecture, Comrade Wang Feng emphatically said: In order to implement Chairman Hua's directives it is imperative that we do a good job in the exposure-criticism-investigation and "two blows" movement and in implementing party policies.[…] During his stay in the Payinkuoleng Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Comrade Wang Feng also went to seven new people's communes in Yenchi Hui Autonomous County to examine their work, investigate the local people's living conditions and inspect crops in the fields. Example: The Bayinguoleng Mongolian autonomous prefectural CCP Committee has organized a new leadership group. With the approval of the Xinjiang regional CCP Committee, the new group is composed of 11 persons.
Word: Blanc de Hotot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French Blanc de Hotot (“White of Hotot”), after Hotot-en-Auge (a commune in Normandy, France). 1. A breed of rabbit, characterized by having short ears and being all white except for black rings around the eyes. Example: Blanc de Hotots are considered an endangered breed. Example: The breed nearly disappeared during World War II, but a few Blanc de Hotots remained in Switzerland and Germany.
Word: Xbone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of Xbox One for quicker use on Twitter. As a derogatory term, originates from a blend of Xbox + bone, variously from the idea that Microsoft was "boning" their customers with their planned digital rights management and game licensing policies for the Xbox One, or from the idea that Microsoft was "throwing a bone to" gamers by changing their controversial digital rights management and game licensing policies for the Xbox One. May also have been coined from Microsoft's press conference during E3 2013, during which Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft Studios at the time, partially obscures the Xbox One wordmark placed behind him. Pronunciation: /ˈɛks.bəʊn/ 1. Abbreviation of Xbox One. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, slang, sometimes 2. Synonym of Xbox. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: Xblocks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Xbox + blocks. 1. Synonym of Xbox. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: labiomental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From labio- + mental. 1. Relating to the lips and the mentum (chin) Labels: not-comparable
Word: labrectomy Part of Speech: noun 1. excision of a labrum
Word: labrectomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of labrectomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laronidase Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of iduronidase Labels: uncountable
Word: Nasu Part of Speech: name 1. A town and district of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
Word: Feng-shan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 鳳山 (Fêng⁴-shan¹). 1. Alternative form of Fongshan. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The Governor-General and Governor of Fuhkien memorialize on the appointment of a Magistrate for the district of Fêng-shan in Formosa.[…]It is accordingly proposed that his late post at Fêng-shan be filled by the present Magistrate of the Wua-p’ing district, named Têng Kia-shêng, aged 43, a native of Nanking. Example: Cimex hemipterus. DDT resistance in this tropical bedbug appeared in 1952 at Feng-Shan, southern Taiwan, in barracks sprayed for two years (95).
Word: Carmarthen Part of Speech: name Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Keyrmerthyn, Kairmerthen, from an earlier form of Welsh Caerfyrddin. Pronunciation: /kə(ɹ)ˈmɑː(ɹ)ðən/ 1. A town and community (with a town council) in and the county town of Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN4120).
Word: Keay Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪ/ 1. A surname from Middle English, spelling variant of Kay.
Word: radical empiricism Part of Speech: noun 1. A theory of knowledge championed by William James which contested that the relations between objects are as real as the objects themselves and values experience as a way of knowing.
Word: Grayrigg Part of Speech: name 1. A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD5797).
Word: leiomodin Part of Speech: noun 1. A protein, in muscle cells, that binds actin Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: leiomodins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leiomodin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lenticle Part of Speech: noun 1. A small lens or window.
Word: lenticle Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of lenticel. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: leucomatous Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to leucomas Labels: not-comparable
Word: licomycin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lincomycin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: lignoseric Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of lignoceric. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: lincomysin Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of lincomycin. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: lipofectamines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lipofectamine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lithophytics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lithophytic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: logopedical Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of logopedic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: lopadolith Part of Speech: noun 1. A coccolith shaped like a basket or cup
Word: lopadoliths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lopadolith Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lumbocaudal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lumbo- + caudal. 1. lumbar and caudal Labels: not-comparable
Word: sportswashing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sports + -wash + -ing. 1. The use of sporting events to improve an organization or polity's reputation, especially to distract from human rights abuses. Example: From the 2016 European Formula 1 Grand Prix, matches at football's 2020 European Championship, and now the European Games, Azerbaijan is practicing sportswashing – using major sporting events as a way of diverting attention from human rights violations. Example: By taking this line are we as sports fans not also complicit in this sportswashing?
Word: sportswashing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sportswash + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of sportswash Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Great Heck Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Heck parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5921).
Word: Kronstadt Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Kronstadt. 1. A municipal town near Saint Petersburg, Russia. Located on Kotlin Island (also known as Retusaari or Reitskär).
Word: sportswash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sports + -wash. 1. To use sporting events to improve a polity's reputation, especially to distract from human rights abuses. Example: Asked how he would feel if the event was part of a move to "sportswash" over wrongdoing, he said: "If that was the case I would definitely have to say I would be bothered – but my only focus is the boxing."
Word: sportswash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sports + -wash. 1. An incidence of sportswashing
Word: Buyid Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a Shi'a Muslim Iranian dynasty of Daylamite origin, founded by 'Ali ibn Buya. Labels: historical
Word: Buyid Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the Buyid dynasty. Labels: historical, not-comparable
Word: hairful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hair + -ful. 1. Characterised by fullness of hair; hairy. Example: In appearance he is a hairful gnome, born to ghost the fringes of rock and roll culture. Example: As you can see, I am far less hairful than an ape.
Word: hairful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hair + -ful. 1. The amount (of hair) typical in a head of hair. Example: The cinema advertisements were spectacular, since local audiences seemed to be impressed by commercials only if they lasted at least two minutes and included stunning action shots, dashing men laden with hairfuls of Brylcreem, fast cars and sexy girls. Example: Largely because you've now got a hairful of finely sprayed boiling hot musician's shit.
Word: Samanid Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the Samanid dynasty. Labels: historical, not-comparable
Word: Ghurid Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the Ghurid dynasty. Labels: historical, not-comparable
Word: Larbert Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8682). 2. A locality in the Queanbeyan-Palerang council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Word: Greenfaulds Part of Speech: name 1. A suburb of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7573).
Word: raisin black Part of Speech: noun 1. A faintly purplish or brownish shade of black, like that of raisins. Example: This new scooter is available in six different colors such as raisin black, silver, white dove, couture brown, rogue matt blue and moonlight silver. Example: The designs showcased were two structured, sci-fi silhouettes in the Watson-generated colour palette of raisin black and Yankees blue. The third, the showstopper, modelled by actor Pooja Hegde, was a textured grey gown paired with silver pumps.
Word: Whifflet Part of Speech: name 1. A suburb of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7364).
Word: Gobowen Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Selattyn and Gobowen parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3033).
Word: Llandudno Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh Llandudno. Pronunciation: /lænˈdɪdnoʊ/ 1. A coastal town and community with a town council in Conwy borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH7882). 2. A seaside suburb of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
Word: Clinnick Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: white-knuckled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of white-knuckle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: white-knuckles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of white-knuckle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: white-knuckling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of white-knuckle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pistolwhips Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pistolwhip Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pistolwhipping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pistolwhip Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: DAWs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of DAW Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bibliokleptomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From biblio- + kleptomania. 1. A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books. Labels: uncountable
Word: bibliokleptomaniac Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
Word: banana fold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the resemblance of this fold of flesh to the shape of a banana. 1. A long crease below the buttock that results from a deposit of fatty tissue. Example: Patients with good skin tone will be treated with superficial liposuction of the lower third of the buttock and the "banana fold," combined with fat injection of the gluteal depresion. Example: interior buttocks, banana fold, and posterior thigh are suctioned through both trochanteric and tnfragluteal crease entry sites.
Word: banana folds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of banana fold Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unindividuality Part of Speech: noun 1. The property of not being individual. Labels: uncountable
Word: unindividually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unindividual + -ly. 1. In an unindividual manner.
Word: spudzooka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of spud + bazooka. 1. A spud gun. Labels: informal
Word: spudzookas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spudzooka Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unestranged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + estranged. 1. Not estranged. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Tommy K Part of Speech: noun 1. tomato ketchup Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: faggishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From faggish + -ly. 1. In a faggish manner.
Word: faggishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From faggish + -ness. 1. The quality of being faggish. Labels: uncountable
Word: Panes Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Fragonardian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Fragonard + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806), renowned French rococo painter.
Word: opening nights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of opening night Labels: form-of, plural
Word: technical week Part of Speech: noun 1. The week prior to the opening night of a play, musical, etc., during which technical elements such as costumes, lights, sound, set and makeup are tested during rehearsal. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: technical weeks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of technical week Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tech week Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of technical week. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tech weeks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tech week Labels: form-of, plural
Word: McNicholas Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Irish patronymic from the personal name Nicholas. 1. A surname from Irish.
Word: degenerationism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From degeneration + -ism. 1. A theory stating that human conditions such as disease and savagery represent a reversion to an earlier evolutionary stage. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: Saltwood Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1535).
Word: Minfeng Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Mandarin 民豐 /民丰 (Mínfēng). 1. Synonym of Niya: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. Example: 247. Brocade mitten with the characters: Yen Nien Yi Shou 1st-2nd century A.D. (Eastern Han) Length 24 cm. Unearthed in 1959 from a site at Niya, Minfeng county in Sinkiang Example: On the ancient Niya delta plain, more than 120 km north of the modern Minfeng (Niya) oasis, the famous Jin-Jua kingdom was founded during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.).
Word: Godwilling Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of God willing. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: ...so, on the other pairt, it wes to me no small confort that I sould now liue and, Godwilling, end my dayes in the tyme of a most gratious Pharao, who bothe knowes and will not forgett his evir deutisull and devoited Joseph. Example: By vertue whereof, they do hereby Declare and Publish, That they intend (Godwilling) in convenient time, to alter and abolish all such Lawes in the same, as shall be found inconsistent with the Government of the Common-wealth of England, or the Union and Incorporation of England and Scotland, and to frame and make others in their room.
Word: Godwilling Part of Speech: noun 1. A printed circular sent in advance by a travelling salesman to customers, naming the dates on which he hoped to visit them. Labels: UK, obsolete
Word: God-willing Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of God willing. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Concerning the cure thereof I meane (God-willing) to handle it hereafter. Example: At a signal from the captain they stumbled back into line to start the final slog of 780 yards, uphill all the way, taking them to the Dook, and thence, God-willing, to the West Mine.
Word: Hainanese chicken rice Part of Speech: noun 1. A dish of poached chicken and seasoned rice, served with chili sauce and usually cucumber garnishes; a national dish of Singapore. Labels: uncountable
Word: Gothish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Goth + -ish. 1. Gothic Labels: obsolete Example: Let the Italians deride our English and condemn them for Gothish buildings. Example: 1724, Louis Ellies Du Pin, Vertot (abbé de), Jean de Vayrac, The History of the Revolutions in Spain […] rejoins the Moors with a Number of Gothish Officers […]
Word: godwilling Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of God willing. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: But, of all kinde of paſtimes, fitte foꝛ a Ientleman, I will, godwilling, in fitter place, moꝛe at large, declare fullie, in my booke of the Cockpitte: which I do wꝛite, to ſatiſfie ſom, I truſt, with ſom reaſon, that be moꝛe curious, in marking other mens doinges, than carefull in mendyng their owne faultes. Example: That I may cleare all men againe in generall & then, godwilling, I will not desire a penny more then I haue received, till the sow Ironn cast do countervaile it.
Word: oily rice Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of oily, flavourful rice prepared with fat, stock, ginger, garlic, and pandan leaves. Labels: Singapore, uncountable
Word: porn sites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of porn site Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pornsites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pornsite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: porn-sites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of porn-site Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hairpinned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hairpin + -ed. 1. Wearing hairpins. Example: Well, if the Frau Pastor preferred behaving like a log instead of a proud mother — Frau Dosch shrugged her shoulder, put on a coloured dimity jacket over her petticoat, kicked off her slippers, and went, stockinged and hairpinned, to bed and to instant sleep. Example: Here was a young woman dressed in drab and severely hairpinned. 2. Containing hairpin turns. Example: That said, what they show is still numbing: “Look at that crease,” says Wick, pointing out a cumulus-shaped gash of white in the steepest, most hairpinned part of the river course. Example: In the early days, there was often a decrease in the number of cars as we climbed the dramatically hairpinned road to Bikfaya, the large town just below Dhour that I knew for its famous peaches and a fantastic red-and-tinsel-colored toy shop, "Kaiser Amer." 3. Consisting of or containing a hairpin ribozyme Example: The resulting DNA ends consist of blunt phosphorylated recombination signal end, and coding ends with hairpinned termini. 4. Produced by a hairpin transfer. Example: The hairpinned substrate was incubated with extracts from cells infected by both AAV and adenovirus.
Word: heterogenium Part of Speech: noun 1. A change of subject to some irrelevant matter in order to distract the listener. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable
Word: ten-strip Part of Speech: noun 1. A strip of ten doses of blotter acid. Example: I took a ten strip that night, and didn't stop tripping until my junior year of high school was over. Example: Put that together with a lot of acid (and the night I got my nickname), and you have a recipe for disaster. She would literally hit her pipe, drop a ten-strip of acid, and wake up the next morning a different person.
Word: ten-strips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ten-strip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drivehead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From drive + head. 1. A cap or similar end-piece that fits over or into the end of a moving mechanical part to protect the end from driving of that part. Example: Stating that the circumstances of this accident disclosed a number of features which ought to be borne in mind in working shearer loader faces, Mr. Nussey points out that the drivehead of the conveyor was not securely stelled before the accident and the extra pull on the haulage rope pulled it towards the centre of the face. Example: One end of the sleeve is bolted to the drive spring and the other end of the drive spring is bolted to the drivehead. The drivehead is keyed and bolted to the armature shaft by the shank of the same bolt that holds the drivespring to the drivehead.
Word: driveheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drivehead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roll-playing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of roll + role-playing. 1. An approach to roleplaying games that focuses excessively on numerical scores (such as those obtained by rolling dice) at the expense of character and realism. Labels: uncountable Example: 1996, Jean Carrières, Dream Pod 9 Inc, Heavy Gear Rulebook This method is the easiest but it lends itself to "roll-playing" instead of roleplaying since it focuses much of the players attention on dice and bookkeeping tasks. Example: After all, this is role-playing, not roll-playing—a distinction commonly made when this question comes up. It's kind of painful when the actual dialogue and behavior is wildly inadequate, but the dice say that no, that was the most persuasive argument you ever heard.
Word: multi-user Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + user. 1. Alternative form of multiuser. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: link-dead Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a character in a multi-user dungeon: stuck in a frozen state, but still visible to other players, as a result of sudden disconnection by the user without logging out. Labels: not-comparable
Word: feltwort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English feltwyrt, equivalent to felt + wort, after its felty, flannellike leaves, therefore it is also called feltpypt in Middle English and in German Wollkraut, and listed English names include flannel leaf, old man's flannel, velvet plant. Hence unrelated to felwort, fieldwort. 1. mullein (Verbascum gen. et spp.) Labels: uncountable
Word: kikey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From kike + -y. 1. Jewish. Labels: US, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Example: — You sound like a goddam kikey Jew sonofabitch to me, you Jew bastard.
Word: Tele-snap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Trade name (Tele-snaps), from tele- + snap. 1. A still photograph of a television broadcast, taken and sold for commercial use in the days before video recording. Labels: historical
Word: Tele-snaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tele-snap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rattes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Ratte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: MAPPA Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangement: an arrangement for the management of violent and sexual offenders who pose a serious risk to the public. Labels: UK, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: MAPPAs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of MAPPA Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mudhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From MUD + -head. 1. A dedicated participant in multi-user dungeons. Labels: rare, slang Example: […] true mudheads sometimes spent so much time at it that they lost jobs, alienated friends, and failed to obtain academic degrees in the quest to attain wizard status. Example: “Is anybody still playing it now? On the Internet, I mean.” “I doubt it. Real MUDheads were so offended by it that they sabotaged the games and spammed the players […]
Word: mudheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mudhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Celtic Tiger Part of Speech: name Etymology: A reference to the Four Asian Tigers (Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan). 1. The economy of the Republic of Ireland from the mid-1990s to the late-2000s, a period of rapid real economic growth fuelled by foreign direct investment. Example: Even aside from the emergence of the “Celtic Tiger,” were the foundations of the Irish manifestation of the global financial crisis laid by deeper structural issues in the Irish economy […] and in Irish political culture[…]? Example: Ireland shook off its reliance on the UK and became a Celtic tiger. While it might be a pity – and a sad comment on England – Scotland could do the same.
Word: stearopten Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of stearoptene. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: stearoptens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stearopten Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ear defender Part of Speech: noun 1. earmuff (worn to protect the ears from loud sounds)
Word: ear defenders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ear defender Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Carsonist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Carson + -ist. 1. A proponent of Carsonism; a political supporter of Edward Carson. Labels: historical
Word: Carsonists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Carsonist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grammelot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Dario Fo claims a French origin, and it has been linked to grommeler (“to grumble”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡræməlɒt/ 1. A style of language used in satirical theater: a gibberish with macaronic and onomatopoeic elements, used in association with mime and mimicry. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Actually, much of “Mistero Buffo” doesn't require translation and indeed is untranslatable: Mr. Fo speaks in “grammelot,” a kind of polyglot gabble speckled with an occasional intelligible word. Example: Then, dashing in and out of guises, using his expressive face and body and speaking in grammelot so that everyone can understand him, he might improvise. That would surely be a Nobel first, like the winner himself.
Word: grammelots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grammelot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mountain papaya Part of Speech: noun 1. Vasconcellea pubescens, a tree of western South America. 2. The edible white-fleshed yellow-skinned fruit of this tree.
Word: Chapman-Robbins bound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Douglas Chapman and Herbert Robbins, who discovered it in 1951, independently of the original (1950) discovery by John Hammersley. 1. A lower bound on the variance of estimators of a deterministic parameter; a generalization of the Cramér-Rao bound, it is both tighter and more widely applicable, but usually harder to compute.
Word: Chapman-Robbins bounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Chapman-Robbins bound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hammersley-Chapman-Robbins bound Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Chapman-Robbins bound.
Word: Hammersley-Chapman-Robbins bounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hammersley-Chapman-Robbins bound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mountain papayas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mountain papaya Labels: form-of, plural
Word: magic box Part of Speech: noun 1. Television. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: The viewer sits in front of the "magic box," being entertained. Example: A television program is a magic act. […] It was his [Walter Cronkite's] ability to appear in the magic box that gave him the tremendous authority necessary to lay claim to the absolute truth.
Word: magic boxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of magic box Labels: form-of, plural
Word: puckerbrush Part of Speech: noun 1. Scrubby terrain; brushland. Labels: US, regional, uncountable
Word: psychosomatization Part of Speech: noun 1. The development of psychosomatic illness. Labels: uncountable
Word: psychosonics Part of Speech: noun 1. psychosonic phenomena collectively Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: psychospheres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of psychosphere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cramér-Rao bound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Harald Cramér and Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, who (among others) independently derived it in the 1940s. 1. A lower bound on the variance of unbiased estimators of a deterministic (fixed, though unknown) parameter.
Word: Cramér-Rao bounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cramér-Rao bound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: estimation theory Part of Speech: noun 1. A branch of statistics that deals with estimating the values of parameters based on measured empirical data that has a random component. Labels: uncountable
Word: PayPalled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of PayPal Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: PayPals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of PayPal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: PayPals Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of PayPal Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: PayPaling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of PayPal Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: PayPalling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of PayPal Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: PayPaled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of PayPal Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: GFBD Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of God forgives, brothers don't. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang
Word: UCGC Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of unit, corps, God, country: in descending order of importance. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Qurayshite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Quraysh + -ite. 1. part of, or descended from, the Quraysh tribe. Labels: not-comparable Example: A member of the Qurayshite Umayyad family wanted to claim the poet al-Farazdaq's bride al-Nawār, though the poet thought he could prove that he had a clear claim because he had paid the bride price. Example: If anyone comes to Muhammad from the Qurayshite camp without the permission of his superiors, he [Muhammad] will send him back; however, if any of those who are with Muhammad comes to the Qurayshite camp, they [the Qurayshites] will not send him back.
Word: Qurayshite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Quraysh + -ite. 1. a member of this tribe. Example: The fortuitous circumstances that the first man to be elected to this high office was a Qurayshite became, for all except the heterodox, a principle — the caliph had to be a member of the Prophet's tribe, and the Prophet was a Qurayshite. Example: At this point, having twice delivered up Abū Basīr to the Qurayshites, Muḥammad felt that he had fulfilled his obligation under the treaty.
Word: indazolone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From indazole + -one. 1. An unstable bicyclic heterocycle derived from indazole that has analgesic, sedative, and spasmolytic properties. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the case of the indazolones the link with the p-phenylenediamine is via the middle NH group. Example: 2,3,4,5-Tetraphenylcyclopentadienone (tetracyclone) was added to the dichloromethane as a trap for the indazolones […]
Word: indazolones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of indazolone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tetracyclone Part of Speech: noun 1. tetraphenylcyclopentadienone Labels: uncountable Example: 2,3,4,5-Tetraphenylcyclopentadienone (tetracyclone) was added to the dichloromethane as a trap for the indazolones […]
Word: Stirling's approximation Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after James Stirling, though first stated by Abraham de Moivre. 1. An accurate approximation for factorials.
Word: Stirling's formula Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Stirling's approximation.
Word: Stirneresque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Stirner + -esque. 1. Reminiscent of the works of the German philosopher Max Stirner (1806–1856). Labels: not-comparable
Word: superdifferentiability Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being superdifferentiable. Labels: uncountable
Word: ahoogah Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of aooga. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cardioscopy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cardio- + -scopy. 1. Measurement with the cardioscope. Labels: uncountable
Word: cardioscopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh₂ Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor. English cardio- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -scopic English cardioscopic From cardio- + -scopic. 1. Relating to the cardioscope or to cardioscopy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: un-Canadian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + Canadian, presumably influenced by un-American. 1. Contrary to the principles, institutions or interests of the nation of Canada.
Word: anthrophilic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anthro- + -philic. 1. Thriving in the presence of humans. Example: Domestication and the evolution of anthrophilic traits in houseflies and some drosophilids have allowed certain species to attain cosmopolitan status.
Word: HBTs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of HBT Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hole-board test Part of Speech: noun 1. A scientific method of measuring anxiety, stress, neophilia and emotionality in animals, involving an enclosed area with a floor covered in holes that the animal may or may not choose to explore.
Word: hole-board tests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hole-board test Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Billy-be-damned Part of Speech: intj 1. An expletive; damn it. Labels: colloquial Example: He whispered to Delilah and—as mad as blazes—the pair stared daggers at me and huffed off. They might hate each other, but Billy-be-damned, they hated me more.
Word: Billy-be-damned Part of Speech: adj 1. An expletive; accursed; damned. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: He's a Billy-be-damned fool if he thinks that plan will work.
Word: Billy-be-damned Part of Speech: noun 1. An expletive. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: It's as cold as Billy-be-damned out there.
Word: Johnny no mates Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Billy no mates (“a person with few or no friends”). Labels: UK, slang
Word: bethroned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- (“at, on, over, upon”) + throned. 1. Having or seated upon a throne; enthroned. Labels: archaic, rare Example: […] The city cast Her people out upon her; and Antony, Bethroned in the market-place, did sit alone, Whistling to the air; […] Example: At intervals there was a great platform car, bethroned and grandly canopied, upholstered in silks, carpeted with oriental rugs, and freighted with girls clothed in gala costumes.
Word: incantationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From incantation + -ist. 1. One who makes an incantation.
Word: incantationists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of incantationist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: computationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From computation + -ist. 1. Alternative form of computationalist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: computationists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of computationist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: provocationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From provocation + -ist. 1. One who follows a policy of provocation; an agitator or provocateur.
Word: provocationists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of provocationist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: depressionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From depression + -ist. 1. A proponent of depressionism.
Word: depressionists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of depressionist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: circulationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From circulation + -ist. 1. A proponent of circulationism.
Word: circulationists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of circulationist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Helly dimension Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Eduard Helly. 1. A value associated with a metric space, being one less than the Helly number of the family of metric balls in that space. Example: Helly's theorem implies that the Helly dimension of a Euclidean space equals its dimension as a real vector space.
Word: Helly dimensions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Helly dimension Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Radon's theorem Part of Speech: name Etymology: Published by Johann Radon in 1921. 1. A theorem on convex sets, stating that any set of d + 2 points in Rᵈ can be partitioned into two sets whose convex hulls intersect.
Word: Radon point Part of Speech: noun 1. A point in the intersection of convex hulls specified by Radon's theorem.
Word: Radon points Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Radon point Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cicada case Part of Speech: noun 1. The exuviae of a cicada left behind after emerging as an adult.
Word: cicada cases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cicada case Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Helly's theorem Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Eduard Helly, who made the discovery in 1913. 1. A basic result in discrete geometry on the intersection of convex sets, which gave rise to the notion of a Helly family.
Word: Helly's selection theorem Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Eduard Helly. 1. A theorem stating that a sequence of functions that is locally of bounded total variation and uniformly bounded at a point has a convergent subsequence.
Word: Helly-Bray theorem Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Eduard Helly and Hubert Evelyn Bray. 1. A theorem relating the weak convergence of cumulative distribution functions to the convergence of expectations of certain measurable functions.
Word: kiras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kira Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mew gull Part of Speech: noun 1. The common gull, Larus canus. 2. The common gull, Larus canus.
Word: mew gulls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mew gull Labels: form-of, plural
Word: self-evacuate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From self- + evacuate. 1. To evacuate a place by one's own decision, without assistance, or unaided. Example: The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has issued a Safety Digest into an incident where passengers self-evacuated from a train at North Pole Junction on July 15.
Word: break one's word Part of Speech: verb 1. To break a promise one has made.
Word: mountain pawpaw Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of mountain papaya (“tree”). 2. Synonym of mountain papaya (“fruit”).
Word: mountain pawpaws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mountain pawpaw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: self-evacuated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of self-evacuate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: self-evacuating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of self-evacuate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: self-evacuates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of self-evacuate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: boldos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boldo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Magellan barberry Part of Speech: noun 1. The shrub Berberis microphylla and its edible berry, native to southern Chile
Word: toilet bag Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of washbag. Labels: UK
Word: Magellan barberries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Magellan barberry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: macrodiversity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro- + diversity. 1. Large-scale diversity Labels: uncountable
Word: giant rhubarb Part of Speech: noun 1. The plant Gunnera tinctoria and its edible stems, native to southern Chile. 2. The plant Gunnera manicata, native to southern Brazil.
Word: giant rhubarbs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of giant rhubarb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: macrogland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro- + gland. 1. A gland distributed on the skin, typically of a toad, that secretes toxins
Word: macroglands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macrogland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: macrogroup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro- + group. 1. Any of several major groupings, such as a language family or ethnic group
Word: macrogroups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macrogroup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: macrotermitine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any termite of the subfamily Macrotermitinae
Word: macrotermitines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macrotermitine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: giant barnacle Part of Speech: noun 1. A species of large barnacle Austromegabalanus psittacus and its edible flesh, native to Peru and Chile
Word: mammarenavirus Part of Speech: noun 1. Any virus of the genus Mammarenavirus
Word: mammarenaviruses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mammarenavirus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: giant barnacles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of giant barnacle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mechanoelectrotransduction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mechano- + electro- + transduction. 1. mechanoelectrical transduction Labels: uncountable
Word: medicocultural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin medicus Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English medico- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English -al English cultural English medicocultural From medico- + cultural. 1. medical and cultural Labels: not-comparable
Word: Chilean abalone Part of Speech: noun 1. An edible species of sea snail (Concholepas concholepas), native to the coasts of Chile and Peru
Word: Chilean abalones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Chilean abalone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megatheropod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + theropod. 1. Any theropod dinosaur that exceeds 3000 kilograms in weight, and 9 meters in length. Example: Juvenile T. rexes were light and agile before they leveled up into the adults we’re more familiar with. […] Other megatheropods, including abelisaurs and tarbosaurs, also grew from turkey-like hatchlings to bus-sized behemoths over the course of their lives.
Word: megatheropods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megatheropod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megatidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mega- + tidal. 1. Having a large tidal range Labels: not-comparable
Word: megatoothed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mega- + toothed. 1. Having large teeth, but especially of the megalodons Labels: not-comparable
Word: southern king crab Part of Speech: noun 1. A crab of species Lithodes santolla and its edible flesh, native to southern South America.
Word: southern king crabs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of southern king crab Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Chilean king crab Part of Speech: noun 1. southern king crab
Word: Chilean king crabs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Chilean king crab Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orange-ball-tree Part of Speech: noun 1. A plant of species Buddleja globosa, native to Chile and Argentina.
Word: orange ball buddleja Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Adam Buddle. 1. orange-ball-tree (Buddleja globosa)
Word: orange ball buddlejas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orange ball buddleja Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orange-ball-trees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orange-ball-tree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brushback pitch Part of Speech: noun 1. A pitch that comes very close to the batter, forcing them to move back from the plate. 2. An action intended to threaten or frighten someone. Labels: US, figuratively
Word: metacoracoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + coracoid. 1. Either of the two elements that form the coracoid process
Word: metaviromic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From meta- + viromic. 1. Relating to metaviromes or to metaviromics Labels: not-comparable
Word: methanoarchaeons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of methanoarchaeon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microaeration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + aeration. 1. aeration on a very small scale Labels: uncountable