nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: literation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin littera, litera (“letter”). 1. The use of letters to represent sounds, words, etc., in a language. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Another point which is of much importance, but upon which there is not at present any agreement among librarians, is the system of literation to be adopted where it becomes necessary to represent in English characters, names or words from languages having special characters of their own. Example: 1988, Liberia-forum, Issues 6-9, Liberia Working Group, page 53, He supported the assumption of administrative and management functions by Africans, the literation of African languages; as well as agriculture, mining and banking by African enterprises; public health services staffed by African doctors etc.
Word: literations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of literation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: righters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of righter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: guly Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɡjuli/ 1. Of or pertaining to gules; red. Labels: obsolete Example: those fatal guly dragons
Word: outzany Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + zany. 1. To exceed in buffoonery. Labels: rare Example: Thou dost outzany Cokely Example: Jim Carrey, who played zany characters on television's In Living Color, outzanies himself here with slapstick antics
Word: lobately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From lobate + -ly. 1. As a lobe; so as to make a lobe; in a lobate manner. Example: lobately projecting rectum of nematode worms Example: a foliaceous lobately winged involucrum
Word: wively Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wifly. By surface analysis, wife + -ly. 1. Obsolete form of wifely. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: But Basilius could not abstaine from praising Parthenia , as the perfect picture of a womanly vertue , and wively Example: With all the tenderness of Wively Love
Word: gobang Part of Speech: noun 1. Gomoku, a Japanese strategy game. Labels: uncountable 2. A board for playing the game of go. Labels: countable
Word: overlearnedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + learnedness. 1. Excessive learning; the quality or state of being overlearned. Labels: uncountable
Word: Narragansett Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌnaɹəˈɡansɪt/, /ˌnæɹəˈɡænsət/ 1. A member of an Algonquian Native American tribe that formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay.
Word: Narragansett Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌnaɹəˈɡansɪt/, /ˌnæɹəˈɡænsət/ 1. The extinct Algonquian language that was spoken by this tribe. 2. A town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States.
Word: Narragansetts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Narragansett Labels: form-of, plural
Word: protractions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protraction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: woolward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English wolward; equivalent to wool + -ward. 1. Wearing woolen clothing next to the skin, i.e. without a shirt. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: whenceever Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of whencever. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: scutal Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈskjuːtəl/ 1. Of or relating to a shield. Labels: not-comparable Example: Very early in the history of armorial bearings, we find a class of scutal devices called in Latin arma cantantia 2. Of or relating to a scutum. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vasculose Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of vascular.
Word: vasculose Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the substances of which vegetable tissue is composed, differing from cellulose in its solubility in certain media. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: illuminous Part of Speech: adj 1. bright; clear Labels: obsolete Example: a tissue of illuminous dreams 2. luminous; illuminated
Word: indissolvable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + dissolvable. 1. Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or separated. Example: the relation between the Creator and Creature makes the claim indissolvable.
Word: intercedence Part of Speech: noun 1. intercession; intervention Labels: uncountable Example: The virginity of Mary means that incarnation is about the conception and birth of higher consciousness without the intercedence or necessity of any human agency i.e., ego. Example: The British 'pub' is a unique product which in many ways has not changed in the recent past. As a result the current radical changes to the product, brought about largely as a result of governmental intercedence, are viewed by many as an attack on the very culture of Britain itself.
Word: lengthful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From length + -ful. 1. long Labels: obsolete Example: He said ; the driver whirls his lengthful thong; The horses fly! Example: His lengthful bristles were hard and stood upright like darts; his glaring eyes were red and fiery;
Word: pancies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pancy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pancy Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of pansy. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The Daughters of the Flood have ſearch'd the Mead / For Violets pale, and cropt the Poppy's Head: / The Short Narciſſus and fair Daffodil, / Pancies to pleaſe the Sight, and Caſſia ſvveet to ſmell: […]
Word: emptiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of emptier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emersions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of emersion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: silverize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From silver + -ize. 1. To cover with silver. Labels: transitive
Word: silverized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of silverize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: silverizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of silverize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: silverizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of silverize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lacteally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From lacteal + -ly. 1. milkily; in the manner of milk, or relating to milk Labels: archaic, rare
Word: defailure Part of Speech: noun 1. failure Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Why may not the successor of Peter, no less than the heir of Adam, suffer a defailure of jurisdiction?
Word: pellitory of Spain Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several plants having edible, pungent leaves or roots, especially Anacyclus pyrethrum. Labels: uncountable Example: CHEWING-BALLS, a kind of balls made of aſafœtida, liver of antimony, bay-wood, juniper-wood, and pellitory of Spain; which being dried in the ſun, and wrapped in a linen-cloth, are tied to the bit of the bridle for the horſe to chew: they create an appetite; and it is ſaid, that balls of Venice treacle may be uſed in the ſame manner with good ſucceſs.
Word: pellitories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pellitory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fastuous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin fastuōsus, from fastus (“haughtiness, pride”). Compare French fastueux and Spanish fastuoso. Pronunciation: /ˈfæstju.əs/, /ˈfæstʃu.əs/ 1. proud; haughty; disdainful Labels: obsolete Example: fastuous contempt of others
Word: hopperings Part of Speech: noun 1. The gravel that remains in the hopper of a cradle while panning for gold. Labels: dated, historical, plural, plural-only
Word: feminalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feminality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: feminality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From feminal + -ity. 1. The quality of being feminal; femininity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1702, George Farquhar, The Inconstant: Or, The Way to Win Him, Act IV in The Works of Mr. George Farquhar, London: John Rivington et al., 10th edition, 1772, p. 48, Oriana. But don’t you think there is a great deal of Merit in dedicating a beautiful Face and Person to the Service of Religion? Bisarre. Not half so much as devoting ’em to a pretty Fellow: If our Feminality had no Business in this World, why was it sent hither? Example: No one knows better than I do, that woman, in all essential characteristics, is the same yesterday, today, and forever, yet the readiness with which she lends herself to the variations of race, climate, caste, creed, nationality, and conditions of every kind, is the greatest charm of her feminality.
Word: mokadours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mokadour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cheatgrasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cheatgrass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homogony Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of having homogonous flowers. Labels: uncountable
Word: necrophagan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Necrophaga + -an. Compare necrophagous. 1. Any of the former tribe Necrophaga of beetles that feed on carrion. Labels: obsolete
Word: necrophagans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of necrophagan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ungave Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of ungive Labels: form-of, past
Word: ungive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + give. 1. To yield, relax, slacken, give way or loosen. Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete 2. To melt; thaw. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive 3. To take back something that had been given. Labels: transitive Example: "Impossible," Vail said. "She's going to work at one of the prestige films at the end of this month. She's already given notice!" "Well apparently she ungave it. [...]"
Word: ungives Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ungive Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nowch Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of nouch. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: nowches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nowch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: servantess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From servant + -ess; compare Middle English servauntesse. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːvəntɪs/, /ˌsɜːvənˈtɛs/, /ˈsɚvəntəs/, /ˌsɚvənˈtɛs/ 1. A female servant Labels: rare Example: .
Word: servantesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of servantess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tubipore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French tubipore. 1. Any member of the alcyonoid genus Tubipora.
Word: tubipores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tubipore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conominee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + nominee. 1. One nominated in conjunction with another; a joint or fellow nominee. Example: derived from the same source as that of my learned Co-nominee
Word: conominees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conominee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dephosphorization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + phosphorization. 1. The act of freeing from phosphorus. Labels: uncountable
Word: beldams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beldam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Osages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Osage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isoperimetrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From iso- + perimetrical. 1. isoperimetric Labels: not-comparable
Word: waiwode Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of voivode. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: waiwodes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waiwode Labels: form-of, plural
Word: equivocatory Part of Speech: adj 1. Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation; having a double meaning.
Word: ioqua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of hiaqua, from Chinook Jargon, from Nootka. 1. The shell of Antalis pretiosa, formerly used as money and ornaments (hiaqua) by Native American and Aboriginal people of the western United States and Canada.
Word: ioquas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ioqua Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stringpiece Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From string + piece. 1. A long piece of timber, forming a margin or edge of any piece of construction; especially one of the longitudinal pieces supporting a flight or run of stairs.
Word: stringpieces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stringpiece Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disportment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disport + -ment. 1. Act of disporting; fun or play. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: These young girles, the Nymphs of Diana, called and carried away the old Wizzard to the enjoyment of those disportments and pleasures that such ludicrous Spirits, together with old Hags and others of the fraternity, use to make with one another
Word: disportments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disportment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Valentinian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Valentīniānus, from Valentīnus (“Valentine”) + -iānus (“-ian: forming adjectives”), from valentia (“strength, health”) + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”). Equivalent to Valentine + -ian. 1. A follower of Valentinus, a 2nd-century Egyptian gnostic. Labels: historical
Word: Valentinian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Valentīniānus, from Valentīnus (“Valentine”) + -iānus (“-ian: forming adjectives”), from valentia (“strength, health”) + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”). Equivalent to Valentine + -ian. 1. a Roman cognomen 2. Valentinian, three Roman emperors. Labels: historical
Word: Valentinians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Valentinian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thegns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thegn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homomallous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From homo- + Ancient Greek μαλλός (mallós, “lock of wool”) + -ous. 1. Uniformly bending, erect, or curving to one side. Labels: not-comparable
Word: schismless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From schism + -less. 1. Free from schisms; intact. Labels: not-comparable
Word: stipuled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stipule + -ed. 1. having stipules (leaf appendages).
Word: non est factum Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Latin, meaning "it is not (his) deed". 1. A defence in contract law that allows a signing party to escape performance of an agreement that is fundamentally different from what they intended to execute or sign.
Word: temporoauricular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From temporo- + auricular. 1. Of or pertaining to both the temple and the ear. Labels: not-comparable Example: the temporoauricular nerve
Word: aswoon Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a- + swoon. Pronunciation: /əˈswuːn/ 1. In a swoon; swooningly. Labels: not-comparable Example: 'This is your daughter whom you so commended / As wife for me; the other on my oath / Shall be my heir as I have long intended, / They are the children of your body, both.' [...] / On hearing this Griselda fell aswoon / In piteous joy, but made recovery / And called her children to her. Example: Anyhow, he came right over, and I was near aswoon but breathed real deep and gripped hold of the cash tray and managed not to tumble to the floor-even if the quarters did a little dance in their bin with me tugging to stay up.
Word: negotiosities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of negotiosity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: negotiosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin negōtiōsitās. By surface analysis, negotious + -ity. 1. The ability to negotiate many things at once. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually Example: But there is yet a Third Atheistick Objection against Providence behind; That is^([sic]) is impossible, any One Being should Animadvert and Order all things in the Distant places of the world at once; and were this possible, yet would such Infinite Negotiosity be very Vneasie and Distractious to it, and altogether Inconsistent with Happiness. Example: His “negotiosity” may very well be an aid to Villa's escape from our punitive expedition and at any time the amour propre of his party may be offended to the point of making common cause with Villa against the foreign invaders.
Word: immask Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From im- + mask. 1. To cover, as with a mask; to disguise or conceal. Labels: obsolete Example: immaske our noted outward garments Example: The thick, dark mists of hell Which envelop gaunt envy and hate Thus immask'd, and in seeming security
Word: immasked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of immask Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: immasking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of immask Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: immasks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of immask Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cornshuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corn + shuck. 1. The husk covering an ear of corn. Labels: US
Word: cornshucks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cornshuck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oquassa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from a Penobscot word such as Eastern Abenaki Penobscot ὰk2əsse. 1. A type of blueback trout, Salvelinus oquassa, specifically those found in the Rangeley Lakes Region of Maine. Now considered to be the same species as the Sunapee trout. Labels: archaic
Word: respirational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From respiration + -al. 1. respiratory Labels: not-comparable Example: respirational difficulties
Word: forecloser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foreclose + -er. 1. Someone who forecloses.
Word: foreclosers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forecloser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: real estate owned Part of Speech: noun 1. Real estate that is owned by a forecloser. Labels: uncountable
Word: intercartilaginous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + cartilaginous. 1. Within cartilage. Labels: not-comparable Example: intercartilaginous ossification Example: intercartilaginous membrane
Word: orrach Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of orach. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: orrachs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orrach Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nowed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French noué, past participle of nouer (“to knot”), from Latin nodare. See nodated. 1. Knotted; tied in a knot. Labels: not-comparable Example: a serpent nowed
Word: prothoracic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From prothorax + -ic. Influenced by thoracic. 1. Of or pertaining to the prothorax. Example: prothoracic gland
Word: fourché Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of fourche (“forked”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: cross fourché
Word: hexone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hex- + -one. 1. A liquid hydrocarbon, C₆H₈, of the valylene series, obtained from distillation products of certain fats and gums. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: paralysation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paralyse + -ation. 1. paralysis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: paralyzation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paralyze + -ation. 1. Alternative form of paralysation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: electrolysation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of electrolyzation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: catalysation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From catalyse + -ation. 1. catalysis. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: catalyzation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From catalyze + -ation. 1. Alternative form of catalysation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: hyalotype Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyalo- + -type. Coined in the mid-19th century 1. A photographic picture copied from the negative on glass, a type of magic lantern slide. Labels: historical Example: […]Hyalotypes. These are positive pictures , copied on glass from negatives, obtained upon the same material
Word: hyalotypes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hyalotype Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intertarsal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + tarsal. 1. Between the tarsal bones. Labels: not-comparable Example: intertarsal articulations Example: intertarsal joints
Word: zombic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zombie + -ic. 1. Relating to zombies. Example: For a time I wasn't sure of their purpose—neither, it seemed, were they—and I dreaded the possible need for another zombic performance. Example: […]there has been a gradual process of distillation, leaving just about all the reactionaries, for all their disagreements among themselves, united in the conviction that there is a real difference between a conscious person and a perfect zombie–let's call that intuition the Zombic Hunch–leading them to the thesis of Zombism: that the fundamental flaw in any mechanistic theory of consciousness is that it cannot account for this important difference. 2. Resembling a zombie. Example: As fortune and custom's use would have it, few were the witnesses to my zombic march, and none to see this gaunt-eyed ghost slip inside his Pilot's cabin, though not through any worldly care of mine. Example: She explained to me instantly that it was normal for children to develop intense attachments to pets, even “zombic” ones that did not reciprocate affection, and that a pair of Japanese psychologists, Hatano and Inagaki, had done studies of how children develop intuitive theories of biology by having pets.
Word: luller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lull + -er. 1. Someone or something that lulls.
Word: lullers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of luller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tyrannously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From tyrannous + -ly. 1. In a tyrannous or despotic manner. Example: He finds out, soon enough for his weal and his bane, that he is stronger than Nature: and right tyrannously and irreverently he lords it over her, clearing, delving, dyking, building, without fear or shame. Example: 1894, Arthur S. Way, Hecuba, lines 282–283, page 211 in The Tragedies of Euripides, Vol. I. Not tyrannously the strong should use their strength, Nor they which prosper think to prosper aye.
Word: ghole Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of ghoul. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: So now all sense re-stretching to the full, I felt the approach of this accursed hull, — Leviathan in size, with ghosts and gholes Employed on board in torturing other souls: […]
Word: ghole Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gole (“troops”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: quoted in 1851, James Baillie Fraser, Military Memoir of Lieut.-Col. James Skinner Both gholes attempted to turn his flanks, but the men behaved ill, and we were repulsed.
Word: gholes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ghole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: agrammatical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + grammatical. 1. Not grammatical; ungrammatical. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hollow-hearted Part of Speech: adj 1. insincere; deceitful; treacherous; hypocritical. Example: Had I, through the weakness and doting fondness of this poor woman, come upon the one link which would yet lead us to identify this hollow-hearted, false and most vindictive man of great affairs with the wandering and worthless husband of the nodescript Bess, whose hand I had touched and whose errand I had done, little realizing its purport or the influence it would have upon our lives? 2. Yearning. Example: Their fingers tightened with a sweet fury, and they sat still and breathless and crazy with love, their eyes drowsy with tenderness, hollow-hearted with wanting each other, and wanting to put their mouths together. 3. Having a hole at the center. Example: Just like a bamboo is hollow-hearted, he ought to open his heart to accept whatsoever of help and not ever have conceit either bias.
Word: recureless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From recure + -less. 1. Incapable of cure. Labels: obsolete Example: Meanwhile if chance some desp'rate patient die / […] / Whether ill-tendment, or recureless pain, / Procure his death […]
Word: Gladstonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Gladstone + -ian. Pronunciation: /ɡlædˈstəʊ.ni.ən/, /ɡlædˈstoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898), British prime minister four times between 1868 and 1894. Example: Their guiding light is the Gladstonian ideal of a low tax, laissez-faire, “night-watchman state”.
Word: Gladstonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Gladstone + -ian. Pronunciation: /ɡlædˈstəʊ.ni.ən/, /ɡlædˈstoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. A political supporter of William Ewart Gladstone.
Word: felsitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From felsite + -ic. 1. Relating to, or containing, felsite. Example: a felsitic aplite Example: a felsitic lava
Word: flirtigig Part of Speech: noun 1. A flirtatious or cheeky girl. Labels: Scotland, obsolete Example: if a maid like that might some day marry such a man! Never an ill piece of a flirtigig will she be
Word: flirtigigs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flirtigig Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inburst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in + burst. 1. A bursting in or into. Example: In every alluvial mine which in the opintion of an inspector is liable to any inundation or inburst of water such additional rises chambers drives and other workings or any of them shall be constructed as may seem necessary and as may be ordered by the Governor in Council for the escape of workmen from the lower workings or to ensure their safety in every such mine during the period of any inundation or inburst of water in such mine. Example: It is necessary, in soft country especially, to exercise great care not to bore the hole too large for the tube, as the water would then get outside the tube, and should there be much pressure, the water would scour the hole large enough to permit an inburst of sand.
Word: inbursts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inburst Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inerrable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin inerrabilis. Compare Portuguese inerrável. See in- (“not”) + err + -able. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɜːɹəbəl/ 1. Incapable of error; infallible, unerring. Example: We have conviction from reason, or decisions from the inerrable and requisite conditions of sense. Example: Not that their statements are inerrable; but they constitute the best working material in our possession
Word: selah Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew סֶלָה (sélā), of unknown origin. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːlə/, /ˈseɪ̯lɑ/ 1. A word occurring between verses or paragraphs in parts of the Hebrew Bible, namely in Habakkuk and the Psalms; perhaps indicating a pause, either for contemplation or for clearing the throat in singing. Example: God commeth from Theman, and the holy one from mount Paran, Selah. his glorie couereth the heauens, and the earth is full of his prayse. Example: LORD, how are they increased that trouble mee: many are they that riſe vp againſt me. / Many there bee which ſay of my ſoule, There is no helpe for him in God. Selah. / But thou, O LORD, art a ſheild for me; my glory, and the lifter vp of mine head. / I cryed vnto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of holy hill. Selah.
Word: selah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew סֶלָה (sélā), of unknown origin. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːlə/, /ˈseɪ̯lɑ/ 1. A pause or rest of a contemplative nature. Example: At times, we too, need to experience a "Selah" in our lives, a time when we pause and rest. To be still and rest is good therapy for today's fast pace of living. The heart strings may be taut, even on the verge of snapping. Suddenly, God inserts a "Selah," a rest, that we might pause and calmly think of Him. Example: Unless the musicians themselves develop a prophetic lifestyle, the selah will be only an irritating piece of ritual. But if the musicians have an ear to hear, a selah will be a highly creative interlude that opens the door for the Holy Spirit to take the church into a higher level of inspiration.
Word: multisensorily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From multisensory + -ly. 1. In a multisensory way.
Word: electrotyper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From electrotype + -er. 1. One who electrotypes.
Word: electrotypers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electrotyper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: keir Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kier. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The keirs, becks, washing machines, etc., are placed sufficiently low to allow of being fed from the water supply by gravitation, and the outlets placed just sufficiently high to reach the water line of the river a little above its normal flow. Example: Also fine clothes require longer treatment in the keir in order to secure good penetration by the chemie.
Word: kiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: keirs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of keir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: affreighted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of affreight Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: affreighting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of affreight Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: affreights Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of affreight Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: affreight Part of Speech: verb 1. To hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: evaporometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin evaporare (“to evaporate”) + -meter. Compare French évaporomètre. 1. An instrument for measuring evaporation; an atmometer.
Word: evaporometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of evaporometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wheen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *wheen, quhein (also hwan, hwon, quhon), from Old English hwēne, hwǣne (“somewhat, a little”), instrumental form of hwōn (“little, few, a little, trifle, somewhat, a little while”). Pronunciation: /ʍiːn/, /wiːn/ 1. A little; a small number. Labels: UK, dialectal 2. A quantity; a goodly number. Labels: Northern-Ireland, Scotland, UK, dialectal Example: I have six terriers at hame, forbye twa couple of slow-hunds, five grews, and a wheen other dogs. Example: She never seemed to want for siller; the house was as bright as a new preen, the yaird better delved than the manse garden; and there was routh of fowls and doos about the small steading, forbye a wheen sheep and milk-kye in the fields.
Word: wheens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wheen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gustless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin gustus (“a tasting”), and suffix -less. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌstləs/ 1. tasteless; insipid Labels: obsolete Example: […] they might after give the expressed and less useful part of the cods and remaining pulp unto their swine: which, being no gustless or unsatisfying offal, might be well desired by the prodigal in his hunger. Example: Again, it is a base abject temper, speaks a mind sunk and lost in carnality, and that, having dethroned and abjured reason, hath abandoned itself to the hurry of vile appetite and sold its liberty and sovereignty for the insipid, gustless pleasures of sense.
Word: gustless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gust + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌstləs/ 1. Without gusts (of wind). Example: Except in broken country, the sand cloud seems to glide steadily over the desert like a moving carpet, and the wind is comparatively gustless. Example: Unlike fixed-wing aircraft, the rotor experiences oscillatory aerodynamic effects even in steady, gustless forward flight.
Word: trichromatism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + chromatism. 1. The quality, state, or phenomenon of being trichromatic. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: disquietment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disquiet + -ment. 1. State of being disquieted; uneasiness. Labels: uncountable Example: […] you stand in need of continual quickening-grace, to actuate and excite those lumps of lead, that lie heavy within your breasts: and it is the greatest disquietment of your lives, that you find your hearts so heartless and listless to what is holy and spiritual […]
Word: aflicker Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + flicker. 1. Flickering. Labels: not-comparable Example: with age are limbs a-shake / And force a-flicker! Example: the long cave of the fort dining room, with tall candles of buffalo tallow wildly aflicker, and fiddle bows sawing,
Word: aflicker Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a- + flicker. 1. Flickering. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Mandingos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mandingo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mandingoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mandingo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: melenite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέλι (méli, “honey”), from its honey-like colour, + -ite. 1. Alternative spelling of melinite (“explosive”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: mole rats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mole rat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: impostrous Part of Speech: adj 1. Characterized by imposture; deceitful. Labels: archaic Example: 1846-56, George Grote, A History of Greece Rhetoric (argues Plato in the dialogue called Gorgias) is no art whatever, but a mere unscientific knack, enslaved to the dominant prejudices, and nothing better than an impostrous parody on the true political art.
Word: palpocil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See palpus and cilium. 1. A minute soft filamentary process springing from the surface of certain hydroids and sponges.
Word: palpocils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palpocil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fauchion Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of falchion. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: kaw Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of caw. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […]difficult to separate Raven the demigod, from the sable, kawing, cunning bird so conspicuous all over northern Canada[…]
Word: kaw Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of caw. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Over half of the crows anticipated the feeder, and peered in the window of the building from whence the crow feeder would emerge prior to a feeding session. A majority also called loudly with a short staccato sequence of 3–5 kaws at the start of the feeding session.
Word: kawed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of kaw Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: kaws Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of kaw Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: allochroite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From allo- + Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs) + -ite. Cf. allochroic. 1. a type of Garnet. Labels: uncountable
Word: anneloid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: annelid + -oid 1. Any animal resembling an annelid. Labels: dated
Word: anneloids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anneloid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eyesplice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eye + splice. 1. Alternative form of eye splice. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: eyesplices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eyesplice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fruticant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin fruticans, present participle of fruticare (“to become bushy”), from frutex, fruticis (“shrub”). 1. Full of shoots. Labels: obsolete Example: These we shall divide into the Greater and more Ceduous , Fruticant and shrubby ; Feras and wild ; or more Civiliz'd and domestique
Word: sphericle Part of Speech: noun 1. A small sphere. Labels: archaic
Word: sphericles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sphericle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glozer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gloze + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɡləʊzə(ɹ)/ 1. A glosser; one who covers things in gloss. Labels: obsolete 2. A flatterer. Labels: obsolete Example: To toss the buckler and the blade, Lewd women to entice: Are not these virtues most esteemed And had in greatest price: To lend each man a friendly look, And use the glozer's art, In outward show to bear good will, And hate him with our heart
Word: glozers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glozer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overrigorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + rigorous. 1. Excessively rigorous.
Word: aliner Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of aligner. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: as every Tree must answer exactly to two ranks, there must be two Aliners, viz. one for each rank
Word: aliners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aliner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Brabantine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Brabant + -ine. 1. Synonym of Brabantian.
Word: red-tapist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From red tape + -ist. 1. One who strictly adheres to official formalities. Labels: archaic Example: And the Lansmere interest need not be beaten , if you'll put up another man instead of this red-tapist
Word: red-tapists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red-tapist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Vulcanian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Directly from Latin Vulcāniānus or from Latin Vulcānius + -an within English, from Vulcānus + -iānus (“-ian”) or -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”). In reference to a type or stage of volcanic activity, via Italian Vulcaniano, with specific reference to Giuseppe Mercalli's observations of the 1888–90 eruptions of the Aeolian island Vulcano. Equivalent to Vulcan + -ian. Doublet of volcanian. Compare slightly earlier Middle French vulcanien. Pronunciation: /vəlˈkeɪniən/, /vʌlˈkeɪnɪən/ 1. Of, related to, or created by Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalwork, considered equivalent to the Greek Hephaestus and several German and Celtic gods. Labels: Roman, not-comparable Example: ...Nor cou'd Vulcanian Flame The Stench abolish; or the Savour tame... 2. Of, related to, or created by Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalwork, considered equivalent to the Greek Hephaestus and several German and Celtic gods. Labels: Roman, alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete, rare Example: Yet Muto, like a good Vulcanian, An honest Cuckold, calls the bastard sonne, And brags of that which others for him done. 3. Alternative letter-case form of vulcanian, of or related to metalwork, blacksmithing, and metallurgy. Labels: alt-of, literary, not-comparable, uncommon Example: A sabre, when the warrior press'd to part, 4. Alternative letter-case form of vulcanian, volcanic, of or related to volcanoes and volcanism. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable Example: Solinus reports it of the Vulcanian Hill in Sicily, that they which offered Sacrifice upon it, never put fire to it, but expected it should be kindled from Heaven. 5. Alternative letter-case form of vulcanian, volcanic, of or related to volcanoes and volcanism. Labels: archaic, historical, not-comparable Example: In his six lectures on Volcanos, [Faujas] exhausted the subject, and showed us the difference of the several systems, the Vulcanian, the Neptunian, and the Huttonian, which is the Plutonian, and his own opinion. Example: The Vulcanian or Plutonian theory, which ascribes the changes on earth's surface to the agency of fire. 6. Alternative letter-case form of vulcanian, volcanic, of or related to volcanoes and volcanism. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Just as we have the ‘Plinian’ or ‘Vesuvian’ eruptions of Vesuvius accompanied by violent outbursts of ‘ashes’ and welling out of lava, and the incessant, milder ‘Strombolian’ type of eruption, so we may distinguish a ‘Vulcanian’ type. 7. Of or related to the proposed planet Vulcan or a cluster of asteroids at the same location in the Solar System. Labels: not-comparable
Word: trochometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trocho- + -meter. 1. A device for counting the revolutions of a wheel; an odometer. Labels: obsolete
Word: trochometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trochometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brigge Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of bridge. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: electorial Part of Speech: adj 1. electoral Labels: not-comparable Example: they would soon erect themselves into an electorial college
Word: heteropodous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Heteropoda + -ous. 1. Of or pertaining to the Heteropoda (any of the zoological subdivisions). Labels: not-comparable
Word: illustrable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From illustrate + -able, imitating a pattern of omitting -ate when adding -able, a pattern probably derived from words derived from Latin adjectives that are derived from Latin verbs which entered English via a form derived from the past participle. 1. Capable of illustration. Example: Mechanicks make uſe hereof in forcipall Organs, and Inſtruments of Inciſion; vvherein vvho can but magnifie the povver of decuſſation, inſervient to contrary ends, ſolution and conſolidation, union, and diviſion, illuſtrable from Ariſtotle in the old Nucifragium or Nutcracker, and the Inſtruments of Evulſion, compreſſion, or inciſion; […]
Word: mortifiedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mortified + -ness. 1. The state of being mortified; humiliation; mortification Labels: uncountable
Word: photologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo- + -logist. 1. An expert in photology
Word: photologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of photologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strombite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Strombus + -ite 1. A fossil shell of the genus Strombus.
Word: strombites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of strombite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kive Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kiv/, /kɪv/ 1. Alternative form of keeve. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ischiorectal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ischio- + rectal. 1. Of or pertaining to the region between the rectum and the ischial tuberosity. Labels: not-comparable Example: ischiorectal abscess Example: ischiorectal fossa
Word: riveret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From river + -et? 1. A rivulet, a small river. Labels: obsolete Example: Of Cranburn that is call’d; who greatly joyes to see A Riveret borne of her, for Stours should reckned bee,
Word: riverets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of riveret Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trickest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of trick: most trick Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: hypernet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + net. 1. The Internet, inclusive of smartphones and WiFi networks. Labels: Internet 2. A kind of collection of linked Petri nets.
Word: hyperweb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + web. 1. the software infrastructure for the hypernet, which provides access to data and application storage points in the cloud. Labels: Internet
Word: sugar walls Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the suggestive 1984 song "Sugar Walls", written by Prince and performed by Sheena Easton. 1. The vagina. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang, vulgar Example: She asked if I would mind dipping in the sugar walls / I said it ain't no thang for Super Balls Example: Some women need a little more preparation before you go entering the sugar walls. 2. The rectum, especially in relation to anal sex. Labels: broadly, plural, plural-only, slang, vulgar Example: In retrospect, during the '80s, when I could have been fucked by half of the gay ghetto, I took care of myself by loving a supportive, nurturing partner. He was far from perfect. He had a bad temper and knew nothing about the arts. Even more importantly, my sugar walls went unappreciated by him — and by the many Greenwich Village men I hid from and desperately wanted during hundreds of lifeless evenings spent watching television with my passive lover in Brooklyn.
Word: squish mitten Part of Speech: noun 1. The vagina. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Gregory House: Okay. Then why did you take her to a play? James Wilson: She's a friend. Gregory House: A friend with a squish mitten. Example: Coop shakes his head. "Oh, you poor, naive little boys. That's a shot of her squish mitten."
Word: football pool Part of Speech: noun 1. A competition in which people try to predict the results of football matches and win money
Word: karate chops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of karate chop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jus sanguinis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin iūs (“law”) + sanguinis (“of blood”). Pronunciation: /dʒʌs ˈsæŋɡwɪnɪs/, /juːs-/ 1. The right of citizenship in a nation acquired by being born to a parent or parents with citizenship in that nation. Labels: uncountable Example: In the system of state, a relation between individual and the state is showed with nationality that based on two principles: jus soli (bond of the soil) and jus sanguinis (bond of blood). Vatican City has an exceptional system in relation with its citizens. The constitution of Vatican City is not recognise Vatican City’s nationality, and only admit Vatican City’s citizenship that granted based on jus officii (a bond arising from office holding) Example: “A shift from jus soli to jus sanguinis has been witnessed in Asia in the course of the twentieth century,” wrote Olivier Vonk at the Maastricht Centre in a 2017 paper.
Word: carite Part of Speech: noun 1. Cero (a type of fish). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: GIIPS Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of PIIGS. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cistophorus Part of Speech: noun 1. an Asiatic coin, worth about four drachmas, on which was stamped a cista
Word: cistophori Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cistophorus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decuries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decury Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anagogics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀναγωγικός (anagōgikós), derived from ἀναγωγή (anagōgḗ, “lifting up of the soul”). 1. Mystical interpretations or studies, especially of the Scriptures. Labels: uncountable Example: As is to be seen Novella 146, where the Notes upon that Conſtitution ſay , that the Miſna Torab was Compoſed out of the Caballiſticks and Anagogicks of the Jews, or ſome allegorical interpretations, pretended to be derived from Moses.
Word: diaphote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dia- + Ancient Greek φώς (phṓs, “light”). 1. A supposed instrument designed for transmitting pictures by telegraph. It turned out the device was a hoax. Labels: historical
Word: diaphotes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diaphote Labels: form-of, plural
Word: separatistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From separatist + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to separatists; schismatical; pro-separatism Example: separatistic leaders Example: separatistic movement
Word: supratrochlear Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From supra- + trochlear. Pronunciation: /ˌsu.pɹəˈtɹɑk.li.ɚ/ 1. Situated over or above a trochlea or trochlear surface. Labels: not-comparable
Word: veratrina Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of veratrine. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: caudad Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin cauda (“tail”) + ad (“to”). By surface analysis, caudo- + -ad. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːdæd/ 1. backwards; toward the tail or posterior part Labels: not-comparable 2. towards the feet (only in humans); inferior. Labels: not-comparable
Word: caudad Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin cauda (“tail”) + ad (“to”). By surface analysis, caudo- + -ad. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːdæd/ 1. Synonym of caudal. Example: From within the cephalad and caudad extremities of the valves numerous hairs protrude. Example: However, vigorous contractions may occur at the same time in the caudad stomach and the upper part of the small intestine.
Word: indoaniline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From indigo and aniline. 1. Any of a series of artificial blue dyes used as substitutes for indigo. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: indoanilines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of indoaniline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: progenitorship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From progenitor + -ship. 1. The state of being a progenitor. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: progenitorships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of progenitorship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stopless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stop + -less. 1. Without a stop. Labels: not-comparable 2. Not to be stopped. Labels: not-comparable Example: stopless as a running multitude
Word: pentastich Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From penta- + stich. 1. Any composition consisting of five verses.
Word: pentastichs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pentastich Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prefacer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From preface + -er. 1. The writer of a preface.
Word: prefacers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prefacer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coprophagan Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌkɒpɹəˈfeɪɡən/ 1. Any of a number of beetles that feeds on dung.
Word: coprophagans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coprophagan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: funic Part of Speech: adj 1. funicular (relating to the umbilical cord) Labels: not-comparable
Word: overponderous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + ponderous. 1. Excessively ponderous.
Word: oscitantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From oscitant + -ly. 1. In an oscitant manner; drowsily or yawningly
Word: torsibility Part of Speech: noun 1. The capability of being twisted. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: reprobative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From reprobate + -ive. 1. Expressing, or pertaining to, reprobation. Example: reprobative punishment Example: reprobative symbolism
Word: guller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gull + -er. 1. One who gulls; a deceiver. Labels: dated
Word: gullers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guller Labels: form-of, plural