nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: sinkfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sinkful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sightedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sighted + -ness. 1. The quality of being sighted, or having the ability to see. Labels: uncountable Example: Bill said that he learned to be tactful — if Art asked where something was, a telephone for example, Bill would feign not knowing himself, so as not to emphasize his sightedness, then appear to find out and tell him.
Word: poohed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pooh Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: poohing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pooh Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: poohs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pooh Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: musn't Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /ˈmʌsnt/ 1. Dated form of mustn't. Labels: alt-of, contraction, dated Example: Thomas Dibdin, Guilty or Not Guilty Nay, Sir, you musn't mind it — it's quite a common thing in our parish […] Example: Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn So I said it wouldn’t be no use to try to play it any longer, and I would just make a clean breast and tell her everything, but she musn't go back on her promise.
Word: may'st Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of mayst. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: And break thy schemes of earthly joy, That thou may’ſt find thy all in me.
Word: sighings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sighing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Romanistics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Roman + -istics. Also by surface analysis, Roman + -ist + -ics. 1. The study of Roman law. Labels: uncountable 2. The study of Romance languages. Labels: uncountable
Word: menfolks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From men + folks. 1. menfolk; male members of a group. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: ‘Deyʼs grabbinʼ all de menfolks dey kin git dey hands on and makinʼ ʼem help bury de dead.’
Word: goddamit Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of goddammit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: secrecies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of secrecy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fulfillments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fulfillment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonfulfilment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + fulfilment. 1. Failure to fulfil something. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: We apologise for the nonfulfilment of your order. We will have the goods in stock next week.
Word: seabag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + bag. 1. A duffel bag used by sailors or marines. Example: Even though it was still short of lights-out by two hours, the enlisted men's quarters was abuzz and asnort with the sounds of sleeping men when I dragged my seabag through the hatchway.
Word: seabags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seabag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: willna Part of Speech: contraction 1. Alternative form of willnae. Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction
Word: cocksucking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cock + sucking. 1. Fellatio. Labels: offensive, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: Anita Bryant says that cocksucking is a form of human cannibalism; she decries the loss of the child that is the sperm.
Word: cocksucking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cock + sucking. 1. Used as an intensifier for something objectionable. Labels: not-comparable, offensive, slang, vulgar Example: “Twenty-five goddamn cocksucking years,” the old man said. Example: You all rap a story you tell me is glorious as Galahad's gallop is near, but your lies can't deceive me I know that you'll leave me crying these cocksucking tears.
Word: cocksucking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cock + sucking. 1. present participle of cocksuck Labels: form-of, participle, present
Word: whadda Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /ˈwʌdə/, /ˈhwʌdə/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of what do. Labels: alt-of, contraction, informal, pronunciation-spelling Example: A month later, I'm still feeling its magic, although I no longer have the urge to stand up and movie theater and holler, "Whadda we want?!" ("Gay Rights" was the response of the hour, by the way.) Example: Whadda you want?
Word: scabbarded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scabbard + -ed. 1. In a scabbard. Labels: not-comparable Example: a scabbarded sword
Word: scabbarded Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From scabbard + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of scabbard Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: humphing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of humph Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: humphs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of humph Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: humphed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of humph Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sweatered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sweater + -ed. 1. Wearing a sweater. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the hallways and entryrooms, the exits and entrances, the overflow jostled each other for position, sweatered girls jumping excitedly trying to see over the people in front of them, jacketed boys standing on tiptoe.
Word: sweatered Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sweater + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of sweater Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: prowed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From prow + -ed. 1. Having a (specified kind of) prow. Labels: not-comparable Example: a high-prowed boat
Word: coshed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cosh Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: coshing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cosh Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: assessingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From assessing + -ly. 1. So as to assess. Example: Gypsy stopped talking. She was breathing hard. Rico was just looking at her, far too assessingly, and she cursed herself for having said too much.
Word: nonparaplegic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + paraplegic. 1. Not paraplegic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonmusculoskeletal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + musculoskeletal. 1. Not musculoskeletal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: garottings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of garotting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: therp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from therapist. 1. psychotherapist Labels: slang
Word: therps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of therp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slummer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slum + -er (inhabitant suffix) or -er (agent noun suffix). 1. An inhabitant of a slum. 2. One who slums. Example: “Tell me, Mr. Kingsblood, are you another white slummer, or a real friend of our race?” “You have no idea how real!” said Neil.
Word: slummers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slummer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moanings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moaning Labels: form-of, plural
Word: visitings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of visiting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: basinfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of basinful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: basinsful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of basinful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pyramided Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pyramid Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pyramided Part of Speech: adj 1. Arranged like a pyramid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: stoppingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From stopping + -ly. 1. In a way that causes something to stop. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: a heart-stoppingly beautiful man Example: Over a dirty hemp tunic he'd thrown a jerkin of goat's pelt in the manner of goatherds, two splints on the ankles were tied blood-stoppingly fast with leather thongs.
Word: scufflings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scuffling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crashings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæʃɪŋz/ 1. plural of crashing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slashings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slashing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wrestlings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wrestling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flutings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fluting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stammerings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stammering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fictionality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction English -al English fictional Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English fictionality From fictional + -ity. 1. State or quality of being fictional. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To be sure the anticipatory proleptics of the "historical survey in future-form" associated with pseudonymity rests upon the literary fiction of the pre-historicality of the revelation of these secrets; but this fictionality is intended to emphasize precisely by means of its esoteric quality that God will allow the elect righteous (cf. I Enoch 1:1) and wise persons (cf. I Enoch 100:6, 104:12) of the present day to participate already in his revelation that has proceeded from the mouths of the righteous and wise ones of pre-history, through the "literary" medium of the book. Example: But, of course, characters in postmodernist narrative fictions, too, can become aware of their own fictionality—characters such as Julia the policeman's wife, or the magazine-reader in Burroughs' Exterminator!, or the fictional author in Barth's "Life-Story."
Word: fictionalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fictionality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: insurance contract Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of insurance policy.
Word: insurance contracts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of insurance contract Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pooh-poohs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pooh-pooh Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pooh-poohing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pooh-pooh Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pooh-poohed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pooh-pooh Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Transpadane Gaul Part of Speech: name Etymology: As a proper noun, a calque of the Latin Gallia Trānspadāna; the common noun is probably a regularly formed demonym from the proper noun, although it is likely that its formation was prompted by the Latin Gallī Trānspadānī. 1. Cisalpine Gaul north of the river Po.
Word: Transpadane Gaul Part of Speech: noun Etymology: As a proper noun, a calque of the Latin Gallia Trānspadāna; the common noun is probably a regularly formed demonym from the proper noun, although it is likely that its formation was prompted by the Latin Gallī Trānspadānī. 1. A native or inhabitant of Transpadane Gaul.
Word: Transpadane Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative letter-case form of transpadane. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable
Word: Transpadan Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of transpadane. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: Transpadane Gauls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Transpadane Gaul Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wedding shower Part of Speech: noun 1. A bridal shower.
Word: wedding showers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wedding shower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scabbarding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scabbard Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hengeyokai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 変化妖怪. 1. A legendary Japanese animal with the ability to shapeshift into human form. Example: 1985, David Cook, Oriental Adventures, TSR Inc., →ISBN Hengeyokai are intelligent, shape-changing animals. Several subraces exist, each a different type of animal. They are found throughout the Oriental world, usually on the fringes of human-settled lands. Example: 1998-01-28, Lee Gold, Re: B5 Filk: You Picked A Fine Time To Leave Us Sinclair, rec.music.filk If a hengeyokai fails to concentrate (or perhaps gets distracted -- due to being beaten, seeing a mouse, fatigue), the human form's ears may get pointed or a tail may appear.
Word: BDS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Bachelor of Dental Surgery (academic qualification to practise dentistry in the UK and most of the Commonwealth except Canada) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The BDS movement aims to pressure Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian territories and to respect the rights of Palestinians. The movement advocates for boycotts of Israeli products, divestment from companies operating in Israeli settlements, and sanctions against Israel. Example: In the essay, Gessen, who uses they, criticised Germany’s unequivocal support of Israel, drawing attention to the Bundestag’s 2019 resolution condemning the Israel boycott movement BDS as antisemitic and quoting a Jewish critic of Germany’s politics of Holocaust remembrance as saying memory culture had “gone haywire”.
Word: BDS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Bush derangement syndrome. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, initialism, slang, uncountable Example: Coordinate term: Trump derangement syndrome
Word: Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Part of Speech: name 1. A global pressure group to end Israeli discrimination against Palestinians.
Word: khums Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic خُمْس (ḵums, “fifth”). 1. A Shi'ite tax of one-fifth of various profits (e.g. one's surplus income, or business profits). Labels: uncountable
Word: khums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of khum. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: road bowling Part of Speech: noun 1. A game of skill where a heavy metal ball is thrown along a pre-determined course of rural roads, with the winner being the team with the fewest throws. Labels: Ireland, uncountable
Word: territorial integrity Part of Speech: noun 1. The principle that a state's borders are sacrosanct; the idea that nation-states should not promote secessionist movements or border changes in other nation-states. Labels: uncountable
Word: combat drone Part of Speech: noun 1. An unmanned aerial military vehicle that is used for missile bombings and targeted killings
Word: lead glass Part of Speech: noun 1. Glass containing lead oxide, used for its high refractive index (often in cut glass) or for its ability to block ionizing radiation. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: lead crystal Part of Speech: noun 1. glass that contains at least 24% lead oxide (PbO). Labels: uncountable, usually 2. cut glass made of this material. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Crimean Peninsula Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Crimean peninsula. Labels: alt-of Example: 2014, Kevin Dooley, Why Politics Matters: An Introduction to Political Science, p. 155 (map). Example: 2012, Amelia Glaser, Jews and Ukrainians in Russia's Literary Borderlands, p. xii (map).
Word: to and froing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of to and fro Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: to and froed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of to and fro Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: selfconsciously Part of Speech: adv 1. In a self-conscious manner.
Word: anti-goyism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of antigoyism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: anti-Goyism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of antigoyism. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: humouredly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From humoured + -ly. 1. In the specified kind of humour. See good-humouredly, bad-humouredly, ill-humouredly. Labels: in-compounds
Word: humoredly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From humored + -ly. 1. US standard spelling of humouredly. Labels: US, alt-of, standard
Word: almost surely Part of Speech: adv 1. With probability equal to one. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Quran thumper Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Koran thumper. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: and defending muslims does dot make him a Quran thumper Example: I wonder if the author was a quran thumper.
Word: Koran thumping Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Likely patterned after Bible thumping. 1. Alternative spelling of Quran thumping. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 2003, Tim Murphy, ALL Orthodox Catholics are Fundamentalists Group: alt.recovery.catholicism Mainstream orthodox Catholics are just as fundamentalist as any ranting Koran thumping […] Example: 1998, Atomic, Re: Let the Nuclear Games Begin!!!!! Group: soc.culture.indian In the recent couple of thousand years of recorded history Chinese have never attacked India as savagely as the Koran thumping Allahfreaks have.
Word: asslifter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ass + lifter. Presumably from sujud, the deep bow done as part of the Muslim salat (daily prayers), which involves kneeling and lowering the upper body so that the hands, forehead, and nose touch the floor. 1. A Muslim. Labels: US, slur, vulgar Example: Just because Putin is against Al Qaeda doesn't mean he doesn't support Islamic terrorist...Like any Islamic leader he is against anything that threatens his regime, like most Islamic leaders he is anti-American, like most Islamic he panders to Islamic terrorist. > If it walks like a^([sic]) asslifter, talks like a asslifter, it is a MooSlime. Example: Are you an asslifter or just a "Useful Infidel"?
Word: wendings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wending Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dome of the Rock Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Arabic قبة الصخرة (qubbat aṣ-ṣaḵra), from صخرة (ṣaḵra, “rock”) + قبة (qubba, “dome”). 1. A shrine, located on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, which contains the Foundation Stone.
Word: all that glisters is not gold Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of all that glitters is not gold. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: adracalin Part of Speech: noun 1. A component of nuclear pore complex implicated in Triple-A syndrome Labels: uncountable
Word: alacrimia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- + Latin lacrim(a) (“tear”) + -ia. 1. Alternative form of alacrima. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: rem out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rem (a shortening of remark, used as a comment-marking keyword in some programming languages) + out. 1. To temporarily disable (a portion of source code) by converting it into a comment. Labels: dated, transitive Example: When Windows 98 is installed, it will "REM out" the MSCDEX statement, if there is one, since Windows has its own driver and doesn't need this one.
Word: ancylostoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from the taxonomic name Ancylostoma, eventually from Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “curved”) and Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”). Analyzable as ancylo- + stoma. 1. Any hookworm of the genus Ancylostoma.
Word: antihygienic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + hygienic. 1. That is conducive to unhygienic conditions Labels: not-comparable
Word: auxotyping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of auxotype Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: baitcasting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bait + casting. 1. A form of casting in which the weight of the bait pulls the fishing line off of the spool (subject to some control by thumb pressure) Labels: uncountable
Word: baitwell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bait + well. 1. A water-filled container for preserving live bait until needed.
Word: campshedding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of campshed Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: campshedding Part of Speech: noun 1. piles and boards used to line the bank of a river Labels: uncountable
Word: cerevis Part of Speech: noun 1. A small cap, with no peak, worn by members of German student corps
Word: clinomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clino- + -mania. 1. An excessive desire to remain in bed; morbid sleepiness. Labels: uncountable
Word: epifascicular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From epi- + fascicular. 1. Surrounding a fascicle Labels: not-comparable
Word: forclosure Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of foreclosure. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: geneflow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gene + flow. 1. The transfer of alleles or genes between populations
Word: histoneurology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From histo- + neurology. 1. Synonym of neurohistology. Labels: uncountable
Word: neurohistology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neuro- + histology. 1. Histology of the nervous system. Labels: uncountable
Word: hyperarchy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + -archy. 1. excessive government Labels: uncountable 2. An government that interferes excessively in the affairs of its citizens Labels: countable
Word: hyperheparinemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + heparinemia. 1. An elevated level of heparin in the bloodstream Labels: uncountable
Word: heparinemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heparin + -emia. 1. The presence of heparin in the bloodstream. Labels: uncountable
Word: maschalephidrosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μασχάλη (maskhálē, “armpit”) + ephidrosis. 1. Excessive sweating in the armpits. Labels: uncountable
Word: monospermy Part of Speech: noun 1. The fertilization of an oocyte by a single spermatozoon. Labels: uncountable
Word: tonelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tone + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a tone.
Word: musiclike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From music + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of music.
Word: pawings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pawing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rollings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rolling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suspicioning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of suspicion Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: suspicioned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of suspicion Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: watchings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of watching Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mouthings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mouthing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pistoned Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From piston + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of piston Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pistoned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From piston + -ed. 1. Having (a particular kind or number of) pistons. Labels: not-comparable Example: a six-pistoned trombone
Word: locoed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From loco + -ed. 1. Intoxicated by eating locoweed. Labels: not-comparable Example: The most serious mistake in connection with loco disease is made in allowing locoed sheep to remain with the rest of the band. The loco habit is apparently learned by imitation of locoed animals, and so long as locoed sheep are allowed to remain with other sheep the loco habit rapidly spreads.
Word: locoed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From loco + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of loco Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: meetcha Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: meet + -cha Pronunciation: /ˈmiːt͡ʃə/ 1. meet you Labels: colloquial, contraction Example: Pleased to meetcha.
Word: bad humour Part of Speech: noun 1. irritability or surliness Labels: countable, uncountable 2. a state of irritability or surliness Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bad humor Part of Speech: noun 1. US spelling of bad humour. Labels: US, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: good humour Part of Speech: noun 1. A pleasant disposition or mood. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He said it in good humour.
Word: Stesichoran Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to the Ancient Greek poet Stesichorus.
Word: Herodotan Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Herodotean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: good humor Part of Speech: noun 1. US spelling of good humour. Labels: US, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: No one could have helped being won by his smile and the truly royal manner in which he saluted the crowd in passing when he was in good humor [translating bonne humeur].
Word: good-humouredly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From good-humoured + -ly. 1. In an amiable, cheerful, or pleasant manner. Labels: UK Example: He had quite the sense that she knew things he didn't, and though this was a concession that, in general, he found not easy to make to women, he made it now as good-humouredly as if it lifted a burden. Example: Challenger slapped his colleague good-humouredly upon the shoulder.
Word: goodhumouredly Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of good-humouredly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: machiolated Part of Speech: adj 1. Rare spelling of machicolated. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, rare Example: Circular in form, loftier, and of greater dimensions than the other square towers flanking the sides of the Castle, it presented an exceedingly picturesque appearance, with its embattled and machiolated summit, its narrow slits of windows[…]
Word: everpresent Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of ever-present. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: opensource Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of open-source. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: oldfashioned Part of Speech: adj 1. Rare form of old-fashioned. Labels: form-of, rare Example: She began to feel that there was a great throbbing arclighted world somewhere outside and that only living in Georgetown where everything was so poky and oldfashioned, and Mommer and Popper were so poky and oldfashioned, kept her from breaking into it.
Word: blót Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old Norse blót. Pronunciation: /bloʊt/ 1. A Norse (and modern Heathen) ceremonial offering. Example: These show us the importance of verbal activity at a blót, specifically verbal activity aimed at producing a result, presumably by means of intervention by the deities. Example: In the past, before Christianity spread across Europe, the average blót would generally have involved some sort of animal sacrifice.
Word: astacology Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of crayfish (Astacoidea). Labels: uncountable Example: This view was ably summarised by Edgerton et al. (2004) who stated that such an “extreme emphasis on A. astaci has created inertia in European astacology, which has curtailed researchers, state fish-disease diagnosticians, and resource managers from fully assessing and considering the existence of other serious pathogens of freshwater crayfish and the ensuing consequences.
Word: astacologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From astacology + -ist. 1. One who practices astacology.
Word: anandamides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anandamide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: astacological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From astacology + -ical. 1. Relating to astacology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: astacologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of astacologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wimmen Part of Speech: noun 1. Eye dialect spelling of women. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: "But women," I suggested, when he had finished proclaiming booze the sole end of existence. "Wimmen!" He thumped his pot upon the bar and orated eloquently. "Wimmen is a thing my edication 'as learnt me t' let alone."
Word: nimwit Part of Speech: noun 1. A dimwit. Labels: rare
Word: damndest Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of damnedest. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nimwits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nimwit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: torchlit Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of torch-lit. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: gunsmoke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gun + smoke. 1. Smoke produced by the firing of a gun. Labels: uncountable Example: You can almost smell the horses, the high chapparal ^([sic]), the gunsmoke. Example: A cloud of gunsmoke, well over a mile distant, indicated the presence of a battery of the huge cannons. After the wind blew the cloud away, he could spot the actual guns themselves.
Word: committally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From committal + -ly. Pronunciation: /kəˈmɪtəli/ 1. In a committal manner. Example: It is even a convention in some quarters (which I shall not follow) to use "I will do x" as an intentive and "I shall do x" as an indicative; or at any rate, less committally, "I will" where there is, as Fowler's Modern English Usage puts it, "an implication of intention, volition, or choice".
Word: semidark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + dark. 1. semidarkness Labels: uncountable Example: We squinted around in the semidark.
Word: semidark Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + dark. 1. Moderately dark. Labels: not-comparable Example: a semidark room
Word: p'r'aps Part of Speech: adv 1. Contraction of perhaps. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, not-comparable
Word: highbacked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From high + backed. 1. Having a high back. Labels: not-comparable Example: A man resembling the baron sat in a highbacked chair. His long legs stretched out, and a cane rested against the side of the chair.
Word: longstemmed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From long + stemmed. 1. Having a long stem. Labels: not-comparable Example: He began to charge a longstemmed pipe busily and in silence, then, pausing with his thumb on the orifice of the bowl, looked again at me significantly.
Word: insincerities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of insincerity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: offwhite Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of off-white. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: offduty Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of off duty. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: tonguetied Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of tongue-tied. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bedstand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bed + stand. 1. nightstand
Word: nulla nullas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nulla nulla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bedstands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bedstand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moonglow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moon + glow. 1. moonlight Labels: uncountable Example: Her back arched, and in the moonglow she looked like a pagan offering, mysterious, delectable, irresistible.
Word: soulsearching Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of soul-searching. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Whatever one thinks of [Frederick Campbell] Crews's indictment, the issues he raises represent important challenges to psychoanalysis and should encourage serious, even soulsearching, thought on the part of psychoanalytic adherents. Example: After a miscarriage, we went through considerable soulsearching and lifestyle changes.
Word: soulsearching Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of soul-searching. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: There is a parallel between President Kennedy's election battlecry—"let's get America moving again"—and the soulsearching going on in Britain. Example: To the militarists foreign conquest offered a solution to several problems at once: how to expand markets for Japanese products, how to guarantee sources of raw materials, how to restore national self-confidence at a moment of soulsearching, and how to consolidate political power at home.
Word: soulsearching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of soulsearch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deeprooted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of deep-rooted. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sidewhiskers Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of side whiskers. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: stableyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stable + yard. 1. A yard connecting horses' stables. Example: Mobile starting-gates and horse-boxes stand parked along the kerbs, and behind every large house, it seems, is a red brick stableyard, gleaming with fresh black-and-white paint and polished steel.
Word: stableyards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stableyard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kneehigh Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of knee-high. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: She was the innocent schoolgirl, all buttoned up in ribbons and bows. All that was missing was the white kneehighs and black patent, leather shoes.
Word: kneehighs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kneehigh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homecooked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From home + cooked. 1. Cooked or prepared in a traditional manner as would be done at home. Labels: not-comparable Example: Dish out lots of homecooked foods like pot roast, meat loaf, Maine beans and franks, homestyle fries, fish chowder and fresh-baked breads[…]
Word: candlewax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From candle + wax. 1. The wax of a candle. Labels: uncountable Example: Heat energy is being transferred from the heated hot plate to the saucepan and then to the candlewax where it causes the wax to liquify — to melt.
Word: defiances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of defiance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: earbob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ear + bob. 1. earring
Word: earbobs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of earbob Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sidestreet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of side street. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sidestreets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sidestreet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postchaise Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of post chaise. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Where a landscape-gardener charges five guineas a day, and takes with him either a draughtsman or valet, or both, he is entitled to travel in a postchaise[…]
Word: postchaises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of postchaise Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tearstreaked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tear + streaked. 1. streaked with tears (liquid from the eyes)
Word: sweatstained Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sweat + stained. 1. stained with sweat
Word: sweatsoaked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sweat + soaked. 1. soaked with sweat
Word: fairminded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fair + minded. 1. Alternative form of fair-minded. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Look at it this way: when a country like Norway, which has a foreign policy that is as fairminded and morally commendable as any other country, stubbornly refuses to obey the policies recommended by the international whaling regime, we can be pretty sure that the assumption of fairminded preferences does not hold universally.
Word: slackjawed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of slack-jawed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rainwashed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rain + washed. 1. washed by the rain Example: the rainwashed streets
Word: floodtide Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of flood tide. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: floodtides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of floodtide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: penny wise, pound foolish Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of penny wise and pound foolish. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: omnivoropteryx Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Omnivoropteryx. 1. Any primitive bird of the genus Omnivoropteryx.
Word: chowki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi चौकी (caukī). 1. The post of a watchman or policeman (chaukidar). Labels: India 2. A custom house. Labels: India 3. A kind of short stool or bench. Labels: India
Word: chowkis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chowki Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cookfire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cook + fire. 1. A fire used for cooking food. Example: “Next evening when he was picking up buffalo chips to make a cookfire, that ram got him. Example: "Well, we do need to keep some of it on hand, donchaknow. For fueling the cookfires and all that rot."
Word: cookfires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cookfire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: highminded Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of high-minded. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He was not a drunkard, not a chronic bankrupt. For the rest, Mr. Woodward depicts [Thomas] Paine as a highminded controversialist, persecuted by reactionaries on both sides of the Atlantic for no more than liberal political views.
Word: declasse Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of déclassé. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ballicatter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ballicater. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: pertussoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pertussis + -oid. 1. Characteristic of whooping cough Labels: not-comparable
Word: saddlehorn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From saddle + horn. 1. A protruding part of a saddle to which a rope can be tied to control the neck of the animal.
Word: saddlehorns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saddlehorn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: backtrail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + trail. 1. A small path or trail that is not used regularly. Example: The path of renunciation has many sideroads. It is all the more tragic that the radiant Christina Light becomes so benighted in defeat as to pursue moral backtrails out of a bored self-abandon. 2. The path over which one has already traveled. Example: They waited there for some five minutes when, suddenly, on the backtrail, perhaps a half mile or more behind them, there were three flashes, sudden and bright, one after the other, brilliant in the cold, pure air. Example: When it was light enough we climbed a mesa, winding around the far side before coming up to watch our backtrail.
Word: backtrail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back + trail. 1. To backtrack along a trail. Example: If they didn't, they would then have to backtrail to try to pick it up Example: He reshouldered his rifle. "Want to backtrail with me?"
Word: backtrails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backtrail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: backtrails Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of backtrail Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mindnumbing Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of mind-numbing. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unhiked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + hiked. 1. Not having been hiked. Labels: not-comparable Example: I lament that doing the trail in such a way means I often have little unhiked gaps to fill in, and that's what I'm doing on this day.
Word: unbartered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + bartered. 1. Not bartered. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gaptoothed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of gap-toothed. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: midsectional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From midsection + -al or mid- + sectional. 1. Relating to a midsection. Labels: not-comparable
Word: proprietorially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From proprietorial + -ly. 1. In a proprietorial manner; like an owner. Example: When they left, she paced the house, proprietorially, feeling the feel of each stone in the paving with bare feet.
Word: repavings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of repaving Labels: form-of, plural
Word: midstroke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + stroke. 1. The midpart of a stroke. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: midstroke Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From mid- + stroke. 1. During a stroke. Labels: not-comparable
Word: midpart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + part. 1. middle part
Word: midparts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of midpart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: booklined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From book + lined. 1. lined with books Labels: not-comparable Example: Carlotta paused at the door. She had spent very little time in the library and was unfamiliar with the booklined shelves.
Word: court-martialling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of court-martial Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: court-martialled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of court-martial Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: housefront Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From house + front. 1. The front of a house, the side that faces the street.
Word: housefronts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of housefront Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goddamnedest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of goddamned: most goddamned Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: kneesock Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of knee sock. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Emily's head emerged, her eyes wide with panic. She ducked back inside and a kneesock-clad leg appeared over the sill.
Word: kneesocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kneesock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: highbrowed Part of Speech: adj 1. highbrow; intellectual and cultured
Word: nondomination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + domination. 1. Absence of domination. Labels: uncountable
Word: midseventies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + seventies. 1. The middle years of the 1970s. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: In the midseventies, just as the Naughton-Peterson stories were becoming popular, surfers everywhere were becoming familiar with Uluwatu, a glistening temple-fronted break located on the southwest corner of Bali. 2. The middle years between 70 and 80 years old. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Teng himself, now in his midseventies, had moved in and out of limbo several times.
Word: midsixties Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + sixties. 1. The middle years of the 1960s. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Both began as “reformist” feminist theologians in the optimistic postconciliar mood of the midsixties, that is, they recognized the problems inherent to Christianity but believed, with reform, that Christianity could lead people to justice and liberation.
Word: reformisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reformism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postconciliar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + conciliar. 1. In or of the period following an ecclesiastical council, especially the Second Vatican Council. Example: This, as Lebedeff reminds his readers, is no new theory: it was advanced in the last century by Franzelin; while Vincenzi argues that the Creed is a post-Conciliar addition to the book made not by the author, but by another and a less skilful hand. Example: A theory of the indirect power of the papacy was developed at this time by John of Turrecremata, one of the staunchest opponents of the claims of the conciliarists, but he was the exception to the majority of fifteenth century theologians and jurists in the post-conciliar period.
Word: conciliarity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From conciliar + -ity. 1. The adherence of various Christian communities to the authority of ecumenical councils and to synodal church government. Labels: uncountable
Word: sunbleached Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sun + bleached. 1. Bleached by the sun. Example: […] hardly have you passed from the Slovak country into the Zips than the hard, baked, blown visage, the sunbleached, wind-dried hair, confront you on the shoulders of every Frau […]
Word: sunbleached Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sun + bleached. 1. simple past and past participle of sunbleach Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unparaded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + paraded. 1. Not having been paraded. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sophistications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sophistication Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cursings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cursing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deepsea Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of deep-sea. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: ranchhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ranch + house. 1. A ranch-style house. 2. A house on a ranch.
Word: ranchhouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ranchhouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: midmotion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + motion. 1. A point in time during motion. Labels: uncountable Example: He was dancing, but when I entered the room he stopped in midmotion.
Word: downhome Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of down-home. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: longnecked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From long + necked. 1. Having a long neck. Labels: not-comparable Example: a longnecked turtle Example: a longnecked wine bottle
Word: godsakes Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Godsakes. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: astral projection Part of Speech: noun 1. The ability to deliberately detach one's mind, or a ghost-like replica of one's body (one's astral body), from one's physical body and to send it to distant places or into alternate realities or into people's dreams. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: A select number of these robbers haunted him through his dreams, and he came to know them quite well. […] [H]e believed in omens and thought-transference, and he deemed these dream-robbers to be the astral projection of real personages who happened at those particular moments, no matter where they were in the flesh, to be harboring designs, in the spirit, upon his wealth. Example: Her adventures in astral projection in which she has the sensation of flying over the earth and being connected with everything on the planet are accompanied by prosaic images of mist and stars. 2. An instance of using this ability. Labels: countable, usually Example: [I]f you remain close to your physical body in the first few astral projections by observing the details in your own room, you will have much stronger and clearer consciousness.
Word: quirking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of quirk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: talced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of talc Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: talcing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of talc Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: brain-melting Part of Speech: adj 1. overwhelming in a way that prevents coherent thought Labels: informal Example: And I was already suffering from a brain-melting lack of sleep anyway. But despite all that, I was actually feeling surprisingly fresh.
Word: whitecollar Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of white-collar. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: For a whitecollar worker who is paid once or twice a month, the ratio of cash to income would be larger.
Word: pulsebeats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pulsebeat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: workworn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From work + worn. 1. worn as a result of manual labour Example: He blames everything on that farmer with glasses and two shirts. The man mocked, whether out of his mouth or in the paced motions of his work-worn hands or through his hairy ears, somewhere out of his body he mocked the furtive wordless hopes that at moments give Harry a sensation of arrival. Example: The woman held a silver ring out in a workworn hand. It trembled.
Word: stonefaced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stone + faced. 1. Having a cold and emotionless facial expression. Example: The old man's telling had been ceremonious: a form of words, a feat of memory, a mask. This was otherwise. A stonefaced woman; a bewildered man.
Word: junketings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of junketing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: knobbling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of knobble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: knobbled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of knobble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: knobbled Part of Speech: adj 1. Possessing a bumpy surface; knobbly.
Word: fieldglasses Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of field glasses. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: boinking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of boink Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: boinks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of boink Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person