nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: nonmotivation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Anglo-Norman motifder. Middle French motifder. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder. Middle English motif English motive Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English motivation English nonmotivation From non- + motivation. 1. Lack of motivation. Labels: uncountable
Word: nonmotivational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Anglo-Norman motifder. Middle French motifder. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder. Middle English motif English motive Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English motivation English -al English motivational English nonmotivational From non- + motivational. 1. Not motivational. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antitravel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + travel. 1. Opposing or preventing travel. Example: I need not dwell on the effect of the antitravel tax on our common carrier transportation services in the United States. Example: As a film that professes an antitravel message, it asserts the beauty of cinematic spectatorship as a more spectacular and fluid form of virtual mobility.
Word: grainless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From grain + -less. Piecewise doublet of cornless. 1. Without grain. Labels: not-comparable Example: grainless silage 2. Free from grainy texture or appearance. Labels: not-comparable Example: making grainless enlargements Example: Highlights start blocking up and shadows turn to featureless black far sooner than on normal films — but the shadows are a very lovely black, because shadow areas of the two new films are clear and grainless.
Word: nonprovable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + provable. 1. Not provable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: paratheatrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From para- + theatrical. 1. Relating to paratheater.
Word: paratheater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + theater, coined by Jerzy Grotowski. 1. A kind of experimental theater in which the audience directly participates. Labels: uncountable
Word: paratheatre Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of paratheater. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: unparted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + parted. 1. Not parted. Labels: not-comparable Example: unparted hair Example: unparted lips
Word: unparted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + parted. 1. simple past and past participle of unpart Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tragicomedian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See comedian and tragicomedy. 1. A writer or performer of tragicomedy.
Word: tragicomedians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tragicomedian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yoh Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Afrikaans and Xhosa. 1. Expresses surprise, wonder, admiration, frustration, shock, or distress. Labels: South-Africa Example: When they looked upon me, in my suffering, they would sigh, and exclaim, "Oh, Yoh!" (Oh! dear! Oh! pity!) Example: The nurses looked at it with open eyes and open mouths. "Yoh," said Sechelela. "What is this?
Word: yoh Part of Speech: pron 1. Pronunciation spelling of you Labels: alt-of, colloquial, pronunciation-spelling 2. Pronunciation spelling of your Labels: alt-of, colloquial, pronunciation-spelling
Word: yoh Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of yo (any meaning in etymology 1) Labels: alt-of, alternative, colloquial
Word: thurification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, from Middle French thurification, from Late Latin thurificatio, from Latin thurificatus; equivalent to thus (“incense”) + -ification. 1. The act, or an instance, of burning incense. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They lay [a shield and spear] on the altar, and, with the customary genuflexions and thurifications, pass off.
Word: thurifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thurification Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Xmassy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Xmas + -y. 1. Abbreviation of Christmassy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: To the attics where thin pink salamanders writhed through crushed red Xmas balls and turned all silver and red and Xmassy. Example: And then I closed the front door, trying to resist the first wave of Xmassy memories. For some very odd reason, Arthur's shambling retreat down the icy front path had summoned up a buming recollection of Christmas past.
Word: scug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Scottish and Northern English from Old Norse skuggi, from Proto-Germanic *skuwwô (“shadow, reflection”). Cognate with Icelandic skuggi, Swedish skugga, Danish skygge, Old English sċūa, sċūwa (“a shade”). Pronunciation: /skʌɡ/, /skɐɡ/, /skʊɡ/ 1. Shade, shadow. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland 2. A shelter, a sheltered place (especially on the side of a hill). Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: We was jickering along […] under the scug o' the hill. 3. A squirrel. Labels: dialectal Example: "Let's go scug-hunting" is a common phrase. […] a stick with a leaden head, used for knocking down birds and scugs (squirrels). 4. A lower-school or inferior boy. Labels: dated, slang Example: […] before the lower school scugs got there, and pitched it in at Acropolis. Example: Scug, Et[on]. Har[row]. Negatively, a boy who is not distinguished in person, in games, or social qualities. Positively, a boy of untidy, dirty, or ill-mannered habits; one whose sense of propriety is not fully developed.
Word: scug Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Scottish and Northern English from Old Norse skuggi, from Proto-Germanic *skuwwô (“shadow, reflection”). Cognate with Icelandic skuggi, Swedish skugga, Danish skygge, Old English sċūa, sċūwa (“a shade”). Pronunciation: /skʌɡ/, /skɐɡ/, /skʊɡ/ 1. To shelter; to protect. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, transitive 2. To hide; to take shelter. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive
Word: papillulate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From papillule + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Having one or more small papillas (papillules). Labels: not-comparable
Word: anteport Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration influenced by ante- of Italian antiporta, from anti- (“preceding”) + porta (“gate, door”). Sense 1 may show an English innovation, translating Italian portiere in the 1625 quotation. By surface analysis, ante- + port. 1. A hanging or covering in front of a door. Example: 1 tapestry door-hanging,³ 6/8 Example: The Anteportaes [translating portiere] were of cloth of Gold of Burſia, and their borders of Crimſon Veluet, embroydered with Gold and Pearles: […] 2. An outer or preliminary port, gate, or door. Example: Between the 5 large anti-ports are columns of enormous height and compass, with as many gates of brasse the worke and sculpture of Pollajuolo the Florentine, full of cast figures and histories in a deepe relievo. Example: The plans were prepared by the eminent engineer, Adolfo Guerard, and what is wanted at once is the construction of a canal, port, and anteport, up to at least seven and a half meters depth; […]
Word: anteports Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anteport Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flindermice Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flindermouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flindermouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flinder (“moth, butterfly”) + mouse. Compare Dutch vlinder (“butterfly”). Compare also flittermouse, flinder. 1. A bat (the mammal). Labels: obsolete
Word: carbanil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carbonyl and aniline. 1. OCN-C₆H₅, the phenyl salt of isocyanic acid, that is, phenyl cyanate. Labels: uncountable
Word: reprehensive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French répréhensif. 1. Containing reprehension or reproof. Example: Christ's reply ; in which , by a reprehensive shortness , he both clears the man's innocence , and vindicates God's proceedings , and so states them both upon a right foundation Example: He stops at Winna's reprehensive stare. 2. Reprehensible. Example: Well, there would not be anything particularly reprehensive in a plaintiff wanting to go to a forum where the verdict would be larger. Example: But today in South Africa, a Black Christ is politically offensive; today in England a Black God is theatrically reprehensive; today in the United States, the only white-approved dark deity is Marc Connelly's De Lawd.
Word: crumbcloth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crumb + cloth. 1. A cloth laid under a dining table to catch falling fragments and keep the carpet or floor clean. Labels: archaic, historical
Word: crumbcloths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crumbcloth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pandarism Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of panderism. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable, usually Example: Perjury, oppression, subornation, fraud, pandarism, and the like infirmities, were among the most excusable arts they had to mention
Word: pandarisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pandarism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inviolacy Part of Speech: noun 1. The state or quality of being inviolate. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the inviolacy of an oath
Word: splenical Part of Speech: adj 1. splenic; relating to the spleen Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: splenical artery Example: splenical medicine
Word: ballotin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ballotin. 1. A small, elegant box (usually containing chocolates). Example: […] jingle bells chime in with the season's magic in this lovely tapestry ballotin filled with 1 6 oz. of assorted chocolates. 2. An officer in charge of a ballot box. Labels: obsolete Example: one Secretary or Ballotin with a red Box shall follow the green one: and every Senator shall put one Ball into for one of these six boxes
Word: ballotins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ballotin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fissiparation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fissipation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Mephitis Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Mefitis. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: goosewing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of goose wing. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: goosewings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goosewing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eupatorium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
Word: eupatoriums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eupatorium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: malapterurid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any fish in the family Malapteruridae; an electric catfish.
Word: malapterurids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of malapterurid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bohairic Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Arabic بُحَيْرِيّ (buḥayriyy, “Of the Beheira Governate, from around Lake Mareotis”), used to name the dialect in an 11th-century Coptic grammar by Athanasius of Qus. 1. The Coptic dialect of the western Nile delta and Alexandria, used as a widespread standard dialect in the second millennium CE
Word: Fayyumic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Fayyum + -ic. 1. A Coptic dialect, spoken primarily in the Faiyum region west of the Nile Valley.
Word: Faiyumic Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Fayyumic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Akhmimic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Akhmim + -ic. 1. The most archaic Coptic dialect, used around the town of Akhmim.
Word: Oxyrhynchite Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Oxyrhynchus + -ite. 1. A Coptic dialect used around Oxyrhynchus.
Word: Mesokemic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From meso- (“middle”) + Coptic ⲕⲏⲙⲉ (kēme, “Egypt”) + -ic. 1. Synonym of Oxyrhynchite (dialect of Coptic)
Word: wordages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wordage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: corymbose Part of Speech: adj 1. Consisting of, or resembling, corymbs.
Word: corymbus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin corymbus; Doublet of corymb. 1. A topknot anciently worn by girls in their hair. Labels: historical 2. Synonym of corymb.
Word: corymbi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corymbus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: engrammatic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to engrams. Labels: not-comparable
Word: randomer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From random + -er. 1. A stranger; anybody; any old person. Labels: informal Example: Is that an open invitation to all and sundry randomers? Example: I typed it into a web search engine and found the usual randomers on their own or other people's personal sites, a few others on the staff lists or minutes of libraries and girl scout troups, and a handful referenced on genealogical sites.
Word: randomers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of randomer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blates Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Clipping of blatantly + -s (hypocoristic suffix). Compare obvs (“obviously”). 1. Blatantly; certainly, obviously. Labels: UK, not-comparable, slang Example: LOST IS WELL CRAP. GO WATCH RAVEN ON BBC1 FOR PROP ENTERTAINMENT.blates.xx. Example: >There have been far more abominations than great games based on popular >films, but what are your 5 favourites? 5) Er. 4) Um. 3) Erm. 2) Batman the Movie (Spectrum) 1) Goldeneye (N64). Blates, innit.
Word: semiprotection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + protection. 1. partial protection Labels: uncountable Example: Behind the lines, the gunners had the semiprotection of makeshift shelters - sheets of corrugated galvanized iron, bolted together and covered with layers of sandbags, sod, and netting. Example: Rain drizzled steadily as we entered the semiprotection of a grove of trees. At least the wind wasn't hitting us so hard. Mom's umbrella proved to be close to useless, because it kept collapsing.
Word: Glanvillian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Glanvill + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Joseph Glanvill (1636–1680), English writer, philosopher, and clergyman.
Word: fumarprotocetraric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. An organic compound found in some lichens. Labels: uncountable
Word: pseudocyphella Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + cyphella. 1. A structure in lichens that appears as a tiny pore on the outer surface, caused when there is a break in the cortex of the lichen and the medullary hyphae extend to the surface.
Word: pseudocyphellae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudocyphella Labels: form-of, plural
Word: myrsinaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From translingual Myrsinaceae + -ous. 1. Relating to the plant family Myrsinaceae. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ticced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tic Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ticcing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tic Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: slow news day Part of Speech: noun 1. A time when media organizations publish trivial stories due to the lack of more substantial topics. Example: Perhaps you have seen a television news program on a slow news day. In place of international crises, press conferences, congressional hearings, and proclamations by the mayor, the news may consist of a trip to the zoo to visit a new “baby,” a canned report on acupuncture in China, a follow-up story on the survivor of an air crash, or a visit to the opening of baseball spring training in Florida.
Word: hepper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown 1. A young salmon; a parr. Labels: Devon, archaic
Word: heppers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hepper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: indiscriminative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + discriminative. 1. Making no distinction; not discriminating; indiscriminate. Example: To operationalize generalized trust, we focus on the level of indiscriminative trust among individuals. Example: The other sect, the indiscriminative sect, resembled Daoism in that the emphasis was on the equality of things. As with Daoism, which advocated an all-embracing attitude toward different positions existing in the world, the indiscriminative equalizer reinterpreted seeming divergent phenomena or positions as merely the result of different perspectives. 2. Specifying any one from among several equivalent possibilities. Example: Indiscriminative uses of FCIs are common across languages and they have a pejorative flavor. Example: We discuss free choice phenomena in detail in Section 6.7, but here it is important to note that the Greek D-universal, but not káthe, has the so-called indiscriminative reading (Horn 2000) that appears in English with just any.
Word: allenarly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From all + Scots anerly (“singly”), from ane (“one”). 1. Solely; only. Labels: Scotland, archaic, not-comparable Example: I grant thereto, she shall be well answered thereof; not allenarly of the same, but the double thereof, and make your memorial of all your desires, number and valour thereof, and ye shall not have alone the single, but the double thereof. Example: […] is not habilis modus to establish a Right in the Person of the Assigny, but allenarly so long as the Cedent remains Heritor of the Lands […]
Word: scambling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scamble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scambling Part of Speech: noun 1. A hasty meal. Labels: obsolete
Word: scambled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scamble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: victour Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of victor. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: non-harmonic tone Part of Speech: noun 1. a note that is played or sung between two chords that is not a part of either chord
Word: non-harmonic tones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of non-harmonic tone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: passing tone Part of Speech: noun 1. a non-harmonic tone that is a second lower than a note in one chord and a second higher than a note in the other chord
Word: passing tones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of passing tone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neighbor tone Part of Speech: noun 1. a non-harmonic tone that is a second either higher or lower than two notes that are unison in two chords
Word: neighbor tones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neighbor tone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: escape tone Part of Speech: noun 1. a non-harmonic tone that is a second from a note in the previous chord and more than a second from a note in the next chord
Word: escape tones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of escape tone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lithia water Part of Speech: noun 1. mineral water containing lithium salts, used to treat an array of mental health problems, including depression, aggression, and learning disabilities. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mawnings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mawning Labels: form-of, plural
Word: make the perfect the enemy of the good Part of Speech: verb 1. To reject or bar improvement because it is incomplete. Labels: intransitive
Word: tricornes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tricorne Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pedunculus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pedunculus. 1. A peduncle.
Word: pedunculi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pedunculus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: WWTP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of wastewater treatment plant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: In some WWTPs water undergoes further treatment to allow its reuse for purposes such as irrigation of parks and green areas, street washing, or industrial uses. Example: Firstly, wastewater is drained to the WWTP by gravity through the main sewer system of the size of a car. Having such size, objects you could hardly imagine reach the WWTPs, ranging from mattresses, fridges, tree branches to wallets disposed of by thieves in order to get rid of the evidence.
Word: epifluorescence microscopy Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of an epifluorescence microscope to study properties of organic or inorganic substances using the phenomena of fluorescence and phosphorescence instead of transmitted light. Labels: uncountable
Word: epifluorescence microscope Part of Speech: noun 1. An optical microscope designed to study properties of organic or inorganic substances using the phenomena of fluorescence and phosphorescence instead of transmitted light.
Word: epifluorescence microscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of epifluorescence microscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intermewed Part of Speech: adj 1. Kept in confinement through a molt. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bulbus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin bulbus (“bulb”). 1. Bulb (e.g., flower bulb, body part). 2. Bulb (e.g., flower bulb, body part). 3. Bulb (e.g., flower bulb, body part). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: bulbi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bulbus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interjectively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From interjective + -ly. 1. interjectionally Example: Yet these attempts to shift both footing and topic are overlapped, somewhat interjectively and thus in overriding fashion, as S begins (*3——>) with what is bearable as fake laughter.
Word: fanos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fano Labels: form-of, plural
Word: balance wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. The timekeeping device normally used in mechanical watches and small clocks, consisting of a wheel which oscillates due to a coiled spring. Example: A mantelpiece clock with rackety balance wheel makes the only sound.
Word: balance wheels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of balance wheel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: E-flat Part of Speech: noun 1. A tone one semitone lower than E, between D and E. Example: The clarinet played a long E-flat. 2. A key or other mechanism for producing an E-flat. Example: I had to take it to the shop because the E-flat was stuck. 3. The key of E flat major. Example: We will now hear the third sonata, in E-flat.
Word: mudik Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Indonesian mudik. 1. In Indonesia, the practice of migrants or migrant workers returning to their hometown or village during major holidays.
Word: box clever Part of Speech: verb 1. To act wisely. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive
Word: costning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English costning, costnunge, from Old English costnung (“temptation, testing, trial, tribulation”), from Old English costnian, variant of Old English costian (“to tempt, try, prove, examine”), from Proto-Germanic *kustōną (“to try, taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to enjoy, taste”), equivalent to cost + -ing. Cognate with German kosten (“to taste”). Related to choose. 1. Temptation. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: hippie-dippie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Reduplication and alliteration 1. Hippie. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: He drove us there in their hippie-dippie car and as always people stared at us when we drove by.
Word: hippie-dippie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reduplication and alliteration 1. A hippie. Labels: derogatory, informal
Word: coath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cothe, from Old English coþu (“disease, sickness, pestilence”), from Proto-Germanic *kuþō. Pronunciation: /kəʊθ/, /koʊθ/ 1. Sickness; disease; pestilence. Labels: UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable 2. An attack of illness, such as swooning, pangs of childbirth, etc. Labels: UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable 3. A disease affecting sheep or cattle. Labels: UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable
Word: coath Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cothe, from Old English coþu (“disease, sickness, pestilence”), from Proto-Germanic *kuþō. Pronunciation: /kəʊθ/, /koʊθ/ 1. To faint. Labels: intransitive 2. To give (sheep, cattle) the coe or rot. Labels: transitive
Word: fall off the back of a truck Part of Speech: verb 1. Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession through illegal or otherwise dubious means. Labels: Australia, US, euphemistic, idiomatic Example: The movie is still in theaters, but I got a copy that fell off the back of a truck.
Word: cristall Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of crystal. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: cristalls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cristall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Whorfian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Whorf + -ian. 1. Relating to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which proposes a form of linguistic relativity, i.e. that the structure of a language affects the ways in which its speakers conceptualize their world.
Word: blue jet Part of Speech: noun 1. An upper atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a rapidly expanding disk-shaped region of luminosity, lasting less than a thousandth of a second, which occurs high above energetic cloud-to-ground lightning of positive or negative polarity. Example: Mysterious bluejets can be seen with the naked eye from the ground, but they are rare and difficult to spot.
Word: bhakta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit भक्त (bhakta). 1. Someone who practises bhakti; a person who is devoted to God; a devotee; a worshipper. Labels: Hinduism Example: But the Goswami seems to have got her drift and instead of bristling at her snub, he realized that here was an enlightened bhakta who had grasped the essence of the Lord.
Word: bluejets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bluejet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hog apple Part of Speech: noun 1. The noni, fruit of the Morinda citrifolia tree. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The plant Podophyllum peltatum. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: hogapple Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hog apple. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: taeniate Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of taenioid (“ribbon-shaped”). Example: taeniate pollen
Word: blue starter Part of Speech: noun 1. A rapidly expanding disc-shaped region of luminosity, lasting less than a thousandth of a second, seen high above energetic lightning associated with hail-producing regions of thunderstorms, reaching up no higher than about twelve miles altitude. Example: Blue starters were first observed in 1994.
Word: transient luminous event Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a variety of upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms. Example: Transient luminous events can be another source of ionization in the upper atmosphere. Example: During World War II (and probably before), high flying pilots were reported to have observed unexplained aerial phenomena (UAP), often now called transient luminous events (TLE’s), particularly in the vicinity of thunderstorms.
Word: sprite halo Part of Speech: noun 1. An upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a diffuse disk-shaped glow that precedes a sprite and propagates downward. Example: In lhe: early days of LLTV monitoring it was common to observe an apparent elve followed by a sprite, sometimes called a "sprelve." While elves do indeed precede some sprites, the "sprelve" in most cases, was found to represent a "sprite halo."
Word: sprelve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of sprite + elve. 1. An upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms, in which an elve is immediately followed by a sprite. Example: In the early days of LLTV monitoring it was common to observe an apparent elve followed by a sprite, sometimes called a "sprelve." While elves do indeed precede some sprites, the "sprelve" in most cases, was found to represent a "sprite halo."
Word: upward lightning Part of Speech: noun 1. An upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, in which the lightning bolt projects straight into the upper atmosphere. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mysterious bluejets can be seen with the naked eye from the ground, but they are rare and difficult to spot.
Word: upward lightnings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of upward lightning Labels: form-of, plural
Word: red sprite Part of Speech: noun 1. An upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms, a large but weak luminous flash that appears directly above an active thunderstorm system and is coincident with a powerful positive cloud-to-ground lightning strike. Example: Red sprites flash high above thunderstorm clouds.
Word: red sprites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red sprite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gigantic jet Part of Speech: noun 1. An upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms, a carrot-shaped red sprite that propagates upward from the core of an oceanic thunderstorm. Example: Gigantic jets appear to provide an electrical connection between cloud tops and the ionosphere.
Word: gigantic jets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gigantic jet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hodder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hod + -er. 1. A coal miner who hauls hods from the workface Labels: obsolete
Word: maison de passe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French maison de passe. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪzɒn də pas/ 1. A low-class hotel where rooms are rented out by the hour, especially to prostitutes and their clients. Example: Of course in part it is due to the fact that it took place at the Princes Hotel - what the devil induced Piers to stay there instead of somewhere like the Bristol? Funds? It's virtually a maison de passe.
Word: lampoonery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lampoon + -ery. 1. The act of lampooning. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It's easy to come up with a scene or two spoofing the creator of such American archetypes as Blanche DuBois, Stanley Kowalski, Big Daddy, and Amanda Wingfield; what's tricky is to sustain lampoonery over a full evening.
Word: agropastoralism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From agro- + pastoralism. 1. The form of farming that combines agricultural (growing crops) and pastoralism (rearing livestock) Labels: uncountable
Word: lappel Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of lapel. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: 'Gadso!' said the undertaker: taking Mr. Bumble by the gilt-edged lappel of his official coat; 'that's just the very thing I wanted to speak to you about.
Word: lappels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lappel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: your arse Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of my arse. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: You scumbag, you maggot You cheap lousy faggot Happy Christmas your arse I pray God it's our last
Word: howl out Part of Speech: verb 1. To shout or cheer. Labels: ambitransitive Example: You were handsome You were pretty Queen of New York City When the band finished playing They howled out for more
Word: lifeward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From life + -ward. 1. Towards life. Labels: not-comparable Example: As all the forces of sin press downward and deathward, so all the forces of virtue press upward and lifeward. Example: In this condition of the system, the internal forces of organs are so perfectly balanced, that a trifling incident may start them lifeward, or deathward.
Word: lifeward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From life + -ward. 1. Leading towards life. Labels: not-comparable Example: Such a flood in earth shall be, / That every life that hath lifeward, / Beast and body with bone and blood, / They shall be stormed through stress of storm Example: Therefore in every case the test is whether our particular intention is in this same lifeward direction: and if it is, then we may be absolutely certain that there is no intention on the part of the Universal Mind to thwart the intention of our own individual mind; we are dealing with a purely impersonal force, and it will no more oppose us by specific plans of its own than will steam or electricity.
Word: félibre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French félibre, from Occitan felibre. 1. A member of a literary fellowship founded in 1854 to promote the literature and culture of Provence in France; also someone who adheres to such ideas, a traditional Provençal poet. Example: Piers himself would wear the narrow bootlace tie and the ribbon of the félibre, the Provençal poet.
Word: body snatchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of body snatcher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in the mean time Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Alternative form of in the meantime. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In the mean time I lay fairly expoſed to the examination of his eyes, and hands, quiet and unreſiſting, […] Example: But in the mean time Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him.
Word: allperfect Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From all- + perfect. Pronunciation: /ɔːlˈpɜː.fɪkt/, /ɔːlˈpɜː.fɛkt/, /ɔːlˈpɝ.fɪkt/ 1. Wholly perfect. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Oh! could I paint his figure as I see it now, still present to my transported imagination! a whole length of an allperfect, manly beauty in full view. Example: For such is the natural order of things that externally proceeding should be suspended from inward energy, the whole world from the allperfect monad of ideas, and the parts of the visible universe from monads which are separated from each other.
Word: caespitose Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of cespitose. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: clypeate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin clipeātus, perfect passive participle of clipeō (“to arm with a shield”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from clupeus, clipeus (“shield”). 1. Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate. 2. Furnished with a protective plate, shield or shell.
Word: aerotolerant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aero- + tolerant. 1. Able to tolerate the presence of air (specifically oxygen). Labels: not-comparable
Word: aflagellate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + flagellate. 1. Lacking a flagellum Labels: not-comparable
Word: aflagellate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- + flagellate. 1. Any organism that lacks a flagellum
Word: arcobacters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arcobacter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arcobacter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of several gram-negative bacteria of the genus Arcobacter
Word: campylobacteria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of campylobacterium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: campylobacterium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of several gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Campylobacter, that cause food poisoning
Word: campylobacterosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From campylobacter + -osis. 1. A gastrointestinal condition characterized by diarrhea etc., caused by eating raw or unpasteurised food contaminated with campylobacteria. Labels: uncountable
Word: cytotonic Part of Speech: adj 1. That changes the morphology of a cell without killing it.
Word: extragastrointestinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extra- + gastrointestinal. 1. Within the abdomen, but outside of the gastrointestinal system. Labels: not-comparable
Word: branchwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From branch + work. 1. Collectively, the branches of a tree. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: and whose exquisite whiteness was not a little set off by a sprout of black curling hair round the root, through the jetty sprigs of which the fair skin shew'd as in a fine evening you may have remark'd the clear light ether throught the branchwork of distant trees over-topping the summit of a hill. 2. Any design or pattern resembling branches. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thus, from what has been stated, we see that neither the white puncta nor the minute white branchwork of lines were ever tubular.
Word: immunomagnetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From immuno- + magnetic. 1. Describing a technique in which specific cells are separated via attachment to paramagnetic beads Labels: not-comparable
Word: immunotypic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From immunotype + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to an immunotype. Labels: not-comparable
Word: aftercourse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From after- + course. 1. The course (sequence of events or actions) that follows something; subsequent course. Example: And if she should, which Heaven forbid, O’rethrow me, as the Fidler did, What after-course have I to take, ’Gainst losing all I have at Stake? Example: […] they beheld that young man in those auspicious days, setting out in the paths of glory, with an ardour that promised the happiest progress in his after course! 2. The final course of a meal. Labels: archaic Example: Yet durst I sweare he neuer dranke Tabacco, That smoake at those times was not in request, But for this doting age reseru’d in store: Now ’tis an after-course at euery feast, To some it may doe good, but hurt to more. Example: […] Menippus set aside the wafercakes with his hand, saying; that a sweet aftercourse makes a stinking breath: 3. A subsequent course of study. Labels: obsolete Example: […] although her education had only the finish of the common schools, yet she had superior teachers, who directed her in an after-course of reading and study, which took her far beyond the ordinary school course. Example: 1892, F. J. Campbell, “The Education of the Blind” in C. E. Shelly (ed.), Transactions of the Seventh International Congress of Hygiene and Demography, London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, Section 4, pp. 231-232, […] I am confident that the nation will not be satisfied until we have a complete system, not only of elementary education, but an after course of training which will so prepare all the young blind of average ability that when they arrive at a suitable age for business they will become producers, and not, as hitherto, sink into semi-pauperism.
Word: leukotoxins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leukotoxin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aftercourses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aftercourse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leukotoxin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leuko- + toxin. 1. Any substance that is toxic to leukocytes
Word: microaerobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr) Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) French aérobie Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English aerobic English microaerobic From micro- + aerobic. 1. Having a very low concentration of oxygen; almost but not quite anaerobic Labels: not-comparable
Word: microcolonies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microcolony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microcolony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + colony. 1. A microscopic colony of cells (especially of bacteria)
Word: moschate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin moschātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Exuding a musk-like odour. Labels: rare Example: Her familiar perfume and moschate odor was overwhelming within the confines of the car, especially with the windows rolled up. Hoke started the engine and switched on the air conditioning.
Word: paracrystalline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From para- + crystalline. 1. Of or pertaining to a paracrystal Labels: not-comparable
Word: pathobiont Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From patho- + -biont. 1. Any potentially pathological (disease-causing) organism which, under normal circumstances, lives as a non-harming symbiont
Word: peridontitis Part of Speech: noun 1. inflammation and infection of the periodontium Labels: no-plural
Word: periodontopathic Part of Speech: adj 1. that causes disease of the periodontium
Word: skywave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sky + wave. 1. An electromagnetic wave refracted back to the Earth by the ionosphere.
Word: horseapple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From horse + apple. 1. The large, wrinkled, inedible fruit of the American tree Maclura pomifera. 2. A tree of this species.
Word: horseapples Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of horseapple Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Yprois Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in nominal use in May 1845 and in adjectival use in 1890; from the French noun Yprois and adjective yprois, both from Ypres. Pronunciation: /iːpˈɹwɑː/, /iːpˈɹwɑːz/ 1. An inhabitant of the city of Ypres; (also, more broadly) an inhabitant of the municipality of the same name. Example: A few amongst them even fled, some of whom in endeavouring to swim across the Lys were drowned, and others who made for the city were stopped by the Yprois who manned the ramparts, and driven back to the fight. Example: They were the work of the Yprois Taillebert, who, both in stone and wood, has left in his native town and its neighbourhood incontestible proofs of his activity and talent.
Word: Yprois Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in nominal use in May 1845 and in adjectival use in 1890; from the French noun Yprois and adjective yprois, both from Ypres. Pronunciation: /iːpˈɹwɑː/, /iːpˈɹwɑːz/ 1. Of, comprising, or populated by Yprois. Labels: not-comparable Example: To trace the origin of the Yprois devotion to this Madonna, we must go back five centuries. Example: Margaret was a woman of property, a member of the upper classes; both she and her husband were from prominent Yprois families.
Word: amydst Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete form of amidst. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: amyddest Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete form of amidst. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: amidest Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete spelling of amidst. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: ageynest Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete spelling of against. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: ageinest Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete spelling of against. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: amyddst Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete form of amidst. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: amiddst Part of Speech: prep 1. Rare spelling of amidst. Labels: alt-of, rare
Word: amiddest Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete spelling of amidst. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: midest Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of midst. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: middst Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of midst. Labels: alt-of, no-plural, obsolete
Word: middest Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of midst. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: middest Part of Speech: adj 1. Situated nearest the middle; middlemost; midmost. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Yet the stout Faerie mongst the middest crowd.
Word: mydst Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of midst. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: mydest Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of midst. Labels: alt-of, no-plural, obsolete
Word: myddst Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of midst. Labels: alt-of, no-plural, obsolete
Word: myddest Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of midst. Labels: alt-of, no-plural, obsolete
Word: whilest Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From whiles + -t. 1. Obsolete form of whilst. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: whilest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From while + -est. 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of while Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular Example: I imagine nothing; I see how ’t is thou whilest the time away When I am gone!
Word: whylst Part of Speech: conj 1. Obsolete form of whilst. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: whylest Part of Speech: conj 1. Obsolete form of whilst. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: alongest Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete form of alongst. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: alongest Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete form of alongst. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: amoungest Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete form of amongst. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: amongest Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete form of amongst. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: againest Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete spelling of against. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: agenst Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete spelling of against. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: agenest Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete spelling of against. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: ageinst Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete spelling of against. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: agaynest Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete spelling of against. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: ageynst Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete spelling of against. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: total internal reflection Part of Speech: noun 1. A phenomenon where light, instead of passing into a medium of a lower refractive index and refracting away from the normal, is completely reflected by the boundary between the two media because it approaches at an angle greater than or equal to the critical angle. Labels: uncountable 2. An instance of this phenomenon. Labels: countable
Word: total internal reflections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of total internal reflection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: complete internal reflection Part of Speech: noun 1. total internal reflection Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: complete internal reflections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of complete internal reflection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hog deer Part of Speech: noun 1. Any deer of the genus Axis. 2. The deer Axis porcinus.
Word: betwyxt Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete form of betwixt. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: anearst Part of Speech: prep 1. Synonym of anear. Labels: rare
Word: total internal reflexion Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of total internal reflection. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: total internal reflexions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of total internal reflexion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acrosst Part of Speech: adv 1. across Labels: dialectal, not-comparable, obsolete Example: Emily steps back behind a rope that a couple of hands stretches acrosst the stage; and then a couple more hands shoves a wooden runaway acrosst the orchestra rail … Example: Up and down them hills and hollers and out acrosst that Injun country, like the devil was after 'em.
Word: acrosst Part of Speech: prep 1. across Labels: obsolete Example: Their family worked the land behind that horse farm acrosst from where your great-grannie and all us used to live.
Word: anighst Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete form of anigh. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: anighst Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete form of anigh. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: incas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fagdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fag + -dom. 1. Homosexuality. Labels: derogatory, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: I'll always be an advocate for fagdom. Example: 2003, The Advocate, link But Matthew educated me in fagdom. He really laid the groundwork for me in terms of getting comfortable with my sexuality, lie introduced me to gayness, even though he never identified as homosexual 2. The state of being a fag (in the page or subordinate sense); servanthood. Labels: uncountable Example: […] and one may rise from that humble functionary, step by step, and trace fagdom in every real way Example: Each Upper had his private Fag; but general fagdom consisted of obedience to the demand of every Upper, no matter in whose House he happened to be.
Word: pardale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pardalis. Compare pard. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑː(ɹ)deɪl/ 1. A leopard. Labels: obsolete Example: The pardale swift, and the tyger cruel.
Word: pardales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pardale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decolor Part of Speech: verb 1. US spelling of decolour. Labels: US, alt-of