nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: saber rattling Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sabre-rattling. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: saber rattling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of saber rattle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: existimation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin existimatio. 1. Opinion, esteem or judgment. Labels: uncountable Example: Then if a man in such a company, where some disdain and have despite at other men's inventions, and some count their own best, if among such men (I say) a man should bring forth anything, that he hath read done in times past, or that he hath seen done in other places: there the hearers fare as though the whole existimation of their wisdom were in jeopardy to be overthrown, and that ever after they should be counted for very fools, unless they could in other men's inventions pick out matter to reprehend, and find fault at.
Word: vaniloquence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vanus (“vain”) + loquentia (“talk”). 1. Idle or vain talk. Labels: uncountable Example: In philosophy, however, it is to be deplored that eloquence too commonly passes for science, being mistaken for logical acquirement; but truth alone is the just eloquence of philosophy, and without it the finest composition is, to the logician, but babbling and vaniloquence. Example: Thus Pelagatti remained a loner throughout his life; he was frequently taken down to the police station, and subject to political identity crises that would plunge him either into obstinate silence or vaniloquence about the rocket engines and camels of the three wise men.
Word: incogitancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin incōgitantia (“thoughtlessness”), from incōgitāns, from in- + cogitāns, present active participle of cōgitō (“think”). 1. A lack of thought or thinking. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 'Tis folly and incogitancy to argue anything, one way or the other, from the designs of a sort of beings with whom we so little communicate. Example: The motion of my blood no longer keeps time with the tumult of the world. It leads me to seek for happiness in the lap and love of my family, in the society of my neighbors & my books, in the wholesome occupations of my farm & my affairs, in an interest or affection in every bud that opens, in every breath that blows around me, in an entire freedom of rest or motion, of thought or incogitancy, owing account to myself alone of my hours & actions.
Word: saber saw Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sabre saw. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: sabre saw Part of Speech: noun 1. A portable electric jigsaw.
Word: sabha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi सभा (sabhā). 1. a public meeting, assembly, or organized group Labels: India
Word: separate peace Part of Speech: noun 1. Peace concluded between enemies that has no impact on the relationships of either with the other's allies or cobelligerents.
Word: separate peaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of separate peace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sabian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic الصَّابِئَة (aṣ-ṣābiʔa), of uncertain origin. Possibly related to Hebrew צָבָא (ṣaḇa, “army, host”) or Classical Mandaic ࡑࡁࡀ (ṣba, “baptizer”). Pronunciation: /ˈseɪ̯biən/, /ˈsɑbiən/ 1. A member of a group (mentioned in the Qur'an) that is entitled to Muslim religious toleration, along with Jews and Christians. The group's identity is unknown, but they are usually identified with the Mandaeans or the Elkesaites.
Word: sabicu Part of Speech: noun 1. a West Indian tree Lysiloma sabicu 2. the hard dark wood of the sabicu tree, which resembles mahogany in texture
Word: Sabin vaccine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Albert Bruce Sabin, an American immunologist. 1. A polio vaccine that is taken by mouth, and contains the three serotypes of polio in a weakened live state.
Word: synereses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of syneresis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sabine River Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Spanish name Rio de Sabinas, referring to cypress trees growing along its lower reaches. 1. A river that flows through eastern Texas and western Louisiana into the Gulf of Mexico.
Word: onomatapoeia Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of onomatopoeia. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: sabinene Part of Speech: noun 1. A liquid bicyclic unsaturated terpene hydrocarbon which is found usually in savin oil. It is the isomer of thujene containing a double bond outside the rings. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: long arm Part of Speech: noun 1. A pole tool used for handling things too far away to reach. 2. Influence; far-reaching power. Labels: idiomatic Example: the long arm of the law 3. A gun with a long barrel, such as a rifle or shotgun. 4. A quilting machine that holds the fabric stationary on long rollers but allows the sewing mechanism to move around the surface of the fabric.
Word: coria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wase (“torch”), related to Middle Low German and Middle Dutch wase (“bundle of straw, torch”), Danish vase (“wisp of straw, bundle”), Swedish vase (“a sheaf”). Pronunciation: /weɪs/ 1. A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: a waze of strawe in his hande.
Word: apophysitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From apophysis + -itis. Pronunciation: /əˌpɒfɪˈsaɪtɪs/ 1. Inflammation of an apophysis, a bony tubercle.
Word: wos Part of Speech: verb 1. Eye dialect spelling of was. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: She wos real good to 'em all, she wos, ma'am. 2. was Example: But there wos John, he had his two han's up,
Word: ELAS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Greek People's Liberation Army. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Example: Roumeli belonged to ELAS, and the commander who first took him into his particular band was proudly and overtly Communist. Example: Looting and street fighting between armed gangs loyal to the Rallis government and to ELAS became daily occurrences in the city.
Word: mesh numbers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mesh number Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pulmonary edema Part of Speech: noun 1. The accumulation of fluid in the tissue of the lungs.
Word: argents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of argent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kiteboarded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of kiteboard Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: noncontributor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + contributor. 1. One who is not a contributor.
Word: noncontributors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noncontributor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goyish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From goy + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɔɪ.ɪʃ/ 1. Of or relating to a goy, not Jewish. Labels: offensive, sometimes Example: "Fruit salad is Jewish. Lime Jell-O is goyish. ... Italians are Jewish. Greeks are Goyish..."
Word: retentivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From retentive + -ity. 1. The ability to retain, potential for retention. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The capacity to retain magnetism after a magnetizing action. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: proferts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of profert Labels: form-of, plural
Word: retentor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin retentor, from retentare, from retinere (“retain, hold back”), from re- + tenere. 1. A muscle which holds a body part in place, notably in extended or retracted position
Word: clinique Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of clinic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: cliniques Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clinique Labels: form-of, plural
Word: directoire Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Directoire. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: colin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French colin, properly a diminutive of Colas, contracted from Nicolas (“Nicholas”). 1. The American quail or bobwhite, or related species. Example: To this belongs the Colin or Quail of New England and Partridge of the South […] Example: Many efforts have been made to improve and increase the variety of our game stock, but whereas the Barbary partridge, the willow grouse, the colin, bob-white, button quail, and even tinamou have been tried and failed […]
Word: colins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of colin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overflow pool Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of swimming pool or reflecting pool that has at least one edge over which water overflows, creating a dramatic visual effect.
Word: piscines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of piscine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: porno- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pórnē Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē)der. English porno- From πορν- (porn-), the stem of the Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē, “prostitute”). Sense 2 from porno(graphy) and porno(grapher), both ultimately also from πόρνη (pórnē, “prostitute”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːnəʊ/ 1. Relating to prostitutes or prostitution. Labels: morpheme 2. Of, pertaining to, or constituting pornography. Labels: morpheme
Word: Habsburg Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Habsburg, according to legend from Habichtsburg (“hawk's castle”) (Habicht (“hawk”) + Burg (“castle”)). Pronunciation: /ˈhæps.bɜːɹɡ/ 1. An Alpine castle in Aargau canton, northern Switzerland. 2. A Swabian noble family named after it, which became the ruling (hereditary) dynasty of Austria, at times other countries (mainly in Iberia and the former Burgundian territories) and supplied successive (elected) emperors of the Holy Roman Empire.
Word: Habsburg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Habsburg, according to legend from Habichtsburg (“hawk's castle”) (Habicht (“hawk”) + Burg (“castle”)). Pronunciation: /ˈhæps.bɜːɹɡ/ 1. A member of the Habsburg noble family. Example: Did European royals sometimes intermarry? Yes. There are a couple of examples of that. The Habsburgs are not beating the allegations.
Word: Habsburg Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from German Habsburg, according to legend from Habichtsburg (“hawk's castle”) (Habicht (“hawk”) + Burg (“castle”)). Pronunciation: /ˈhæps.bɜːɹɡ/ 1. Relating to the Habsburg family and dynasty. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cherubically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From cherubic + -ally. 1. In a cherubic way.
Word: heelprint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heel + print. 1. A partial footprint left by a heel.
Word: heelprints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heelprint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gardening leave Part of Speech: noun 1. Garden leave. Labels: UK, uncountable Example: Goodchild had accepted an offer to move from UBS to Coutts, and because the two banks are in direct competition he was, as he expected to be, put straight on to "gardening leave". Example: Until September Mr Orcel was head of the investment bank at Switzerland’s UBS. He had been due to succeed José Antonio Álvarez in April, after “gardening leave”.
Word: antonymously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From antonymous + -ly. 1. In an antonymous way.
Word: garden leave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In reference to the time a person can work on their garden during their paid leave. 1. A period of paid leave before termination of employment, often including non-compete contract clauses. Labels: UK, uncountable Example: We think he's going to start working for our competitor, so we've put on him on garden leave so he doesn't take all of our latest ideas. Example: The use of a garden leave clause means that the employee is allowed to stay at home (in the garden!) on full pay but is not allowed to work for anyone else during the life of the notice period.
Word: untrampled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + trampled. 1. Not trampled. Labels: not-comparable Example: None the less there is no trace of childish depredations^([sic]) in the grounds or buildings: lawns are green and untrampled, though open and free to everyone; walls are unscrawled; the place is as beautifully kept as a private estate.
Word: Aufklärer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Aufklärer. 1. An enlightener. 2. An enlightener.
Word: Flying Fortress Part of Speech: name 1. The Boeing B-17, a United States WWII heavy bomber, based upon a reputation for toughness and reliability, as well as its relatively heavy defensive armament at the expense of bombload. Labels: informal
Word: sabino Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various trees: 2. Any of various trees: 3. Any of various trees: 4. Any of various trees: 5. A pinto horse with a white spotted pattern.
Word: sable antelope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: probably from its sable black coloring 1. A large antelope, of species Hippotragus niger, of eastern and southern Africa. Example: I saw a rhinoceros, buffalo (a large herd), eland, quagga, and sable antelope, the most beautiful of all the bucks, not to mention many smaller varieties of game, and three ostriches which scudded away at our approach like white drift before a gale.
Word: sableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sable + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being sable Labels: uncountable
Word: sably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From sable + -ly. 1. in a sable manner
Word: pigs in a poke Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pig in a poke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dursn't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From durst + -n't. 1. Contraction of durst + not. Labels: Yorkshire, abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, contraction Example: They dursn't go theer nomoor seein as they wor copp'd steylin last time. Example: Dursn’t jump off a gate, dursn’t tweedle, dursn’t go on a slide, dursn’t stop a girl hittin’ her.
Word: jenny wren Part of Speech: noun 1. The wren, Troglodytes troglodytes, especially as considered (in nursery-rhymes, etc.) as the wife or sweetheart of robin redbreast. Labels: UK Example: There would have been no one to superintend him, except a squirrel perhaps or a jenny wren, at which he might have winked. 2. a female blue wren, or a male blue wren in non-breeding plumage. Labels: Australia Example: But Rogers had married beneath him, and the sight of the pursy upstart [...] sitting there, in satin and feathers, lording it over his own little Jenny Wren, was more than Mahony could tolerate. Example: Female Superb Blue Wrens lack the bold pattern and colour of the male. They are often referred to by the common name of "Jenny-wren". 3. Synonym of herb Robert. Labels: US
Word: aneurysm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνεύρυσμα (aneúrusma, “a widening, a dilation”), from ἀνευρύνω (aneurúnō, “to dilate”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + εὐρύς (eurús, “wide”). Pronunciation: /ˈan.jʊɹ.ɪz.əm/, /ˈæn.jəɹ.ɪz.əm/ 1. An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel. Example: About 120,000 people were helping with the two-week annual harvest and “obviously you’re going to have some accidents”, he said. Every year, “one or two people” died from heart failure or aneurysms, he added.
Word: aneurism Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈan.jʊɹ.ɪz.əm/, /ˈæn.jəɹ.ɪz.əm/ 1. Dated spelling of aneurysm. Example: Give me a swift death, she thought — a hammer blow to the head, the sudden aneurism, the proverbial bus.
Word: Arsis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Arsis, from Ancient Greek ἄρσις (ársis, “elevation”). 1. Raising of the voice in prosody, accented part of a metrical foot
Word: datagramme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From data + -gramme. 1. Alternative spelling of datagram. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: While on the subject of datagramming, I want to thank Allan Dubost of Dibdon Purlieu in Hampshire for sending me a series of datagrammes which will enable Visicalc users to load VC files from a menu. Not only can his datagrammes provide you with a catalog of the files on any VC data disc, but the loading of any file can be done by keying /SL followed by h single letter, even if the full name of the file actually consists of 30 characters. How does Allan do it? All will be revealed in a month or two. Example: The basis of our architecture is the PIM-SSM IPv6 layer where a flow of data is sent from one source to a set of receivers. This set of flows in the networks is called a multicast channel. Of course, based on IP, the channel handles datagrammes, without reliability.
Word: antiphlogistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + Ancient Greek φλόξ (phlóx, “flame”) + -istic. 1. Counteracting inflammation. Example: Messengers went off for her physician and medical man. They came, consulted, prescribed, vanished. The young companion of Miss Crawley, at the conclusion of their interview, came in to receive their instructions, and administered those antiphlogistic medicines which the eminent men ordered. 2. Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston.
Word: antiphlogistic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + Ancient Greek φλόξ (phlóx, “flame”) + -istic. 1. A plant or remedy that reduces inflammation. Example: Inflammatory glossocele must be combated by antiphlogistics.
Word: antiphlogistics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antiphlogistic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: speciesist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From species + -ist, first use appears c. 1975 in the publications of Richard D. Ryder. 1. A proponent of speciesism.
Word: speciesist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From species + -ist, first use appears c. 1975 in the publications of Richard D. Ryder. 1. Of or relating to speciesism.
Word: speciesists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speciesist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: helioelectric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From helio- + electric. 1. Describing electric power generated by the rays of the sun. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cervical vertebrae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cervical vertebra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barrulets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barrulet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crosses crosslet Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cross crosslet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypertensively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hypertensive + -ly. 1. In a hypertensive way. Labels: not-comparable
Word: crosses flory Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cross flory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aguelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ague + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an ague.
Word: aldermanlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From alderman + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an alderman.
Word: asslike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English asse lyke; equivalent to ass + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an ass (the animal).
Word: auntlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aunt + -like. 1. Characteristic of or resembling an aunt.
Word: bowlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bow + -like. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊlaɪk/ 1. Resembling or characteristic of a bow (bent frame for firing arrows).
Word: brooklike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brook + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a brook.
Word: brotherlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brother + -like. Piecewise doublet of friarlike. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a brother.
Word: sisterlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sister + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a sister.
Word: saltires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saltire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hotwife Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hot + wife. 1. A married female swinger; a wife who has sex with people other than her spouse, with the spouse's approval. A wife whose spouse is a swinger or wittol. Labels: slang Example: Jeff and Allison secretly live the "hotwife/cuckold" lifestyle. Example: 2018 ‘Stag’ men love watching other guys have sex with their wives… but it’s not cuckolding The Vixen, often known as ‘Hotwife’, has sex with the encouragement of her husband or boyfriend with the Bull (that’s the guy who is servicing her).
Word: hotwife Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hot + wife. 1. To participate in a hotwife sexual relationship. Labels: slang
Word: unsisterlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + sisterlike. 1. Not sisterlike.
Word: skinlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From skin + -like. 1. Resembling skin or some aspect of it.
Word: dermally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From dermal + -ly. 1. In a dermal way; of or to the skin. Labels: not-comparable
Word: skylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sky + -like. 1. Resembling the sky or some aspect of it. Example: Trailing and creeping plants of every clime will soon be twining their fingers into every recess of the iron-work, and mounting still higher by every pillar and "coigne of vantage," until they have gained the skylike arch of glass.
Word: surcoats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surcoat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: surcoated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From surcoat + -ed. 1. Dressed in a surcoat. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sluicelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sluice + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a sluice.
Word: CC RAM Part of Speech: noun 1. charge-coupled RAM cell. Labels: uncountable
Word: clearing house Part of Speech: noun 1. A central point where clearing banks and other financial firms exchange checks, settle accounts, etc. Example: The Railway Clearing House, which was established 120 years ago, was disbanded on March 31. [see "Further reading" for the Wikipedia article.] 2. A hub of collection, maintenance, and distribution of goods, information etc. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: The mixed load is likely to have come from Rotterdam, one of Europe's key clearing houses for drugs 3. A repository structure, physical or virtual, that collects, stores, and disseminates information, metadata, and data
Word: compression pump Part of Speech: noun 1. A machine used to keep blood and lymph flowing by pushing air through bands or sleeves that are placed on the arms or legs.
Word: cushoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi [Term?]. 1. The equivalent of a regiment or brigade in Tippu Sultan's army. Labels: historical
Word: God complex Part of Speech: noun 1. An unshakable belief characterized by consistently inflated feelings of personal ability, privilege, or infallibility. Example: Bad motherfucker, God complex / Motivate your ass, call me Malcolm X
Word: soldierlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From soldier + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a soldier.
Word: macrobiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro- + biology. 1. The study of large living organisms. Labels: uncountable
Word: man of parts Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The phrase saw much use in the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe, especially in England. 1. A man who is talented in multiple areas of life. Labels: idiomatic Example: He was a fellow of parts, quick, humorous, a clever painter, and with an eye for certain poetical effects of sea and ships. Example: To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.
Word: microsclerodermin Part of Speech: noun 1. A family of macrocyclic compounds derived from a marine sponge.
Word: over-canvassed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + canvassed. 1. Of a sailing boat (dinghy, yacht or sailing ship): carrying too much sail for the current wind conditions.
Word: gap years Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gap year Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squirelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From squire + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a squire.
Word: suitlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From suit + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a suit (set of clothes).
Word: syruplike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From syrup + -like. 1. Resembling syrup or some aspect of it.
Word: taglike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tag + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a tag.
Word: tapelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tape + -like. 1. Resembling tape (the narrow band of material) or some aspect of it.
Word: veillike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From veil + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a veil. Example: The moon went slowly down in chastened loveliness; she departed like some sweet bride into her chamber, and long veil-like shadows crept up the sky through which the stars peeped shyly out.
Word: woollike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wool + -like. 1. Resembling wool or some aspect of it.
Word: tealike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tea + -like. 1. Resembling tea (the drink or plant) or some aspect of it.
Word: tradesmanlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tradesman + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a tradesman.
Word: cherublike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cherub + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a cherub.
Word: clumplike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From clump + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a clump.
Word: cokelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From coke + -like. 1. Resembling coke (coal residue) or some aspect of it.
Word: courtlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From court + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a court. 2. Courteous; polite.
Word: courtierlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From courtier + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a courtier.
Word: dawnlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dawn + -like. 1. Resembling dawn or some aspect of it.
Word: disclike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From disc + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a disc.
Word: disklike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From disk + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a disk.
Word: downlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From down + -like. 1. Resembling down (soft immature feathers) or some aspect of it.
Word: Aristophanean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin Aristophanēus + -an 1. Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, his plays or his poetry.
Word: dwarflike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dwarf + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
Word: elflike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From elf + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an elf.
Word: fairylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fairy + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a fairy. Example: Scores of coconut-shell fires blazed with their characteristic glaring white flame, throwing grotesque shadows on the brown thatched huts, dancing in fairylike shimmerings among the domes of coconut fronds, casting ghostly reaches of light through the adjacent graveyards, and silhouetting the forms of pareu-clad natives at work cleaning their fish or laying them on the live coals to broil. Example: We halted by a fairy-like pool where the proud Davey stood beside a wopper ’roo.
Word: epiclike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From epic + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an epic.
Word: fatlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fat + -like. 1. Resembling fat (the chemical substance) or some aspect of it.
Word: fumelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fume + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a fume.
Word: fumiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of fumy: most fumy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: gablelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gable + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a gable.
Word: atticlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From attic + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an attic.
Word: gladelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From glade + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a glade.
Word: gnatlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gnat + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a gnat; tiny, insignificant.
Word: atticky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From attic + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an attic. Labels: informal Example: […] with its nice atticky smell that no other house in the world had! It just fitted all around you, when you went in the door […] Example: She had no intention of giving up her flat, especially since her rent included the three little atticky rooms on the third floor, the top floor of the house […]
Word: grouselike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From grouse + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a grouse.
Word: guardlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From guard + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a guard.
Word: guardianlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From guardian + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a guardian.
Word: goadlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From goad + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a goad.
Word: gulflike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gulf + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a gulf.
Word: gutlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gut + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a gut.
Word: haglike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hag + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a hag; hideous, cronelike.
Word: halolike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From halo + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a halo.
Word: heathlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From heath + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a heath.
Word: hemplike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hemp + -like. 1. Resembling hemp or some aspect of it.
Word: herblike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From herb + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a herb.
Word: hiplike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hip + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a hip (joint of the body).
Word: hoelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hoe + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a hoe (agricultural implement).
Word: vanquishable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vanquish + -able. 1. That can be vanquished; defeatable, conquerable.
Word: unvanquishable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + vanquishable. 1. That cannot be vanquished; undefeatable, inconquerable. Example: [...] if a man shall give his mind to these [i.e. stones, and herbs, and charms], he shall not only render his soul unvanquishable by passions, but shall also preserve his body the better in health: [etc.] Example: Rise like Lions after slumber / In unvanquishable number
Word: keeplike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From keep + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a keep (castle tower). Labels: rare
Word: hormonelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hormone + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a hormone.
Word: kinglike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From king + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a king.
Word: unkingly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + kingly (adverb via Middle English unkyngly). 1. Not kingly. Example: […] yet a people is also of God, a part of God, and they may uncrown him, destroy him and cast him forth if he act unkingly.
Word: unkingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From un- + kingly (adverb via Middle English unkyngly). 1. In an unkingly manner; not befitting a king. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lakelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lake + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a lake.
Word: lemminglike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lemming + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a lemming, especially in having a propensity to follow blindly after a leader.
Word: lemurlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lemur + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a lemur.
Word: metallike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From metal + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a metal.
Word: nightlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From night + -like. 1. Resembling night or some aspect of it; dark, tenebrous.
Word: bathing suits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bathing suit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unknightly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + knightly. 1. Not knightly. Example: There still faintly beamed from the woman's features something of the freshness, and even the prettiness, of her youth; rendering it probable that the personal charms which Tess could boast of were in main part her mother's gift, and therefore unknightly, unhistorical. 2. Of behaviour, not befitting a knight; ungallant.
Word: unknightlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + knightlike. 1. Not knightlike.
Word: knightlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From knight + -like. 1. Knightly; bold, gallant, etc.
Word: niblike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nib + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of the nib of a pen. Example: Tubular awls with niblike points (like a pen point) and made from bird bones or the leg bones of certain small mammals
Word: niblike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nibs + -like. 1. Gentlemanly. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: All my togs were so niblike and splash
Word: novalike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nova + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a nova.
Word: nunlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nun + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a nun.
Word: nurselike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nurse + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a nurse. Example: LF 43 looking for same serious relationship. Thoughful, affectionate, nurselike, romantic eve, music art and much more.
Word: petallike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From petal + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a petal.
Word: pinelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pine + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a pine tree. Example: Near-synonym: piny
Word: pithlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pith + -like. 1. Resembling pith or some aspect of it.
Word: conelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cone + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a cone.
Word: playlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From play + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a play (dramatic production). 2. Resembling or characteristic of play (recreational behaviour).
Word: poetlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poet + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a poet.
Word: porcelainlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From porcelain + -like. 1. Resembling porcelain or some aspect of it.
Word: princelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From prince + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a prince.
Word: puttylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From putty + -like. 1. Resembling putty or some aspect of it.
Word: rubylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ruby + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a ruby.
Word: rufflike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ruff + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a ruff.
Word: roughishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From roughish + -ly. 1. In a roughish manner; somewhat roughly.
Word: resinlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From resin + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a resin.
Word: resinification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From resin + -ification. 1. The act or process of resinifying. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: resinifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of resinification Labels: form-of, plural
Word: saberlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From saber + -like. 1. Alternative spelling of sabrelike. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: satyrlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From satyr + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a satyr.
Word: seamlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From seam + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a seam. Example: In this context, the figments of Lesje’s imagination — the visions of gorgosauruses, pterodactyls, and iguanodons — function at the point of suture as the seamlike line of junction between her Imaginary existence and a symbolic one.
Word: seedlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From seed + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a seed. Example: Near-synonym: seedy Example: Black crowberry. Empetrum nigrum. Crowberry Family. Fruit. — The black drupe is berrylike, globular, and incloses six to nine seedlike nutlets with a seed in each. The calyx is at the base and the stigma is at the apex. The drupes are solitary in the leaf axils. They are juicy, acid, edible, and serve as food for the Arctic birds.
Word: staglike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stag + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a stag.
Word: sewerlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sewer + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a sewer (drainage pipe).
Word: shadowlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shadow + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a shadow.
Word: sheaflike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sheaf + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a sheaf.
Word: un-Jewish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + Jewish. 1. Not Jewish, or not Jewlike.
Word: shelflike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shelf + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a shelf.
Word: serflike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From serf + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a serf. Example: Millions were reduced to serflike conditions where a small white elite dominated different groups of black and white sharecroppers, indebted tenants and permanent debtors virtually enslaved through peonage.
Word: sighlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sigh + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a sigh.
Word: screamlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scream + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a scream.
Word: silklike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From silk + -like, q.v. 1. Synonym of silky, like silk. Example: The first artificial silk was cellulose-based rayon, known as viscose in Europe; DuPont's entirely synthetic nylon was insufficiently silklike at first to serve as a good substitute in fashion but quickly replaced Japanese silk for Allied military applications during World War II.
Word: præserve Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of preserve. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: præserve Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of preserve. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Wherefore, I thought I must cry mightily unto the Lord, that He would mercifully direct me, and protect me, in all my feeble, but faithful, Endeavours to serve Him; and that he would particularly furnish me with Patience, to undergo all the Obloquy, whereto my Fidelity to His Interests may expose me, in an evil Generation, and præserve me from all the Devices of Satan ever to blast me with Reproaches, that may at all incapacitate me for eminent Serviceableness.
Word: silkies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of silkie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of silky Labels: form-of, plural
Word: silkies Part of Speech: noun 1. Silky lingerie. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only Example: Lightweight, tightly woven silkies, sheers, lingerie Example: Gina knew from experience — from her first set of NaughtyNice silkies — that it was a color that looked very, very nice on her. 2. Short shorts for men, made of a thin fabric, with a lining and a pocket inside to hold a key while jogging. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only
Word: whalelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From whale + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a whale. Example: But there were others, too. Whalelike things that glided serenely through murky depths, warmed by a radioactive core they had assembled in the moon’s core.
Word: duncelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dunce + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a dunce. Example: Near-synonyms: stupid, foolish
Word: glandlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gland + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a gland.
Word: glenlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From glen + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a glen.
Word: judgelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From judge + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a judge.
Word: præserves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of præserve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: præserves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of præserve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: maplelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From maple + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a maple tree.
Word: postcardlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From postcard + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a postcard; picturesque.
Word: præserveth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of præserve Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: præserving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of præserve Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: præserved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of præserve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bothersomeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bothersome + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being bothersome. Labels: uncountable
Word: bothersomely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From bothersome + -ly. 1. In a bothersome way.
Word: funnel weavers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of funnel weaver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: andouillette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French andouillette. Pronunciation: /ˌɑnduˈjɛt/, /ˌænduˈjɛt/ 1. A small andouille (type of sausage).
Word: sieve of Eratosthenes Part of Speech: name 1. An ancient algorithm for finding prime numbers that works by discarding multiples from a list of potential primes.
Word: Urmia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Probably from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܐܘܪ (w-r, “city”), a common Assyrian name for cities around Mesopotamia, and ܡܝܐ (miyā, “water”), referring to the great lake nearby. Pronunciation: /ˈɜːmɪə/ 1. A salt lake northwestern Iran, near Turkey. 2. A city in Iran, the seat of Urmia County's Central District and the capital of West Azerbaijan Province, on the shore of the lake of the same name. 3. A county of Iran, around the city.
Word: Çoruh Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish Çoruh. 1. A river in Turkey flowing north through the Armenian Highland and emptying into the Black Sea in the Adjara region of Georgia.
Word: Armenian Highland Part of Speech: name 1. A plateau in the north of West Asia, connecting the Lesser Caucasus with the Taurus Mountains. Total area: about 400,000 km². Average elevation: 1500 to 2000 metres, highest point: Mount Ararat. The area lies mostly in eastern Turkey; also includes the whole of modern Armenia, southern Georgia, western Azerbaijan, northwestern Iran, Nakhichevan and Nagorno-Karabakh.
Word: enchiridions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enchiridion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enchiridia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enchiridion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prestezza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian. 1. A painting technique which uses a series of fast brushstrokes to create the impression of faces and objects, rather than working out their details Labels: uncountable
Word: pelidnoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pelidnoma, from Ancient Greek πελίδνωμα (pelídnōma, “dark spot”). 1. A circumscribed, elevated, livid patch on the skin.
Word: boose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bose, boose, from Old English *bōs (attested in bōsih, bōsig (“cow-stall”)), from Proto-West Germanic *bans, from Proto-Germanic *bansaz, *bandsaz, *bandstiz (“stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”). Pronunciation: /buːs/, /ˈbʉs/ 1. A stall for an animal (usually a cow). Labels: dialectal Example: It especially used of the sweepings of cows' booses; and this leads me to remark that it is in the language connected with the farm that some of our good old English monosyllables are to be traced.
Word: boose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bousen (verb) and bouse (noun). Pronunciation: /buːz/ 1. Alternative spelling of booze. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1922, A.E Housman, "The Oracles" 'Tis true there's better boose than brine, but he that drowns must drink it; And oh, my lass, the news is news that men have heard before. Example: Sucking duck eggs by God till further orders. Keep him off the boose, see? O, by God, Blazes is a hairy chap.
Word: boose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bousen (verb) and bouse (noun). Pronunciation: /buːz/ 1. Alternative spelling of booze. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Why, you would not be boosing till lightman's in a square crib like mine, as if you were in a flash panny?
Word: crono- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek Κρόνος (Krónos, “Cronus”). 1. Relating to Saturn Labels: morpheme
Word: crono- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos). 1. Obsolete form of chrono- (“relating to time”). Labels: alt-of, morpheme, obsolete
Word: frippet Part of Speech: noun 1. A frivolous young woman. Labels: obsolete
Word: frippish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French friperie, via frippery + -ish. 1. Gaudy, tawdry, showy in a cheap way. Labels: obsolete
Word: Yorkshiremen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Yorkshireman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: protocanonical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From proto- + canonical. 1. Describing the first (authorized) canon of books of scripture. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sapheads Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsæphɛdz/ 1. plural of saphead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Thier Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Thier. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Theil Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: basal ganglion Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of nuclei in the brain interconnected with the cerebral cortex, thalamus and brainstem.
Word: basal ganglia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of basal ganglion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lewy body Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Jewish German-born American neurologist Frederic Lewy (1885–1950). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛvi ˌbɒdi/ 1. An abnormal aggregate of protein that develops inside nerve cells.
Word: protogine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French protogine, coined in 1806 on the basis of Ancient Greek πρωτόγονος (prōtógonos, “first-created”), with an added suffix -ine, which the author used for certain minerals. 1. A form of granite containing silvery flakes of talc or similar minerals. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: protogynous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From proto- + -gynous. 1. Exhibiting protogyny. Labels: not-comparable 2. Whose female parts (stigma) becomes mature before the male ones (anthers). Labels: not-comparable 3. Whose female parts (archegonia) mature before the male parts (antheridia) release their spermatozoids. Labels: not-comparable
Word: awesomenessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Redundant suffixation: awesomeness + -ness or awesome + -ness + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːsəmnəsnəs/ 1. awesomeness Labels: Internet, emphatic, nonce-word, nonstandard, rare, uncountable Example: 2006: “aprilmark@gmail.com”, The Pepper Cascade (Google group): Swimming PS we still have the coupons, so we have to consider the awesomenessness to receive a discount coupon. please post with a reason why you should deserve a discount coupon. Example: >.< this is called a dragonfly when ewe type him in the chat box his wings wiggle awesomenessness
Word: protome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek προτομή (protomḗ, “severed head, bust”), from προ- (pro-, “front”) + τομή (tomḗ, “part cut off”). 1. A decorative element, on ancient artefacts, based on the head of an animal or bust of a person.
Word: personal trainers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of personal trainer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: St. Paul Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Saint Paul. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: “The business cycle is always super depressing when we think about the different parts of the income distribution, because the lowest decile … in every single recession, they fall further and further behind,” said Tyler Schipper, an associate professor of economics and data analytics at the University of St. Thomas, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Example: Dozens of people rushed into Cities Church in St. Paul Sunday morning, interrupting the church service and leading to tense confrontations, videos posted by activists and content creators show. The Saint Paul Police Department said it responded after receiving multiple calls reporting up to 40 protesters in the church. 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A town in the County of St. Paul, Alberta, Canada.
Word: Sabora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew סָבוֹרָא (sāḇorā), from Aramaic. 1. Any of the leading Jewish rabbis who completed the revision of the Babylonian Talmud in the 6th century C.E. Labels: in-plural
Word: segs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seg Labels: form-of, plural