nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Scotophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scoto- + -philia. 1. A love for the Scots or for Scotland. Labels: uncountable Example: As Linda Colley points out, Scotophobia rapidly turns into Scotophilia. The Highlands, instead of producing warriors who threatened the empire, as had happened in 1745, supplies the soldier who will defend and die for it[…]
Word: phytophilous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phyto- + -philous. Pronunciation: /faɪˈtɒfɪləs/ 1. Growing on or thriving in the presence of plants (especially of an insect or other invertebrate); having an affinity for plant life, especially describing animals, insects, or organisms that live on or feed upon plants. Labels: not-comparable
Word: photophilous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From photo- + -philous. 1. Thriving in the presence of light.
Word: ornithophilous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ornitho- + -philous. 1. Thriving in the presence of birds. 2. Pollinated by birds.
Word: dendrophilous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dendro- + -philous. 1. Thriving in an environment with trees; living in or on trees.
Word: $100 hamburger Part of Speech: noun 1. A general aviation flight that involves flying a short distance, eating a meal, and flying back. Labels: slang Example: It’s called hunting the $100 hamburger — “$100” referring to the cost of fuel — sort of the aeronautical equivalent of lazy Sunday drives in which the destination isn’t as important as the pleasure of getting away. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hamburger. Example: Daniel Boulud has a restaurant that serves a truffle and Kobe steak hamburger for $100 […] It's to make everything else on the menu look cheap by comparison. Someone sees a $100 hamburger on the menu, and they can look at a $50 steak and see it's a bargain.
Word: tobaccophobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tobacco + -phobe. 1. One who opposes the use of tobacco. Example: Henry Ford was a fanatical tobaccophobe and, had it been possible, would have insisted that all of his employees give up cigarettes.
Word: tobaccophobes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tobaccophobe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: philhippic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phil- + hippic. Pronunciation: /fɪlˈhɪpɪk/ 1. Fond of horses, horse-loving. Labels: rare Example: A philhippic discourse is to be endured from him, not incomparable to that of those pubescent girls who would readily entrap the Unicorn and who doubtless would make the Minocorn no less welcome […]. Example: This is a particularly apt satire of Englishness inasmuch as it is surrounded by the jingoistic mockery of the philhippic Neapolitan, the fantastical Frenchman, the cowardly Scot and the drunk German.
Word: bibliophily Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From biblio- + -phily. 1. A love of books. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: rheophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rheo- + -phile. 1. Any organism that thrives in the presence of running water.
Word: rheophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rheophile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tropophilous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tropo- + -philous. 1. Adapted to seasonal changes.
Word: theoxeny Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of theoxenia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: philoxenia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek φῐλοξενῐ́ᾱ (phĭloxenĭ́ā). Pronunciation: /ˌfɪloʊˈziːniə/, /ˌfiloʊ-/, /ˌfaɪloʊ-/, /-ˈzɛniə/, /ˌfilɒksiˈniːə/ 1. Love of strangers; eagerness to show hospitality. Labels: uncountable
Word: negrophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From negro + -phile. 1. One who takes an interest in the black (negro) race. Labels: dated, offensive Example: 1803, Review of Second Voyage à la Louisiane by [Louis Narcisse] Baudry des Lozières in The Edinburgh Review, Volume 3, Number 5, October 1803, p. 82, In the form of a dedication to those colonists who have been ruined by the revolution of the ‘negrophiles,’ our author contrives to give a life and character of himself; reminds these unfortunate people […] how he used to plead their causes for small fees; how he afterwards gave up the bar in order to fight for them […] Example: General Meade was no negrophile, and hence under him there were no more long oration orders on the rights of “that large class of citizens heretofore excluded from the suffrage.”
Word: negrophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of negrophile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: iconoclasticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iconoclastic + -ism. 1. iconoclastic beliefs and attitudes Labels: uncountable
Word: iconophilism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From icono- + -philism. 1. A love of icons, or religious images. Labels: uncountable
Word: philodemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek. By surface analysis, philo- + demos + -ic. 1. Having a love for the people. Example: The lot was vulnerable to criticism on philodemic grounds. 2. Of or relating to the Philodemic Society of Georgetown University.
Word: Gallophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Gallo- + -phile. 1. One who loves France or the French.
Word: Gallophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Gallophile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: petrophilous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From petro- + -philous. 1. Thriving in a rocky environment.
Word: myrmecophilous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From myrmeco- + -philous. 1. Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
Word: myrmecophily Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myrmeco- + -phily. 1. The condition of being myrmecophilous Labels: uncountable
Word: philocaly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek. See φίλος (phílos, “loving”) and κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”). 1. The love of beauty. Labels: uncountable 2. Meaning in use: focused on things that should be loved. For example, philocaly is the virtue of prioritizing profoundly important things over lush, hedonistic things (i.e., "Participant chose the safety of a child over the immediate satisfaction of a chocolate bar." Labels: uncountable 3. Concept often seen in Relational Frame Theory/Training/Therapy (RFT) to mean putting longterm goals ahead of short-term goals, as a demonstration of an organism's capacity to do rule-governed behavior. Labels: uncountable 4. Concept often seen in Radical Behaviorism to refer to putting community needs ahead of direct needs. Usage example, "A Skinnerian explanation of an adult facing danger to save a child or people going to war rather than tolerating tyranny, is a mixture of natural endowments and a history of verbal reinforcement of contingencies that put remote reinforcers ahead of direct personal safety, resulting in valuing biological mechanisms capable of overriding innate personal-survival mechanisms." Labels: uncountable
Word: Liechtensteinian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Liechtenstein + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Liechtenstein.
Word: chiropterophilous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chiroptero- + -philous. 1. Adapted to thrive in the presence of bats (the flying mammal). Example: a chiropterophilous plant
Word: unipolarity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unipolar + -ity. 1. The condition of being unipolar. Labels: uncountable
Word: ammophilous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄμμος (ámmos) + philous. 1. Thriving in a sandy environment.
Word: flattage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flat + -age. 1. flats, taken as a whole Labels: uncountable
Word: Germanophilia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of germanophilia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: ophiophobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ophio- + -phobe. 1. One who fears or hates snakes.
Word: ophiophobes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ophiophobe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ophiophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ophio- (“snake”) + -phobia (“fear of”). 1. A morbid fear of snakes. Labels: uncountable
Word: Masonite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of masonite. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: Levitican Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Leviticus + -an. 1. Of or relating to the Book of Leviticus in the Bible. Example: This may be why the Levitican prohibition against same-sex intercourse is placed near prohibitions against adultery, […]
Word: Hollywood flat Part of Speech: noun 1. A heavy flat covered with masonite or lauan.
Word: Hollywood-style flat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Hollywood flat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Broadway flat Part of Speech: noun 1. A light flat covered with muslin.
Word: stage managers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stage manager Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sick bag Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sickbag. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nosebagged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nosebag + -ed. 1. Wearing a nosebag. Labels: not-comparable Example: The perforated patch helps a nosebagged animal to breathe easier, but its main function is to let out water should the need arise.
Word: flecky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fleck + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈflɛki/ 1. Having flecks.
Word: binary nouns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of binary noun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: predrill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + drill. 1. To drill through a substrate for the purpose of readying it for a second drilling, this time with the purpose of emplacing the desired input.
Word: predrills Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of predrill Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: predrilling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of predrill Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: predrilling Part of Speech: adj 1. Before drilling. Labels: not-comparable
Word: predrilled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of predrill Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Doomer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Doom + -er. 1. A player of the video game Doom. Labels: informal Example: Doomers, ranging from children to senior citizens, are up all night hunting specters, imps, and other hellspawn, battling each other in so-called Deathmatch tournaments, and checking out the latest Doom lore by conversing with the game’s developers over computer chat lines. […] What’s ahead for Doomers? Id has authorized a company called Austin Virtual Gaming to license an eight-screen Doom arcade setup around the country. Example: I am not a female Doomer, but I did "catch" my fiance playing Doom the other day. It led us to a discussion of why ID didn't put the option in to choose a female character. 2. Alternative letter-case form of doomer. Labels: alt-of
Word: postdrilling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + drilling. 1. After drilling. Labels: not-comparable
Word: œstruses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of œstrus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slave breakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slave breaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ruh-roh Part of Speech: intj Etymology: First used by Astro on the cartoon The Jetsons and later by Scooby-Doo in the Scooby-Doo cartoon series; both characters are dogs who speak broken English with the insertion of many r's. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌʔˌɹoʊ/ 1. Alternative form of uh-oh. Labels: alt-of, alternative, humorous Example: After we finished securing the motherboard, we planned to shoot an image of the rear I/O panel to show that none of the grounding tabs were obstructing ports. Ruh-roh. When we got down to shoot a close-up, we were surprised to see that both Gigabit Ethernet ports were obstructed, […] Example: Ruh-roh, Posey thought. Something was about to hit the fan.
Word: pseudo-active Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of pseudoactive. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: conchectomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From concha + -ectomy. 1. The cropping of the ears carried out with some breeds of dog Labels: uncountable
Word: chondronectin Part of Speech: noun 1. A cartilage matrix protein that mediates the attachment of chondrocytes to collagen Labels: uncountable
Word: counter-ermine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + ermine. 1. A tincture consisting of a black background with ermine shapes in white.
Word: copropraxia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From copro- (“dung”) + -praxia (“-praxis”). 1. An involuntary impulse to make obscene gestures. Labels: uncountable
Word: cordeliere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cordelière. Pronunciation: /ˌkoɹ.dəlˈjɛɹ/ 1. A decorative cord, especially that surrounding a blazon used to display a widow's coat of arms.
Word: corectopia Part of Speech: noun 1. The displacement of the eye's pupil from its normal, central position. Labels: uncountable
Word: couscoussier Part of Speech: noun 1. A double-chambered steamer used to prepare couscous.
Word: mosquito coil Part of Speech: noun 1. A mosquito-repelling incense, usually shaped into a spiral, and typically made from a dried paste of pyrethrum powder. Example: There is a sharp smell in the air, and my nose follows it to the three green mosquito coils on the floor, bringing out grey, waving smoke.
Word: cramponned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From crampon + -ed. 1. Bent over at the ends like a crampon. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cramponned Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From crampon + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of crampon Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nomen abstractum Part of Speech: noun 1. abstract noun
Word: nomina abstracta Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nomen abstractum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crantses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crants Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nomen concretum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. concrete noun
Word: nomina concreta Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nomen concretum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nomina agenti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nomen agentis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nomina agentium Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nomen agentis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cryptomenorrhea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crypto- + meno- + -rrhea or crypto- + menorrhea. 1. A condition in which menstruation occurs, but the flow of the discharge is blocked. Labels: uncountable
Word: pomato Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of potato + tomato. Pronunciation: /pəˈmeɪtəʊ/, /pəˈmeɪtoʊ/, /pəˈmeɪtə/ 1. A plant produced by grafting a tomato plant and a potato plant, producing cherry tomatoes on the vine and potatoes under the ground. Example: Combinations such as "pomatoes" do not have commercial value now, but investigators hope that closer crosses may.
Word: upcasing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From up + casing. 1. The act of converting all letters to be uppercase. Labels: uncountable Example: "The upcasing of the string 'foo' to be all upper case letters resulted in 'FOO'."
Word: nomina instrumenti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nomen instrumenti Labels: form-of, plural
Word: American badger Part of Speech: noun 1. A badger of species Taxidea taxus, native to much of North America.
Word: fingerspell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From finger + spell. 1. To spell using fingerspelling. Labels: transitive
Word: fingerspelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fingerspell Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fingerspells Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fingerspell Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: anticopulatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + copulatory. 1. Preventing or warding off copulation. Labels: not-comparable Example: anticopulatory screeches in monkeys
Word: semanticization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semantic + -ization. 1. Act or process of semanticizing Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: semanticizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of semanticization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semanticize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From semantic + -ize. 1. To make semantic
Word: unsemanticized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + semanticized. 1. Not semanticized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: semanticizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semanticize + -able. 1. Capable of being semanticized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: semanticizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of semanticize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: semanticizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of semanticize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: semanticized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of semanticize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Romanisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Romanization. Labels: UK, alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable
Word: Nootkas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Nootka Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oneirically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From oneiric + -ally. 1. In an oneiric fashion.
Word: midtread Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mid- + tread. 1. Having a zero-valued reconstruction level (analogous to a tread of a stairway). Labels: not-comparable Example: midtread quantization
Word: midriser Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mid- + riser. 1. Alternative form of midrise. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: rraup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. 1. An alarm call used by vervets to warn of the presence of an eagle. Example: Vervet monkeys have several different sorts of call, including "leopard alarm barks," "eagle rraups," and "snake chutters" (Struhsaker, 1967). Example: The vervet's main claim to fame, however, lies in its alarm calls, in which it distinguishes between different types of predator: a chutter warns of the presence of a snake; a rraup is uttered when an eagle is spotted; a chirp is used for lions[…]
Word: rraups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rraup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chutter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. 1. An alarm call used by vervets to warn of the presence of a snake. Example: Vervet monkeys have several different sorts of call, including "leopard alarm barks," "eagle rraups," and "snake chutters" (Struhsaker, 1967). Example: The vervet's main claim to fame, however, lies in its alarm calls, in which it distinguishes between different types of predator: a chutter warns of the presence of a snake; a rraup is uttered when an eagle is spotted; a chirp is used for lions[…]
Word: chutter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. 1. To make an alarm call of this kind.
Word: chutters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chutter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chutters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chutter Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: chuttering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of chutter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chuttered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of chutter Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: neutralistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neutral + -istic. 1. Employing or relating to neutralism.
Word: neutralistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From neutralistic + -ally. 1. In a neutralistic manner.
Word: isolationistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From isolation + -istic. 1. Exhibiting isolationism.
Word: isolationistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From isolationistic + -ally. 1. In a way that exhibits isolationism.
Word: anticommunistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s Proto-Italic *kommoinis Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Old French comun French commun Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. French -iste French communiste English communist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English communistic English anticommunistic From anti- + communistic. 1. Opposing communism.
Word: antisocialistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + socialistic. 1. Opposing socialism.
Word: andrewsarchus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after palaeontologist Roy Chapman Andrews. 1. An extinct mammal, of genus †Andrewsarchus, from the Eocene epoch. Example: We know that they're not pigs, some scientists think they're related to hippos, and others the andrewsarchus.
Word: unsystematizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + systematizable. 1. That cannot be systematized.
Word: systematizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From systematize + -able. 1. That can be systematized.
Word: visuogestural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From visuo- + gestural. 1. Employing, or relating to, vision and gesture. Labels: not-comparable Example: a visuogestural language
Word: gSign Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. Coined by Scholar of American Sign Language William Stokoe. 1. A gestural sign; a unit of sign language.
Word: gSigns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gSign Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cherological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cherology + -ical. 1. Relating to cherology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cherology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”). Coined by William Stokoe. 1. The equivalent of phonology for sign languages. Labels: uncountable
Word: Condillacian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Condillac + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1715-1780), French philosopher.
Word: Lavoisierian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Lavoisier + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (1743–1794), French nobleman and chemist central to the 18th-century Chemical Revolution.
Word: brachiomanual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brachio- + manual. 1. Employing the arm and hand. Labels: not-comparable Example: a brachiomanual gesture in sign language
Word: crossmodal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cross- + modal. 1. Across or between more than one mode. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mirror neuron Part of Speech: noun 1. A neuron that fires both when an animal acts and when the animal observes the same action performed by another.
Word: mirror neurons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mirror neuron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fugazy Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of fugazi. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: That broad wouldn't have no fugazy diamonds in her house. We had information the broad didn't have no fake jewelry. It's three fucking carats! Example: You don't want a girl like me, I'm too crazy / but every other girl you meet is fugazy
Word: fugazy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fugazi. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I took the diamond and looked it over. "I wouldn't get too excited about it," I said, "because this is fake, a fugazy." [...] "It's a fugazy," I said. "Take it home for your kid to play with." Example: Stoner examined the Rolex after Mike handed it to him. He said, "Are you sure this is the real thing Mike? Most of the Rolex's out on the street are fugazy's." He used the street term for phony jewelry, but Mike knew exactly what he meant. "Hey Jack, you're gonna offend me if you talk like that. This ain't no fugazy. I've been dealing hot jewels long enough to know what I'm looking at.["]
Word: Jackendoffian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Jackendoff + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Ray Jackendoff (born 1945), American linguist.
Word: coin walk Part of Speech: noun 1. A trick in which a coin is flipped over the fingers to create the illusion of the coin walking across the back of the hand.
Word: knucklewalk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From knuckle + walk. 1. To walk quadrupedally with the forelimbs holding the fingers in a partially flexed posture that allows body weight to press down on the ground through the knuckles. Example: Chimpanzees and gorillas knucklewalk.
Word: knucklewalking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of knucklewalk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: knucklewalks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of knucklewalk Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: knucklewalked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of knucklewalk Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: knucklewalker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From knuckle + walker. 1. Any creature that knucklewalks.
Word: knucklewalkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of knucklewalker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brachiator Part of Speech: noun 1. Any creature that moves by means of brachiation
Word: brachiators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brachiator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: indexic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From index + -ic. 1. indexical
Word: antiparticipation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + participation. 1. Opposing participation.
Word: Sapirian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Sapir + -ian. 1. Relating to Edward Sapir (1884–1939), influential American anthropologist-linguist.
Word: generativists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of generativist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: generativistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From generative + -istic. 1. Relating to generativism.
Word: generativism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From generative + -ism. 1. Support for generative linguistics. Labels: uncountable
Word: syntactocentric Part of Speech: adj 1. Exhibiting or relating to syntactocentrism.
Word: syntactocentrism Part of Speech: noun 1. A focus on the role of syntax in language. Labels: uncountable
Word: innerwear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inner + -wear. 1. clothing worn underneath other clothing, nearer to the skin Labels: uncountable
Word: combat pay Part of Speech: noun 1. Additional remuneration provided to a member of a military service when he or she is assigned to combat operations. Labels: uncountable Example: Both bills provide for a new cold war hostile fire pay, similar to wartime combat pay. Example: [H]e testifed that he had received three battle stars as a member of the combat unit and had received combat pay.
Word: rumpalicious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rump + -licious. 1. Having shapely and appealing buttocks. Labels: slang Example: The unmistakably rumpalicious video queen GLORIA VELEZ gets cheeky with JA RULE. Example: Over the past half-decade she’s French-kissed the world’s most famous MILF at the MTV Video Music Awards, had millions of repulsive-looking businessmen fantasize about joining the mile-high club with the video for “Toxic”, and done almost as much for babies who got back as the rumpalicious Jennifer Lopez.
Word: douchecanoe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shitgibbon compound of douche + canoe. 1. A rude, obnoxious, or contemptible person. Labels: humorous, slang, vulgar Example: Not being a complete douchecanoe is the first step in being your own ideal romance hero or heroine—and it's absolutely an attainable ideal. Example: Never brag. It's good to have a healthy pride in your [man] cave. It's not good to be a douchecanoe about it.
Word: douchecanoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of douchecanoe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: douche canoe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shitgibbon compound of douche + canoe. 1. Alternative form of douchecanoe. Labels: alt-of, alternative, humorous, slang, vulgar Example: Douche Canoe The worst kind of douche imaginable. This phrase originating in the small college town of Hanover, NH and has spread like wildfire due mostly to its fluid phonetics. 1. Is that douche canoe popping triple collars? 2. Yeah, that douche canoe bragged about blacking out last night when he'd only had 2 beers. 3. I fucking hate those douche canoes. #douchecanoe #douche-canoe #douche #tool #douchebag #canoe Example: Because he's a total douche canoe who only wants what he can't have.
Word: douche canoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of douche canoe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: job fair Part of Speech: noun 1. An event organised for employers, recruiters and schools to meet with prospective jobseekers.
Word: career fair Part of Speech: noun 1. A job fair.
Word: career expo Part of Speech: noun 1. A job fair.
Word: douche-canoe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shitgibbon compound of douche + canoe. 1. Alternative form of douchecanoe. Labels: alt-of, alternative, humorous, slang, vulgar Example: […] this flaming douche-canoe totally stepped up and did the honorable thing, which in this case meant taking the day-old infant out into the woods and leaving her there to die a miserable, lonely death from exposure and starvation. Example: Which meant she'd sound like a gigantic douche-canoe if she asked him if he had any, like, psychic powers or whatever.
Word: douche-canoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of douche-canoe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autoecism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from autoecious. 1. The fact of a parasite or dependent organism completing an entire life cycle on a single host species. Labels: uncountable Example: 1972, B. K. Bakshi, Relative Blister Rust Resistance of Native and Introduced White Pines in Asia, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, International Union of Forestry Research Organizations, US Forest Service, University of Idaho, Biology of Rust Resistance in Forest Trees: Proceedings of a NATO-IUFRO Advanced Study Institute, page 254, This may possibly be explained by autoecism (pine-to-pine spread) in the aecial stage of the rust, but autoecism has not been conclusively proved (Spaulding, 1922). Example: Other measures[…]are deficient because of the large geographic distribution of the pathogens, their wide host ranges, their high spore dispersal capabilities, and the autoecism of some rusts. 2. The fact of having male and female reproductive organs on the same individual plant. Labels: uncountable Example: Along with this view of pleomorphism, goes the generally conceived idea that autoecism is the primitive condition, heteroecism being considered a later adaptation (Klebahn, 1904).
Word: dive computer Part of Speech: noun 1. A device, similar in appearance to a wristwatch, used by underwater divers to measure the time and depth of a dive, calculate a safe ascent profile, and avoid decompression sickness.
Word: Sebeokian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hungarian Sebeok + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Thomas Sebeok (born Sebők; 1920-2001), American semiotician and linguist.
Word: throughness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From through + -ness. 1. The state of being or going through. Labels: uncountable Example: Matter on the physical plane has the dimensions of on-ness, that is, an outside; in-ness, that is, an inside; throughness, that is, consecutive insides; and presence, that is, being anywhere and everywhere at once.
Word: dimeticone Part of Speech: noun 1. A preparation containing dimethicone
Word: sweat shop Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sweatshop. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dipsie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dipsey. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: aecial Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling an aecium. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1984, D. E. Harder, 11: Developmental Ultrastructure of Hyphae and Spores, William Bushnell, Alan P. Roelfs (editors), The Cereal Rusts: Origins, Volume I: Specificity, Structure, and Physiology, page 355, In the inner wall facing the aecial cavity, the primary wall materials surrounding the processes disintegrate, partially exposing them. Example: Aecial hosts are primarily conifers. Damage to some aecial hosts may also be considered important, as in pine twist rust caused by M.^([Melampsora]) pinitorqua Rostrup.
Word: into the bargain Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. along with it; additionally; as well Labels: informal Example: That same evening, the gentleman in the white waistcoat most positively and decidedly affirmed, not only that Oliver would be hung, but that he would be drawn and quartered into the bargain. Example: He was roofless, dinnerless, breakfastless, supperless, penniless, friendless, all at once; and brandyless into the bargain.
Word: Armstrong line Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Harry George Armstrong (1899–1983), who determined this limit. 1. The altitude above sea level at which water boils without a pressurized environment, and at which a person would require a pressure suit or pressurized environment to survive, and avoid having their bodily fluids boil away.
Word: rolling introduction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: rolling + introduction 1. A rollout staggered in time and space. Example: But if that costs three quarters of a billion dollars or billion and a half dollars and you look around for the next one you are not going to do them all at once. I wouldn't say tracked air cushion vehicles will be in widespread use before the year 2000. It would be a rolling introduction, if you understand what I mean. Example: The Conservatives ... had introduced regionalized government executive offices in 1993 on the continental pattern, and John Prescott ... had promised a rolling introduction of regional assemblies along Welsh lines.
Word: dyscoria Part of Speech: noun 1. An abnormality in the shape of the pupil of the eye
Word: dysorthography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dys- + orthography. 1. An inability to learn how to spell Labels: uncountable
Word: dromotrope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dromo- + -trope. 1. Any dromotropic drug.
Word: first ministers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of first minister Labels: form-of, plural
Word: klafter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Klafter. Pronunciation: /ˈklɑf.tɚ/ 1. A unit of length formerly widely used in Central Europe, derived from the span of a man's outstretched arms, typically defined as six local feet (equivalent to a fathom) or about 1.8 meters. Example: ... for the purpose of working the machine, employed in raising water from the mines, and a tunnel of 300 klafters long, passing through a mountain, which serves as a road for foot-passengers, between Herrengrund and Altgebirg. Example: The building for the protection of the horses was erected on three sides of a square of 48 klafter, and was 12 klafter wide, making a structure 72 klafters long on each side, giving a covered space of 2,304 square klafter.
Word: douchewagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shitgibbon compound of douche + wagon. 1. A rude, obnoxious, or contemptible person. Labels: humorous, slang, vulgar Example: Polls don't equate truth. Keep flexing that big muscle in your head, douchewagon. Example: Have you ever hit your head (or any other experience that may explain to us why you act like a total douchewagon)?
Word: douchewagons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of douchewagon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: douche boat Part of Speech: noun 1. A river craft outfitted with a high-pressure water cannon capable of destroying enemy encampments. Labels: US, slang Example: Douche boats destroyed two bunkers and accumulated 30 minutes of water time. Example: Other river craft, “dubbed “douche boats,” were equipped with high-pressure water jets that could disintegrate enemy positions, including cement bunkers. The “douche boat” also performed an originally unanticipated support function: its water jets easily gouged out wet docks to expedite on-the-scene repairs for damaged river craft. 2. A rude, obnoxious, or contemptible person. Labels: humorous, slang, vulgar Example: No one gives a flying fuck what you douche boats write. Example: Thank you Hope Deli, little Thai lady at Siam Orchid, the Bluetooth Company, random subway goers and douche-boats, […]
Word: quantitative metathesis Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of metathesis or transposition involving quantity or vowel length, by which two neighboring vowels – one long, one short – switch their lengths, so that the long one becomes short, and the short one becomes long. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ecomuseum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + museum. 1. A museum, often consisting of replica buildings in an outdoor setting, that shows the heritage of a particular locality or community
Word: hizzle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From house + -izzle. 1. House, residence. Labels: slang Example: Jay Pizzle’s in the hizzle! Example: On Tuesdays and Thursdays he rocked the "hizzle" during lunch period.
Word: hizzle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hell + -izzle. 1. Hell. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Perhaps no one understands what the hizzle Snoop Dogg is talking about, but the Red Hot Chili Peppers like what they're hearing […] Example: At least, that's what our mentors have always told us, but what the hizzle are they talking about?
Word: off the hizzle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From off the hook + -izzle. 1. Off the hook, fresh, awesome, cool, excellent. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: Those shoes are off the hizzle!
Word: off the hizzy Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Alteration of off the hizzle. 1. Off the hook, fresh, awesome, cool, excellent. Labels: slang Example: That party was off the hizzy! 2. Off the top of one's head, by improvision rather than preparation. Labels: slang Example: Yeah, seducin' this bitch with my diamonds, shit so easy I ain't writin' this shit off the heezy You wouldn't last a mile in my shoes, it ain't easy
Word: hizzy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for hizzouse + -y, later reinforced house + -izzy. 1. A house, a residence. Labels: slang Example: Yo, let’s go back to my hizzy. Example: “Nice doing business with y'all. Hey, you want me to clear out these inflatables? Ah, you know what? They're on the hizzy. Use 'em for pool floats.”
Word: feed one's face Part of Speech: verb 1. To eat. Labels: informal Example: "Step up and feed your face." "What?" stammered Samuel, perplexed. "EAT!" said the other. Example: "Feed your face, and we'll go upstream." Bob ate rapidly.
Word: fill one's face Part of Speech: verb 1. To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner. Labels: idiomatic Example: Today is the last day to fill your faces with fare from Taste of the Town, at Town Center at Boca Raton. Example: But if you happen to be at a half-decent eaterie come May time, and you see a bloke filling his face, come up and say hello. It might just be me.
Word: phonesthemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phonestheme + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to a phonestheme. Labels: not-comparable
Word: thermal conductivity Part of Speech: noun 1. A measure of the ability of a material to conduct heat, often denoted k, λ, or κ.
Word: nontaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + taster. 1. A person who is, by genetic makeup, unable to taste phenylthiocarbamide.
Word: edaphism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔδαφος (édaphos, “ground”) + -ism. 1. edaphology Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: helicicultural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From heliciculture + -al. 1. Relating to heliciculture Labels: not-comparable
Word: pil pil Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pil-pil. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: pil-pil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Basque pil-pil. 1. A sauce of Basque origin made from olive oil, garlic and chili. Labels: uncountable
Word: Fiver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From five + -er (“supporter”) or + -er (occupational suffix). 1. A Zaidi Shi'a Muslim. Example: The three major branches or sects are the Twelvers, Seveners, and Fivers. Example: Whereas the largest Shi’a branch, the ‘Twelvers’, strictly believe that there were only 12 visible imams, the ’Fivers’ have recognised many more imams throughout their history. 2. A fan of the American science-fiction television series Babylon 5. Labels: slang Example: It is more than two weeks that Babylon 5 aired for the last time. We, Portuguese Fivers of conviction, are few. Example: Did all the Fivers who watched it notice that the female scientist (DrWhatshername) was played by Tamlyn Tomita, the actress who played Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima in Babylon 5's pilot movie?
Word: hemerodrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Meaning a "day courier". Slightly more common form is "hemerodromos". From Ancient Greek ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day; date”) (a variant of ἦμαρ (êmar, “day”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃- (“be hot, burn”)) + δρόμος (drómos, “race, running; race course, track”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“to run”). 1. A courier in Ancient Greece who would run for a day
Word: hydrargyre Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of hydrargyrum. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: Hydrargyre, (Greek) A Name which the Chymiſts give to Mercury.
Word: make heavy going of Part of Speech: verb 1. to make heavy weather of Labels: idiomatic Example: England have made heavy going of Group H but they have handled the pressures of their last two games admirably and playing at their own stadium no longer appears to fill with them with apprehension.
Word: make light work of Part of Speech: verb 1. To manage something without difficulty. Labels: idiomatic Example: Rooney's goal certainly came at a good time as the news filtered through that Ukraine were making light work of San Marino.
Word: Encratism Part of Speech: noun 1. The doctrine of the Encratites. Labels: uncountable
Word: endophasia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From endo- + -phasia. 1. Internal speech that is not vocalized. Labels: uncountable
Word: endogas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From endothermic + gas. 1. A gas, rich in carbon monoxide and hydrogen, produced by burning natural gas in a limited supply of air, that is used in the heat treatment of metals Labels: uncountable
Word: hydrargyron Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /haɪˈdɹɑːd͡ʒɪɹɒn/ 1. Obsolete form of hydrargyrum. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: Vnguentes receyuing into there composition Hydrargyron.
Word: hydrarg. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of hydrargyrum. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Example: He will prescribe taraxacum for you, or pil: hydrarg:.
Word: episiorrhaphy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From episio- + -rrhaphy. 1. The suturing of the vulva to repair injury.
Word: epistemophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē, “knowledge”) + φίλια (phília, “love”). 1. An excessive love of, or striving for, knowledge. Labels: uncountable 2. As used by psychoanalyst Melanie Klein, epistemophilia—or, as she framed it, the "epistemophilic instinct"—is the wish to know, and is rooted in libido. Such instinct results from Oedipal conflicts in the child psyche. Labels: uncountable
Word: epitoky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From epitoke + -y. 1. A form of reproduction in some polychaete annelids in which the worms undergo a partial or complete transformation into an epitoke, a pelagic morph capable of sexual reproduction Labels: uncountable
Word: ereuthophobia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of erythrophobia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: swipey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From swipe + -y; see swipe (“inferior beer”). 1. Drunk; tipsy. Labels: dated, slang Example: "I've brought home Mr. Chuzzlewit. He ain't ill. He's only a little swipey, you know." Mr. Bailey reeled in his boots, to express intoxication. Example: "Lord, I've an 'eadache on me!" said he. "I believe I was a bit swipey last night."
Word: factic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fact + -ic? Doublet of facty. 1. factual Labels: not-comparable
Word: hydrargirie Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of hydrargyrum. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: That they will get greater riches in Hydrargirie, then nature geueth in golde. That they will get greater riches in hydrargyrum than nature giveth in gold.
Word: evorsion Part of Speech: noun 1. The formation of niches or potholes by erosion due to vortices of water Labels: uncountable
Word: hydrargire Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of hydrargyrum. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: The Steel and Load-stone, Hydrargire and Gold.
Word: disenvowel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare envowel. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsɛnˈvaʊəl/, /-ɪm-/, /ˌdɪsənˈvaʊ(ə)l/ 1. Alternative form of disemvowel. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Another swearing-curtailing device is to allow the taboo word but disenvowel it, so that fuck and cunt become "f-ck" and "c-nt."
Word: meadowlands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meadowland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mischoice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + choice. 1. A bad or incorrect choice. Example: She invokes Felix as an excuse for her mischoices and as an emblem of a better future.
Word: mischoices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mischoice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: satiue Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of sative. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: archaeolatry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From archae- + -o- + -latry, from Ancient Greek: ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient”) in combination with λατρεία (latreía, “service", "worship”). 1. Worship of an antiquity; excessive veneration of antiquity. Labels: uncountable Example: Here Axioti opposes to ethnocentric archaeolatry one's "painful" relation to the present and past, which is based on the search for authentic, not superficial, signals of this continuity . Example: Later on, during the second half of the nineteenth century, it was the language question that occupied the centre of the political scene. This time, unmitigated archaeolatry ran hand in hand with religious traditionalism.
Word: foster mothers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foster mother Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fostermother Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of foster mother. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fostermothers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fostermother Labels: form-of, plural
Word: advance payment Part of Speech: noun 1. The part of a contractually due sum that is paid or received in advance for a good, service or social security. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: down payment
Word: thermal camera Part of Speech: noun 1. A camera that is sensitive to infrared radiation (heat) instead of visible light as with an ordinary camera. Example: A close-up of the thermal camera (top), with a conventional forward-facing camera beneath it. The thermal cameras are sensitive enough to identify any points of the rail that have temperatures significantly higher than adjacent areas.
Word: advance payments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of advance payment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: common touch Part of Speech: noun 1. The personal quality of showing understanding of and sympathy for the concerns of ordinary people; rapport with and acceptance by ordinary people, usually in a celebrity or leader. Labels: idiomatic Example: If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with kings—nor lose the common touch; . . . Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it Example: The crowd roared its approval and gave a standing ovation to the new President of Africa's most populous nation. That common touch has served Babangida well.
Word: man of the people Part of Speech: noun 1. A man, usually a celebrity or political leader, who shows understanding of and sympathy for the concerns of ordinary people, and who has a rapport with and acceptance by them. Labels: idiomatic Example: He could hang about a bar-room, discussing the affairs of the nation, for twelve hours together; and in that time could hold forth with more intolerable dulness, chew more tobacco, smoke more tobacco, drink more rum-toddy, mint-julep, gin-sling, and cocktail, than any private gentleman of his acquaintance. This made him an orator and a man of the people. In a word, the major was a rising character, and a popular character, […] Example: Colonel, you are the man, you could influence more votes than any one else on such a measure, an old settler, a man of the people, you know the wants of Missouri; [...]
Word: kri-kri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Greek κρι-κρι (kri-kri). 1. feral Cretan goat
Word: ITO Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Initialism of in the office. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism