nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tPA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of tissue plasminogen activator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: punch the air Part of Speech: verb 1. To do an air punch; to direct one's fist upward in joy or celebration. Example: There’s plenty of that here, not to mention crying as you laugh and, on at least one occasion, defiantly punching the air as you laugh, when a payoff that has long been coming finally arrives.
Word: hold one's drink Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of hold one's liquor. Labels: idiomatic Example: When Laws asked how he could hold his drink, Le Vell provoked mirth in the public gallery by recounting how he had once taken part in a programme intended to test the effects of alcohol and people's ability behind the wheel of a car.
Word: hold one's alcohol Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of hold one's liquor. Labels: idiomatic Example: Annie tells me that Thomas wrote hundreds of poems in this house, with his greatest output coming between ages 16 and 20. He worked in the morning and drank late, Annie says. Unfortunately, Thomas couldn’t hold his alcohol — perhaps because he was a diabetic, as it’s now believed — so he became a “performing monkey,” she says.
Word: materiomic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to materiomics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: waxy corn Part of Speech: noun 1. Field corn having a sticky texture when cooked, due to high amylopectin content. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: waxy corns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waxy corn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pontyberem Part of Speech: name 1. A village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN5011).
Word: Getgood Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: tabularizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tabularize + -able. 1. Synonym of tabulatable. Labels: rare
Word: Aldus Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name. 2. A surname.
Word: buck fifty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Supposedly in reference to the number of stitches (150) it takes to close such a wound. 1. A long slash wound across the face, especially one inflicted by using a razor blade, sometimes especially a Glasgow smile. Labels: US, slang
Word: buck fifties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buck fifty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: keep it a buck Part of Speech: verb 1. To be real, honest, truthful. Labels: US, slang
Word: keep it a buck fifty Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of keep it a buck. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, slang
Word: Snamione Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Snape + Hermione. 1. The ship (romantic pairing) of characters Hermione Granger and Severus Snape from the Harry Potter series. Labels: slang Example: Pairing names are often portmanteaus of characters' names, although fans may not always agree on the forms that these amalgamations take — the Snape/Hermione ship, for example, may be called Snamione, Sevmione, Snermione or Snanger, depending on the preferences of the fans who participate in it. Example: Therefore, it is logical that the selected trope will more often be used in fics which have a non-normative ship: fandomstats relays that, within the EWE tag, some of the most prolific ships include Drarry, Dramione (Draco/Hermione, not a slash ship but still one that does not conform with Rowling’s normative ideas as it contains Draco, an antagonistic character), and ships involving Snape, including Snamione and Snarry.
Word: Jefferys Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: date up Part of Speech: verb 1. To date someone who is more desirable or of a higher social status than oneself. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: Davidson and Kardashian have not confirmed if they are dating or if any romance is on the cards but unsurprisingly, the rumor mill is swirling with fans indulging in hundreds of memes to comment on the situation. […] Comedian Hannah Dickinson added: "Pete Davidson needs do a masterclass on how to date up." Example: The growing number of women now ‘dating up’ with sugar daddies has led to a strange new creature emerging from the depths. He’s suave, charming and wants to date you. Oh and he’s totally... skint. 2. To have an affair or dalliance with (someone). Labels: US, dated, slang, transitive
Word: Sharperton Part of Speech: name 1. A settlement in Harbottle parish, central Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NT9503).
Word: post-moderation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post- + moderation. 1. The practice of moderating comments after they appear online, with the goal of removing the publication of offensive or dangerous material while allowing discussions to occur in real time. Labels: Internet, uncountable Example: "We can't completely lock down creativity," says founder Michael Acton Smith, "But nor can we allow the Wild West. So we use tools like software filtering, pre-moderation and post-moderation and we track every communication on the site."
Word: Harbottle Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English hȳra (“hireling”) or hȳr (“hire, wages”) + bōtl (“dwelling house”). 1. A village and civil parish in central Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NT9304). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: that's what he said Part of Speech: phrase 1. A male equivalent of that's what she said, in which the joke draws attention to something a male lover might say. Example: Oscar, would you reach over and touch his thing? That's what he said! Right, guys? Cause of gay? Example: It became such a staple that meta-jokes were tacked on to prolong its life, like non-verbal TWSS winks and attempts at the gender-balanced "That's what he said."
Word: known what was what Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of know what is what Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: knows what is what Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of know what is what Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: knowing what is what Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of know what is what Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: knew what was what Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of know what is what Labels: form-of, past
Word: laundry soap Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of soap, sometimes bar soap but often powdered, intended for use in washing machines. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bar soap Part of Speech: noun 1. Any type of soap prepared in the shape of a bar, comfortably sized to fit in the palm of one's hand. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: there is no war in Ba Sing Se Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From the episode "City of Walls and Secrets" of the American animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, aired on September 22, 2006, in which the corrupt officials of the city Ba Sing Se try to keep order by hypnotizing citizens to believe that "there's ^([sic]) no war in Ba Sing Se", even as the city is being besieged. 1. Nothing is going on; everything is under control; it is business as usual (suggesting that important information is being covered up). Labels: Internet Example: When something is wrong, and people seem to be ignoring it, we'll often say, "there is no war in Ba Sing Se." Example: Today, I'm negotiating with myself: You have tacos in a meal kit box that's arriving in a couple of days, so at least you won't have to wait long. And burgers are good. You like apples, especially Granny Smith. Pork and apple burgers are what you want. Relax, there is no war in Ba Sing Se... Wow, my burgers are so good and exactly what I wanted!
Word: goes to the mat Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of go to the mat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: going to the mat Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of go to the mat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: went to the mat Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of go to the mat Labels: form-of, past
Word: gone to the mat Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of go to the mat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: go to the mats Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of go to the mat. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I think this omission is largely due to my perception of the place as a view restaurant, a spot less interested in turning out creative and interesting food than filling a south-facing, window-lined room with patrons who will go to the mats for a coveted table with an unobstructed perspective on the glimmering lights of the Lions Gate Bridge, fading to black at its far end as it enters the tree-cloaked causeway of Stanley Park. Example: "He went to the mats," said Frank Sharry, the executive director of the immigration advocacy group America's Voice. "He had the backbone to lead his caucus into a high-stakes, high risk battle. It thrilled progressives. But if the shutdown ends because Democrats blink first, the era of good feeling quickly will be replaced by anger and disappointment."
Word: goes to the mats Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of go to the mats Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: going to the mats Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of go to the mats Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: went to the mats Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of go to the mats Labels: form-of, past
Word: gone to the mats Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of go to the mats Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Tronna Part of Speech: name 1. Toronto. Labels: slang Example: “We have seen the picture in question,” brags The Examiner—being justly proud, no doubt, of having revisited Toronto. […] Having seen much superior nonsense in the Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, New York City, N. Y., (where one is charged 35 cents to get in and would be willing to pay a buck to get out), who would waste the gasoline necessary to get to Tronna? Example: Born and raised in a seedy street in ‘Tronna’ and now a naturalized Briton and one of the last to be created an hereditary lord — an anachronism in any modern democracy surely — [Roy] Thomson demonstrated a frank glee about his success to his slightly deferential inquisitors.
Word: get one's shit pushed in Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An allusion to anal sex. 1. To be decisively beaten. Labels: figuratively, slang, vulgar Example: Besides, GK already had his match with Kramnik and got his shit pushed in. Example: Once I started paying attention I realized that when I was playing as the Americans on the Operation Metro map I was being pummeled with a torrent of "I'm getting fucked up the ass over here!" and "Fuck, I'm getting my shit pushed in here!" from all directions while my team waded through the meat grinder.
Word: gets one's shit pushed in Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of get one's shit pushed in Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: getting one's shit pushed in Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of get one's shit pushed in Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: got one's shit pushed in Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of get one's shit pushed in Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of get one's shit pushed in Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gotten one's shit pushed in Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of get one's shit pushed in Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Bultitude Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: gigaannum Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of giga-annum (“gigayear, a billion years”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Studies of the Earth’s processes, phenomena, and origins are unique in the physical sciences for their need to observe and measure past events over spatial and temporal scales that range from the micron and second to the astronomical unit and gigaannum. Example: The oldest materials ever found in the Solar System occur in meteorites ~4.57 Ga (gigaannum or billion years ago) of age, marking the starting point for the condesation of the first solids in our Solar System.
Word: gigaannums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gigaannum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Vercoe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Varcoe. 1. A surname from Cornish.
Word: Throwendham Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Throwends + -ham; a calque of Old Norse Þróndheimr, based on Old English Þrōwendas pl (“Thronds, people from Trøndelag”). Doublet of Throndham. Pronunciation: /ˈθrəʊ(ə)ndəm/ 1. Trøndelag Labels: historical, rare Example: Col-grim the Old, [son] of Hrod-wulf, the herse or lord, and of Unna, daughter of Hacon, the son of Earl Grit-garth, after whom Grit-garth’s howe, south of Agda-ness, is called, went out of Throwendham to Iceland, and took in settlement Nether Whale-frith-strand from Blue-shaw-water to Lax-water, and out to the brook that falls out from Sourby, and dwelt at Four-horn. Example: North of Throwend-ham or Thrond-heim lies Neam-dale with its coast station, Hrafnista, and, north of that, Haloga-land’s barren five degrees of latitude stretch along by the sea, north-east, ending in West-firth and the great islands that head the Skerry, islands only visited by Finnish fowlers, fishers or huntsmen in those far-off days.
Word: shake in one's shoes Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of quake in one's boots. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “I’d be shaking in my shoes to ride in the Preakness,” said Desormeaux, who finished dead last in his first Preakness in 1988. “Now, not only have I won it twice [in 1998 on Real Quiet and in 2008 on Big Brown], I’ve lived life. I’ll be as cool as a cucumber in the saddle” with Exaggerator on Saturday.
Word: quake in one's shoes Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of quake in one's boots. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “I was quaking in my shoes working with that guy, because I’m such a fan. He’s incredible at this sound we were making — the best in the business,” he said in a statement.
Word: dysphoriant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δυσφορία (dusphoría, “excessive pain”), from δύσφορος (dúsphoros, “grievous”), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + φέρω (phérō, “I bear, carry”). 1. An agent which can create a state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a stimulus of feeling(s) of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression or anxiety. See dysphoria. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: BOJ Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Bank of Japan. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Goldman Sachs are among those gawping: “We view this decision as a major surprise, as we had expected any widening of the tolerable band to be made under the new BOJ leadership from spring next year, similar to the market.”
Word: Halls Flat Part of Speech: name 1. A location in Lassen County, California, United States.
Word: tl;dr'd Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tl;dr Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Bloomie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Bloomberg + -ie. 1. A nickname for Michael Bloomberg (born 1942), American businessman, politician, CEO of Bloomberg L.P., and mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013. Labels: informal Example: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg was getting an earful. “He created this crisis so that he can take credit for fixing it and get our votes in exchange,” one commenter wrote on a Brooklyn blog, Vos Iz Neias, Yiddish for “What is News.” Someone else remarked, “I got to my store I got 2 tickets from the Sanitation police. I sure deserved it Bloomie. I will NOT vote for you.” Example: Bloomie recently wrote that unlike Trump he did not inherit a fortune. That he did not. But nor, really, did The Donald. […] Transforming a Wild West town into a peaceful Swiss village takes a long time — eight years to be exact — and Bloomie was smart and opportunistic enough to keep Rudy’s people and structure in place. 2. The American financial and mass media company Bloomberg L.P., or any of its products (such as the Bloomberg Terminal) or divisions (such as Bloomberg News). Labels: informal Example: The workplace was everything in season one of Industry, a chaotic open office of “Bloomie” (Bloomberg) terminals and territorial snarling. The characters barely existed outside the office. Example: It’s a shock final (?) twist by Kuroda, who is stepping down in the spring and was expected by many to go quietly. Victims include Bloomberg, whose headline “BOJ to Sit Tight as Markets Weigh Post-Kuroda Path” survived a matter of hours (to be fair, the 47 economists Bloomie polled all reckoned today would be a non-event).
Word: phalloplastician Part of Speech: noun 1. A surgeon who performs phalloplasty. Example: Transsexual people (and others) need to realize that treatment is constrained by the frontiers of medical knowledge. State-of-the-art phalloplasty techniques, performed by the best phalloplastician (did I just invent a word?) will have all the problems inherent in this difficult and demanding procedure. Example: Phalloplasticians hold out the promise of penile perfection.
Word: jacker-off Part of Speech: noun 1. A worker in lacemaking who removes leftover threads from the bobbin for reuse. Labels: obsolete
Word: Neamdale Part of Speech: name Etymology: Adapted borrowing of Old Norse Naumudalr. 1. Namdalen (a valley and district of Trøndelag, Norway). Labels: historical, rare Example: North of Throwend-ham or Thrond-heim lies Neam-dale with its coast station, Hrafnista, and, north of that, Haloga-land’s barren five degrees of latitude stretch along by the sea, north-east, ending in West-firth and the great islands that head the Skerry, islands only visited by Finnish fowlers, fishers or huntsmen in those far-off days.
Word: Throwends Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English Þrōwendas pl, from Proto-Germanic *þrōwōną (“to grow, prosper”) + *-ndz. Compare Proto-Norse *þrōwendīʀ pl, whence Old Norse þrǿndir, þrǿndr. Cognate with Norwegian trønder, Icelandic Þrændir and German Drönter. Pronunciation: /ˈθɹəʊ(ə)ndz/ 1. The people of Trøndelag Labels: plural Example: Through North Mere pierces the great inland sea of the Throwends, with its numerous creeks and headlands, such as Agda-ness, Nith’s oyce or Nidaros, Frosta the mootstead of the Throwends, each notable from some event in Norwegian history. Example: Frey and Tew were the chief gods of the Swedes and Franks, Thunder (Thórr) of the Reams and Throwends in West Norway.
Word: Reamsdale Part of Speech: name Etymology: Adapted borrowing of Old Norse Raumsdalr. 1. the Romsdal (a valley in North Western Norway, now in Møre og Romsdal county). Labels: historical, rare Example: North of the Sogn firth come the Feles (Fialar) and Firths, but past Cape Start, where the land turns and runs north-east, we come to the northern land of the Reams, North and South Mere and Reamsdale, stretching up over two degrees of latitude.
Word: tridemic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + pandemic. 1. Synonym of tripledemic (“a combination of three pandemics”). Example: "We are potentially going into what people are calling a 'tripledemic,' or a 'tridemic,'" warned Orange County health officer Dr. Regina Chinsio-Kwong, who on Monday declared a health emergency amid a surge in RSV cases. Example: With some news outlets breathlessly warning of a potential "tridemic" – a possible simultaneous surge of Covid, influenza and RSV – the Biden administration has announced a new six-week campaign to encourage Americans to get boosters in anticipation of the holidays.
Word: tridemics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tridemic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tripledemics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tripledemic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cishon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of cis (“cisgender”) + hon (“a trans woman who does not pass”). 1. A cis woman who looks like a non-passing trans woman due to having masculine features. Labels: derogatory Example: GenderCritical redfem cishons can suck my gt Example: making a cishon folder
Word: boysmell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō- Proto-West Germanic *bōjō Old English *bōia Middle English boye English boy Proto-Indo-European *smel-der. Proto-West Germanic *smalljan Old English *smiellan Middle English smellen English smell English boysmell Compound of boy + smell. Popularized as an Internet meme by a post on 4chan, published 19 December 2020 and widely shared on social media. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔɪˌsmɛl/ 1. A boy or man's body odour, often regarded as attractive. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: The smell of sweat and riverwater and the warm boysmell of Alec's hair and shoulders made her dizzy. Example: You rub your eyes, yawning, then open the backseat door and gently shake your boy awake. You pick him up, enjoying as always the clean boysmell of his hair. Still half asleep, he wraps his arms around your neck.
Word: MEL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of minimum/minimal equipment list. The list of the minimum of operational equipment allowed for continued operation of the device equipping the equipment; by extension, the set of such equipment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Abbreviation of miscellaneous equipment load. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: aspicillin Part of Speech: noun 1. An 18-membered cyclic molecular substance with IUPAC name (3Z,5R,6S,7R,18S)-5,6,7-trihydroxy-18-methyl-1-oxacyclooctadec-3-en-2-one Labels: uncountable
Word: awawa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic, popularized by videos of the animal vocalizing on TikTok and Twitter circulating since late 2024. 1. A hyrax. Labels: Internet, endearing, humorous 2. The high-pitched squeal of a hyrax. Labels: Internet, endearing, humorous 3. A fictional character or celebrity of whom one is especially fond; a blorbo. Labels: endearing, slang
Word: umburana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese umburana. 1. A species of leguminous tree, Amburana cearensis, native to South America and often used for timber. Example: "For safety I maintained my distance from that ill-famed house and settled under an umburana tree at the curve of a road." Example: Two calves frisked outside beneath the umburana tree.
Word: umburanas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of umburana Labels: form-of, plural
Word: advertizable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of advertisable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: D'Orbigny's slider Part of Speech: noun 1. A species of water turtle (Trachemys dorbigni) in the family Emydidiae.
Word: go toilet Part of Speech: verb 1. (Southern England) to use the toilet Labels: childish
Word: screw driver Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of screwdriver. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: slash pocket Part of Speech: noun 1. A pocket in a garment that opens with a diagonal slit. Example: Roomy slash pockets. Your choice of Zip or Button style.
Word: slash pockets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slash pocket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: for this once Part of Speech: adv 1. On this particular occasion, to make an exception Labels: idiomatic
Word: gall oak Part of Speech: noun 1. A species of oak (Quercus lusitanica)
Word: get one's own way Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of get one's way.
Word: truffs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of truff Labels: form-of, plural
Word: give the sack Part of Speech: verb 1. To dismiss from employment Labels: colloquial, idiomatic, transitive
Word: truff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French truffe (“truffle”). 1. A truffle. Labels: archaic, dialectal Example: The town is famous for its earth-nuts or truffs, and for the beauty of its women, who are ſaid to excel thoſe of any other part of Italy.
Word: truff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. 1. The sea trout (a fish of the species Salmo trutta morpha trutta, closely related to salmon). Labels: Cornwall, England, archaic, countable, dialectal, uncountable Example: One of these pools is designated par excellence the otter pool, for as surely as the truff appear, so surely do the strong hovers hold an otter, nay, sometimes a brace or more, in attendance on the prey so bountifully supplied to them.
Word: truff Part of Speech: noun 1. A long stone that goes through the full thickness of a stone wall. Labels: Yorkshire
Word: right side up Part of Speech: adv 1. In correct position with the top at the top; not upside down or inverted. Labels: not-comparable Example: Stood right-side-up and free of the undergarment from Hell, she was a rather attractive brunette in her early or middle thirties.
Word: gold field Part of Speech: noun 1. A place where gold is mined. Example: Then, down this stream, some thirty miles southwest of the Huma District, is another gold field which caused a tremendous stir at one time. No less than 15,000 miners were reported to have rushed into this field of Yuchingkou, but of late, like so many other gold fields in North Manchuria, it has lost much of its drawing power.
Word: eucosterol Part of Speech: noun 1. A spirocyclic nortriterpene purified from the bulbs of Eucomis. Labels: uncountable
Word: good old times Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of good old days. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: good tidings Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of glad tidings; good news Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: right-side-up Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of right side up. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: grave digger Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gravedigger. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: inhowfar Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Either assumed to exist in analogy to insofar or calqued from German inwiefern. 1. to what extent; how far Labels: not-comparable
Word: gun boat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gunboat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hair net Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hairnet. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: harmonic motion Part of Speech: noun 1. The motion of a harmonic oscillator
Word: health resort Part of Speech: noun 1. A resort, such as a spa, providing services designed to improve people's health
Word: heating pad Part of Speech: noun 1. A pad used for warming parts of the body in order to manage pain.
Word: help a lame dog over a stile Part of Speech: verb 1. to show kindness to, or to help out, someone in distress or in need Labels: dated, idiomatic
Word: high hat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of high-hat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: home brew Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of homebrew. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: horn book Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hornbook. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: husking bee Part of Speech: noun 1. A social event involving the husking of corn. Labels: US, historical
Word: if you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time Part of Speech: proverb 1. If you have no ambition, you will have no success
Word: in bad repair Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. in a poor condition or state Example: After the storm, many houses are in bad repair.
Word: in debt Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Owing a debt to someone. Example: deeply in debt Example: fall in debt
Word: in comparison Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Synonym of by comparison. Example: San Jose then had the best commercial art department in the state; Stanford's was mediocre in comparison.
Word: in diapers Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In the very early stages of development. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: Near-synonyms: in pampers, in short trousers, in short pants Example: Look, honey, this ain't my first rodeo, OK? I was doing this job when you were in diapers. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: wearing a diaper, or needing to wear diapers.
Word: in every way Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. completely; fully; by all accounts Example: You have been in every way all that anyone could be. I dont[sic] think two people could have been happier till this terrible disease came.
Word: in labour Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. in the process of giving birth
Word: in line with Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. in agreement or accordance with Example: His behaviour was not in line with official policy.
Word: in nappies Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Synonym of in diapers.
Word: in ruins Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Of a building or structure, mostly destroyed. Labels: literally Example: The line ends at Narvik. Eight years ago the whole town was in ruins, but the industry of the Norwegian people has rebuilt it entirely. 2. Of a person, attribute, relationship, etc., totally damaged or spoiled. Labels: figuratively Example: After being found guilty of animal abuse, her reputation was in ruins. Example: His finances were in ruins after spending all his inheritance on cars and drugs.
Word: addorse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See addorsed. Compare French adosser (and thence, Spanish adosar). 1. To place back-to-back, to place with the back to (something else's back). Example: I replied (out of a former letter from your Lordship) with some marvel why this Signory did not by their own resident in England motion the matter to the resident there of the States rather than addorse it upon his Majesty. Example: ... arranged pairs of imaginary beasts; each faces a mirror-image counterpart along a “hind” axis. The band can thus be read in either of two ways and at the same time: as pairs of affronting and / or addorsing griffins.
Word: addorsing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of addorse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: addorses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of addorse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: junk shop Part of Speech: noun 1. A shop selling cheap, normally second-hand, goods. 2. A scrap dealership. Labels: Philippines
Word: heart-searching Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of heartsearching. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: heat barrier Part of Speech: noun 1. thermal insulation
Word: heart smart Part of Speech: adj 1. Healthy for the heart
Word: hearing loss Part of Speech: noun 1. A partial or total inability to hear. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: headwoman Part of Speech: noun 1. A woman who is a leader of a certain jurisdiction Labels: South-Africa, especially
Word: head wall Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of headwall. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: health spa Part of Speech: noun 1. A health resort
Word: enté en point Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French [Term?], compare Spanish entado en punta. 1. Impaled by (something in) a pointed 'pile' at the bottom of a shield, especially as a means of marshalling. Labels: not-comparable Example: Brunswick and Lunenburgh impaled with Saxony, ente-en-point, that is, grafted in point. Example: Paling Sicily; the whole enté en point of Granada. He bore the full arms of Lalain, […]
Word: he'e holua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hawaiian heʻe hōlua. 1. A traditional form of hill sledding, from Hawaii Labels: uncountable
Word: Paleo diet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paleo- + diet. 1. A nutritional plan based on the presumed ancient diet of wild plants and animals that various hominid species habitually consumed during the Paleolithic.
Word: heelhook Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of heel hook. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: heel flip Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of heelflip. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: toehook Part of Speech: noun 1. An manoeuvre using the toes as a support or to hook onto a wall or rock.
Word: belay device Part of Speech: noun 1. a mechanical piece of climbing equipment used to control a rope during belaying
Word: covado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese côvado, from Old Galician-Portuguese côbedo, from Latin cubitum (“cubit”). Doublet of cubit and codo. 1. A traditional Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 0.6 meters and approximating the length of a forearm and hand. Labels: historical
Word: covados Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of covado Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Zilbermints-Benoni Gambit Part of Speech: noun 1. A very uncommon and unpracticed chess opening gambit characterized by the moves 1.d4 c5 2.b4. Labels: uncountable
Word: Staunton Gambit Part of Speech: noun 1. A chess opening gambit characterized by the moves 1.d4 f5 2.e4.
Word: cry harder Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used sarcastically to indicate indifference or schadenfreude, often as a reply to a statement that the speaker considers exaggerated or baseless. Labels: Internet Example: I’m told this cannot wait and it’s wholly incumbent upon us, the liberals, to spend time trying to better understand the millions of Americans who voted for Trump and who reacted to every tweet we ever posted with a photo of Trump and the words, “CRY HARDER LIB!!” Example: "WE HAVE A BLACK GAY MAN ON A DRAGON!" rejoiced one fan on Twitter. / "Cry harder, bigoted dudebros using House of the Dragon to criticize other fantasy shows like The Rings of Power and Sandman for their diversity."
Word: Elmstone Hardwicke Part of Speech: name 1. A small village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England; the village is partly in Uckington parish (OS grid ref SO9226).
Word: head collar Part of Speech: noun 1. A collar that fits around the neck and head 2. A collar that fits around the neck and head
Word: HDSL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of high-bit-rate digital subscriber line. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: haworthia Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /həˈwɜː(ɹ)θi.ə/ 1. Any of the genus Haworthia of succulent plants resembling aloe, native to southern Africa.
Word: Hawaiian guitar Part of Speech: noun 1. lap steel guitar 2. ukulele
Word: hell-bent-for-leather Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of hell-bent for leather. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Highland cow Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Highland cattle.
Word: Highland cattle Part of Speech: noun 1. A breed of beef cattle originating in the Scotland, with long horns and a long shaggy coat.
Word: highly-strung Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of high-strung.
Word: high-stick Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform high-sticking. Labels: transitive
Word: f*****g Part of Speech: verb 1. Censored spelling of fucking.
Word: f*****g Part of Speech: adj 1. Censored spelling of fucking. Labels: not-comparable
Word: f*****g Part of Speech: adv 1. Censored spelling of fucking. Labels: not-comparable
Word: South Mere Part of Speech: name Etymology: From south + Mere; an adapted borrowing of Old Norse Sunnmǿrr, Sunnmǿri, from sunn- (“south”) + Mǿrr. 1. Sunnmøre (a district in North Western Norway, now in Møre og Romsdal county). Labels: historical, rare Example: North of the Sogn firth come the Feles (Fialar) and Firths, but past Cape Start, where the land turns and runs north-east, we come to the northern land of the Reams, North and South Mere and Reamsdale, stretching up over two degrees of latitude.
Word: emo skink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Phono-semantic matching of translingual Emoia. Pronunciation: /ˌiːməʊ ˈskɪŋk/, /ˌimoʊ ˈskɪŋk/ 1. Any skink of the genus Emoia
Word: split squat Part of Speech: noun 1. A unilateral leg exercise performed by bending one knee while the rear leg is rested on the ground behind the body. Example: James Stark, founder of Starks Fitness, says it involves “a basic push-pull pattern”; for the lower body, squats, lunges, split squats. There is a near limitless variation of squats you can do if you get bored, from box squats to those with more exotic names such as cossack or Bulgarian.
Word: deplanetizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deplanetize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deplanetizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of deplanetize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Bulgarian split squat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The exercise was supposedly popularized in the United States by Bulgarian weightlifting coach Angel Spassov (1941–2017) in the late 1980s. 1. A variation of the split squat performed by bending one knee while the rear leg is rested on a platform behind the body. Example: People often think of Bulgarian split squats as a quad-crushing, glute and hamstrings-building challenge on leg day, instead of the complete core and lower-body compound exercise it can be used for.
Word: Nurchen Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Jurchen.
Word: Nurchen Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Jurchen.
Word: Nuzhen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 女真 (Nǚzhēn). 1. Synonym of Jurchen.
Word: Nuzhen Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 女真 (Nǚzhēn). 1. Synonym of Jurchen.
Word: Bulgarian split squats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bulgarian split squat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: JGB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Japanese government bond. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Royal Bank of Canada’s economics team have tl;dr’d why JGBs and the yen have had a fun morning: “it will be hard for markets not to see this move as a precursor for tightening policy”.
Word: JGBs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of JGB Labels: form-of, plural
Word: split squats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of split squat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cilgwyn Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Welsh. 1. A settlement in Llanllyfni community, Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH4954).
Word: Llanllyfni Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Welsh Llanllyfni. 1. A village in Llanllyfni community, Gwynedd, Wales, the United Kingdom (OS grid ref SH4751). 2. A village in Llanllyfni community, Gwynedd, Wales, the United Kingdom (OS grid ref SH4751).
Word: numerophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From numero- + -phile. 1. Someone who loves numbers. Labels: rare Example: But a quick glance at their methodology is all that's needed to convince even the most avid numerophile that the results are worthless. Example: By the time he [Edward Gibbon] began his great History, he was a confirmed numerophile. Some consideration of his education in numeracy, and of the writings of his first period of residence in Lausanne (1753–58), will therefore contribute to an understanding of why there are so many numbers in his History, and of the different ways in which he uses them.
Word: numerophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of numerophile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: numerophobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From numero- + -phobe. 1. Someone who hates or is afraid of numbers. Labels: rare Example: If you are on the invisible other side of the mainstream, you are likely to be a humanist, maybe even an artist, maybe a numerophobe, or a person with a solid contempt for the cultural and intellectual style of right-wing youth. Example: Statistics and mathematics have been kept scarce and simple and even the most extreme 'numerophobe' should find nothing to produce anxiety or panic.
Word: numerophobes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of numerophobe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: numerophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From numero- + -philia. 1. The love of numbers. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Some critics detected more chronic signs of 'numerophilia' in the analyses: a predilection for neglecting relevant variables that are not cardinally measurable. Example: Many young Blacks suffer from numerophobia for cultural and historic reasons. The new world of the future is likely to require higher levels of mathematicality and a new numerophilia - a fascination with numbers.
Word: numerophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English numero- Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English numerophobia From numero- + -phobia. 1. The hatred or fear of numbers. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: While some folks are afraid of heights or enclosed places, others are plagued by numerophobia, a fear of numbers. This often results from one's having had difficulty with them in school and his or her coming to the conclusion that "I'm just not good at math." Example: Many young Blacks suffer from numerophobia for cultural and historic reasons. The new world of the future is likely to require higher levels of mathematicality and a new numerophilia - a fascination with numbers.
Word: mathematicality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mathematical + -ity. 1. The state of being mathematical or involving mathematics. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: To conceive of a photographic image as a measuring device is to insist on the mathematicality, calculability, and finally the 'computability' of the image-world. Example: By way of analogy, it would in theory also be possible to postulate a concept of a science whose universality and mathematicality are relative only. 2. Skill at mathematics; numeracy. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Many young Blacks suffer from numerophobia for cultural and historic reasons. The new world of the future is likely to require higher levels of mathematicality and a new numerophilia - a fascination with numbers. Example: Given what is often thought to be the "mathematicality" of the Jews, their collective capacity for numeracy, I suppose this makes me an outlier.
Word: numerophilic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From numero- + -philic. 1. Affected by numerophilia; having a love for numbers. Labels: rare Example: The computer programmers were very pleased at that entry, since the computer is numerophilic and alphabetphobic. Example: In the numerophilic Western culture, it may seem strange that the cost-benefit of human milk has not been even dimly perceived until recently.
Word: numerophobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From numero- + -phobic. 1. Affected by numerophobia; having a hatred or fear of numbers. Labels: rare Example: Subsequently, successful changes were made to teaching modes and content to enable the numerophobic students to approach both basic and threshold concepts without encountering explanations filled with confusing numbers or formulae. Example: This problem worsens as we add more variables (for example, whether or not either parent is numerophobic) or look at more levels of each variable.
Word: numero- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Borrowed from Latin numerus (“number”) + -o-. 1. The combining form of number. Labels: morpheme Example: numero- + -logy → numerology Example: numero- + -phobia → numerophobia
Word: enty Part of Speech: adj 1. Parted off chevronwise; (of a charge) enté en point, inserted into a chevronlike partition of the base of the shield. Labels: not-comparable Example: Enty : a word adopted but by few writers from the French enté, a graft , and applied to the base of the shield when parted off by a line chevrouwise : written by some heralds ampty. See Point : also Gusset. Argent, on a chief enty [in more recent blazon 'indented'] azure five crosses croslet or—Ralph de Wilshere. Example: Shields parted chevronwise are common in the 15th century, when they are often blazoned as having chiefs "enty" or grafted. Aston of Cheshire bore "Party sable and silver cheveronwise" or "Silver a chief enty sable."
Word: Theophanies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Theophany Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mullett Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of mullet (“heraldic star”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: "They beare a mullett for difference." Jov. Example: The above is no doubt intended for the following, viz., Quarterly: - 1 and 4, Quarterly, argent and gules; in the second and third quarters a fret or; over all on a bend sable three escallops silver, with a mullett for [difference].
Word: mulletts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mullett Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Olde English Bulldogge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From olde + English + bulldog + -e (archaizing suffix). 1. An American dog breed of the bulldog type.
Word: mullety Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mullet (“haircut”) + -y. 1. Resembling a mullet (haircut); mullet-like (also figuratively), short or tame in the front and long or wilder in the back. Labels: not-comparable Example: Her hair is short and mullety, the same as mine when I was little—like Ned, she's totally out of step with fashion, but somehow still cool. Papa half in and half out of every photo, Grey with flowers braided through his plaits. Example: In the grooming department, there's no competition: Trevor's mullety mop of hair cannot hope to compete with this breed, nor can Cory's Willie Nelson braids. As for brains, we already know the answer to this one.
Word: mullety Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mullet (“heraldic star”) + -y. 1. Starry, strewn with mullets (heraldic stars). (Also figuratively.) Labels: not-comparable Example: Aurora the Knight Awakes Within a dream the night a crescent smiles, / As palely seen a sleeping knight slow turns / Who restless, battles care of many miles / While mullety his sable shield still burns. / Aurora's hands reach lightly out to[…] Example: ... an interestingly complex design of Or a fillet cross Sable between a plow, a pick and shovel in saltire, an arm wielding a hammer, and an anchor fouled, all Proper, on an inescutcheon paly Gules and Argent a chief Azure mullety[…]
Word: mulletty Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of mullety (“strewn with mullets, heraldic stars”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: […] bordure Sable, mulletty of six points of the second; […] Example: Dr. Siddons reads the arms as, quarterly : 1, per pale, three lions rampant, in a bordure gobony (for Evans of Llangatwg feibion Afel); with 2, and 3, a saltire; 4, a lion rampant in a bordure ? gobony or mulletty (cf. […]).
Word: bastardess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bastard + -ess, since 1843. 1. A woman who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant. Labels: dated, rare Example: […]when a bastard marries a bastardess, and he has a legitimate Israelite brother :–all these marriages are indeed legal[…] 2. A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful woman. Labels: derogatory, offensive, vulgar Example: A bastardess like me would never be allowed past the door.
Word: Pont-Audemer Spaniel Part of Speech: noun 1. A rare breed of French gundog.
Word: Ukmergė Part of Speech: name 1. A city and municipality in Vilnius County, Lithuania.
Word: foxess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fox + -ess, since 1866. 1. A female fox. Labels: rare Example: The fox said he must stay with his foxess, who was in a delicate way, and one of the little ones had been out too late at a hen-roost, and had caught a very bad cold. Example: Well, you know what goes with the fox–the foxess, or the foxina.
Word: Griffon Nivernais Part of Speech: noun 1. A breed of dog of the scenthound type, originating in France.
Word: Jajce Part of Speech: name 1. A town and municipality in Central Bosnia Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Word: Mécheria Part of Speech: name 1. A city, the capital of Mécheria district, Naâma Province, Algeria.
Word: diopsidite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From diopside + -ite. 1. Any rock consisting of 90% or more diopside. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Moreau (1963) recognized two types of diopsidite: that closely associated with marble, and that intercalated with alumino-silicate gneisses.
Word: Naâma Part of Speech: name 1. A city, the capital of Naâma Province, Algeria. 2. A province in Algeria; in full, Naâma Province.
Word: dactylethra Part of Speech: noun 1. One of several hollow fingerlike projections found on some bryozoans, used to absorb nutrients. Example: Erkosonea differs from that genus in the presence of dactylethrae instead of tergospores. Example: The dorsal is hardly convex; it is formed by a thick layer of dactylethrae closed by a thin calcareous lamella. The dactylethrae appear on the frontal at the birfurcations. 2. A finger sheath Example: Instruments used in Stomatology: Bouglosson (tongue scraper or depressor), dactylethra (finger stall), lithanaboleus (parotid duct stone hauler), stomatodiastoleus (mouth opening instrument), sphenarion (wedge to keep mouth open), Example: The egg gauze was carefully collected from the field after 48 h of exposure and maintained within 10 ml glass dactylethrae.