nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Huining Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 會寧 /会宁 (Huìníng). 1. A county of Baiyin, Gansu, China. Example: My wife used to work in the countryside, but I had her brought into town to look after me, thus turning her into an idle consumer. This is an extremely dangerous trend, and I should emulate the comrades of Huining County, Kansu Province, by returning with my family to my native village to participate in agricultural production. Example: A brief police account of the attack on Tuesday in semirural Huining County, Gansu Province, left many questions unanswered, including the identities of the victims. 2. Synonym of Hoeryong: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. Example: The mineral resources of Kirin province have never been adequately studied. They are known to include, however, in addition to the gold and copper now being mined in the T’ien Pao Shan district contiguous to the proposed Huining (Kainei in Japanese) terminus of the Kirin-Tunhua-Huining railway, also aluminum in the valley of the Mutan, north of Tunhua. Example: This line is a continuation of the Seoul-Gensan line and extends from Gensan, in South Kanko Province, to Kainei (Korean “Hoiryong”; Chinese “Huining”), in North Kanko, a distance of some 383.8 miles.
Word: neo-Sovietism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + Sovietism. 1. A political approach resembling that of the former Soviet Union. Labels: uncountable
Word: jigglies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jiggly + -s. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.əˌliz/, /ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.liz/ 1. Female breasts. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: He pulled her again and her dress tore, the jigglies were right in front of him. He squeezed the jigglies, squeezed himself, got his trousers down as the two of them crashed backward through the palm trees into the middle of the room. Example: And she oiled everything, including her jigglies.
Word: VLOP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of very large online platform. Labels: EU, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Tech platforms must reach at least 45 million monthly active users in the EU in order to be designated VLOPs or VLSEs.
Word: VLOSE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of very large online search engine. Labels: EU, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: VLOPs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of VLOP Labels: form-of, plural
Word: VLOSEs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of VLOSE Labels: form-of, plural
Word: distraction osteogenesis Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of osteodistraction. Labels: uncountable Example: Distraction osteogenesis has demonstrated a remarkable potential for skeletal tissues to respond to a surgical and mechanical process with the formation of bone in a reliable and controllable fashion. Example: There is no saving of operating time at present, but as surgeons become more accustomed to the technique and 'teething' problems are overcome it is to be expected that the operation time for distraction osteogenesis will shorten.
Word: pro nav Part of Speech: noun 1. Syllabic abbreviation of proportional navigation. Labels: uncountable
Word: proportional navigation Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of navigation used by homing missiles, based on the fact that two vehicles are on a collision course when their direct line of sight does not change direction as the range closes. Labels: uncountable
Word: governless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From govern + -less. 1. Without government; ungoverned; anarchic. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: Oh! the heart is a free and a governless thing! / Hence strangely and madly it often will cling / To a glance of the eye, and a smile of the cheek, […] Example: Though the majority of your community's members have no intention of acting up, to host a governless society is to truly tempt fate.
Word: governor-generalship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From governor-general + -ship. 1. The role or status of a governor-general. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: governor-generalships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of governor-generalship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Madagascar plum Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Indian plum (“Flacourtia indica”).
Word: Madagascar plums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Madagascar plum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: governor's plum Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Indian plum (“Flacourtia indica”).
Word: ramontchi Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Indian plum (“Flacourtia indica”).
Word: scrawl out Part of Speech: verb 1. To write (something) in a scrawl; to write quickly, usually in illegible handwriting. Labels: transitive
Word: grab bucket Part of Speech: noun 1. A component of a crane that can grasp, lift and transport material in bulk.
Word: grab buckets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grab bucket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Winthrop desk Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Governor Winthrop desk.
Word: Winthrop desks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Winthrop desk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Governor Winthrop desk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after John Winthrop, 17th-century governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Winthrop died in 1647, before this kind of desk was invented (in the 18th century), but his name was attached to these desks by the Winthrop Furniture Co. of Boston, Massachusetts, who offered their "Gov. Winthrop" desk in 1924, during the colonial revival period. 1. A bureau; a piece of writing furniture with a lid that closes at an angle and opens up as a writing surface. Labels: US
Word: Governor Winthrop desks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Governor Winthrop desk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unbushy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + bushy. 1. Not bushy.
Word: unbussed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + bussed. 1. Not bussed (any sense) Labels: not-comparable
Word: unbushed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + bushed. 1. Not incorporating the mechanical part called a bush. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Spocked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of Spock Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Stubbings Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. A hamlet in Bisham parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8481).
Word: Klingonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Klingon + -ian. 1. Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of, Klingons. Example: They will be beamed aboard the Enterprise, all the women (and some of the older men) into the arms of Mr. Spock, who has a Long Reach. Those who claim he cannot embrace them all at once are spreading the Klingonian Heresy, and will be Dealt With Severely by our Shlocktroops ... er ... Spocktroops. Example: The Bush administration’s newly declared “pre-emptive action” policy, which calls for the United States to strike at threats before they fully emerge, is somewhat Klingonian in an era where more elevated peace-making approaches are needed. 2. Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of, the Klingon language. Example: Anyway, German has the highest percentage of foreign literature in translation (taking over the lead from Russian), and although Canadian authors have indeed at high reputation among readers, US-American and British books (as well as French, Swedish, Israeli and Klingonian ones) also get a fair chance at the German reading public’s interest. Example: ‘Manga’. No matter how Klingonian this sounds to you, it has been a worldwidely-known word since 1990.
Word: grab hold Part of Speech: verb 1. To take hold of something by grabbing; to seize.
Word: catch hold Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of grab hold.
Word: Bisham Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈbɪz.əm/ 1. A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8585).
Word: bakeriesful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bakeryful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gp120 Part of Speech: noun 1. A glycoprotein exposed on the surface of the HIV envelope, playing a vital role in attachment to specific cell surface receptors. Labels: uncountable
Word: Grace's warbler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named by Elliott Coues, who discovered the species in the Rocky Mountains in 1864, after his sister Grace Darling Coues. 1. Setophaga graciae, a small New World warbler.
Word: Spivak pronoun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after American mathematician Michael Spivak who used the pronouns E, Em, and Eir in the 1982 book "The Joy of TeX". Spivak did not coin the pronoun set he used in the book. 1. Any of a set of gender-neutral neopronouns occasionally used in English, formerly associated with the LambdaMOO online community.
Word: Spivak pronouns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Spivak pronoun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gradacol Part of Speech: adj 1. Designating a kind of nitrocellulose filter with graded pores. Labels: not-comparable Example: a gradacol filter Example: a gradacol membrane
Word: gradocol Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of gradacol. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: nonjussive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + jussive. 1. Not jussive. Labels: not-comparable
Word: jussivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jussive + -ity. 1. The property of being jussive. Labels: uncountable
Word: grammatolatry Part of Speech: noun 1. Excessive devotion to the wording of a (religious) text. Labels: uncountable
Word: Grand Rapids disease Part of Speech: noun 1. A bacterial canker of tomatoes, caused by the bacterium Aplanobacter michiganensis. Labels: uncountable
Word: granite blue Part of Speech: noun 1. A dull grayish-blue color. Labels: uncountable
Word: grapefruit knife Part of Speech: noun 1. A knife for cutting grapefruit, typically small with a curved serrated blade.
Word: grapefruit knives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grapefruit knife Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grass beef Part of Speech: noun 1. Beef from grass-fed cattle. Labels: uncountable
Word: grass-bird Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of grassbird (Megalurus spp.) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: writing lark Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of scribble lark.
Word: writing larks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of writing lark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mmphed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mmph Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mmphs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mmph Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mmphing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mmph Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gratinéd Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gratiné Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gratinéing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gratiné Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: graveyard stew Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of milk toast. Labels: uncountable
Word: greater crested tern Part of Speech: noun 1. Thalasseus bergii, a bird of the tern family.
Word: greater crested terns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of greater crested tern Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swift tern Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of greater crested tern.
Word: swift terns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swift tern Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hoeryŏng Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Hoeryong. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Furthermore, border trade between the two countries was conducted at Chunggang (Chung-chiang), a small island in the estuary of the Yalu, Hoeryŏng (Hui-ning), and Kyŏng’wŏn (Ch’ing-yüan). The last two places are in the lower Tumen valley. Example: Article 5 permitted Chinese and Koreans to trade at Ch’aengmun and Ŭiju on the Yalu River and at Hun-ch’un and Hoeryŏng on the Tumen River, the duties to be 5 percent ad valorem on all goods except red ginseng.
Word: porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. A viral disease of pigs. Labels: uncountable
Word: blue ear disease Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome. Labels: uncountable
Word: green ear disease Part of Speech: noun 1. A disease of maize and pearl millet, caused by the pathogen Sclerospora graminicola. Labels: uncountable
Word: stage plays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stage play Labels: form-of, plural
Word: NRCs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of NRC Labels: form-of, plural
Word: draft up Part of Speech: verb 1. To write a draft of a document, plan, legislation or budget, usually a first draft. Labels: transitive Example: I drafted up the original complaint, so I'll take a look at your notes. 2. To be advanced to a higher league, team or institution. Labels: transitive Example: He was a freshman who could be drafted up to the varsity team.
Word: lasso up Part of Speech: verb 1. To lasso someone or something; to catch someone with a leash or rope. Labels: transitive 2. To be bound up by something rope-like or to tie something up or put something away with ropes or cords. Labels: transitive
Word: clue up Part of Speech: verb 1. To become knowledgeable on a subject. Labels: intransitive Example: We've been cluing up all week, so we'll be ready. 2. To make knowledgeable on a subject. Labels: transitive Example: That summer course really clued me up on mathematics. 3. Synonym of clew. Labels: transitive
Word: yammed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of yam Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: yamming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of yam Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: star fleet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of starfleet. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: amphithere Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of amphiptere. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: in someone's vocabulary Part of Speech: phrase 1. A concept that (someone) would normally consider. Example: Sin is a word which occurs scantily in his vocabulary. Crime was what horrified him, an offence against God because it was an offence against man and especially against children. Example: Failure, however, was not in his vocabulary. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, vocabulary. Example: Although John has equivalent terms in French and English for some items, he knows some words only in English, and other words only in French, with no equivalent English word in his vocabulary.
Word: chironean Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of chironian. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: chironian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Chiron + -ian. Pronunciation: /kaɪˈɹoʊniən/ 1. Chironian ulcer: a particularly intractable form of cutaneous ulcer Labels: not-comparable
Word: gee-whizzery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gee whiz + -ery. 1. A response of enthusiasm towards surprising and/or technically impressive things. Example: Dicussing the recent history of American cultural studies, Ross finds that it has “rejected the more celebratory, native tradition of gee-whizzery,” by and large. Example: This shift toward the epideictic in popularizations of science—and the sensationalism and gee-whizzery that may result—is, then, not a punishment inflicted on science stories by disdainful or malicious journalists. 2. Something that inspires gee-whizzery; something surprising and/or technically impressive. Example: The density of gee-whizzery in Media Player makes the interface and controls rather cluttered , as you see in Figure 10.1. Example: In any applied science it is important not to be seduced by 'gee-whizzery'. Every 'Gee Whiz!' should be accompanied by a 'So what?'
Word: goesouta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: = goes outta. 1. An opening in which something exits. Labels: slang
Word: goesinta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: = goes into. 1. An opening in which something enters. Labels: slang
Word: yarn on Part of Speech: verb 1. To continue telling stories for a long time; to yammer without interruption. Labels: transitive Example: Nothing would stop him from yarning on.
Word: alt rock Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of alt-rock. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: The headliners — Weezer and Dinosaur Jr. — were alt rock acts that had turned the sound of disconnection into an audience almost two decades ago. Exactly how that was going to mesh with blue skies and umbrella drinks wasn’t clear to me.
Word: hardest-core Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of hardcore: most hardcore Labels: form-of, superlative Example: Still, artists and managers insist the real draw is the same as for the fans: the once-in-a-lifetime nature of the event. “You’re playing to a couple of thousand people who love what you do, the hardest-core fans,” Kid Rock said.
Word: Balfron Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5488).
Word: paraffiners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paraffiner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paragonize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From paragon + -ize. 1. To paragon; to compare or parallel. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: paragonized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of paragonize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: paragonizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of paragonize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: paragonizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of paragonize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: paradoxologist Part of Speech: noun 1. One who studies paradoxes.
Word: paradoxologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paradoxologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Buchlyvie Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5793).
Word: foulbroods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foulbrood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parafoulbrood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + foulbrood. 1. A bacterial disease of bees. Labels: uncountable Example: Parafoulbrood is extremely infectious, apparently being readily transmitted by robbing, drifting, and by the exchange of brood or honey from infected colonies. Example: Determination of causative organisms of European foulbrood and parafoulbrood needs investigation.
Word: paralysis agitans Part of Speech: noun 1. Parkinson's disease. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: paraminophenol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + aminophenol. 1. An organic compound with the chemical formula H₂NC₆H₄OH, used as a developer for black-and-white film. Labels: uncountable
Word: paranjas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paranja Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parandja Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of paranja (“robe with a veil”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: paranji Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of paranja (“robe with a veil”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: parandjas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parandja Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paranjis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paranji Labels: form-of, plural
Word: surfer's ear Part of Speech: noun 1. An exostosis within the ear canal, caused by irritation from cold wind and water exposure. Labels: uncountable
Word: paranzellas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paranzella Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parcel up Part of Speech: verb 1. To wrap up in a parcel. Labels: transitive 2. To combine into a single compact entity. Labels: broadly, figuratively, transitive
Word: Pardhan Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of an Indian community who are the traditional bards of the Gonds.
Word: Pardhan Part of Speech: name 1. A dialect of Gondi spoken by these people.
Word: Pardhans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Pardhan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: horseshoe geranium Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of zonal geranium.
Word: horseshoe geraniums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of horseshoe geranium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: horseshoe fern Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of king fern (“the plant Ptisana salicina”).
Word: horseshoe ferns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of horseshoe fern Labels: form-of, plural
Word: king fern Part of Speech: noun 1. A fern of species Ptisana salicina, native to Norfolk Island, New Zealand, and the South Pacific. 2. A fern of species Todea barbara, native to southeastern Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Word: parareka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Māori parareka. 1. Synonym of king fern (“the plant Ptisana salicina”). Labels: New-Zealand
Word: self-castrated Part of Speech: adj 1. Having removed one's own testicles. Labels: not-comparable Example: He died, either killed by a boar, the symbol of winter, like Adonis, or self-castrated (like his own priests); and he bled to death at the foot of a pine tree (the pine and pine-cone being symbols of fertility).
Word: pare to the bone Part of Speech: verb 1. To pare down to an extreme degree. Labels: transitive Example: Distilling costs were already pared to the bone, and the serious credit crisis in Bordeaux in 1789 first put at risk those houses which were already short of resources.
Word: Paressi Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Paresi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Paresi Part of Speech: name 1. An Arawakan language spoken in Brazil.
Word: Doddington Part of Speech: name 1. A number of places in England: 2. A number of places in England: 3. A number of places in England: 4. A number of places in England: 5. A number of places in England: 6. A number of places in England:
Word: Parintintin Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of an indigenous people who live in Brazil in the Madeira River basin.
Word: Parintintin Part of Speech: name 1. Their language, a dialect of Tenharim.
Word: Parintintins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Parintintin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tenharim Part of Speech: noun 1. An indigenous people of Amazonas, Brazil. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Tenharim Part of Speech: name 1. Their language.
Word: White Park Part of Speech: noun 1. A cow or bull of a rare, ancient horned breed primarily found in Britain. Example: The White Parks are alert but somewhat nervous or shy around people.
Word: White Parks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of White Park Labels: form-of, plural
Word: royal star Part of Speech: noun 1. One of a set of four first-magnitude stars, Aldebaran, Regulus, Antares and Fomalhaut, regarded by ancient Persians as the guardians of the sky. Example: At the earlier period the Summer solstice was in the centre of Leo, the Autumnal equinox in the centre of Scorpio, and the Winter solstice in the centre of Aquarius - corresponding roughly, Mr. Maunder points out, to the positions of the four "Royal Stars," Aldebaran, Regulus, Antares and Fomalhaut. Example: These constellations each contained first-magnitude stars (Aldebaran, Regulus, Antares and Fomalhaut), which were close to the cardinal points and became known as the Royal Stars in later Persia. [...] The four royal stars may be symbolised in Persepolis, in a vast bas-relief of a king slaying a griffin, which has the horns and body of a bull, mane and forelegs of a lion, tail of a scorpion, and wings and hindlegs of an eagle.
Word: Parkman crab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Francis Parkman. 1. Malus halliana parkmanii, a crabapple tree with rose-like flowers and small purple fruit.
Word: Parkman crabs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Parkman crab Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parocheth Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of parochet. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: parochet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew פָּרֹכֶת (parókhet). Pronunciation: /pəˈɹoʊxɛt/ 1. The curtain that covered the Ark of the Covenant. 2. The curtain that covers the ark containing the Torah scrolls in a synagogue. Labels: Judaism
Word: shovavim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew שובבי״ם. 1. A period of six to eight weeks every year in which, according to some kabbalists, one should focus on repentance for sins, particularly sexual sins. Labels: Judaism
Word: Parsons table Part of Speech: noun Etymology: It was designed at Parsons Paris (founded by Frank Alvah Parsons), then known as the Paris Atelier. 1. A modernist square or rectangular table whose four legs are square in cross section, flush with the edges of the top, and equal to it in thickness.
Word: Parsons tables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Parsons table Labels: form-of, plural
Word: breakfasting in bed Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of breakfast in bed Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: breakfasted in bed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of breakfast in bed Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: walljumps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of walljump Labels: form-of, plural
Word: partn Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of partition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: partns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of partn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: WRX Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of World Rallycross. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: WSX Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of World Supercross. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: pashm Part of Speech: noun 1. The raw unspun wool of the Cashmere goat. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The pashms of Rodak, Ladak, Spiti, Rampur, Bashabir are a second class wool, and form the staple export to the shawl manufacturing cities of the Panjab.
Word: pashms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pashm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mountain in labour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An allusion to a line from the Ancient Roman poet Horace: "parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus". 1. A mighty preparation with very small results.
Word: mountains in labour Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mountain in labour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Paschen's law Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Friedrich Paschen, who discovered it empirically in 1889. 1. An equation giving the breakdown voltage between two electrodes in a gas as a function of pressure and gap length.
Word: passemezzos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of passemezzo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diademming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of diadem Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: diademmed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of diadem Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: diademmed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of diademed. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Childhood’s sweet fields renewed, / With daisies and with king-cups gay begemmed, / I saw: then Lindsey’s sweetest sanctitude / Of Druid woods arose, where, giant-stemmed, / Upreared old trees anew with verdure diademmed. Example: That fair young maiden diademmed with light / Made her dear mother’s fame more sparkling bright, / As the blue offspring of the Turquoise Hills / The parent Mount with richer glory fills, / When the Cloud’s voice has caused the gem to spring, / Responsive to its gentle thundering.
Word: passive resister Part of Speech: noun 1. One who engages in passive resistance.
Word: passive resisters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of passive resister Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pastepot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paste + pot. 1. A pot for holding paste, such as wheat paste. Example: Near-synonym: gluepot
Word: pastepots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pastepot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Patagonian cavy Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Patagonian mara.
Word: Patagonian hare Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Patagonian mara.
Word: Patagonian cavies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Patagonian cavy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Patagonian hares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Patagonian hare Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Patagonian mara Part of Speech: noun 1. A large rabbit-like rodent of species Dolichotis patagonum, found mainly in Argentina.
Word: Patagonian maras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Patagonian mara Labels: form-of, plural
Word: next levels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of next level Labels: form-of, plural
Word: MGN Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Mirror Group Newspapers. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 2. Initialism of Midland and Great Northern. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: MGN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of marine guidance note. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of medial geniculate nucleus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of membranous glomerulonephritis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MGNs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of MGN Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cot-caught mergers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cot-caught merger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blue-ear disease Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of blue ear disease. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: AGRICULTURE Ministry vets are keeping a close watch on a handful of pig farms in Devon and Somerset for the first signs of blue-ear disease. Example: Other management tips following blue-ear disease include giving sows extra feed to boost piglet birthweights and increase their chance of survival and using AI to make up for boars’ “lack of enthusiasm”.
Word: passes through Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pass through Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: passing through Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pass through Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pass-through Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from pass through. 1. Alternative form of passthrough. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: pass-throughs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pass-through Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pasture thistle Part of Speech: noun 1. A North American biennial or perennial herb of species Cirsium pumilum.
Word: pasture thistles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pasture thistle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Patton's hemlock Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of mountain hemlock (“Tsuga mertensiana”).
Word: Patton's spruce Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of mountain hemlock (“Tsuga mertensiana”).
Word: mountain hemlock Part of Speech: noun 1. Tsuga mertensiana, a North American hemlock.
Word: mountain hemlocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mountain hemlock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Nam Sách Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Nam Sách. Pronunciation: /næmˈsæk/ 1. A rural district of Hải Dương Province, Vietnam. 2. A township and capital of Nam Sách district, Hải Dương Province, Vietnam.
Word: patty shell Part of Speech: noun 1. A case made of pastry or batter in a cup-like shape, served with various fillings.
Word: patty shells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of patty shell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Paul Veronese green Part of Speech: noun 1. A brilliant bluish-green pigment made with copper arsenate. Labels: uncountable
Word: pavemental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pavement + -al. 1. Of or relating to the pavement epithelium. Labels: not-comparable Example: The wall of the caecum is formed of three coats; viz. the outer pavemental epithelium of the peritoneum, a middle coat of muscle fibres, and a lining or secretory epithelium.
Word: Pauserna Part of Speech: noun 1. An indigenous people in Bolivia and Brazil who live along the upper Río Guaporé. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: peanut tube Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of small vacuum tube. Labels: informal
Word: peanut tubes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peanut tube Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pearly disease Part of Speech: noun 1. Tuberculosis of the pleura in cattle. Labels: uncountable
Word: turquoisine Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of turquoise parrot. Example: The smaller parrakeets, such as budgerigars, turquoisines, and love birds, delight In going in and out of the cocoa nuts, but I never saw a cockatiel enter one, nor do I see how they could do so without detriment to their long tails. Example: But if the Aviarist be ambitious to keep the lovely, but destructive, members of the Parrot family, he must be content with grass alone, because Parrakeets (except the weak-billed Turquoisines and Elegants) would destroy the shrubs and trees in a day.
Word: turquoisines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turquoisine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: turquoise parrot Part of Speech: noun 1. Neophema pulchella, a parrot native to eastern Australia.
Word: turquoise parrots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turquoise parrot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lamb-god Part of Speech: name 1. Jesus; the Lamb of God. Example: Many people think that the association of the Lamb-god with the Cross arose from the fact that the constellation Aries at that time was on the heavenly cross (the crossways of the Ecliptic and Equator.)
Word: blue vervain Part of Speech: noun 1. The plant Verbena hastata, native to North America. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The plant Verbena officinalis, native to Europe. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: blue vervains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blue vervain Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blue-wattled crow Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of North Island kokako.
Word: North Island kokako Part of Speech: noun 1. Callaeas wilsoni, an endangered forest bird endemic to the North Island of New Zealand.
Word: BNDD Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: thunder-drum Part of Speech: noun 1. A large drum giving a deep booming sound when struck, used to imitate the sound of thunder. Example: Bull-voices and thunder-drums and the clashing of cymbals were used in this connection by the Greeks, and are mentioned by Aeschylus; but the bull-roarer, in the form of a rhombus of wood whirled at the end of a string, seems to be known, or to have been known, all over the world.
Word: thunder-drums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thunder-drum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boathouse rum Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of boathouse rummy. Labels: uncountable
Word: boathouse rummy Part of Speech: noun 1. A variant of rummy in which players must draw additional cards in certain circumstances. Labels: uncountable
Word: gourd rattle Part of Speech: noun 1. A rattle made from a hollowed-out dried gourd into which dried seeds or gravel is placed. Example: He made gourd-rattles (known in ever so many parts of the world) in which he rattled dried seeds or small pebbles with a most beguiling and rain-like insistence; or sometimes, like the priests of Baal in the Bible, he would cut himself with knives till the blood fell upon the ground in great drops suggestive of an oncoming thunder-shower.
Word: gourd rattles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gourd rattle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bobby sock Part of Speech: noun 1. singular of bobby socks Labels: form-of, singular
Word: Abunas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Abuna Labels: form-of, plural
Word: corporal oath Part of Speech: noun 1. An oath (vow) that is not merely spoken, but accompanied by a symbolic act such as kissing a holy book.
Word: bodily oath Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of corporal oath.
Word: corporal oaths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corporal oath Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bodily oaths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bodily oath Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cornucopia sofa Part of Speech: noun 1. A Regency-era sofa with carvings of cornucopias on the arms and sometimes elsewhere.
Word: cornucopia sofas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cornucopia sofa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: corporational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From corporation + -al. 1. Of or relating to a corporation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sex-mystery Part of Speech: noun 1. A secret religious celebration involving sexual intercourse. Example: The ANSAIRETIC Logos is a collection of Sex Mysteries never before revealed outside the Secret Brotherhoods of the Orient, and they relate WHOLLY to the inner, higher, deeper, and recondite meanings of Sex. 2. Sex conceived of as a mystical or magical phenomenon. Example: What more clear than that the conjunction of Tree and Serpent is the fulfilment in nature of that sex-mystery which is so potent in the life of man and the animals? 3. Lack of knowledge about sexuality and sexual behaviour resulting from a lack of sex education. Example: Women will be in a position to compete with man in every way. They will wear trousers. Rational birth control will free women for education, and quaint clothes and the sex mystery must go. Example: Sex mystery has prevented progress. The policy of maintaining mystery and secrecy concerning sex has failed with adults even more sadly than with children.
Word: sex-mysteries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sex-mystery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: correctant Part of Speech: noun 1. Something that serves to correct something else. Example: It is not only a correctant of the salicylic acid, but also the best adjuvant we could find. Example: Consequently, formative feedback serves as a correctant, and it can produce rapid changes in behavior in contrast to the more tedious process of using shaping techniques with motivational feedback […]
Word: correctants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of correctant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Corsican pine Part of Speech: noun 1. Pinus nigra subsp. laricio, a subspecies of the black pine.
Word: Corsican pines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Corsican pine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cosmicality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cosmical + -ity. 1. The quality of being cosmical. Labels: uncountable
Word: counter-courant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From counter- + courant. 1. Depicted running in opposite directions. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cowboy pool Part of Speech: noun 1. A game derived from English billiards, with more of the characteristics of standard pocket billiards, and with players competing to reach a total of 101 points by performing various types of shot. Labels: uncountable
Word: long players Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of long player Labels: form-of, plural
Word: long posterior ciliary arteries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of long posterior ciliary artery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: CPFF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Commercial Paper Funding Facility. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CPFF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of cost plus fixed fee. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: long rooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of long room Labels: form-of, plural
Word: craniometrist Part of Speech: noun 1. A practitioner of craniometry.
Word: craniometrists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of craniometrist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kookism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kook + -ism. 1. Kooky beliefs or behavior. Labels: uncountable Example: Buckley associates "right-wing kookism" with the John Birch Society.
Word: crankism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crank + -ism. 1. The beliefs or behaviour of a crank (unconventional person); eccentricity; kookishness. Labels: uncountable
Word: creamable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cream + -able. 1. Able to be creamed.
Word: creeping zinnia Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the flowering plants of the genus Sanvitalia.
Word: creeping zinnias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of creeping zinnia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Red-Nose Day Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Red Nose Day. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: ‘Red-Nose Day’ puts chuckle in charity Example: The inspiration for “The Great Logan Nose-On” is from the fun-raising efforts of Comic Relief, a coalition of comedians and aid groups in Britain. That group recently held its second annual “Red-Nose Day” in which 6 million noses were sold. Proceeds went to Third World projects and the “Save the Children Fund.”
Word: favor bank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Popularized in The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987). 1. A notional bank where favors (acts of goodwill in a relationship) are tallied up. Example: “You ever hear of the Favor Bank?” “The Favor Bank? No.” “Well, everything in this building, everything in the criminal justice system in New York”—New Yawk—“operates on favors. Everybody does favors for everybody else. Every chance they get, they make deposits in the Favor Bank.[…] Example: What is this Favor Bank?’ ‘It was an American writer who first mentioned it. It’s the most powerful bank in the world, and you’ll find it in every sphere of life.’
Word: crested auklet Part of Speech: noun 1. The small seabird Aethia cristatella.
Word: crested auklets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crested auklet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crested duck Part of Speech: noun 1. A duck of species Lophonetta specularioides, of South America.
Word: crested ducks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crested duck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blue iceberg Part of Speech: noun 1. An iceberg which has rotated or flipped to expose its previously submerged side, thus having a smooth texture and a bluish hue.
Word: blue icebergs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blue iceberg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Creswellian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Creswell + -ian. 1. A British Upper Palaeolithic culture named after the type site of Creswell Crags in Derbyshire.
Word: search out Part of Speech: verb 1. To find by searching. Example: Who went in the way before you to ſearch you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to ſhew you by what way ye ſhould goe, and in a cloud by day. Example: How are the things of Eſau ſearched out! how are his hid things ſought up!
Word: crissal thrasher Part of Speech: noun 1. Toxostoma crissale, a large American thrasher.
Word: crissal thrashers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crissal thrasher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: croaking gourami Part of Speech: noun 1. Trichopsis vittata, a small freshwater labyrinth fish of the gourami family, native to still waters in Southeast Asia.
Word: croaking gouramis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of croaking gourami Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hopton Wafers Part of Speech: name Etymology: Recorded as Hopton Wavre 1236, with manorial affix from the de Wavre family. 1. A small village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO6376).
Word: scisaac Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Scott + Isaac. 1. The ship of characters Scott McCall and Isaac Lahey from the Teen Wolf series. Labels: slang
Word: guivre Part of Speech: noun 1. A serpentine creature, variously one with no limbs (like a simple snake, but often depicted swallowing someone), or with wings and only two legs (a wyvern). Example: The guivre / The legless and wingless guivre would have seemed a mere serpent, albeit an immensely powerful one, except for its massive dragon head, horned and bearded. Guivres liked to live in forests and wells—anywhere near water[…]
Word: guivres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guivre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amphipteres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amphiptere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smooth talker Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who smooth talks. Example: The three local men didn't recognize him, but he seemed to be a real smooth talker with a Southern drawl of some sort. Example: So today I remembered the smooth talkers in my life. I don't have any more smooth talkers in my life. Because they piss me off. They piss me off because they don't understand HOW to smooth talk. The proper way. There is an art form.
Word: smooth talkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smooth talker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Doddington and Whisby Part of Speech: name 1. A civil parish in North Kesteven district, west of the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, which includes these two places.
Word: thermoporometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Morphologically thermo- + porometry 1. A calorimetric method for measuring porosity. Labels: uncountable
Word: Numinbah horse sickness Part of Speech: noun 1. Crofton weed poisoning in horses, leading to pulmonary toxicosis. Labels: uncountable
Word: Crofton weed Part of Speech: noun 1. Ageratina adenophora, a flowering plant native to Mexico and Central America. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Crofton weeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Crofton weed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cromeski Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kromesky. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cromeskis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cromeski Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kromfohrlanders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Kromfohrlander Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barcode-reader Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of barcode reader. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The series will make much of how it gave us the first glimpses of such breakthroughs as the first breathalyser (way back in 1967), pocket calculators (1971) and the barcode-reader (1983). Example: Nobody seriously suggests that navigating the aisles of a supermarket with a barcode-reader in one hand and a wire shopping chariot in the other is a highlight of contemporary civilisation.
Word: barcode-readers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barcode-reader Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cromwellian chair Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of leather chair, studded (ornamented with nailheads), having a rectangular seat and separate rectangular back, from the time of Cromwell; a later example made in the manner of such chairs.
Word: Cromwellian chairs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cromwellian chair Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cross-back Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of crossback. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cross-backs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cross-back Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cross-disciplinary Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of crossdisciplinary. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: crossite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cross + -ite, after the American petrologist Charles Whitman Cross. 1. An inosilicate double-chain sodic amphibole mineral of the riebeckite group, now discredited. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crossites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crossite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cross-linkage Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of crosslinkage. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: cross-linkages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cross-linkage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tau cross Part of Speech: noun 1. A cross shaped like the Greek capital letter tau, sometimes with all three ends of the cross expanded.
Word: tau crosses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tau cross Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crowded together Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of crowd together Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cuichunchulli Part of Speech: noun 1. The plant Hybanthus parviflorus.
Word: Cuitlatec Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a particular ethnic group of Guerrero, Mexico. Labels: historical
Word: Cuitlatec Part of Speech: name 1. The extinct language isolate of these people.
Word: Cuitlatecs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cuitlatec Labels: form-of, plural
Word: redcurrant jellies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of redcurrant jelly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cumberland sauce Part of Speech: noun 1. A savory English sauce made with redcurrant jelly, mustard, salt and pepper, blanched orange peel, and port wine. Labels: uncountable
Word: chanson de geste Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French chanson de geste. Pronunciation: /ˌʃɒ̃sɒ̃ də ˈʒɛst/, /ʃɑnˌsɑn də ˈʒɛst/ 1. A type of epic medieval French poem, having a characteristic verse form and typically featuring historical characters.
Word: cup custard Part of Speech: noun 1. A custard dessert served in cups.
Word: cup custards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cup custard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Queen Camel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Recorded as Cantmael in 995, and Camelle 1086 (DB). The word Queen is believed to refer to Eleanor of Provence from the 13th century. 1. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST5924).
Word: ba-dum-tss Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of ba-dum ching. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It seems to me that new fans are often some of the most open to new and interesting premises in creator-owned books. Thanks for giving us a shot, and here's hoping you keep seeking out the less-established titles. That's how you find the..........Gems. (Ba-dum-tss.)
Word: Drumpellier Part of Speech: name Etymology: An older 19th century spelling was Drumpeller. 1. An outer western suburb of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7165).
Word: curbash Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kurbash. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: curbashes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of curbash Labels: form-of, plural