nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Lotusland Part of Speech: name Etymology: In reference to Vancouver, coined by Canadian journalist Allan Fotheringham. 1. The legendary island of the lotus-eaters. Labels: Greek Example: We will abide in the golden vale / Of the Lotos-land, till the Lotos fail; / We will not wander more. Example: Calypso is by far the most effective impediment Odysseus encounters on his journey home to Ithaca, holding him in a sensuous but tedious captivity for seven years, Lotusland revisited. 2. The city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; (by extension) the province of British Columbia. Labels: informal Example: "Vancouver, until about two years ago." I could tell that she was going to regale me about the beauty of Lotusland, where it never snows and pot grows between cracks in the sidewalk.
Word: daycation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of day + vacation. 1. A single-day excursion or retreat. Labels: Canada, US Example: You'll want a back-pocket, getaway idea to pull out when you have a free afternoon and the itch to take off for a while. Our "daycations" are just the ticket to satisfy mini wanderlust.
Word: daycations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of daycation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: democrazy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of democracy + crazy. 1. A democratic system or state considered to be inauthentic or inherently flawed; democracy that has descended into corruption, injustice, or absurdity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This is crucial if we recognise that the crux of the democratic stateform is the constitutional right of the people to influence and determine how they are governed; how their representatives are chosen, and how that process can be conducted at intervals without fraudulent interference with the right of the people, without turning democracy into democrazy; into a chaotic and unruly form of government.
Word: likeworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From like (verb) + -worthy. Compare Old English līcwyrþe (“fit to please; well-pleasing; acceptable; agreeable”, literally “like-worthy”). 1. Worthy of being liked; likeable. Example: None of your hatred should have prevented me, for I am a very likeworthy man. Example: Quite a few literature studies demonstrate likeworthy results with instrumented fusions as with uninstrumented (Thomsen et al. 1997, Fritzell et al. 2002).
Word: New Zealand falcon Part of Speech: noun 1. A species of falcon endemic to New Zealand (Falco novaeseelandiae).
Word: pharyngology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pharyngo- + -logy. 1. The science that studies the pharynx and treatment of its diseases. Labels: uncountable
Word: signal transduction Part of Speech: noun 1. A series of chemical reactions within a cell which start when a transmembrane protein comes into contact with a chemical signal, resulting in a second messenger being triggered. Labels: uncountable
Word: epizudic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant spelling of epizootic influenced by variant pronunciation of that word. Compare epizoodic. Pronunciation: /ɛpɪˈzuːdɪk/ 1. Alternative spelling of epizootic, in the sense a particular disease (as opposed to an outbreak of disease). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Hello, schmalz-gesicht." He walked over to his wife and slapped her buttocks. Mollie pushed him away angrily. "Keep your hands to yourself!" He looked at her in surprise. "So what's wrong with you? You got the epizudic or something?"
Word: Jabba the Hut Part of Speech: name 1. Misspelling of Jabba the Hutt. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: "You know that character, Jabba the Hut? ... Sometimes he'd tell Ali good things and do things on the surface that seemed right, but then he'd mix it with something devious...." Example: Legislative assistants are terrified of her, and her reputation for yelling at people deemed disobedient has earned her the nickname ‘Jabba the Hut.’
Word: NCLEX-RN Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NCLEX-PN Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: critical loads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of critical load Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mitochondrial matrices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mitochondrial matrix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cleavage furrows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cleavage furrow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prothoracicotropic hormones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prothoracicotropic hormone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dartre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French dartre. 1. Any herpetic or other chronic skin disease. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: zero period Part of Speech: noun 1. A high school class that is offered early in the morning, before the scheduled start of the school day.
Word: tillow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *tilwe, *telwe, *telghe, from Old English telga, telge (“twig, branch, shoot”). More at tiller. 1. Alternative form of tiller (“type of plant shoot”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Branch; twig; shoot. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: tillow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *tilwen, *telwien, *telȝen, from Old English telgian (“to put forth branches”), from Proto-West Germanic *telgōn, *tilgijan (“to branch, sprout, produce”). 1. Alternative form of tiller. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. To spread; branch out; send forth shoots. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive
Word: network card Part of Speech: noun 1. A card that allows a computer to be connected to a network.
Word: sarabandes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sarabande Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deskfast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of desk + breakfast. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛskfəst/ 1. Breakfast eaten at work, particularly while sitting at a desk. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The default deskfast, the cereal bar, arrived in Britain from America in the late 1990s and within five years accounted for about a fifth of the total breakfast cereal market.
Word: deskfasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deskfast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: digilante Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of digital + vigilante. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪdʒiːˈlænti/ 1. A person who engages in vigilantism on or through the Internet. Example: Other computer wizards have become cult figures after rushing to defend their idea of Internet purity, for example, when several hacker "digitantes" sabotaged Cyber Promotions, Inc., one of the most hated e-mail advertisers, or "spammers."
Word: fucktape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fuck + tape. 1. A sex tape. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: digilantes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of digilante Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fucktapes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fucktape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: follow-on Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from follow on. 1. Something that follows as a natural or logical consequence, development, or progression. Labels: attributive, often Example: follow-on effects Example: The Internet is the global information system that is logically linked together by a globally unique address space based on the Internet Protocol (IP) or its subsequent extensions /follow-ons[…] 2. Baby formula (breast milk substitute) for slightly older infants. 3. The act of a captain forcing the other side to bat again immediately after their first innings.
Word: follow-ons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of follow-on Labels: form-of, plural
Word: follows on Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of follow on Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: following on Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of follow on Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: followed on Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of follow on Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dormcest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dorm (“dormitory”) + -cest. 1. Romantic and/or sexual involvement between students residing in the same dormitory. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: "I remember being shocked that they would sleep in the same bed!" says Eunpi Cho ’05, recalling one notorious incident of dormcest.
Word: dotings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oct Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for octal. 1. Abbreviation of octal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal, uncountable
Word: co-dominant Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of codominant. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: MHC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of major histocompatibility complex. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Wederkind and Füri looked at MHC genes on chromosome 6, which are the genes involved in the definition of self and the recognition of parastic intruders by the immune system.
Word: dramality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek δράω (dráō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek δρᾶμᾰ (drâmă)bor. Late Latin drāmabor. English drama Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin reālis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Medieval Latin reālitāslbor. French réalitéder. English reality blend English dramality Blend of drama + reality. Coined by Survivor creator Mark Burnett in 2000. 1. A genre of television programming that blends reality TV with elements of drama. Labels: uncountable Example: Minnie had come up with the brilliant idea of spoofing a dramality show of Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and Lindsay Lohan doing "hard time" in a primadonna version of prison, complete with diamond-studded ankle cuffs. 2. A television program of this genre. Labels: countable Example: Yet neither thinks dramalities signal an end to either scripted or traditional reality TV.
Word: dramalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dramality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sicc Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sick + -cc. 1. Eye dialect spelling of sick (“in poor health; ill”). Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Being sicc in college is so trash😂 where my momma at😭
Word: sicc Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See sic. 1. Alternative spelling of sic (“set upon”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: déblai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French déblai. 1. The cavity from which the earth for a fortification's parapets, etc. (remblai), has been taken. Labels: dated
Word: décadent Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of decadent. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Now this is the tale of A. B. / The grotesque black and white devotee, / The décadent fakir, / The Yellow Bookmaker, / The funny-man over the sea. Example: “Is it not that we shall all prize classic simplicity, in phrase or form, more than any jewelled splendour of décadent luxury?” said the Lay Figure.
Word: décadent Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of decadent. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The Décadent was speaking to his soul— / Poor useless thing, he said, / Why did God burden me with such as thou? / The body were enough, / The body gives me all. Example: It is true, that the senses have by the Décadents been declared the only purveyors, the only intermediaries, between ourselves and Universal Nature. But that charge, which to some would be a most terrible one, loses much of its character when we come to see what the Décadents understand by senses and discover that they mean something quite different from what our pseudo-philosophers ever thought; in fact there is nothing in their dictionaries that approaches what the Décadents mean.
Word: calamines Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of calamine Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: calamines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calamine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dartres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dartre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: décadents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of décadent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: escuages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of escuage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twist the knife Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Derived from the fact that the act of literally twisting a knife that is still inside someone who has just been stabbed will widen the wound and make it even more painful. 1. To deliberately do or say something to worsen a difficult situation or increase a person's distress, irritation, or anger. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: "And I'm not seeing anyone," she added, just to twist the knife — in whom, she wasn't sure.
Word: international call prefix Part of Speech: noun 1. A prefix that must be prepended to a telephone number in order to call a number outside one's own country.
Word: selfsecure Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From self- + secure, probably a calque of German selbstsicher (“selfsecure, self-assured, self-confident”). Compare also Dutch zelfzeker, zelfverzekerd (“selfsecure, confident”). 1. Secure in oneself; self-assured; self-confident. Example: Friendliness and gentleness also apply to self. Children who learn to be gentle and tolerant with themselves grow up to be less stressed and more relaxed and selfsecure. 2. Secure on one's own; self-reliant; self-sustaining. Example: Haynes's formulation all but conflated middle-class status with moral integrity, as he implied that by their nature, the better classes were more selfsecure.
Word: self-secure Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From self- + secure. 1. Alternative form of selfsecure. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: off-centre Part of Speech: adj 1. Displaced from the centre. Labels: Australian, Canada, Irish, New-Zealand, South-African, UK Example: Place the decorations off-centre on the table. 2. Eccentric, unbalanced, slightly wrong. Labels: Australian, Canada, Irish, New-Zealand, South-African, UK, idiomatic Example: Every time I see him, he acts a bit off-centre. Example: While Lahr's book was meticulously researched, the author had such deeply ambivalent feelings about Orton's relationship with Halliwwell (and probably with all gay relationships) that the book felt off-center.
Word: sciencey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From science + -y (“characterized by; like”, suffix forming an adjective). 1. Scientific; of or pertaining to science. Labels: informal Example: True, most of us concede that quasi-experimental empirical research, today symbolized by multiple-regression equations, is in some sense the most "sciencey" part of political science. Example: AIDS was too sciencey for me. My eighth-grade term paper was on censorship, Tipper Gore's assault on free speech in the music industry, and the Dead Kennedys. 2. Apparently, but not necessarily, scientific; having the trappings of science. Labels: informal Example: Near-synonyms: sciencelike; scientistic; pseudoscientific Example: Here was the hidden gender curriculum in full flow - with very clear gendered values and expectations being imparted to the children who walked in: boys are loud and active and like 'sciencey' things such as building and constructing; girls, on the other hand, are quiet and passive, preferring to do 'caring' things and look pretty.
Word: renal cortex Part of Speech: noun 1. The outer region of the kidney, between the renal capsule and the renal medulla, consisting of the glomeruli and the proximal and distal convoluted tubules.
Word: selflike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From self + -like. Compare selfly. 1. Exactly similar; corresponding. 2. Of or pertaining to self or one's self; personal; individual; own. Example: But this is precisely what Shpet does: he projects onto the "word-concept" selflike qualities that are by no means necessarily foreseen in Husserl, suggesting at once that our selves are structured like it and that it is a kind of self [...] Example: The specific capacities belong to and are regulated by the organism itself as a whole: it is the organism as a whole that appears to be constituted by this selflike nature. 3. Selfish; self-centered. Example: Because the selflike (selbstische) universality, the subjective One (Bins) of the individuality, does not separate itself from the real particularization but is only submerged in it, [...] Example: The selflike being of man, becoming independent, now stands as an obstacle in the way of further development of the building process.
Word: frustules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frustule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hermatypic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a coral that is a species that builds coral reefs Labels: not-comparable
Word: ahermatypic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + hermatypic. 1. Of a coral that is a species that does not build coral reefs Labels: not-comparable
Word: renal medulla Part of Speech: noun 1. The innermost region of the kidney, arranged into pyramid like structures, consisting of the collecting tubules, Henle's loop, vasa rectae, venulae rectae and the medullary capillary plexus
Word: purflings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of purfling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: otorhinolaryngological Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to otorhinolaryngology. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1998, Peter M. Lauven, Peter Kulka, 1: Anesthesia for Surgical Procedures on the Neck, Hans Heinz Naumann, Jan Helms (editors), Head and Neck Surgery, Volume 3: Neck, page 1, The premedication of otorhinolaryngological patients does not differ from that in other surgical disciplines. Example: This has led to considering the phenomenon as of psychogenic origin and can explain why the condition is sometimes missed on a single otorhinolaryngological examination.
Word: electronarcosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From electro- + narcosis. 1. the process of rendering one unconscious through the application of an electric current Labels: uncountable 2. the unconsciousness induced as a result of the process Labels: uncountable
Word: narcose Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /nɑɹˈkoʊs/, /nɑːˈkəʊs/ 1. To place in a state of narcosis; to narcotize. Labels: rare, transitive Example: He then used only 1,250 p. p. m., and although none died, four out of five were depressed and irritated or narcosed. Example: The extracts of these plants are being used in folklore medicine. Metabolites belonging to different chemical classes have been identified as antifungal agents and in chemical narcosing of fish.
Word: narcose Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /nɑɹˈkoʊs/, /nɑːˈkəʊs/ 1. The state of being under narcosis; unconsciousness. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Persons affected with an idiosyncrasy against this particular substance, and neurasthenic sufferers may easily be seized with a vomituritive tendency after the expiration of the narcose […] Example: If, then, all anæsthetists would insist upon complete anæsthesis before even the simplest operation was proceeded with, we should hear less frequently of the fatal results of “a few whiffs,” when death is not really due to the use of the anaesthetic, but to the shock consequent upon its not being pushed far enough before the narcose.
Word: militaresque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From military + -esque. 1. Of or relating to the military
Word: testivation Part of Speech: noun 1. The production of pollen by the stamens Labels: uncountable
Word: sibilating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sibilate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sibilating Part of Speech: noun 1. A hissing sound Labels: uncountable
Word: antidiscriminatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + discriminatory. 1. Opposing or disallowing discrimination.
Word: placelessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From placeless + -ly. 1. Without a place. Labels: not-comparable Example: What deadly voids and unbidden infidelities in the lines that seem to gnaw upon all Faith, and refuse resurrections to the beings who have placelessly perished without a grave.
Word: observest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: observe + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of observe Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: reasonest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: reason + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of reason Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: reasoneth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: reason + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reason Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unhealing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + healing. 1. That does not heal. Labels: not-comparable Example: Those, in whose unhealing hearts the sight of those bleak tablets sympathetically caused the old wounds to bleed afresh.
Word: unhealing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unheal Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: boneless lean beef trimmings Part of Speech: noun 1. Lean finely textured beef. Labels: US, plural, plural-only Example: 2003, Dickson et al, Impact of pH enhancement on populations of Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, and Escherichia coli Ol57:H7 in boneless lean beef trimmings, in Food Protection Trends, volume 25 (2005), page 21 http://books.google.com/books?id=5UQsAQAAMAAJ&q=%22boneless+lean+beef+trimmings%22&dq=%22boneless+lean+beef+trimmings%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kSCHT7GuFZGm8QT31OGfCA&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAw Example: Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings are lean and flavorful ingredients that are essential to processing a range of lean, high-quality, and cost- effective products that millions of Americans consume every day.
Word: uncheered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + cheered. 1. Not cheered; left unhappy or desolate. Example: And now the time of tide has come; the ship casts off her cables; and from the deserted wharf the uncheered ship for Tarshish, all careening, glides to sea. Example: Uncheered by friends, unhissed by foes, the honorable member blandly continued his speech […] 2. Not cheered or applauded.
Word: invokingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From invoking + -ly. 1. So as to invoke. Example: But all in vain; the indignant gale howls louder; then, with one hand raised invokingly to God, with the other they not unreluctantly lay hold of Jonah.
Word: strainings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of straining Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gaspings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gasping Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unreluctantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unreluctant + -ly. 1. Without reluctance; willingly. Example: But all in vain; the indignant gale howls louder; then, with one hand raised invokingly to God, with the other they not unreluctantly lay hold of Jonah.
Word: tranced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trance + -ed. 1. Held as if in a trance; captivated. Example: For an instant, the tranced boat's crew stood still.
Word: unbewept Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + bewept. 1. Not wept over; unlamented. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: engulph Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic form of engulf. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Yet even then beyond the reach of any plummet—'out of the belly of hell'—when the whale grounded upon the ocean's utmost bones, even then, God heard the engulphed, repenting prophet when he cried. Example: The uproar of the sea, the yell of the Indians, the rapidity with which the boat at intervals was driven, threatening at every moment to be engulphed, might have infused terror into the most undaunted; […]
Word: engulphed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of engulph Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: brimmers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brimmer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mythers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of myther Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ecosexual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + sexual, after the pattern of metrosexual and retrosexual. 1. An environmentally conscious person whose adherence to green living extends to their romantic and/or sexual life (particularly their choice of partner). Example: Ecosexuals are an evolving breed of city dweller for whom keeping green is every bit as important in their romantic life as in their choice of household cleanser, dinner food, or wall paint. 2. A person who feels or performs sexual attraction to nature or the planet Earth. Example: But even though Sprinkle and Stephens no longer organize the weddings themselves, other ecosexual enthusiasts have taken up the cause.
Word: ecosexuals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecosexual Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skepticize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From skeptic + -ize. 1. To doubt; to be skeptical Example: to skepticize, where no one else will […] hesitate
Word: skepticized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of skepticize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: skepticizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of skepticize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: skepticizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of skepticize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: serpulite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From serpula + -ite. 1. A fossilized serpula shell.
Word: serpulites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of serpulite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hemidactyl Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the Old World geckos of the genus Hemidactylus; house gecko
Word: hemidactyls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemidactyl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subdecuple Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + decuple. 1. Having the ratio of one part to ten. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: hornito Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Diminutive from Spanish horno (“oven”), from Latin furnus. See furnace. 1. A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, emitting smoke and vapours from its sides and summit. Example: When Humboldt visited this place, the natives assured him that the heat of the hornitos had formerly been much greater. The thermometer rose to 203° when placed in the fissures exhaling aqueous vapour.
Word: hornitoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hornito Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hornitos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hornito Labels: form-of, plural
Word: henfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hen + fish. 1. Any of species Brama brama of marine fish (black seabream, Atlantic pomfret) . 2. A female fish, especially a salmon or trout. Example: It was a fat nineteen-inch female and we released the handsome henfish to spawn again that fall. Example: Spawning fish on the redds. A henfish will often be attended by two or three cockfish – whilst displaying ritual combat between themselves, one cock will mate, others may follow [image caption] 3. A fish that broods its eggs or fry, especially a lumpsucker or lumpfish (Cyclopteridae). Example: the parental responsibility shouldered by the male lumpfish as he guards his unborn spawn and later his newborn fry has earned the master of the house the rather unlikely name of “henfish.” Example: the lumpsucker gets its name from the sucker on the underside of its body. It is also called the henfish because of the devotion with which the male fish guards the eggs.
Word: laryngo- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Of the throat or larynx. Labels: morpheme
Word: eudiometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eudiometer + -ry. Compare French eudiométrie. 1. The art or process of determining the constituents of a gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: He also discussed eudiometry, and although Priestley had not achieved a sense of compound in the Lavoisian sense, he didn't make the mistake that Leslie did in assuming that nitrous acid was variable in the proportions of its ingredients.
Word: sycoceric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. An acid obtained by the oxidation of sycoceryl alcohol. Labels: uncountable
Word: pashalic Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pashalik. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pashalics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pashalic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postnate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin postnatus (“second or subsequently born”), from post (“after”) + natus (“born”). 1. subsequent Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: The graces and gifts of the spirit are postnate. Example: […] in the concertation for the for the munities of postnate generations, he sustained a despoliation of his possessions.
Word: hydrocarburet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + carburet. 1. Carburetted hydrogen. Labels: obsolete 2. A hydrocarbon. Labels: obsolete
Word: hydrocarburets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydrocarburet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bornless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From born + -less. 1. Without birth; not born. Labels: not-comparable
Word: stitch-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stitch + up. 1. An act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone. Labels: UK, slang Example: The police planted the gun in my car. It was a stitch-up. 2. Something arranged deceitfully and in secret. Labels: UK, slang Example: Wilson's election as leader was a stitch-up by the committee. Example: Lynch added: "Our findings from our FOI requests on ticket office closures shows the whole process to be a stitch-up between the train operators, under the auspices of the Rail Delivery Group[,] and ministers.
Word: adjument Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin adiūmentum, for adiuvāmentum, inflected form of adiuvō (“to help”), from ad- (“toward, to”) + iuvō (“to help”). Pronunciation: /ˈæd͡ʒʊmənt/ 1. Help; support; that which or one who helps or supports. Labels: obsolete Example: 1641 June 15, Charles I: Debate on a Motion for abolishing of Deans, Chapters, &c., 1807, The Parliamentary History of England, Volume II: 1625—1642, Hansard, page 831, Thus their office is declared to ne these particulars following: […] 3. To be adjuments, or assistants, to the bishops in cathedrals, as be the archdeacons abroad; […] . Example: But by all things needful or requisite, all necessary power either operative or elective, all necessary instruments and adjuments extrinsical and intrinsical, and all conditions are intended.
Word: adjuments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adjument Labels: form-of, plural
Word: primipilar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin primipilaris, from primipilus (“the centurion of the first cohort of a Roman legion”), from primus pilus (“the division made up of the triarii in the Roman army”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɹaɪmɪˈpaɪlə(ɹ)/ 1. Of or relating to the captain of the vanguard of a Roman army. Labels: Ancient-Rome, not-comparable Example: Upon ſuch grounds it may be reaſonable to allovv S. Peter a primacy of order; ſuch an one as the Ring-leader hath in a Dance, as the primipilar Centurion had in the Legion, or the Prince of the Senate had there, in the Roman State; […]
Word: chuffy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chuff + -y. 1. Fat or puffed out in the cheeks. 2. Rough; boorish; surly. Labels: archaic
Word: putrilage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French putrilage, Latin putrilago (“putrefaction”). 1. Something undergoing, or having undergone putrefaction. Labels: archaic
Word: coadjutive Part of Speech: adj 1. Rendering mutual aid; coadjutant. Labels: not-comparable Example: There is no mischief that we fall into, but that we our ſelves are at least a coadjutive cause, and do help to further the thing.
Word: North Caucasus Part of Speech: name 1. The northern part of the Caucasus region between the Black and Caspian Seas and within European Russia.
Word: ecosexuality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + sexuality. 1. The quality or state of being ecosexual. Labels: uncountable
Word: supersulphate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + sulphate. 1. An acid sulphate. Labels: obsolete
Word: supersulphates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supersulphate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: retribute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Latin retributus, past participle of retribuo (“to retribute”); prefix re- + tribuo (“to bestow, assign, pay”). See tribute. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛtɹɪbjuːt/ 1. To pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite. Example: to retribute someone for their kindness Example: to retribute just punishment to a criminal
Word: retributed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of retribute Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: retributes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of retribute Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: retributing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of retribute Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Muzarabic Part of Speech: name 1. Archaic form of Mozarabic. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Muzarab Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of Mozarab. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Muzarabs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Muzarab Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mercurification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French mercurification. See mercurify. 1. The process or operation of obtaining mercury, in its fluid form, from mercuric minerals. Labels: historical, uncountable 2. The act or process of compounding, or the state of being compounded, with mercury. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable
Word: Dickboy Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the male given name Richard. Labels: offensive, sometimes Example: Richard Bryant (the noted "DICKBOY") was of this gang, as were Ben. Kayford and Geo. Ward (alias DAGGER) and some others, all hanged at Gloucester, Bristol, Salisbury, and Ilchester. Example: Also I give the use of my Negro Dickboy to my daughter Mary Womack during her life and after her death I give and bequeath the said Negro Dickboy to my son Francis Farley and his heirs forever.
Word: merchand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French marchander. See merchant. 1. To trade; to traffic. Labels: obsolete Example: Besides that, Ferdinando had but newly taken breath from the war with the Moors; and merchanded at this time with France for the restoring of the counties of Russignon and Perpignian, oppignorated to the French.
Word: merchanded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of merchand Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: merchanding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of merchand Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: merchands Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of merchand Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: docimacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of docimasy with spelling influenced by the suffix -cy. 1. Alternative form of docimasy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: supercarbonate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + carbonate. 1. bicarbonate Labels: obsolete Example: supercarbonate of lime
Word: supercarbonates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supercarbonate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: araucarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Araucaria + -n Pronunciation: /ˌæɹɔːˈkɛə.ɹi.ən/, /ˌæɹɔˈkɛ.ɹi.ən/, /ˌæɹɑˈ-/, /ˌɛɹɔˈkɛ.ɹi.ən/, /ˌɛɹɑˈ-/ 1. Relating to, or of the nature of, trees of family Araucariaceae. Labels: not-comparable Example: The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly araucarian. Example: Araucarian Conifers
Word: araucarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Araucaria + -n Pronunciation: /ˌæɹɔːˈkɛə.ɹi.ən/, /ˌæɹɔˈkɛ.ɹi.ən/, /ˌæɹɑˈ-/, /ˌɛɹɔˈkɛ.ɹi.ən/, /ˌɛɹɑˈ-/ 1. Any tree of the genus Araucaria.
Word: supersemination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + semination. 1. The sowing of seed over seed previously sown. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: No good Christian can diſlike the Husbandſman's sowing of wheat, but every good Christian doth diſlike the envious man's ſuperſemination
Word: sowings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sowing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maltonic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. gluconic acid Labels: uncountable Example: .
Word: latreutical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek λατρευτικός (latreutikós), from λατρεύω (latreúō, “to serve, to worship”), + -al. Compare -latry. 1. Acting as a hired servant; serving; ministering; assisting. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete 2. Of or pertaining to latria, the highest form of worship. Labels: not-comparable Example: [I]n this ſacred Supper there is a ſacrifice (in that ſenſe vvherein the Fathers ſpoke) none of vs euer doubted: but that is then, either Latreuticall (as [Robert] Bellarmine diſtinguiſhes it not ill) or Euchariſticall: […] Example: We have already highlighted the primacy of the first of these, the latreutical end of this et-et, that is, of the adoration of God.
Word: extruct Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin extructus, exstructus, past participle of extruere, exstruere (“to build up”), from ex (“out”) + struere (“to build”). Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɹʌkt/ 1. To construct. Labels: obsolete Example: These high extructed Spires he writ / That mortal Deltius must quit.
Word: extructed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of extruct Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: extructing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of extruct Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: extructs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of extruct Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: oxyphenic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. pyrocatechol Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: first and last Part of Speech: adj 1. only Labels: attributive, not-comparable Example: This is the first and last time I'm doing this.
Word: first and last Part of Speech: noun 1. A person's combined given name and surname. Labels: idiomatic Example: Hi, Yes, I'm here to register as a new primary care patient. OK, I'll have you fill out a form on this digital tablet, but first I need your first and last, date of birth, and the last four of your social [the ending digits of an identification number].
Word: first and last Part of Speech: adv 1. altogether; wholly Labels: not-comparable Example: He is a gentleman, first and last. Example: I had been a cad, a scoundrel, first and last. Sofia had been courageous in her misfortune; she had never wished to be a burden on me; she had hidden nothing from me as regards her past; I had sworn that her past no longer mattered, and then I had beaten her nearly to death.
Word: seizes upon Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of seize upon Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: seizing upon Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of seize upon Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: seized upon Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of seize upon Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: latches on Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of latch on Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: latching on Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of latch on Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: latched on Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of latch on Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gets off on Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of get off on Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: getting off on Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of get off on Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: got off on Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of get off on Labels: form-of, past
Word: gotten off on Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of get off on Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pushes on Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of push on Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pushing on Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of push on Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pushed on Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of push on Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: puts horns on Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of put horns on Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bothe Part of Speech: det 1. Obsolete spelling of both. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: bothe Part of Speech: conj 1. Obsolete spelling of both. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: elderwed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From elder + wed, by analogy with newlywed. 1. An elderly married person, especially one whose marriage occurred late in life. Example: Many of his friends are joining a burgeoning international community of elderweds, or those who marry in their 60s, 70s or even 80s.
Word: elderweds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of elderwed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: burian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bürȝen, from Old English byrġen, burġen (“burying-place, grave, sepulchre, tomb, burial”), from Proto-West Germanic *burginnju, from Proto-Germanic *burginjō (“burial”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to shelter, protect, save, preserve”). Related to Old English beorg (modern English barrow) and Old English byrġan (“to raise a mound, hide, bury, inter”). More at bury. 1. A tomb; sepulchre. Labels: Scotland 2. A burial mound. Labels: Scotland 3. A camp; hill-fort. Labels: Scotland
Word: burgess-ship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From burgess + -ship. 1. The state or condition of being a burgess; citizenship. Labels: uncountable
Word: Affghanistan Part of Speech: name 1. Archaic spelling of Afghanistan. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: 1840 Narrative of the war in Affghanistan in 1838-39 (volume 1) by Captain Henry Havelock; Henry Colburn, London, (1840) Example: BLOODY BATTLE IN AFFGHANISTAN
Word: emotag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of emotion + tag, likely by analogy with emoticon. Pronunciation: /ɪˈməʊˌtæɡ/, /ɪˈmoʊˌtæɡ/, /əˈ-/ 1. A mock HTML tag incorporated into writing to express a state of mind. Labels: Internet
Word: emotags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of emotag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dumping one's load Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dump one's load Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shooting one's load Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of shoot one's load Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: blowing one's load Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of blow one's load Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: river horse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos). Compare Middle English water hors (“hippopotamus”). By surface analysis, river + horse. 1. Hippopotamus. Labels: uncommon Example: The river-horse feeds upon the herbage of the Nile, and the behemoth is said to eat grass like an ox. Example: Liverpool started and snorted like a river-horse roused amongst his reeds by thunder.
Word: river horses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of river horse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: master plans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of master plan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: entreprenerd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of entrepreneur + nerd. Pronunciation: /ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜːd/, /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝd/ 1. A person who builds a business around their technical skills or expertise. Labels: informal Example: He [Bill Gates] is Jobs's opposite. A virtuoso software engineer with virtually zero charisma, he is the ultimate entreprenerd.
Word: entreprenerds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entreprenerd Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Iqalungmiut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Inuktitut [Term?]. Pronunciation: /ɪkaˈlʊŋmiːʊt/ 1. One or more inhabitants of Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay).
Word: Iqalungmiut Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Inuktitut [Term?]. Pronunciation: /ɪkaˈlʊŋmiːʊt/ 1. Of or relating to Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay).
Word: Iqalummiut Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Iqalummiuq Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Iqalummiuq Part of Speech: noun 1. An inhabitant of the city of Iqaluit, Canada.
Word: fusarole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French fusarolle, from Italian fusaruolo, from fuso (“spindle, shaft of a column”). See fusee (“a conical wheel”). 1. Synonym of astragal
Word: fusaroles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fusarole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preformative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- (prefix meaning ‘before; physically in front of’) + formative, modelled after Late Latin praeformativus (originally used in relation to the grammar of Semitic languages). Pronunciation: /priˈfoɹmətɪv/ 1. a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word. Example: Ch. a prefix prep. as in Hebrew, the sign of the dative; also of the genitive and accusative; and as a conj. before the future, which then rejects the preformative, that
Word: preformative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- (prefix meaning ‘before; physically in front of’) + formative, modelled after Late Latin praeformativus (originally used in relation to the grammar of Semitic languages). Pronunciation: /priˈfoɹmətɪv/ 1. Of or pertaining to preformation. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a thing: forming or affecting something that comes later. Labels: not-comparable 3. of a letter, syllable, etc.: attached to the beginning of a word as a formative element. Labels: not-comparable
Word: preformative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In many cases merely a typo; less commonly, sometimes due to a misapprehension of morphology. 1. Misspelling of performative. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: preformatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preformative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glaucic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Glaucium + -ic. 1. fumaric acid Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: Cologne earth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the city Cologne. 1. An earth of a deep brown colour, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal. Labels: uncountable
Word: spearer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spear + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈspɪəɹə/, /ˈspɪɹɚ/, /ˈspɪəɹə(ɹ)/, /ˈspiɹə(ɹ)/, /ˈspiəɹə/ 1. One who uses a spear. Example: a spearer of fish
Word: spearers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spearer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tisar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French tisard. 1. The fireplace at the side of an annealing oven in glassmaking.
Word: tisars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tisar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: capreolate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin capreolātus, from capreolus (“wild goat, tendril”) + -ātus, from caper (“goat”); see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French capréolé. 1. Having a tendril or tendrils. Labels: archaic Example: The Section Grandiflora, representing the Agraric and Capreolata of Hammar, is readily subdivided into three subsections, as is done by Haussknecht, by eliminating, as Murales, from the well-marked Agrarian and Capreolate species the more dubious and intermediate plants, some of which present distinct individual features, while one or two others show affinities with certain of the Parviflora.
Word: tricrotous Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪkɹətəs/ 1. Archaic form of tricrotic. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable
Word: Priscillianist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Priscillian + -ist. 1. Of or pertaining to Priscillianism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Priscillianist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Priscillian + -ist. 1. A follower of Priscillian, bishop of Ávila in Spain in the fourth century AD, who mixed various elements of Gnosticism and Manichaeism with Christianity. Labels: historical
Word: Priscillianists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Priscillianist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parliamentarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From parliamentary + -ly. 1. In a parliamentary manner; in the context of parliament or via parliamente.
Word: roughrider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rough + rider. 1. A horsebreaker. 2. A noncommissioned officer in the British cavalry whose duty is to assist the riding master. Labels: dated 3. A member of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry during the Spanish-American War Labels: US, dated, slang
Word: roughriders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roughrider Labels: form-of, plural