nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: prescriptibility Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality or state of being prescriptible. Labels: uncountable
Word: endearedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From endeared + -ly. 1. With affection or endearment; dearly or lovingly Labels: archaic
Word: appallment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From appall + -ment. This word is likely a nonce; Oliver Wendell Holmes claimed to have coined it, but there are uses that predate Holmes and others that are unlikely to have picked it up from his use. 1. Shock or depression occasioned by terror or disgust; dismay; the state of being appalled. Labels: uncountable Example: the furious slaughter of them was a great discouragement and appallment to the rest: that there died upon the place all the chieftains Example: I supopse we might way that if there truly has been a resurgence of interest in the state of the mind and culture of graduating students , particularly the abler ones, it could be attributed to a kind of appallment - appallment of the teacher at his own failures; appallment of the student at how little has been expected of him and how little responsibility has been put upon him for his education; appallment of the educated public at the limited and partial carry-over from formal education into everyday, actual life.
Word: sarcous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, sarc- + -ous. 1. fleshy Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: sarcous elements that make up muscle fibre
Word: limbat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French limbat, a rebracketing of l’imbat, from Ottoman Turkish امبات (imbat, “sea breeze”). Doublet of imbat. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪmbæt/ 1. A periodic cooling wind in Cyprus, blowing from the northwest. Labels: obsolete Example: The heats increase as the summer advances, and would be altogether intolerable, if a cooling wind called limbat did not arise. Example: There are various other periodical winds: of these, however, that generally known by the name of limbat, which is common in the island of Cyprus, shall only be mentioned here.
Word: pentadecatoic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From penta- + decatoic + acid. 1. An acid related to pentadecane. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: anabaptize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From New Latin anabaptizāre, from Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-, “again”) + βᾰπτῐ́ζω (băptĭ́zō, “to baptize”). See baptize and Anabaptist. 1. To baptize or christen again, or to a different denomination; to rename or rechristen Labels: archaic, transitive Example: To say truth, though some call their profound Ignorances, New Lights, they were better Anabaptised into the Appellation of Extinguishers; carryed about with every winde.
Word: anabaptized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of anabaptize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: anabaptizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of anabaptize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: anabaptizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of anabaptize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Hutterite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hutter + -ite. 1. A member of a communal branch of Anabaptists founded by Jakob Hutter.
Word: Hutterites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hutterite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forceth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: force + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of force Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: forcest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: force + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of force Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: chantest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: chant + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of chant Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: enchantest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: enchant + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of enchant Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: enchanteth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: enchant + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of enchant Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: chanteth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: chant + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chant Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bewitcheth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: bewitch + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bewitch Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bewitchest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: bewitch + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of bewitch Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: taxgatherer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tax + gatherer. 1. One who collects taxes or revenues; a tax collector. Labels: dated Example: Or think of a decent young citizen in a toga - perhaps too much dice, you know - coming out here in the train of some prefect, or tax-gatherer, or trader even, to mend his fortunes.
Word: taxgatherers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of taxgatherer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: taxgathering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tax + gathering. 1. The collecting of taxes or revenues. Labels: uncountable
Word: plasmodial Part of Speech: adj 1. Resembling or relating to a plasmodium. Labels: not-comparable Example: plasmodial behaviour Example: the plasmodial form of a life cycle 2. Of or relating to Plasmodium, a parasite. Labels: not-comparable Example: plasmodial infection
Word: waterwort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From water + wort. 1. Any of the family Elatinaceae of aquatic plants, especially one in the genus Elatine.
Word: waterworts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waterwort Labels: form-of, plural
Word: colibacillosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: coli + bacillosis 1. disease caused by the bacterium Escherichia coli
Word: sneezewood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sneeze + wood, since its sawdust can cause sneezing. 1. The wood of a South African tree, Ptaeroxylon obliquum. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sneezewoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sneezewood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: colibacilloses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of colibacillosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: latitancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From latitant + -cy. 1. The act or state of lying hidden, or lurking. Labels: uncountable Example: Her latitiancy must commence at some time, when the serpent poured such a flood out of his mouth, such vehemence of false doctrines, as to cause the true doctrines in much to submit thereto, and abscond; which is the woman's fleeing into the wilderness. Example: Latitancy, or the lying in wait of the ovum and spermatozoa for each other , has an important bearing on the question . 2. Dormancy. Labels: uncountable Example: It cannot be denied it [the chameleon] is (if not the moſt of any) a very abſtemious animall, and ſuch as by reaſon of its frigidity, paucity of bloud, and latitancy in the winter (about which time the obſervations are often made) will long ſubſist without a viſible ſuſtentation. Example: but being still unwilling to withhold their contents any longer from others also, either whose interest or curiosity be conceives might chance to be anyways excited by their disclosure, from their present dormant state of latitancy, to public view. 3. The act of withholding information in order to avoid justiciability. Labels: uncountable Example: Supposing the fact of latency established, and the fact of latitancy justly inferred from it; still, under existing institutions, there exists a counter-probability by which its probative force in the character of a criminative circumstance is weakened. Example: The allegation of a cuase for a writ of pone is a mere matter of form; as much so as the allegation of latitancy upon mesne process, or the affection of John Doe for the tenant in possession.
Word: Rhetian Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Rhaetian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: trampoose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See tramp, trample, and traipse. Pronunciation: /tɹæmˈpuːz/ 1. To walk laboriously or heavily. Labels: US, dated, slang Example: "you don't think I'd trampoose about from poll to poll, for nothin, do you?"
Word: trampoosed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of trampoose Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: trampooses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trampoose Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: trampoosing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of trampoose Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: coccygei Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coccygeus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seintuaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seintuary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seintuary Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of sanctuary. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: dactyliography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) + -graphy. Pronunciation: /ˌdæktɪlɪˈɒɡɹəfi/ 1. The art of gem engraving. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: dies juridici Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dies juridicus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dies juridicus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin [Term?] 1. A court day, i.e. a day when a legal court is functioning. Labels: obsolete
Word: triclinate Part of Speech: adj 1. triclinic Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: balanoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”) + -oid. 1. Resembling an acorn; applied to the acorn barnacles
Word: Memphian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μέμφῐς (Mémphĭs) + -an. 1. Of or relating to the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt. Example: Memphian darkness Example: Now may we ſee Damaſcus lofty towers, Like to the ſhadowes of Pyramides, That with their beauties grac’d the Memphion fields: […] 2. Of or relating to the city of Memphis in the US, or another city named Memphis.
Word: Memphian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μέμφῐς (Mémphĭs) + -an. 1. A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt. Example: One, in few howers, a fearfull ſlaughter made / Of all the Firſt-born that the Memphians had; […] Example: Tranced in her Lord’s Olympian smile / His lotus-loving Memphian lies,— / The musky daughter of the Nile / With plaited hair and almond eyes. 2. A native or inhabitant of the city of Memphis in the US, or another city named Memphis. Example: A soft summer downpour greeted the crowd arriving for Memphis Night, with 100 Memphians on hand to holler for their girls, the first of whom was Ruth Welting in the same kind of innocent cotton dress a girl might wear to a dancer at home. Example: As Memphians' hearts broke, millions of Americans watched on television when Bill Walton sprained his ankle […] Larry Finch thanked his fellow Memphians “for making us proud to know that we had more people pulling for us[…]"
Word: aumeries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aumery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aumery Part of Speech: noun 1. An ambry or closet. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: They refused us a han'fu' in our greatest need, but now it wull be our turn to ha' fou sacks and baith cakes and kebbucks at command, while their aumery is bare
Word: petalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French petalisme, and its source, Hellenistic Ancient Greek πεταλισμός (petalismós), from πέταλον (pétalon, “leaf”) (because the ballot for banishment was written on olive leaves). By surface analysis, petal + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛtəlɪz(ə)m/ 1. A form of ostracism among the ancient Syracusans by which they temporarily banished a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: Witnesse the Ostracisme amongst the Athenians, and the Petalisme among the Siracusans. Example: They've identified a reference to the ancient Syracusian practice of banishment known as petalism, and what may or may not be a reference to efilism, a branch of the antinatalist philosophical position advanced by Schopenhauer, but what any of that has to do with the lyrics' subsequent allusions to Moby-Dick seems pretty open to question.
Word: petalisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of petalism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pargeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From parget + -er. 1. A plasterer. Example: Can not a Pargeter make a browne wal white?
Word: pargeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pargeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: saxifragaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From translingual Saxifragaceae + -ous. 1. Of or relating to an order of plants (Saxifragaceae) of which saxifrage is the type. Labels: not-comparable, relational Example: Saxifragaceous plants include the hydrangea and the gooseberry.
Word: prostitutional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From prostitution + -al. 1. Of or relating to prostitution. Labels: not-comparable Example: Now, you know that the classical analytical explanation of agoraphobia of the early 1900s was that it represented a street phobia because the patient equated streetwalking with prostitutional activity[…] Example: There is nothing inherent in the physical union of the sexes to make one prostitutional and the other legitimate or respectable.
Word: prostrately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From prostrate + -ly. 1. In a prostrate manner or position.
Word: avowant Part of Speech: noun 1. The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking. Example: the demandant Plaintiff, or avowant, this is peremptory by the same Statute
Word: avowants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of avowant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: torvity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From torv(ous) + -ity, from Latin torvitas. See torvous. 1. sourness, grimness or severity of appearance; sternness Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: tartareous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tartar + -eous, compare tartarous. Pronunciation: /tɑːˈtɛəɹi.əs/, /tɑɹˈtɛɹi.əs/ 1. Consisting of tartar; of the nature of tartar. Example: His brooding wings the Spirit of God outspread, / And vital virtue infused and vital warmth, / Throughout the fluid mass, but downward purged / The black, tartareous, cold, infernal, dregs / Adverse to life: then founded, then conglobed / Like things to like. 2. Having a rough, crumbly surface. Example: Many lichens are tartareous. 3. Of or pertaining to Tartarus; hellish. Example: His brooding wings the Spirit of God outspread, / And vital virtue infused and vital warmth, / Throughout the fluid mass, but downward purged / The black, tartareous, cold, infernal, dregs / Adverse to life: then founded, then conglobed / Like things to like.
Word: embattail Part of Speech: verb 1. To embattle (furnish with, or as if with, battlements) Labels: archaic, transitive Example: The glorious standard last to heav'n they spread, / With Peter's keys ennobled, and his crown, // With it seven thousand stout Camillo had, / Embattailed in walls of iron brown. Example: Thou art no Sabbath drawler of old saws, / Distill'd from some worm-canker'd homily; / But spurr'd at heart with fieriest energy / To embattail and to wall about thy cause / With iron-worded proof, […]
Word: embattailed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of embattail Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: embattailing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of embattail Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: embattails Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of embattail Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: orphanotrophies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orphanotrophy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orphanotrophy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin orphanō̆trophīa (cf. orphanō̆trophīum, from Ancient Greek ὀρφανοτροφεῖον (orphanotropheîon)), from Ancient Greek ὀρφᾰνός (orphănós, “orphan”) + τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment, food; nurture, rearing, upbringing”). By surface analysis, orphan + -o- + -trophy. 1. A hospital for orphans. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A Memorial concerning the erecting, in the City of London, or the Suburbs thereof, an Orphanotrophy, or Hospital for the Reception of Poor cast-off Children 2. The act of supporting orphans. Labels: uncountable
Word: gynodioecious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gyno- + dioecious. 1. dioecious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers Labels: not-comparable
Word: gratifiedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From gratified + -ly. 1. With gratification.
Word: inodorate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + odorate. 1. scentless; without an odour Labels: obsolete Example: Whites are more inodorate than flowers of the same kind coloured.
Word: inframedian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From infra- + median. 1. Of or relating to the interval or zone along the sea bottom, at the depth of between fifty and one hundred fathoms. Labels: not-comparable Example: The inframedian zone ranges from fifty fathoms to a hundred. Example: Thus, in the British seas naturalists speak of a littoral, laminarian, coralline, and coral zone; an in the ocean genrally, of a littoral, circum-littoral, median, inframedian, and abyssal or deep-sea zone. 2. Below the middle. Labels: not-comparable Example: Thus the upper, inframedian and carinal laterals have three layers, but the rostrum and rostro-laterals, which appear at a later stage, have only two. Example: Gl. oculatum is easily distinguished from these by the fact that it bears no spines and by the median rather than inframedian girdle.
Word: ampelite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ampelitis, from Ancient Greek ἀμπελῖτις (ampelîtis, “of or for vines”), from ἄμπελος (ámpelos, “vine”). 1. An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the Ancients Greeks as a pesticide on vines. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. A carbonaceous alum schist. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ampelites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ampelite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anastaltic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάσταλτικός (anástaltikós, “fitted for checking or halting”), from ἀνά (aná, “back”) + στέλλειν (stéllein, “send”). 1. styptic Labels: obsolete
Word: anastaltic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάσταλτικός (anástaltikós, “fitted for checking or halting”), from ἀνά (aná, “back”) + στέλλειν (stéllein, “send”). 1. styptic Labels: obsolete
Word: cottoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Cottus + -oid. 1. Of or pertaining to fish of the genus Cottus.
Word: cottoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cottus + -oid. 1. A fish belonging to the genus Cottus.
Word: cottoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cottoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inoperation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin inoperari (“to effect”), from in- (“in”) + operari (“to operate”). 1. agency; influence; production of effects Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: As no man can come to me but by the grace and lively inoperation of my Father, so none can attain to the perfect knowledge of the Father
Word: inoperation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + operation. 1. Lack of operation or functioning; inactivity. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: In the British Medical Journal of June 2nd we discussed briefly the question of universal compulsory notification, and instanced as an argument in favour of widening the scope of the general Act that its inoperation in certain districts was not to the advantage of those neighbouring localities in which the system is in force, inasmuch as disease not known in the place where notification was absent might invade adjacent parishes and do harm there. Example: Preventive maintenance will normally be undertaken while the facility is out of operation. To some extent all this work can be planned to take place at a time when the disruption caused by the inoperation of the facility is minimized, but of course breakdown maintenance can occur at any time and can be very disruptive, and can therefore be expensive in terms of both the direct effort involved and the time lost while the facility is repaired.
Word: spermogonia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spermogonium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spermogonium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spermo- + -gonium. 1. A conceptacle of certain lichens, containing spermatia.
Word: bon-accord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French 1. goodwill; harmony Labels: Scotland, archaic, uncountable
Word: countersecure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From counter- + secure. 1. To give additional security to or for. Labels: transitive Example: February 28 1785, Edmund Burke, speech in the House of Commons on the Nabob of Arcot's Debts When a soucar, that is a money dealer, becomes security for any native prince, the course is for the native prince to countersecure the money dealer, by making over to him in mortgage a portion of his territory
Word: countersecured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of countersecure Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: countersecures Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of countersecure Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: countersecuring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of countersecure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: slugworm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slug + worm. 1. Any of a number of caterpillars which have the general appearance of a slug.
Word: slugworms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slugworm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stingfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sting + fish. 1. Any of several species of scorpionfish
Word: stingfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stingfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: commercialisable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of commercializable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rhombogene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rhomb + -gene. 1. A dicyemid that produces infusoria-like embryos.
Word: rhombogenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhombogene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lecanorin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Lecanora + -in. 1. lecanoric acid Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: spurnwater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spurn + water. 1. A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.
Word: spurnwaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spurnwater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: theobroma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name Theobroma. Compare French théobrome. 1. Any of the genus Theobroma of small trees found in Central and South America.
Word: theobromas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of theobroma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: renning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛnɪŋ/ 1. rennet Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Asses' milk is holden for to be thickest, and therfore they use it in stead of renning, to turn milke and gather curds thereof
Word: mimetism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μίμησις (mímēsis, “imitation”) + -ism. Compare Greek μιμητισμός (mimitismós). 1. mimicry Labels: countable, uncountable 2. mimicry Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mimetisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mimetism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: submammary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + mammary. 1. Situated under the mammae. Labels: not-comparable Example: submammary inflammation
Word: hemachate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin haemachātēs, from Ancient Greek *αἱμᾰχᾱ́της (*haimăkhā́tēs), from αἷμᾰ (haîmă, “blood”) + ᾰ̓χᾱ́της (ăkhā́tēs, “agate”). 1. A variety of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper.
Word: hemachates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemachate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: excoction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin excoctio. 1. The act of excocting or boiling out. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: For in the excoctions and depurations of Metalls it is a familiar error that to advance excoction , they augment the heate of the Fornace , or the Quantity of the Iniection Example: This much is in agreement with what many earlier mechanists had recognized, but Leigniz adds a further principle from the chemical tradition, arguing that it is not just a hydraulico-pneumatical machine, but also a 'pyrotechnical' machine, to the extent that its first motion is generated out of the production of heat in the excoction of chyle from the aliment it takes in.
Word: excoctions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of excoction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: excocted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of excoct Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: excocting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of excoct Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: myricin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French myricine. Probably so called from a fancied resemblance to the wax of the bayberry (Myrica). 1. A silky, crystalline, waxy substance, forming the less soluble part of beeswax, and regarded as a palmitate of a higher alcohol of the paraffin series; myricyl alcohol. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: albugineous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See albugo and albuginea. 1. Resembling the white of the eye, or of an egg. It is applied to various white or whitish things in the body. Labels: not-comparable Example: albugineous fibre Example: albugineous membrane
Word: putanism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French putanisme, from putain (“harlot”). 1. prostitution; harlotry. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: subendymal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + endymal. 1. subependymal (situated under the ependyma). Labels: not-comparable
Word: staggerwort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stagger + wort. 1. Jacobaea vulgaris (syn. Senecio jacobaea), a kind of ragwort. Labels: uncountable
Word: endymal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From endyma + -al 1. ependymal. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: alexipyretic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *péh₂wr̥ The noun is a learned borrowing from Late Latin alexipyreticum, alexipyreticon + English -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Alexipyreticum and alexipyreticon are derived from Ancient Greek ἀλέξειν (aléxein) (the active infinitive of ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend, guard, protect; to help; to keep off, turn aside, ward off”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”)) + πυρετός (puretós, “fever; heat”) (from πῦρ (pûr, “fever; fire”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ (“fire”)) + Latin -icum (suffix meaning ‘connected with; of or pertaining to’), -icon. The adjective is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /əˌlɛksɪpaɪˈɹɛtɪk/, /-pɪ-/, [-ɾɪk] 1. A medicine which reduces fever. Labels: obsolete
Word: alexipyretic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *péh₂wr̥ The noun is a learned borrowing from Late Latin alexipyreticum, alexipyreticon + English -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Alexipyreticum and alexipyreticon are derived from Ancient Greek ἀλέξειν (aléxein) (the active infinitive of ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend, guard, protect; to help; to keep off, turn aside, ward off”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”)) + πυρετός (puretós, “fever; heat”) (from πῦρ (pûr, “fever; fire”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ (“fire”)) + Latin -icum (suffix meaning ‘connected with; of or pertaining to’), -icon. The adjective is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /əˌlɛksɪpaɪˈɹɛtɪk/, /-pɪ-/, [-ɾɪk] 1. Having the effect of reducing fever. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: lucernarian Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to the former subclass Lucernarida, roughly equivalent to order Stauromedusae. Labels: obsolete
Word: lucernarian Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the former subclass Lucernarida of cnidarians. Labels: obsolete
Word: lucernarians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lucernarian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swinglebar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swingle + bar. 1. A whippletree. Example: Either with the swinglebar, or with the haunch of our near leader, we had struck the off-wheel of the little gig; which stood rather obliquely, and not quite so far advanced as to be accurately parallel with the near wheel.
Word: swinglebars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swinglebar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: discal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos)der. Latin discusbor. French disquebor. English disc English -al English discal From disc + -al. 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a disc (disk). Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to the central area of an insect's elytron or wing. Labels: not-comparable
Word: discal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos)der. Latin discusbor. French disquebor. English disc English -al English discal From disc + -al. 1. The central area of an insect's elytron or wing.
Word: compotier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French 1. A dish for holding fruit or compotes.
Word: compromission Part of Speech: noun 1. A compromise. Labels: rare Example: […] the result of a compromission between the conflicts of the various opposing interests, carriers, shippers, and investors.
Word: compulses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of compulse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: concassé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French concassé (“diced; ground; reduced to small(er) pieces”). 1. Food (fish, fruit, vegetables, etc) that has been coarsely chopped or cut into large pieces. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Spoon the concassé over the arugula, leaving a bit of green showing around the edge. Set aside. Example: This is a great make - ahead dessert because both the crème caramel and the concassé (a coarsely chopped mixture) need to chill for at least four hours. Basil adds an interesting, fresh flavor to the concassé.
Word: concassé Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French concassé (“diced; ground; reduced to small(er) pieces”). 1. To roughly chop or cut (a tomato) into pieces after removing its seeds/core and skin. Example: Blanch, refresh, peel and concassé the tomatoes. Blanch the peas in boiling salted water and refresh quickly in iced water. […]
Word: concasse Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of concassé. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: […] with truffled Madeira sauce, haricots verts and fresh tomato concasses, and chocolate raspberry shortcake. The a la carte menu offered the rest of the week features light and informal foods. Guests eat on the garden terrace […] Example: Now the new executive chef, Tsvika (Vik) Silberberg, has swung far the other way with a menu full of trendy ingredients: fingerling potatoes, day-boat scallops, root vegetables, jasmine rice. There are reductions and concasses and infused oils.
Word: concasse Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of concassé. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Concasse the tomatoes, roughly chop the tarragon then remove the dish from the heat. Add the concasse and tarragon, adjust the seasoning and serve, garnished with chopped parsley in a warm entree dish.
Word: concasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of concasse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: concasses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of concasse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bowdlerizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bowdlerize + -er. 1. One who bowdlerizes.
Word: bowdlerizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bowdlerizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: principiation Part of Speech: noun 1. analysis into primary or elemental parts Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: the separating of any metal into his original , or materia prima , or element , or call them what you will ; which work we will call principiation
Word: principiations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of principiation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slighty Part of Speech: adj 1. slight Labels: obsolete Example: Let them shew where any thing is advised or commanded after this slothful and slighty way.
Word: stanchel Part of Speech: noun 1. A stanchion. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete
Word: stanchels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stanchel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toluid Part of Speech: noun 1. A complex double tolyl and toluidine derivative of glycocoll.
Word: deforceor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Old French 1. A deforciant. Labels: obsolete
Word: deforceors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deforceor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: compotiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of compotier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prelateity Part of Speech: noun 1. prelacy Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Neither shall I stand to trifle with one that would tell me of quiddities and formalities , whether prelaty or prelateity
Word: roboration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin rōborātiō (“strengthening, confirmation, validity”), from rōborāre (“to strengthen, to confirm”) + -tiō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”), from rōbur (“reddish oak; hardness, strength”) + -āre (“forming verbs”). Equivalent to roborate + -tion. Pronunciation: /ˌɹoʊbəˈɹeɪʃən/, /ˌɹɑbəˈɹeɪʃən/, /ɹəʊbəˈɹeɪʃn/, /ɹɒbəˈɹeɪʃn/ 1. Synonym of confirmation or ratification. Labels: obsolete 2. Synonym of strengthening or invigoration. Labels: archaic Example: This Roboration and fortifying of Nature is necessary , where there is a debility and decay
Word: turnverein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German turnen (“to exercise”) + Verein (“a union”). Pronunciation: /ˈtʊə(ɹ)nvəˌɹaɪn/ 1. A gymnastic or athletic club, originally those promoting German culture. They originated in the 19th century and spread from Germany to the USA, where a small number still exist, at least in name.
Word: turnvereins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turnverein Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boragineous Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to the borage tribe; boraginaceous. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: wincey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Scots wincey, a clipping of linsey winsey, from Middle Scots linsiewinsie, assimilated variant of linsiwolsie (“linsey-woolsey”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪnsi/ 1. linsey-woolsey Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: whipper-in Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whipper + in. 1. A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if necessary, to the chase. Example: “[…] I shall take to hunting a pack of hounds myself after this.” “Do, my dear, and I'll be your whipper-in. I wonder whether Mrs. Proudie would join us.” Example: The other servant was an old man, who had been whipper-in to a baronet in the next county, and knew as much of the ways of wild animals as Burton did of those of his horses; […] 2. One who enforces the discipline of a party, and urges the attendance and support of the members on all necessary occasions.
Word: whippers-in Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whipper-in Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whipper-ins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whipper-in Labels: form-of, plural
Word: practics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of practic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bullwort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bull + wort. 1. A plant, bishop's weed, Ammi majus. Labels: uncountable Example: Bullwort is a difficult-to-control weed: in cereals, only sulfonylureas are effective.
Word: handflower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hand + flower. Chiranthodendron pentadactylon is so called because its flowers resemble five-fingered human hands. 1. A Mexican hand tree (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon). Labels: sometimes 2. A wallflower (Erysimum cheiri, syns. Erysimum × cheiri, Cheiranthus cheiri). 3. An item of jewellery consisting of a bracelet linked to a ring by chains, lace or other elements which cross the back of the hand. Example: The only other piece I owned from the Aurita was a delicate handflower, with similar fine gold chains trailing from a ring on my middle finger and across the back of my hand to a bracelet of twisted gold.
Word: semivoluntary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + voluntary. 1. Partly voluntary. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Aristotle's lantern Part of Speech: noun 1. The five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins.
Word: Aristotle's lanterns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Aristotle's lantern Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microdont Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micr- + -odont. 1. A tooth that is smaller than usual.
Word: microdont Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micr- + -odont. 1. Having short or small teeth. Labels: not-comparable
Word: microdonts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microdont Labels: form-of, plural
Word: photogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo- + -gen. 1. A light hydrocarbon oil resembling kerosene, used as a lubricant, illuminant, etc. 2. A microorganism that produces phosphorescence.
Word: photogens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of photogen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: protoxidize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From protoxide + -ize. 1. To combine (an elementary substance) with oxygen, in such proportion as to form a protoxide. Labels: transitive
Word: protoxidized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of protoxidize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: protoxidizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of protoxidize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: protoxidizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of protoxidize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: prothonotaryship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prothonotary + -ship. 1. The position or office of a prothonotary.
Word: prothonotaryships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prothonotaryship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shoddyism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shoddy + -ism. 1. Shoddy quality or condition. Labels: colloquial, uncountable, usually 2. The condition of being a nouveau riche or social climber. Labels: archaic, derogatory, slang, uncountable, usually 3. The practice of suppliers who profited from United States government contracts during the Civil War by supplying cheap, inferior goods. Labels: archaic, derogatory, slang, uncountable, usually
Word: shoddyisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shoddyism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: handflowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of handflower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cross-reading Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross- + reading. 1. The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas.
Word: cross-readings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cross-reading Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flower sticks Part of Speech: noun 1. A set of two hand sticks and a third, softer, high-grip flower stick used for juggling. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: As the flower sticks were not the best known of juggling items, this was fast becoming the thing which Len could make his own.
Word: subsilicate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + silicate. 1. A basic silicate.
Word: subsilicates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subsilicate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: weighth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By comparison with width, breadth, length. Compare heighth. 1. Misspelling of weight. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: rola bola Part of Speech: noun 1. A balance board, usually in the context of circus or entertainment.
Word: psilanthropy Part of Speech: noun 1. The doctrine that Jesus Christ was merely human, i.e. not the son of God. Labels: uncountable
Word: rola bolas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rola bola Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conusor Part of Speech: noun 1. A cognizor. Labels: archaic Example: Goods extended before the Party becomes a Bankrupt, and delivered by the liberate after he becomes a Bankrupt, can't be ſold by the Commiſſioners, becauſe they being extended are quaſi in Cuſtodia Legis [as if in the custody of the law], ſo as the Conuzor can't diſpoſe of them; and tho' by the Extent the Conuzor hath no abſolute Property till the Delivery upon the liberate, and at the Return of the VVrit he may refuſe them if over valued; yet that is for the Benefit of the Conuzee.
Word: conusors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conusor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exiccate Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of exsiccate. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Let her auoyde such thynges the which shold exiccat[…]her.
Word: exiccated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of exiccate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: exiccates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of exiccate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: exiccating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of exiccate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: preteritive Part of Speech: adj 1. Used only or chiefly in the preterite or past tenses. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: a preteritive verb
Word: preteritive Part of Speech: noun 1. A preteritive verb
Word: superalimentation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + alimentation. 1. overfeeding Labels: dated, uncountable Example: superalimentation of pigs
Word: extuberate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin extuberatus, present participle of extuberare (“to swell”), from ex (“out”) + tuber (“a swelling”). 1. To swell out. Labels: obsolete Example: A Plaister for swollen, and extuberated Eyes
Word: extuberated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of extuberate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: extuberates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of extuberate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: extuberating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of extuberate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: protogines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protogine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Attical Part of Speech: adj 1. Attic Labels: obsolete Example: Now if this be not the common Atticalacception of it, yet it will seem agreeable to the penning of the New Testament
Word: exolve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin exolvō, from ex + solvō. Doublet of exsolve. 1. To loose. Labels: obsolete 2. Alternative spelling of exsolve. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: exolved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of exolve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: exolves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of exolve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: exolving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of exolve Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: flidge Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈflɪdʒ/ 1. Obsolete spelling of fledge. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: 1621 (published, written a. 1592), Robert Greene, Theeves falling out Every day build their nests, every hour flidge.
Word: flidge Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈflɪdʒ/ 1. Obsolete form of fledge (“fledged, feathered”). Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: flidged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of flidge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: flidges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flidge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: flidging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of flidge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: paseng Part of Speech: noun 1. A bezoar goat (Capra aegagrus)
Word: pasengs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paseng Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subligation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin subligatio, from subligare to bind below; sub (“under”) + ligare (“to bind”). 1. The act of binding underneath. Labels: uncountable Example: subligation of the linguales/spinal cord/ureteres
Word: great egrets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of great egret Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Shari'a Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic الشَّرِيعَة (aš-šarīʕa). 1. Alternative letter-case form of shari'a Labels: alt-of Example: Nizam al-Mulk held that prayers form the basis of the training for complete obedience to the Shari’a.
Word: gameography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From game + -o- + -graphy, based on bibliography, discography, etc. 1. A list of games that somebody has worked on.
Word: gameographies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gameography Labels: form-of, plural
Word: surgations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surgation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: allect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin allectare, frequentative of allicere, allectum. 1. To allure; to entice; to sway. Labels: obsolete Example: […] for conducing wherof theye cannot devyse a better way then to allect the Kinges Grace, with faier promyses, to discend on this syde, to thentent their enterprise should be the more easye and feysable on that party;· and thus to passe, or sen an armye for this or sch like effect, were neyther wisdome profit honnor ne good counsaill. Example: But as I said before, if the heretics had never begun with violence, though they had used all the ways they could to allect the people by preaching, though they had therewith done as Luther doth now, and as Mahomet did before, bring up opinions pleasant to the people, giving them liberty to lewdness, yet if they had set violence aside, good Christian people had peradventure yet unto this day used less violence toward them than they do now. 2. To attract; to draw to oneself. Labels: obsolete Example: Other were sent also to allect and entice lyz Robert Clyfford , and William Batly to retorne into Englande, promslinge to theim franke and free pardone of all offences, and commes promitted promcions and rewardes, for obeynge to the kynges request. Example: The phansy of Amber delights to allect strawes, chaffe , and other festucous bodies, by an attraction , we confesse , obscure and weake enough, yet sufficiently manifest and strong to attest an Electricity, or attractive signature; for married to the mumie of our bodies, it appears superiour to the hmane Magnet, draws counter to it, and by the interest entitleth is selfe to the dignity of a Zenexton or preservatory Amulet against contagion.
Word: allected Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of allect Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: allecting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of allect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: allects Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of allect Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bannition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin bannitio. See banish. 1. The act of expulsion. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: March 6, 1640, William Laud, letter to A. Frewen You will take order, when he comes out of the castle, to send him out of the university too by bannition.
Word: caricous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin carica (“a kind of dry fig”) + -ous. 1. Shaped like a fig. Example: The hypertrophic condylomata are either caricous, scolloped or jointy.
Word: cinefaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cinefactio, from cinis (“ashes”) + facere (“to make”). Compare French cinéfaction. 1. incineration; reduction to ashes Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable
Word: cursorary Part of Speech: adj 1. cursory; hasty Labels: nonstandard, obsolete Example: with a cursorary eye o'erglanced the articles
Word: ratihabition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ratihabitio, from ratus (“fixed, valid”) + habere (“to hold”). 1. confirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: For in , matters criminal , ratihabition or approving of the act does always make the approver guilty
Word: ratihabitions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ratihabition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scrobicula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin scrobicula, alteration of Latin scrobiculus (“little trench”), from scrobis + -culus (diminutive suffix). 1. A small groove, slit, or pit, commonly referring to roughness in the shell, or other firm surface, of an organism. cf. scrobe.