nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: allel Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of allele. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Hence the female sex-chromosomes have a pair of normal allels for all the sex-determining factors borne in them, while the y-chromosome of the male lacks most of these allels, including the x-chromosomal sex-factors.
Word: Nauheim treatments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Nauheim treatment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kaini Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of khaini. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Lobethal Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Lob + Thal. 1. A town in South Australia, Australia, in the Adelaide Hills.
Word: Camborne Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cornish Kammbronn, meaning "crooked hill". 1. A town and civil parish with a town council in western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6440). 2. A ghost town and locality in British Columbia, Canada. 3. A community in Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada. 4. A suburb of the city of Porirua, Wellington region, New Zealand.
Word: Redruth Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old Cornish Rhyd-ruth, meaning "red ford". Compare Cornish Resrudh. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈdɹuːθ/ 1. A town and civil parish with a town council in western Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7042).
Word: weatherspeak Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of weather speak. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Penryn Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cornish Pennrynn, meaning "promontory". Pronunciation: /pɛnˈɹɪn/ 1. A town and civil parish with a town council in southern Cornwall, England, to the north of Falmouth (OS grid ref SW7834). Example: In previous years Penryn Town Council has used Falmouth Town Council to fulfil the parks contract and glyphosate had been used, councillor Debra Clegg confirmed. 2. A census-designated place in Placer County, California, United States, named after Penrhyn in Wales, but with a deliberate change in spelling. Example: No fireworks are allowed in Penryn, an unincorporated part of Placer County.
Word: Placer County Part of Speech: name Etymology: From placer (Etymology 3), referring to an activity known as placer mining. Pronunciation: /ˈplæsəɹ ˈkaʊnti/ 1. One of 58 counties in California, United States. County seat: Auburn. Example: "It's important for those on these e-bicycles to ride with the flow of traffic, not into oncoming traffic, that they do need to obey the normal rules of the road," Elise Soviar, spokesperson for Placer County Sheriff's Office, said.
Word: vapor lock Part of Speech: noun 1. A problem mostly affecting gasoline-fueled internal combustion engines, where the liquid fuel changes state from liquid to gas while still in the fuel delivery system, reducing the pump pressure and causing transient power loss or complete stalling. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Synonym of air lock. Labels: countable, especially, uncountable Example: The Coast Guard Marine Safety Center modeled and analyzed the lube oil levels in the main engine sump in a static condition. The safety center concluded that with 1,226 gallons of oil in the sump, as was likely on the accident voyage, and a 5-foot trim by the stern (0.4°), the bellmouth opening of the line leading from the sump to the lube oil pumps would break the oil's surface at an 18° port list. At that point, the bellmouth would no longer be submerged in the lube oil and air would enter the pumps, causing a vapor lock.
Word: vapour lock Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of vapor lock. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: craftman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From craft + -man. 1. Alternative form of craftsman. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: craftmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of craftman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Fowey Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈfɔɪ/ 1. A small town, port, and civil parish with a town council on the south coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1251). 2. A river in Cornwall which flows from Bodmin Moor to the English Channel at the town of Fowey.
Word: IESG Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Internet Engineering Steering Group, a body composed of the IETF chair and area directors. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: indigenous medicines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of indigenous medicine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sales of work Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sale of work Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Wadebridge Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English wæd (“ford”) (whence wath) + bridge. Originally named Wade, as the River Camel had to be waded here until a bridge was built in 1468. 1. A town and civil parish with a town council in northern Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9972).
Word: aginner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From agin (“against”) + -er. Pronunciation: /əˈɡɪnɚ/ 1. An oppositional person, especially one opposed to government actions and projects. Example: Being an aginner carries prestige without asking for contribution. Some clergy succumb to the temptation of being aginners. They are difficult to befriend. Because they must be alert to imperfections, they never relax their fault-finding vigilance.
Word: aginners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aginner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Matie Part of Speech: noun 1. A student at Stellenbosch University. Labels: South-Africa, informal
Word: Maties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Matie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Godotian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Godot + -ian 1. Relating to, or reminiscent of, Waiting for Godot, a 1940s play by Samuel Beckett in which the characters are waiting for somebody who never arrives.
Word: kinbaku Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 緊縛 (“tight binding”). 1. A Japanese style of bondage that involves tying a person up using simple yet visually intricate patterns, usually with several pieces of thin rope. Labels: uncountable
Word: sirjis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sirji Labels: form-of, plural
Word: romkin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of romekin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: romkins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of romkin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cape cobra Part of Speech: noun 1. Naja nivea, a medium-sized, highly venomous cobra inhabiting a wide variety of biomes across southern Africa.
Word: Cape cobras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cape cobra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yellow cobra Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Cape cobra.
Word: yellow cobras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yellow cobra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lucoddies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lucoddy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sparsifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sparsify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: EICs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of EIC Labels: form-of, plural
Word: save states Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of save state Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Camel Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a Cornish word meaning "crooked" - the crooked river. 1. A river in Cornwall, England, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Padstow.
Word: Camel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Turkish tobacco used in the cigarette, similar to Egyptian cigarettes of the time. 1. A cigarette of a popular American brand. Example: Mr. Martin bought the pack of Camels on Monday night in the most crowded cigar store on Broadway.
Word: monophone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mono- + -phone. 1. A single phone treated as a unit.
Word: monophones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monophone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 2C-B Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 2C refers to the 2C drug family and B refers to the bromoarenes category to which this drug belongs. 1. 2,5-dimethoxy-4-bromophenethylamine; a recreational psychedelic drug. Labels: uncountable Example: IN THE MORNING hours, consciousness greased with 2C-B and two entire rounds of listening to “Bohemian Rhapsody,” we left Eli’s apartment.
Word: ESIAs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ESIA Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Camelford Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the River Camel + ford. 1. A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1083).
Word: hushling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hush + -ling. 1. a term of endearment Labels: no-plural Example: Had borne her life-companion to the grave; And by her smiled the new-made mother, proud To show her hushling baby to the women, While sage advice was poured into her ears, […] Example: Sleep, hushling, sleep ; Peace, restless one ; Arms for a cradle, My little son !
Word: 4-FA Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of 4-fluoroamphetamine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: demibranch Part of Speech: noun 1. A structure in the gills of bivalves, consisting of a pair of lamellae containing blood vessels
Word: demibranchs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of demibranch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 4-fluoroamphetamine Part of Speech: noun 1. An amphetamine that produces entactogenic and stimulant effects, used recreationally. Labels: uncountable
Word: memorandum opinions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of memorandum opinion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydrofluoroalkane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluor Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English fluoro- Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. German Alk(ohol) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Alkyl German alk- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānusder. German -an German Alkanbor. English alkane English hydrofluoroalkane From hydro- + fluoro- + alkane. 1. Any of various gaseous alkanes that contain carbon, fluorine, and hydrogen and are used especially as aerosol propellants in metered-dose inhalers.
Word: hydrofluoroalkanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydrofluoroalkane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bedrank Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of bedrink Labels: form-of, past
Word: bedrinking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bedrink Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: beginning with the chucky Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of begin with the chucky Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: begun with the chucky Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of begin with the chucky Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: begins with the chucky Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of begin with the chucky Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: began with the chucky Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of begin with the chucky Labels: form-of, past
Word: die a death Part of Speech: verb 1. To fail or flop; to lose popularity.
Word: Mousehole Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈmaʊzəl/ 1. A village and fishing port in Penzance parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4726).
Word: close order drill Part of Speech: noun 1. Practice in marching, formations, and formal handling of arms carried out standing shoulder-to-shoulder and at attention. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mr. Bosland said, “Close order drill may be OK in Nazi Germany, but we are here in America.” Example: Garrison life and close order drills had never been my forte.
Word: close-order drill Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of close order drill. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: We had an hour's close-order drill every day, using the drills of the thirties, and if Prazenka didn't like the way we did them, he'd turn back to the old field manual (which read, "Close-order drill is the foundation of all discipline") and throw another hour's worth on top of us. Example: One reason for the survival of old-fashioned close-order drill is that prolonged movement in unison arouses a strong psychological response and creates an esprit de corps among those who drill together that pays off even on modern battlefields.
Word: extended order drill Part of Speech: noun 1. Practice in battle formations and maneuvers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The land now owned by the Government is too small for extended order drills and maneuvers and General Wood was very desirous of securing more room. Example: To account for the exigencies of terrain, extended order drill was practised on different types of ground in platoon, company, or battalion-sized formations.
Word: lightweightness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lightweight + -ness. 1. The quality or condition of being lightweight. Labels: uncountable
Word: extended-order drill Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of extended order drill. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Contrary to orders, the trucks closed in upon each other and sometimes even raced side by side, despite the extended-order drill. Example: Just as in war, we have the analogy of extended-order drills, combat exercises, and field exercises, all of which it is best to follow by "a brief drill at attention in order to restore smartness and control."
Word: commerciable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From commerce + -able. 1. Capable of, or suitable for, being bought and sold or traded. Example: Fruit cocktails and candied/dehydrated fruits were also found to be commerciable. Example: The general integration of African economy would allow for the global bargaining of all of Africa's commerciable surplus of raw materials at prices advantageous to us, besides providing a very important source of capital accumulation.
Word: Marazion Part of Speech: name 1. A small seaside town and civil parish with a town council to the east of Penzance, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5130).
Word: joinabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of joinability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: philosophical furnace Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of athanor.
Word: philosophical furnaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of philosophical furnace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trivinylphosphines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trivinylphosphine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deshelve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + shelve. 1. To remove from a shelf. Labels: transitive Example: The pollen I stirred while cutting the grass and the dust I dislodged while deshelving the books had kicked my allergies into overdrive, and I felt dizzy and disconnected as I drove down the long, mostly empty stretch of pine-tree-lined highway toward Pottersville. 2. To make unavailable or inactive. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: Basically, "You give us a non-aggression pact, America, and we will look at deshelving our nuclear weapons.
Word: deshelves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deshelve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deshelved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deshelve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Aunt Emma Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Miss Emma (“the drug morphine”).
Word: Aunt Emma Part of Speech: noun 1. A boring, unadventurous croquet player. Example: A battle of Aunt Emmas may not only take at least as long as before — since the innings will change hands so frequently — but it may be even less enjoyable. Example: Playing against an Aunt Emma can be tedium itself, for he lowers the game to a search-and-destroy exercise. But nothing is worse than two Aunt Emmas on a single court. Croquet is a game of confrontation, rewarding courage and faith. Two cowards attempting to have sport with one another is not croquet.
Word: Ricci flow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro. 1. A process that deforms the metric of a Riemannian manifold in a way formally analogous to the diffusion of heat, smoothing out irregularities in the metric.
Word: Ricci flows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Ricci flow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sirings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of siring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ECCs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ECC Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skidaddle Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of skedaddle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: skidaddles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of skidaddle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: skidaddling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of skidaddle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: skidaddled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of skidaddle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tiddely Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of diddly (a trill sound) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Oh I do like to walk along the prom prom prom Where the brass band plays tiddely-om-pom-pom.
Word: tiddledy Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of diddly (“a trill sound”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tiddley Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of diddly (“small amount”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "I'll be all right when this murder is off our chests, Robinson. You won't have a tiddley? Right-o! So long!"
Word: tiddley Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of diddly (“trill sound”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sattles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sattle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sattling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sattle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sattled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sattle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: zuns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cerebrophysiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cerebro- + physiology. 1. The study of the brain, focussing on its structure and functions. Labels: uncountable Example: It has been suggested by an acute student of cerebrophysiology that the white matter of the brain deals wholly with inhibiting the lower centres; and if inhibiting means the shaping of the action of the lower centres, this view seems very plausible. Example: Research in anatomy and the physiology of the brain, the discovery of the microscopic structure of the brain, and the application of experimental methods to cerebrophysiology added to our stock of knowledge.
Word: cheese stick Part of Speech: noun 1. A short, cylindrical, usually individually-wrapped serving of string cheese (or, less commonly, other cheeses). Example: “Give me your cheese stick!” Dan demanded angrily with his hand held out. “But this is my cheese stick!” protested Sarah. Dan took another step closer to Sarah so he was standing almost on top of her. “I said give me your cheese stick! Example: One cheese stick is only 80 kcalories; however, four to five cheese sticks add up to 320 to 400 kcalories. 2. An elongated piece of battered or breaded cheese, such as a mozzarella stick. Example: Then he added a cheese stick: a one-inch-square by five-inch-long lump of mild cheddar cheese dipped in the same cornmeal batter and deep-fried. Example: The sample set consisted of eight commercial cheese stick products (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, and P8). These products were obtained from a food manufacturer and stored in a freezer until evaluation. The samples were fried according to the manufacturers' cooking instructions before serving.
Word: cockbiting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cock + biting. 1. Despicable. Labels: derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: Matthew is a cockbiting lunatic. post count seemed small. I thought maybe this would livin things up a bit. Example: worse than a cockbiting troll is a cockbiting coward. And you're both.
Word: cock-biting Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of cockbiting. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: This was a chapter-length strip in which the good captain and his crew take on Captain Fatima's Dyke Pirates in a rug-munching, tit-twirling, cock-biting slugfest. Example: Port, dig hard! Dig, ye cock-biting squibs! Now starboard! Haul! Haul!
Word: elinguation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin elinguatio. 1. The removal of the tongue. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: smartphone zombie Part of Speech: noun 1. A distracted pedestrian who is only paying attention to their smartphone. Labels: colloquial Example: I am extra careful while driving the car these days — these smartphone zombies can't be bothered to look up before crossing the street!
Word: passive aggressor Part of Speech: noun 1. One who engages in passive-aggression.
Word: flor. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fl.: floruit Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: intersectionalist Part of Speech: adj 1. Based on or informed by theories of intersectionality. Example: Aside from these general challenges, I address issues of self-hate, shame, anger, and frustration by bringing in the intersectionalist perspective of domination. 2. Committed to or interested in ideas of intersectionality. Example: It is possible that, by the time this anthology is published, the only sexual fantasies still legal in the UK will be those that feature Ed Miliband in conversation with a group of intersectionalist feminists who check their privilege every thirty seconds.
Word: intersectionalist Part of Speech: noun 1. A proponent of intersectionality. Example: What feminists, especially intersectionalists, have been imagining as identities needs to be exchanged for descriptions of social circumstances. 2. One committed to or advocating intersectional relations, bonds among or across groups. Example: An actual and not a merely philosophic intersectionalist was William Gilmore Simms of Carolina.
Word: Patrae Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Patrae, from Ancient Greek Πάτραι (Pátrai). 1. An ancient city of Achaia situated on the coast, now Patras
Word: patriotic correctness Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of conservative correctness. Labels: derogatory, uncountable
Word: patriotically correct Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined as a counterpart to politically correct, due to the perception that patriotism is a right-wing trait. Popularized by Robert Hughes's 1993 book Culture of Complaint. 1. Synonym of conservatively correct. Labels: derogatory Example: [W]e only mumbled our objections [to the wars], then and now, because we feared being caught by the patriotically correct. Example: The obsessive subject of our sterile confrontation between the two PCs ― the politically and the patriotically correct ― is clumsily labeled "multiculturalism".
Word: Dereham Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Dēorhām, equivalent to dēor (“wild animal”) + hām (“home”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɪəɹəm/ 1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Breckland district, Norfolk, England. Also called East Dereham (OS grid ref TF9913).
Word: Wells-next-the-Sea Part of Speech: name 1. A small coastal town, port, and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9143).
Word: Fakenham Part of Speech: name 1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9230).
Word: Hunstanton Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈhʌnstən/ 1. A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6740).
Word: chronic bronchitis Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the two entities making up chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), defined as having a productive cough for three months in each of two successive years in a patient in whom other causes of chronic cough have been excluded.
Word: myeloid cells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myeloid cell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sutton Bridge Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England, with a swing bridge across the River Nene (OS grid ref TF4721).
Word: JSX Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of JavaScript Syntax eXtension. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: Holbeach Part of Speech: name 1. A market town and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3625).
Word: non-qualified Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of nonqualified. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: woman-hour Part of Speech: noun 1. A man-hour worked by a woman.
Word: Sleaford Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Sliowaford, from sliow (uncertain definition) + ford (ford). 1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0645).
Word: Bourne Part of Speech: name Etymology: The placename and English surname are derived from Old English burna (“stream”), whence also the common noun bourne (“stream”). Pronunciation: /bɔːn/, /boɹn/, [bo̞ɹn] 1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0920). 2. A river in Wiltshire, England, which flows into the Salisbury-Hampshire Avon. 3. A small river in Dorset, England, which flows into the English Channel at Bournemouth. 4. Either of two rivers in Surrey, England, passing through Chertsey and Addlestone before converging and flowing into the Thames. 5. A small river in Kent, England, which joins the River Medway. 6. A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, named after Jonathan Bourne Sr. Example: It'd be roughly on par with 2003's Bouchard No. 120 oil spill, in which an estimated 98,000 gallons spilled into Buzzards Bay off the coast of Bourne, Massachusetts. 7. A surname. Example: When HBO airs “Behind the Candelabra” on May 26, the world will get to see Matt Damon play Liberace’s drug-addled, surgically enhanced lover – a role about as far from Jason Bourne as it gets.
Word: Barnstable County Part of Speech: name Etymology: The county is named after the town of Barnstable. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑɹn.stə.bəl ˈkaʊn.ti/ 1. One of 14 counties in Massachusetts, United States, consisting of Cape Cod and some nearby islands. County seat: Barnstable.
Word: on keel Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From on + keel. 1. Moving straight ahead without wobbling or tilting. (of a watercraft, etc.) Example: It does take some experience with balance and acceleration to keep a snowmobile on keel in the deep woods. Example: 1980, “Signalman’s Odyssey: part IV,” INSCOM Journal, Arlington, VA: Army Intelligence and Security Command, June, 1980, p. 10, A sudden gust of wind twice caught us unawares, lifted one outrigger balance-pole off the water and nearly had us turned turtle. Immediately, four of us dove along the catwalk, threw our hanging weights onto the poles and, just in time, brought the boat on keel. 2. Under control, proceeding or running smoothly. Labels: figuratively Example: He walked-ran day after day although it was a living bore, the sameness, the ritual. This extraordinary world—is this how life wants me to live it? But he ran to keep himself on keel, to wind himself into work the next morning. Example: […] special teams of medical workers are as much frustrated as dedicated. For they know what should be done for their sick infants, but lack all manner of medical equipment to diagnose, to incubate, to sterilize, to medicate, to nudge small lives back on keel.
Word: Barnstable Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈbɑɹnstəbəl/ 1. A city, the county seat of Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, named after Barnstaple in England.
Word: metooed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of metoo Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: metooing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of metoo Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Newark-on-Trent Part of Speech: name 1. A market town in Newark parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7953). Example: .
Word: off keel Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From off + keel. 1. Out of balance, tilting to one side. (of a watercraft, etc.) Example: 1896, William Sharp, Boston: Lamson, Wolffe & Col, Chapter 4, p. 78, The tide was full and the dingey was off keel. The punt nosed the pebbly slope like a terrier, but her stern swung clear. Example: […] at the finish the boat is moving faster, and the blade must be taken out more sharply if it is to avoid pulling the boat off keel. 2. Out of control, not proceeding or running smoothly. Labels: figuratively Example: The lower half of a duplex apartment on a shabby Montreal street, dark as limbo, jerry-built fifty years ago and going off keel ever since. Example: I’ve learned the lesson that the worst thing that can happen to a gambler is to let his recent losses or wins knock him off keel emotionally.
Word: East Retford Part of Speech: name 1. alternative and official name for the town of Retford.
Word: die and go to heaven Part of Speech: verb 1. To have an extremely pleasant experience. Example: It's like I died and went to heaven! Example: I must've died and gone to heaven / Cos it was quarter past eleven / On a Saturday in 1999
Word: Southwell Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊθwɛl/, /ˈsʌðəl/ 1. A town (with a racecourse) and civil parish with a town council in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6953). 2. A village in Portland parish, on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6870). 3. A settlement in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. 4. A surname.
Word: Isle of Portland Part of Speech: name 1. A tied island or peninsula in Dorset, England.
Word: cheese sticks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cheese stick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: string cheeses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of string cheese Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Alfreton Part of Speech: name 1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4155).
Word: Sutton-in-Ashfield Part of Speech: name 1. A market town in Ashfield district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4959).
Word: Ashfield Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈæʃˌfiːld/ 1. A place in England: 2. A place in England: 3. A place in England: 4. A place in England: 5. A place in England: 6. A hamlet by Loch Sween in Knapdale, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NR7685). 7. A hamlet in Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN7803). 8. A small settlement in Llansadwrn community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN6928). 9. A place in Australia: 10. A place in Australia: 11. A place in Australia: 12. A place in the United States: 13. A place in the United States:
Word: Romsey Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒmzi/ 1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3521). 2. A town in the Shire of Macedon Ranges, central Victoria, Australia
Word: Test Valley Part of Speech: name Etymology: Centred on the valley of the River Test. 1. A local government district with borough status of Hampshire, England.
Word: Chandler's Ford Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the old surname Chaundler, was spelt Chandlersford at one time. 1. A large residential area and civil parish in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4320).
Word: Alresford Part of Speech: name Etymology: * (Essex) From a personal name, Ægel, or Old English ǣl + ford, recorded as Ælesford c.1000, Eilesforda 1086 (DB). * (Hampshire) From Old English alor (genitive alres) + ford, recorded as Alresforda 701, Alresforde 1086 (DB). Pronunciation: /ˈɒlsfəɹd/, /ˈeɪlsfəɹd/, /ˈɒlzfəɹd/, /ˈɔːlzfəɹd/ 1. A village and civil parish in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0621). 2. Ellipsis of New Alresford, Hampshire, England. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: New Alresford Part of Speech: name 1. A small town and civil parish with a town council in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5832). Example: New Alresford is constantly mispronounced, T-shaped, honeycombed with cellars, packed with antique shops, riddled with woodworm, surrounded by watercress. The name - which means 'ford by the alders' - is pronounced 'Allsford'; and no one ever uses 'New', though they do call the adjoining village Old Alresford.
Word: milk moustache Part of Speech: noun 1. White residue on one’s upper lip after taking a deep sip of milk, a milkshake, foamy coffee, etc.
Word: Old Alresford Part of Speech: name 1. A small village and civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5834).
Word: Old Basing Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after the Basingas, an Anglo-Saxon tribe. Renamed from Basing by 1986. 1. A village in Old Basing and Lychpit parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England, to the east of Basingstoke (OS grid ref SU6652).
Word: Eleusinian Mysteries Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Ancient Greek Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια (Eleusínia Mustḗria). 1. Initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone, based at Eleusis in ancient Greece, now named Elefsina.
Word: cocksmith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cock + smith. 1. A man who has expert sexual technique. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: I was absurdly pleased, like a very apprentice cocksmith praised for the length of his stream, and to cover my embarrassment I turned the talk back to her problems. Example: His grin faded, and he looked earnest. “I'll try, Lucy. I really will.” He was suddenly not the confident cocksmith, but a little boy promising to make his mother proud of him. 2. A man who has sex with many women. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Fantasia, the guy who ran the circuit, was the biggest cocksmith in the world. He finally got arrested for molesting some chorus girl in her dressing room. Example: That was not my reason—I just was not a cocksmith—but I did start sleeping with Susie again on a regular basis.
Word: supernationalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From supernational + -ism. 1. Support for a sociopolitical collective of many nations. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: supernationalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + nationalism. 1. Synonym of hypernationalism (“extreme nationalism”). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: bureaucratitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)bor. Latin burrus Latin burra Old French *bure Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Old French burel French bureau Proto-Indo-European *kret- Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)lbor. French -cratie French bureaucratie French bureaucratebor. English bureaucrat Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English bureaucratitis From bureaucrat + -itis. 1. Excessive bureaucracy; red tape. Labels: uncountable Example: I don't like the ergophilia, bureaucratitis, technomania and war fever that I'm surrounded by, yet these things don't actually get labelled as sicknesses.
Word: stiff as a board Part of Speech: adj 1. Very stiff. Labels: not-comparable Example: The rigidity of the corpse was excessive; after about two hours and a half it was stiff as a board. Example: His stiff-as-a-board tranditionally ^([sic]) masculine good looks and constrained, stiff-upper lipped portrayal of Ed was a wonderful contrast to Fierstein's androgonous ^([sic]), physically mobile Arnold.
Word: stiff as a poker Part of Speech: adj 1. Very stiff. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tailgunner Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tail gunner. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tailgunners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tailgunner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wholemeal breads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wholemeal bread Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mysogenist Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of misogynist. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: mysogenist Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of misogynist. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: datuming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of datum Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: datumed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of datum Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gastrospasm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gastro- + spasm. 1. Spasmodic contraction of the gastric walls.
Word: Ripley County Part of Speech: name Etymology: Both are named after Eleazer Wheelock Ripley. 1. One of 92 counties in Indiana, United States. County seat: Versailles. 2. One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Doniphan.
Word: Amber Valley Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after the River Amber. 1. A local government district with borough status of Derbyshire, England.
Word: Ambergate Part of Speech: name Etymology: (In England) From Amber (“river”) + gate; it was originally named Toadmoor, and renamed after a turnpike tollgate (Amber Gate) after the railway station with this name opened in 1840. The etymology of the Australian place name is unclear. 1. A village in Ripley parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England, at the confluence of the Amber and Derwent rivers (OS grid ref SK3451). 2. A suburb of the City of Busselton, Western Australia.
Word: lock gate Part of Speech: noun 1. one of a pair of gates at each end of a lock chamber on a canal, or river with a weir. Example: During the day conditions worsened quickly—for example, a 2-6-0 on the Uckfield line suddenly encountered flood water high enough to enter its ashpan and extinguish its fire—until lock gates up-river at Barcombe gave way and a tidal wave rolled down the valley meeting head-on a spring tide rolling up from the coast.
Word: lock gates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lock gate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hit the mark Part of Speech: verb 1. To succeed or work very well; to do the trick. Labels: figuratively Example: You know the syndrome: Saturday night when everyone is supposed to do something exciting and have a great time. […] We ticked off our options: dancing, the bars, a movie, the theatre, the baths, a concert, dinner at a good restaurant. None of them hit the mark. We both realized that what we most wanted was to spend a quiet evening at home, socializing with some of our gay male friends.
Word: choplet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chop + -let. 1. A food product consisting of meat moulded into the form of a chop. Labels: rare Example: Similar items offered by most packers include lamb chopettes or choplets, prepared by molding into a shape resembling a lamb chop before freezing.
Word: choplets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of choplet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chopette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chop + -ette. 1. Synonym of choplet. Labels: rare Example: Similar items offered by most packers include lamb chopettes or choplets, prepared by molding into a shape resembling a lamb chop before freezing.
Word: chopettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chopette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preternaturalisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preternaturalism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cock a deaf 'un Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌkɒk ə ˈdɛf ən/ 1. To turn a deaf ear; to refuse to listen, or pretend not to have heard. Labels: UK, intransitive, slang
Word: metallogeneses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metallogenesis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noxious trades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noxious trade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Riverside County Part of Speech: name 1. One of 58 counties in California, United States. County seat: Riverside. It is named after the city. Example: Now, amid another building boom, Mountain House is set to become a city, the first new California city since Jurupa Valley became incorporated in Riverside County in 2011.
Word: indecences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of indecence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: impulse-bought Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of impulse-buy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Brown County Part of Speech: name Etymology: All are derived from the surname. 1. One of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Mount Sterling. 2. One of 92 counties in Indiana, United States. County seat: Nashville. 3. One of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Hiawatha. 4. One of 87 counties in Minnesota, United States. County seat: New Ulm. 5. One of 93 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: Ainsworth. 6. One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Georgetown. 7. One of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: Aberdeen. 8. One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Brownwood. 9. One of 72 counties in Wisconsin, United States. County seat: Green Bay.
Word: strawberryades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of strawberryade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: destructive distillations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of destructive distillation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marshalates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marshalate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marshallates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marshallate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pulaski Part of Speech: name Etymology: Americanised or Anglicised form of Polish Pułaski. 1. A surname from Polish. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A city, the county seat of Giles County, Tennessee, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A town, the county seat of Pulaski County, Virginia, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Pulaski County Part of Speech: name Etymology: All counties appear to be named after Casimir Pulaski. 1. One of 75 counties in Arkansas, United States. County seat: Little Rock. 2. One of 159 counties in Georgia, United States. County seat: Hawkinsville. 3. One of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Mound City. 4. One of 92 counties in Indiana, United States. County seat: Winamac. 5. One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Somerset. 6. One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Waynesville. 7. One of 95 counties in Virginia, United States. County seat: Pulaski.
Word: nutritional yeasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nutritional yeast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sagnac effects Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sagnac effect Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hadood Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hudud. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: banana breads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of banana bread Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vitreo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From vitreous, from Middle French vitreux, from Latin vitreus (“glassy, transparent”), from vitrum (“glass”). 1. vitreous humour Labels: morpheme
Word: virtual memories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of virtual memory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bessemer process Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after English inventor Henry Bessemer (1813–1898), who took out a patent on the process in 1856. 1. The first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel, based on blowing air through molten pig iron to remove impurities by oxidation. Labels: historical
Word: Bessemer processes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bessemer process Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fiscal law Part of Speech: noun 1. The area of law pertaining to public finances. Labels: uncountable
Word: block systems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of block system Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Indiana Jones Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the fictional archaeologist Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr., protagonist of a series of action films since 1981, named after its creator George Lucas’s dog Indiana. 1. An expert in some scholarly subject who makes daring explorations. Example: There are many Indiana Joneses in the fields of science, history, and art who are willing to find ancient artifacts and remains. Example: Their sights firmly set on unlocking their mysteries, these Indiana Joneses, it seems, summarily failed to solve the riddle – returning empty-handed to the shores of Western academe […]
Word: Indiana Jonesian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Indiana Jones + -ian. 1. Synonym of Indiana Jonesesque. Example: But self-absorption is quite another story — as my new flame, Karyn, reminded me when we hit drugstore number five in an Indiana-Jonesian quest for my favorite hair gel.
Word: reinitialisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + initialisation. 1. Alternative form of reinitialization. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dogged it Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dog it Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dogs it Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dog it Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dogging it Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dog it Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: monkings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monking Labels: form-of, plural
Word: term logics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of term logic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: imperfecting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of imperfect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: imperfected Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of imperfect Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: imperfected Part of Speech: adj 1. Not perfected. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sulphur butterflies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sulphur butterfly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: long hair don't care Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Chosen for the rhyme, and in reference to the habit of many male hippies of growing their hair long. 1. A slogan of the hippy movement, dismissing perceived prudish and conservative attitudes of previous generations. Example: This time she left the ponytail down. She had really long pretty black hair that fell on her dark brown shoulders. She had been growing it since seventh grade when her sister told her “Long Hair Don't Care.” Example: Or was she the type that may have been insecure about her dark complexion in the age of redbone skin tones, yellow models, 'long hair don't care'.
Word: Helice Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Helicē, from Ancient Greek Ἑλίκη (Helíkē). 1. A town of Achaia situated on the coast between the rivers Selinus and Cerynites
Word: alternative energies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alternative energy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: occasioneth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: occasion + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of occasion Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Somerset County Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after the county of Somerset in England, except in Maryland. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌm.ɚ.sɛt ˈkaʊn.ti/ 1. One of 16 counties in Maine, United States. County seat: Skowhegan. 2. One of 23 counties in Maryland, United States. County seat: Princess Anne. Named after Lady Somerset. 3. One of 21 counties in New Jersey, United States. County seat: Somerville. 4. One of 67 counties in Pennsylvania, United States. County seat: Somerset.
Word: zowl Part of Speech: noun 1. Soul. Example: Nothin like patience, as owld Rachael Cark used to zay ; — a body med do anything wi' patience, but 'a never could persuade her owld man zo, 'specially when 'a baked his breeches, poor owld zowl an bin! Example: Her interest in him, he being a young Londoner and stranger, who had a real goold watch, and a real goold pin in his tie, was merely of that kind which would have led Fred, in his turn, to gaze upon a giraffe, or a phoenix, or anything of that kind; but it was, nevertheless, somewhat embarrassing at first; especially as this attendant jerked the baby up and down, on any symptoms of restlessness displaying themselves, and told the " pratty zowl" to look at the London gentleman.
Word: zowls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zowl Labels: form-of, plural