nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: exacerbatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From exacerbate + -ory. 1. serving to exacerbate
Word: leapable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From leap + -able. 1. That can be crossed by leaping Labels: not-comparable Example: Is this crevasse really leapable?
Word: churchling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From church + -ling. 1. A church-goer. Example: Neither worldling nor churchling privately possesses his love. The churchling, in prayer and praise, is or ought to be alert to the divine summons as the worldling is not; in race relations and common justice it is sometimes the other way around. 2. A mere churchman. Labels: diminutive, sometimes Example: " [...] And," he added, "it transforms a churchling into a Christian to come into contact with the Pope." Example: You do not tell me of those romantic land bays that be as thou goest to Lover's Seat: neither of that little churchling in the midst of a wood (in the opposite direction, nine furlongs from the town), that seems dropped by the Angel [...] 3. A bigoted churchman. Labels: derogatory Example: 'I thought you were going to show us some swordcraft, churchling, not dance steps.' Arlin's tone was mocking. 'Sorry, I mistook you for a girl.'
Word: swordcraft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sword + -craft. 1. Knowledge of or skill in the use of the sword or swordplay. Labels: uncountable 2. Management by the sword, military skill, or military power; military compulsion. Labels: uncountable
Word: Crozetts Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete form of Crozets, that is, the Crozet Islands. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: South-eastward from the Cape, off the distant Crozetts...
Word: Melk Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria, known as the site of a massive baroque Benedictine monastery.
Word: WRUD Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From initial letters of what r u doing. 1. What are you doing? Labels: Internet
Word: HRU Part of Speech: phrase 1. Abbreviation of how are you?. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: HRU Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of harm reduction unit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: WRU Part of Speech: phrase 1. Abbreviation of where are you. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: swoopstake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swoop + stake. Compare sweepstake. 1. Alternative form of sweepstake. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: swoopstake Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From swoop + stake. Compare sweepstake. 1. Alternative form of sweepstake. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable 2. All at once, without making distinctions. Labels: not-comparable Example: Is't writ in your revenge, That, swoopstake, you will draw both friend and foe, Winner and loser?
Word: swomp Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of swamp. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Auburn system Part of Speech: name Etymology: Introduced in the Auburn Prison, New York. 1. A penal method of the 19th century in which prisoners worked during the day in groups and were kept in solitary confinement at night, with enforced silence at all times. Labels: historical
Word: Cornish fairing Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional ginger biscuit from Cornwall, England, originally sold at fairs.
Word: butter pie Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional savoury pie consisting mainly of onions and potatoes. Labels: UK
Word: Hills hoists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hills hoist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hills hoist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Hills Hoist. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: From there he had a view over the sodden sloping gardens and the Hills hoists of the neighbours.[…]Next door there were rows of nappies on the line, dripping rain, and overhead was the Storey Bridge, like a bigger, flatter Hills hoist. Example: Indeed, her Hills hoist may have made her backyard the object of envy for others. Clotheslines feature prominently in the letters of correspondents to the Museum of Australia′s ‘Backyards’ project, and not just the Hills hoist but also the earlier lines.
Word: superior court Part of Speech: noun 1. A court of general competence which typically has unlimited jurisdiction with regard to civil and criminal legal cases in the lowest hierarchy of a judiciary in a common law system.
Word: superior courts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superior court Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mazar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Arabic مَزَار (mazār) 1. A mausoleum or shrine in the Arab world.
Word: intrudable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intrude + -able. 1. That can form an intrusion. 2. Capable of being intruded into.
Word: unintrudable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + intrudable. 1. That cannot be intruded upon or into. Labels: rare Example: This fortress is completely unintrudable.
Word: surfbird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From surf + bird. 1. A small sandpiper, Aphriza virgata, endemic to the northwestern parts of North America.
Word: customs union Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of trade bloc which is composed of a free trade area with a common external tariff. Example: It appears the whole UK will remain in the customs union, so there are no tariff divergences or checks either on the island of Ireland or within the United Kingdom.
Word: no fear Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: The opposing senses of the interjection derive from the phrase functioning as an ellipsis of both have no fear ("be assured") and there is no fear of that happening ("it's impossible"). 1. Not a chance, impossible. Example: No fear, therefore, that, suddenly deprived of companionship, he should feel dull, and that dulness might take the shape of remorse; so repent, return, and be forgiven.
Word: no fear Part of Speech: intj Etymology: The opposing senses of the interjection derive from the phrase functioning as an ellipsis of both have no fear ("be assured") and there is no fear of that happening ("it's impossible"). 1. Synonym of never fear: no worries, don't worry. Example: You want me to handle it? No fear. Example: "No fear," he said. "Every man will know his own when I come to the Council." 2. Synonym of no way: absolutely not. Labels: UK, dated Example: You're afraid I would handle it? No fear. Example: "Why, did you show him up some rot?" "No fear," he said.
Word: East Frisian Part of Speech: name 1. The Frisian language spoken in East Frisia (northwest Germany), of which Saterland Frisian is the last remaining variety. 2. The Low German dialect spoken in East Frisia.
Word: East Frisian Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to East Frisia, the East Frisians, the East Frisian language or the East Frisian Low German dialect.
Word: East Frisian Part of Speech: noun 1. A person from East Frisia.
Word: MDB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of message-driven bean. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of multidrop bus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of multilateral development bank. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: guiding light Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who has a profound influence on others and is a source of inspiration. 2. That which provides guidance in times of uncertainty.
Word: kitchen supper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kitchen + supper. Original use from kitchen as a synecdoche for a household's servants. Later from the idea that the hosts forgo the dining room for the more private and relaxed kitchen. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪtʃən ˈsʌpɚ/ 1. The evening meal for servants, separate from the family's meal. Labels: dated Example: The cook prided herself on making the kitchen supper as delicious as the family's dinner. 2. An informal or semiformal meal served for guests, not necessarily one served in the kitchen. Example: The couple threw an impromptu kitchen supper when the dinner reservations fell through.
Word: kitchen suppers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kitchen supper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rethe Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English reth, rethe, from Old English rēþe (“fierce, cruel, savage, severe, stern, austere, zealous, wild, dire”), from Proto-West Germanic *rōþī, from Proto-Germanic *rōþijaz (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to scream, shout, roar, bellow, bark, growl”). Cognate with Scots reithe, reythe, reth (“rethe”), Old High German ruod (“a roar”), Middle High German rüeden (“to be noisy”), Bavarian rüeden (“to be noisy, roar, be in heat”). Pronunciation: /riːð/ 1. (of persons) Fierce; cruel; savage; stern; zealous; ardent; keen. 2. (of things) Terrible; dreadful; severe.
Word: rethe Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English reth, rethe, from Old English rēþe (“fierce, cruel, savage, severe, stern, austere, zealous, wild, dire”), from Proto-West Germanic *rōþī, from Proto-Germanic *rōþijaz (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to scream, shout, roar, bellow, bark, growl”). Cognate with Scots reithe, reythe, reth (“rethe”), Old High German ruod (“a roar”), Middle High German rüeden (“to be noisy”), Bavarian rüeden (“to be noisy, roar, be in heat”). Pronunciation: /riːð/ 1. Furiously; violently; wildly.
Word: retheness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rethnes, from Old English rēþnes (“fierceness, rage, cruelty, severity, zeal, savageness, ferocity, harshness, storminess”), equivalent to rethe + -ness. Cognate with Scots rethnas (“retheness”). 1. The character, state, or condition of being rethe; fierceness; wildness; roughness; harshness; sternness; cruelty. Labels: uncountable
Word: Mozarabs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mozarab Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reserve currency Part of Speech: noun 1. A foreign currency that is held in reserve as foreign exchange reserves.
Word: Falangist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Falange + -ist. 1. A member of the Falange. Example: Her nickname had followed her from her old hood, Comillas, because she’d headbutted a handsy Falangist a couple of months before the war ended, leaving him unconscious.
Word: Falangist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Falange + -ist. 1. Of or pertaining to the Falange.
Word: Falange Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Falange, from falange (“phalanx, phalange”), from Latin phalanx, from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx). Doublet of phalanx, phalange, plank and planch. 1. A Spanish fascist movement active in the 1930s until its dissolution in 1977. Labels: historical Example: José Antonio Primo de Rivera, son of former Spanish dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera, founded the Falange in 1933 to encourage national unity and pride and to combat the Left and liberal Republicans.
Word: Phalangist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Phalange + -ist. 1. A member of the Phalange
Word: Phalangist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Phalange + -ist. 1. Of or pertaining to the Phalange
Word: Phalange Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Phalange, from phalange (“phalanx”). 1. A right-wing Lebanese paramilitary movement based somewhat on the Spanish Falange.
Word: Woi Part of Speech: name 1. An Austronesian language spoken by around 1300 people in Irian Jaya (Indonesian New Guinea)
Word: Krio Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Krio Krio, from Portuguese crioulo (“creole”). Doublet of Creole, Criollo, and Crioulo. 1. A creole language based on English/Jamaican Creole spoken by around 500,000 people mainly in Sierra Leone.
Word: vomitrocious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of vomit + atrocious. 1. Causing a desire to vomit; disgusting or gross. Labels: slang Example: Her mother always embarrassed her to death. She'd linger by the Pepto-Bismol display, or she'd buy tons of cans of something vomitrocious like corned beef hash.
Word: placental abruption Part of Speech: noun 1. The tearing away of the placenta from uterus or the breaking apart of the placenta. Example: Should the mother have a placental abruption that puts either the mother or the baby at risk, an emergency C-section is usually performed.
Word: post-nominal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + nominal. 1. That are placed after a name. Labels: not-comparable 2. After a noun. Labels: not-comparable
Word: post-nominal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post- + nominal. 1. One set of postnominal letters, such as one abbreviation representing an academic degree or certification; (in the plural) post-nominal letters.
Word: RRT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of registered respiratory therapist. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: democratish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From democrat + -ish. 1. Somewhat democratic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: workcation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of work + vacation. 1. A vacation that one spends getting work done. Labels: Canada, US, informal
Word: workcations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of workcation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bone head Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bonehead. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bone heads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bone head Labels: form-of, plural
Word: EMT-P Part of Speech: noun 1. A paramedic
Word: EMT-Ps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of EMT-P Labels: form-of, plural
Word: big daddies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of big daddy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: atrial natriuretic peptide Part of Speech: noun 1. A strong vasodilatory, peptide hormone, secreted by the cardiac muscle cells.
Word: melanocyte-stimulating hormone Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of peptide hormones released by the pituitary gland that are involved in regulating the production of melanin.
Word: modest proposal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Jonathan Swift's 1729 satire A Modest Proposal, which suggested cannibalism as a solution to Irish poverty. 1. An idea which is especially extreme, unorthodox or distasteful, often put forward in jest. Labels: idiomatic Example: And for all the chuntering about the "Granny Tax" it is not as though Osborne made a radical or, if you prefer, modest proposal along the lines of offering tax credits or generous allowances to the heirs of pensioners who plump for voluntary, patriotic euthanasia... Example: I therefore have a modest proposal aimed at rectifying this situation: let's declare war! 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see modest, proposal.
Word: modest proposals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of modest proposal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: détrempe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of detrempe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: détrempes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of détrempe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: discourse markers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of discourse marker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: otterpox Part of Speech: noun 1. A friction blister. Labels: dialectal, rare
Word: sprant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Mimicking strong verb forms such as sing/sang. 1. simple past of sprint Labels: form-of, humorous, nonstandard, past Example: I shouted at Caroline’s mum to call the vets and call my dad. Then I sprant down to the bungalow at the bottom to get Chris and Nicky.
Word: secularisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From secularise + -ation. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of secularization. Labels: UK, alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable Example: [E]ven if it were a fact that separate schools could only be equitably got rid of through the entire secularisation of our public school system, much as this end is to be desired, I could not consent to purchase it at such a cost.
Word: divvy duck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Corruption of diving duck. 1. A little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis). Labels: West-Country, obsolete
Word: devil screecher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the bird's piercing cry. 1. A swift. Labels: UK, archaic Example: My informant seemed to look upon the swift as an uncanny bird, and called it by a name I had never heard before, devil-screecher.
Word: exemplare Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of exemplar. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: exemplare Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of exemplar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: engenderer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From engender + -er. Pronunciation: /ɛnˈdʒɛndəɹə/ 1. One who, or that which, engenders something or someone. Example: next to the care, which each living creature hath to his preservation, and to flie what doth hurt him; the affection which the engenderer [translating engendrant] beareth his offspring, holds the second place in this ranke.
Word: engenderers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of engenderer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: propensions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of propension Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perokito Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of parakeet. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hen's parties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hen's party Labels: form-of, plural
Word: astand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English astandan, from Old English āstandan (“to stand up, stand forth, rise up, rise, continue, endure”), from Proto-Germanic *uzstandaną (“to rise, stand up”), equivalent to a- + stand. Cognate with Middle Low German erstân (“rise, get up, secure”), German erstehen (“to purchase, secure”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (usstandan, “to rise, set out, be resurrected”). In some senses, prefix a- appears to represent and- (compare Middle English anstanden (“to resist”)), at-, on-. Pronunciation: /əˈstænd/ 1. To arise; rise up. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 2. To come to a standstill; stop; arrive. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 3. To remain standing; continue; abide; persist; onstand. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 4. To withstand; atstand. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: two-phase Part of Speech: adj 1. Having two alternating currents whose phases differ by 90°. Labels: not-comparable
Word: overclaim Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + claim. 1. To claim too much. Labels: transitive Example: Smith says: "Performance has not been perfect, and I've been around long enough to not take things for granted or to overclaim. But we're up to 96%-97% PPM [Public Performance Measure] and a very high proportion of that is absolutely 100% on time.
Word: overclaims Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overclaim Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overclaiming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overclaim Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: iron man Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ironman. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A self-acting spinning mule used in cotton manufacture. 3. Someone who performs a very complex, complicated, or strenuous task without assistance. Labels: figuratively Example: You don't have to be an iron man and do all the work yourself: there are people here who can help you. 4. A dollar. Labels: US, dated, plural-normally, slang Example: This time it was thirty-five grand, a whole damn marching battalion of iron men, […] Example: Somebody had sense enough to tell Elmer to hold out until the bids were all in, which accounts for his getting four thousand big iron men for his first season's work, instead of fifteen hundred, like the rest of the bush heavers.
Word: Reiland Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German, related to the Rhine river. 1. A surname.
Word: hippolike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hippo + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a hippopotamus. Example: There were large hippolike grazers (Teleoceras, Brachypotherium, and Peraceras superciliosum)[…]
Word: it bag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare It girl. 1. A kind of expensive designer handbag that is a must-have for fashionable people. Labels: colloquial Example: Like an under-the-radar It bag prized for its unidentifiable features and nondescript branding, Santal 33 quickly became a sort of cult secret, whispered through wafts of sandalwood and cedar, only detected by those in the know.
Word: it bags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of it bag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unpunctualness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unpunctual + -ness. 1. Not being punctual; lateness. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: redistributor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From redistribute + -or. 1. One who redistributes; a company in the business of redistribution of goods.
Word: redistributors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of redistributor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autodigestive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From auto- + digestive. 1. Relating to, or carrying out, autodigestion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: obsessionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From obsessional + -ly. 1. In an obsessional manner.
Word: walk of shame Part of Speech: noun 1. A walk home the morning after a sexual encounter while still in evening dress. Labels: informal Example: Is it any wonder that a new generation of Gloria Gaynors has adopted the sequined halter as the standard issue for dancing 'til dawn (followed by the mortifying Sunday morning "walk of shame")? Example: Because alcohol is so popular, morning-after experiences and walks of shame are pretty common for many students. Almost everyone is looking for romance in some capacity. 2. A tacit or symbolic acknowledgement of defeat or acquiescence when confronted by a First Amendment auditor. Labels: Internet, informal 3. A walk through public spaces in the public eye, to a place of refuge, while in a state of undress Labels: informal 4. Synonym of perp walk Labels: informal
Word: walks of shame Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of walk of shame Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pascual Part of Speech: adj 1. Growing in pastures or grassy commons, among less rank herbage than pratal. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: pascual Part of Speech: noun 1. A plant of this kind. Labels: rare
Word: nitrogenless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nitrogen + -less. 1. Without nitrogen. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fryolator Part of Speech: noun 1. A kitchen appliance used for deep-frying. Example: She works alone at her grill, patting each ample patty lightly as she sets it down. Her masterpiece, the “ghetto burger,” is a two-patty cheeseburger tricked out with bacon that she tends closely in a fryolator. Example: Healthy lunch selections mean you would have no need for things such as fryolators that take up space and cost a lot to run.
Word: fryolators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fryolator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antimotivation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Anglo-Norman motifder. Middle French motifder. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder. Middle English motif English motive Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English motivation English antimotivation From anti- + motivation. 1. Active rejection of something towards which one should be motivated. Labels: uncountable Example: Having been driven all their days into an active antimotivation, and finding motivation is the absolute prerequisite for beginning real American life, they cannot begin[…] Example: With this, undermotivation turns to antimotivation; failures accumulate and their emotional threshold goes down. Instead of trying harder they start to rebel.
Word: undermotivation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Anglo-Norman motifder. Middle French motifder. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder. Middle English motif English motive Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English motivation English undermotivation From under- + motivation. 1. inadequate motivation; the state of being undermotivated Labels: uncountable
Word: bridgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bridger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: burritolike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From burrito + -like. 1. Resembling a burrito. Example: I also became frustrated with the stuff sack's built-in mud flap, which folds out of the burritolike bag to provide a dry working space, but mostly just got in my way. Example: When she walked into the house she was astounded to find her housekeeper sitting in front of the kitchen TV, eating a vile burritolike concoction and watching a cartoon.
Word: camphorweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From camphor + weed. 1. Any member of species of the genus Pluchea of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family.
Word: camphorweeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of camphorweed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: makegood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From make + good. 1. A rerun of an advertisement to make up for previous cancellation or error by the broadcaster.
Word: makegoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of makegood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Water Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname, from the medieval pronunciation of the name Walter. * As an English and German surname, from the noun water. * As an Irish surname, adopted as a translation from Ó Fuartháin (see Foran), mistaken for Ó Fuaruisce (“descendant of cold water”), from fuar + uisce. 1. A hamlet in Manaton parish, Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7580). 2. A hamlet on the B6238 Burnley Road in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8425). 3. A barangay of Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines (unconfirmed). 4. A surname
Word: alt text Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for alternative text. It is represented in HTML by the alt attribute. 1. A text caption, associated with an image or other element, that is rendered if the usual content cannot be rendered. Labels: Internet, countable, uncountable Example: Screenreaders for the blind read out the alt text when they encounter an image on a Web page.
Word: cherry knocking Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of knock down ginger (“prank of knocking on a front door and running away”). Labels: UK, dialectal, uncountable
Word: redneckism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From redneck + -ism. 1. The beliefs or behaviours of rednecks. Labels: neologism, uncountable
Word: redneckery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From redneck + -ery. 1. The beliefs or behaviours of rednecks. Labels: uncountable
Word: mercantilely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Latin mercor Latin mercantem Italian mercante Latin -īlemder. Italian -ile Italian mercantilebor. French mercantilebor. English mercantile Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English mercantilely From mercantile + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈmɝ.kənˌtaɪ(l).li/, /-ˌtil.(l)i/ 1. In a mercantile manner or context. Example: We have just past the last alternation of depression, and fair winds of prosperity (mercantilely speaking) are again beginning to swell the sails of commerce — all will again be activity and hope, and the golden harvest in perspective will obliterate the pain of the losses and punishment which have lately past; […]
Word: salesmanly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From salesman + -ly. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a salesman.
Word: nonselecting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + selecting. 1. Not selecting. Labels: not-comparable Example: a nonselecting peptide Example: nonselecting ligands
Word: Pfeiffer syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Rudolf Arthur Pfeiffer (1931–2012). 1. A rare genetic disorder characterized by craniosynostosis. Labels: uncountable
Word: turribrachycephaly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin turris (“tower”) + brachycephaly 1. The condition of having a high, prominent forehead. Labels: uncountable
Word: converbal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From converb + -al. 1. Of or relating to a converb. Labels: not-comparable
Word: converbal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From converb + -al. 1. A converb.
Word: tranqing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tranq Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tranqed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɹæŋkt/, [tɹeɪŋkt] 1. simple past and past participle of tranq Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: aminoaciduric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aminoaciduria + -ic. 1. Relating to aminoaciduria. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Havelockian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Havelock + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Eric Alfred Havelock (1903–1988), British classicist who claimed that all of Western thought is informed by a profound shift in the kinds of ideas available to the human mind at the point that Ancient Greek philosophy converted from an oral to a literate form.
Word: puh-lease Part of Speech: intj Etymology: An exaggerated form of please. 1. An expression of annoyance, exasperation or impatience. Labels: sarcastic Example: Puh-lease! I went to a bar mitzvah once. That doesn't make me Jewish.
Word: Europudding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Euro- + pudding. 1. A stolid, uninspiring film, song, etc. produced through European cooperation. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: Coproduction isn't new. The '80s gave rise to big, unwieldy coproductions that were so bad some critics called them "Europuddings". Example: I'm annoyed because […] all these executives seem hell-bent on turning this film into some kind of horrible Europudding.
Word: Europuddings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Europudding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neoformalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + formalism. 1. New Formalism, a late 20th and early 21st century movement in American poetry that promotes a return to metrical and rhymed verse. Labels: uncountable
Word: Bordwellian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Bordwell + -ian. 1. Of or relating to David Bordwell (born 1947), American film theorist and film historian.
Word: neoformalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + formalist. 1. One involved in the neoformalism movement.
Word: neoformalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neoformalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: windsled Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wind + sled. 1. A fan-powered enclosed vehicle for travelling over ice.
Word: windsleds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of windsled Labels: form-of, plural
Word: divestive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From divest + -ive. 1. Serving or tending to divest, or strip of a right or possession. Labels: not-comparable
Word: investive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From invest + -ive. 1. Serving or tending to invest, or endow with a right or possession. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Whitean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From White + -an. 1. Of or relating to Patrick White (1912–1990), Australian author. 2. Of or relating to Hayden White (1928–2018), American historian in the tradition of literary criticism.
Word: tremp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Hebrew טרמפ from German trampen. Doublet of tramp. 1. To hitchhike. Labels: Israel, intransitive
Word: tremping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tremp Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tremps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tremp Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tremped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tremp Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: batz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Batz, Batze, Batzen (“a coin bearing the image of a bear”). 1. A batzen (former small copper coin from Germany and Switzerland). Labels: historical Example: In old times, if a Coniston peasant had any business at Ulverstone, he walked to Ulverstone; spent nothing but shoe-leather on the road, drank at the streams, and if he spent a couple of batz when he got to Ulverstone, "it was the end of the world." But now, he would never think of doing such a thing! He first walks three miles in a contrary direction, to a railroad station, and then travels by railroad twenty-four miles to Ulverstone, paying two shillings fare.
Word: batzes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of batz Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Zil lane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: ZiL (Zavod imeni Likhachova; Russian: Завод имени Лихачёва), Russian vehicle manufacturer which also produced armoured cars for most Soviet leaders. There were special lanes for these officials in the former Soviet Union. 1. Any of the road lanes in London, England, dedicated for vehicles transporting VIPs during the 2012 London Olympics. Labels: UK, derogatory
Word: calambac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French calambac, from Malay kalambaq (“a kind of fragrant wood”). 1. A fragrant wood; agalloch. Labels: uncountable
Word: Zil lanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Zil lane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Florida bean Part of Speech: noun 1. The large, roundish, flattened seed of Mucuna urens, or similar species. 2. The large seed of Entada wahlbergii.
Word: Florida beans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Florida bean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: allective Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin allectīvus (“that allures”). 1. An allurement, enticement. Labels: obsolete Example: disease that will not yield to the allectives of cordials and perfumes
Word: allective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin allectīvus (“that allures”). 1. Alluring. Labels: obsolete Example: Magnes and many thinges attractive are, / But nothing ſo allective under ſkyes, / As that ſame dainty amiable ſtarre, / That none but griſly mouth of hell defyes.
Word: allectives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of allective Labels: form-of, plural
Word: entosterna Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entosternum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: entosternum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ento- + sternum. 1. The entoplastron. Labels: dated
Word: cubebic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cubeb + -ic + acid. 1. A soft olive-green resin extracted from cubebs. Labels: uncountable
Word: parostoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parostosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parostosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + ostosis. 1. ossification which takes place in purely fibrous tracts; the formation of bone outside of the periosteum Labels: archaic
Word: alloquies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alloquy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alloquy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin alloquium, from alloqui. 1. Act of speaking to another; an address to another person. Labels: obsolete
Word: batement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: For abatement. See bate. 1. abatement; diminution Example: Batement, To abate or waste a piece of Stuff, by forming of it to a designed purpose
Word: batements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of batement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nereidian Part of Speech: noun 1. nereidid
Word: nereidians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nereidian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pinacolin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πῐ́νᾰξ (pĭ́năx) German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English pinacone Proto-Hellenic *élaiwon Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion)der. Latin oleumder. English -ol Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English pinacolin From pinacone + Latin oleum (“oil”) + -in. 1. A colourless oily liquid related to the ketones, and obtained by the decomposition of pinacone. 2. Any of the series of which pinacolin proper is the type. Labels: broadly
Word: pinacolins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pinacolin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stethometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stetho- + -meter. 1. An apparatus for measuring the external movements of a given point of the chest wall, during respiration.
Word: stethometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stethometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orchanet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French orcanète. 1. Alternative form of alkanet (“Alkanna tinctoria”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: antistrophon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀντίστροφος (antístrophos, “turned towards each other”), from στρέφω (stréphō). 1. A counterargument as a retort Labels: obsolete, rhetoric Example: Now that he may know what it is to be a Childe, and yet to meddle with edg'd tooles, I turn his Antiſtrophon upon his own head;
Word: erythrochroism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”) + Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs, “color, complexion”) + -ism. By surface analysis, erythro- + -chroism. 1. erythrism Labels: archaic, rare, uncountable
Word: Chromium Part of Speech: name 1. An open source web browser developed by Google
Word: sihr Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of mass or volume in the Middle East and Indian subcontinent. Labels: obsolete
Word: sihrs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sihr Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parathyroid hormone Part of Speech: noun 1. A polypeptide hormone that is released by the chief cells of the parathyroid glands and is involved in raising the levels of calcium ions in the blood.
Word: class warfare Part of Speech: noun 1. Conflict between sociopolitical classes. Labels: derogatory, sometimes, uncountable Example: To end this class warfare is the conscious aim of the Socialist movement. Example: There's been a marked increase lately in Limbaugh's rhetoric about, of all things, class warfare.
Word: edjamacation Part of Speech: noun 1. Education. Labels: humorous, slang, uncountable Example: ...a high class guy with a college edjamacation, married a broad with no tits, snorts coke and his dick goes limp when the Russians fart. Example: Good ole traditional "edjamacation", Educating disturbed adolescents: theory and practice, link
Word: primary education Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From primary + education. 1. The basic schooling given to children up to the age of puberty, including reading, writing, and basic mathematics. Labels: uncountable
Word: secondary education Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From secondary + education. 1. Education that follows primary education and leads to either employment or college / university education. Labels: uncountable
Word: hens' nights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hens' night Labels: form-of, plural
Word: discophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disc + -o- + -phile. 1. record collector
Word: hit-outs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hit-out Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disert Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin disertus or French disert. 1. Eloquent. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: To John Foxe, his honoured Father, the faithfull Martyrologian[…]a most disert searcher into the Antiquities of Histories[…] Example: […]not that they are better, or more disert and eloquent than those [sc. books] of this learned Scotchman[…]
Word: disert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alternative spellings. 1. Obsolete spelling of desert. Labels: alt-of, obsolete 2. Obsolete spelling of dessert. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: disert Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alternative spellings. 1. Obsolete spelling of desert. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: pussyman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pussy + -man. 1. A great male lover. Labels: colloquial Example: She told me about her family problems and her "honey" (boyfriend) who "shot blanks" (was infertile) but was a real "pussyman" (good lover). Example: Clinton — affectionately described as a "pussyman" by his friend and confidant Vernon Jordan — survived the resulting impeachment
Word: ostitis Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of osteitis. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: procoelian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Procoelia + -an 1. Any of the Procoelia, a former suborder of Crocodilia. Labels: obsolete
Word: procoelians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of procoelian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: olusatrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin holusatrum, olusatrum, from olus (“garden herb”) + ater (“black”). 1. An umbelliferous plant, the common alexanders, found in Western Europe (Smyrnium olusatrum). Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: Azawad Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic, Derived from Tamasheq. 1. An unrecognized unilaterally declared de facto sovereign state in northwest Africa.
Word: disquaire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed, with a change in meaning, from French disquaire (“record dealer; record shop”). Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkɛə/, /dɪsˈkɛɚ/ 1. A disc jockey, especially one in a French-speaking country. Labels: dated Example: Some discothèques allow their patrons to suggest tunes to the disquaire, but at many such an impertinence would be unthinkable—like asking Pablo Casals to play Melancholy Baby. Example: In fact, [Harry] Meyerson had Slim Hyatt, the "disquaire" (disk jockey) at Shepheards, assist him in programming the album.
Word: Azaouad Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Azawad. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: doura Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of durra. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: colluctancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin collū̆ctārī (“to struggle with”) + -ancy. 1. Synonym of colluctation: struggling, conflict, strife. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: Thirdly, the Spirits are in their third ſtate of Volatility, when after a colluctancy with the groſſer Particles they have ſo ſubjugated and overcome them, that they are juſt upon wings, and ready to fly away; as in Wine when it is in the height of its fermentation, and in ſome part of our arterial bloud alwayes. Example: After struggling along with the difficulties and embarrassments occasioned by this immense loss of patronage, and enduring the colluctancy of the Boston anti-tariff committee, and the N. Y. Evening Post, just as the heart was ready to sink within us, help springs up where it was least expected, even in the city of New York, where this British “Satan’s throne is.”
Word: swelltoad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swell + toad. 1. Any of the genus Cyclichthys of blowfishes.
Word: swelltoads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swelltoad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extrastapedial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extra- + stapedial. 1. Projecting beyond the stapes; applied to part of the columella of the ear. Labels: not-comparable Example: extrastapedial process of birds Example: extrastapedial cartilage of a lizard
Word: lavoisium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Lavoisier + -ium, named after the French chemist Antoine Lavoisier. 1. (obsolete) A supposed silvery-white, malleable, metallic chemical element, said to have been discovered in pyrites and some other minerals. Labels: uncountable
Word: Jakes Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Jake + -s (patronymic suffix). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒeɪks/ 1. A surname.
Word: erethistic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to erethism. Example: erethistic power
Word: postillation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin postillatio. 1. The act of postillating; exposition of Scripture in preaching. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: postillations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of postillation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conspurcating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of conspurcate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: conspurcates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of conspurcate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: conspurcated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of conspurcate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: praemuniring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of praemunire Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: praemunired Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of praemunire Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mulloid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Mullus + -oid 1. Like or pertaining to the genus Mullus, the red mullets or goatfish Example: mulloid fishes
Word: mulloid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Mullus + -oid 1. Any fish of the genus Mullus
Word: porphyrite Part of Speech: noun 1. Any porphyritic rock. Example: augite porphyrite
Word: porphyrites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of porphyrite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phenetol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phenyl + ethyl + Latin oleum (“oil”). 1. The ethyl ether of phenol, obtained as an aromatic liquid, C₆H₅.O.C₂H₅.
Word: phenetols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phenetol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: divinises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of divinise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: psylla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Psylla. 1. Any leaping plant louse of the genus Psylla, or family Psyllidae.
Word: psyllas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of psylla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tolutation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin tolutim (“on a trot, properly, lifting up the feet”), akin to tollere (“to lift up”). Compare Icelandic tölt. 1. A pacing or ambling. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: whether they move per latera, that is, two legs of one side together, which is tolutation or ambling, or per diametrum, lifting one foot before, and the cross foot behind
Word: moothill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moot + hill. 1. A hill or elevated place where a meeting or council took place in Saxon England. Labels: UK, historical Example: The life, the sovereignty of the settlement resided solely in the body of the freeman whose holdings lay round the moothill or the sacred tree where the community met from time to time to deal out its own justice or make its own laws.
Word: moothills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moothill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: a-mornings Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of amornings. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: rhabdocoelous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Rhabdocoela + -ous 1. Of or relating to the Rhabdocoela. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mislive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English misliven, from Old English mislibban (“to lead a bad life”), equivalent to mis- + live. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈlɪv/ 1. To lead a wrong, corrupt, or evil life; to live wrongly.
Word: mislived Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mislive Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mislives Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mislive Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: prosopopoeiae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prosopopoeia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prosopopoeias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prosopopoeia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Shavians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Shavian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: divertise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French divertir, present participle divertissant. 1. to entertain, to cheer up. Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete Example: let them instruct, let them divertise, and let them move us Example: Matré Clark, to divertise you, I vill tell you, how I did get be acquainted vid dis Bedlam Matré.
Word: divertised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of divertise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: divertises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of divertise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: divertising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of divertise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: styrol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From styrax + -ol. 1. styrene Labels: obsolete
Word: splining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of spline Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present