nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: mallgoth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mall (“enclosed shopping centre”) + goth (“person who is part of the goth subculture”), suggesting that they purchase their clothes from mainstream retail outlets. Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːlɡɒθ/, /ˈmɔlˌɡɑθ/, /ˈmɑlˌɡɑθ/ 1. Originally (derogatory), an inauthentic or trendy goth; now, a person who dresses in goth-inspired clothes, is interested in industrial metal and nu metal music, etc. Labels: countable Example: MallGoths are young in age, spending the majority of their time after school at the mall. […] MallGoths dress differently to seem "in the know," when, in actuality, they have no clue what Goth culture really is. To them, Goth is a fashion statement and nothing more. Example: “Lester, what the fuck?” he said, grinning and laughing as he clapped Lester on the shoulder, taking a young mall-goth’s five bucks out of a hand whose fingernails were painted with chipped black polish. “What the hell is going on here?” 2. The culture or fashion style adopted by such a person. Labels: uncountable Example: "The skull is all-purpose," said Sasha Frere-Jones, a music critic at The New Yorker. "It simultaneously refers to horror movies, to the Misfits and, by extension, all punk rock, and to a generalized culture of blackness and spookiness and the larger, mall-Goth culture." Example: For the most part, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has grown stronger with every season. […] Case in point: the last five minutes of the finale, which included a six-month time jump; Daisy adopting a mallgoth vigilante persona; and the "birth" of AIDA, a humanoid A.I.
Word: private international law Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The sense of this word order is that it is private law that typically applies between various nationals, rather than international law of a private character. 1. The law of a state that decides the law of which state is applied to legal relationships in civil and commercial matters that contain foreign elements. Labels: uncountable
Word: spitshine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spit + shine. 1. A shoeshine where a liquid, traditionally saliva, is used.
Word: spitshine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From spit + shine. 1. To clean with a spitshine. Labels: transitive
Word: fireshine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + shine. 1. The shine or glow of fire. Labels: uncountable
Word: half-landing Part of Speech: noun 1. A small landing between two flights of stairs that connect adjacent floors of a building.
Word: smartwatch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smart + watch. Compare smartphone. 1. A wristwatch with electronic functionality beyond timekeeping. 2. A mobile device worn on the wrist with a touchscreen display. Example: Before too long, secure public key cryptosystems will make routine personal communications 100% secure. You'll use E-mail and digital voice, but since it's easy, you'll use security all the time. Your key will probably be stored in a smartcard or smartwatch that you carry with you. ... Will they have to do lightning raids on people they suspect to grab their computers while they are still on with the keys in ram? Rip your smartwatch off your wrist to get your code? Example: In Sydney, Australia, test trials are under way of a "smart watch" that can one day reduce the need for wallets and purses. ... Barnes stressed the trial with CTA is one of a number Swatch is undertaking with different suppliers to better adapt smart watches to local conditions and learn their potential.
Word: dragonking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dragon + king. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹæɡənkɪŋ/ 1. A king with the ability to control dragons.
Word: high fantasy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ ˈfæntəsi/ 1. A subgenre of fantasy fiction set in a secondary world or fantasy world as opposed to the primary world or real world. Labels: uncountable Example: Fantasy fiction has been categorized and described in different ways. One classification divides fantasy into two major types:¶ low fantasy, which takes place in the primary world (our world);¶ high fantasy, which takes place in alternative worlds. Example: A term used by Lloyd Alexander in a 1971 essay on “High Fantasy and Heroic Romance" and subsequently developed by Kenneth J. Zahorski and Robert H. Boyer in an attempt to develop a terminology with which to deal with genre materials. In Zahorski and Boyer's taxonomy, high fantasy consists entirely of fiction set in second worlds, while the low fantasy with which it is immediately contrasted consists of fiction set in the primary world, into which magical objects and entities are introduced piecemeal (ie. intrusive fantasy). 2. A subgenre of fantasy fiction that focuses on universal events, instead of just those directly associated with the main characters. Labels: uncountable Example: High fantasy is a complex, philosophical form of literature that focuses on themes such as the conflict between good and evil. 3. A work in this subgenre. Labels: countable
Word: high fantasy Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ ˈfæntəsi/ 1. Having a rich fantasy life; including having imaginary companions and playing pretend games. Example: Some children are much more inclined than others to engage in fantastical pursuits, such as pretending or having an imaginary companion (Taylor, 1999). Such a high fantasy orientation (FO) could have great potential relevance to children’s beliefs in fantastical figures. Example: Jerome Singer (1973) divided a group of children aged six to nine years into high-fantasy and low-fantasy groups on the basis of their frequency of playing pretend games as contrasted with other kinds of play
Word: hard science fiction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American critic P. Schuyler Miller in 1957. 1. A subgenre of science fiction that focuses on technical detail and scientific accuracy. Labels: uncountable
Word: soft science fiction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After hard science fiction, attributed to Peter Nicholls. 1. A subgenre of science fiction that focuses on the nature of its speculative societies or that employs pseudoscience. Labels: uncountable
Word: 419 scammer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From 419 scam + -er or 419 + scammer. 1. A person who carries out a Nigerian scam.
Word: faggod Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of faggot. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, rare
Word: gayfag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gay + -fag. 1. A homosexual, faggot. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar
Word: SLI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of specific language impairment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of street-level imagery. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of service level indicator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of silent lacunar infarction. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: SLI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Scalable Link Interface. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: specific language impairment Part of Speech: noun 1. A disorder where a person's language skills are retarded or abnormally poor for unknown reasons.
Word: headcarry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From head + carry. 1. To carry on one’s head. Labels: rare
Word: isegoria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἰσηγορία (isēgoría). 1. equality of all citizens in freedom of speech, specially in public assemblies. Labels: uncountable 2. the right of each citizen of a city (or other unit) to speak in public and address that city. Labels: uncountable
Word: scambaiting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scam + baiting. 1. The practice of posing as a potential victim of a scam, in order to waste the scammer's time and resources. Labels: Internet, uncountable
Word: lithp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Respelling of lisp, as a person with a lisp would pronounce it. Pronunciation: /lɪθp/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of lisp, representing lisped English. Labels: alt-of, childish, humorous, pronunciation-spelling
Word: bayhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bay + head. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪˌhɛd/ 1. A swamp habitat dominated by bay laurels. Example: A hammock or a "bayhead" (a cypress swamp) offers the next most favorable conditions, but a soil of nearly pure muck or vegetable detritus, of a fine floury texture, does not resist drouth as well as does the sandy flatwoods soil. 2. The portion of a bay located farthest inland, farthest from the body of water the bay is confluent with. Example: Two lowlands lie at the bayhead, one at either end and separated by a steep shore. Utasutsu Bay is separated from Naibo Bay by the volcanic cone on Poronetsu Peninsula. Depths are 60 feet within 1,500 yards of land, and there is a sandy beach at the bayhead. Example: The open-bay environment in Corpus Christi Bay is more saline than within Nueces Bay, indicating an open-bay environment located distal from the bayhead delta within Corpus Christi Bay and restricted or interdistributary bay located behind the main distributaries of the active bayhead delta in Nueces Bay.
Word: Broca's aphasia Part of Speech: noun 1. A disorder where a sufferer is unable to use fluent grammar when speaking or writing, and utterances are almost always ungrammatical. Labels: uncountable
Word: idiologi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of idiologus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: igpay atinlay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Pig Latin spelling of pig Latin. 1. Pig Latin. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: hayhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hay + head. 1. A type of harvester head used to reap hay.
Word: lactonazi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lacto- + nazi. 1. An overzealous lactivist. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: We have a phrase for some of the more zealous advocates of the Le Leche League……LactoNazis. Which refers to a person who would advise risking dehydration rather than giving an infant formula. Example: On the other hand, if you know nothing about the differences between artificial feeding and breastfeeding, or if you DO know the differences, and *choose* to feed your baby formula instead of breast milk, your guilt comes from YOUR OWN knowledge that breastfeeding is better. Not from "lactonazis" or "militants," but from your own mind.
Word: lactonazis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lactonazi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strawhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From straw + head. 1. A stupid person. Labels: rare
Word: jivadaya Part of Speech: noun 1. kindness to animals (or to all living things) Labels: Hinduism, Jainism, uncountable
Word: siege tower Part of Speech: noun 1. A siege weapon, consisting of a wheeled wooden tower with ladders inside, which was parked next to walls so assailants could safely scale them. Labels: historical
Word: staff sling Part of Speech: noun 1. A weapon consisting of a short sling at the end of a staff.
Word: cestrosphendone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κεστροσφενδόνη (kestrosphendónē) via Latin cestrosphendone. 1. An Ancient Greek sling used to fling darts.
Word: fucka Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of fucker, representing non-rhotic English. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, vulgar
Word: crosscontaminate Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of cross-contaminate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: trawlwire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trawl + wire. 1. A cable connecting a trawl net to a trawler. Labels: rare
Word: Klandom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Klan + -dom. 1. The whole body of Ku Klux Klan members. Labels: uncountable
Word: untortoiselike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + tortoiselike. 1. Unlike a tortoise. Example: Males make a very untortoiselike sound.
Word: manface Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From man + face. 1. A face with masculine features. Labels: slang
Word: ratface Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rat + face. 1. A human face with murine features. Labels: derogatory
Word: kharja Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic خَرْجَة (ḵarja, literally “final”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑɹdʒə/ 1. The final refrain of a muwashshah.
Word: ecoalarmist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + alarmist. 1. One who alarms others with environmental issues.
Word: high island Part of Speech: noun 1. An island of volcanic origin.
Word: low island Part of Speech: noun 1. An island of coral origin.
Word: Christicide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Christ + -icide. 1. The killing of Christ. Labels: rare, uncountable 2. One responsible for the death of Christ. Labels: rare
Word: painy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pain + -y. 1. Relating to, having, showing or causing pain. Labels: rare
Word: Metal Age Part of Speech: noun 1. An age characterised by the use of tools made from a specific type of metal.
Word: Metal Age Part of Speech: name 1. The age characterised by the use of metal tools. 2. The Copper Age.
Word: envirotard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From enviro- + -tard. 1. An environmentalist. Labels: derogatory, offensive, rare, vulgar
Word: ecocrazy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + crazy. 1. A fanatical environmentalist. Labels: derogatory, informal, rare
Word: ecohippie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + hippie. 1. An environmentalist. Labels: derogatory, rare
Word: Chicagorilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Chicago + gorilla, coined by Walter Winchell. 1. A thug; a gangster. Labels: dated, rare
Word: Winchellism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after American radio commentator Walter Winchell, from Winchell + -ism. 1. A word coined by Walter Winchell. 2. Behaviour that is associated with Walter Winchell. Labels: uncountable
Word: Winchellese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after American radio commentator Walter Winchell, from Winchell + -ese. 1. The writing and speaking style of Walter Winchell. Labels: uncountable
Word: Baltimoron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Baltimore + moron. 1. Someone from Baltimore, Maryland. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: He styled himself both a Prohibition-flouting "Baltimoron" and "an incurable snob," the voice of "the intelligent minority" determined "to stir up the animals."
Word: Ciceronical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Either the Latin Cicerō (stem: Cicerōn-) or the Middle English Ciceroun suffixed with the English -ical. Pronunciation: /sɪsəˈɹɒnɪkəl/ 1. = Ciceronian Labels: obsolete Example: Hee and Isabel…began to be as Ciceronicall as they were amorous. Example: But this man’s words are spirit itself, and burn their niche in Time, to last as long as that will. Take two of them: “Soldiers, forty centuries look down upon you!” and again, “Behold the sun of Austerlitz!” When you speak, speak thus to men; such words are deeds; and come not as from one who beateth the air to the pitchpipe of the tibicen Ciceronical, but as the bullet to its butt; speak swordpoints, that press between the joints and marrow.
Word: pseudoenvironmentalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + environmentalist. 1. A false environmentalist.
Word: pseudoenvironmentalist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pseudo- + environmentalist. 1. Falsely promoting environmentalist goals.
Word: Kinkadian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Named after American painter Thomas Kinkade, from Kinkade + -ian. 1. Of or relating to American painter Thomas Kinkade or his style.
Word: pseudo-inspirational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pseudo- + inspirational. 1. Falsely inspirational.
Word: Hoaxocaust Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of hoax + Holocaust. 1. The Holocaust, seen as a hoax. Labels: offensive, rare
Word: Jewsrael Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Jew + Israel. 1. Israel. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang Example: If I had my way I'd withdraw all support for Jewsrael and let the Jew-Islam race war go on without USA intervening. Example: Why can I find maps of Palestine then, before the British rule of the area? Can't find any maps of Jewsrael though... funny that.
Word: payada Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish payada, from payo (“hick”). 1. A traditional performance art of the Southern Cone, consisting of a duel between two payadores who take turns singing improvised ten-line verses in response to the previous payador, accompanied by guitar.
Word: Southern Cone Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Spanish Cono Sur. 1. The southern portion of South America, consisting of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, sometimes southern Brazil, São Paulo state and Paraguay. Example: Some words are therefore in order to clarify why Bolivia is excluded from our definition of the Southern Cone, and by extension from the Southern Cone Model.
Word: engenho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese engenho (“machine; sugar mill”), from Old Galician-Portuguese engenno, from Latin ingenium. Doublet of engine. 1. A sugar mill in colonial Brazil. Labels: historical
Word: vactrain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vacuum + train. 1. A theoretical maglev running in vacuum tunnels.
Word: ecohysteria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + hysteria. 1. Hysteria over environmental issues. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ghostflower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ghost + flower. 1. Mohavea confertiflora, a flower native to the Sonoran and Mojave deserts.
Word: Yehudi lights Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Developed, in part, by the US Navy's "Project Yehudi" from 1943 onwards. Yehudi in then-contemporary slang meant "the little man who wasn't there". The slang term may perhaps allude to the popular catchphrase and novelty song Who's Yehoodi? The catchphrase is said to have originated when violinist Yehudi Menuhin was a guest on the popular radio program of Bob Hope, where sidekick Jerry Colonna, apparently finding the name itself humorous, repeatedly asked "who's Yehudi?" 1. Lights placed under aeroplanes that raise their brightness to the same level as that of the sky, as a form of camouflage. Labels: plural, plural-only, rare
Word: countershading Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + shading. 1. A pattern of animal coloration, existing as a form of camouflage, characterised by darker pigmentation of the upper side and lighter of the underside. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ghost marriage Part of Speech: noun 1. Marriage with a dead person or between dead people.
Word: ash dieback Part of Speech: noun 1. Dieback of ash trees caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. Labels: uncountable Example: Ash dieback is a major concern. Only ten years after its identification in the UK, the risks posed by dead and diseased trees is rising, says NR. In 2020, ash dieback was present in 73% of ash trees in England, 92% in Wales, and 21% in Scotland, with a rapid increase in tree mortality rates over the next six years expected.
Word: oak processionary moth Part of Speech: noun 1. Thaumetopoea processionea, a processionary native to oak forests across southern Europe, also occurring as an invasive species in northern Europe. Example: The oak processionary moth is a native of southern Europe but its range has been expanding northwards over the past 20 years and it has become established as far north as the Netherlands and northern Germany.
Word: acute oak decline Part of Speech: noun 1. Oak decline. Labels: uncountable
Word: slug slime Part of Speech: noun 1. Slime produced by slugs. Labels: uncountable
Word: Barnum effect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after American showman Phineas Taylor Barnum. 1. The tendency of individuals to give high accuracy ratings to descriptions of their personality that are in fact vague and general enough to apply to a wide range of people.
Word: New Castile Part of Speech: name 1. A region of Spain consisting of the provinces of Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Madrid and Toledo. Labels: historical 2. A Spanish governorate in South America that existed from 1528 to 1542. Labels: historical
Word: Quiviran Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Quivira + -an. 1. Of or relating to the legendary region of Quivira. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hobo stove Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of improvised stove, consisting of a can without the top and with openings near the bottom.
Word: Shinigami Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Japanese 死神 (Shinigami). Pronunciation: /ˌʃɪn.ɪˈɡɑːmi/ 1. The deity and/or personification of death. (Compare Izanami and Enma). Labels: Japanese
Word: Ciceronicall Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of Ciceronical. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: lalophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek λᾰλῐᾱ́ (lălĭā́, “speech”) + -phobia. 1. An irrational fear of speaking Labels: uncountable
Word: lateroflexion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From latero- + flexion. 1. Lateral flexion (bending to one side). Labels: uncountable
Word: sumpah Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Malay sumpah (“to swear, to make a promise”). Pronunciation: /ˈsumpa/, [ˈsump˭ä], [ˈsum˧p˭ä˦˧], [ˈsum˨˧-] 1. To promise; to earnestly swear that something is true. Labels: Manglish, Singlish, intransitive, invariable Example: I don’t know anything about this scandal — sumpah. Example: I sumpah (promise) mak! Anybody can come to see you mak. I won’t tell bapak mak. If you are happy, I am happy mak. Don’t kill me mak.
Word: watering pot Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of watering can. Example: ...but there must be luxury in the glare of lustres to a man who has drudged at his desk by the light of a tallow candle, and how much handsomer must a floor appear to him when splendidly bechalked by a capital designer, than when besprinkled with a watering pot by a slipshod apprenticel
Word: oxyd Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɒksɪd/ 1. Obsolete form of oxide. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: ride the circuit Part of Speech: verb 1. To travel between small towns on horseback, usually to preach or preside over courts of law. Example: "Although commissioned, Hale J did not ride the circuit, his place being taken by Francis Swanton, the clerk of assize." Example: "Likewise, other local lawyers would ride the circuit for a session or two, briefly joining the core group as it traveled the circuit, and return home." 2. To move someone who has been arrested from police station to police station, thereby hindering release. Labels: slang Example: “But we don't have to. We can ride the circuit with you. It might take days."
Word: lepidium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Lepidium, from Latin lepidium and Ancient Greek λεπίδιον (lepídion, literally “little scale”), diminutive of λεπίς (lepís, “scale, flake”). Pronunciation: /ləˈpɪ.di.əm/ 1. Any cruciferous plant of the genus Lepidium, often called garden cresses or pepperworts. Example: Danziger’s new Green Dragon, a delicate and airy Lepidium, is a unique green filler for flower arrangements that blends harmoniously in any centerpiece or bouquet. Green Dragon has a heavier stem than other lepidiums, which won’t tangle with each other, ultimately decreasing breakage. Example: There are about 175 different Lepidiums, no doubt some native to your area and some imported.
Word: serveries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of servery Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of serverie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: SLBSTM Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of sounds like bullshit to me. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: bicamerally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From bicameral + -ly. 1. In a bicameral manner; based on or indicating bicameral organization. Labels: not-comparable Example: Not only the voices of gods, but also of dead kings, could still be heard bicamerally, as we have earlier suggested was the origin of gods themselves.
Word: ecocommunalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + communalism. 1. An environmental philosophy based on ideals of simple living, self-sufficiency, sustainability, and local decentralized economies. Labels: uncountable
Word: ecocommunal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eco- + communal. 1. Relating to ecocommunalism.
Word: Coushatta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Koasati Kowassa:ti (“bobcat people”). 1. A member of a Native American people found mainly in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Word: Coushatta Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Koasati Kowassa:ti (“bobcat people”). 1. Their Muskogean language. 2. A town, the parish seat of Red River Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Word: Coushattas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Coushatta Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sociolectal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sociolect + -al. 1. Of or relating to a sociolect. Labels: not-comparable
Word: taramasalatas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of taramasalata Labels: form-of, plural
Word: train set Part of Speech: noun 1. A toy consisting of one or more miniature model trains and the tracks, equipment, scenery, etc. that go with them. Example: It has its charms though. Royal Oak is like a country branch line dropped down amid the main line approaches to Paddington. It's as if two very different train sets got mixed up in the same box. 2. Alternative form of trainset. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: To me it seems that extensive investment in relatively low-powered units may have the same ultimate result of motive power shortage as that which afflicts the London Midland Region today, and which has compelled the re-engining of some of the earlier multiple-unit diesel train sets. Example: In a review of operating experience with the Southern Region diesel-electric multiple-units on the Hastings line, read to the Institution of Locomotive Engineers in October, Mr. W. J. A. Sykes, Mechanical & Electrical Engineer of the S.R., revealed how the somehat unprepossessing appearance of these train sets came about.
Word: train sets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of train set Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cupula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cūpula, from cūpa + -ula. Doublet of cupola. False cognate of English cupule in which English cup is descendant of Old English copp of Germanic origin. 1. A cup-shaped or dome-shaped object. 2. A moveable object in the ampullae of the ear's semicircular canals that is involved in sensing head rotation
Word: seifuku Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 制服 (seifuku), from Middle Chinese 制服 (MC tsyejH bjuwk). 1. A Japanese school uniform modelled on the sailor suit.
Word: fuckbunny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fuck + bunny. 1. A sexually active and available woman. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Like he had a right to be uptight about Liv screwing whoever she pleased. He'd worked through six condoms—or was it seven?—in a tequila haze with the fuckbunny duo from the Hole. Example: 'Sounds like you're His^([sic]) new fuckbunny,' I said. 'Congratulations.'
Word: fuckbunnies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fuckbunny Labels: form-of, plural
Word: musterable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From muster + -able. 1. Capable of being mustered. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unmustered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + mustered. 1. Not mustered. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unbadged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + badged. 1. Not wearing, or not furnished with, a badge. Labels: not-comparable
Word: panharmonicon Part of Speech: noun 1. A mechanical musical instrument that could imitate various instruments and generate sound effects.
Word: panharmonicons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of panharmonicon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apothegmic Part of Speech: adj 1. apothegmatic
Word: nut roasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nut roast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deterreth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: deter + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deter Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: quarter tone Part of Speech: noun 1. The musical interval equal to one quarter of a tone or 1/24 of an octave; half a semitone.
Word: yesterday-today-tomorrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the three shades of blue and violet on each plant, which can vary over the course of a few days. 1. An evergreen shrub, Brunfelsia australis. Labels: Australia, informal Example: Within a few months[,] little creepers were climbing the rose bushes, covering the yesterday-today-tomorrows, hanging down in stringy swathes from the cypress trees.
Word: stone-fence Part of Speech: noun 1. A mixed drink of cider with either rum, brandy, bourbon, or rye. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Dick Sparrow appeared carrying a pitcher of stone-fence, a concoction of rum and hard cider, followed by Miriam bearing a tray of glasses. […] Dick passed the pitcher of stone fence and James got speedily and contentedly drunk.
Word: cream sodas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cream soda Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oxyt. Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɒksɪt/ 1. Abbreviation of oxytone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, no-plural Example: II. oxyt., as Adj., ἀσφοδελὸς λειμών the asphodel mead which the shades of heroes haunted, Od.11.539, 24.13: generally, flowery mead, h.Merc.221, 344. (On the accent v. Hdn.Gr.1.160.)
Word: oxyt. Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɒksɪt/ 1. Abbreviation of oxytonic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: bluiter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of blooter. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic
Word: bluiter Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of blooter. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic
Word: camera phones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of camera phone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: feature phones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feature phone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: car phones Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of carphones plural of car phone Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bar phone Part of Speech: noun 1. A mobile phone shaped like a bar of soap or candy. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bar, phone. (a phone in a bar)
Word: brick phone Part of Speech: noun 1. A cellular telephone with proportions and weight similar to a brick. Example: He pulls out a Foundation brickphone from his pack. He pushes some buttons, entering coordinates, and then retreats far down the road. 2. An older cellular telephone that is not a smartphone.
Word: timbrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From timbre + -ical. 1. Of, relating to, or having timbre. Example: The flag bearer for this prestigious category is, without a doubt, Jose Mardones (Fontecha, Alava 1869 - Madrid 1932) who had a voice which was unique for its volume and timbrical beauty. Example: As Voyage was exploring the timbrical, melodic and rhythmical aspects of a sound generator (actually a string), […]
Word: brick phones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brick phone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yleft Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of leave Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: slide phone Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of slider phone.
Word: slider phone Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of mobile phone that allows an additional keypad to slide open for use.
Word: slider phones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slider phone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slide phones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slide phone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lambel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French lambel. 1. A label (charge from which pendants are hung).
Word: unfinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + final. 1. Not final; unresolved; inconclusive. Example: Huge French Revolutions, Napoleonisms, then Bourbonisms with their corollary of Three Days, finishing in very unfinal Louis-Philippisms: all this ought to be didactic! All this may have taught us, that False Aristocracies are insupportable; that No-Aristocracies, Liberty-and-Equalities are impossible […] Example: So this was suicide. How unfinal it appeared to be.
Word: roosterish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rooster + -ish. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a rooster. Example: Jimmy Lah was pouring some soapy blender concoction for the bar's only customer besides himself, a fruitcake with a roosterish yellow Mohawk and oversized pink eyeglasses. Example: When Kayak Boy was mad he put his shoulders back and stuck his head forward, a roosterish stance that reminded me of Travis. 2. Cocky, arrogant, prideful. Labels: figuratively Example: "Poor boy," said Patience sympathetically, and Fisher eyed her with suddenly aroused manhood. "And that's all?" His big shoulders drooped, and the roosterish look went out of his eyes. Example: […] and when it was over he would blink and smirk around at the ladies, with a roosterish pride quite engaging to behold.
Word: reunderstand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + understand. 1. To reach a new or renewed understanding. Example: A large part of the weekend service is designed to help people reunderstand who God is. Example: But as I came to know each of them in the confines of this room, I began to reunderstand that each man's humanity and capacity to love expresses itself in different forms.
Word: pedophagic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pedo- (“child”) + -phagic. 1. Engaging in, involving, or related to the eating of children. Labels: not-comparable Example: However, Annable represents on his part the masculine aspect of the uroboros, the pedophagic father of archetypal mythology, the Moloch figure, and is thus equally as dangerous and destructive as his female counterpart. Example: The description of the preparation of the children for the play's pedophagic banquet recalls the Messenger's description in Seneca's Thyestes, […]
Word: lithosome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From litho- + -some. 1. A uniform mass of rock that has different lithology to that of the surrounding rock.
Word: pornonormativity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From porno- + normativity. 1. The phenomenon of human sexual expression being shaped by the conventions of mainstream pornography. Labels: uncountable Example: Female same-sex sexuality is represented in ways which are circumscribed by the conventions of pornonormativity and heteroflexibility. Example: Sadomasochism has been analyzed in recent times by sociologists, social psychologists and others in terms of 'pornonormativity', i.e. sexual scripts derived from images and narratives of porn […]
Word: pornonormative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From porno- + normative. 1. Of or relating to pornonormativity. Example: Yet this pornonormative depiction of SM is only one aspect of the story. Example: If an image of SM exists in mainstream culture that is not pornonormative, badass topping is likely it.
Word: logismography Part of Speech: noun 1. An early form of double-entry bookkeeping Labels: uncountable
Word: nubivagant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin nubes (“cloud”) + vagant (“wandering”). 1. Wandering in the clouds; moving through the air. Labels: rare Example: On the whole, although a man must do his duty, "painful as it is," (as a Judge would say to a felon whom he is going to sentence to death,) yet it would be better for a collineomaniac to think, now and then, of the desolation he is bringing down upon happy nests; of how many little broods he may cause to starve; of how many robbed mates he will send, nubivagant, whistling and singing tremulous love-notes through the air, vainly searching and calling for their lost spouses, never, never to return! Example: I suspect I will never again see a crowd of 35,000 transform with such speed into nubivagant hip-swivelling beasts.
Word: katrillionaire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From katrillion + -aire. 1. An extremely wealthy person. Labels: informal Example: […] a sort of modern-day Sabrina-esque story where a young woman, Abby (played by the lovely Chloe Eliot), the daughter of a deeply indebted, widowed summer cook in the Hamptons, ends up living happily ever after with a self-made katrillionaire Bill Gates type (but he's handsome, young, and hip) whose life isn't as easy as it sounds, […] Example: But nowhere else has the cachet-turned-baggage of Greenwich, long a home to blue-blood families (this is where the Bush family dwelled for years) and more recently a haven for Wall Street's new money, such as hedge-fund katrillionaire Steve Cohen.
Word: katrillionaires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of katrillionaire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: native tongues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of native tongue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: groundwoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of groundwood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fatsploitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fat + -sploitation, after the pattern of blaxploitation, etc. 1. The exploitation of fat people in the media (especially film and television). Labels: uncountable Example: And two points reflect the cynicism at the core of this fatsploitation flick. Example: The appetite for "fatsploitation" entertainment isn't yet sated.
Word: discoursings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of discoursing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: r-word Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.wɜːd/, /ˈɑɹ.wɝd/ 1. The word retard or retarded, regarded as a vulgar or taboo word. Labels: euphemistic Example: I recently spoke supporting a new name for the President's Committee on Mental Retardation. I suggested it be changed to "President's Committee for People with Developmental Disabilities." Example: The Tropic Thunder premiere presented a particularly strong opportunity for advocacy groups to make further progress on this front, because the R-word has played a major role in advance viral marketing for the prospective big-budget blockbuster.[…] 2. The word rape, regarded as a vulgar or taboo word. Labels: euphemistic Example: "Updike can use the `R' word" (rape, he meant) "to describe the love-making (sic) of the two Brazilians and get away with it." Example: As the viewer of any after-school special can tell you, women shy away from the R word because they blame themselves. 3. The word redskin or redskins (including Redskins as a team name) regarded as a vulgar or taboo word. Labels: euphemistic Example: For years, Native American Indian groups and a wide variety of knee-jerk liberal sympathizers, including me, your humble scrivener, have pointed fingers of shame, shame, shame at the R-word team. Example: “The r-word is no more acceptable to American Indians than the n-word is to blacks,” one woman stated succinctly in a recent Post letter to the editor […] 4. Any word beginning with r that is considered (often humorously) to be taboo in the given context. Labels: humorous Example: Neither Mayor David N. Dinkins nor Mr. Cuomo, though, has been reluctant to invoke the symbolism of another R-word: Republican. Example: In the second year of a three-year contract, Boggs will be 36 on June 15, but he's not ready to consider the R word—retirement.
Word: r-word Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.wɜːd/, /ˈɑɹ.wɝd/ 1. To rape. Labels: euphemistic
Word: cisnormativity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cis- + normativity. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪs.nɔː.məˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/, /ˌsɪs.nɔːɹ.məˈtɪv.ə.ti/ 1. The assumption that all human beings are cisgender, i.e. have a gender identity which matches their biological sex. Labels: neologism, uncountable Example: The erasure of transpeople's experiences can be understood, at least partially, as a function of the hegemony of cisnormativity. Example: These are the bodily consequences of cisnormativity—the prevalent and presumptuous assumption that cissexuality is the only acceptable and legible form of gender identity—which show us why, when we engage in feminist activism and inquiry, we must be trans-inclusive in our efforts to ensure that every human being deserves decency and justice when wronged.
Word: peptize Part of Speech: verb 1. To disperse in a medium so as to form a colloidal solution. Example: Alphaltenes have a tendency to aggregate and flocculate, but resins contained in the crude oil peptize them and keep them in solution.
Word: r-words Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of r-word Labels: form-of, plural
Word: r-words Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of r-word Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: t-word Part of Speech: noun 1. tax or taxes, treated as if it were taboo. Labels: euphemistic, humorous Example: Some will claim these tax hikes aren't really taxes. They'll search the dictionary to find every possible way to avoid using that “T” word. 2. The word tranny, regarded as offensive and taboo. Labels: euphemistic 3. Any of several other words beginning with t when regarded (sometimes humorously) as taboo, for example tit, twat, turd, terrorist or terrorism, treason, Trump. Labels: euphemistic
Word: feint of heart Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of faint of heart. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: minoratyve Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of minorative. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: minoratives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minorative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Istro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Istr(ia) + -o- Pronunciation: /ˈɪstɹəʊ/ 1. denoting Istrian origin or character, or a variety of [the prefixed element] associated with or pertaining to Istria Labels: morpheme Example: Istro-Romanian
Word: ciceronical Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative letter-case form of Ciceronical. Labels: alt-of
Word: xenophobian Part of Speech: noun 1. A xenophobe; one who is xenophobic. Labels: rare
Word: xenophobiac Part of Speech: noun 1. A xenophobe; one who is xenophobic. Labels: rare
Word: xenophobiacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xenophobiac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xenophobians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xenophobian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quarter farthing Part of Speech: noun 1. A British coin, produced for circulation in Ceylon 1839–1853, which, at a face value of ⅟₁₆d. (£⅟₃₈₄₀), is the lowest denomination of coin ever minted for the United Kingdom. Labels: historical Example: [‘]The score, however, was only 10 thalers, 4 groschen, 6 pfennigs’ (30 shillings, 5 pence, and 2 or perhaps 3 quarter-farthings), ‘for what I had run-up in eight weeks[.]’
Word: zupas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zupa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: judicial review Part of Speech: noun 1. The doctrine, implemented in varying ways in differing jurisdictions, that authorities within the judicial branch of government may examine and make rulings on the legal validity of decisions and actions of the legislative and executive branches of government and, in some jurisdictions, of others within the judicial branch itself. Labels: uncountable Example: Since it appears that judicial review is here to stay, some who remain troubled by it urge that at the very least the enterprise of judges deciding constitutional questions should be limited to discovering the intent of the Framers. 2. A judicial process undertaken under this doctrine. Labels: countable Example: [T]he senate committee on interstate commerce adjourned until next Thursday without having taken a vote on the bill or considered an amendment for a judicial review of the orders of the interstate commerce commission. Example: After one of Britain's most politically sensitive judicial reviews, a three-judge court today upheld the convictions of six men for the murder of 21 people in the bombing of a Birmingham pub in 1974.
Word: Stoicks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Stoick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cisnormative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cis- + normative. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪsˈnɔːmətɪv/, /ˌsɪsˈnoɹmətɪv/, [-ɾɪv] 1. Of or pertaining to cisnormativity. Labels: neologism Example: This erasure reflects the priorities, biases, and oversights of writers and publishers who function in a cisnormative system, one in which people are assumed to be cissexual. Example: Cisnormative assumptions are tied in with discourses surrounding HIV and STIs.
Word: Kitinen Part of Speech: name Etymology: First attested in 1908, from Finnish Kitinen; no further etymology for the name is known. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪtɪnɛn/ 1. A major tributary of the river Kemi, Finland’s longest river. Example: Sederholm, who visited the district south of lake Enare in 1898, confirms Jernström’s observations; Herr Sederholm also informs me that the Jatulian quartzite, coming from Kittilä continues towards the south-east and reaches the river Kitinen north of the church of Sodankylä. Example: Crossing the strip of land between the Luiro and the Kitinen I arrived at Kairala village on the Kitinen. From this village a trip was made to Suvanto village and Akankoski on the Kitinen. The return route followed the Kitinen and the Kemijoki, and then along the highroad to Rovaniemi and Kemi.
Word: Cartesian devil Part of Speech: noun 1. A Cartesian diver.
Word: Cartesian devils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cartesian devil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cauchies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cauchie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cayennes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cayenne Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tattva Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit तत्त्व (tattva, “truth; reality; principle etc.”). 1. An element or aspect of reality conceived as an aspect of deity, forming the basis of human experience.
Word: tattvas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tattva Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cabaretist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cabaret + -ist. 1. A stand-up comedian.
Word: key money Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Schlüsselgeld. 1. A payment required by a landlord or agent before accessing rented property. Labels: uncountable
Word: key-money Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of key money. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Age of Aquarius Part of Speech: name 1. A historical period corresponding to the astrological sign of Aquarius, concerning the timing of which (past, present, or future) there is a wide range of views. Example: In 1904 we entered the Age of Aquarius, which will last another 2,000 years and will be an age of joy, of science and accomplishment, focused on the life of Christ. Example: The unprecedented close grouping of seven planets in the sign of Aquarius at the time of the new moon of February 1962; an astronomical formation considered by some astrologers to mark the beginning of earth's entry into the Age of Aquarius. 2. The period, roughly from the mid-1960s to the early-1970s, when New Age culture and the hippie movement were at their peaks, associated with belief in enhanced spiritual enlightenment, universal love, and personal liberation. Labels: informal Example: From his funnel-shaped Cone Chair to a round television that dangled from the ceiling like a giant white eyeball, the Danish architect and designer's work was consciously directed at the free-love set, transporting the politics, passions and polymorphous sexuality of the Age of Aquarius into innocent living rooms across the globe.
Word: Aquarian Age Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Age of Aquarius. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tam-tams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tam-tam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tam-tams Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tam-tam Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: luigino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian luigino, from luigi (“louis”) + -ino (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˌluːiːˈd͡ʒiːnəʊ/ 1. An imitation coin, based on the French petit louis, once used mostly as an ornament. Labels: historical 2. The local currency of the internationally unrecognised micronation of Seborga, in northeastern Italy. Example: Really, how often do you need to figure out how many Seborga luiginos are equal to 800 Uzbekistan soms? Example: And in tiny, proud Seborga, pockets bulging with luiginos, His Tremendousness makes his way along the cobbles, singing to himself, in the words of the old patriotic hymn […].
Word: Abenomics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Abe + -nomics. 1. The economic policies advocated by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. Labels: uncountable Example: If Japan’s government can overcome a demand setback after the tax increase takes effect – leaving the economy functioning smoothly and initiating a recovery in government revenue – Abe will be able to declare Abenomics an unequivocal success.
Word: snoo snoo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of snu snu. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: However, wanting to have Snoo Snoo and getting there can be an arduous journey with many pitfalls so I think it would be best for some people (everybody) to be aware of these obstacles.