nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: meikle Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of mickle. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In the Den of Kinraddie one such beast had its lair […] and at gloaming a shepherd would see it, with its great wings half-folded across the great belly of it and its head, like the head of a meikle cock, but with the ears of a lion, poked over a fir tree, watching.
Word: stekan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of steekkan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ride the coattails Part of Speech: verb 1. To succeed by virtue of association (with). Labels: idiomatic Example: Further, some investors ride the coattails of investor giants, such as Warren Buffett, meaning they would frequently invest in the stocks Buffet invested in. Example: He had the reputation of a wannabe hardman, riding his cousin's coattails.
Word: synthespian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of synthetic + thespian. 1. A completely computer-generated character who appears in a film or similar work; a virtual actor. Example: Final Fantasy apparently took 200 digital artists four years to make; a whole year was needed just to perfect the 60,000 hairs on the head of the heroine, Dr Aki Ross, the first photo-realistic 'synthespian' to lead a movie.
Word: synthespians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of synthespian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Crown prosecutor Part of Speech: noun 1. The state prosecutor; the legal party responsible for presenting the case against an individual in a criminal trial. Labels: Australia, Canada, UK
Word: pedohebephiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pedohebephile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pigeonniers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pigeonnier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piquettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of piquette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pneumopathies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pneumopathy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monticuli Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monticulus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Community language Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the official languages of the European Union.
Word: Apostles' Creed Part of Speech: name 1. A statement of Christian belief, traditionally ascribed to the twelve Apostles of Jesus.
Word: glutinane Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular triterpene hydrocarbon; any of several naturally-occurring compounds based upon this structure Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: little black dress Part of Speech: noun 1. A simply cut and often quite short evening or cocktail dress. Example: When dressing up for a night out, let's not forget the sex appeal, allure, and slenderizing effect of ultrasheer black hosiery under that little black dress. 2. Something simple, versatile, and elegant; something that pairs well with many other things. Labels: figuratively Example: The F-bomb is the little black dress of vulgarity. Noun, verb, participle, verbal noun — it goes with everything. Example: Who, excepting fictional fanged creatures of the night, doesn't love a bit of garlic? It goes in anything and is like the little black dress of the food world. 3. A character who is shipped with many other characters. Labels: slang Example: I've seen Snape/Loki. Little Black Dresses, both of them. They'll go with anybody. Example: Sansa is SUCH a good little black dress. I honestly would read almost any character in GOT with her.
Word: glycerophosphoglucose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glycero- + phospho- + glucose. 1. The glucose ester of glycerophosphoric acid Labels: uncountable 2. Its fatty acid derivatives - the phosphatidylglucoses Labels: broadly, uncountable
Word: glycerophosphoglycerol Part of Speech: noun 1. The glycerol ester of glycerophosphoric acid 2. Its fatty acid derivatives - the phosphatidylglycerols Labels: broadly
Word: glycerophosphoinositol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glycero- + phospho- + inositol. 1. The inositol ester of glycerophosphoric acid. 2. Any of its fatty acid derivatives - the phosphatidylinositols. Labels: broadly
Word: computer scientists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of computer scientist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lipidologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lipidologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: natural scientists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of natural scientist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: social scientist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From social science + -ist; see social, scientist. 1. A scientist who specializes in a social science such as psychology, economics, or political science.
Word: formalisable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From formalise + -able. 1. Alternative form of formalizable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: murder by suicide Part of Speech: noun 1. An act (such as a suicide bombing) in which a person kills one or more other persons before, or while, killing himself or herself; the act of killing others and oneself in this way. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We may arrange for the best airport security in the world, but if you want to commit murder by suicide, you don’t have to board a plane to explode yourself and kill many people.
Word: kid glove Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kid gloves (made from the skin of a young lamb or goat), a particularly fine, soft material. 1. A metaphorical representation of careful handling. Labels: figuratively, plural-normally Example: to handle with kid gloves Example: He's usually very sensitive about this sort of thing; make sure you put on your kid gloves before you see him. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kid, glove. Example: As he saw her hands in their old black kid gloves getting the silver out of the worn purse, his heart contracted with pain of love of her. Example: By degrees the room grew perceptibly hotter. The smell of kid gloves mingled with the strong scent of flowers.
Word: cheapdate Part of Speech: name Etymology: Coined by Monica S. Moore et al. in 1998 (see 1998 quotation), from “cheap date”, the idea being that it is less expensive to buy an evening's worth of drinks for a person with a lower tolerance for alcohol. (Fruit-fly mutants are frequently given whimsical names.) 1. A certain mutant strain of fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) with heightened sensitivity to ethyl alcohol (ethanol), causing it to lose postural control at lower concentrations of the drug. Example: One X-linked mutation isolated in this screen was named cheapdate (chpd) to reflect the increased ethanol sensitivity displayed by hemizygous mutant male flies.
Word: colo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κόλον (kólon)bor. Latin colon New Latinder. English colo- From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Latin colon, whence also English colon. 1. Pertaining to the colon. Labels: morpheme
Word: tennis racquets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tennis racquet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soccer players Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of soccer player Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foreclosees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foreclosee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: TWSS Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of that's what she said. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: twss Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of that's what she said. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: mishegas Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mishegoss. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: The One Laptop Per Child mishegas has hit the boiling point, and the hiss of steamed "Give One/Get None" donors has finally gotten the OLPC group's attention. Example: "If she'd hit just half an inch further to the left, we could have avoided all this mishegas."
Word: Shrewsbury cake Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of flat, crisp biscuit traditionally made in Shrewsbury. Example: Why Brother Willfull of Salop, you may be as ſhort as a Shrewſbury''' Cake, if you pleaſe. Example: I bought some Shrewsbury cakes at Mr. Paul's in — Street, Covent Garden, eating some of which supported me somewhat.
Word: Shrewsbury cakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Shrewsbury cake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pô Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Burkina Faso.
Word: absentee voter Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌæb.sn̩ˈti voʊ.tɚ/ 1. A registered voter who is permitted to vote by absentee ballot, due to absence from district during the election. Example: The absentee voter mailed in his ballot on time.
Word: absentee voters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of absentee voter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Faunus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Faunus. 1. Horned god of the forest, plains and fields. Labels: Roman Example: Near-synonym: Pan (Greek counterpart)
Word: Cymrophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cymro- + -phobia. 1. The hatred or fear of Wales, Welsh people or the Welsh language. Labels: uncountable Example: Welshmen, as in this very case of Pistol versus Fluellen, do not always stand quiet to have their leeks knocked about their pates — so the angry Saxon adopts other, and perhaps safer modes of giving vent to his Cymrophobia. Example: Paradoxically, while most immigrants of other ethnic origins are welcomed and proud to be "British", Cymrophobia still persists hundreds of years after the Anglo-Saxons labelled the original Britons as "Welch", or foreigners.
Word: absolute ceiling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæb.səˌlut ˈsi.lɪŋ/, /ˌæb.səˈljut ˈsi.lɪŋ/ 1. The maximum altitude above sea level that an aircraft or missile can maintain horizontal flight under normal conditions.
Word: absolute ceilings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of absolute ceiling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cymrophone Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Cymro- + -phone. 1. Welsh-speaking. Labels: not-comparable Example: I'd like to put my bid forth as guessing Nigel is one of the "last of his kind" dyed in the wool Welsh Anglophone Conservative, almost as rare a beasty as his Cymrophone counterparts. Example: The Tudor revival of interest in medieval Welsh history produced not only further manuscript copies of the Welsh Life, but also a retranslation into Latin for the benefit of non-Cymrophone scholars.
Word: Cymrophone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cymro- + -phone. 1. A speaker of the Welsh language. Example: Three hundred years earlier, when 90 per cent of the population spoke the language, it and the identity it stood for was strongest 'in the rural counties of north and west Wales'. This essential structure had not changed, though the proportion of Cymrophones was much reduced [...]
Word: Cambro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Cambria. 1. Welsh. Labels: morpheme Example: [T]hough a good Cambro-Briton as I hope, and properly Zealous for my Countrys Glory, I have lived too long in England not to laugh when reading of Madog and Fadog and Cywrgie […]. Example: History proves that for centuries the Anglo-Saxons fought, formed treaties, intermarried with the Cymbric race [...] They even themselves passed through intermixture out of the properly Anglo-Saxon into the Cambro-Saxon phase, constituting in fact a new race.
Word: absolute magnitudes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of absolute magnitude Labels: form-of, plural
Word: special drawing rights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of special drawing right Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kelvins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Kelvin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: CIPM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of International Committee for Weights and Measures (French abbreviation). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: politisation Part of Speech: noun 1. politicization
Word: absolute music Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæb.səˌlut ˈmju.sɪk/, /ˌæb.səˈljut ˈmju.sɪk/ 1. Instrumental music having an intellectual and affective content, which depends solely on its rhythmic, melodic, and contrapuntal structure. Labels: uncountable
Word: Armenophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Armeno- + -phobia. 1. Fear, dislike, or hatred of the Armenians, Republic of Armenia and the Armenian culture Labels: uncountable
Word: enoxolone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from -ene + (carb)ox(ylic acid) + -olone (“steroid or steroid-like drug”). 1. Glycyrrhetinic acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: Armenophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Armeno- + -philia. 1. unusual admiration or partiality for the Armenian people, or Armenian culture, language or history Labels: uncountable
Word: polype Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of polyp. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Armenophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Armeno- + -phile. 1. Someone with unusual admiration or partiality for the Armenian people, culture, language, or history.
Word: absolute scale Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæb.səˌlut skeɪl/, /ˌæb.səˈljut skeɪl/ 1. A temperature scale whose zero corresponds to absolute zero such as the Kelvin scale or Rankine scale. Labels: uncountable
Word: Armenophobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Armeno- + -phobe. 1. a person having a fear, dislike of, hatred or aversion to the Armenians, Republic of Armenia and the Armenian culture
Word: Armenophobes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Armenophobe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Armenophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Armenophile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polypes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polype Labels: form-of, plural
Word: testamentary guardian Part of Speech: noun 1. A person appointed by a testator to assume legal guardianship of a minor following the death of a parent or other legal guardian.
Word: Norsk Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Norwegian Bokmål norsk. Doublet of Norse. 1. Scandinavian, especially Norwegian. Labels: not-comparable Example: The station buildings include a customs room, a waiting room decorated in Norsk style, and a small hotel.
Word: postsynchronisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post- + synchronisation. 1. dubbing Labels: uncountable
Word: postsynchronise Part of Speech: verb 1. To dub.
Word: postsynchronises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of postsynchronise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: -sis Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek -σις (-sis, “forms noun of action”), often via Latin or French. Identical in meaning with Latin -entia, English -ing. 1. forming nouns of action or process Labels: morpheme Example: catharsis, dialysis, diagnosis, crisis 2. forming nouns of condition Labels: morpheme Example: psoriasis, sepsis, tuberculosis, psychosis 3. forming additional nouns Labels: morpheme Example: basis, oasis, thesis, stasis
Word: potiche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French potiche. 1. A vase with a separate cover, the body usually rounded or polygonal in plan with nearly vertical sides, a neck of smaller size, and a rounded shoulder.
Word: potins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of potin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boot camps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boot camp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blood samples Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blood sample Labels: form-of, plural
Word: op shops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of op shop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cool story bro Part of Speech: intj 1. Used to dismiss a comment perceived as boring or pointless, or refute an anecdote that one considers difficult to believe. Labels: Internet, colloquial Example: “Hey, Eddie. I gotta ask you. I see these T-Shirts, too, they say ‘Cool Story, Bro.’ What's that mean?” “If someone tells you a shitty story, then you respond ironically, ‘Cool story, bro,’ to their really not cool story.” “Cool story, bro,” he said with a smile. “Loser,” I said as I pushed him.
Word: reinvestigations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reinvestigation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leukocidins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leukocidin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonstaphylococcal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + staphylococcal. 1. Not staphylococcal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: processwide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From process + -wide. 1. Throughout a process. Labels: not-comparable Example: The dashed lines in the processwide inventory represent the average inventory[…] Example: To specify that you want to use processwide hacking, give the caller and callee module the same name.
Word: multiusage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From multi- + usage. 1. multiuser capability; the ability of a computer system to process requests from multiple users at the same time Labels: uncountable Example: Without much of the protocol suite that manages sessions, error control, and all the facilities and timers that most protocols require to survive in a multiusage environment, the network was properly and adequately used.
Word: iridectomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of iridectomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Limerickman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Limerick + man. 1. A man from Limerick, Ireland.
Word: Limerickmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Limerickman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: break on the wheel Part of Speech: verb 1. To fasten (a criminal etc.) to a wheel and break his limbs or beat him to death. Labels: transitive Example: Despite protesting his innocence under torture, the sexagenarian father was condemned by the Parlement in March 1762 to be broken on the wheel, a fate which he bore with stoical fortitude.
Word: souperism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From souper + -ism. 1. During the Irish Potato Famine, the setting up of schools by non-Roman Catholic Bible societies in which starving Catholic children were fed but were subjected to Protestant religious instruction at the same time. Labels: derogatory, historical, uncountable
Word: multi-levelled Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of multileveled. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: contrastable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From contrast + -able. 1. Capable of being contrasted (with something else); admitting contrast.
Word: pays d'état Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pays d'états. 1. Any of several provinces of pre-Revolutionary France which retained their own local assemblies. Labels: historical Example: Brittany was a pays d'état and while the province's elite of ancient Sword nobles controlled the Parlement at Rennes, its provincial estates were dominated by its extensive poor nobility [...].
Word: diapedeses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diapedesis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Peripatecian Part of Speech: noun 1. A Peripatetic; an Aristotelian. Labels: obsolete Example: He proceeds constantly from generals to particulars, according to the method of Aristotle and Galen, to which he strictly conforms, true Peripatecian as he was...
Word: Peripatecians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Peripatecian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: futhorcs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of futhorc Labels: form-of, plural
Word: futharks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of futhark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shad-waiter Part of Speech: noun 1. A lake whitefish; the roundfish (Prosopium cylindraceum). Labels: US, dialectal
Word: shad-waiters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shad-waiter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fuþarks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fuþark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: concinnous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin concinnus. 1. Characterized by concinnity, or (archaic, figurative) neat; elegant. Example: that most concinnous and most rotund of professors
Word: concinnities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of concinnity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fuþorcs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fuþorc Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sea-bow Part of Speech: noun 1. A rainbow seen in the spray of the ocean.
Word: sea-bows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea-bow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: harmel Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of harmal. Labels: alt-of, dated, uncountable
Word: ecofootprint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + footprint. 1. ecological footprint
Word: ecofootprints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecofootprint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: styca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin styca, from Old English stycas, styċġċe pl, Northumbrian variants of Old English styċċe (“small piece of money; bit; piece”). Pronunciation: /ˈstaɪ.kə/ 1. An Anglo-Saxon copper coin of little value, used in Northumbria. Labels: historical Example: They were contained in a bronze vessel, and were all stycas, consisting of 2000 of Eadred, 2000 of Ethelred[…]
Word: stycas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of styca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poularde Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of poulard (“young spayed hen”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The operation of making capons and poulardes is, as we have shown, attended with some risk.
Word: puisny Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of puisne Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Example: A puisny tilter, that spurs his horse but on one side.
Word: trou-de-loup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French, literally "wolf-hole". 1. A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a pointed stake in the middle. Labels: historical
Word: trous-de-loup Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trou-de-loup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tetanize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French tétaniser. 1. To throw (a muscle etc.) into a state of permanent contraction; to cause tetanus in. Labels: transitive Example: Thus, on tetanizing an only slightly irritable nerve, applied to the deriving cushions by its longitudinal and transverse sections very near to the exciting electrodes, with the alternating currents of the Inversor arranged so that its closing value in the unit of time is brought as near as possible to unity, frequently we get only a trace of negative variation, or none at all, or even a positive deflection; but, repeating the experiment several times, we always get a feeble negative variation. Example: There is, in short, little doubt that the constituent of mammalian muscle which liberates carbon dioxide on prolonged boiling, is the same as that which is decomposed in tetanus and rigor; for if muscles are tetanized or made rigid, while at the same time opportunity is offered for th escape of the carbon dioxide which is known to be generated in those processes, the yield of dioxide on subsequent boiling is reduced to a mean of 20 or 30 vols. p. c. instead of 100.
Word: tetanized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tetanize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tetanizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tetanize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tetanizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tetanize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: onychia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin, from onych- + -ia; compare onyx. Pronunciation: /əʊˈnɪki.ə/ 1. An infection of the nailbed, which more or less always also involves the nail itself (sometimes causing the nail to slough off). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: whitlow
Word: onychia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin; by surface analysis, onychi(um) + -a. Pronunciation: /əʊˈnɪki.ə/ 1. plural of onychium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: onychias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of onychia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exspoliation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin exspoliatio, from exspoliare (“to spoil, to plunder”), from ex (“out”) + spoliare. See spoliate. 1. Spoliation. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: If thou aspire to attain to the perfect knitting and union with God , know that it requireth a perfect exspoliation, and denudation, or bare nakedness, and utter forsaking of all sin, yea, of all creatures, and of thyself particularly: even that thy mind and understanding, thy affections and desires, thy memory and fancy, be made bare of all things in the world, and all sensual pleasures in them, so as thou wouldst be content that the bread which thou eatest had no more savour than a stone, and yet, for His honour and glory that created bread, thou are pleased that it savoreth well: but yet, from the delectation thou feelest in it, turn thy heart to His praises, and love that made it. Example: The only reference in these laws to religion is the 58th: “De incendio Ecclesiae sive homicidiis clericorum,” which enacts that the burning or exspoliation of a church shall be compensated by a fine of two hundred sols.
Word: exspoliations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exspoliation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unberth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + berth. 1. To bring (a ship etc.) out of its berth. Labels: transitive 2. To bring (a ship etc.) out of its berth. Labels: transitive
Word: unberthed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unberth Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unberthing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From unberth + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of unberth Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unberthing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unberth + -ing. 1. The process by which something is unberthed; removal from a berth.
Word: potiches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of potiche Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poulardes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poularde Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stereotypist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stereotype + -ist. 1. One who makes stereotype plates, or works in a stereotype foundry.
Word: stereotypists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stereotypist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: audio commentary Part of Speech: noun 1. An audio track on a video recording, timed to the footage of a film, that typically consists of one or more people commenting about the film being shown. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: According to the audio commentary on “Treehouse of Horror III”, some of the creative folks at The Simpsons were concerned that the “Treehouse of Horror” franchise had outworn its welcome and was rapidly running out of classic horror or science-fiction fodder to spoof.
Word: something like Part of Speech: adv 1. approximately Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: And it’s daunting because each segment has to tell a full, complete story in something like six minutes while doing justice to revered source material and including the non-stop laughs and genius gags that characterized The Simpsons in its god-like prime.
Word: something like Part of Speech: phrase 1. A fine example or specimen of something. Labels: dated, informal Example: When they had done, she gave Ashiepattle a whistle, and told him how to use it. If he blew into the one end of it, everything which he wished far away would be scattered to all sides, but if he blew into the other end it would all come together again; and if the whistle were lost or was taken from him, he had only to wish for it and it would come back to him. That is something like a whistle, thought Ashiepattle. Example: "I say!" exclaimed Scrubb. "That's something like! Think of sleeping in a bed again."
Word: framing device Part of Speech: noun 1. An introductory or main narrative that provides a framework for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories. Example: The attack sequence dissolves to the present, back to the circus sideshow of the first reel and the curious onlookers, awaiting a glimpse of the creature in the pit, the framing device all but forgotten during the past seventy minutes of full immersion in freakdom. Example: “Treehouse Of Horror III”’s framing device finds the good folks of Springfield telling stories during a Halloween party.
Word: jet off Part of Speech: verb 1. To go by airplane to a destination. Labels: intransitive Example: By then the summer surge was already dwindling, as travellers switched to the roads or jetted off to beach resorts abroad. 2. To depart hurriedly. Labels: intransitive Example: “Clown Without Pity,” as the segment is called, opens with Homer forgetting Bart’s birthday and jetting off at the last minute (or rather considerably after the last minute) to pick him up a present.
Word: turbite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Turbo + -ite 1. A fossil sea snail of the genus Turbo.
Word: turbites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turbite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vetigastropod Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the subclass Vetigastropoda of sea snails.
Word: vetigastropods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vetigastropod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quick buck Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌkwɪk ˈbʌk/ 1. A large sum of money earned easily and quickly. Labels: idiomatic, informal, uncountable Example: Stan Myles adds that the Griffiths are still among us, too—still grinding out their fears and fantasies in the guise of “relevant” flicks, most of which turn out to be variations on the same old theme […] writers still churn out quick-buck distortions of the truth; but issues are avoided like the plague; white filmster—in a frenzy of self-abasement, perhaps—have succeeded only in being more subtle instead of less racist; and even some black filmsters—in a rush for questionable glory—have created one-dimensional portraits of their people. Example: Mr. Burns is similarly perfectly cast as a heartless capitalist willing to do anything for a quick buck, even if it means endangering the lives of those around him and Marge elegantly rounds out the main cast as a good, pure-hearted and overly indulgent woman who sees the big, good heart (literally and metaphorically) of a monstrous man-brute.
Word: -riffic Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Probably a rebracketing of terrific. Used in the 1950s to form trademarks and words used in advertising. 1. Used to form intensified adjectives from nouns and adjectives. Labels: morpheme Example: ... he remained in the "swank" II Redentore Suite of the "exclusive" L'Elegance whenever he and "curvaceous starlet" Geni What- everhernamewas "(40-20-35)" were not being a "two-riffic twosome" at some "plush nitery." Example: Put them in a gift bag with the note, "You're a tea-riffic boss," or, "As bosses go, you suit us to a tea!"
Word: cichoraceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Cichoraceae + -ous 1. Belonging to the former order of composite plants Cichorieae, roughly corresponding to modern-day tribe Cichorieae. Labels: obsolete
Word: priorate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin priōrātus. By surface analysis, prior + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it). Compare French priorat. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪəɹət/ 1. The dignity, office, or government of a prior. Example: bishop there during Godfrey's priorate
Word: priorates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of priorate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: succinamic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. An acid amide derivative of succinic acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: homoeomorphous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of homeomorphous. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: apple-squire Part of Speech: noun 1. A male servant of a prostitute. Labels: obsolete Example: With all my heart, Ile be legitimate and ſilent as an apple-ſquire, Ile ſee nothing, and ſay nothing. 2. and (archaic) A male companion of a woman of ill-repute; spec. (a) the servant or personal attendant of a prostitute (or a woman regarded as unchaste or promiscuous); (b) a ‘kept’ man, a gigolo; (c) a pimp. Labels: rare
Word: apple-squires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apple-squire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Brahmo Samaj Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Bengali ব্রাহ্মসমাজ (brahmośomaj, literally “a community that worships Brahma, the highest reality”). 1. The societal component of Brahmoism.
Word: Brahmoism Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Bengali ব্রাহ্ম (brahmo) + -ism. 1. A religious movement of Bengal in the late 18th century.
Word: Brahmo Part of Speech: noun 1. An adherent of the Brahmoism religion.
Word: Brahmos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Brahmo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Brahmoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Brahmo Labels: dated, form-of, plural
Word: pedophilias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pedophilia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: American Spanish Part of Speech: name 1. Any of the varieties of Spanish used in the Americas. 2. Any of the varieties of Spanish used in the United States.
Word: mare's nests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mare's nest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pythagoreans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Pythagorean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in train Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In progress, underway. Example: Choiseul's dismissal threw Paris into a spin, not least because a major political crisis was already in train. Example: At least the cost reviews were bearing some fruit. BREL and Mechanical Engineering Department charges had been cut by £47m, the only pity being the savings had been put in train so late in the day.
Word: Xiaomin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 晓敏 (Xiǎomǐn), probably originally 小敏 (Xiǎomǐn), diminutive of 敏 (Mǐn). 1. A female given name from Mandarin.
Word: liquid natural gas Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of liquefied natural gas. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: liquified natural gas Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of liquefied natural gas. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: aristocratization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aristocratize + -ation. 1. The fact or process of becoming aristocratic. Labels: uncountable Example: The political dinosaurs of earlier periods had died or (like Choiseul) been exiled, and the growing aristocratization of government clearly suited him.
Word: aristocratisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aristocrat + -isation. 1. Alternative form of aristocratization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: absorption nebula Part of Speech: noun 1. A dark nebula; a diffuse mass of interstellar gas and dust that absorbs all incident radiation without reemission.
Word: absorption nebulas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of absorption nebula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: absorption nebulae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of absorption nebula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: absorption spectra Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of absorption spectrum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bhagavata Purana Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit भागवत (bhāgavata) + पुराण (purāṇá, “stories of ancient times told in a new manner”). 1. One of the Hindu Puranas, with its primary focus on the incarnations of Vishnu, particularly Krishna.
Word: Riksdag Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish riksdag. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪksdɑːɡ/, /ˈɹɪksdaɡ/, /ˈɹiːksdɑːɡ/, /ˈɹiːksdaɡ/ 1. The Swedish parliament. Example: The bloodless royalist coup d'état performed against his Riksdag by enlightened ruler Gustavus III of Sweden in August 1772 gave credence to the idea of a European wave of reaction against the excesses of representative government.
Word: Ramayana Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit रामायण (rāmāyaṇa). Doublet of Ramin. 1. An ancient Sanskrit epic of Indian mythology about the legendary king Rāma. Labels: Hinduism, Jainism
Word: absorptional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin absorptiōder. English absorption English -al English absorptional From absorption + -al. 1. Relating to absorption. Labels: not-comparable Example: It is, too, in this manner explicable why great bodily exertion is inimical to corpulence; the waste exceeds the amount of renovating materials supplied by the ingesta; hence, increased activity of absorptional function […]
Word: Guernseymen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Guernseyman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unsleazy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + sleazy. 1. Not sleazy.
Word: unslipped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + slipped. 1. Not prepared with slip (mix of clay and water). Labels: not-comparable
Word: unslipped Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of unslip Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cold chain Part of Speech: noun 1. A supply chain which is temperature-controlled, critical for the supply of certain foods or pharmaceuticals.
Word: capturability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From capture + -ability. 1. The quality of being capturable. Labels: uncountable
Word: featheredness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From feathered + -ness. 1. The quality of being feathered; presence of feathers. Labels: uncountable Example: But it happened that they had not yet reached that state of featheredness which he considered desirable; and having nothing else to do, he sat down under the tree to watch the old ones bringing them the fattest worms, and freshest bugs, and other delicacies of the season.
Word: inculpability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + culpability. 1. Lack of culpability; freedom from blame. Labels: uncountable
Word: antilottery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + lottery. 1. Opposing lotteries. Example: The plan eschewed traditional antilottery arguments as being politically ineffective. “A message centered around the lottery's injustice to the poor does not resonate with the voters,” the plan said.
Word: cane rat Part of Speech: noun 1. A large rodent of the genus Thryonomys, native to sub-Saharan Africa.
Word: edgebandings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of edgebanding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grasscutter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grass + cutter. 1. The cane rat. 2. Synonym of worm burner (“a hard-hit ground ball”).
Word: grasscutter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps a corruption of Hindi घासखाटा (ghāskhāṭā, literally “cutter of grass”) or Hindi घासखोदा (ghāskhodā, literally “digger of grass”). From घास (ghās, “grass”) and काटना (kāṭnā, “to cut”) or खोदना (khodnā, “to dig”) 1. A native employed in India to bring grass for horses. Labels: British, India
Word: stubless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stub + -less. 1. Without a stub. Labels: not-comparable 2. Into which no deposit has ever been made. Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: grasscutters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grasscutter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unsubmittable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + submittable. 1. Unsuitable for submission; not good enough to be submitted. Example: I considered the manuscript completely unsubmittable. It was not full enough to be offered to the trade, and also too dated, having been written in 1932. 2. Impossible to submit. Example: Amount of unsubmittable work is the average amount of work that could not be submitted due to the unavailability of the system.
Word: untamped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + tamped. 1. Not having been tamped. Labels: not-comparable Example: A charge of 200 pounds of gunpowder, in bags merely laid at the foot of the stockade, untamped, was first exploded.
Word: subschema Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + schema. 1. A schema making up part of a larger schema.
Word: subschemata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subschema Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subschemas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subschema Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superschema Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + schema. 1. The schema that contains a given subschema.
Word: superschemas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superschema Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superschemata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superschema Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Gary Glitters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Gary Glitter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: concubinarian Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌkɒnkjʊbɪˈnɛəɹiən/, /ˌkɒnkjəbɪˈnɛəɹiən/ 1. concubinary; living in, or relating to, a sexual relationship outside of marriage Labels: not-comparable Example: concubinarian priests Example: concubinarian union
Word: concubinarian Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌkɒnkjʊbɪˈnɛəɹiən/, /ˌkɒnkjəbɪˈnɛəɹiən/ 1. Someone who takes a concubine.
Word: concubinarians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of concubinarian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wood-sere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: wood + sere. So called because winter is when there is no sap in the tree 1. The winter. Labels: obsolete Example: From Maie til October leaue cropping, for why? in wood sere, whatsoeuer thou croppest wil dy
Word: refragable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin refragabilis, from Latin refragari (“to oppose”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛ.fɹə.ɡə.bəl/ 1. Capable of being refuted; refutable. Labels: obsolete
Word: extancies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of extancy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin extantia, exstantia. Pronunciation: /ˈɛkstənsi/ 1. The state of rising above others, or a projection. Labels: obsolete Example: [W]hereas in ſmall fragments or plates, the Ice, though it ſink not to the bottom of the water, will oftentimes ſink so low in it, as ſcarce to leave any part evidently extant above the ſurface of the water, in vaſt quantities of Ice, that extancy is ſometimes ſo conſpicuous, that Navigators in their Voyages to Iſland, Greenland, and other frozen Regions, complain of meeting with lumps, or rather floating rocks of Ice, as high as their main Maſts. Example: Moreover, a perfect Medal has its Profile and out-ſtroaks ſharp (Nummus aſper) and by no means rugged; the Figures clean and well poliſh'd; the Contours neatly trimm'd, and exactly round and carefully preſerv'd; that the Extancy and Relievos correſpond with the Ingraving, and have not ſuffer'd in Percuſſion; in all which, there is a certain Spirit of Antiquity and Excellency to be diſcern'd in Antient Medals almoſt inimitable.
Word: extancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From extant + -cy; ultimately the same formation as Etymology 1. Pronunciation: /ˈɛkstənsi/ 1. The state of being extant; existence. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: bluff catcher Part of Speech: noun 1. A hand which can beat a bluff but not any hand better than a bluff. Labels: slang Example: On such a coordinated board, queens are basically a bluff catcher.
Word: guacharo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Spanish guácharo (“sickly, dropsical”), guacharaca (“a sort of bird”). 1. the oilbird (A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis caripensis) Labels: dated
Word: guacharoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guacharo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bluff catchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bluff catcher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: guacharos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guacharo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contignation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin contignātiō, from contignō (“to join with beams”), from con- + tignum (“beam”). Pronunciation: /kɒntɪɡˈneɪʃən/ 1. The act or process of framing or slotting together, or uniting, like beams in a fabric. Labels: archaic Example: They were easily led to consider the flames that were consuming France, not as a warning to protect their own buildings (which were without any party wall, and linked by a contignation into the edifice of France,) but as an happy occasion […] 2. A framework or fabric, such as of beams. Labels: archaic Example: [W]hen vvee ſpeake of the Intercolumniation or diſtance, vvhich is due to each Order, vve meane in a Dorique, Ionicall, Corinthian Porch, or Cloiſter, or the like of one Contignation, and not in Storied buildings.
Word: contignations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of contignation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: attemperment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From attemper + -ment. 1. Obsolete form of attemperament. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: tous-les-mois Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French tous les mois (“all the months, i.e. every month”), since the tubers of the plant are edible throughout the year. 1. A kind of starch with large, oval, flattened grains, often sold as arrowroot or used for adulterating cocoa, made from the rootstocks of a species of Canna, probably Canna edulis. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: The East India arrowroot was considered the best; and the French West India arrowroot not so good. The East India arrowroot had the finest grains; the second finest were those from the potato; and third the tous les mois or French West India arrowroot; […]
Word: starnose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From star + nose. 1. star-nosed mole
Word: starnoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of starnose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hairytail mole Part of Speech: noun 1. Parascalops breweri, a medium-sized North American mole.
Word: hairytail moles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hairytail mole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unspurred Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + spurred. 1. Lacking spurs. Labels: not-comparable 2. Not wearing spurs. Labels: not-comparable 3. Not spurred on or incited. Labels: not-comparable
Word: court plaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally applied as patches on the face by ladies at court. 1. A sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glycerine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "And so you actually put this piece of court plaister by for his sake!" said Emma, recovering from her state of shame and feeling divided between wonder and amusement.
Word: court plasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of court plaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sowce Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of souse. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: sowce Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of souse. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: sowces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sowce Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sowcing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sowce Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sowced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sowce Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: smokeability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smoke + -ability. 1. Alternative form of smokability. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: smokability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smoke + -ability. 1. The quality of being smokable. Labels: uncountable Example: But a junion counsel for the crown, retained probably merely to give encouragement to a novice, thinking he had discovered an opportunity to display his abilities in the manner they deserved, or moved, perhaps, with a waggish though ill-timed desire to smoke the talkative old gentleman, whose smokability had appeared so plainly in the coure of his harangue, now undertook to cross-question the elevated common-councilman on the veracity of his statements. Example: For example, certain pharmacologic properties — such as rapid onset and short duration of action, high potency, water solubility, injectibility, and smokability — render some medications intrinsically more abusable than others.
Word: injectability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inject + -ability. 1. The quality of being injectable. Labels: uncountable
Word: injectibility Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of injectability. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: For example, certain pharmacologic properties — such as rapid onset and short duration of action, high potency, water solubility, injectibility, and smokability — render some medications intrinsically more abusable than others.
Word: injectates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of injectate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diapnoic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) + πνοή (pnoḗ, “breath”) + -ic. 1. Midly increasing perspiration; mildly diaphoretic. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: diapnoic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) + πνοή (pnoḗ, “breath”) + -ic. 1. A mild diaphoretic. Labels: obsolete
Word: tything Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of tithing. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: tythings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tything Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stylaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the genus Stylaster of calcareous hydroid corals.
Word: stylasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stylaster Labels: form-of, plural