nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: antiphysical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + physical. 1. Contrary to nature; unnatural; Example: According to all the laws of hydrostatics, the water which flows into a brewery should leave it through its drains. Its exit in barrels on drays is antiphysical. Example: Quaternionics was in its vectorial aspects antiphysical and unnatural, and did not harmonize with common scalar mathematics. 2. Contrary to nature; unnatural; Labels: obsolete Example: She atchieved a transitory victory over the antiphysical appetites of the late king of Sweden, and for a time inspired him with a desire of natural pleasures; Example: A violent animus against antiphysical passions makes him exaggerate these dangers, for it is clear that normal vice is no less free from sordid demoralisation and crimes of violence than its abnormal twin-brother. 3. Nonphysical; abstract, mental, intellectual, or spiritual. Example: This superannuated scholasticism has been generally called metaphysical from the order of Aristotle's works, but is more properly antiphysical. Example: It will be of some help to us in understanding de Rougemon't thesis if we have a clear sense of this romantic tradition with its curiously antiphysical understanding of sexual love and eros. 4. Repulsed by the physical. Example: The important works of Peter Brown, Carolyn Walker Bynum, and others have demonstrated that Christian asceticism is not necessarily antiphysical and misogynistic. Example: The rules of decency and modesty arose out of antiphysical repugnances to physical functions that seemed to humiliate human dignity.
Word: gallies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of galley Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural Example: In fine, we got the better, took a Four-bank’d Galley, and ſunk another, after having kill’d all the Men on board: We made a great Slaughter likewiſe amongſt the Soldiers that were in the other Gallies, and had not Night protected ’em, ſhould have taken all their Fleet. Example: It is many years ſince Charles the firſt Roman emperor, of famous memory, aſſaulted that city, where he received the loſs of many of his gallies, and his army diſſipated; and it is now the 27th of March 1638, when by a diver was diſcovered much of the ruins of that armada, and weighed by the Algiers, the whole ſide of a galley intire, and the timber as new, beſides three pieces of braſs ordnance, and five pieces of plate; […] 2. plural of gally (archaic form of galley) Labels: form-of, plural Example: In the Year 1746, an Indian of Buenos Ayres having been condemned to the Gallies at Cadiz, proposed to the Governor to purchase his Liberty by exposing his Life at a public Festival.
Word: mummy porn Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mommy porn. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: sider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From side + -er. 1. One who takes a side. Example: enemies of God and our Religion, and siders with Antichrist
Word: sider Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of cider. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: siders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sider Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pilot vehicle Part of Speech: noun 1. A vehicle that ranges ahead of a convoy/train/transport Labels: Australia 2. A vehicle that ranges ahead of a convoy/train/transport 3. A lead vehicle 4. A lead vehicle 5. A tending vehicle 6. A tending vehicle 7. A prototype vehicle, initial production vehicle, lead vehicle in a new manufacturing process, first vehicle produced in a new manufactory. 8. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pilot, vehicle.
Word: dislodger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dislodge + -er. 1. One who, or that which, dislodges.
Word: dislodgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dislodger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roisterously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From roisterous + -ly. 1. In a roisterous way. Example: For at her feet, grubbing in the dirt and not a whit cleaner, crawls a fat, chubby, ink-eyed little urchin, all but nude, and chuckling roisterously with the delight of having just constructed with success a model mud-pie after the universal infantile receipt the wide world over, who glances up at its child-mother and glibly gabbles, “Mamita! mamita !" with roguish glee. Example: Yet he, too, knew all their songs, and sang them along the roads roisterously.
Word: Heim theory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initially proposed by German physicist Burkhard Heim. 1. A mathematical approach to developing a theory of everything in theoretical physics, based on quantizing spacetime into units called metrons. Labels: uncountable
Word: undeterrably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From undeterrable + -ly. 1. In a way that cannot be deterred; with unshakable determination. Example: In the House, majestically robed and occupying the central position in his Baroque Chair, he presided over the assembly as a priest would have presided over the holiest of rituals, undeterrably exact and of unshaken stateliness.
Word: ergatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From ergative + -ly. 1. In an ergative manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: an ergatively marked noun Example: In the light of this observation, it is interesting to note that the NP which is the Object of roll in (99) (a) seems to obey the same selection restrictions as the NP which is its Subject in (99) (b): cf. (100) (a) John rolled the ball/the rock/!the theory/!sincerity down the hill (100) (b) The ball/the rock/!the theory/!sincerity rolled down the hill Thus, the fact that the Object of roll when used transitively obeys the same selection restrictions as its Subject when used ergatively provides interesting independent confirmation of our initial assumption that the two NPs play the same thematic role, even though they have different constituent structure status.
Word: ruddlemen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ruddleman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peribranchial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From peri- + branchial. 1. Surrounding the branchiae. Labels: not-comparable Example: a peribranchial cavity
Word: fluxlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flux + -like. 1. Resembling a flux.
Word: averager Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From average + -er. 1. A system or process for computing averages. Example: An averager of the sort described earlier would operate such that, as the frequency of sinusoidal variation of ITD was increased, more and more samples of the dynamically varying ITD would fall within the averaging window and the effective ITD would tend toward their mean of zero.
Word: averagers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of averager Labels: form-of, plural
Word: permittable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From permit + -able. 1. permitted; permissible; allowable
Word: centals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cental Labels: form-of, plural
Word: janglings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jangling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: safari zoo Part of Speech: noun 1. A safari park. Example: Both these safari zoos are open all the year round and every day.
Word: safari zoos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of safari zoo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: European plan Part of Speech: noun 1. A hotel rate that includes accommodation, but not meals.
Word: calvering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of calver Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: knife game Part of Speech: noun 1. A game wherein a player places his hand on a surface and tries to quickly stab the spaces between the fingers using a knife.
Word: Pythagoric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Pȳthagoricus, from Ancient Greek Πυθαγορικός (Puthagorikós), from Πυθαγόρας (Puthagóras, “Pythagoras”). Pronunciation: /pʌɪˈθaɡəɹɪk/, /pʌɪθəˈɡɒɹɪk/ 1. Pythagorean. Labels: archaic Example: ...The Pythagoric Symbols are expressions which cover some esoteric doctrines taught by Pythagoras[…]
Word: Pythagoric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Pȳthagoricus, from Ancient Greek Πυθαγορικός (Puthagorikós), from Πυθαγόρας (Puthagóras, “Pythagoras”). Pronunciation: /pʌɪˈθaɡəɹɪk/, /pʌɪθəˈɡɒɹɪk/ 1. Pythagorean. Labels: archaic
Word: esurine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See esurient. 1. Causing hunger. Labels: obsolete 2. corrosive. Labels: obsolete Example: esurine salt
Word: Welsh mortgage Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of mortgage, being a conveyance of an estate, redeemable at any time on payment of the principal, with an understanding that the profits in the meantime shall be received by the mortgagee without account, in satisfaction of interest. Example: The possession of the mortgagee is of the very essence of the Welsh mortgage, and every receipt of rent is a receipt, by virtue of the contract[…]
Word: Welsh mortgages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Welsh mortgage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cookian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Cook + -ian. 1. Of or relating to James Cook (1728?–1779), British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and navy captain. Example: the Cookian limpet Example: the Cookian Strait
Word: KYM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Know Your Meme. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: benedicites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of benedicite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unsworded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + sworded. 1. Without a sword. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unhectic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + hectic. 1. Not hectic; unhurried; leisurely.
Word: gap of danger Part of Speech: noun 1. a breach, place which is hard to defend; a danger, requiring bravery Labels: usually Example: The inhabitants see, and are convinced of this, which makes each family afraid of standing in the gap of danger; and by retreating, one behind another, they depopulate the country, and leave it to the enemy Example: The gap of danger where the demon waits is still unknown to you.
Word: gaps of danger Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gap of danger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Gagauzian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Gagauzia + -an. 1. Of or relating to Gagauzia.
Word: Gagauzian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Gagauzia + -an. 1. A native or inhabitant of Gagauzia.
Word: Gagauzians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Gagauzian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shammers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shammer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uncarnate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + carnate. 1. Without flesh; especially, not made with flesh; not incarnate i.e. spiritual or ethereal. Labels: not-comparable Example: the uncarnate Father
Word: squassation Part of Speech: noun 1. A variant of the strappado in which the victim's ankles are also tied with heavy weights attached. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: squassations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squassation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: substancial Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of substantial. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: [N]o perſone, or perſones, occupiyng the ſeate of diẽg, ſhal die, or altre into colours, or cauſe to be died, or altred into colours, any wollen clothes, as broune blewes, pieukes, tawnies, or violettes, except the ſame wollẽ clothes be perfeictly boiled, greined or madered vpon the woade, & ſhot with good, and ſufficient corke, or orchal after a due, ſubſtancial, & ſufficient maner of workemanſhip, according to thauncient workmanſhip in time paſt vſed, vpõ peine for euery defalt to forfeite .xx. s̃. Example: Moꝛeouer S. Paule wꝛiting after the ſupper was paſt, doth interpꝛete the verbe (is) as plainly, as can be deuiſed: to ſignifie a ſubſtancial, and not an accidentall being.
Word: tendidos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tendido Labels: form-of, plural
Word: urword Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ur- + word. 1. Alternative form of ur-word. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The first Part becomes as much about “urword” and the foundations of language as about mathematics and logic, [...]
Word: approbating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of approbate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: approbated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of approbate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: champoo Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of shampoo. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: champoo Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of shampoo. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: champooed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of champoo Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: champooing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of champoo Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: champoos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of champoo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: champoos Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of champoo Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: burelle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of purrel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: diverticuloses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diverticulosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bahai Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Baháʼí. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Bahai Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Baháʼí. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: The congregation filed out to encounter a band of youthful believers in the Bahai Faith, who had come to convince the True Lights that Christ had already returned in 1844 in the person of Baha'u'llah, the Persian founder of Bahaism. One of the proselytizers urged Russell McLeod, an elder, to read some Bahai tracts, but the Camden, S. C., True Light leader replied politely: “We don't have much time.”
Word: Thatcherian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Thatcher + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013), British prime minister.
Word: Mitterrandian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Mitterrand + -ian. 1. Of or relating to François Mitterrand (1916–1996), French president.
Word: on the blanket Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Wearing a blanket instead of prison clothes (as a protest by political prisoners who wanted to distinguish themselves from criminals). Labels: Ireland, UK, historical
Word: anticoncession Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + concession. 1. Opposing a concession.
Word: anticoncessionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + concessionary. 1. Opposing a concession.
Word: Kinnockian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Kinnock + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Neil Kinnock (born 1942), British Labour Party politician.
Word: caragana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Caragana, from a Turkic language, perhaps ultimately Mongolic. Compare Kazakh қараған (qarağan), Mongolian харгана (xargana). ] Pronunciation: /ˌkæɹəˈɡɑːnə/, /ˌkɑːɹəˈɡɑːnə/ 1. Any of several shrubs or small trees, of the genus Caragana, that often have golden flowers
Word: Guadalquivir Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Guadalquivir, derived from Arabic وَادِي الكَبِير (wādī l-kabīr, literally “the great river”). Pronunciation: /ˌɡwɑːdəlkɪˈvɪə/, /ˌɡwɑdəlkiˈvɪɹ/, /ˌɡwɑdəlˈkwɪvɚ/ 1. A river in southern Spain. Example: From here, you would dangle your legs over the edge of the River Guadalquivir, the bank unprotected, one able to take a dip if one so wished.
Word: concretist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From concrete + -ist. 1. An artist of the concretism movement.
Word: concretists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of concretist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bloco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese bloco. 1. A type of Brazilian street carnival featuring traditional Brazilian music and dance such as samba and frevo, often with hundreds of thousands to millions of people in attendance. Example: It's not clear how many blocos nationwide are eschewing offensive lyrics, or why it's created so much controversy this year. Example: In Rio de Janeiro, tens of thousands of spectators jammed into the Sambadrome to watch the spectacle of samba-school floats, dancers, and extravagant costumes during Carnival. Even more people took part in the many blocos, or street parties, dancing and drinking into the wee hours of the night.
Word: lipoplatin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of lipid + cisplatin? 1. A nanoparticle composed of lipids and cisplatin, used to treat tumours. Labels: uncountable
Word: flatification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flat + -ification. 1. A flattening, as of a sheaf in mathematics. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable
Word: Carthusianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Carthusian + -ism. 1. The religious beliefs of the Carthusians. Labels: uncountable
Word: saddle carbine Part of Speech: noun 1. a short carbine intended for use on horseback, typically with a very short barrel and a saddle ring.
Word: gun sock Part of Speech: noun 1. A long tubular cloth covering, sealed at one end, used to provide basic protection for a firearm.
Word: urodynia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uro- + -odynia. 1. Pain during urination. Labels: uncountable
Word: Vidalian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Vidal + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Gore Vidal (Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, born Eugene Louis Vidal, 1925–2012), American writer known for his essays, novels, screenplays, and Broadway plays.
Word: inartfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inartful + -ness. 1. Quality of being inartful. Labels: uncountable
Word: play the hand one is dealt Part of Speech: verb 1. To use the resources which one actually has available; to operate realistically, within the limits of one's circumstances. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: "Don't you care. Play the hand that's dealt you and let the boss worry." Example: "We have the players we have and I've got to play the hand dealt," Coslet said. "We are limited in what we can do."
Word: play the hand dealt Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of play the hand one is dealt. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: play the hand one was dealt Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of play the hand one is dealt. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: play the hand that one is dealt Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of play the hand one is dealt. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: play the hand that one was dealt Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of play the hand one is dealt. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Caenozoic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Cenozoic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Caenozoic Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Cenozoic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Palaeocene Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Paleocene. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Palaeocene Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Paleocene. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: 1968, Graham Francis Elliott, Permian to Palaeocene calcareous algae (Dasycladaceae) of the Middle East, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology, Vol. 4
Word: boomaler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic bumalair. 1. boor, oaf, bungler
Word: Marotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French marotique, from Marot, the name of French poet Clément Marot (1496-1544). Pronunciation: /məˈɹɒtɪk/ 1. Pertaining to French poet Clément Marot, or characteristic of his light, graceful style.
Word: Bassa Part of Speech: noun 1. A West African ethnic group primarily native to Liberia. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Bassa Part of Speech: name 1. A Kru language spoken by this people.
Word: Sol I Part of Speech: name Etymology: From its position as the first planet out from the Sun (Sol). 1. The planet Mercury. Labels: poetic
Word: Sol II Part of Speech: name Etymology: From its position as the second planet out from the Sun (Sol). 1. An alternate name for the planet Venus. Labels: poetic
Word: Sol IV Part of Speech: name Etymology: From its position as the fourth planet out from the Sun (Sol). 1. The planet Mars. Labels: poetic
Word: Sol V Part of Speech: name Etymology: From its position as the fifth planet out from the Sun (Sol). 1. An alternate name for the planet Jupiter. Labels: poetic
Word: Leman Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Leman, from Old English Leofmann. 1. A surname.
Word: do svidaniya Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Russian до свида́ния (do svidánija), from Russian до (do, “till”) + свида́ния (svidánija), genitive form of свида́ние (svidánije, “meeting, seeing (each other)”). Pronunciation: /ˌdɑs.vɪˈdɑn.jə/ 1. Farewell; goodbye; see you later.
Word: spasibo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Russian спаси́бо (spasíbo). 1. thank you Labels: colloquial
Word: asexy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of asexual + sexy. 1. Asexual (not experiencing sexual attraction). Labels: slang Example: One of the first rumored-to-be-asexy relationships can be seen in Henry James's The Bostonians, an 1886 novel that deals with the devotion between two women, Olive and Verena — the work even gave rise to the term "Boston marriages" to describe women who lived together in love with one another without having sex. Example: And in June, while wearing an "Asexy Dyke" T-shirt, she marched with two dozen other self-described asexuals in San Francisco's Gay Pride Parade.
Word: opera house trap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its similarity to the design of the Sydney Opera House. 1. A particular type of crab pot with netting supported by two curved structures on top. Labels: Australia
Word: Engadin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Romansh Engiadina, which is first attested in 930 CE as Medieval Latin Vallis Eniatina. The toponym can perhaps be explained as a derivation from a reconstructed ethnonym *Eniates (“settlers on the Inn” (see Latin Aenus), with a Celtic suffix -ates for “settlers, inhabitants”; cf. Licātēs, Atrebatēs). 1. A long valley in the Swiss Alps located in the Graubünden canton in southeast Switzerland.
Word: Engadine Part of Speech: name Etymology: See Engadin. 1. Alternative form of Engadin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Engadine Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after the Engadin in Switzerland. 1. A southern suburb of Sydney in Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, Australia. 2. An unincorporated community in Garfield Township, Mackinac County, Michigan, United States.
Word: aromantic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin Rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin rōmānicus Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English romantic English aromantic (2005) From a- + romantic. Compare asexual. First coined in 2005 in Asexual Visibility and Education Network forums. Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ.ɹəʊˈmæn.tɪk/, /ˌæ.ɹəʊˈmæn.tɪk/, /ˌɛ(ə)ɹ.əʊˈmæn.tɪk/ 1. That feels little or no romantic attraction to others and/or romantic desire. Example: Although there are aromantic asexuals who do not experience the instinctual emotional need to be in a romantic relationship, many asexuals seek monogamous partners and value intimate connections just like sexual people. Example: However, if she [Emily Brontë] was asexual, she likely was not aromantic (see chapter 2 for distinction between sex and romance), or at least she had a high-level understanding of romance, as she wrote one of the most intensely romantic novels of her time, Wuthering Heights.
Word: aromantic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin Rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin rōmānicus Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English romantic English aromantic (2005) From a- + romantic. Compare asexual. First coined in 2005 in Asexual Visibility and Education Network forums. Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ.ɹəʊˈmæn.tɪk/, /ˌæ.ɹəʊˈmæn.tɪk/, /ˌɛ(ə)ɹ.əʊˈmæn.tɪk/ 1. One who does not experience romantic attraction to others. Example: Ours is a generation of aromantics, jaded about matters of the heart — often before gaining firsthand experience. Example: Anna is an asexual, aromantic. Before discovering those terms, she assumed herself to merely be unusually disinterested in sex or relationships.
Word: aromantics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aromantic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: archy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From arch + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹt͡ʃi/ 1. Resembling an arch; having arches; arched; arching Example: archy brows
Word: archy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from anarchy. Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹki/ 1. A political theory or practice that supports hierarchy and authority; the opposite of anarchy. Labels: derogatory, uncountable, usually Example: If archy in all forms has brought mankind grief, it follows that the remedy is repudiation. The repudiation of archy is anarchy. Anarchy is therefore the goal of freedom-seeking mankind. Whoever seeks freedom, advances anarchy. Example: It is not our intention here to settle the archy-versus-anarchy debate.
Word: breakingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From breaking + -ly. 1. In a manner that breaks. Labels: in-compounds Example: back-breakingly hard work Example: a heart-breakingly sad song
Word: blocos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bloco Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chemics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chemic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: colt's tooth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English coltes tooth. 1. One of a horse's first set of teeth. 2. Youthful desires, especially lust. Labels: figuratively Example: Well ſaid Lord Sands, Your Colts tooth is not caſt yet? Example: his Worship, who had still a Colt's-Tooth in his Head, cast an amorous Leer upon SALLY [...] Let me view her again, says the Justice, calling for his Spectacles, and at the same time gave her a gentle Squeeze by the Hand [...].
Word: princessliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From princessly + -ness. 1. Quality of being princessly. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: Toonerville Trolley Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the 1908–1955 cartoon featuring a trolley. 1. An old-fashioned single-car trolley. Labels: informal Example: Such a car was the feature of a comic strip of those days, "The Toonerville Trolley that Meets All the Trains", and the Farm cars were affectionately known as "The Toonerville Trolley". Example: [T]he two modes of transportation available were taxicab and the “Toonerville Trolley.” ... The name “Toonerville Trolley” was taken from a popular cartoon of the time because we thought the rock and roll of the streetcar and the uphill and downhill route seemed to be lifted from the cartoon. 2. A noticeably inexpensive trip. Example: Our airline must be something out of the Toonerville Trolley. Example: At that point Louis had gone into the dispensary and taken a Tuinal—what his first med school roommate had called Tooners. “Hop up on the Toonerville Trolley, Louis,” he'd say, “and I'll put on some Credence.”
Word: cacklings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cackling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clackings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clacking Labels: form-of, plural
Word: menopauses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of menopause Labels: form-of, plural
Word: menopauses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of menopause Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Kimye Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Kim + Kanye. 1. The couple consisting of celebrities Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. Labels: slang Example: Continuing their romance (showmance? fauxmance? I don't even know any more), Kimye took their relationship show over to Canada, where Kim, 31, was hawking her new jewellery line. Example: Kimye and their baby bump celebrated the start of a new year in Las Vegas.
Word: cock-bawd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cock (“male”) + bawd. 1. A man who runs a brothel; a pimp. Labels: historical Example: Mr. Brown (well known to be Proveditor-General in the Hundreds of Drury) was at the Door and wanted to speak with her herself, upon which she ordered her Maid to bid the Cock-Bawd come in, which she did […] Example: This gentleman no sooner entered the room, than Cadwallader, in a whisper to Gauntlet, asked if that was not the cock-bawd; and before the captain could make any reply, "What an unconscionable whore-master the rogue is! (said he) […] "
Word: non-con Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnɒnˌkɒn/, /ˈnɑnˌkɑn/ 1. A nonconformist. Labels: obsolete Example: To tell the Truth he is no better nor no worse, than an Eminent Non-Con Parson, Lusty and Lustful, who oft leaves his Flock in the Country, to regale himself in Masquerade with Persons of your Sex and Function in these Parts.
Word: non-con Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of noncontrast. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒnˌkɒn/, /ˈnɑnˌkɑn/ 1. Non-contrast. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: non-con CT
Word: non-con Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of non-consent. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒnˌkɒn/, /ˈnɑnˌkɑn/ 1. Consensual non-consent. Labels: uncountable
Word: always the bridesmaid, never the bride Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of always a bridesmaid, never a bride. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: her's Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English hires, equivalent to her + -'s (possessive marker). 1. Obsolete form of hers. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: But who could resist the seductions of a grace like her’s? Example: […] as Mrs. Collins had settled it with her husband that the office of introduction should be her’s, it was performed in a proper manner, without any of those apologies and thanks which he would have thought necessary.
Word: her's Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: From her + 's (contraction of is). 1. Contraction of her + is. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, nonstandard Example: ‘Ye won’t let she hurt her, will ye? Ye can beat me if ye will,’ she went on, going boldly up to the enemy, ‘but kit niver broke no windows, nor nothin’, an’ her’s a very good little cat.’ Example: Her name is Tildy Crawford. Her’s a very good friend o’ mine.
Word: capitans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of capitan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sniggles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sniggle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sniggling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sniggle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sniggling Part of Speech: noun 1. A chuckle; a snicker. Labels: rare Example: How little Tim and Jim stood hiding behind doors, peeping out surreptitiously with gigglings and snigglings indescribable, whilst the august visitor laboriously ascended the narrow and tortuous “nursery staircase,” has passed into the annals […] Example: The loud whispers and devious snigglings were still ringing in her ears, long after they had been well on their way. She hadn't bothered to make friends with any of them, in that her way of living wasn't what they might call respectful; […]
Word: sniggled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sniggle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: long-tailed pangolins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of long-tailed pangolin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catproofs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of catproof Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: irreplacable Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of irreplaceable. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Mordva Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Mordvins. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: scrattling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scrattle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scrattling Part of Speech: adj 1. Scanty, beggarly. Example: "And he gives me a scrattlin' twenty-five, an' his club this week! But I know him. He thinks because YOU'RE earning he needn't keep the house any longer. No, all he has to do with his money is to guttle it. But I'll show him!"
Word: scrattle Part of Speech: verb 1. To scratch. Example: But if I'm duly sensible of this, And if I really fear to do amiss, How, George, how (in the name of wonder!) then, Dares my poor, puny, scurvy, scrattling pen Presume thy neat performances to trace, And, with mean words, thy beauteous works debase 2. To make shift, to manage to get along. Example: My husband says “What's the good of scrattling and saving, Edna, when in two–three years we might all be blown up by an atom bomb? 3. To scuttle. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive
Word: folioing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of folio Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: folioed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of folio Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nicotian Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to, or derived from, tobacco. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: And from this Nicotian fume grow now adaies, doubtlessly, many our frequent complaints. Example: […] they had gotten themselves into the darkest corner of the room, and, heedless of the Nicotian atmosphere, were supping on the bread of their own ovens, and the bacon cured in their own chimney-smoke.
Word: esolang Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of esoteric programming language. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: esolangs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of esolang Labels: form-of, plural
Word: northed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of north Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: inevaluable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + evaluable. 1. Unable to be evaluated.
Word: spavins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spavin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spavins Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spavin Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: supplicantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From supplicant + -ly. 1. In a supplicant manner.
Word: shriftfathers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shriftfather Labels: form-of, plural
Word: complementary antonyms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of complementary antonym Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anti-stories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anti-story Labels: form-of, plural
Word: licence plate Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of license plate. Labels: Canada, alt-of, alternative
Word: gargoylish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gargoyle + -ish. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a gargoyle. Example: […] out popped the gargoylish head of a bulb-nosed old man. Example: B's gargoylish face twisted into a scowl that seemed half-serious, half-humorous.
Word: chicken à la King Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chicken + à la + King. Uncertain, but likely named in the 1890s by hotel cook William "Bill" King of the Bellevue Hotel in Philadelphia. 1. a dish consisting of diced chicken in a cream sauce, and often with sherry, mushrooms, and vegetables, served over rice, pasta, or bread. Labels: uncountable
Word: kaftanlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From kaftan + -like. 1. Resembling a kaftan. Example: He had done it before and played the part now to perfection, swaggering when he had dismounted in the innyard, hooking his thumbs in his leather belt, which was worn over the kaftanlike cloak, drawn close to conceal the thermalsuit which which would have revealed him at a glance as an Outworlder. Example: You would be amazed at what is hidden by those kaftanlike cloaks and veils that Moroccan women wear!
Word: globe artichokes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of globe artichoke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: binary system Part of Speech: noun 1. Two gravitationally connected stars or other celestial objects which orbit around their center of mass. Example: [S]cientists from the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute found subtle dips in the light coming from a binary system about 200 million light years from Earth. 2. A numeric system with a base of 2, using only the numerals 0 and 1. Example: Quantum cryptography is one of the first applications of quantum physics, which is expected to replace today's binary system of computing, in which data is represented in series of ones and zeros.
Word: Spanish flies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Spanish fly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: USB modems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of USB modem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tummlers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tummler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chimley Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By dissimilation of mn to ml. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪmli/, /ˈtʃɪmli/ 1. Alternative form of chimney. Labels: Appalachia, Caribbean, New-England, UK, alt-of, alternative, dialectal Example: There was, as I was observing, betewkst 49 or 50 of us in the two rooms, very pleasant and neighbour-like together, taking a tumbler of punch to sarve Nick Moran's new house, I mean the new ould house, bekase he had to buy windy's and to put up a chimley. Example: "Mr. Gibbs come in just now," said Mrs. Blewett, "and left his ticket over the chimley. There 'tis. I haven't touched it."
Word: chimleys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chimley Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rumantsch Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Romansch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: loamless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From loam + -less. 1. Without loam. Labels: not-comparable Example: loamless composts
Word: scalariformly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From scalariform + -ly. 1. In a scalariform manner.
Word: warpainted Part of Speech: adj 1. Wearing war paint. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prepreparing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of preprepare Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: prepregnant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + pregnant. 1. Prior to pregnancy. Labels: not-comparable Example: The abdominal wall remains lax for 6-8 weeks when it has nearly returned to its prepregnant condition.
Word: rindles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rindle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plotteth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: plot + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of plot Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: plottest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: plot + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of plot Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: planet-struck Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈplanɪtstɹʌk/ 1. Afflicted by the astrological influence of a planet; struck down with amazement or shock; panic-stricken. Labels: archaic Example: Budæus records how that, at Louis the Twelfth his death, ..., they that were erst in heaven, upon a sudden, as if they had been planet-strucken, lay grovelling on the ground ... Example: I protest I know not what Face the Moon bore at that time, but I am sure I appear'd like one Planet-struck, and retir'd, more fit indeed for a Grave than a Mistress.
Word: flat pack Part of Speech: adj 1. able to be constructed from flat pre-cut sections. Labels: not-comparable 2. easily constructed from pre-produced components. Labels: broadly, not-comparable Example: 2010, BBC, The Genius of Design - Blueprints for War, BBC One The Mark 2 (Sten) was a flat pack sub-machine gun.
Word: flat pack Part of Speech: noun 1. the pre-cut kit of sections used to make a piece of furniture.
Word: chafers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chafer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minxship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From minx + -ship. 1. A supposed title given to a woman thought to be acting like a minx (usually with possessive adjective). Labels: humorous, obsolete Example: "Had your Minxship been a Man, my Landlord's Presence should not have hinder'd my repaying your Assault with Interest [...]."
Word: empaled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of empale Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: empaling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of empale Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unempathetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unempathetic + -ally. 1. Without empathy.
Word: atuas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of atua Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plain dealer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plain + dealer, after plain dealing. 1. Someone who interacts or does business straightforwardly and honestly. Example: Ant. Why thou didst conclude hairy men plain dealers without wit. S. Dro. The plainer dealer, the sooner lost; yet he looseth it in a kind of iollitie. Example: She as often acted the Plain-Dealer with him, and fairly told him [...] that, in Truth, she had nothign but a very Small Spot to which she had any Hereditary Right [...].
Word: boratos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of borato Labels: form-of, plural
Word: protostomata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protostoma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skim through Part of Speech: verb 1. to go through something hastily 2. to read something hurriedly without being attached to details
Word: intrapersonally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From intrapersonal + -ly. 1. Within the mind of an individual person.
Word: reinfest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + infest. 1. To infest again. Labels: transitive Example: My attempts at fumigation failed to stop the rats from reinfesting the barn.
Word: reinfesting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reinfest Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reinfests Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reinfest Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reinfested Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reinfest Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Perusia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Perusia. Doublet of Perugia. 1. An ancient Etruscan and later Roman city which eventually became present-day Perugia, Italy. Labels: historical Example: That is, Fabius marched to relieve Sutrium, defeated the Etruscans there, crossed the Ciminian wood, defeated another Etruscan army near Perusia, and then made indutiae with Arretium, Cortona, and Perusia. Example: Perusia has the epithet ‘Augusta’ in two inscriptions, and another refers to ‘Perusia Restituta’, which should most naturally restoration after the destruction of 40.¹²⁶ This implies that the city enjoyed Augustus' favour, as Saddington notes;¹²⁷ but that is no reason for largely rejecting the accounts of Imperator Caesar's punishment of Perusia in 40, excepting the fantasy of a massacre of the curial class.
Word: Perusinian Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to Perusia. Example: 1911, Guglielmo Ferrero, The Women Of The Caesars, New York, The Century Co., chapter II, Gutenberg ebook #16324 Example: In 40, after the Perusinian war and only two years before Livia's marriage with Octavianus --.
Word: Perusine Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to Perusia (ancient Perugia). Labels: historical
Word: septiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From septum + -i- + -ferous. 1. Bearing a partition; said of the valves of a capsule. Labels: not-comparable
Word: septiferous Part of Speech: adj 1. Conveying putrid poison. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: "What you did do," said his visitor, "was about the most dangerous thing that a doctor could be mixed up in." "Oh, no," replied Ellerslie, "he does a much more dangerous thing whenever he operates on a septiferous subject, whenever he enters a fever-stricken house. […]"
Word: reinfestation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + infestation. 1. A second or subsequent infestation.
Word: reinfestations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reinfestation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: statuomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From statue + -o- + -mania. 1. An obsession with putting up statues, especially with reference to France. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: To carry this out would not be difficult with a people so deeply imbued with veneration for the dead, amongst whom Positivism seeks to replace the forms of religious worship by honours rendered to the great, and with whom for some time past the rage for statues, now being erected all over France, seems to be degenerating into a "statuomania." Example: The major characteristic of French ‘statuomania’ was its democracy, anticipating that of the war memorials after 1914-18.
Word: Baxterian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Baxter + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Richard Baxter (1615–1691), English Puritan church leader, poet, and theologian.
Word: Baxterian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Baxter + -ian. 1. A follower of Richard Baxter.
Word: Baxterians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Baxterian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bore sight Part of Speech: noun 1. An optical device, mounted on or near the end of a firearm's barrel, used to align the sights with the bore. 2. A dummy cartridge containing a small battery-operated laser, used to align the sights.
Word: bore sight Part of Speech: verb 1. To align the sights and aiming point of a firearm using a bore sight optical tool.
Word: sexuality studies Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of sexuality, including sexual cultures, sexual orientations, etc. Labels: uncountable
Word: rubberist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rubber + -ist. 1. Someone with a fetish for rubber or rubberwear. Example: There is consensus among rubberists who have non-rubberist partners that it is better to tell the truth about a fetish sooner rather than later.
Word: rubberist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rubber + -ist. 1. Pertaining to a rubberist or rubberism.
Word: rubberism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rubber + -ism. 1. Fetishism for rubber or rubberwear. Labels: uncountable Example: Today, fetishism in all its forms - bondage, piercing, rubberism, mummification, asphyxiation, infantilism etc - is stigmatised as a socially unacceptable form of behaviour, even though there is a great deal of curiosity surrounding its practice. Example: Rubberism, therefore, was clearly alive, if not well, long before the advent of the permissive 1960's.
Word: unblighted Part of Speech: adj 1. Not having been blighted. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unblighted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unblight Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: undubbed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + dubbed. 1. Not having been dubbed (in various senses). Labels: not-comparable Example: an undubbed film Example: an undubbed squire
Word: undubbed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + dubbed. 1. simple past and past participle of undub Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rubberists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rubberist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hadronics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hadron + -ics. 1. The study of hadrons. Labels: uncountable
Word: mesonics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meson + -ics. 1. The study of mesons. Labels: uncountable
Word: gluonics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gluon + -ics. 1. The study of gluons, gluonium, and the strong interaction. Labels: uncountable
Word: quark theory Part of Speech: noun 1. The theory that (most) baryons and mesons are composed of bound quarks and antiquarks. Labels: uncountable
Word: quark model Part of Speech: noun 1. A model organizing baryons and mesons according to their composition of bound quarks and antiquarks in groups of two or three; part of the Standard Model.
Word: exotic hadron Part of Speech: noun 1. Any hadron not permitted by the quark model but allowed by the more general theory of quantum chromodynamics, including hybrid mesons, gluoniums, pentaquarks, etc. Labels: particle
Word: hybrid meson Part of Speech: noun 1. A meson composed of quarks, antiquarks, and nonvirtual gluons (instead of the usual quark-antiquark pair bound by virtual gluons).
Word: hybrid mesons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hybrid meson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dead on one's feet Part of Speech: adj 1. Tired to the point of exhaustion, but still awake and out of bed. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: “The manufacturing sector is dead on its feet at the moment and exports are poor,” said Rob Carnell, Asia-Pacific head of research for ING.
Word: exotic meson Part of Speech: noun 1. A meson existing outside of the quark model, such as a hybrid meson or a glueball.