nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: selling point Part of Speech: noun 1. The property or characteristic of a good that most attracts purchasers. Labels: idiomatic Example: With such powerful selling-points, why is it, as recent editorial comment and correspondence in this journal has revealed, that "Condor" has yet to bring a warm glow to the countenance of the L.M.R.'s accountants? Example: So the main interest of the book (and its selling point, carefully highlighted in the blurbs) lies in the contradiction between the feminist ideals of equality and independence in relationships
Word: soaking wet Part of Speech: adj 1. Extremely wet. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable 2. As a maximum; at most. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: I weigh one hundred eight pounds soaking wet, I work out because it's important to me to stay in shape, and I'm not half as fragile as you think I am.
Word: soaked to the skin Part of Speech: adj 1. Extremely wet. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: send-off Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from send off. 1. A penalty for a serious infraction of the rules in which the player is ordered to leave for the rest of the game; red card Example: A send-off occurs when a player commits a serious violation and is ordered by the referee to leave the field for the rest of the game. Example: Some of the players tried to heavy or sweet-talk the referee into reversing his decision, even as the threat of a send-off loomed. 2. Alternative form of sendoff. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The last regular steam-hauled passenger train between Glasgow and Helensburgh Central was given a fitting send-off from Queen Street Low Level at 11.2 p.m. on Friday, November 4. Example: A great send-off at the station for Stanley.
Word: such and such Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of such-and-such. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: such and such Part of Speech: det 1. Alternative form of such-and-such. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I asked for news of any man of such and such a description—merely negative—who was known to have left the States; an educated man, expert in the use of disguises, […]
Word: yesterseason Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yester- + season. 1. A past or prior season, last season; an earlier or previous period of time. Labels: uncountable Example: Dared try fly, we, these impassible trees, whose drive-capturing crests communicate failed shots to yesterseason's leafy cache [...] Example: The dried umbles of the Queen Anne's lace of yesterseason, [...]
Word: suicide bombing Part of Speech: noun 1. An attack carried out by a suicide bomber or a group of them.
Word: yesk Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of yex. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stunt woman Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of stuntwoman. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: P'urhépecha Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Purepecha. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yete Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of yet ("to melt, found"). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: karter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kart + -er. 1. One who takes part in the sport of karting.
Word: entertainment center Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of furniture designed to house and organize consumer electronic devices such as televisions, audio systems and video game consoles. Labels: US Example: Over-all view of the author's home "entertainment center" which includes a TV set and bookshelves in addition to the amplifier and speaker enclosure. Example: And if you want to go the whole route, a videodisc machine is certainly a welcome addition to any entertainment center. 2. A location where people congregate to be entertained by performances or amusing activities. Labels: US
Word: procuration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English procuracioun, from Middle French procuration and its etymon Latin prōcūrātiōnem (through Old French procuracion). By surface analysis, procure + -ation; compare procuracy and procuratory. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɒkjʊˈɹeɪʃən/, /ˌpɹɒkjəˈɹeɪʃən/, /ˌpɹɑkjəˈɹeɪʃən/ 1. The act of procuring; procurement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For she was not only publicly contracted, but stated as a bride, and solemnly bedded, and after she was laid, there came in Maximilian's ambassador with letters of procuration 2. The management of another's affairs. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A sum of money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; called also proxy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: entertainment centers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entertainment center Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lavement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French lavement, from laver (“to wash”). 1. A washing, a bathing. Labels: archaic 2. An enema; a suppository. Labels: obsolete
Word: lavements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lavement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: obturation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin obtūrātiō. Compare French obturation. 1. The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Deaf by an outward obturation. Example: None of Mr. Knott's gestures could be called characteristic, unless perhaps that which consisted in the simultaneous obturation of the facial cavities, the thumbs in the mouth, the forefingers in the ears, the little fingers in the nostrils, the third fingers in the eyes and the second fingers, free in a crisis to promote intellection, laid along the temples. 2. The process of a bullet expanding under pressure to fit the bore of the firearm, or a cartridge case expanding under pressure to seal the chamber. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: colporter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Anglicization of colporteur, from French. 1. Alternative form of colporteur. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: antiphrase Part of Speech: noun 1. A word or phrase used in a sense that is different to its literal or usual meaning. Example: [T]he first man came right up to me and held out his hand in the European manner of greeting, save only that it was the left hand instead of the right, and in an English the most mutilated and full of antiphrases I had ever heard said that he was my friend[.]
Word: jacobin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Jacobin, q.v. In reference to birds, via French jacobine, from a supposed resemblance to the Dominicans' formerly standard hood or coloring. In reference to soup, via French soupe à la Jacobine. 1. Alternative letter-case form of Jacobin. Labels: alt-of 2. A domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica) with reversed feathers on its neck. 3. Any hummingbird of the genus Florisuga. 4. A kind of thick French soup with cheese. Labels: obsolete
Word: suicide bombings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suicide bombing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: send-offs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of send-off Labels: form-of, plural
Word: selling points Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of selling point Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sanities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sanity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jacobine Part of Speech: noun 1. An alkaloid found in ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris). Labels: uncountable 2. Synonym of jacobin, a breed of domestic pigeon. Labels: uncountable
Word: ambon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ambo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: embrine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From em- + brine. 1. To soak in brine. Labels: archaic, rare
Word: tosses around Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of toss around Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tossing around Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of toss around Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tossed around Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of toss around Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: opéras comiques Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of opéra comique Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smear campaigns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smear campaign Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mechanotherapist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mechano- + therapist. 1. A therapist specialising in mechanotherapy
Word: mechanotherapists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mechanotherapist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mechanotherapeutic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mechano- + therapeutic. 1. of or pertaining to mechanotherapy Labels: not-comparable 2. by means of mechanotherapy Labels: not-comparable
Word: gun lobbies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gun lobby Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hot pots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hot pot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: planchettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of planchette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: requestes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of requeste Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sandres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sandre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: procurations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of procuration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: obturations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of obturation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ambons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ambon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + rate. 1. To remove the rating from something. Example: I'm annoyed that Netflix won't let me unrate that movie.
Word: betwattling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of betwattle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Chandlerish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Chandler + -ish, after writer Raymond Chandler. 1. Resembling the work of author Raymond Chandler in style or theme Example: […] Polanski has been completing with the writer Robert Towne the script for his new movie, a Chandlerish detective story of the thirties, "Chinatown" […] Example: Broadbent's smoky, sultry originals "The Long Goodbye" and "Lady In The Lake" uphold the album's Chandlerish spirit.
Word: Chandlerism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chandler + -ism, after writer Raymond Chandler. 1. A passage of writing or dialogue that uses vivid and lyrical metaphors or similes, characteristic of the work of writer Raymond Chandler. Example: As Rigby Reardon, Steve Martin easily mimics the patented Hollywood tough guy of the period, dangling a cigarette from one side of his mouth while distorting a Chandlerism from the other. Example: I'm especially struck with the way you turn the Chandlerism, the colorful unlikely metaphor or simile, into legitimate novelistic indication of character, rather than trick writing for its own sake.
Word: Fu Manchu moustache Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Associated with Fu Manchu, the villain in a series of novels written by Sax Rohmer in the first half of the 20th century. 1. A long, thin, drooping mustache.
Word: Fu Manchu moustaches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Fu Manchu moustache Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Fu Manchu mustaches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Fu Manchu mustache Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inextensibility Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of being inextensible Labels: uncountable
Word: polyspectra Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polyspectrum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polyspectrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + spectrum. 1. A higher-order spectrum of a multivariate stationary time series
Word: interbinary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + binary. 1. Between the components of a binary star. Labels: not-comparable
Word: faxed star Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English faxed sterre, from Old English feaxede steorra (“comet”, literally “maned star”), equivalent to faxed (“having hair, hairy”) + star, from the tail appearing as though the star had hair. 1. A comet; meteor. Labels: dialectal, rare Example: The difference between true and false glory is elegantly illustrated by Milton in his description of Satan, who, falling, was defigured from a star of high magnitude into a faxed star, whose meteoric flash soon fades, […]
Word: faxed-star Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of faxed star. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: faxed stars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of faxed star. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: domite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Puy-de-Dôme, where it is found, + -ite. 1. A greyish variety of trachyte. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tupian. 1. New cocoyam, yautia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium). Labels: rare Example: Most research on Colocasia esculenta has been done on taro (C. esculenta var. esculenta), which is grown in Hawaii, the Pacific islands and the Philippines, where it is an important staple food. Assumptions about the development of eddoe have to be based on extrapolations from taro, which belongs to the same species but is grown for the main corm, or from tania (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) …. However, eddoe, taro and tania differ in their morphology and duration of growing period. 2. Taro. Labels: rare
Word: unrates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unrate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unrating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unrate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: exhonorate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Through false association with honor (as the verb can mean something like “restore someone’s honor”). 1. Misspelling of exonerate. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: ironiser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ironise + -er. 1. Someone who speaks ironically
Word: insume Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin insumere; prefix in- (“in”) + sumere (“to take”). 1. To take in; to absorb. Labels: obsolete Example: insume blood
Word: legitimity Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of legitimacy. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: marcesces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of marcesce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: marcesce Part of Speech: verb 1. To become or be marcescent. Labels: rare
Word: intactivism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of intact + (act)ivism. 1. The belief in or advocacy of genital autonomy (i.e., the right to not be subjected to involuntary, nontherapeutic modification of one's genitals). Labels: uncountable
Word: Ebenezer Scrooge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the character in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. 1. A scrooge; a miser.
Word: tineae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tinea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tineas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tinea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: faydom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fay (“fairy”) + -dom. 1. The realm or sphere of faerie. Labels: uncountable Example: [...] far more reduced kingdom of Magic. I am the case of real distress. I am the Magician without a shoe to stand on. My glory is departed — mine, Ichabod the Magician. Before faydom existed, was Magic, awful, erect, weird, inscrutable. Example: He merely got tantalizing scraps of information flung at him from the boundary wall of faydom.
Word: faydom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fay (“fated, doomed”) + -dom. 1. Alternative form of feydom. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: feydom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fey + -dom. 1. The state of being fey or doomed. Labels: uncountable Example: Hamlet is fey, as heroes have been since the dawn of literature ; but was ever feydom so wonderfully set forth, or a doomed hero more adorable?
Word: Romeo and Juliet Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a tragedy, written by Shakespeare, about two young lovers named Romeo and Juliet whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. 1. A pair of lovers, particularly if they are young, visibly enamored, and come from families or groups that are on opposing sides of a dispute. Example: Unlike cynical you, however, I do believe a Romeo and Juliet love is possible. Example: We all married—well, most of us married—for love, for some version of Sinatra and Casablanca love, for a love that would light up our lives and cast out fear, for a Romeo and Juliet love (except with a better ending), for a love that the poet John Donne once wrote "makes one little room an everywhere."
Word: queens of spades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of queen of spades Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jacks of spades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jack of spades Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kings of spades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of king of spades Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Shebrew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of she- + Hebrew, the latter jocularly analysed as he- + -brew. 1. A female Hebrew. Labels: humorous
Word: Shebrews Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Shebrew Labels: form-of, plural
Word: embrace, extend and extinguish Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Formerly used internally by Microsoft. First described outside Microsoft in a 1996 New York Times article entitled "Microsoft Trying to Dominate the Internet". 1. A strategy of marketing that involves extending widely used standards of product categories with proprietary capabilities, and then using the differences to disadvantage its competitors.
Word: Hansel and Gretel Part of Speech: name 1. A German fairy tale, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812, about the siblings named Hansel and Gretel who are threatened by a cannibalistic witch who lives in a house made of cake and bread.
Word: NYE Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of New Year's Eve. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Big Bad Wolf Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌbɪɡ ˌbæd ˈwʊlf/ 1. An evil fictional wolf that appears in fairy tales or fables. Labels: usually 2. Someone blamed for causing problems; a scapegoat. Labels: figuratively
Word: Big Bad Wolves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Big Bad Wolf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jacob Marley Part of Speech: name 1. A fictional man who appears as a ghost in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, warning his former business partner Ebenezer Scrooge against being greedy and selfish.
Word: creationarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From creationary + -ly. 1. In a creationary manner. Labels: not-comparable 2. With regard to creation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: creationary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From creation + -ary. 1. Of or relating to creation. Example: Nay, let us but consider this, that, under a general creationary theory,—before any one evolutionary doctrine, Lamarckian, Vestigian, Erasmo-Darwinian, Carlo-Darwinian, or other, came up,—never, whether in affinities, or embryology, or geology, or geography, or even rudimentary organs, was there a single difficulty felt,—let us but consider this I say, and it will be plain to be seen that all that concerns affinities and the rest constitutes no fee-simple that shall be proper and peculiar to natural selection alone. (p. 151) But these homologies and the rest we hold ourselves dispensed from the consideration of, simply in view of the fact that they were a material common to all the evolutionary theories, and never on the whole denied even by the creationary ones. (p. 341) Example: The evolutionary hypothesis or theory is a much better theory than the creationary theory, but it is still only a theory, and Dr. Straton had only to point out that fact.
Word: Fu Manchus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Fu Manchu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mythifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mythify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rat rod Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of hot rod or custom car that imitates or exaggerates the hot rods of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. It is distinct from the "traditional" hot rod, which is an accurate re-creation or period-correct restoration of a hot rod from the same era.
Word: rat rods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rat rod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: title characters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of title character Labels: form-of, plural
Word: title character Part of Speech: noun 1. A fictional character whose name or description is present in the title of the work where the character appears.
Word: gut feelings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gut feeling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gut reactions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gut reaction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: protagonism Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being a protagonist. Labels: uncountable
Word: cohabitor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cohabit + -or. 1. One who cohabits.
Word: aloo gosht Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aloo + gosht. 1. A South Asian curry made from mutton and potatoes in a casserole Labels: uncountable
Word: gosht Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Classical Persian گوشت (gōšt, “meat, flesh”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡoʊʃt/ 1. mutton (or sometimes goat), normally as part of a South Asian curry. Labels: uncountable
Word: Tweedle-dees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tweedle-dee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tweedle-dums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tweedle-dum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: consortes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of consorte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glam up Part of Speech: verb 1. To make (someone or something) more glamorous. Labels: informal, transitive Example: He would become absorbed in what he was doing and forget that they were going out to a reception at the City Hall or somewhere. Stella would appear at the study door all glammed up in her best coat and he would look up from his reading like a startled animal caught drinking at a watering hole. 2. To make oneself more glamorous. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: Gettin' glammed up and sittin' on the fence now
Word: Christmas star Part of Speech: name 1. The Star of Bethlehem.
Word: Ghost of Christmas Past Part of Speech: name 1. A fictional ghost in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, who visits Ebenezer Scrooge in order to show him his past, especially certain events of past Christmases that contributed to his later distaste for Christmas.
Word: front rooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of front room Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paganry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pagan + -ry. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪɡənɹi/ 1. Paganism. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A body of pagans. Labels: countable, usually Example: [Afonso de] Albuquerque, throughout his career, favoured the Hindu paganry against the Hindí Moslems, finding the former much less intractable. Example: Yet you could hunt for slaves in the countries round about: Celtic Christians of the far West, generally treated as heretics; Islam; Slavonic, Baltic or Finnish 'paganries'
Word: tangientially Part of Speech: adv 1. Misspelling of tangentially. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Solarium Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Solarium Augusti (“Solarium of Augustus”). 1. A large monument in ancient Rome and its modern ruins. 2. A former constellation located between the constellations of Horologium, Dorado, and Hydrus Labels: historical
Word: axial point Part of Speech: noun 1. Any point that lies on any of the axes of a coordinate system 2. nodal point
Word: stump orators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stump orator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: housie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From house + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊzi/ 1. A gambling game similar to bingo. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, uncountable Example: Aficionados continued to play housie for the rest of the decade, but always under the threat of criminal prosecution. Example: She ran raffles, card games and housie to raise money for Māori welfare. 2. One who is not homeless. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: cutting rooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cutting room Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ghost of Christmas Present Part of Speech: name 1. A fictional ghost in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, who visits Ebenezer Scrooge accompanied by a great feast in order to show him events of the current Christmas.
Word: reading rooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reading room Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come Part of Speech: name 1. A fictional ghost in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; it visits Ebenezer Scrooge in order to show his impending fate of death and loneliness in a future Christmas that is ultimately avoided.
Word: Ghost of Christmas Future Part of Speech: name Etymology: The character first appeared in the book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, written in 1843, and called Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The name Ghost of Christmas Future was coined by analogy with Ghost of Christmas Past and Ghost of Christmas Present. 1. Synonym of Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
Word: nins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: delapse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Latin dēlābor 1. To pass down by inheritance; to lapse. Labels: obsolete Example: Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other, Of the delapsed crown from Philip. 2. To sink or fall down. Labels: obsolete Example: rocks delapsed Example: delapsing landslides
Word: depraver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deprave + -er. 1. One who depraves or corrupts.
Word: questionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From question + -ist. 1. A person preparing for, or taking, their final exam at university. Labels: obsolete 2. An inquisitive person, a questioner. Labels: obsolete
Word: questionists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of questionist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beaver dams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beaver dam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: darning mushrooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of darning mushroom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: radio dramas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of radio drama Labels: form-of, plural Example: Stressing American ideals, seven San Diego City high schools last spring presented a series of weekly radio dramas based on the lives of Great Americans.
Word: great powers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of great power Labels: form-of, plural
Word: escargatoire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French escargatoire. 1. A nursery for snails. 2. A large number of snails. Labels: broadly
Word: escargatoires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of escargatoire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mainland Chinese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mainland + Chinese. 1. A person living in or originating from mainland China.
Word: mainland Chinese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mainland + Chinese. 1. Of or pertaining to mainland China. Labels: not-comparable
Word: is that so Part of Speech: phrase 1. Really? Is it true? Example: I used to be a millionaire back in the '80s. ― Is that so?
Word: all good things come to an end Part of Speech: proverb 1. Nothing good lasts forever.
Word: judication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin iudicatio, iudicationis. 1. The act of judging, judgment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: From this mode of bringing forward evidence, arises that last kind of dispute which we call the judication, or examination of the excuses alleged. And that is of this kind: whether it was right that his mother should be put to death by Orestes, because she had put to death Orestes's father? Example: Moreover it is clear that in Cicero's time judication in civil as well as in criminal cases enhanced a man's dignity, which was dear to every upper-class Roman.
Word: letter openers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of letter opener Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kakizome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 書き初め. 1. The first calligraphy written at the beginning of a year. Labels: uncountable
Word: degrees Fahrenheit Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of degree Fahrenheit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: synandrium Part of Speech: noun 1. An androecium of which the anthers have been fused.
Word: synandria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of synandrium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foreby Part of Speech: prep 1. Alternative form of forby. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Semnani Part of Speech: name 1. Any of a group of languages spoken in the Semnan province of Iran
Word: mitrailleuse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mitrailleuse, from mitrailler (“to fire grapeshot”). Pronunciation: /ˌmiːtɹəˈjɜz/, /ˈmiːtɹəˌjɜz/ 1. A breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrels fitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be fired simultaneously, or successively, and rapidly. Labels: historical
Word: mitrailleur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the French term mitrailleuse. 1. A rapid-fire team-served musket or rifle. Labels: UK, obsolete 2. The person in charge of such a weapon. Labels: UK, obsolete
Word: mitrailleurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mitrailleur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: balanephagous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Ancient Greek βαλανηφάγος (balanēphágos, “acorn-eating”), from βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”) + φαγ- (phag-, “eat”). Pronunciation: /bæləˈniːfəɡəs/, /ˌbæləˈnɛfəɡəs/ 1. Acorn-eating. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: The man with whom we take shelter has his wife and children, and his sons’ wives and all their children, to the number of twelve or fifteen, in the tent. Milk and misíthra is their only food: “We have milk in plenty,” they tell me, “but no bread.” Such is the life of a modern Arcadian shepherd, who has almost reverted to the balanephagous state of his primitive ancestorsᵃ. The children, however, all look healthy, and are handsome, having large black eyes and regular features, with very dark complexions. Example: The one region of the earth where balanophagy attained its richest development was aboriginal California. I say “richest,” because there the methods of ridding the acorns of the objectionable tannin were most developed and moreover many species were eaten, putting to shame the balanophagous propensities of the Arcadians.
Word: exterritorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ex- + territorial. 1. Beyond the territorial limits; foreign to, or exempt from, the territorial jurisdiction.
Word: balanophagous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Respelling of balanephagous, influenced by -o- (-o- immediately precedes -phagous in most words that feature that suffix). Pronunciation: /bæləˈnɒfəɡəs/ 1. Alternative form of balanephagous. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: vicarial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vicar + -ial. Pronunciation: /vaɪˈkɛəɹi.əl/, /vɪˈ-/, /vaɪˈkɛɹi.əl/, /vəˈ-/ 1. Of or pertaining to a vicar 2. Delegated; vicarious
Word: boycottage Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of boycotting. Labels: uncountable Example: First of all boycottage, but rigorous and relentless boycottage, for Italy, in committing an act of piracy by seizing Tripoli, has made herself an outlaw as concerns international rights, […]
Word: esport Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e- + sport. 1. Alternative form of e-sport. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: While these esports are often framed as battles of mental strategies and mechanical skills, how players juggle their hundreds, or thousands, of simultaneously ticking clocks and timers defines their ability to succeed in cutthroat competitions. […] The most popular turn-based esport is the virtual card game Hearthstone.
Word: motocycle Part of Speech: noun 1. A horseless carriage. Labels: US, dated
Word: equinoces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of equinox Labels: form-of, nonstandard, plural
Word: Tenterfield whistle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the town of Tenterfield in NSW Australia. 1. A particular type of fox whistle.
Word: fox whistle Part of Speech: noun 1. A whistle designed to mimic the sound of a distressed rabbit in order to lure foxes towards a hunter.
Word: cunnilingual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cunnilingu(s) + -al. Pronunciation: /kʌnɪˈlɪŋɡwəl/ 1. Pertaining to cunnilingus. Example: Raw clams, I am convinced, have a latently cunnilingual character that many find repugnant.
Word: prosocially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From prosocial + -ly. 1. In a prosocial manner.
Word: arrogantness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arrogant + -ness. 1. arrogance Labels: rare, uncountable Example: The verse may be thus literally rendered, — We have heard the arrogance of Moab; Very arrogant has been his insolence and arrogance; Yea, his arrogantness and the loftiness of his heart.
Word: taijutsu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Japanese 体術, literally "body skill" or "body art". 1. Japanese martial arts techniques that rely on a set of body movements without weapons. Labels: uncountable
Word: wildcarded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wildcard Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: groundshare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ground + share. 1. The sharing of a sports ground between two or more teams. Example: The groundshare between the two teams began in 1975. Example: The groundshare has been far from unproblematic and has been extremely costly to the new club, although it has fulfilled the basic requirement of competing in English football (and indeed most sport) of having a 'home' ground.
Word: groundshare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ground + share. 1. To share a sports ground with another team
Word: claytonias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of claytonia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: middlingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From middling + -ly. 1. In a middling manner; averagely, moderately.
Word: pretrigger Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + trigger. 1. Prior to the activation of a trigger. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pretrigger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + trigger. 1. A short pulse issued in advance of a longer one
Word: pretriggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pretrigger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bridons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bridon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mitrailleuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mitrailleuse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: motocycles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of motocycle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vandalic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vandal + -ic. Pronunciation: /vænˈdælɪk/ 1. Having the nature of vandalism.
Word: inundant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin inundans, present participle of inundare. 1. overflowing Labels: archaic Example: Thy voice, hydropic Fancy! calls aloud For costly draughts, inundant bowls of joy, Rivers of rich regalement, seas of bliss
Word: inundator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inundate + -or. 1. A device that saturates the sand with the appropriate amount of water when making concrete.
Word: foodfish Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of food fish. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: While the present conservation of Maryland fisheries is largely concerned with the oyster, which promises such great future returns, the foodfishes should not be neglected. Example: There was little discussion of tilapia as a foodfish during the 1950s and 1960s, but there was interest in using some tilapia species for weed control.
Word: foodfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foodfish Labels: form-of, plural Example: Propagation and distribution of foodfishes were aquaculture activities
Word: malefit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested from 1700s. Learned borrowing from Latin malefit, modeled on benefit. Equivalent to French malfaire. 1. A detriment or disadvantage Example: However, if there are elements of similarity or dissimilarity, such as benefits and malefits to mankind, it can be useful to make such a comparison even if it cannot be made quantitatively.
Word: all bets are off Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Originally used by sports bookmakers, and in particular horseracing. The bookmaker is not taking any more bets and all existing bets placed on the competition are now null and void. This may have been because the race was cancelled, the starting lineup was substantially changed, or due to an irregularity in the conduct of the race. 1. Indicates that a future event appears uncertain, especially one that before seemed more certain, and where any prior agreements are no longer valid Labels: idiomatic 2. Anything can happen; any previous preconceptions about what might happen are dismissed. Labels: broadly, idiomatic
Word: 'zat Part of Speech: contraction 1. Clipping of izzat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, contraction, nonstandard Example: Oh hangin' my stockin' I can hear a knockin' 'Zat you, Santa Claus
Word: bed bug Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bedbug. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: entracte Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of entr'acte. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I remember smoking in the entracte at Covent Garden Opera with my friend Paul, […]
Word: handphone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hand + phone. For the sense of mobile phone, compare with Chinese 手機 /手机 (shǒujī, literally “hand machine”) and Korean 손전화 (sonjeonhwa, literally “hand telephone”). 1. A mobile phone. Labels: Brunei, Hawaii, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, South-Korea 2. A telephone receiver or handset. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: handphones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of handphone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sculpturable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sculpture + -able. 1. Capable of, or suitable for, being sculpted. Labels: rare Example: The native dress clung to her limbs in sculpturable lines, and her consecrated ambitions seemed more insistent than ever.
Word: pair up Part of Speech: verb 1. To put into pairs; to put into a group of two. Labels: transitive 2. To get into pairs; to join together to make a group of two. Labels: intransitive Example: God creates us and we pair up Looking for that puzzle piece
Word: control rooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of control room Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Takamagahara Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 高天原 (literally “the plain of high heaven”). 1. A place in Japanese mythology, the dwelling-place of the kami, said to be connected to the Earth by a bridge. Labels: Japanese
Word: one million Part of Speech: num 1. The number 1,000,000.
Word: shimmy on down Part of Speech: verb 1. To go somewhere. Labels: idiomatic, informal
Word: boofhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From (obsolete) bufflehead (“buffalo-head, stupid person”). Boofhead was the name of a cartoon character in a Sydney newspaper during the 1940s. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊfhɛd/ 1. An idiot; a fathead. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, derogatory, slang Example: 'And he looks fit. Strong. I worry about you here alone. There are some real boofheads in this building.' 'Harmless boofheads. Anyway, I'm safer with boofheads down the hall than some religious nut-job muscle man in the flat with me.' Example: "Stop it, you daft thing." He draws me into a warm hug. "I might be a bit of a boofhead but I do understand." My arms wrap tightly around him. "You′re not a boofhead. You′re a very nice man and I′m glad you′re my friend." 2. An oversized head. Labels: Australia, derogatory, slang Example: I'd recognise that dark crew cut on his big boofhead disappearing up under his black hunting cap anywhere. 3. A person with an oversized head. Labels: Australia, derogatory, slang
Word: boofhead Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From (obsolete) bufflehead (“buffalo-head, stupid person”). Boofhead was the name of a cartoon character in a Sydney newspaper during the 1940s. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊfhɛd/ 1. Fatheaded; stupid; dimwitted. Labels: Australia, derogatory, not-comparable, slang Example: 'Ah, if it isn′t the grunter and his boofhead mate, Biff,' said Matt, standing between Specky and the two Sovereign Grove thugs.
Word: connect the dots Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the children's pencil and paper puzzle "connect the dots", also known as "join the dots". 1. To attempt to complete a puzzle in which dots on a paper must be connected in a specific order so that the joining lines form a picture. Labels: literally Example: To connect the dots, use a pen or pencil and draw a line from dot 1 to dot 2, from dot 2 to dot 3 and so on until all the dots are connected. You can try to guess what kind of animal is shown in the picture before you connect the dots. 2. To make connections in one's mind, in order to arrive at a more holistic understanding of a situation. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: If only the Bush team connected the dots, it would see what a nutty war on terrorism it is fighting, explains Mr. Prestowitz. Example: “I started just connecting the dots between extreme weather and climate change, and then the volume of pushback started to increase quite dramatically,” he said in an interview with the Associated Press.
Word: connects the dots Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of connect the dots Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: connecting the dots Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of connect the dots Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: connected the dots Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of connect the dots Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: flobby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flob + -y. 1. full of saliva Labels: slang
Word: picture dictionary Part of Speech: noun 1. A dictionary that includes pictures to help identify things.
Word: opsonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Formed as opsōn- (the present stem of the Classical Latin obsōnō, opsōnō (“to purchase provisions, to cater”) + the English -ic; compare the contemporary English opsonin and the slightly later French opsonique. Pronunciation: /ɒpˈsɒnɪk/, /ɑpˈsɑnɪk/ 1. Relating to, produced by, or involving opsonin. Labels: not-comparable
Word: calamanco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish calamaco, from Late Latin calamaucus (“skullcap”). Pronunciation: /ˌkæləˈmæŋkoʊ/ 1. A glossy woolen fabric with striped or checkered designs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What a fuss thou makest!—as if it concern'd the good people to be inform'd, That a man with pale face, and clad in black, had the honour to be driven into Paris at nine o'clock at night, by a postilion in a tawny yellow jerkin turned up with red calamanco———
Word: interstacked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + stacked. 1. Stacked together. Labels: not-comparable Example: These modular boxes can be interstacked and will fit 40" x 48" and 48" x 48" pallets.
Word: interstack Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + stack. 1. Between stacks. Labels: not-comparable Example: Thus, differences in interstack coupling are expected to give rise to differences in the phase-transition temperature […]
Word: gluestick Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of glue stick. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gluesticks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gluestick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goalbox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From goal + box. 1. The compartment of a maze etc. that the animal subject is intended to reach in a psychology experiment.
Word: startbox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From start + box. 1. The compartment of a maze etc. into which the animal subject in a psychology experiment is initially placed.
Word: goalboxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goalbox Labels: form-of, plural
Word: startboxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of startbox Labels: form-of, plural
Word: safebox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From safe + box. 1. A safe-deposit box. 2. Any strongbox.
Word: safeboxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of safebox Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boxable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From box + -able. 1. Capable of, or suitable for, placing in a box. Labels: not-comparable Example: On the other hand, it has been said, and probably without exaggeration, that the average crop of apples grown in commercial orchards in this country does not include more than 15 per cent, of fruit of boxable quality. 2. boxfightable, punchable Labels: not-comparable Example: Some people are more easily boxable than others.
Word: inulins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inulin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: velocardiofacial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weg-der.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der.? Proto-Italic *wekslom Latin vēlumder. English velo- Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh₂ Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor. English cardio- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin faciēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin faciālisbor. English facial English velocardiofacial From velo- + cardio- + facial. 1. Exhibiting velar, facial and cardiac defects. Labels: not-comparable
Word: astroballistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From astro- + ballistic. 1. Of or pertaining to astroballistics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antigropelos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + Ancient Greek ὑγρός (hugrós, “wet”) πηλός (pēlós, “mud”). 1. Waterproof leggings. Labels: dated, plural, plural-only
Word: quetch Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of quitch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: antimine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + mine. 1. Countering or opposing mines (explosive devices). Labels: not-comparable
Word: antiquation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin antīquātiō, antīquātiōnem, noun of action from past-participle stem of antīquāre. English antique + -ation. 1. The process of becoming antique or obsolete. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Something that is antique or obsolete. Labels: countable, usually Example: What to Planck and to many of his contemporaries seemed perfectly indifferent antiquations, have again come to be regarded as questions of engrossing interest and vital importance[…]
Word: anticorrosion Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + corrosion. 1. Preventing corrosion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antisag Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + sag. 1. Preventing sagging. Labels: not-comparable Example: When a high yield value is desired in a plastisol, a thixotrope or antisag agent may be added.
Word: antisepticize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From antiseptic + -ize. 1. To make antiseptic. Labels: transitive
Word: antisepticizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of antisepticize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: antisepticizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of antisepticize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: antisepticized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of antisepticize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: antisnob Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + snob. 1. Opposing snobbery.
Word: antisnob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + snob. 1. One who opposes snobbery.
Word: antisnobs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antisnob Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antipot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + pot. 1. Opposed to the use of marijuana. Labels: informal Example: Anyone seen as being antipot is now considered to be ignorant, oppressive, and hypocritical. Many teens feel adults have lied to them about drugs...