nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Glendale Part of Speech: name Etymology: From glen (“narrow valley”) + dale (“valley”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɛndeɪl/ 1. A number of places in the United States: 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A number of places in the United States: 20. A number of places in the United States: 21. A number of places in the United States: 22. A number of places in the United States: 23. A number of places in the United States: 24. A number of places in the United States: 25. A number of places in the United States: 26. A number of places in the United States: 27. A number of places in the United States: 28. A number of places in the United States: 29. A neighbourhood in south-west Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 30. A village on the Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland, the eponym of all other settlements of the same name (OS grid ref NG1749). 31. A suburb of Newcastle in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. 32. A rural locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia. 33. A suburb of Wainuiomata, Wellington region, New Zealand.
Word: epopeas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of epopea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: epopoeia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of epopee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: epopœia Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of epopee. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: epopoeias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of epopoeia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: epopœias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of epopœia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antigenic variation Part of Speech: noun 1. The mechanism by which an infectious organism changes its surface proteins in favor of circumventing a host immune response.
Word: peels away Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of peel away Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: stoccado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian stoccata. 1. A stab with a pointed weapon. Labels: obsolete Example: [William] Page. I haue heard the French-man hath good skill in his Rapier. / [Robert] Shal[low] Tut ſir: I could haue told you more: In theſe times you ſtand on diſtance: your Paſſes, Stoccado’s, and I knovv not vvhat: […] Example: Yet will not such leave to lift-up their joyned hands to heaven, give them but a stoccado [translating coup d'espée] on their breast […]
Word: misbelievings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of misbelieving Labels: form-of, plural
Word: complement membrane attack complex Part of Speech: noun 1. A formation of transmembrane channels on the surface of a pathogenic bacterial cell that disrupts the phospholipid bilayer of the target cell resulting in its destruction.
Word: passive immunity Part of Speech: noun 1. The translocation of active humoral immunity from one individual to another in the form of custom-made antibodies. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: afterborn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *afterboren, *efterboren, *æfterboren, from Old English æfterboren (“afterborn, posthumous, born after the father’s death”), equivalent to after- + born. Cognate with Scots efterborn. 1. Born after the father's death; posthumous. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of later birth; younger. Labels: not-comparable Example: an afterborn daughter 3. Born after the will of a parent has been made. Labels: not-comparable
Word: primary immunodeficiency Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the many genetic disorders due to an aspect of the body's immune system being either absent or failing to function normally.
Word: wacken Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English waken, from Old English wacen, ġewacen, from Proto-Germanic *wakanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *wakaną (“to wake, be awake, arise”), equivalent to wake + -en (past participle ending). 1. Watchful. Labels: obsolete 2. Lively; sharp; wanton. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: aftercomings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aftercoming Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tylerism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tyler + -ism. The abandoning-political-party sense came from John Tyler who is said to have done this after William Henry Harrison died in office. 1. The policies of U.S. president John Tyler. Labels: uncountable Example: The Herald of Saturday last, contained the first notice of a sale Public Lands ever advertised in [Illinois]! The last resort of Tylerism is not only destined to be a signal failure, but those who pretend to be Mr. Tyler's friends, and have some little knowledge of the people, will tell him that it was conceived in folly and madness; and that it will not secure him an additional supporter among the people. 2. The practice of abandoning the political party to which political office is owed, defecting while in office, committing political apostasy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Of his ragged army, the impedimenta, the vile baggage, fell to our share — the armory and military chest were betrayed to our enemies. This position of things was entirely unparalleled in the course of political contests in our country: we fervently pray that it may never occur again. The defunct carcass of Tylerism bred a political pestilence, congenial to the vitality of Locofocoism, and it throve upon it—fatal to healthier organs, and we were enfeebled by the malaria. Example: For even though the hour has not yet quite arrived, which is to be brightened by the reflection that Tylerism has ceased to exist, in any other than the past tense, yet, by the time this page shall reach the eyes of most of its readers, they will have ceased to blush for the government of their country. 3. The Reformed theology of Bennet Tyler. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: merswine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mereswine. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Tylerize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Tyler + -ize. 1. To abandon the political party to which political office is owed, as United States President John Tyler did during his term of office (1841-45), to defect to another party or political position while in office, to commit political apostasy. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Seward was not trusted by Greeley, Phillips, Lovejoy, and the radicals of their complexion. They apprehended that after using the "American citizens of African descent," until he (Seward) should be safely seated in the Presidential chair, he would abandon the negro and "Tylerize" their Party; hence, they would not trust him Example: "The great doctrine of equal rights will prevail," wrote Medill, of the Chicago "Tribune," to President Johnson in September, 1865, warning him not to Tylerize his party nor go back on those who had elected him.
Word: secondary immunodeficiency Part of Speech: noun 1. Immunodeficiency caused by malnutrition or exposure to disease or a specific drug treatment.
Word: innate immune system Part of Speech: noun 1. The initial line of defense that entails a cascade of cells and mechanisms that protect the host from infection by different organisms in an indeterminate pattern.
Word: complement system Part of Speech: noun 1. An aspect of the innate immune system that supplements the actions of the antibodies and phagocytic cells in clearing out pathogens from an organism
Word: ultra light rail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Said to be an improvement on light rail technology. 1. A small single-railcar on-demand rail system with trunk-separated stations that does not operate on any fixed route but rather to stations where it has been requested, similar to an elevator. Labels: uncountable Example: 1992, The Architects' Journal, Volume 196, link His solution was ultra-light-rail Example: 2005, Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil engineering: Issues 1-3, link At the same time various proposals for the use of innovative modes such as personal rapid transit or ultra-light rail have failed to progress much beyond concept design or demonstration projects.
Word: ignoranus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of ignoramus + anus. 1. A person who is both stupid and rude; an ignorant asshole. Labels: derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: "Because it reminds me how much I hate ignoranus jocks."
Word: ignoranuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ignoranus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adaptive immune system Part of Speech: noun 1. A system, activated by the innate immune system, that consists of particularly specialized systemic cells and processes that remove or counter pathogenic growth.
Word: more power to your elbow Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Possibly an elaboration of more power to you, with the speaker expressing the wish that the person addressed will have more strength to achieve their goal. Pronunciation: /mɔː ˈpaʊə tʊ jə ˈɛlbəʊ/, /mɔɹ ˈpaʊɚ tʊ jɚ ˈɛlboʊ/ 1. Used to express admiration of a person coupled with wishes for their continued success in an endeavour of their own choosing: all the best; good luck. Labels: UK Example: Naturally the forms of traction occupy Mr. [Geoffrey] Freeman Allen much of his time and he sits on no fence here; he is an "electrifier", with good reasons advanced—more power to his elbow.
Word: picture paper Part of Speech: noun 1. comic book Labels: dated
Word: Towie Part of Speech: name 1. The Only Way Is Essex, a television reality show based in Essex, England. Labels: UK, slang
Word: caringness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From caring + -ness. 1. The quality of being caring. Labels: uncountable
Word: detailless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From detail + -less. 1. Without detail or details; bare; simplified. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sandhopper Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sand hopper. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sandhoppers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sandhopper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: negroidal Part of Speech: adj 1. negroid Example: […] employing the word "dominant" to refer to those persons who appear more European in type, and "recessive" to the more negroidal type […] Example: And what pisses me off is the arrogance of people whose whole thing is just a blatant imitation of the negroidal tradition. Blatant. And even the major exponents of this type of music have said that themselves.
Word: antisegregationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + segregation + -ist. 1. One who opposes racial segregation.
Word: antisegregationists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antisegregationist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aboulias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aboulia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: akataphasia Part of Speech: noun 1. disorder of thought expression in speech and results due to dissolution of logical ordering of trains of thought Labels: uncountable
Word: antifoundationalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + foundationalist. 1. One who rejects foundationalism.
Word: antifoundationalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antifoundationalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dyslogia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dys- + -logia. 1. Difficulty in expressing ideas in speech. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mercats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mercat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Schneiderian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Schneider + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Kurt Schneider (1887–1967), German psychiatrist, or the psychotic symptoms he listed as being particularly characteristic of schizophrenia. 2. Discovered or described by Konrad Viktor Schneider, a German anatomist of the 17th century.
Word: aphemias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aphemia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aphemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aphemia + -ic. 1. Of, relating to, or afflicted with aphemia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: induhvidual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of individual + duh. In 1995, Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams asked readers of the Dilbert Newsletter to come up with a "good derogatory nickname for non-DNRC [Dogbert's New Ruling Class, the official Dilbert fanclub] people" that "should sound harmless and endearing but have a clever double meaning", ultimately selecting "induhvidual" (submitted by "Heather of Beantown") as the winning entry. Issues of the newsletter since then have included a section called "True Tales of Induhviduals" featuring reader-contributed stories about people doing foolish things. 1. A foolish person, especially one whose blundering creates difficulty for others. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: These are the same induhviduals who can't be bothered to pull their behemoths into the block-long bus zones fiercely defended by $250 fines.
Word: induhviduals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of induhvidual Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doublequote Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of double quote. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: double quote Part of Speech: noun 1. A double quotation mark, as in She said, "Go ahead".
Word: asyndesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin asyndesis, from Ancient Greek ἀσύνδεσις (asúndesis), from ἀ- (a-, “a-, un-: without”) + σύνδεσις (súndesis, “binding, joining”), from συνδεῖν (sundeîn, “to join, to bind”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, “-sis: forming nouns”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “together”) + δεῖν (deîn, “to bind, to tie”). Equivalent to a- + syn- + -desis or a- + syndesis. 1. A pattern of spoken or written discourse demonstrating inability or diminished capacity to connect ideas. Labels: uncountable 2. Synonym of asyndeton: lack or omission of conjunctions, especially for rhetorical effect. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable
Word: autoscopy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + -scopy. 1. The experience of seeing one's body from the outside while awake, as if disembodied. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: autoscopies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autoscopy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: avolitional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + volition + -al. 1. Of or relating to avolition; lacking willpower.
Word: bruxistic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to bruxism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bruxist Part of Speech: noun 1. One who has bruxism; a person who grinds the teeth.
Word: bruxists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bruxist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cerea flexibilitas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. waxy flexibility Labels: uncountable
Word: circumstantialities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of circumstantiality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dementia pugilistica Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dementia pugilistica (“boxer's madness”). 1. A neurodegenerative disease or dementia associated with repeated concussions, as in boxers. Labels: uncountable
Word: dereistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin de re (“away from the thing”) + -istic. 1. Not in accordance with reality; subjective, founded in fantasy. Labels: dated Example: [H]aving learned a lot about the mechanisms of the symptoms […], it will help in the treatment of other patients whom we might have the good fortune of seeing in childhood, or early in the disease, or perhaps before the patient resorts to dereistic mechanisms.
Word: ultra-light rail Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ultra light rail. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: ultra-light-rail Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ultra light rail. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: extracampine Part of Speech: adj 1. Beyond the possible sensory field. Labels: not-comparable Example: Seeing somebody standing behind you is a visual extracampine hallucination experience.
Word: light railway Part of Speech: noun 1. A railway built at a lower cost, with a lighter track and to a lower standard than a main-line railway. Labels: UK Example: Under a Light Railway Order of 1904, the line was extended to Appledore, and opened thence on May 1, 1908, bringing the route length up to a fraction over 7 miles. The whole system was worked under this Order as a light railway, but this caused some friction with the local authorities when, under the authority of the Board of Trade, the gates were removed at five level crossings in May, 1905. Example: Although the line is officially a light railway, it is of standard gauge, and the traffic, particularly during and since the war years, is anything but light.
Word: negativisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of negativism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rapid transit Part of Speech: noun 1. A commuter rail system that combines aspects of an interurban railway with those of a subway, using a menagerie of pathways such as viaduct, tunnel, beam, cut and cover, trench, at grade, and others. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: commuter rail Part of Speech: noun 1. A rail transport system with trains used to transport commuters between two places, typically their homes and works, normally within a metropolitan area and its surrounding environs, and generally distinguished from other rail transport systems (i.e. subways, metros, tramways) by having less frequent service, lacking free transfers between trains and using heavy rolling stock running on a mainline railway Labels: uncountable Example: Boston and Philadelphia's commuter rails each have thirteen active lines, but Boston's lines reach, on average, over a third again farther out from the central city than their counterparts in Philly. Example: I took the commuter rail in to work today, since it's quicker and more convenient than driving on the highway at rush hour.
Word: hyperphagias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hyperphagia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: at grade Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of at-grade. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: cut and cover Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of building a tunnel by digging a trench, constructing tunnel walls therein, and refilling the trench with earth. Labels: uncountable
Word: ineptocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inept, from French inepte (“feckless”) + -o- + -cracy, from Ancient Greek κράτος (krátos, “strength, power”). 1. A government characterized by incompetent leaders. Labels: countable, derogatory Example: "People like to talk about a neoconservative cabal in the White House," he said, referring to the chief architects of the Iraq War, Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and his deputy, Paul Wolfowitz. "But what you really have is an ineptocracy: these people can't do anything right." 2. The phenomenon of governance or leadership by the incompetent. Labels: derogatory, uncountable Example: The road users should at least get some benefit from this waste, another case of Somerset Highways showing ineptocracy.
Word: ineptocracies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ineptocracy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Radney Part of Speech: name Etymology: Probably a variant of Rodney. 1. A surname. Example: 'Mr. Radney, I will not obey you. Take that hammer away, or look to yourself.’ 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: rare
Word: extrasocietal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extra- + societal. 1. Outside of society. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lesser of two evils Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɛsə(ɹ)‿əv tuː‿iːvəlz/ 1. The least harmful or unpleasant of two undesirable alternatives. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable
Word: logoclonia Part of Speech: noun 1. Tendency to repeat words or syllables. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: logoclonias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of logoclonia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intrasocietal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + societal. 1. Within society. Labels: not-comparable
Word: logoclonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From logoclonia + -ic. 1. Relating to, or exhibiting, logoclonia.
Word: nonreduplicative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + reduplicative. 1. Not reduplicative. Labels: not-comparable
Word: paramnesias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paramnesia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sonorizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sonorization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rabbit syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. A rare extrapyramidal side effect of antipsychotic drugs, causing perioral tremors. Labels: uncountable
Word: ecoanarchist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + anarchist. 1. A supporter of ecoanarchism.
Word: ecoanarchists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecoanarchist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ecosocialist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + socialist. 1. A supporter of ecosocialism.
Word: ecosocialist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eco- + socialist. 1. Pertaining to ecosocialism.
Word: ecosocialists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecosocialist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ecosocialism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + socialism. 1. An ideology merging aspects of Marxism, socialism, green politics, environmentalism, etc. that opposes capitalism. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Mrs. Lienemann, the French Housing Minister, sees socialist and ecological forces proposing what she calls “a new culture”—perhaps named “Ecosocialism”—that might, she believes, work for innovations like a 32-hour workweek, more democracy at the workplace, and “a greater stress on quality than quantity in everyday life.” Example: Whenever he launched an ideological crusade, he did so zealously — even if, as in the case of ecosocialism, its very definition and the collateral demand for an appealing alternative to capitalism were not self-evident.
Word: edgework Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From edge + work. 1. Behaviour at the edge of what is normally allowed or accepted; risky or radical behaviour. Labels: uncountable
Word: infoganda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of information + propaganda. 1. Journalistic content, particularly news, published or broadcast in the interest of advancing an ideological agenda. Labels: uncountable Example: GOP-TV, the television arm of the Republican Party, debuted in 1995 with the news magazine Rising Tide, a pseudo-news program (less "infotainment" than "infoganda") spreading the conservative gospel and raising money on some two thousand cable systems.
Word: one's damned if one does and one's damned if one doesn't Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of damned if one does and damned if one doesn't. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “[…] He’s been there for her, and where has Jack been? He’s gone, long gone.” / “That’s true,” Richard said in a crushing manner, “but he wouldn’t be, had it not been for Glenda getting him involved. He’s only doing what she asked him to do. You’re putting him in a no-win situation; he’s damned if he does and he’s damned if he doesn’t.” Example: My job takes a lot of my time and the hours are crazy, but I put Ryan and Whitney first. Dammit, if I didn’t work that would be a problem. It seems like I’m damned if I do and I’m damned if I don’t.
Word: dhat syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi धात (dhāt, “semen involuntarily discharged in urination”). 1. A condition found in the cultures of the Indian subcontinent in which male patients report that they suffer from premature ejaculation or impotence and believe that they are passing semen in their urine. Labels: uncountable
Word: intropunitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intro- + punitive. 1. Tending to punish oneself.
Word: puncept Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of pun + concept. Coined by Gregory Ulmer. 1. A new concept arising from, or named from, a pun on existing terms.
Word: puncepts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of puncept Labels: form-of, plural
Word: guessings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɛsɪŋz/ 1. plural of guessing Labels: form-of, plural Example: It was aptly said by Newton that "whatever is not deduced from facts must be regarded as hypothesis," but hypothesis appears to us a title too honourable for the crude guessings to which we allude. Example: These guessings of ours, for they are more than half guessings, may throw a glimmer of light on the mystery of doll selection.
Word: Blanchotian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Blanchot + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Maurice Blanchot (1907–2003), French writer, philosopher, and literary theorist.
Word: irritainment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of irritating + entertainment. 1. Entertainment that annoys, embarrasses, or upsets more than or as much as it entertains, whether unintentionally or by design. Labels: uncountable Example: Because their volume interjects such an overwhelming ambiance to the party, make sure that your entertainers are the right ones. You want entertainment, not irritainment. 2. A media spectacle, particularly a scandal, that is simultaneously irritating and engrossing. Labels: uncountable Example: Like others, I followed Clinton's apologies on TV and in print and laughed at the "I'm Sorry Chorus" from the also-unclean GOP choir. I've said it before: This is "irritainment" - a macabre mix of irritation and entertainment. The nastiness is a crime scene right in front of us.
Word: dial-a-ride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because requests for transport were traditionally made by telephone call; see dial. 1. A form of on-demand transportation similar to public transit usually in areas or during times where fixed route service is not available or possible and resembling paratransit, taxi, or shuttle service in its execution. Labels: uncountable
Word: fixed route Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of public transit bus or ferry service without any regular deviation from schedules or course
Word: rail-carriage Part of Speech: noun 1. A railroad car
Word: rail-carriages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rail-carriage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: railway vehicle Part of Speech: noun 1. Railroad car. Labels: UK
Word: railway vehicles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of railway vehicle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rail vehicle Part of Speech: noun 1. railroad car Labels: UK
Word: rail vehicles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rail vehicle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: railway carriage Part of Speech: noun 1. A railroad car for passengers. Labels: UK 2. Any railroad car. Labels: broadly
Word: railway carriages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of railway carriage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vajajay Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of va-jay-jay. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stave-rhyme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Most likely a calque of a Germanic term, such as German Stabreim or Danish stavrim. Pronunciation: /steɪv.ɹaɪm/ 1. A (stressed) word that rhymes with another, in that it begins with the same consonant, consonant cluster, or vowel. Labels: countable, usually Example: The poem is littered with stave-rhymes like "start, stop". Example: It is better to retain it in this line, as it is one of the 3 stave-rhymes. 2. This kind of rhyme. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The poem exhibits stave-rhyme. Example: Our ancestors grounded their verse on stave-rhyme and accent […]
Word: stave-rhyme Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Most likely a calque of a Germanic term, such as German Stabreim or Danish stavrim. Pronunciation: /steɪv.ɹaɪm/ 1. To exhibit this kind of rhyme. Example: Richard Kienast, in a study of the prose style of the Old High German Isidor translation, remarked that the relics of elevated celebratory composition, as the ‘stave-rhyming formulas’ were described, need to be treated. Example: To find other Old High German parallels, it is necessary to include those genres which are not composed in stave-rhyming verse.
Word: boulas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beet radish Part of Speech: noun 1. The beet, Beta vulgaris. Labels: archaic
Word: beet radishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beet radish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: begod Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + god. 1. To exalt to the dignity of a god; to deify. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: And thus by degrees paganism came to be christened into a new name, by their setting up their divi, or begodded tutelar saints, and prosecuting their apotheosis with divine worship.
Word: begodded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of begod Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: begodding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of begod Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: begods Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of begod Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: chromule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”) and ὕλη (húlē, “matter”). 1. Any colouring matter in plants other than chlorophyll, and especially in the petals. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: chromules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chromule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: epidermatoid Part of Speech: adj 1. epidermoid Labels: dated, not-comparable, rare
Word: hornowl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From horn + owl. 1. A horned owl. Labels: rare
Word: hornowls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hornowl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: insense Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French ensenser (“to enlighten, to bring to sense”), from en- + sens (“sense”). 1. To make to understand; to instruct. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: eagle eyes upon the insensed yet fearful monarch
Word: insensed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of insense Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: insenses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of insense Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: insensing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of insense Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lakao Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chinese [Term?]. 1. The pigment sap green. Labels: uncountable
Word: periblem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peri- + root of Ancient Greek βλῆμα (blêma, “to sprout, shoot”). 1. nascent cortex, or immature cellular bark Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: peridrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek περίδρομος (perídromos), meaning "running around, that which surrounds": compare French péridrome. 1. The space between the columns and the wall of the cella in an Ancient Greek or Roman temple
Word: peridromes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peridrome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pourveyance Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of purveyance. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: pourveyances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pourveyance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: propretor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of propraetor. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: propretors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of propretor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seak Part of Speech: noun 1. soap prepared for use in milling cloth Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable
Word: seak Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of seek. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: septentrial Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of septentrional. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: When Waveney in her way , on this Septentrial side
Word: swanimote Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of swainmote. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: swanimotes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swanimote Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trachenchyma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trachea + -enchyma. 1. A vegetable tissue consisting of xylem vessels. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: glaucometer Part of Speech: noun 1. A device for measuring the percentage of sugar in a fluid by means of specific gravity; gleucometer. Example: Such circuits were actually built and verified in another device, referred to as a glaucometer or retinal topograph, being developed at Stanford Research Institute. This instrument is a direct offshoot of the basic optometer scheme. Example: A glaucometer, blood sugar testing equipment, and a folding wheelchair have also been donated to a leprosy hospital. Thanks to club grants, 81 people affected by leprosy have received operations.
Word: glaucometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glaucometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Nematoidean Part of Speech: adj 1. nematoid; of or related to the nematodes Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: sweetwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sweet + wood. 1. The true laurel (Laurus nobilis). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The timber of the Jamaican tree Oreodaphne leucoxylon, or of various related trees. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Ocotea floribunda and Ocotea leucoxylon Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Licaria triandra Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Nectandra coriacea Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Sideroxylon salicifolium Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sweetwoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sweetwood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sirkeer Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genus Taccocua.
Word: sirkeers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sirkeer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dermostoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dermostosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dermostosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From derm- + ostosis. 1. ossification of the dermis
Word: sheep-faced Part of Speech: adj 1. bashful; sheepish Labels: dated Example: Margaret and Marillier stand, he rather sheepfaced, but putting on a bold and smiling front, Example: So presently his lordship began to tell his symptoms to the doctor. The first part of ‘em seemed natural enough for a sheep faced village idiot like him. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sheep, face.
Word: plessimeter Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of pleximeter. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: plessimeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plessimeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: santalum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin sandalum, santalum. See sandal. 1. Any of the genus Santalum of trees with entire opposite leaves and small apetalous flowers.
Word: santalums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of santalum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intercur Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin intercurrere. See intercourse. 1. To intervene; to come or occur in the meantime. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: […]so that there intercur no sin in the acting[…]
Word: intercurred Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of intercur Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: intercurring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of intercur Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: intercurs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of intercur Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: prodition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin proditio, from prodere (“to give forth, betray”). Compare Old French prodition. Pronunciation: /pɹəʊˈdɪʃən/, /pɹoʊˈdɪʃən/ 1. Disclosure. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. Treachery; treason. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: the ruin of the country, and the prodition of their captains
Word: proditions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prodition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postnares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of postnaris Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postnaris Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post- + naris. 1. A posterior naris.
Word: Melanochroi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley; see melanochroic. 1. A division of the human population, consisting of the darker-skinned among the white races. Labels: dated, plural, plural-only
Word: pseudopodial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pseudopod + -ial or pseudopodia + -al. 1. Of or relating to a pseudopod or to pseudopodia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ersh Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of earsh. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ershes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ersh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sannop Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of sannup. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: sannops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sannop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pleonast Part of Speech: noun 1. One who is addicted to pleonasm, or redundancy in speech or writing. Labels: rare Example: the mellifluous pleonast had done oiling his paradox with fresh polysyllables
Word: pleonasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pleonast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sciot Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to the Greek island of Scio (now Chios). Labels: dated
Word: Sciot Part of Speech: noun 1. A native or inhabitant of Scio; a Chiot Labels: dated
Word: Sciots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sciot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plenarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From plenary + -ly. 1. In a plenary manner. 2. In the most complete limiting case.
Word: dispurvey Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + purvey: compare Old French desporveoir, French dépourvoir. Pronunciation: /dɪspəˈveɪ/, /dɪspəɹˈveɪ/ 1. To strip of provisions; to disfurnish. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: They diſpuruey their veſtry of ſuch Treaſure / As they may ſpare, the vvork now being ended / Demand their ſums againe: but out of meaſure / At their requeſt the Monarch ſeemes offended, / And ſaies he meanes to pay them at his pleaſure: […]
Word: dispurvey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dis- + purvey: compare Old French desporveoir, French dépourvoir. Pronunciation: /dɪspəˈveɪ/, /dɪspəɹˈveɪ/ 1. dispurveyance Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: dispurveyed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dispurvey Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dispurveying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dispurvey Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dispurveys Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dispurvey Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fausen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Welsh llysowen (“eel”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːzən/ 1. A young eel. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: The wave-sprung entrails, about which fausens and other fish Did shoal,
Word: fausens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fausen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: empight Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From em- + pight (“pitched, fixed”). 1. fixed; settled, placed or fastened Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, poetic Example: The wicked steele stayd not till it did light In his left thigh, and deepely did it thrill; Exceeding griefe that wound in him empight
Word: calistheneum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare calisthenics. 1. A gym, especially one for light physical exercise by women and children. Labels: dated, no-plural
Word: consignified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of consignify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: consignifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of consignify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: consignify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From con- + signify. 1. To signify or denote in combination with something else; to have a meaning when combined with something else. Example: spirits are angels, that is to say messengers: all which words do consignify locality; and locality is dimension; and whatsoever hath dimension, is body, be it never so subtile. Example: The cipher […] only serves to connote and consignify, and to change the value or the figures.
Word: consignifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of consignify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: postoblongata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post- + oblongata. 1. The posterior part of the medulla oblongata. Labels: no-plural Example: postoblongata optic nerve
Word: clamper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clamp + -er. 1. One who, or that which, clamps. Example: If you park your car in a no-parking zone, watch out for clampers. 2. An attachment with sharp metal prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice. Example: 1853-1855, Elisha Kane, Arctic Explorations: the Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin Both divisions are provided with clampers, to steady them and their sledges on the irregular ice-surfaces […] 3. A circuit that restricts the amplitude of a waveform.
Word: clamper Part of Speech: verb 1. To crimp. Example: Scratch-cutters are used on the tenons to give them a rough glue-holding surface, the ends of tenons are then clampered a little so they will readily enter the hub-mortise. Example: The punch was then removed and the edge of the hole in the pad clampered. 2. To join in an unsystematic or haphazard fashion. Labels: obsolete Example: But this Netherlands is the main bar; I have no pluck in me for such things at present — yet it must be clampered together in some shape, and shall if I keep wagging. Example: The ship's masts were oak and clampered together, nothing worth. 3. To move in a noisy and clumsy manner. Example: Eh! is nae that Ecclesfield's foot clampering wi' his spurs at the door? Example: A troop of Zurich yeomanry, having been reviewed, were "clampering," it could not be called prancing, on their great heavy steeds, through the town, to the great wonder and admiration of the idlers and their assistants, who were lounging about in considerable numbers. 4. To complain in an irritating manner. Example: Sir James Areskine also perceaving he prevailed nothing by clampering with the Bishop of Clogher, he desired to be reconciled to the Bishop, and soon after died at Dublin, where the Bishop of Clogher was requested by his sone and other friends to make his funeral sermon, and did (so) accordingly. Example: Delivered from the clampering clutch of self, we are built up into a re-collected consciousness of God.
Word: clampers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clamper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clampers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clamper Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: appulsion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin appulsiō, from appellō (“to drive or move to”, “to land or put ashore”). 1. A driving or striking against; an appulse. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: appulsions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of appulsion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tablement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tablement, from Anglo-Norman tablement; equivalent to table + -ment. 1. A table. Labels: obsolete Example: When we had fetched therefore a circuit about, we ſat us downe upon the tablements on the South ſide of the temple, nere unto the chappell of Tellus, that is to ſay, the Earth, where we beheld the waters of the Fountain Caſtilius, and the temple of the Muſes, with admiration, […]
Word: tablements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tablement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sheartail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shear + tail. 1. The common tern, Sterna hirundo. 2. A hummingbird of any of several species of the genus Thaumastura, having a long forked tail.
Word: sheartails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sheartail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alloo Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of allow. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: allooing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of alloo Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: allooed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of alloo Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: preceptial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From precept + -ial. 1. preceptive Labels: obsolete Example: […] for, brother, men Can counsel and speak comfort to that grief Which they themselves not feel; but, tasting it, Their counsel turns to passion, which before Would give preceptial medicine to rage […]
Word: disobligation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dis- + obligation. 1. The act of disobliging. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A disobliging act; an offence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [they] were in truth more offended and incensed with the disgrace and disobligation to the one , than they were pleased with the preferment of the other 3. Release from obligation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: However the laws were established , yet according as they go off , or go less , or fall into desuetude or disobligation , so the band of conscience grows less , till it be quite eased by abrogation
Word: disobligations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disobligation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anacrotism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ana- (“upward”) + Ancient Greek κρότος (krótos, “striking”) + -ism. Pronunciation: /əˈnæk.ɹəˌtɪz.əm/ 1. A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing, possibly indicative of an abnormal pulse due to heart or arterial issues. Labels: uncountable
Word: petromyzont Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the family Petromyzontidae of northern lampreys.
Word: petromyzonts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of petromyzont Labels: form-of, plural
Word: puttyroot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From putty + root. First use appears c. 1822 in the writings of the botanist Amos Eaton. 1. An American orchid (Aplectrum hyemale) whose slender rootstock produces a solid corm filled with glutinous matter. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: puttyroots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of puttyroot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: draffish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From draff + -ish. 1. worthless; draffy Example: Why then prefer ye your draffish ceremonies To the Gospel preaching?
Word: strumatic Part of Speech: adj 1. scrofulous Labels: archaic
Word: ninebark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nine + bark, because the bark separates into many thin layers. 1. Any flowering plant of the genus Physocarpus.
Word: ninebarks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ninebark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: omphalopsychite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Byzantine Greek ὀμφαλοψυχίτης (omphalopsukhítēs), from ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”) + ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) + -ίτης (-ítēs, “-ite”), i.e. “one with his soul in his navel”, referring to the practice by some Hesychasts of gazing on the navel as a means to concentrate during meditation. By surface analysis, omphalo- + psych- + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˌɒmfələˈsaɪkaɪt/ 1. A Hesychast. Labels: derogatory
Word: Omphalopsychites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Omphalopsychite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: comatulid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any crinoid of the genus Antedon or allied genera in order Comatulida; a feather star.
Word: comatulids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of comatulid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tricrotism Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of the arterial pulse in which there is a triple beat, so that the pulse curve shows two secondary crests in addition to the primary one. Labels: uncountable
Word: Harderian gland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Harder + -ian, since first described in 1694 by Swiss anatomist Johann Jacob Harder (1656–1711). 1. A gland found within the eye's orbit in vertebrates that possess a nictitating membrane.
Word: supplial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From supply + -al. Pronunciation: /səˈplaɪəl/ 1. The act of supplying; a supply. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: The supplial of a preposition.
Word: Peorias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Peoria Labels: form-of, plural
Word: servomechanistic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to servomechanisms. Labels: not-comparable
Word: servomechanical Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to servomechanisms. Labels: not-comparable
Word: simulatory Part of Speech: adj 1. simulated, or capable of being simulated Example: Jehoram wisely suspects this flight of the Syrians, to be but simulatory and politic; only to draw Israel out of their city, for the spoil of both 2. Acting as a simulation Example: simulatory model Example: simulatory transformations
Word: bowned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bowne Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disappearable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From disappear + -able. 1. That can be disappeared. Example: Rabbits are magically disappearable.