nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: jointfir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From joint + fir. 1. An ephedra (Ephedra distachya) 2. Synonym of Gnetum gnemon
Word: jointfirs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jointfir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unconformability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + conformability. 1. The quality or state of being unconformable. Labels: uncountable 2. Lack of parallelism between one series of strata and another, especially when due to a disturbance of the position of the earlier strata before the latter were deposited. Labels: uncountable
Word: T-balls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of T-ball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: asthenopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From asthenopia + -ic. 1. Having, or pertaining to, asthenopia.
Word: osteologer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From osteology + -er. 1. an osteologist.
Word: osteologers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of osteologer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stomachy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stomach + -y. 1. obstinate; sullen; haughty Labels: obsolete Example: A little, bold, solemn, stomachy man, a great professor of piety.
Word: BRUK Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /bɹʊk/ 1. Initialism of Belarus, Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: deceptivities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deceptivity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deceptivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deceptive + -ity. Pronunciation: /dɪsɛpˈtɪvɪti/ 1. The quality of being deceptive. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: My few senses long ago revealed to me their imperfections and deceptivity. Example: Company-wide totals take on an iceberg-like deceptivity—what isn’t shown may be more important than what is. 2. Something that deceives. Labels: rare, uncountable, usually Example: Alas, if he look to the Seen Powers only, he may as well quit the business; his No-thing will never rightly issue as a Thing, but as a Deceptivity, a Sham-thing, — which it had better not do!
Word: wawaskeesh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a Native American name. 1. The wapiti, or American elk. Labels: no-plural, obsolete
Word: gemelliparous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin gemellipara f, from gemellus (“twin”) + parere (“to bear, produce”). 1. Producing twins Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: The cow whale is not gemelliparous, and after incubation are supposed to carry the foetus twelve months ; some few have been found with twins, but it is rare ; the lacteal aliment is of a pure white colour. Example: He further considers it probable that “specific polyembryony in the Dasypodidae began by the formation of a set of twins, perhaps at first a sporadic case of gemelliparous development such as probably occurs in the production of duplicate twins in the human species.
Word: water gruel Part of Speech: noun 1. A thin food made of water cooked with a small portion of oatmeal or similar substance, sometimes seasoned with other ingredients. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [A]t the very time when he was so very humane to poor Richardson, he absolutely suffered his own uncle and aunt to sell their beds to support them in water-gruel […].
Word: vacuist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French vacuiste. 1. A believer in vacuism; someone who holds the doctrine that there is a vacuum in the space between the bodies of the universe, or the molecules and atoms of matter.
Word: vacuists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vacuist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: assistless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From assist + -less. 1. Without aid or help. Example: Stupid he stares, and all-assistless stands 2. without an assist
Word: gentlemanship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gentleman + -ship. 1. The quality of being a gentleman, i.e. good manners. Labels: uncountable
Word: incommutability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin incommutabilitas: compare French incommutabilité. 1. The quality or state of being incommutable. Labels: uncountable
Word: loppard Part of Speech: adj 1. Of milk: sour or rotten. Labels: Scotland, archaic Example: loppard milk
Word: will've Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: will + 've 1. will have (with have as auxiliary verb) Labels: contraction
Word: episcopant Part of Speech: noun 1. A bishop. Labels: obsolete Example: [T]he interceſſion of all theſe Apoſtolick Fathers could not prevaile vvith them to alter their reſolved decree of reducing into Order their uſurping, and over-provender'd Epiſcopants: […]
Word: episcopants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of episcopant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gasalier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of gas + chandelier. 1. A gas-powered chandelier. Example: The Japanese umbrella baffled him considerably till he decided to suspend it from the gasalier, where it hung majestically, top downwards, within easy bumping distance of a moderately short man's head.
Word: gasaliers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gasalier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gobets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gobet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oligosiderite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oligo- + siderite. 1. A meteorite characterised by a small amount of metallic iron. Labels: obsolete
Word: oligosiderites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oligosiderite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semitransparencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of semitransparency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semitransparency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + transparency. 1. The state of being semitransparent; partial transparency Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: viceman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vice + -man. 1. A smith who worked at the vice instead of at the anvil. Labels: historical
Word: vicemen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of viceman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blady Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From blade + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbleɪdi/ 1. Consisting of blades, or having prominent blades. Example: blady grass Example: There are our shelters in stages of building, Ryan parading in a deer-hide loincloth, Nikki doing the hula in a blady grass skirt
Word: monopetalous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + petalous, after New Latin monopetalus. 1. Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: The food of the bee is the nectar of flowers; a drop of syrup, lodged […] down the neck of a monopetalous glove.
Word: rebellow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + bellow, after Latin reboāre. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈbɛləʊ/ 1. Of a place: to re-echo to or with a sound. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: The cave rebellowed, and the temple shook. 2. Of a bull (or similar animal): to bellow again, or as a reply. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: The Lyons rore; the Tygres loudly bray; / The raging Buls rebellow through the wood […].
Word: rebellowed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rebellow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rebellowing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rebellow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rebellows Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rebellow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: declarement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From declare + -ment. Pronunciation: /dɪˈklɛəmənt/ 1. declaration Labels: nonstandard, obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: declarements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of declarement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: omnipresential Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From omni- + presential. 1. Omnipresent; present everywhere. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: his omnipresential filling
Word: windbore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wind + bore. 1. The lower, or bottom, pipe in a lift of pumps in a mine. Example: A large stone, 18 inches thick, is bedded at the bottom of the shaft, for the windbore of the bucket pump to rest upon. The remainder of the shaft bottom is filled in with hard burnt bricks and Barrow lime, forming a level bottom […]
Word: windbores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of windbore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dreariment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dreary + -ment. 1. dreariness Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: But for to tell the doleful dreariment
Word: bound water Part of Speech: noun 1. Water that is bound to an inorganic surface. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: immensive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French immensif, from immense + -if. By surface analysis, immense + -ive. 1. Synonym of immense. Labels: nonstandard, obsolete Example: Give vvay, give vvay, novv, novv my Charles ſhines here, / A Publike Light (in this immenſive Sphere.) Example: Sir Benegal also quoted General of the Army Douglas MacArthur’s statements that, in modern war, with its immensive destructiveness, there could be no victory for either side, and that it was defeatism to think that war was inevitable.
Word: rhabdosphere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rhabdo- + -sphere. 1. A minute sphere composed of rhabdoliths.
Word: rhabdospheres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhabdosphere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unportunate Part of Speech: adj 1. importunate; troublesome with requests Labels: obsolete Example: The Golden Boke so many unportunate wyndes
Word: versual Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to a verse. Labels: archaic, especially, not-comparable Example: versual division
Word: free water Part of Speech: noun 1. Water that is not bound to an inorganic surface and can flow freely. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gibbosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French gibbosité. 1. The state of being gibbous or gibbose; gibbousness. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: progressional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From progression + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to progression; tending to, or capable of, progress. Example: progressional overlap Example: progressional process
Word: hoggeries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hoggery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hoggery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hog + -ery. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒɡəɹi/ 1. Hoggish character or manners; selfishness; greed; beastliness. Example: Crime and shame And all their hoggery. 2. A place where pigs are kept.
Word: natantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From natant + -ly. 1. In a floating manner; swimmingly. Example: Ignoring the fact that certain of the other twelve thousand white inhabitants of the town might be natantly inclined, she had sought to have the country club build a pool of its own where membership was more closely guarded . Example: A second group, with the joing positioned more anteriorly and with shorter, less natantly-adapted antennules, became active (though not necessarily efficient) swimmers.
Word: reflorescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + florescence. Alternatively, directly from Latin reflōrēscēns, present active participle of reflōrēscō (“to flower anew”), from re- + flōrēscō (“to flower”). 1. A new blossoming of a plant during the season. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Resurgence; reflourishing; revival. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: reflorescences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reflorescence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foreknowingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From foreknowing + -ly. 1. With foreknowledge; knowing beforehand. Example: He who […] foreknowingly loses his life
Word: gaudful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gaud + -ful. 1. joyful Labels: obsolete 2. gaudy or showy
Word: recapper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From recap + -er. 1. A tool that applies a fresh percussion cap or primer to a cartridge shell in reloading it. 2. One who recapitulates; a summarizer. Labels: informal Example: Partly television criticism, partly entertainment, recaps engendered discussion, and message boards were provided for readers to continue the criticism alongside the recapper.
Word: recappers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recapper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhizophagous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rhizo- + -phagous. Pronunciation: /ɹaɪˈzɑf.ə.ɡəs/ 1. Feeding on roots. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hyposulphate Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hyposulfate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hyposulphates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hyposulphate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: indissolvableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From indissolvable + -ness. 1. The quality of not being dissolvable. Labels: uncountable
Word: ossiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin os, ossis (“bone”) + -ferous. Compare French ossifère. 1. Containing or yielding bone. Example: In the ossiferous caves we found many intact skeletons.
Word: nomarchies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nomarchy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nomarchy Part of Speech: noun 1. nome
Word: hearsecloth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hearse + cloth. 1. A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall. Example: His body was stripped, laid out upon a table, and covered with a hearsecloth, when some of his attendants perceived symptoms of returning animation, and by the use of warm applications, internal and external, gradually restored him to life.
Word: hearsecloths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hearsecloth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gynobasic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gynobase + -ic. 1. Pertaining to, or having, a gynobase. Labels: not-comparable Example: gynobasic pattern Example: gynobasic style
Word: unbenevolence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + benevolence. 1. Lack of benevolence; malevolence Labels: uncountable
Word: backfall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + fall. 1. A fall or throw on the back. 2. A lever in the coupler of an organ. 3. A descending appoggiatura.
Word: backfalls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backfall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extersion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin extergere, extersum (“to wipe out”), from ex (“out”) + tergere (“to wipe or rub off”). Pronunciation: /ɛksˈtɜːʒən/, /ɛksˈtəɹʒən/ 1. The act of wiping or rubbing out. Labels: obsolete
Word: unionistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From union + -istic. 1. Of or pertaining to union or unionists, such as trade unions. 2. promoting or preserving union; unifying
Word: distillatories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of distillatory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: distillatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French distillatoire. 1. Belonging to, or used in, distilling. Labels: not-comparable Example: distillatory column Example: distillatory apparatus
Word: distillatory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French distillatoire. 1. A distillatory apparatus; a still. Labels: archaic
Word: reenvisionings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reenvisioning Labels: form-of, plural
Word: echometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From echo- + -meter. 1. A graduated scale for measuring the duration of sounds and determining the relation of their intervals. Example: nothing would be more advantageous than the use of his general Echometer to determine precisely the duration of measures and of beats
Word: echometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of echometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grainfield Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grain + field. 1. A field where grain is grown.
Word: grainfields Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grainfield Labels: form-of, plural
Word: furnishment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From furnish + -ment. 1. The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. furniture Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: […]bring One weapon more vnto your furnishment
Word: furnishments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of furnishment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: turnably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From turnable + -ly. 1. So as to be able to turn. Labels: not-comparable Example: […]Consists of a member turnably connected with the saddle , either directly or indirectly
Word: undulative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From undulate + -ive. 1. undulatory
Word: draintile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From drain + tile. 1. A tile used in making drains, especially those beneath farm fields.
Word: draintiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of draintile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: afoam Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + foam. Pronunciation: /əˈfoʊm/ 1. In a foaming state; producing foam. Labels: not-comparable Example: The sea is all afoam. Example: MacTurk, being summoned, came with steed afoam. 2. Covered or filled (with something foaming or resembling foam). Labels: not-comparable Example: mighty horns of ale, and cups of gold afoam / With strong nut-coloured mead Example: The garden was afoam with starry white cosmos backed by the stately phalanx of the Prince’s Feather.
Word: afoam Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a- + foam. Pronunciation: /əˈfoʊm/ 1. In a foaming state. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prejudical Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of prejudicial. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: The brain of a FtM transsexual is virulized.^([sic]) They are often sexually attracted to women, they are invariably masculine in significant ways, the brain is NOT feminine. Subbornly^([sic]) insisting on calling them "women" is biased, bigoted, ignorant, prejudical, pointless. Example: Don't believe me? read^([sic]) up on "islam emirate project" it is completely prejudical against non-muslims.
Word: impassibleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From impassible + -ness. 1. impassibility Labels: uncountable
Word: libellulid Part of Speech: noun 1. A dragonfly of the Libellulidae family.
Word: libellulids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of libellulid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mandelate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mandelic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt of mandelic acid.
Word: mandelates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mandelate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nomarch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek νομάρχης (nomárkhēs), νόμαρχος (nómarkhos), corresponding to nome + -arch. 1. The governor of an ancient Egyptian nome. Labels: historical 2. The chief administrator of a modern Greek nomarchy. Example: The boys had made kokoretsi out of the intestines and offal of the goat they had taken from the resentful nomarch of the village, and were watching it sizzle in the cinders of the fire.
Word: nomarchs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nomarch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subpolygonal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + polygonal. 1. Approximately polygonal; somewhat or almost polygonal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: petitionee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From petition + -ee. 1. Someone who is petitioned.
Word: petitionees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of petitionee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orbicle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin orbiculus, diminutive of orbis (“orb”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔː(ɹ)bɪkəl/ 1. A small orb or sphere. Labels: obsolete Example: Such wat'ry orbicles young boys do blow Out from their sopy shells
Word: orbicles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orbicle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wheatbird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wheat + bird. 1. A bird that feeds on wheat, especially the chaffinch or meadowlark.
Word: wheatbirds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wheatbird Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hardfern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hard + fern. 1. A deer fern, any of species Struthiopteris spicant (syn. Blechnum spicant) of ferns of Europe and northwestern America.
Word: hardferns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hardfern Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unilobar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From uni- + lobe + -ar; equivalent to uni- + lobar. 1. Consisting of a single lobe. Labels: not-comparable Example: unilobar tapering cirrhosis Example: unilobar persistent pneumonia
Word: lobsided Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of lopsided. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: negotiant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French négociant, or its source, Latin negōtiant-, probably via Italian negoziante (“merchant”). 1. Someone who conducts negotiations; a negotiator, an agent. Labels: archaic, historical Example: Ambassadors, negotiants, and generally all other ministers of mean fortune, in conversation with princes and superiors, must use great respect 2. A trader or merchant; a businessman; a financier. Labels: obsolete Example: Such was the scarcity of bread, that a French gentleman told me, that, the day preceding the taking of the Bastille, he was invited to dine with a Negotiant, and, when he went, was informed that a servant had been out five hours in search of bread, and had at last been able to purchase only one loaf.
Word: negotiants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of negotiant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: approachless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From approach + -less. 1. Impossible to approach; unapproachable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: epithite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek 1. A lazy, worthless fellow; a vagrant. Labels: obsolete Example: And therefore wise men have alwaies applauded their own judgement, in the contradiction of that of the people; and their soberest adversaries, have ever afforded them the stile of fools and mad men; and to speak impartially, their actions have often made good these Epithites. 2. Obsolete spelling of epithet. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Faire is too foule an Epithite for thee
Word: epithites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of epithite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hard-mouthed Part of Speech: adj 1. not sensitive to the bit 2. not easily trained. 3. Hard-featured about the mouth. Example: a hard-mouthed woman
Word: intravalvular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + valvular. 1. Within valves. Labels: not-comparable Example: intravalvular fluid Example: intravalvular liquid
Word: prickpunch Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of prick punch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: prickpunches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prickpunch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: submaxillary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + maxillary. 1. Situated under the maxilla, or lower jaw; inframaxillary. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the submaxillary gland. Labels: not-comparable Example: submaxillary saliva Example: submaxillary mucin
Word: unservice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + service. 1. neglect of duty; idleness; indolence; poor service. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: And where you tax us for unservice, lady / I never knew a soldier yet, that could / Arrive into your favour; Example: He was carving a fowl at the time; and with a blade of blunt unservice made but wretched work of it. 2. Lack of work. Labels: uncountable Example: The under-mentioned districts are to be Tenaka, or secured to me by your Highness, on account of the balances due to the Soucars through my means; biz. Vodearpollam, Aleanoor, Madura, Trichinopoly, and Terooputtyl and your Highness might at the same time pass order to the Amuldars and Moostadars, under service and unservice, in the said districts, for the produce of the Pasily 1210 and 1211. Example: The cost of preparation for teaching is large, the cost of living is large, and under present conditions there is likely to be an old age of enforced unservice. 3. Disservice. Labels: uncountable Example: "In fact" he says, "it would be an absolute, tangible unservice."
Word: unservice Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + service. 1. To disconnect from service; to decommission. Example: […] has unserviced the appliances and has removed trash and debris before you sign. Example: Were appliances properly unserviced as required?
Word: footworn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From foot + worn. 1. Worn or eroded by the feet. Example: a footworn path Example: a footworn carpet 2. Having tired feet; footsore. Example: a footworn cat Example: a footworn traveler
Word: command economies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of command economy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pitier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pity + -er. 1. One who pities. Example: The high Esteemers, the hearty Lovers, the liberal Relievers, the unfeigned Pitiers, the faithful Advocates, and the earnest Intercessors, for the distressed Ministers; the so much despighted and (by many) despised Ministry of this Church. Example: Pity implies the assertion of superiority in the pitier; and it is a gratification of a man's pride to go about pitying those who are perhaps a great deal better than himself.
Word: pitiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pitier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sovietism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Soviet + -ism. 1. Soviet beliefs or practices. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Sovietisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sovietism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: botanology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French botanologie. 1. The science of botany. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: the Tree mentioned in the Canticle, which stricter Botanology will hardly allow to be Camphire.
Word: gravitative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gravitate + -ive. 1. Causing to gravitate; tending to a centre. Example: The particles themselves must have an interior and gravitative being, and the multeity must be a removable or at least suspensible accident. Example: If such is the case, we have here examples of deposits along the contact, and as the contact is nearly vertical Soret's principle might be urged as against the idea of gravitative settling.
Word: gruelly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gruel + -y. 1. Like gruel.
Word: amphiblastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From amphi- + -blastic. 1. exhibiting both holoblastic and meroblastic features: a telolecithal ovum with complete cleavage. Labels: not-comparable Example: amphiblastic gastrulation
Word: oligarchal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From oligarch + -al. 1. Oligarchic, oligarchical. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: The whole defence, / Our oligarchal tyrants have to boaſt, / Are poor Barbarians, ſcarce three hundred ſtrong, […]
Word: reassumption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + assumption. 1. Assumption again or anew. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reassumptions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reassumption Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pilcher Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɪlt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ 1. Archaic form of pilchard. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: He that eats nothing but a red herring a-day shall ne'er be broiled for the devil's rasher: a pilcher, signor, a surdiny, an olive, that I may be a philosopher first, and immortal after.
Word: pilcher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pilch + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪlt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ 1. One who wears a pilch. Labels: obsolete 2. A scabbard, as of a sword. Labels: obsolete Example: MERCUTIO: Will you pluck your sword out of his pilcher by the ears?
Word: pilchers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pilch. 1. Synonym of plastic pants (“an undergarment worn over a diaper/nappy (or underwear) to prevent leakage.”). Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, dated, plural, plural-only
Word: pilchers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of pilcher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parthenogeny Part of Speech: noun 1. parthenogenesis Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: repentingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From repenting + -ly. 1. With repentance; penitently.
Word: case closed Part of Speech: phrase 1. Expressing finality, that that preceding material is meant as final, not subject to amendation or variation. Example: […]he would no more tell a grunt in uniform what he was really thinking than he'd drop his pants and wag the weasel at a formal diplomatic function. Some things were simply not done by professionals. Full stop. Case closed. Example: "And I your God say no angel of mine will ever marry a female human being. And that is final!" "Positively final?" I asked in a firm, steady voice. "Yes! Doubly positively final! Case closed!" 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A case is closed; specifically, a police investigation or similar is resolved. Example: The bodies of the deceased were removed from the scene to the Suffolk County medical examiner's office in Hauppauge.[…] As you can see from the report, Nikki Hale was the only one who was impaired. Case closed.
Word: winduh Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of window. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: youth is wasted on the young Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Origin uncertain. The phrase is often attributed to the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) (see, for example, the 1943 and 1979 quotations), but does not appear to be from any of his published works. It is sometimes also said to be by other people such as the American writer Mark Twain (1835–1910) and the Irish playwright and poet Oscar Wilde (1854–1900): see the 1937 and 2006 quotations. Pronunciation: /ˌjuːθ‿ɪz ˈweɪstɪd‿ɒn ðə ˈjʌŋ/, /ˌjuθ‿ɪz ˈweɪstɪd‿ɑn ðə ˈjʌŋ/ 1. Young people often fail to fully appreciate or utilize the vitality and opportunities that come with youth. Example: Mark Twain once remarked that it is a pity youth is wasted on the young. Why do we think youth is wasted on the young? […] It [youth] is only valued after our eyes are dull and step no longer spry. Example: What is it [George Bernard] Shaw says—a pity youth is wasted on the young. Miss Lanahan, what are you doing with your life?
Word: thermal paste Part of Speech: noun 1. Substance used to transfer heat evenly, such as is used in computers; thermal grease. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Tír na n-Óg Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Tír na nÓg. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sea cock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + cock. 1. The black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola. 2. A gurnard, such as the European red gurnard (Trigla pini). 3. Alternative form of seacock. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: parent-teacher association Part of Speech: noun 1. A formal organization composed of parents, teachers, and staff that is intended to facilitate parental participation in a public or private school.
Word: GFC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of gel filtration chromatography. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of ground fault circuit-breaker. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of generic flow control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: GFC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Global Financial Crisis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The GFC began in 2008 when problems that had been growing for years finally led to a collapse.
Word: Dún Laoghaire Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish Dún Laoghaire (literally “fort of Laoghaire”). Pronunciation: /dʌn ˈlɪɹə/, /dʌn ˈlɪəɹə/ 1. A town and port in County Dublin, Ireland. Example: (historical) Example: The next morning we caught the boat train to Dun Laoghaire ^([sic]), and we were soon on our way across the Irish Sea.
Word: water content Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount of water contained in a material, such as soil, rock or wood. Labels: uncountable
Word: water potential Part of Speech: noun 1. The potential energy of water per unit volume.
Word: water feature Part of Speech: noun 1. An architectural design element involving water, such as a fountain, a pond or a waterfall.
Word: water stop Part of Speech: noun 1. A place where an athlete can take a break and drink water. Example: Following the Yankee Homecoming road race each year, his shop's small parking lot is the scene of a neighborhood celebration. “I'm an official water stop for the road race,” Boothroyd shares."I love being here." 2. A stop in a journey for drinking water or using the restroom. Example: The water stop had no such amenities. It was simply a necessary delay along their route. Example: After the third water stop, the group took an extended break on what seemed to be a rock ledge while Ivan and the other man determined their next move. 3. Alternative form of waterstop. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Water stops are provided in both the types of joints, to prevent leakage of water.
Word: Sorbonist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French sorboniste. 1. A student or teacher at the Sorbonne. Example: But of our Priests and Doctors how many have bin corrupted by studying the comments of Jesuits and Sorbonists, and how fast they could transfuse that corruption into the people, our experience is both late and sad. Example: Now attend here, and see what kind of renovation is required from us [in Rom. 12:1-2 "be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind"]: It is not that of the flesh only, or of the inferior part of the soul, as the Sorbonists [translating sorbonici] explain this word; but of the mind, which is the most excellent part of us, and to which philosophers ascribe the supremacy […]
Word: Sorbonists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sorbonist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: castor beans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of castor bean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hot whisky Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hot whiskey. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: be careful what you wish for Part of Speech: phrase 1. The desired outcome may not be as desirable once it has been attained.
Word: Energizer bunny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Energizer Bunny, a pink rabbit toy character from the advertising campaign of Energizer, used to demonstrate the longevity of the batteries. 1. A person who seems to have limitless energy and endurance. Labels: idiomatic, slang
Word: escape hatch Part of Speech: noun 1. An emergency exit in a vehicle, aircraft, ship, or similar structure. 2. A preplanned or readily available means of avoiding a difficult, unpleasant, or undesirable situation. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: What we need is progress with an escape hatch.
Word: full metal jacket Part of Speech: noun 1. A bullet having a complete covering of copper over the lead core. 2. The metal jacket itself, which covers the lead core.
Word: allogeneous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin, based on Ancient Greek. By surface analysis, allo- + gen- + -eous. 1. of a different nature or kind. 2. From a nonself donor of the same species.
Word: disseminative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From disseminate + -ive. 1. Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated (scattered, or widespread), spreadable. Example: The effect of heresy is, like the plague, infectious and disseminative.
Word: episcopally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From episcopal + -ly. 1. By episcopal authority, ratified by a bishop. Labels: not-comparable 2. Using an episcope Labels: not-comparable
Word: extemporizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From extemporize + -er. 1. Someone who extemporizes.
Word: extemporizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of extemporizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Romist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Rome + -ist. 1. An adherent of Romism. Labels: archaic Example: a. 1716, Robert South, a sermon on Titus 1. 1. the Romists hold fast the distinction of mortal and venial sins 2. An adherent of Romism. Labels: archaic, rare Example: The most tranquil period in the history of the country [Ireland] is that which marked the introduction of the Reformation. Had the antipathy been a religious one, it would have become, at such a period, intensely aggravated. It was remarkably otherwise. The most eminent of the Irish chiefs readily took the oath, and acknowledged the supremacy of the King; and, in the reign of Elizabeth, the whole country, priests and people, conformed to the reformed ritual. "The whole body of the Romist priests abandoned their connexion with Rome, and adopted the Protestant liturgy, and the entire mass of the population outwardly conformed to the ritual of the Established Church."
Word: Romists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Romist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spiritualizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin spīrituālisder. Old French spirituelbor. Middle English spiritual English spiritual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English spiritualize Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English spiritualizer From spiritualize + -er. 1. Someone who spiritualizes.
Word: spiritualizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spiritualizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inadvisableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inadvisable + -ness. 1. inadvisability; the state or quality of being inadvisable. Labels: uncountable
Word: depulsory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin depulsorius. 1. Driving or thrusting away; averting. Example: Making supplication[…]unto the gods by the meanes of certaine depulsorie sacrifices.
Word: futurely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From future + -ly. 1. In time to come. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: But this Preſcience of God (as it is Preſcience only) is not the cauſe of any thing futurely ſuccecding : neither doth Gods fore-knowledge impoſe any neceſſity, or binde.
Word: oxgoad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ox + goad. 1. A goad for driving oxen.
Word: oxgoads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oxgoad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: melissopalynologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From melissopalynology + -ist. By surface analysis, melisso- + palyno- + -log + -ist. 1. One who studies melissopalynology.
Word: 'appen Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of happen. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dialectal, not-comparable
Word: melissopalynologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of melissopalynologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enthralldom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From enthrall + -dom. 1. The act of enthralling, or the state of being enthralled; slavery; bondage. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: To my mind, those who thus shrink afford thereby but evidences of their psychological enthralldom. Example: […] you will often find yourself in a situation that will render it difficult to extricate yourself from its enthraldoms with credit and integrity. 2. Anything that enthralls or subjugates. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: enthraldom Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of enthralldom. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: untruism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From untrue + -ism. 1. Something that is not true; a false statement. Example: No one but a preaching clergyman can revel in platitudes, truisms, and untruisms, and yet receive, as his undisputed privilege, the same respectful demeanour as though words of impassioned eloquence, or persuasive logic, fell from his lips. Example: Parmenides' philosophy rests, if I am right, on an untruism; it is some slight consolation that his was by no means the last system to be built on such a sandy foundation.
Word: untruisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of untruism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megalethoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek *λῆθος (*lêthos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ληθής (ălēthḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek ἀλήθεια (alḗtheia) Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English alethoscope English megalethoscope From mega- + alethoscope. 1. An optical apparatus in which pictures are viewed through a large lens with stereoptical effects. Labels: historical
Word: megalethoscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megalethoscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supercurious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + curious. 1. Excessively curious or inquisitive. Example: the knife with which the sallet herbs are cut, according to the super-curious (especially oranges, limons, & c.), be of silver, and by no means of steel
Word: vaccinist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vaccine + -ist. 1. One who administers vaccines. Example: German health minister Jens Spahn (right) and Berlin’s health senator Dilek Kalayci (centre) watch 80-year-old vaccinee Rosemarie Langwald getting her second Covid-19 vaccine by vaccinist Tim Ratzloff in the vaccination centre at the fairgriunds in Berlin, on April 5th. 2. One who is in favor of the use of vaccination. Labels: obsolete Example: We are thus brought to the point that vaccinists argue that clinicians must not quarrel with them for adopting the same criterion of cure, and the answer to the vaccinist is that he is confusing the issue, Example: The truth was , I had then never read Dr. Jenner's publications, nor, indeed, those of any other vaccinist or anti-vaccinist , being perfectly satisfied with having ascertained, that the vaccine process enabled the human body to resist the small-pox, whether tested by exposure to the epidemic disease, or by inoculation, and which, from my experience in inoculation with small-pox virus, I considerd to be quite satisfactory, until the proof occurred which occasioned an investigation, which terminated in the opintion I have frequently given to the public.
Word: vaccinist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vaccine + -ist. 1. In favor of vaccination. Example: Instead of its being true that the anti-vaccinationists "alone have been examined so far," the fact is that of the scores of witnesses examined a large proportion are vaccinist.
Word: vaccinists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vaccinist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: entertake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From enter- + take, after French entreprendre. 1. To entertain; to receive. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: And with more myld aspect those two to entertake.
Word: lustic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lust + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌstɪk/ 1. Vigorous. Labels: obsolete Example: Luſtique, as the Dutchman ſaies: Ile like a maide the Better whil'ſt I haue a tooth in my head: why he's able to leade her a Carranto.
Word: movingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English moving Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English movingness From moving + -ness. 1. The power or property of moving; momentum. Labels: uncountable Example: Furthermore, although Confucianism admits that Being is also an ontological movement, it can at best explicate the "movingness" (Bewegtheit) of this ontological movement in terms of the alternation between yin and yang. Example: The movingness of cars or planes was represented, as was the movingness of writing as a continuous movement of the pencil across paper. 2. A quality that suggests movement. Labels: uncountable Example: Slowed down to simulate the successive phase, the really-moving light loses its blur of movingness. Example: The movingness is a flashing sensation interpreted as motion by virtue of the circumstances connected with it. 3. The quality of being emotionally moving. Labels: uncountable Example: The scene, although rural enough, was yet one of sparkle, movingness, and beauty. Example: Finally, we investigated whether perceived movingness would also mediate the effect of perceived sadness on perceived beauty.
Word: nuciform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin nux, nucis (“nut”) + -form. 1. Shaped like a nut.
Word: reciprocous Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of reciprocal. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: vitalic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Perhaps from vital + -ic. 1. Relating to, or characteristic of life; vital. Labels: dated, uncommon Example: Is it impossible that the successive geological revolutions which have attended, at least, if not immediately caused, these successive elevations of vitalic character—is it improbable that these revolutions have themselves been produced by the successive planetary discharges from the Sun—in other words, by the successive variations in the solar influence on the Earth? Example: The foundation of this argument is, that the human soul is the focalized, concentrated extract or epitome of all the forces and vitalic laws which fill, inspire, and actuate the immeasurable empire of Nature and God. 2. Full of life; energetic; lively. Labels: dated, uncommon Example: He did not attempt to be sophistical; he “varied” his reading, in the sense that all literature should be varied, between the so-called “classics”—of stock—and the vitalic literature that breathes of onflowing life. Example: Such a child! you'd think first thing, noting her vitalic freshness, her little-girl lack of affectation.
Word: vitriform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin vitrum (“glass”), + -iform. 1. Having the shape or appearance of glass. Labels: archaic
Word: dos and don'ts Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dos (“plural of do (“something that can or should be done”)”) + and + don’ts (“plural of don’t (“something that must or should not be done”)”). Pronunciation: /ˌduːz‿n̩ ˈdəʊnts/, /ˌduz‿n̩ ˈdoʊnts/ 1. A set of things that one should do or not do in a particular situation; a set of guidelines or rules that one has to or ought to follow. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: gemmuliferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gemmule + -i- + -ferous. 1. Bearing or producing gemmules or buds. Labels: archaic Example: gemmuliferous vesicles
Word: enthrill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + thrill. 1. To pierce; penetrate; run through; stab. Labels: transitive Example: Yea, though Christ from the skies hold out never so moving lures unto us, all of them (haggard like) we will turn tail to, and haste to the iron fist, that holds out nought but a knife to enthrill us. 2. To cause to thrill. Labels: transitive Example: […] for then a glance from her she knew, Could inthrill his heart, enrapture and control […] Example: Long years ago, amid the sunny hills Where Arno dashing makes the maddest mirth, A master lived whose melody enthrills, And ever will, the children of the earth. 3. To charm; to enthrall. Labels: nonstandard, transitive Example: She's getting enthrilled by him; she is, my lord. I saw 'em meet just now in the wood.
Word: mullet-headed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mullet + headed. 1. Foolish; dimwitted. Example: They're so confiding and mullet-headed they don't take notice of nothing at all. Example: Well, it's enough to make a body sick, such mullet-headed ignorance! 2. Having a mullet hairstyle. Example: One by one, he introduces his band, this latest incarnation of The Hawks, all mullet-headed and middle-aged.
Word: inthrill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From in- + thrill. 1. Alternative form of enthrill. Labels: alt-of, alternative