nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: suant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English suant (“following”), from Anglo-Norman suant, from Old French suiant, sivant, present participle of sivre (“to follow”), from Latin sequor. Pronunciation: /ˈsjuː.ənt/ 1. Smooth, or proceeding smoothly. Labels: Cornwall, dialectal, obsolete, rare
Word: suant Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English suant (“following”), from Anglo-Norman suant, from Old French suiant, sivant, present participle of sivre (“to follow”), from Latin sequor. Pronunciation: /ˈsjuː.ənt/ 1. Smoothly; without difficulty. Labels: dialectal, obsolete, rare Example: When all sems gwayin' suant, Jist when 'e sem 'e've schuled ther hart, […] Example: Peter and his wife did not get on very "suant" together.
Word: suent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See suant. 1. Alternative spelling of suant (“even; smooth”) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Bankruptcy and repudiation are the springboards from which much of our civilization vaults and turns its sommersets. ...Yet the Middlesex Cattle Show goes off here with éclat annually, as if all the joints of the agricultural machine were suent.
Word: rames Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rame Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rames Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rame Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rament Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin ramentum. 1. A scraping; a shaving. Labels: obsolete, plural, usually
Word: douches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of douche Labels: form-of, plural
Word: douches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of douche Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: -ab Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Acronym of a(nti)b(ody). 1. antibody Labels: morpheme
Word: canorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin canōrus. 1. melodious Example: Unfortunately Watt was thinking of birds at the time, their missile flights, their canorous reloadings. 2. resonant
Word: Cantabrigian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Cantabrigia (“Cambridge”) + -n. Pronunciation: /kæntəˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪən/ 1. Of, pertaining to or characteristic of Cambridge or its university
Word: Cantabrigian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Cantabrigia (“Cambridge”) + -n. Pronunciation: /kæntəˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪən/ 1. A native or resident of Cambridge 2. An undergraduate, graduate or fellow of the University of Cambridge
Word: visses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvɪsɪz/ 1. plural of viss Labels: form-of, plural
Word: childbed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English child bed; equivalent to child + bed. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaɪl(d)bɛd/ 1. The final stage of pregnancy; confinement. Labels: uncountable 2. The bed upon which a baby is born. Labels: countable
Word: supprime Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English supprymen, from Middle French supprimer and its etymon Latin supprimere, supprimō (“to press down, suppress”), from sub- (“under, down”) + premō (“to press”). 1. To suppress (in various senses). Labels: rare Example: This triumph of orthodoxy, however, was not able to stop the impuls of the new renaissance, and the taste for a literary and profane art, that had been always supprimed by orthodoxy in Byzantium, prevailed.
Word: childbed fever Part of Speech: noun 1. puerperal fever Labels: uncountable
Word: supprimes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of supprime Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: chorionic villus sampling Part of Speech: noun 1. A form or prenatal diagnosis in which part of the placental tissue is tested for genetic abnormalities. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chorionic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English chorion Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English chorionic From chorion + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to the chorion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sophophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sopho- + -phobia; compare phobosophy Pronunciation: /sɒfəˈfəʊbɪə/ 1. The fear of learning. Labels: uncountable Example: 1995, July 24th: mary.elizabeth, sci.med.aids (Google group): From the Editor, 8:00am Washington insiders should note that the new Presidential Advisory Council is the Administration’s second effort to form an advisory group. When one of the Administration’s staffers reviewed the original list of committee nominees, the President was informed that two of the nominees had already died and one was close to death. When I discussed the original nominations with the staffer who ultimately decided to protect the White House from this gaffe, I recommended that he let the deceased nominees go through to illustrate the Executive Office’s lack of sensibility of and sensitivity to the reality of the AIDS pandemic. If my advice would have been taken, President Clinton could have excused himself on the basis of his sophophobia. Example: 2001, December 11th: Robert Knowles, ok.general (Google group): BumbleFrank Goes on Bended Knee, 10:36pm Yeah, I’ve learned to downplay the “edgykashun” angle here. Especially since the vast majority of mine was obtained outside Oklahoma, where I might have been exposed to dangerous outside ideas. Fortunately, my experience in ‛Bama taught me to recognize the symptoms of sophophobia, so I have learned to adapt and only reveal my “credentials” to those similarly endowed. So, show me yours and I’ll show you mine.
Word: organises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of organise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: a camel is a horse designed by a committee Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: The distinguishing features of a camel, like its humps, plate-shaped feet, habitual spitting, strange shape and poor temperament, can be seen as the sort of deformities that typify the sort of ideas that committees come up with that make projects bad. 1. Too many people on one project can spoil it by having conflicting or inexperienced ideas. Example: A camel is a horse designed by a committee, so we hope that this committee will—and I think it will—function appropriately. Example: And we all know the saying, which is true as well as witty, that a camel is a horse that was designed by a committee.
Word: lusus naturae Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin lūsus nātūrae (literally “sport of Nature”), from lūsus (“playing, sport”) + nātūrae (“of Nature”), genitive singular of nātūra (“Nature”). Originally used to explain fossils (pre-paleontology) or abnormalities such as two-headed snakes. Pronunciation: /ˈluːsəs nəˈtjʊəɹiː/, /ˈluːsuːs nəˈtjʊəɹiː/, /ˈljuːsuːs nəˈtjʊəɹiː/ 1. A sportive quality in Nature to which abnormal forms were formerly ascribed; a supposed capricious act of Nature regarded as the cause and origin of anomalies in a given organism. Labels: historical Example: […]I have obſerv'd ſome meſhes to have 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9. ſides, and ſome to have onely one, ſo exceeding various is the Luſus Naturæ in this body. Example: After much Debate, they concluded unanimously, that I was only Relplum Scalcath, which is interpreted literally, Luſus Naturæ; a Determination exactly agreeable to the modern Philoſophy of Europe, whose Profeſſors, diſdaining the old Evaſion of occult Cauſes, whereby the Followers of Ariſtotle endeavour in vain to diſguiſe their Ignorance, have invented this wonderful Solution of all Difficulties, to the unſpeakable Advancement of human Knowledge. 2. An organism exhibiting marked such deviation from the norm, seeming to be the result of sportive design; a freak of nature. Labels: countable Example: All men, the monster and the lusus naturæ excepted, have a certain form, a certain complement of limbs, a certain internal structure, and organs of sense—may we not add further, certain powers of intellect? Example: I was a lusus naturæ, she affirmed, as a village-schoolmistress: she was sure my previous history, if known, would make a delightful romance.
Word: high-pitch Part of Speech: adj 1. High-pitched. Labels: colloquial, informal
Word: long-acuminate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From long + acuminate. Pronunciation: /ˌlɒŋ.əˈkjuː.mɪ.nət/, /lɒŋ.əˈkjuː.mɪˌneɪt/ 1. Tapering to a characteristically long point at its apex.
Word: selenodesy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek selene, Moon, + daiein, to divide, by analogy with geodesy. 1. The science of studying and mapping the Moon's size, shape and surface topography, and its gravitational and magnetic fields. Labels: uncountable
Word: selenodetic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to selenodesy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: slub Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /slʌb/, /slʊb/ 1. A small thickened portion or knot found in yarn, caused by defects or uneven spinning. Labels: countable Example: The challenge is not just to produce a thick-and-thin yarn, but to make soft slubs, connected by nicely spun yarn without overtwist. The should not be lumps and bumps that happen by accident, but a contrived texture, with the size and placement of the slubs completely controlled by the spinner. Example: The huge bolts of cloth had to be checked for imperfections such as slubs and misweaves. 2. Fabric fiber produced by slubbing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: slub Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /slʌb/, /slʊb/ 1. To draw and twist fibers in order to prepare them for spinning.
Word: brigands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brigand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beepers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beeper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: batched Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bæt͡ʃt/ 1. Made in batches Labels: not-comparable
Word: batched Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bæt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of batch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: immunomodulatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- English modulatory English immunomodulatory From immuno- + modulatory. 1. Having the ability to alter or regulate immune functions Labels: not-comparable
Word: mozarkite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Missouri + Ozarks + -ite (because the Missouri Ozarks were the primary source); appeared in print 1837. 1. A particular kind of rock, a form of chert, native to Missouri. Labels: uncountable
Word: Missouri Fox Trotter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Missouri + fox trot (“an ambling gait”) + er. 1. A horse of a midsized, muscular breed with an ambling gait, bred in Missouri, United States.
Word: sell my clothes, I'm going to heaven Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: A translation of German verkauft mein Gewand, ich fahr in Himmel. 1. A hyperbolic phrase expressing elation.
Word: take the point Part of Speech: verb Etymology: take + the + point 1. To agree with what a person says, to be persuaded by their arguments. Labels: idiomatic Example: "Then," said Mr Mifflin, cordially, "say no more. I take your point. My objections are removed." Example: Wading through the apparent sarcasm, we can take his point that the "badness" common to popular music as a whole is not excused by the small amount of it that is notably good. 2. To grasp the essential meaning of what a person is saying, to understand a person's argument and point of view. Labels: idiomatic Example: I take your point well enough, but mayn't you be after all quite wrong? Example: "I played 'em off one against the other," said my uncle. I took his point in an instant. He had gone to each of them in turn and said the others had come in.
Word: take one's point Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of take the point. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: windfucker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: If the term is a compound of wind + fucker, it may preserve an old sense of fuck (“to beat, strike”) which is also found in cognates (for example, Bohuslän Swedish fokka (“to fuck; thrust, push”)) but was otherwise lost from English, and it can be compared to the regional synonym fuckwind. (Wright's English Dialect Dictionary compares fuck in the latter word to Old Norse fjúka (“be driven (by the wind); fly”) instead, while Liberman says the Norse word "has no [other?] cognates anywhere in Germanic".) However, the synonym windsucker is almost as old, and was rendered in older texts as windſucker using a long s, so some scholars think windfucker is a misreading of windſucker; others think windſucker is a bowdlerization of windfucker. Compare the later term windhover and the Orkney term windcuffer. Modern attestations of the second, vulgar sense may be unrelated to the bird. For the construction of this second sense compare Serbo-Croatian jebivjetar (“shallow, insecure, ostentatious person”, literally “fuckwind”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪndfʌkə/, /ˈwɪndfʌkɚ/ 1. The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). Labels: archaic, vulgar Example: Succhia capra, a kinde of bird which is ſaid to ſuck a goates vdder. Some haue taken it for the winde-fucker. [...] Succhiéllo, an augre, a percer, [...]. Alſo a bird called a winde-fucker. Example: The kiſtrilles or windfuckers that filling themſelues with winde, fly againſt the wind euermore, for their ful-ſailed ſtanderdbearers, the Cranes for pikemen, and the woodcocks for demilances, and ſo of the reſt euery one, according to that place by nature hee was moſt apt for. 2. A term of abuse. Labels: derogatory, vulgar Example: Let Parliament Jone [nickname of a woman acting as an informant for the authorities to identify seditious or unlicensed printing presses] (the Devills windefucker) flie after me if she can; beware Lewis, I have need to mute. Example: This Hollis [Frescheville Holles], Sir W[illiam] Batten and W[illiam] Penn say, proves a very wind-fucker, as Sir W. Batten terms him; and the other called him a conceited, idle, prating, lying fellow.
Word: broadcasted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of broadcast Labels: form-of, participle, past, proscribed, sometimes
Word: pithier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of pithy: more pithy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: pithiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of pithy: most pithy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: broilers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of broiler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bedsides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bedside Labels: form-of, plural
Word: banaler Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of banal: more banal Labels: comparative, form-of, rare
Word: banalest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of banal: most banal Labels: form-of, rare, superlative
Word: reflexive possessive pronoun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reflexive possessive + pronoun or reflexive + possessive pronoun. 1. A possessive pronoun that is reflexive; i.e. one that refers back to the subject
Word: analysers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of analyser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: analyzers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of analyzer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cabarets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cabaret Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chalets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chalet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: potplant Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pot plant. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: correlation coefficient Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the several measures indicating the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two random variables.
Word: random variable Part of Speech: noun 1. A quantity whose value is random and to which a probability distribution is assigned, such as the possible outcome of a roll of a dice. Labels: broadly 2. A measurable function from a sample space to the measurable space of possible values of the variable. Labels: formal Example: Henceforth the symbol X(w) will be used for the random variable X#58;S#92;rightarrow#92;mathbb#123;R#125;. Example: The particular example considered here is the Hilbert space of random variables.
Word: pot plant Part of Speech: noun 1. A plant growing in a flowerpot; a houseplant. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK Example: Pot-plants on spindle-legged stands lurked in wait for an incautious gesture. Example: Then there was the sound of transport, too heavy a sound for a private car, and headlights showed up the withered pot-plants in Crabbe's porch.
Word: pot plant Part of Speech: noun 1. A marijuana plant. Labels: US
Word: house plant Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of houseplant. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Christianopolis Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Christiano- + -polis. 1. A utopian society proposed by Johannes Valentinus Andreae in the 17th century.
Word: clearsighted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of clear-sighted. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: clockmaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clock + making. 1. The art or trade of a clockmaker; the manufacture of clocks. Labels: uncountable Example: The Black Forest was traditionally known for clockmaking in centuries past.
Word: skewness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English skew 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 skewness From skew + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈskjuː.nəs/ 1. The property of being skew. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A very effective area where we can apply feature engineering is by looking at the skewness of data and then correcting the skewness through normalization of the data. Skewness can be visualized by plotting the data using histograms and density plots. 2. A measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable; is the third standardized moment, defined as scriptstyle γ₁=(μ₃)/(σ³),! where μ₃ is the third moment about the mean and σ is the standard deviation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cnoidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined by Diederik Korteweg and Gustav de Vries in their paper in Philosophical Magazine (1895, series 5, vol. 39, pp. 422-443) to describe a class of solutions to the KdV equation which involve a Jacobi elliptic function. The Jacobi elliptic function involved is commonly written as cn(x|m), and the term cnoidal was designed to be analogous to sinusoidal, the word describing waves which involve the sine function. Pronunciation: /ˈknɔɪd(ə)l/, /ˈnɔɪd(ə)l/ 1. Describes a travelling wave whose amplitude is constricted; e.g. a wave in shallow water. Labels: not-comparable
Word: evirate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin ēvirātus, perfect passive participle of ēvirō (“to emasculate”), from ē (“out of”) + vir (“man”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛvɪɹeɪt/ 1. To castrate. Example: Some philosophers and divines have evirated themselves, and put out their eyes voluntarily, the better to contemplate. Example: The pope offered a hundred marks in Latin to who should eviscerate or evirate him (poisons very potent, whereat the Italians are handy), so apostolic and desperate a doctor is Dr. Glaston, — so acute in his quiddities, and so resolute in his bearing! 2. To render weak or unmanly.
Word: conspiracist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English conspiracy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English conspiracist From conspiracy + -ist. 1. A person who puts forward a conspiracy theory. Example: [Kevin] Phillips's method is pretty conventional for conspiracists – he takes a single issue or set of data points and constructs an all-explaining story line to show how hidden cabals are controlling America. Example: As this business model developed, InfoWars’ shows, hosted by an array of conspiracists alongside [Alex] Jones, such as British conspiracist Paul Joseph Watson, became increasingly punctuated by ad breaks and product placement, in a way that one journalist described as like “the QVC for racist uncles” (Lamoureux, 2017).
Word: conspiracist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English conspiracy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English conspiracist From conspiracy + -ist. 1. Related to conspiracy theories. Example: The conspiracist worldview that presumes a wholly designed universe is similar, and with a conspiracy theory, the holder of the belief in some ways imagines themselves as the detective or investigator, […]
Word: counterpose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French contraposer, equivalent to counter- + pose. Pronunciation: /ˌkaʊn.təˈpəʊz/, /ˌkaʊn.tɚˈpoʊz/ 1. To act as a counterweight. 2. To create a contrast. Example: Near-synonym: juxtapose Example: Part II is a chapter on male socialization. One selection discusses the sex role pressures upon children, another is about ghetto males, and a third is on the influence of high school athletics. Much of it is dry reading, but counterposed are two painful personal accounts.
Word: counterpose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French contraposer, equivalent to counter- + pose. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊn.təˌpəʊz/, /ˈkaʊn.tɚˌpoʊz/ 1. A pose taken in opposition to another. Example: Utkatasana (Figure 4-e) acts as a counterpose to the previous postures because it eases the stretch in the legs.
Word: crenelle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of crenel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: crenel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French crenel ( > modern French créneau), diminutive of cren (“notch”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛnəl/ 1. The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement. Example: Near-synonym: embrasure (sometimes hypernymous technically) Example: They would wake Lord Bolton and search Harrenhal from crenel to cellar, and when they did they would find the map and the dagger missing, […]
Word: Basra Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish بصره (Basra) and Arabic البَصْرَة (al-Baṣra), from ال (al-, “the, land of the”) + بَصْرَة (baṣra, “overseer”). 1. A port city in southeastern Iraq.
Word: Basra Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Punjabi ਬਸਰਾ (basrā). 1. A surname from Punjabi.
Word: mortadelle Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mortadella Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Patagonia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Portuguese patagão and Spanish patagón (“Patagonian”) + -ia. Pronunciation: /ˌpæt.əˈɡəʊ.nɪə/, /ˌpæt.əˈɡoʊ.ni.ə/, /ˌpæt.əˈɡoʊ.njə/ 1. A geographical region in southern South America, including the southern parts of Chile and Argentina. Example: CHILI, a province of ſouth America, bounded by Peru on the north, by the province of La Plata on the eaſt, by Patagonia on the ſouth, and by the Pacific ocean on the weſt... But ſome comprehend Patagonia in Chili, extending it to cape Horn... Example: The pampas of Argentina and the chilly wastes of Patagonia, like the prairies and deserts of North America, were largely shunned by Spanish settlers until the 1870s. 2. A town in Arizona.
Word: Patagonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Patagonia + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌpætəˈɡəʊni.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to Patagonia or its people, language or culture.
Word: Patagonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Patagonia + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌpætəˈɡəʊni.ən/ 1. Someone from Patagonia
Word: Zambians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Zambian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: so so Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of so-so. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: paddling pool Part of Speech: noun 1. A pool, often inflatable, only able to contain enough water to paddle as opposed to swim; a kiddie pool. Labels: UK
Word: rasant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French rasant. 1. sweeping; flanking Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: rasant fire
Word: rasas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rasa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lucky charms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lucky charm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lucky charm Part of Speech: noun 1. An object kept for good luck.
Word: urinant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ūrīnāns, present active participle of ūrīnor (“to dive”). 1. Of a fish: oriented vertically, with the head to base and tail to chief, as if diving. Labels: not-comparable Example: On a chapeau gules, guarded ermine, a gurnet (fish) urinant proper. Example: 2) gules, in bend two fish, urinant and hauriant, respectively, argent, their fins "dark azure" (sic).
Word: urines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of urine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rabot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French rabot. 1. A rubber used in polishing marble.
Word: isocost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- English cost English isocost From iso- + cost. 1. A curve that represents a combination of various inputs that cost the same.
Word: illuminant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French. 1. Something that illuminates. Example: They seemed to note the positions of the window at the one end and the door almost at the other, and even to take into account the single pendent electric light which up till then had been the sole illuminant. Example: For a good many years, beginning in London, Brighton & South Coast days, the station at Heathfield, between Tunbridge Wells and Eastbourne, was lighted by natural gas. The use of this illuminant was discontinued about 1934.
Word: illuminant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French. 1. That illuminates. Labels: not-comparable
Word: blabberer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blabber + -er. 1. Someone who blabbers.
Word: pooer Part of Speech: adj 1. poor Labels: Scotland
Word: pooer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poo + -er. 1. Someone who poos. Labels: slang Example: If your babies are totally breastfed, they may poo anything from fifteen times a day to once a fortnight. If they are a frequent pooer, this will settle down within the first six weeks.
Word: bossas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bossa. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bossa Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of bossa nova. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
Word: noodler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From noodle + -er. 1. A practitioner of noodling. 2. One who improvises. Labels: derogatory, sometimes 3. A fossicker, someone who scours mine dumps for valuables. Labels: Australia
Word: noodling Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice and sport of fishing for catfish using the bare hands. Labels: uncountable 2. Musical improvisation. Labels: countable Example: Unlike Basie's increasingly repetitious piano noodlings, Young's melodic gestures had a way of staying fresh and inventive.
Word: noodling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of noodle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: free diving Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of free-diving. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: free diving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of free dive Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: free-diver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From free-dive + -er. 1. A practitioner of free-diving.
Word: free diver Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of free-diver. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: freediver Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of free-diver. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: freediving Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English fre English free English diving English freediving From free + diving. 1. Alternative form of free-diving. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: He always said freediving was the best way to spearfish because it required enormous patience and concentration, without the benefit of a scuba tank, to hold one’s position until the right prey came along.
Word: freediving Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English fre English free English diving English freediving From free + diving. 1. present participle and gerund of freedive Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: communiques Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of communiqués. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: communiqués Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of communiqué Labels: form-of, plural
Word: violons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of violon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: distingué Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of distingue. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: By the time the blue dress was tried on, Madame Cie had, with the aid of a few pins, plaits, and a bow of blue ribbon, transformed the half-lace shawl into one of the smartest and distingué things imaginable; but when the bill came in at Christmas, for that five minutes' labor and distingué touch, she charged one pound eight. Example: And she likes you so much, and thinks you so accomplished and distingué-looking, and was just as set as I was to have you for best man.
Word: sembles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of semble Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bouleverse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree French boule French verser French bouleverserbor. English bouleverse Borrowed from French bouleverser. 1. To change drastically; to overturn or turn upside down. Labels: transitive Example: Had the comet which traversed them been of any respectable weight he would have made havoc among them and bouleversed their motions. But it was a case of locomotive and cow, and it was "very bad for the coo."
Word: conservant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin conservans. 1. Having the power or quality of conservation; conserving. Example: Now, besides these laws, the body is subjected also to the laws of vitality, and the coexistence of these destructive and conservant forces can clearly be recognized. Example: It is the procreant and conservant cause, but no material of our Sanctification .
Word: conservant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin conservans. 1. A substance that is used for the purpose of conserving; a preservative. Example: This unusual combination of qualities renders the drug useful in two distinct ways at least: first, as a very desirable anaesthetic in the removal of foreign bodies from the cornea; second, as a conservant to the various solutions used by the eye surgeon. Example: The total number of microorganisms was increased slightly in feces kept without conservant, mainly on account of the aerobic group.
Word: amendes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amende Labels: form-of, plural
Word: treater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From treat + -er. 1. One who or that which treats. Example: I don't know why I do things like that except that sometimes I think that the principal difference between the treater and the treatee is that the treater is in possession of the keys, if only in a symbolic sense […] 2. A vessel used to treat oil-water emulsions by any of several mechanisms so that the oil can be accepted by the pipeline or transport.
Word: ISTM Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of It seems to me. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: spongey Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of spongy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Narrow boardwalks got us through some of the spongiest parts of the Swamp. […] As we moved in and out of fog through ferns (hapuʻu and uluhe lau nui), flowering evergreen trees (ōhiʻa), tropical sandalwood (iliahi), spongey mosses, and rotting wood, I was reminded of the film Jurassic Park, which was shot in a botanical garden on the south side of Kauai.
Word: chorus line Part of Speech: noun 1. A line of performers in a revue or other show, dancing in unison.
Word: tear-jerker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tearjerker. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The many tear-jerkers deal with finality, with death and the end of love, with a stoicism pregnant with feeling.
Word: jawline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jaw + line. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔːˌlaɪn/ 1. The lower edge of the side of the face (below the cheek), defined by the jawbone. Example: Sandra swooned over Pierce's manly jawline.
Word: party line Part of Speech: noun 1. A single telephone line which is shared by two or more households. Formerly common from the inception of telephony (1880s) through the mid-twentieth century. Labels: historical 2. The official policy of a political party or other organization. Example: In a country where the party line controls the climate debate to the extent that a general apathy infuses the broader public, Howey and Zhao are the sudden, fresh young faces of environmental activism. Example: On the evening of June 21, 1941, American Communists went to bed subject to one party line. At the sun set, Britain was fighting an imperialist war against Germany, about which the United States must remain neutral. American Communists awoke on June 22, 1941, to discover the party line abruptly changed. Hitler had invaded the Soviet Union. Now the war was a struggle between democracy and fascism, one the United States must immediately join.
Word: telephone line Part of Speech: noun 1. The infrastructure which allows a single telephone to be connected to the network and conduct independent calls. Example: We're going to have to get a second telephone line installed at our house, because the teenagers spend so much time talking to their friends.
Word: phone line Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipped compound of telephone line.
Word: pick-up line Part of Speech: noun 1. A short introduction or comment intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger. Example: Freddie has a new pick-up line for every girl he meets in the bar, but he always goes home alone. Example: Obviously, the real skill of the pickup line is to possess a moronic amount of self-belief[…] but it's worth persevering with. Rod Stewart, for example, puts his 30-year run of successful pickups down to a curious "What have you got in that handbag?", […]
Word: tag line Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tagline. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Synonym of dialogue tag. Example: The tag line is the part of the dialogue that indicates the “he said” or “she said.” Example: “That shade of green makes you look like a zucchini,” Alana said rudely (“said rudely” is the adverbial tag line).
Word: ridgeline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ridge + line. 1. The topmost edge along a mountain ridge. Example: To either side there are beautiful views from the trail along the ridgeline. Example: a. 2007, Federal Aviation Administration, Rotorcraft Flying Handbook, →ISBN, Skyhorse Publishing, 2007, p. 10-8 http://books.google.com/books?id=Bk9fOM4zsKwC&pg=PT97&dq=ridgeline&sig=9rt5EdI_M39hmj7A4pxbJZ8PX-k A ridgeline is a long area from which the surface drops away steeply on one or two sides, such as a bluff or precipice. 2. The topmost edge along a roof, where its sloping sides meet.
Word: teef Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toof Labels: form-of, plural
Word: teef Part of Speech: noun 1. thief Labels: Multicultural-London-English, Nigeria
Word: teef Part of Speech: verb 1. to steal Labels: Multicultural-London-English, Nigeria Example: You s'posed to be my homie an' you teefed my story
Word: Beane Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /biːn/ 1. A surname. 2. A river in Hertfordshire, England, which joins the Lea at Hertford.
Word: API unit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From API (“American Petroleum Institute”). 1. A unit of radioactivity used for measuring natural gamma rays in the ground. Example: The radioactivity of a typical shale is 100 API units.
Word: Jacuzzi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A trademark. Named after the Jacuzzi brothers. Obsolete variant of Italian Iacuzzi, as Italian has removed the letter J from native words. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈku.zi/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of jacuzzi Labels: alt-of Example: Itemised in his claim we even find £200 for ‘Jacuzzi repair’. I think that's a bit more information about their relationship than we required.
Word: Jacuzzi Part of Speech: name Etymology: A trademark. Named after the Jacuzzi brothers. Obsolete variant of Italian Iacuzzi, as Italian has removed the letter J from native words. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈku.zi/ 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: Jacuzzi Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A trademark. Named after the Jacuzzi brothers. Obsolete variant of Italian Iacuzzi, as Italian has removed the letter J from native words. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈku.zi/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of jacuzzi. Labels: alt-of
Word: receiving line Part of Speech: noun 1. A queue of guests waiting to greet or condole the guests of honor at a wedding or other ceremony.
Word: almendro Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Indian almond.
Word: police line Part of Speech: noun 1. A line, often marked with yellow tape, demarcating a crime or accident scene and which bystanders are not supposed to cross. 2. A line of police officers standing guard.
Word: anchor line Part of Speech: noun 1. A very heavy rope or chain by which a ship's anchor is hoisted. Example: Hurry up and clear that foul anchor line!
Word: milk line Part of Speech: noun 1. One of two parallel lines on the breast of a mammal along which the nipples are found.
Word: supply line Part of Speech: noun 1. The chain of transportation mechanisms supplying food and materiel to an army in battle, or other field operation. Example: Having cracked the Germans' Enigma traffic, the Allies were able to devastate Rommel's supply lines across the Mediterranean. Example: Hostile forces are putting pressure on our people. Take out their supply line to give our troops room to breathe. 2. Any system in place to provide resources to a group. Labels: broadly Example: John Barclay and [Stuart] McInally controlled the tackle area, denying England quick possession and fracturing the champions’ supply line, Simon Berghan anchored the scrum and behind Finn Russell, missing in action in the opening two rounds, fulfilled his captain Barclay’s prediction on the eve of the game that he would be the man of the match.
Word: transmission line Part of Speech: noun 1. A set of wires used for long-distance electric power transmission. 2. A structure such as a waveguide or stripline constructed so as to pass electric signals with fidelity and minimal loss.
Word: spring line Part of Speech: noun 1. A line stretched longways between a docked vessel and a cleat on the pier, or used during berthing to guide the vessel into its slip; a warp 2. A line above which an arch starts curving inward.
Word: battle line Part of Speech: noun 1. The notional line on either side of which opposing forces are arrayed, and at which they meet in battle; a fortified line, short of the line where battle is expected, and behind which forces are arrayed; a forward line of infantry or other force, prepared for battle. Example: "You say he is in Armstrong's rear, do you? Damn him! That's just where I have been trying to get him all day, and I'll be in his rear directly. Face your battle lines about! Armstrong, push your skirmishers forward -- crowd 'em both ways! I'm going to Starnes. You'll hear from me in about five minutes!" Example: We did not catch them napping, but found a well-entrenched battle line confronting us. 2. A line of battle. 3. Any of those parts of a contest which, as a result of strategic decisions on both sides, are most closely fought and will likely determine the contest's course and outcome. Labels: figuratively, plural-normally Example: There's battle lines being drawn / And nobody's right if everybody's wrong Example: Mancini's side only showed enough ambition when it was too late and by then battle lines were drawn as James Collins and former City captain Richard Dunne fought a magnificent rearguard action at the heart of Villa's defence.
Word: telegraph line Part of Speech: noun 1. A wire strung between two locations allowing telegraphic communication between them.
Word: Interior Plains Part of Speech: name 1. A large region of North America formed by the collision of cratons in the Paleoproterozoic.
Word: Stutz Bearcat Part of Speech: name 1. An American-made sports car, originally manufactured in the 1910s and 1920s. Example: The Stutz Bearcat was first built in 1912 with a four-cylinder Wisconsin-built T-head ... The term “Roaring Twenties” is synonymous with Stutz Bearcat.
Word: Wigilia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Polish Wigilia. Doublet of vigil. 1. The traditional Christmas Eve vigil supper in Poland, held on December 24. Example: Then two days before Wigilia, a German officer came to say that ‘Germans are humanitarians even towards criminals,’ so we could take part in the Christmas eve celebration. Example: The covered dishes brought by those attending show their home region in Poland with certain Wigilia specialties.
Word: mountain ranges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mountain range Labels: form-of, plural
Word: micropayment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + payment, attributed to American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist Ted Nelson. 1. A financial transaction for a very small amount of money
Word: capital gain Part of Speech: noun 1. An increase in the value of a capital asset; an amount by which the value or the proceeds of the sale of a capital asset by its owner exceed its cost to the owner. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: capital loss Part of Speech: noun 1. A decrease in the value of a capital asset; an amount by which the proceeds of the sale of a capital asset by its owner are less than its cost to the owner. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gooney bird Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) and the Laysan albatross, that dwell primarily on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases. 2. A foolish, silly, or awkward person or thing; a goon. Labels: slang
Word: heeb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of Hebrew. Pronunciation: /hiːb/ 1. A Jew. Labels: US, dated, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur Example: Most of the famous and up-and-coming performers of the day […] were heebs, and the boys had the feeling that we should all stick together and not knock the big names of "our" race.
Word: dream factory Part of Speech: noun 1. A film studio Labels: US, informal
Word: hamfat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ham + fat. Pronunciation: /ˈhamfat/ 1. A black person. Labels: US, obsolete, offensive, slang 2. Something average; a mediocre thing or person, especially a jazz musician. Labels: US, obsolete Example: Around the poolroom I defended the guys I felt were my real brothers, the colored musicians who made music that sent me, not a lot of beat-up old hamfats who sang and played a commercial excuse for the real thing. 3. A low-grade actor; a ham or hamfatter. Labels: US, slang
Word: plaide Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of plaid. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: plaides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plaide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: etchant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English etch Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English etchant From etch + -ant. 1. An acid or corrosive chemical used in etching.
Word: dommy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dom (“a dominant”) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒmi/, /ˈdɑmi/ 1. Dominating, dominant. Labels: slang Example: Rita said she thought she’d be a sub, but found in the scene she was ‘getting a bit dommy’. Example: I don’t usually get that wet, but apparently, all I was missing before was a hot dommy man slapping my ass.
Word: dommy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of domicile, ultimately from Latin domus (“house, home”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɒmi/, /ˈdɑmi/ 1. Someone's house or home. Labels: dated Example: Harry Shapiro was crazy about musicians so we headed straight for his dommy.
Word: goony Part of Speech: adj Etymology: * From goon + -y. Also as a shortened form of gooney. 1. Of or like a goon; thuggish; brutal. 2. Silly, crazy, foolish, stupid, or awkward. Labels: slang Example: After their prank was successful, the friends wore goony smiles on their faces for the rest of the day. Example: Sing a mumble-gumble song[…] Do a loony-goony dance / ’Cross the kitchen floor
Word: goony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * From goon + -y. Also as a shortened form of gooney. 1. a goon; a foolish, stupid, silly, or awkward person. Labels: informal 2. Alternative form of gooney (gooney bird, the black-footed albatross). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pluriennial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin plūriennis + English -ial, after -ennial (compare plurennial). 1. Lasting a few years
Word: ponderate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin ponderatus. 1. To have weight or influence. Labels: archaic, intransitive 2. To consider; to ponder. Labels: archaic
Word: ponderate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ponderatus. Labels: archaic, no-gloss
Word: white lady Part of Speech: noun 1. A female ghost dressed in white, who is associated with local legends of tragedy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:white lady. 2. A sour cocktail made with gin or crème de menthe, triple sec or Cointreau, and a citrus juice, sometimes with an egg white. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Methylated spirit. Labels: Australia, countable, slang, uncountable 4. Cocaine. Labels: slang, uncountable 5. Heroin. Labels: slang, uncountable 6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, lady. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: taxons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of taxon Labels: form-of, plural, proscribed Example: The detritivore, Peltoperla maria, was also present in this habitat, as were four taxons of Acroneura, all of which are carnivores.
Word: mâche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French mâche. 1. Valerianella locusta, a small dicot annual plant of the family Caprifoliaceae often cultivated as a salad green or herb. Labels: uncountable
Word: eversive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ēversīvus, from ēvertō. Pronunciation: /ɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪv/ 1. Tending to evert or overthrow; subversive. Labels: archaic Example: a maxim eversive […] of all justice and morality
Word: gerberas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gerbera Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gerbera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. A daisy of the genus Gerbera. Example: The gerbera daisies come packed in what look like shirt boxes, their happy-face blossoms all looking outward, their stems dangling down like wires from the back of a computer.
Word: chopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chope. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chopes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chope Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: chopons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chopon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: API gravity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From API (“American Petroleum Institute”). 1. A specific gravity scale measuring the relative density of various petroleum liquids, expressed in degrees. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: assemblé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French assemblé. 1. A jump that takes off from one foot and lands on both feet.
Word: assemblés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of assemblé Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abhorrant Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of abhorrent. Labels: alt-of, misspelling