nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Romeward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Rome + -ward. 1. Tending, directed, or headed toward Rome, or toward the Roman Catholic church. Labels: not-comparable Example: to analyze the crisis in its Anglican rather than in its Romeward aspect
Word: malacostracous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Malacostraca + -ous. 1. Belonging to the Malacostraca. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nup Part of Speech: particle Pronunciation: /nʌp/ 1. No, nope. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial Example: I've suggested many jobs she could do but nup no way. She just was happy getting her freeloading money. I realised what a freeloader she really was when she started ranting about losing money when she got married to a guy with a job.
Word: inextinguishability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + extinguish + -ability. 1. The state of not being extinguishable. Labels: uncountable
Word: witcraft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wit + -craft. 1573 by Ralph Lever, The Arte of Reason, rightly termed, Witcraft, teaching a perfect way to argue and dispute. 1. Mental skill; the art of wit. Labels: uncountable Example: In its pure form, witcraft can be seen as a democratic art. because it does not depend upon technical expertise. Within an ideal context of pure witcraft, the powerful and the powerless meet upon equal terms. 2. The art of reasoning; logic. Labels: uncountable Example: It argues that a rhetorical approach maintains space for agency on the behalf of employees (through the witcraft of argument) […]
Word: misreligion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + religion. 1. False or wrong religion. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually
Word: misreligions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of misreligion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyalography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyalo- + -graphy. 1. The art of writing or engraving on glass using a hyalograph. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: apothegmatist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀποφθέγματος (apophthégmatos) (the genitive of ἀπόφθεγμα (apóphthegma, “a thing uttered; especially, a terse, pointed saying, an apothegm”)) + English -ist (suffix forming nouns denoting people who practise or study particular disciplines). Pronunciation: /æpəʊˈθɛɡmətɪst/, /æpoʊˈθɛɡmətɪst/ 1. A collector or maker of apothegms. Example: Novv each man applying his vvhole time and genius upon his particular Figure, vvould doubtleſs attain to perfection; and vvhen each became incorporated and ſvvorn into the Society (as hath been propoſed) a Poet or Orator vvould have no more to do but to ſend to the particular Traders in each Kind, to the Metaphoriſt for his Allegories, to the Simile-maker for his Compariſons, to the Ironiſt for his Sarcaſms, to the Apothegmatiſt for his Sentences, etc. […]
Word: apothegmatists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apothegmatist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drollingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From drolling + -ly. 1. In a jesting manner; humorously or jokingly. Labels: archaic
Word: oratorially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From oratorial + -ly. 1. In an oratorial way.
Word: flamboyer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French flamboyer (“to be bright”). 1. Any of various trees in the East and West Indies with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Caesalpinieae, especially of Delonix and Caesalpinia, all of which were formerly in the obsolete genus Poinciana. Labels: archaic
Word: flamboyers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flamboyer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foreknowable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From foreknow + -able. 1. That may be known in advance. Labels: not-comparable Example: And ſuch are the Actions of all thoſe that are deeply lapſed into Corruption, and of thoſe fevv that are grovvn to a more Heroicall ſtate of Goodneſs: It is certainly foreknovvable vvhat they vvill do in ſuch and ſuch circumſtances. Example: 1911, J. A. Smith (translator), Aristotle (original), Nicomachean Ethics, "Introduction"
Word: pholades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pholas Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aqueity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aque(ous) + -ity. Pronunciation: /əˈkwiːɪti/ 1. The quality of being watery. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: The aqueity, Terreity, and sulphureity Shall run together again, and all be annulled
Word: bijugous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin bijugus (“yoked two together”), from bis (“twice”) + jugum (“yoke, pair”). 1. bijugate Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: reagree Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + agree. 1. To agree again; to become reconciled.
Word: reagreed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reagree Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ootype Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek; corresponding to oo- + -type. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊətaɪp/ 1. The part of the oviduct of certain trematodes in which the ova are completed by being furnished with yolk, and, by secretion from the Mehlis glands, with a shell.
Word: ootypes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ootype Labels: form-of, plural
Word: balneary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin balnearium, from balneum (“bath”), from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον (balaneîon). 1. A room for bathing.
Word: intertraffic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + traffic. 1. Mutual traffic or trade back and forth between two or more entities. Labels: uncountable
Word: reagreeing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reagree Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: balnearies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of balneary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fouth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of fulth, from Middle English fulthe; equivalent to full + -th (abstract nominal suffix). 1. Abundance; plenty. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, uncountable
Word: fouth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Variant of fulth, from Middle English fulthe; equivalent to full + -th (abstract nominal suffix). 1. Abundant; copious; plenteous. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
Word: fouth Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of fourth. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic, not-comparable
Word: redemptible Part of Speech: adj 1. redeemable Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: redemptible material Example: redemptible world
Word: diffidencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diffidency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diffidency Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of diffidence. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: ringhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ring + head. 1. The top of a ring-shaped construction. Example: The ringheads and 4 feet of the soffit from the face of the arch are faced with blue Staffordshire bricks . 2. An instrument used for stretching woollen cloth. 3. A cutting tool or assembly that consists of a circular head which houses multiple cutting knives or blades arranged in a ring formation. Example: In the figure only the top and bottom cylinder heads have been replaced by ringheads, with the side heads remaining conventional so that rounded corners can be produced on the planed planks. Example: Variables were examined: Moisture content, angle of knives in ringhead, angle of cutting edge, position of ringhead in relation to centerline of piece being planed, and cutting speed. 4. A journalist who covers Olympic sports. Example: That's a lesson my friend and fellow ringhead ( Olympic journalist ) Elliott Almond and I learned one day long ago on the slopes of Mount Hood . Example: A few of the Ringheads made a statement by refusing to watch the Dream Team play, so it must've made them gag when International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch, sho didn't know a three-point shot from a three-card monte, was a conspicuous Dream Team observer at the Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona. 5. A warrior of the Zulu or Amaswazi tribe. Labels: South-Africa, offensive Example: It appears that, as he rode towards the outspan place and saw the concourse, six ringheads or warriors stepped out to meet him, and one of them, laying down his weapons, advanced holding a white shield before him to show that his errand was peaceful. Example: They were "ringheads" of Manukosi's own white shield regiment and before the encounter was over ten of Mashakatsi's men were dead and he himself and six others were wounded.
Word: ringhead Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ring + head. 1. Having a circular or ring-shaped head. Labels: not-comparable Example: In their archeological excavations, the Ingstads found eight turf-and-stone Norse dwellings similar to those in Greenland, and artifacts including a bronze Viking ringhead pin, a spindle whorl of soapstone, corroded iron rivets, an anvil, and a charcoal kiln and smithy. Example: The basic design had been finalised by the spring of 1897, once a ringhead hammer had replaced the original spur and a second lug had been added to the locking piece, but the design did not stabilise until the adoption in 1912 of the neue Sicherung ('New Safety', 'N.S.') that moved upward to lock only when the hammer was cocked.
Word: ringheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ringhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: temporofacial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From temporo- + facial. 1. Of or pertaining to both the temple and the face Labels: not-comparable
Word: behope Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + hope. 1. To hope. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: launcet Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of lancet. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: aproctous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + proct- + -ous. 1. Without an anal orifice. Labels: not-comparable Example: aproctous gut Example: aproctous nematode
Word: beglammer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + glammer, Scottish variant of glamour (“to bewitch”), equivalent to be- + glamour. 1. To bewitch; deceive; hoodwink. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
Word: befangled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + fangled. 1. Smartly dressed or decorated; bedizened. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: bedone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bedon, from Old English bedōn, past participle of bedōn (“to shut”). More at bedo. 1. past participle of bedo. Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bedone Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + done. 1. Outwitted. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: bedrip Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- (“on, about, all over”) + drip. 1. To drip about or all over; drip onto (something). Labels: intransitive Example: "And bold Aneurim, all bedripped with gore Bursting by force from the beleaguered glen, Arrogant, haughty, fierce, of fiery mood, Not meek and mean, as Gray misunderstood. […]" Example: Wine shall break in sparkles o'er our lips bedripping; We are wise, and know we're by it gladden'd!
Word: bedrip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bedrip, from Old English bedrīp (“compulsory service rendered to a landowner at harvest time, the reaping of corn on request”), from a compound of bed (“prayer, supplication, religious ordinance, service”) + rīp (“reaping, harvest”). More at bead, reap. 1. A band of harvesters. Labels: UK, dialectal 2. A crowd. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: bedole Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + dole, from Middle English dollen, variant of dullen (“to make dull”), equivalent to be- + dull. 1. To stupefy with pain or grief. Labels: UK, dialectal, transitive
Word: bedizzen Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɪˈdɪz(ə)n/, /bɪˈdɪzən/ 1. Alternative spelling of bedizen. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: [T]he whole [group] had been bedizzened out, into a burlesque imitation of an antique masque.
Word: free, white, and twenty-one Part of Speech: adj 1. Beholden to no one; master of one's own destiny. Labels: US, archaic, not-comparable Example: “Free, white, and twenty-one!” sang Emma, cheerily. Example: "There are no musts in my life - I'm free, white, and twenty-one."
Word: dizen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dialectal dize (“to put tow on a distaff”), from Middle English *disen, from Old English *disan, *disian, from *dise, *disen (“bunch of flax on a distaff”), from Proto-Germanic *disanō (“distaff”), of unknown origin, equivalent to dize + -en. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Diezene (“bundle of flax, distaff”), Middle Low German dise, disene (“distaff”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɪzən/ 1. To dress with flax for spinning. Labels: transitive 2. To dress with clothes; attire; deck; bedizen. Labels: transitive Example: Like a tragedy queen he has dizen'd her out, / Or rather like tragedy giving a rout. 3. To dress showily; adorn; dress out. Labels: UK, dialectal, transitive Example: I tell you, these Englishwomen have either no life at all in them, or they're nothing but animal life. 'Gad, how they dizen themselves! They've no other use for their fingers. The wealth of this country's frightful!'
Word: bedaff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bedaffen, bidaffen, equivalent to be- + daff. 1. To befool; make a fool of. Labels: transitive 2. To confound or stupefy. Labels: UK, dialectal, transitive
Word: daffock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From daff + -ock. Pronunciation: /ˈdæfək/ 1. A dirty slattern. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: incommensurableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From incommensurable + -ness. 1. Incommensurability. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: In view of this incommensurableness of most numbers and their respective logarithms, only an approximate definition can be given of a logarithm in general. Example: The incommensurableness and mystery of the world, which are, perhaps, even more necessary to the very life of religion than the right to regard it teleologically, reassert themselves afresh in the all-too-comprehensible and mathematically-formulated world.
Word: increditable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + creditable. 1. Incapable of being believed; not creditable. Labels: rare Example: Increditable as it may seem, we suspect the Constitution of irony. Example: [T]he shopmen . . ., increditable as it may sound, used to demand of us upon our entrance, like banditti, if we came with money or with empty hand.
Word: devilkin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From devil + -kin. Compare German Teufelchen. 1. A little devil.
Word: poor diddums Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of diddums. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: finger-fumblers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of finger-fumbler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uniquities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of uniquity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perfricate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin perfricatus, past participle of perfricare. 1. To rub over. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: […] they differ from embrocations, only in not being intended, like them, to be copiously used in washing or perfricating the part on which they are applied […]
Word: monitorer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From monitor + -er. 1. One who monitors something. Example: Furthermore, the high monitorers reported less improvement in stress-related/psychological problems. Interestingly, even though the high monitorers had less severe diagnoses, they demanded more tests and requested more information from the doctors, yet they desired less active involvement in their care than the low monitorers. Example: Having since honed its monitoring skills in numerous subsequent FTAs, Mexico is today arguably the most seasoned monitorer of free trade agreements in the Americas, if not in the world.
Word: thank-yous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thank-you Labels: form-of, plural
Word: up the pole Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In confusion or error. Labels: informal 2. In trouble or difficulty. Labels: informal Example: The world 'as got me snouted jist a treat; Crool Forchin's dirty left 'as smote me soul. An' all them joys o' life I 'eld so sweet Is up the pole. 3. Crazy; at one's wits' end. Labels: slang 4. Drunk. Labels: archaic, slang 5. Teetotal; not drinking any alcohol. Labels: US, dated, slang 6. In favour or good repute; strait-laced. Labels: slang 7. Pregnant. Labels: Ireland, dated, informal Example: to put/stick someone up the pole
Word: coaleries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coalery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coalery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coal + -ery. 1. A colliery. Labels: nonstandard, obsolete
Word: overprize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + prize. See overpraise. 1. To prize excessively; to overvalue. Labels: transitive Example: […] a very pardonable facility in the Parents themselves to overprize their own Children, while thy behold them through the vapors of affection which alter the appearance […] Example: 1777, Granville Sharp, A Tract on the Law of Nature, and Principles of Action in Man, London: B. White and E. & C. Dilly, p. 120, note 42, A Man apt to over-prize himself, and jealous withal of contempt, of wrong, or of gross abuse, is not so easily appeased with streams of blood, as a calm and gentle spirit is with an ingenuous acknowledgment of wrongs done, or with a courteous answer for wrongs suspected.
Word: overprized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overprize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overprizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overprize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overprizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overprize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reshipper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reship + -er. 1. One who reships.
Word: reshippers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reshipper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: buffoonism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From buffoon + -ism. 1. The actions of a buffoon; buffoonery. Labels: archaic, rare, uncountable, usually
Word: Moabitesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Moabitess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pneumatologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French pneumatologiste. 1. One versed in pneumatology.
Word: pneumatologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pneumatologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: duskish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dusk + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌskɪʃ/ 1. Somewhat dusky. Example: duskish smoke Example: For though Contraria iuxta ſe poſita magis illuceſcunt [opposites placed next to each other shine more brightly] (by an olde Rule) yet it hath beene ſubtilly, and indeede truely noted that our Sight, is not vvell contented, vvith thoſe ſudden departments, from one extreame to another; Therefore let them haue, rather a Duskiſh Tincture, then an abſolute blacke.
Word: lowbred Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of low-bred. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: coryzae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coryza Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nucamentaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nucament + -aceous. 1. nut-like Labels: archaic, not-comparable 2. bearing one-seeded nut-like fruits. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: implicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From implicit + -y. 1. The quality of being implicit. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: the generality and implicity of this faith
Word: gonidia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gonidium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gonimia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gonimium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gonimium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin gonimium, possibly from Ancient Greek γόνιμος (gónimos, “productive”). Pronunciation: /ɡəʊˈnɪmi.əm/, /ɡoʊˈnɪmi.əm/ 1. One of the bluish-green granules that replace the more usual gonidia in certain lichens.
Word: monomachist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From monomachy or monomachia + -ist. 1. One who fights in single combat; a duellist. Example: These colors, falling upon the throng of monomachists and loungers much as we see the aureate beams of divine favor fall on hierarchs in art, lent them an appearance insubstantial and thaumaturgic, as though they had all been produced a moment before by the flourish of a cloth and would vanish into the air again at a whistle.
Word: monomachists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monomachist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extirpable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extirp + -able. 1. Capable of being extirpated or eradicated. Labels: not-comparable Example: an extirpable plant Example: a Plant not easily extirpable
Word: procuratorates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of procuratorate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: termitaria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of termitarium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prosternation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French. See prostration. 1. dejection; depression Labels: obsolete Example: a Prosternation of Spirit
Word: I've never heard it called that before Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: The word "it" refers to a sex act, bodily organ, etc. for which the speaker's phrase might be construed as a euphemism. 1. Used to draw attention to a possible, and usually unintentional, double entendre in the immediately preceding utterance of another speaker. Labels: informal
Word: atechnic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + technic. 1. Without technical or artistic knowledge; untechnical. Labels: dated, not-comparable, rare Example: atechnic presentations of proof Example: It may be difficult to convey to the atechnic reader that full apprehension of the wonder of such work as this, which will seize upon every etcher when he examines it.
Word: thrillingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thrilling + -ness. 1. The quality of being thrilling. Labels: uncountable
Word: rizzar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. 1. To dry (especially haddock) in the sun. Labels: Scotland, obsolete, transitive Example: rizzaring haddock
Word: rizzared Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rizzar Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rizzaring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rizzar Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rizzars Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rizzar Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bascophone Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative letter-case form of Bascophone. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, usually Example: EUZKO GOGOA. […] The works of many of the leading bascophone authors of the day appeared in this journal. Example: His own involvement into collaborationalism is remote, limited to wild enthusiasm when meeting German bascophone linguists.
Word: bascophone Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Bascophone. Labels: alt-of Example: Sentences like (13) are very difficult to accept. The first one, for instance, is quite incomprehensible out of context, and will be dismissed by any bascophone hearing it without other explanation. Example: According to Haritschelhar, nobody is in a position to say how many bascophones there are on the French side of the border, although he suggests a tentative figure of some 80,000 speakers.
Word: Nazariteship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Nazarite + -ship, a calque of Hebrew נזירות (nzirút, “asceticism, monkhood”), from נזיר (nazír, “nazarite, monk, ascetic”) + ־וּת (-út, “-ness, -ism, -ity, -hood”), from נִזַּר (nizár, “to separate”). 1. The state of being a Nazarite. Labels: uncountable
Word: bouser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bouse + -er. 1. Obsolete form of boozer. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The Memoir accuses both Duncan Forbes and his brother of being bousers in their youth: that the elder brother was, may be true; but the younger had neither time not inclination to merit such a title.
Word: bousers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bouser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unwitch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + witch. 1. To free from a witch or witchcraft. Labels: transitive Example: I was fascinated by Jupiter ; fascinated ; but I will be unwitch'd
Word: unwitched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unwitch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unwitches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unwitch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unwitching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unwitch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: binoculate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bin- + oculate. 1. Having two eyes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Antaean Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to Antaeus, a half-giant slain by Hercules in Greek mythology. 2. Having superhuman strength, resembling that of Antaeus.
Word: oversaid Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of oversay Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: oversay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + say. 1. To say over again; to repeat. Example: Here you are safe , sad cousin ; if you please , May over-say the circumstance of what You late discours'd
Word: oversaying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of oversay Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: oversays Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of oversay Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unisonance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See unisonant. 1. the making of a single sound or voice from multiple ones; unison. Labels: uncountable
Word: lanceolar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lanceola (“a little lance”), diminutive of lancea (“lance”). Compare French lancéolaire. 1. lanceolate Labels: archaic
Word: visard Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈvɪzəd/, /ˈvɪzəɹd/ 1. To mask.
Word: visard Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvɪzəd/, /ˈvɪzəɹd/ 1. A mask. Example: Nor to the motion of a Schoole-boyes tongue: Nor neuer come in vizard to my friend, […] 2. An oval mask of black velvet, worn by travelling women in the 16th century to protect their skin from sunburn.
Word: visarded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of visard Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: visarding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of visard Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: visards Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of visard Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: candroy Part of Speech: noun 1. A machine for spreading or winding out cotton cloths to prepare them for printing. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete
Word: candroys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of candroy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eugh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See yew. Pronunciation: /juː/ 1. Obsolete spelling of yew. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: you must take such Things, as are Greene all Winter; Holly; Ivy; Bayes; Juniper; Cipresse Trees; Eugh; […] Example: almost join'd the Horns of the tough Eugh
Word: eugh Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: [əx], [ʌx], [ɜː] 1. Alternative form of ugh. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "Eugh," he said, "this cake is dry."
Word: eughs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eugh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: discordous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From discord + -ous. 1. Full of discord. Labels: obsolete
Word: fathership Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fadership, equivalent to father + -ship. 1. The state of being a father Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A title of respect addressed to a priest. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Your fathership
Word: fatherships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fathership Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ovaliform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From oval + -iform. 1. oviform; egg-shaped
Word: infrugal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + frugal. 1. Not frugal; wasteful. Example: Now, I say, why Time should be so burthensome to such as these, or what should betray them to such infrugal Expences of it, I can give no account without making severe Reflexions on their Discretion.
Word: inoculability Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being inoculable. Labels: uncountable Example: the inoculability of leprosy
Word: Tuscarora Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a Native American people with members in New York, Canada, and North Carolina.
Word: Tuscarora Part of Speech: name 1. Their Iroquoian language. 2. An unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland. 3. An unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada. 4. A town in Steuben County, New York. 5. A census-designated place in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
Word: Tuscaroras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tuscarora Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prosternations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prosternation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bascophones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bascophone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sublimatories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sublimatory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sublimatory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sublymatories pl, from Medieval Latin sublīmātōrium, from Latin sublīmātus (see sublime) + -ōrium. Pronunciation: /ˌsʌblɪˈmeɪtəɹi/ 1. A vessel or device used for sublimation. Example: Take the black feces, that remain in the bottome, stampe them, and put them in a sublimatory of good earth, of an inch thick, and no more, for six houres, first a little fire, then reinforce it for twelve others, till the sublimatory be red[…] Example: How Sulphur is sublimed. Take the best and clearest yellow Sulphur[…]then put [the sulphur and other substances] into your Sublimatory, and put on its head; add to it fire of the first degree, until all its moisture be vapoured away; then close the pipe above, and proceed with the fire by degrees, until all the Sulphur be sublimed very subtle.
Word: sublimatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French sublimatoire, from Medieval Latin sublīmātōrius. Pronunciation: /ˌsʌblɪˈmeɪtəɹi/ 1. Used for sublimation. Labels: not-comparable Example: [W]hen (to explain my meaning by a groſs Example) the Corpuſcles of Sulphur and Mercury do, by a ſtrict Coalition, aſſociate themſelves into the Body vve call Vermilion, though theſe vvill riſe together in Sublimatory Veſſels, vvithout being divorc'd by the fire, and vvill act, in many caſes, as one Phyſical Body: yet tis knovvn enough among Chymiſts, That if You exquiſitely mix vvith it a due proportion of Salt of Tartar, the parts of the Alkaly vvill aſſociate themſelves more ſtrictly vvith thoſe of the Sulphur, then theſe vvere before aſſociated vvith thoſe of the Mercury, vvhereby You ſhall obtain out of the Cinnabar, vvhich ſeem'd intenſely red, a real Mercury, that vvill look like fluid Silver.
Word: recarbonize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + carbonize. 1. To carbonize again; to restore carbon to. Labels: transitive Example: to recarbonize iron in converting it to high-carbon steel
Word: recarbonized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recarbonize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: recarbonizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recarbonize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: recarbonizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recarbonize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: laborforce Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of labor force. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: laborforces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laborforce Labels: form-of, plural
Word: debrand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + brand. Pronunciation: /diːˈbɹænd/ 1. To remove a brand from. Labels: transitive Example: Meanwhile, 68018 has been debranded and lost its DRS colours, in readiness for its transfer to Chiltern as a standby rescue locomotive.
Word: debranding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of debrand Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: debranded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of debrand Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Three debranded former Great Western Railway Class 143 Pacers pass Exeter St Davids for the final time on December 17, running as the 1225 Exeter-Landore empty stock move.
Word: heliotypic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From heliotypy + -ic. 1. Relating to, or obtained by, heliotypy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: floccular Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the flocculus. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having flocs, or floccules. Labels: not-comparable Example: The polymer solution is sprayed in the form of a mist into the precipitant, thereby producing a fine floccular precipitate, the large surface area of which favors the outward diffusion of unpolymerized monomer and other compounds present.
Word: epiglottic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-) Proto-Hellenic *glṓťťā Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă) Ancient Greek -ις (-is) Ancient Greek γλωσσῐ́ς (glōssĭ́s) Ancient Greek ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς (epĭglōssĭ́s) Ancient Greek ἐπῐγλωττῐ́ς (epĭglōttĭ́s)bor. New Latin epiglōttislbor. English epiglottis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English epiglottic From epiglottis + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌɛp.ɪˈɡlɒt.ɪk/, /ˌɛp.əˈɡlɑt.ɪk/ 1. Pertaining to, or connected with, the epiglottis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Cherokees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cherokee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clitella Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clitellum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin electrum. See electrum. 1. electrum, amber (alloy of gold and silver) Labels: obsolete, uncountable 2. liquidambar Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: liquidambar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Liquidambar. Pronunciation: /ˌlɪkwɪdˈæmbəɹ/ 1. A resinous gum that exudes from the bark of the tree Liquidambar styraciflua. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The tree itself, or any other species of the genus Liquidambar, also called sweetgum. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Liquidambar maintains a European foothold in a small area of southwestern Turkey.
Word: labell Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of label. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: labell Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of label. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: signall Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of signal. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: signall Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of signal. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: cruelltie Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of cruelty. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: cruellty Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of cruelty. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: minerall Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of mineral. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: minerall Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of mineral. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: crystall Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of crystal. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: Adriane Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name.
Word: resums Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of resum Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: remembrynge Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of remembering. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: entryng Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of entering. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: rendryng Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of rendering. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: endaunger Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of endanger. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: cylindrick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of cylindric. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: enclusion Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of inclusion. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: cholics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cholic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: altar girls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of altar girl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: like there is no tomorrow Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of as if there were no tomorrow. Labels: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic
Word: as if there were no tomorrow Part of Speech: adv 1. To an excessive degree, oftentimes with little to no regard to future consequences; desperately; recklessly or wantonly; frantically; very quickly or very much. Labels: idiomatic Example: Starting with the Pranksters, who were the first to take LSD out of the war labs and hospitals, hippies were mixing drugs as if there were no tomorrow.
Word: Alamanni Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Alemanni. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: Alamanni Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Alemanni. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Alanis Part of Speech: name Etymology: A feminine form of Alan best known for the Canadian singer Alanis Morissette whose father was named Alan. 1. A female given name from the Celtic languages.
Word: animatics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of animatic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: palative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-osder. Latin palātumder. Old French palatbor. Middle English palate English palate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English palative From palate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈpælətɪv/ 1. Pleasing to the taste; palatable. Labels: obsolete Example: palative delights 2. palatal
Word: uropoetic Part of Speech: adj 1. Producing or stimulating the production of urine. Labels: not-comparable Example: uropoetic organs Example: uropoetic system 2. Of or relating to a system of organs that eliminate nitrogenous waste matter from the blood of certain invertebrates. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gondolet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian gondoletta, diminutive of gondola. Pronunciation: /ɡɒndəˈlɛt/ 1. A small gondola. Example: Then, come to me when daylight sets; Sweet! then come to me, When smoothly go our gondolets O'er the moonlight sea
Word: gondolets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gondolet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undercrested Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of undercrest Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: undercrests Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of undercrest Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: philologize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From philology + -ize. 1. To do the work of a philologist, to study words and their origins. Example: Nor is it here that I design to enlarge , as those who have philologized on this occasion de Sycophantis
Word: philologized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of philologize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: philologizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of philologize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: philologizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of philologize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tendence Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of tendency. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: wex Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of wax. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The sun but seem'd the lab'rer of their year; Each wexing moon supply'd her wat'ry store.
Word: scribable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scribe + -able. 1. Capable of being written, or written on. Labels: not-comparable Example: scribable surface Example: scribable film
Word: thlipsis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin thlipsis, from Ancient Greek θλῖψις (thlîpsis, “pressure”). Pronunciation: /ˈθlɪp.sɪs/ 1. Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Thus we sometimes see, in ardent fevers, the whole body suffused with redness, while the roughness and dryness of the skin, tongue, fauces, and internal parts of the mouth shew, that the smaller vessels are impervious, being compressed by a true thlipsis, the larger vessels being over distended with red blood. 2. A time of hardship. Labels: uncountable Example: This thlipsis is something possessed in common by monks who find their monastic life most difficult, and by those laypeople who would perhaps be monks if they were able. Example: Then in verse 29 Jesus says immediately after this thlipsis there will be signs in the heavens, and Jesus returns with His angels to gather his saints.
Word: reperception Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + perception. 1. The act of perceiving again Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 26 October, 1818, John Keats, , letter to Fanny Keats No external praise can give me such a glow as my own solitary reperception and ratification of what is fine. 2. a new perception. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reperceptions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reperception Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toluyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toluic + -yl. 1. Any of the three hypothetical radicals corresponding to the three toluic acids.
Word: toluyls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toluyl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alveoliform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin alveolus (“cavity”) + -iform. 1. Having the form of alveoli, or little sockets, cells, or cavities. Labels: archaic Example: alveoliform depressions Example: alveoliform animal
Word: indictor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From indict + -or. 1. Someone who indicts. Example: As because in them, if they be followed in course of indictment, there passeth a double jury, the indictors and the triers.
Word: indictors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of indictor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: presphenoidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + sphenoidal. 1. Of or pertaining to the presphenoid bone. Labels: not-comparable Example: presphenoidal part Example: presphenoidal region
Word: inharmonies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inharmony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inharmony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + harmony. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈhɑːməni/, /ɪnˈhɑɹməni/ 1. Lack of harmony. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In general, it is in exceeding bad taste to dye either lashes or brows, for it usually brings them into inharmony with the hair and features. Example: Here in the night stretches a wide and blasted field studded with half-extinct fires burning redly with I know not what presage of evil. . . . To what monstrous inharmony of death was it the visible prelude?
Word: semioval Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + oval. 1. Half oval. Labels: not-comparable
Word: semioval Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + oval. 1. A two-dimensional figure that has one straight edge and a rounded edge, similar to a semicircle but elongated in height or width.
Word: urceole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin urceolus. 1. A vessel for water or washing the hands in Roman Catholicism. Example: He was next divested of the alb or surplice, and also of the maniple (otherwise called the fanon or fannel), a kind of scarf worn on the left wrist, to denote his degradation from the order of sub-deaconship; after that he surrendered, as acolyte, the candlestick, taper, and small pitcher called urceole; as exorcist, the book of exorcisms; as reader, the lectionary or book of daily lessons; and, as sexton, the surplice of that office and the key of the church-door. 2. A disc in the center of a flower, often resembling a thickening of the corolla, which holds the carpels. Example: Stamineal urceole 10-15-toothed, with 5-10 of the teeth obtuse and sterile, and the 5 remaining ones alternate and monantherous. Example: The common Lady's Mantle is now considered to include 10 species based chiefly on the distribution of hairiness, the shape of the leaf and the fruit or urceole.
Word: urceoles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of urceole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: get a charge out of Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An allusion to feeling the shock of an electric charge. 1. To derive excitement, entertainment, or pleasure from. Labels: idiomatic Example: Anyway, I used to get a charge out of the writing on the walls in the John. Example: Even landlubbers who find yacht racing about as exciting as watching grass grow might get a charge out of the litigious storm swirling around the America's Cup.
Word: chylous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French chyleux. Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪləs/ 1. Consisting of, or similar to, chyle. Example: chylous ascites
Word: get a charge from Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of get a charge out of. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rubidic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to, or containing, rubidium. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: rubidic chloride Example: rubidic nitrate
Word: doctors make the worst patients Part of Speech: proverb 1. It is difficult to advise people on subjects that they are experts on. Labels: idiomatic
Word: embodier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From embody + -er. 1. One who embodies.
Word: embodiers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of embodier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: totalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From total + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈtəʊtəlnəs/ 1. The quality or state of being total; entireness; totality. Labels: uncountable
Word: evidentness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From evident + -ness. 1. The state of being evident; evidence. Labels: uncountable
Word: drudgingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From drudging + -ly. 1. In a drudging manner Example: […] It is not ſo decorous in reſpect of God, that he ſhould αὐτουργεῖν ἅπαντα [autourgeîn hápanta], ſet his ovvn hand as it vvere to every vvork, and immediately do all the meaneſt and triflingſt things himſelf drudgingly, vvithout making uſe of any inferior or ſubordinate Miniſters.
Word: gentilish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gentile + -ish. 1. heathenish; pagan Labels: archaic Example: filing the tongue of Scripture to a Gentilish Idiom Example: Gentilish Prophet
Word: matronlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From matron + -like. 1. Like a matron; matronly.
Word: extraprofessional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extra- + professional. 1. outside one's profession; not within the limits of professional duty or business. Example: extraprofessional conduct Example: extraprofessional education
Word: use a sledgehammer to crack a nut Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The analogy dates back to at least the middle of the 19th century: see, for example, this quotation from Levi Carroll Judson’s work Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution (1851): “He at once became the nucleus around which a band of patriots gathered and formed a nut too hard to be cracked by the sledgehammer of monarchy.” Pronunciation: /ˌjuːz‿ə ˈslɛd͡ʒhæmə tə ˌkɹæk‿ə ˈnʌt/, /ˌjuz‿ə ˈslɛd͡ʒhæmɚ tə ˌkɹæk‿ə ˈnʌt/ 1. To use disproportionate or significantly excessive force to carry out an action; to do something overzealously. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, idiomatic, informal, intransitive Example: This last mentioned consideration involves the concept in Community law (derived principally from German law) called "proportionality". In plain English it means "You must not use a steam hammer to crack a nut, if a nutcracker would do." Example: Today, Mr [Anthony] Worthington, an engineer, said: 'Sending three officers over simply to give a warning about kids playing football in the street is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.[…]'
Word: blue flag Part of Speech: noun 1. An award given to European beaches, based on cleanliness and water quality. 2. A driver notification indicating a faster vehicle is coming up from behind. 3. A driver notification indicating a faster vehicle is coming up from behind. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis