nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: harping iron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French harper (“to grasp strongly”). See harpoon. 1. A harpoon. Labels: archaic Example: it [a whale] was killed with a harping iron , struck in the head Example: They row up gently to the Whale, and so he will scarcely shun them; and when the Harpineer, standing ready fitted, sees his opportunity, he strikes his Harping-Iron into the Whale about or before the Fins, rather than toward the Tail.
Word: harping irons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of harping iron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: steely-eyed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From steely + eyed. Pronunciation: /ˈstiːliˌaɪd/, /ˈstiliˌaɪd/ 1. Having a hard, strong, and determined look about oneself. Labels: idiomatic 2. Having a hard, strong, and determined mentality or mindset. Labels: idiomatic Example: Her steely-eyed control of emotion has become such a reliable source of strength and enjoyment in the last two seasons, it's genuinely moving to see her defenses fall in the face of long-lost friends and family.
Word: anallagmatic Part of Speech: adj 1. Not changed in form by inversion. Labels: not-comparable Example: anallagmatic curves Example: anallagmatic geometry
Word: minicorder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of mini- + recorder. 1. A portable tape recorder. Example: The three big networks alone had more than 1000 people on the job, along sith a vast assortment of tape recorders, bind mikes, minicorders, walkie-talkies, peepie-creepies and periscopes[…] Example: The most interesting artifact left in the wake of Michael Enslin's brief stay (it lasted about seventy minutes) in room 1408 was the eleven minutes of recorded tape in his minicorder, which was charred a bit but not even close to destroyed.
Word: minicorders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minicorder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cockneyish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Cockney + -ish. 1. Characteristic of, or resembling, Cockneys, or Cockney ways.
Word: extorsive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See extort. 1. Serving or tending to extort. Example: the Words corrupte & extorsive being in the Indictment
Word: productibilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of productibility Labels: form-of, plural
Word: productibility Part of Speech: noun 1. The state of being productible; producibility. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1860-1862, John Ruskin, "The Veins of Wealth" in Unto This Last: Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy A man's labor for a day is a better standard of value than a measure of any produce , because no produce ever maintains a consistent rate of productibility
Word: Complutensian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Complūtensis + -an. 1. Of or relating to Complute or Complutum (now Alcalá de Henares), a city near Madrid in Spain. Example: the Complutensian Bible
Word: multicache Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + cache. 1. Having or relating to more than one cache. Labels: not-comparable Example: Evaluation of High Performance Multicache Parallel Texture Mapping
Word: multicache Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From multi- + cache. 1. A geocache involving the sequential discovery of a number of different locations, each yielding the coordinates of the next.
Word: multimemory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + memory. 1. Having or relating to more than one memory. Labels: not-comparable
Word: megerg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + erg. 1. Alternative form of megalerg. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: megergs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megerg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: syncopist Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who syncopates. Example: in order to outshine all the modern race of Syncopists, and thoroughly content my English readers, I intend shortly to publish a Spectator, that shall not have a single vowel in it .
Word: syncopists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of syncopist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cornic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Cornus + -ic 1. Derived from the dogwood (Cornus florida). Labels: not-comparable
Word: ricinolic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of ricinoleic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: cumbrously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From cumbrous + -ly. 1. In a cumbrous manner.
Word: Brinjaree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Native name. 1. A member of a group of Indian dacoits. Labels: historical
Word: Brinjarees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Brinjaree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: archchancellor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arch- + chancellor. Compare German Erzkanzler, Medieval Latin archicancellārius. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːtʃˈtʃɑːnsələ/, /ˈɑɹt͡ʃˈt͡ʃænsəlɚ/, /ˈɑɹt͡ʃˈt͡ʃænslɚ/ 1. chief chancellor 2. in Germany, an officer in the Holy Roman Empire who presided over the secretaries of the court Labels: Medieval
Word: archchancellors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of archchancellor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: liage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Old French liage (“a bond”). See liable. 1. Union; alliance. Labels: obsolete
Word: ornithorhynchus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Ornithorhynchus (genus name), from Ancient Greek ὄρνῑς (órnīs, “bird”)) + Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”). Pronunciation: /ˌɔː(ɹ)nɪθəˈɹɪŋkəs/ 1. A platypus (genus Ornithorhynchus).
Word: ornithorhynchuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ornithorhynchus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: linyphiid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Linyphiidae. Pronunciation: /lɪˈnɪ.fi.ɪd/ 1. Any spider of the family Linyphiidae; a sheet weaver.
Word: linyphiids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of linyphiid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rachitome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French rachitome, from Ancient Greek ῥάχις (rhákhis, “the spine”) + τομός (tomós, “to cut”). 1. A dissecting instrument for opening the spinal canal. Labels: historical
Word: rachitomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rachitome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Otaheite apples Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Otaheite apple Labels: form-of, plural
Word: corallinite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coralline + -ite. 1. A fossil coralline. Labels: archaic
Word: corallinites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corallinite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ambarellas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ambarella Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rojak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch roedjak, from Javanese ꦫꦸꦗꦏ꧀ (rujak), from Old Javanese rujak. 1. A traditional Malaysian and Indonesian salad of mixed raw fruits and vegetables served with a sauce. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A person of mixed ethnic heritage. Labels: Malaysia, countable, slang
Word: perspicil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin perspicilla, from perspicere (“to look through”). 1. An optical glass; a telescope. Labels: obsolete Example: Chronology (Sharp-sighted as the eagle's eye, that can Out-stare the broad-beam'd Day's meridian) Will have a perspicil to find her out
Word: perspicils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perspicil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transferrence Part of Speech: noun 1. rare spelling of transference Labels: alt-of, rare
Word: transferrences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of transferrence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sarcomatous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sarcoma + -ous. 1. Of or pertaining to sarcoma; resembling sarcoma. Example: sarcomatous overgrowth Example: sarcomatous
Word: crevis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crevis, from Old French crevice (“crayfish”). Doublet of crevette, crayfish, crawfish, and Krebs. 1. The crayfish. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: By the gods, I know not how best to devise My name or my property well to disguise. A merchant, a may-pole, a man or a mackerel, A crab or a crevis, a crane or a cokerel? Example: The fifth pair had each a fair large tray, strewed with fresh grass; and in them conger, burt, mullet, fresh herrings, oysters, salmon, crevis, and such like, from Neptunas, God of the sea.
Word: crevis Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of crevice. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Till at the last I spide within the same where one stood peeping through a crevis small. Example: It's the traversing of a mans thoughts, the coasting of the mind and imagination into every crevis and corner, pryes into every particular, takes a special view of the borders and confines of any corruption or condition that comes to be scanned,
Word: crevises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crevis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conchitic Part of Speech: adj 1. Composed of shells; containing many shells. Example: conchitic limestone
Word: coleseed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cole + seed. 1. The common rape or cole, specifically Brassica campestris.
Word: coleseeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coleseed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neogaean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neo- + Ancient Greek γαῖα (gaîa, “earth”) + -an. 1. Of or relating to the New World, or Western Hemisphere. Labels: not-comparable Example: The first list includes the generally accepted families of the neogaean—or new world—birds, embracing both those peculiar to America and those found in the old world […] Example: We are quite satisfied that such a characteristic and deviating plant of the tribe of the Bromeae is placed in a distinct genus, which is at the same time quite in accordance with its curious neogaean distribution.
Word: araceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From translingual Arum + -aceous, from Latin arum, a genus of plants, from Ancient Greek ἄρον (áron). 1. Of or relating to a family of plants, Araceae, of which the genus Arum is the type. Labels: not-comparable
Word: liturate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1826; Latin litūrātus, perfect passive participle and participial adjective from litūrō (“to erase”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from litūra (“a blur”). 1. Being or having indistinct spots, paler at the margins. Example: liturate thorax Example: [describing a moth, Megachyta lituralis, now Zanclognatha lituralis]Two black liturate spots on costa at inception 2. Spotted, as if from abrasions of the surface.
Word: perioplic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From periople + -ic. 1. Of or relating to the periople. Labels: not-comparable
Word: transcolation Part of Speech: noun 1. Act of transcolating, or state of being transcolated. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: For mere transcolation may by degrees take away that which the chemists call the fixed salt […]
Word: Sarkese Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sark + -ese. 1. The Sercquiais language.
Word: dissilition Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪsɪˈlɪʃən/ 1. The act of bursting, or breaking apart. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: the Dissilition of that Air was so great , that the small Viol seem'd to be full of Milk
Word: unspirit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + spirit. 1. To lower the spirits (positive energy) of; to dispirit. Labels: obsolete
Word: unspiriting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unspirit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unspirits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unspirit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unspiritedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unspirited + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being unspirited. Labels: uncountable
Word: portsale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From port + sale. See port (“gate”). 1. public or open sale; auction Labels: obsolete Example: Five thousand sixe hundred and two and thirtie persons were sold out-right in port-sale under the guirland
Word: portsales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of portsale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dreely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English drely, dreȝly, dreghly, dryȝly, equivalent to dree + -ly. Cognate with Scots dreichly (“steadily, copiously”). 1. Highly; largely; nobly; earnestly. Labels: dialectal 2. Slowly; tediously. Labels: dialectal
Word: smalltown Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From small + town. 1. Alternative form of small-town. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: we're smalltown people Example: 13 Parvenu United Local rivalries, smalltown boys and city slickers Alan Tomlinson The Football League
Word: small town Part of Speech: noun 1. A small (generally rural) town. Example: I went to heaven,– / ’T was a small town, / Lit with a ruby, / Lathed with down. Example: There's only one good use for a small town / You hate it—and you know you'll have to leave
Word: small towns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of small town Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blows one's load Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blow one's load Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: shoots one's load Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shoot one's load Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dumps one's load Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dump one's load Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: blew one's load Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of blow one's load Labels: form-of, past
Word: shot one's load Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of shoot one's load Labels: form-of, past
Word: dumped one's load Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of dump one's load Labels: form-of, past
Word: sea coot Part of Speech: noun 1. Any scoter (Melanitta spp.). Labels: dated
Word: sea coots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea coot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suturated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of suturate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: blown one's load Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of blow one's load Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cany Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cane + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪni/ 1. Of or relating to cane (the plant) or canes. 2. Abounding with canes. Example: Sericana , where Chineses drive With sails and wind their cany waggons light
Word: teewit Part of Speech: noun 1. The peewit. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: teewits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teewit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Senones Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via Latin from Ancient Greek Σήνωνες (Sḗnōnes), originally the capital of the Gaulish people of the same name. 1. A Gaulish tribe in the Roman period. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: rosepetal Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹoʊz pɛt(ə)l/, /ɹoʊz.pɛt(ə)l/, /ɹəʊz pɛt(ə)l/, /ɹəʊz.pɛt(ə)l/ 1. Alternative spelling of rose petal. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: With much fuss and kindness they brought me coffee and candied rosepetal jam — delicious indeed. Example: A gallery opening in Albuquerque's Nob Hill or Santa Fe's Canyon Road, leading to some rosepetal-dusted squab enchiladas for dinner, followed by dancing to Middle Eastern techno-fusion music, capped off by coffee and poetry […]
Word: rosepetal Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹoʊz pɛt(ə)l/, /ɹoʊz.pɛt(ə)l/, /ɹəʊz pɛt(ə)l/, /ɹəʊz.pɛt(ə)l/ 1. As soft, delicate or (red- or pink-) coloured as the petal of a rose. Example: […] lonely cock atop iron girders wears rosepetal smile […] Example: Today Greer says her first impression of Diane was of "a rosepetal-soft, delicate little girl. […]"
Word: rose petal Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹoʊz pɛt(ə)l/, /ɹoʊz.pɛt(ə)l/, /ɹəʊz pɛt(ə)l/, /ɹəʊz.pɛt(ə)l/ 1. The petal of a rose flower.
Word: rose petals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rose petal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rose-petal Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of rose petal. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rose-petals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rose-petal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dright Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English drihte, from Old English driht, dryht (“a multitude, an army, company, body of retainers, nation, a people, men”), from Proto-West Germanic *druhti, from Proto-Germanic *druhtiz (“troop, following”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to hold, hold fast, support”). Cognate with Old Frisian dregte (“people, crowd, escort, retinue, host”), Middle Low German drucht (“band, war-team”), Middle High German truht (“multitude, offspring”), Icelandic drótt (“people, entourage, bodyguard”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 (gadrauhts, “soldier”). Related also to German Truchsess (“steward”), from Middle High German truhtsæze (“chairman of a multitude, steward”, literally “sitting one/presider next to/in front of a multitude". The meaning "multitude" survives in present day German in the sense of "representing a court”), from Old High German truhtsāzzo. Pronunciation: /dɹaɪt/ 1. A multitude; army; host. Labels: historical Example: […] and Finn's compatriots were of course his subjects; more particularly, his close associates, the members of his dright. Example: Ancient battle poems show that neither gold nor lofty cause could keep a dright's courage at the sticking point: The warriors needed to be harangued into perseverance, reminded of their obligations to the ring-giver and their ultimate rewards.
Word: dright Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɹaɪt/ 1. Alternative form of drighten Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "Hey, you!" Christopher called out in the most lordly way he could. "You there! Take me to the Dright at once!"
Word: stonecold Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stone + cold. 1. Alternative spelling of stone cold. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: alternation of generations Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of metagenesis. Labels: uncountable Example: Hofmeister (1851) discovered alternation of generations and demonstrated the connection between the pteridophytes and the bryophytes, giving rise to the concept of the archegoniates.
Word: rosepetals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rosepetal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: endophragma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From endo- + phragma. 1. A chitinous structure above the nerve cord in the thorax of certain crustaceans. 2. The innermost wall of the septum on some insects. Example: This little-known Oriental species [Aphytis angustus] appears to be rather closely related to obscurus, but may be readily separated from the latter species by the relatively long endophragma, propodeum, ovipositor and syntergum 3. A partition in the frond of some seaweeds.
Word: papalties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of papalty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: papalty Part of Speech: noun 1. The papacy. Labels: obsolete Example: soothe him up in his dream of a fifth monarchy , and withal to uphold the decrepit papalty
Word: floramour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin flos, floris (“flower”) + amor (“love”). 1. The plant love-lies-bleeding. Labels: obsolete Example: The great Floramour hath a thick and call creſted ſtalk, with many reddiſh, large green leaves, the ſtalk divided into many branches, bearing long spikes of round hairy tufts
Word: floramours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of floramour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catstick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cat + stick. 1. A stick or club used in the game of tipcat. Labels: countable, usually Example: You, ſirrha; Sheepes-head, / VVith a face cut on a cat-ſticke, Doe you heare? 2. The game of tipcat. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: catsticks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catstick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flowerpetal Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of flower petal. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […], drifting downward like flowerpetals from her hair and hands. Example: […] who gathers herself a bunch of colorful flowers that she uses to adorn her bodice; (2) In the Umwelt of an ant, which uses the regular design of the stem surface as the ideal path in order to reach its food-area in the flowerpetals; […]
Word: flowerpetals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flowerpetal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flower petal Part of Speech: noun 1. A petal of a flower. 2. A modified leaf that surrounds the reproductive parts of flowers, often brightly colored or unusually shaped to attract pollinators.
Word: outscout Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + scout. 1. To surpass in scouting, or reconnaissance. Labels: transitive Example: In the Matabele campaign he had out[-]scouted the savage scouts and found his pleasure in tracking them among their native mountains, […] Example: A major league owner in Brooklyn, St. Louis or Chicago might not be able to outscout and outspend the Yankees. But he could find and sign gifted ballplayers in places the Yankees ignored. 2. To overpower by disdain; to outface. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Steel your thoughts, ſharp your reſolue, imboldẽ your spirit, graſp your ſvvords; alarum miſchief, & vvith an vndãted brovv, out ſcout the grim oppoſition of most menacing perill.
Word: outscout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From out- + scout. 1. An advance scout. Labels: obsolete Example: 1728, Daniel Defoe (attributed), The Memoirs of an English Officer, London: E. Symon, pp. 211-212, […] tho’ the Enemy took the Train I had laid, and on sight of our small Body on the Hill, sent a Party from their greater Body to intercept them, before they could reach the Town; yet the Sequel prov’d, we had mistaken their Number, and it soon appeared to be much greater than we at first imagin’d. However our Out-scouts, as I may call ’em, got safe into the House […] Example: [They] lay covered by the underwood, and behind rocks and roots of trees, waiting in silent ambush for their pursuers, of whose approach they had always information from their out-scouts. 2. A group of advance scouts; an advance scouting party. Labels: obsolete Example: As soon as they approached near the Town, the two Indians which were in the Canoa with our five Men for the Out-scout, jumped over-board, and we lost them. Example: 1744, Peter Wraxall, entry dated 17 May, 1744, in Charles Howard McIlwain (ed.), An Abridgment of the Indian Affairs, Harvard University Press, 1915, p. 232, […] they think it absolutely necessary that an outscout of 40 Men should be sent at the charge of the Province to the Carrying Place […] to observe the Motions of the Enemy […]
Word: outscouted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outscout Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outscouting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outscout Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outscouts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outscout Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: flower-petal Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of flower petal. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: flower petals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flower petal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flower-petals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flower-petal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drighten Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle English drighte, drightin and its etymon Old English dryhten (“a ruler, king, lord, prince, the supreme ruler, the Lord, God, Christ”), from Proto-West Germanic *druhtin, from Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz (“leader, chief, lord”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to hold, hold fast, support”). Cognate with Old Frisian drochten (“lord”), Old Saxon drohtin (“lord”), Old High German truhtin, Middle High German truhten, trohten (“ruler, lord”) (obsolete German Trechtin, Trechtein (“lord, God”)), Danish drot (“king”), Swedish drott (“king, ruler, sovereign”), Icelandic dróttinn (“hero, ruler, lord”), Finnish ruhtinas (“sovereign prince”). Related also to Old English dryht (“troop, army”), Old English ġedryht (“troop, body of men”), Old English drēogan (“to serve in the military, endure”). More at dree. By surface analysis, dright (“army, host”) + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹaɪ.tən/, [ˈd(ʒ)ɹaɪ.tɪn], [ˈdʒɹəɪ.ʔɪn] 1. A lord; ruler; sovereign; chief; leader; prince. Labels: Norse, historical Example: Believe me, my drighten, there is not one of us that has ever slacked on watch before! 2. The Lord; Lord God; Christ. Labels: capitalized, obsolete, usually
Word: housedoor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of house door. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Some man that wayfaring was stood by housedoor at night's oncoming. Example: He stood sideways in the kitchen doorway, looking at Watt, and Watt saw the housedoor open behind him […]
Word: housedoors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of housedoor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: house door Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hous-dore, equivalent to house + door. Cognate Saterland Frisian Huusdoore (“housedoor”), West Frisian hûsdoar (“housedoor”), Dutch huisdeur (“housedoor”), German Low German Huusdöör (“housedoor”), German Haustür (“housedoor”), Swedish husdörr (“housedoor”), Icelandic húsdyr (“housedoor”). Compare also German Haustor (“house gate, house door”). 1. A door to a house; a house's door.
Word: house-door Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of house door. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: house doors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of house door Labels: form-of, plural
Word: house-doors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of house-door Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drightin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of drighten. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cuneatic Part of Speech: adj 1. cuneiform (writing system) Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: cuneatic decipherment
Word: applot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ad- + plot. 1. To divide into plots or parts; to apportion. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: 1649, "Articles of peace, made, concluded, accorded, and agreed upon by and between his excellency James lord marquis of Ormond, lord lieutenant-general, and general of his majesty's kingdom of Ireland, for, and on the behalf of, his most excellent majesty, by virtue of the authority wherewith the said lord lieutenant is intrusted, on the one part: and the general assembly of Roman Catholics of the said kingdom, for and on the behalf of his majesty's Roman Catholic subjects of the same, on the other part", quoted in John Milton, "Observations on the Articles of Peace Between James Earl of Ormond for King Charles the First on the one hand, and the Irish Rebels and Papists on the other hand". […] and that the ſaid Thomas Lord Viſcount Dillon of Coſtologh Lord Preſident of Connaght, Donnogh Lord Viſcount Muſkerry, Francis Lord Bacon of Athunry, &c. or even any ſeven or more of them, ſhall have power to applot, raiſe and levy Means with Indifferency and Equality, by way of Exciſe or otherwiſe, in the ſeveral Cities, Corporate Towns, Counties and part of Counties, now within the Quarters and only upon the Eſtates of the ſaid Confederate Roman Catholics, all ſuch Sum and Sums of Money as ſhall appear to the ſaid Thomas Lord Viſcount Dillon of Coſtologh Lord Preſident of Connaght, Donnogh Lord Viſcount Muſkerry, Francis Lord Bacon of Athunry, &c. or even any ſeven or more of them, to be really due, for and in the Diſcharge of the public Engagements of the ſaid Confederate Catholics, incurred and grown due before the Concluſion of theſe Articles; […]
Word: applots Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of applot Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: applotted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of applot Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: applotting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of applot Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: semibarbarous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + barbarous. 1. Partially barbarous; not fully civilised. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mr. Arndt, a German and the Government doctor, invited me to stay at his house while in Coupang, and I gladly accepted his offer, as I only intended making a short visit. We at first began speaking French, but he got on so badly that we soon passed insensibly into Malay; and we afterwards held long discussions on literary, scientific, and philosophical questions in that semi-barbarous language, whose deficiencies we made up by the free use of French or Latin words.
Word: oldman Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of old man. Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard Example: And therein ſat an old oldman, halfe blind, And all decrepit in his feeble corſe, […]. Example: Our Lord an oldman with a white beard Seated in glory on the cross […]
Word: oldmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oldman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: old-man Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of old man. Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard
Word: old-man Part of Speech: adj 1. (applied to plants and animals) Of exceptional size or age. Labels: Australia, not-comparable Example: Along the banks of the Georgina are alternate patches of old-man scrub and strips of plain country. Example: Davey suddenly jumped from his horse and ran after a big old-man bungarra. The goanna had arms like a bear. 2. (applied to weather) Of exceptional intensity. Labels: Australia, not-comparable Example: They Say: That the wild ducks have tipped an "old man flood."
Word: old-men Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of old-man Labels: form-of, plural
Word: self-kill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From self- + kill. compare Old English selfcwalu (“suicide, self-slaughter”). 1. To kill oneself; commit suicide. Labels: ambitransitive Example: As his self-killing would not have been murder, his acts done in order to self-kill are not an attempt to murder. Example: It might be suggested that if it is possible to think of the acts of people such as John and the young clerk, who kill themselves to wreak revenge on others, as falling short of suicide though they intentionally self kill, […]
Word: delinition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin delinere (“to smear”). See liniment. 1. A smearing. Labels: obsolete Example: The Delinition alſo of the Infant's Ears and Noſtrils with the Spittle of the Prieſt may ſometimes ſtrike harſhly upon the ſpirits of the more delicate; but it makes much for the opinion of his Sanctity, vvhoſe ſpumeous excrement is of ſo ſacred a virtue, and vvill gain alſo the prayers of all the vvomen in the Tovvn, that he may ever be an hail and ſound man.
Word: spareless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spare + -less. 1. Unsparing. Labels: archaic Example: Too - soon expose thee not , to Sisters - spareless Example: When all the friends that blessed his prime, Were vanished like a morning dream; Plucked one by one by spareless Time, And scatteredin oblivion's stream; 2. Lacking a spare tire. Example: However, until the spareless car gains acceptance, spare tires will be provided on all the passenger cars. Example: The purpose of your tire-patch package is to keep you on the road and keep you from being spareless after a puncture-flat.
Word: enaliosaur Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪˈnæliəˌsɔɹ/, /ɪˈnælɪəˌsɔː/ 1. One of the Enaliosauria (now known as the ichthyosaurs or sauropterygians. Labels: obsolete
Word: enaliosaurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enaliosaur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pillars of the community Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pillar of the community Labels: form-of, plural
Word: -saurus Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From translingual and New Latin forms of Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard, reptile”), used in taxonomic names of various dinosaurs. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːɹəs/ 1. Forms names for real or imaginary dinosaurs. Labels: morpheme
Word: reptilianness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reptilian + -ness. Pronunciation: /ɹɛpˈtɪl.i.ən.nɪs/ 1. The quality of having reptile characteristics. Labels: uncountable Example: And it wasn't just because he took her to the theater, the best movies, the most expensive restaurants (which reptile people always do to make up for their reptilianness). Example: That the combination was perfectly capable of overriding any repugnance people might feel toward his additionally overwhelming reptilianness had already been demonstrated, in response to his first interview on 3-V.
Word: oftmentioned Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of oft-mentioned. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:oftmentioned.
Word: oftused Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of oft-used. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:oftused.
Word: oft used Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of oft-used. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: oft-mentioned Part of Speech: adj 1. Often mentioned.
Word: supererogatorily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From supererogatory + -ly. 1. In a supererogatory manner.
Word: tensome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tensom, tensum, equivalent to ten + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛnsəm/ 1. A group of ten persons or things. Example: 1974, International Thespian Society, National Thespian Dramatic Honor Society for High Schools, Dramatics: Volumes 46-47, link Hastily the tensome make their way to the stage unloading their props in the wings.
Word: tensomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tensome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glassdoor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of glass door. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: with a balcony and large glassdoor in the back-ground, Example: A 35 m², 210 m², moveable glassdoor, built like a funnel […]
Word: glassdoors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glassdoor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glass-doors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glass-door Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glass-door Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of glass door. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: glass door Part of Speech: noun 1. A door made of glass.
Word: glass doors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glass door Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fisty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fist + -y. Piecewise doublet of fistic. 1. Involving the fists; pugilistic. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: As when, at some low Bacchanalian feast, His drunken votaries, for a trifling jest Or ancient grudge, two staggering clowns begin A fisty fight, fools from all sides rush in: They pull, they rend, they shout […] Example: Unlike some here, i don't worship drivers or teams. Everyone is good in something, so them being good at racing is their thing. Good on them, but they don't give a damn about me, so i'm not going to slash my wrists over them, or make life long enemies here by arguing it all the way to a virtual fisty fight..
Word: Tiburon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish tiburón (“shark”). 1. A town in Marin County, California.
Word: ninesome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nine + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪnsəm/ 1. A group of nine persons or things. Example: In the ninesome reel the dance is fully organized; i.e. there is no arbitrary change of partner, and quite sophisticated dance-figures occur. Example: As they stood before a staid cast-iron gate across the street from where they work, they made as toothsome a ninesome as could ever be glimpsed anywhere.
Word: ninesomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ninesome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: facadectomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From facade + -ectomy. 1. The retention of a building's facade for use in a new construction after the rest of the original building is demolished. 2. The removal and replacement of a building's facade.
Word: facadectomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of facadectomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fakeaway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of fake + takeaway. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪkəweɪ/ 1. A homemade meal intended to replicate takeaway food ordered from a restaurant. Labels: Australia, UK, informal Example: Forget fine dining: even fairly foul dining courtesy of the humble takeaway will seem extravagant. Hence the arrival of the fakeaway.
Word: fakeaways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fakeaway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: housewall Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of house wall. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […] To any later judgment this "Mercury Street" (so named from a local temple) is very narrow, not over fifteen feet from housewall to housewall. Example: A comparison between ancient rock pictures and modern housewall pictures often discloses strong stylistic […]
Word: house-wall Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of house wall. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: housewalls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of housewall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: house-walls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of house-wall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: house wall Part of Speech: noun 1. An interior or exterior wall of a house.
Word: house walls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of house wall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: officewall Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of office wall. Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard Example: The way had suddenly opened up to him when Jean Jacques had brought home in hard cash, and had locked away in the iron-doored cupboard in the officewall, his last, his cherished, eight thousand dollars. Example: I'm on for 4 hours now - the big clock on the officewall shows 2:38
Word: office-wall Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of office wall. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: office-walls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of office-wall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: officewalls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of officewall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: office wall Part of Speech: noun 1. An office wall: one of the walls of an office.
Word: office walls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of office wall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Chineseman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A compound of Chinese + -man, or a compression of the words "Chinese man" into a single word, which may have been influenced by Chinaman or by similar words such as Englishman, Frenchman and Dutchman. 1. A Chinese man, a Chinaman. Example: When speaking of the Chinese individually we should undoubtedly say a Chinese or a Chineseman. Example: They saw the Chineseman, her grandfather, was broken in pieces. He was an ornament too and had fallen off the table
Word: Chinesemen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Chineseman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inbalance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + balance. 1. Alternative spelling of imbalance. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: inbalances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inbalance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chemical imbalance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The sense "mental illness" is due to the fact that some mental illnesses are caused by chemical imbalances in the brain. 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chemical, imbalance. 2. Mental illness. Labels: euphemistic Example: Anyone who knew him well would suspect he had a chemical imbalance. He had been unhappy recently. And there was a history of suicide in the family; his mother had tried to kill herself.
Word: mental disorder Part of Speech: noun 1. A behavioral or mental pattern that may cause suffering or a poor ability to function in life.
Word: mental disorders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mental disorder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: behavioral crisis Part of Speech: noun 1. An episode of mental disorder in a person that is considered unacceptable by the community, friends, family, or the person themselves.
Word: behavioral crises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of behavioral crisis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dogfur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dog + fur. 1. Alternative spelling of dog fur. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Example: She took him into a little restaurant, but two Rumanian policemen in heavy winter coats with dogfur collars were having their breakfast there and she was afraid that without identification papers she would be arrested […] Example: we will put horsemeat and flesh of decayed animals and then tree roots and dogfur.
Word: dog fur Part of Speech: noun 1. The fur of a dog. Labels: uncountable Example: Holonyms: coat, pelt
Word: hamsandwich Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of ham sandwich (“sandwich made with ham”). Labels: alt-of, rare Example: carefully folded hamsandwich Example: The hamsandwich men and pig-trotter women will give you notice when the time is come, for with the first clatter of the descending footsteps they commence their cries.
Word: ham-sandwich Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ham sandwich (“sandwich made with ham”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pushing daisies Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of push daisies Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pushing daisies Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of pushing up daisies (“dead”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Jewman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Jew + man. 1. A (male) Jew. Labels: dated, derogatory Example: "There were other Jewmen — Mr Wolfson over to Bride Street, Mr Taylor of Fumbally Lane, Mr Tolkin of Mount Pleasant Place and then Benny Coleman in Tailors Lane."
Word: Jewmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Jewman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: house floor Part of Speech: noun 1. A floor of a house.
Word: housefloor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of house floor. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A significant event is taking place in housefloor construction as Rackham Harding Precast, […] Example: Most are simple interments of a single infant or child, some buried with one or more ceramic vessels, and most burials are located in domestic contexts, either in midden areas or else under the housefloor.
Word: housefloors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of housefloor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: house floors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of house floor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fakester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fake + -ster. 1. A person who seeks to deceive others. Example: And congrats to KROQ-FM deejay the Poorman, who nabbed a fakester passing himself off as comic-pitchman Joe Piscopo. 2. A user account on a social networking site with a profile containing information of a false, satirical, or promotional nature. Labels: Internet Example: These "fakesters" portray themselves as everything from inanimate objects like the World Trade Center to celebrities like Paris Hilton to historical forces like War (which lists its profession as "resolving disputes"). 3. A person who affects a behavior, style, or attitude. Labels: slang Example: She was preppy. Seriously preppy. And not in a fakester way, like an Abercrombie Zombie or a Polo-poser.
Word: fakesters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fakester Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inverted pentagram Part of Speech: noun 1. A pentagram (a religious pagan or Wicca star) with the odd point directed downward; a religious symbol of Baphomet and Satanism. Example: a symbol of Satanism– the sigil of Baphomet, inverted pentagram,
Word: Billyjean Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Billy + Jean. 1. A female given name originating as a coinage. Labels: rare
Word: familymoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of family + honeymoon. 1. A honeymoon in which the newlywed couple bring along their children. Example: “We didn't want Conner to feel excluded,” said New Yorker Craig Linden, whose 5-year-old stepson joined the couple for their wedding and honeymoon in Hawaii. “It was a familymoon.” Example: These familymoons can be a valuable transition time for merging families Brady-Bunch style, and they're a powerful way of conveying to all that life is about to become a joint venture.
Word: familymoons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of familymoon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Billybob Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Billy Bob. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ice dams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ice dam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poltron Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of poltroon. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Example: Be not a Hercules furens abroad, and a poltron within thyself. Example: She shall find I am not the clay, but the potter. I will mould, not be moulded. Poltron as I was, to think of sinking into the docile, domesticated, timid animal called husband!
Word: poltrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poltron Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural
Word: mushroom bodies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mushroom body Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perirhinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From peri- + rhinal. 1. Situated around the nose. Labels: not-comparable Example: Prompted by this, neuroscientists have gradually narrowed down the search for the most vital of all memory organs to one principal structure, the perirhinal cortex.
Word: shrinked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of shrink Labels: form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Example: He got so frightened about his plaguy soul, that he shrinked and sheered away from whales, for fear of after-claps, in case he got stove and went to Davy Jones.
Word: sharkish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shark + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑɹkɪʃ/ 1. Having shark-like characteristics, such as fierceness or agility. Example: Pious harpooneers never make good voyagers—it takes the shark out of 'em; no harpooneer is worth a straw who aint pretty sharkish.
Word: skrimmage Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of scrimmage. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: But nothing about that thing that happened to him off Cape Horn, long ago, when he lay like dead for three days and nights; nothing about that deadly skrimmage with the Spaniard afore the altar in Santa?
Word: skrimmage Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of scrimmage. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Bogotan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish bogotano. 1. A native or inhabitant of Bogota, Colombia.
Word: Bogotan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Spanish bogotano. 1. Of or relating to Bogota, Colombia.
Word: nappishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nappish + -ness. 1. Slight tiredness, sleepiness Labels: uncountable Example: We had lain thus in bed, chatting and napping at short intervals, and Queequeg now and then affectionately throwing his brown tattooed legs over mine, and then drawing them back; so entirely sociable and free and easy were we; when, at last, by reason of our confabulations, what little nappishness remained in us altogether departed, and we felt like getting up again, though day-break was yet some way down the future.
Word: nappish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nap + -ish. 1. Slightly tired; somewhat sleepy.
Word: bamboozlingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From bamboozling + -ly. 1. In a bamboozling manner.
Word: crackest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: crack + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of crack Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: biobanker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + banker. 1. A scientist who works in a biobank.
Word: fictomercial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin commercium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin commerciālislbor. French commercialbor. English commercial blend English fictomercial Blend of fiction + commercial. 1. A work of fiction featuring product placement or commissioned to promote a product.
Word: fictomercials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fictomercial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: VFP Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Visual FoxPro. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: filmanthropy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of film + philanthropy. 1. Filmmaking that aims to raise awareness of an issue and/or money for a charitable cause. Labels: uncountable
Word: fluidifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fluidification Labels: form-of, plural