nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: daric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δᾱρεικός (dāreikós), from Old Persian *darikah. Doublet of gold and yellow. Considered by classical authors to be from Δαρεῖος (Dareîos, “Darius”) who standardized the coinage as such, but this is a folk etymology. 1. A gold coin from Persian Empire, introduced by Darius the Great (522-486 BC) and used until Alexander the Great's invasion (330 BC).
Word: dataria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin, from Latin datum (“given”). Pronunciation: /deɪˈtɛəɹi.ə/, /deɪˈtɛɹi.ə/ 1. Part of the Roman Catholic Curia, abolished in 1967, from which were sent graces or favours such as appointments to benefices. Labels: historical
Word: datura Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. A plant of the genus Datura, known for its trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous properties. Example: Garcias ab Horto [...] makes mention of an herb called datura, “which, if it be eaten for twenty-four hours following, takes away all sense of grief, makes them incline to laughter and mirth” [...]. Example: "Apple of Death" is what the Jungle call thorn-apple or dhatura, the readiest poison in all India.
Word: daturism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From datura + -ism. 1. Poisoning from hyoscyamine and scopolamine present in thorn apple and similar plants (of genus Datura). Labels: uncountable
Word: single quote Part of Speech: noun 1. A quotation mark, as in She said, 'Go ahead'. 2. An apostrophe, as in Let's do it.
Word: flocculi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flocculus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bad-boy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bad boy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He wants to understand how proximity relates to women's preference for bad-boys who are not interested in monogamous relationships, and who nonetheless finish up with "more female attention than they can reasonably handle." Example: We then pull the boat out, close the door, and bust this bad-boy open!
Word: concolorate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From con- + colorate? 1. Having a uniform colour
Word: concomitancy Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of being concomitant; concomitance Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: concordal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From concord + -al. 1. of or pertaining to concord Labels: not-comparable
Word: concordancer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Old Latin com Latin cum Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥d- Proto-Italic *kord Latin cor Latin concors Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin concordō Late Latin concordantiader. Old French concordanceder. English concordance Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English concordancer From concordance + -er. 1. A person or automated system that compiles a concordance.
Word: concordantial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Old Latin com Latin cum Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥d- Proto-Italic *kord Latin cor Latin concors Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin concordō Late Latin concordantiader. Old French concordanceder. English concordance Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English concordantial From concordance + -ial. 1. Of or pertaining to a concordance (especially to a concordance of the Bible) Labels: not-comparable
Word: concordatory Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to a concordat (as between church and state). Labels: not-comparable
Word: concorporate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From con- + corporate. 1. united into a single body Labels: not-comparable
Word: concorporate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From con- + corporate. 1. To unite into a single body Labels: obsolete Example: The believer was purified and, united with Christ, convivified with Him, even as, in the Eucharist, the body of the church, was concorporated, unified, sanctified, and offered in sacrifice with Christ its head.
Word: concorporeal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From con- + corporeal. 1. Belonging to a single body. Labels: not-comparable
Word: concrescent Part of Speech: adj 1. growing together Labels: not-comparable
Word: concrescible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin concrēscō + -ible. 1. Capable of growing together.
Word: Zim Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of Zimmerman, the surname of a man who worked in lumber in the area. 1. An unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States.
Word: Zim Part of Speech: name 1. Clipping of Zimbabwe: a country in Southern Africa. Labels: South-Africa, Zimbabwe, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
Word: concreter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From concrete (noun) + -er. 1. A person who pours or works with concrete
Word: concreter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From concrete (verb) + -er. 1. A device for concentrating sugar syrup by boiling Labels: dated
Word: concreter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From concrete (adjective) + -er. 1. comparative form of concrete: more concrete Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: concretional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From concretion + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to a concretion
Word: concretionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From concretion + -ary. 1. Composed of concretions Labels: not-comparable
Word: concupiscently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From concupiscent + -ly. 1. In a concupiscent manner; with concupiscence
Word: concurringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From concurring + -ly. 1. In a concurring manner; concurrently
Word: naivetés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of naiveté Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Niçoise salads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Niçoise salad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: non-strikers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of non-striker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: off breaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of off break Labels: form-of, plural
Word: old balls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of old ball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: new balls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of new ball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: one-day matches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of one-day match Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outswingers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of outswinger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: game master Part of Speech: noun 1. A person (especially a man) conducting a game. Example: Using only meaning-laden glances or other undetectable gestures, the Mafia members indicate to the game master which villager they’d like to off. Example: The Game Master/Mistress may lead the Magic Box Game (see Glossary). 2. A person (especially a man) conducting a game.
Word: bites the dust Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bite the dust Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: biting the dust Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bite the dust Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: game masters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of game master Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dungeon master Part of Speech: noun 1. A game master in Dungeons & Dragons games. Example: He shrugged helplessly. "Whenever we've played before, it was so orderly: people would get their turns one by one, then the dungeon master would say what the results were, then we'd take another turn . . . but this way . . ." He shook his head. Example: Nicholas and his black-masked companions waited with feet planted apart as the dungeon master fumbled for his key ring. 2. A man who manages a dungeon (an underground prison or vault). Example: “After the dungeon master freed me,” Publius continued as he eagerly took bites of food and sips of wine, “I crept to my apartment, changed into work clothes, filled my briefcase with documents and all the cash I had.[…]” Example: When Adalbert next saw the flicker of the dungeon master’s torch, he tried to follow its faint glimmer onto the opposite side of his cell. He could see the cot but nothing more than a murky silhouette covered in a blanket. The dungeon master slid a water cup and two bowls of gruel through the grating at the floor. 3. A man who manages a dungeon (a room dedicated to sadomasochistic sexual activity). Example: She stared at the metal bars hanging from the wood beams of the ceiling. Lined handcuffs dangled from the ends. The dungeon master would suspend his handcuffed victim from that horizontal bar. “Don’t be a pantywaist, baby. This is what you wanted.” Example: “It’s role playing. We’ve done this a lot.” / She gave him a look that hopefully told him she questioned his sanity. “Crazy role playing.” / “Really?” He arched a brow and stepped between her legs. “Crazier than me being the dungeon master? Crazier than naughty virgin school girl, French maid—which I really, really liked—or my absolute favorite, Master and slave?” 4. A man who supervises a dungeon (a room dedicated to sadomasochistic sexual activity). Example: Most club parties and private parties held in commercial dungeons in the United States have a dungeon master, mistress, or monitor (DM), whose responsibility it is to make sure that scenes are consensual and house rules are obeyed. Example: Safety concerns and correct techniques for other behaviors are commonly discussed informally. Activities may vary from the accepted “safe” technique can lead to interruption by the dungeon master/mistress.
Word: dungeon masters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dungeon master Labels: form-of, plural
Word: end quote Part of Speech: intj 1. Used in speech to indicate the end of a quotation.
Word: communize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From commune + -ize. 1. To make something the property of a community. 2. To impose Communist ideals upon. 3. To become or be made communistic. 4. To come under public ownership or control.
Word: communizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of communize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: communizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of communize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: communized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of communize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: communise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From commune + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of communize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: communises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of communise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: communising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of communise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: communised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of communise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: N.A. Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of national association (“a national bank, as defined in the National Banking Act”). Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Citibank, N.A. 2. Abbreviation of numerary adjunct. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: actin- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of actino-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: xysti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xystus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: algesias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of algesia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anabioses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anabiosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anaclases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anaclasis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anacoluthias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anacoluthia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anasarcas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anasarca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: androecia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of androecium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: angiographies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of angiography Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aplasias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aplasia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antoniniani Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antoninianus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dictation machines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dictation machine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: myxoviruses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myxovirus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rimshots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rimshot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rim shots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rim shot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: viscidly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From viscid + -ly. 1. In a viscid fashion or manner. Example: The room was stuffy, the smoke hanging as viscidly in the warm still air as the white of an egg hangs in water, as if she’d been sitting there for some time.
Word: papes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: milles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mille Labels: form-of, plural
Word: importances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of importance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonstereospecifically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From non- + stereospecifically. 1. In a nonstereospecific manner Example: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich A complex mixture of adducts arose from the reaction of isobenzofuran 67 with Smith’s diene (4) as addition occurred nonstereospecifically at both p-centers of 4.
Word: nonstereospecific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + stereospecific. 1. Not stereospecific
Word: swordtail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sword + tail. 1. One of many species of freshwater fish, in genus Xiphophorus, others of which are called platyfish. Example: There were all kinds - Swordtails, Guppies, Platys, Terras [sic], Neons, Cichlids, Labyrinth and Paradise fish, and every variety of exotic Goldfish. Example: But ongoing efforts to sequence genes from other fishes, including salmon and swordtail, will also help to test the theory, Postlethwait says. 2. Any of various papilionid butterflies that have a long sword-like projection from the tornal section of each hindwing.
Word: oxabicyclic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From oxa- + bicyclic. 1. Describing a bicyclic compound having a bridging oxygen atom. Labels: not-comparable Example: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich Example: These oxabicyclic systems are very versatile intermediates in organic synthesis and have been prepared typically in racemic form by the [3 + 4] annulation between allyl cations and furans.
Word: swimmy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From swim + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈswɪ.mi/ 1. Dizzy; swirling or moving as if seen in a daze. Example: I hadn't noticed at Peter Anderson's—my head was too swimmy to notice anything. Example: "I guess it was the heat, but I felt swimmy for a moment. That's all."
Word: swimmy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swim + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈswɪ.mi/ 1. An inflatable armband to help children swim.
Word: surfy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From surf + -y. 1. of a shore, having lots of breaking waves Example: Now again in the latter summer do those Kings of the Niblungs ride To chase the sons of the plunder that curse the ocean-side: So over the oaken rollers they run the cutters down Till fair in the first of the deep are the glittering bows up-thrown; But, shining wet and steel-clad, men leap from the surfy shore, And hang their shields on the gunwale, and cast abroad the oar; Then full to the outer ocean swing round the golden beaks, And Sigurd sits by the tiller and the host of the spoilers seeks. 2. characteristic of surf music Example: All this is set to a driving backdrop of hard, slightly surfy, surprisingly powerful strumming. Example: They do a kind of surfy version of New Order, bright and clattery, a minimalist collision of the 1950s and the 1980s.
Word: surrenderer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From surrender + -er. 1. One who surrenders. Example: I will warrant him hanged and one or two of his fellows, but you must not tell your shirt of this yet;" and when he was congratulating the government on his having at length procured the execution of Captain Hemart, the surrenderer of Grave, he added, pithily, "and you shall hear that Mr. P. B. shall follow." Example: A massive desk lamp shields him almost entirely from the client, who's left to contemplate a framed photograph of the professional surrenderer planting his flag atop a hill.
Word: sunrising Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sun + rising. 1. Sunrise, daybreak. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: "Those," he says, "in the castle of Llanpadarn have submitted to the Prince, and have sworn on the body of the Lord, administered to them by the hands of our cousin Richard Courtney, chancellor of Oxford, in the presence of the Duke of York, that if we, or our son, or our lieutenant, shall not be removed from the siege by Owyn Glyndowr between the 24th October next coming at sunrising, and the Feast of All Saints the next to come (1st (p. 217) November), in that case the said rebels will restore the castle in the same condition; and for greater security they have given hostages. Example: The pilgrim they laid in a large upper chamber, whose window opened toward the sunrising.
Word: sunrising Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sun + rising. 1. present participle and gerund of sunrise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bilocal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + local. 1. Describing a situation in which a married couple alternate their residence between that of the wife's and husband's group Labels: not-comparable
Word: dodecanoic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dodecane + -oic. 1. Of or pertaining to dodecanoic acid or its derivatives Labels: not-comparable
Word: dodecanoic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several isomeric aliphatic carboxylic acids having twelve carbon atoms; but especially n-dodecanoic acid (lauric acid).
Word: eigenprojections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eigenprojection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: magnetopolariton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From magneto- + polariton. 1. A magnetic (rather than electric) polariton
Word: multibaric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + baric. 1. Involving multiple pressures Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonseparable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + separable. 1. Not separable Labels: not-comparable
Word: featherbrain Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of feather-brain. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: featherhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From feather + head. 1. A foolish person. Example: He waited and waited, in the faith that Schinkel was dealing with them in his slow, categorical Teutonic way, and only objurgated the cabinetmaker for having in the first place paltered with his sacred trust. Why hadn't he come straight to him—whatever the mysterious document was—instead of talking it over with French featherheads?
Word: felt tip Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of felt-tip. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: felt-tipped pen Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of felt-tip pen.
Word: Fens Part of Speech: name Etymology: A proprialization from the common noun fen. 1. A marshy area in eastern England.
Word: fernbird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fern + bird. 1. Megalurus punctatus, an insectivorous bird native to New Zealand.
Word: fertility drug Part of Speech: noun 1. A drug that improves fertility. Example: ‘My brother,[…], is at Radley, on account of my parents thinking it a bad idea to have us both at the same school.’ ‘On account of your being twins?’ said Adrian. ‘Right, on account of my mother OD-ing on fertility drugs.[…]’
Word: festination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From festinate + -tion 1. The involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g. Parkinson's disease). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An involuntary quickening of speech in some speech disorders. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fetiparous Part of Speech: adj 1. bearing offspring born not fully developed Labels: not-comparable
Word: fetology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From feto- + -logy. 1. The scientific study of fetuses. Labels: uncountable
Word: fever pitch Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfiːvə pɪtʃ/, /ˈfivɚ pɪtʃ/ 1. Extreme excitement. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: [T]here was a wonderful exhilaration about it all: my blood was kept at fever-pitch Example: After all the hype, all the fever pitch build-up, the encounter never really lived up to expectations – as is so often the case with derbies – and the atmosphere was even a little subdued at times.
Word: fibriform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fibre + -iform. 1. Shaped like a fiber. Labels: not-comparable
Word: finger buffet Part of Speech: noun 1. A buffet where finger food is served.
Word: First Family Part of Speech: name 1. The family of the President of the United States. 2. The immediate family of a political chief executive. Labels: broadly
Word: fist jam Part of Speech: noun 1. A climbing technique where the fist is forced into a crack and clenched.
Word: fish kettle Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of large pan, usually long with rounded corners, used to steam fish. Example: They all looked directly at the ſcullion,—the ſcullion had juſt been ſcouring a fiſh-kettle.
Word: fitness center Part of Speech: noun 1. A gym or fitness club. Labels: US
Word: five-a-side Part of Speech: noun 1. a variation of soccer played on a smaller pitch, and with only five players in a team.
Word: Five Nations Part of Speech: name 1. an annual rugby union tournament between the nations of France, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, the predecessor to the Six Nations tournament. Labels: Europe 2. Ellipsis of Iroquois Confederacy of Five Nations (“the original the Iroquois Confederacy; the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca”). Labels: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 3. Synonym of Five Civilized Tribes (the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole) Labels: US
Word: fish kettles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fish kettle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Six Nations Part of Speech: name 1. Ellipsis of Iroquois Confederacy of Six Nations (“the Five Nations adding the Tuscarora to make Six in the Iroquois Confederacy”). Labels: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 2. Ellipsis of Six Nations Championship (an annual rugby union tournament between the nations of Italy, France, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, the successor to the Five Nations tournament.) Labels: Europe, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 3. Ellipsis of Six Nations of the Grand River. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: five of a kind Part of Speech: noun 1. five cards of the same rank, often only possible if one or more wild cards are being used. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: finger buffets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of finger buffet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flagellator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flagellate + -or. 1. Someone who flagellates; a whipper.
Word: flagelliform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin flagellum (“whip”) + -form 1. shaped like a whip Labels: not-comparable
Word: flagellators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flagellator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flag football Part of Speech: noun 1. A version of American football where the players must remove a flag, worn around the waist, from the ball carrier instead of tackling. Labels: uncountable
Word: fertility drugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fertility drug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: felt-tipped pens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of felt-tipped pen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: felt tips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of felt tip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: featherheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of featherhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: featherbrains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of featherbrain Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swordtails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swordtail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: surfier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of surfy: more surfy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: surrenderers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surrenderer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: surfiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of surfy: most surfy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: flagperson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flag + person. 1. Someone who uses a flag, especially as a form of signalling.
Word: flâneries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flânerie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flat back four Part of Speech: noun 1. collectively, a set of defenders who stay on the same level on the pitch.
Word: fist jams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fist jam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flightworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flight + -worthy. 1. Safe enough to fly
Word: flunkout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flunk + out. 1. Someone who has given up an educational course. Labels: informal
Word: flyfisherman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fly + fisherman. 1. flyfisher
Word: flutter kick Part of Speech: noun 1. A kick technique in which the swimmer kicks the legs alternately up and down for propulsion. Example: Everybody crowded around very excitedly and talked about the Australian crawl, a stroke I cannot do because there is something wrong with my flutter kick. Example: It is called flutter kick because it is just that, a quick flutter of nearly straight legs, fast and small
Word: succus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin succus (“juice”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌkəs/ 1. The expressed juice or sap of a plant, often for medicinal use Labels: obsolete
Word: jefe políticos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jefe político Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jefes políticos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jefe político Labels: form-of, plural
Word: limaçons of Pascal Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of limaçon of Pascal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homophonies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of homophony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contagium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin contagium (“contagion”). 1. contagion; contagious matter Labels: archaic Example: And its escape [from certain diseases] is an approximative proof that, at least for those ten years, no contagium of measles, “nor any contagium of scarlet fever, nor any contagium of small-pox, had arisen spontaneously" within its limits. Example: That this in fact was the case was ascertained by Dr. Edington, who, by adding a large percentage (33 per cent.) of glycerine to the gall taken from a rinderpest beast, was able to show that by such contact the infective power of bile was as effectually destroyed as was the contagium of blood.
Word: glaciarium Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɡleɪ.ʃiːˈɛəɹi.əm/, /ˌɡleɪ.ʃiˈɛɹi.əm/ 1. An ice rink. Labels: dated, formal
Word: moiré patterns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moiré pattern Labels: form-of, plural
Word: municipium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin municipium. Doublet of municipio. Pronunciation: /mjuː.nɪˈsɪ.pɪ.əm/, /ˌmju.nəˈsɪ.pi.əm/ 1. An ancient Roman town or city. Labels: historical
Word: praetorium Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pretorium. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: profluvium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin prōfluvium. 1. A copious discharge of fluid, especially a bodily fluid.
Word: velarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vēlārium, from vēlum + -ārium. Doublet of veghar. Pronunciation: /vɪˈlɛəɹi.əm/ 1. The marginal membrane of certain medusae belonging to the Discophora. 2. An awning that stretched over the seating area of the Colosseum in Ancient Rome and other Roman amphitheaters. Labels: historical 3. A cloth stretched over another space, such as that stretched below the roof of the Royal Albert Hall. Example: In accordance with the epochal significance of the occasion, Berlin was decked out as never before in its history. […] A velarium suspended over Unter den Linden depicted the great military victories that had finally brought Germany its unity. Example: Royal Albert Hall [was dedicated] by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII). As The Times reported on the next day: 'The address [...] was somewhat marred by an echo [...]'. To Col. Scott, the designer of the huge roof structure, this acoustic problem was a mere irritant which could be solved by a velarium of cloth (weighing 1+¹⁄₄ tons) stretched underneath the roof. But in spite of experiments with the height of the velarium, the echo persisted […]
Word: Altai Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Turkic word for "Golden Mountain". Compare Turkish altın (“gold”), dağ (“mountain”) and al (“red, colorful”) which altın is likely related to. 1. A mountain range in central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan converge. Example: Deep in the Altai Mountains, where Russia, China, Kazakhstan and Mongolia meet, Kazakh people have for centuries developed and nurtured a special bond with golden eagles, training the birds to hunt foxes and other small animals. 2. Alternative form of Altay. Labels: alt-of, alternative 3. A city in Govi-Altai, Mongolia. Example: Set dramatically on a dry plain, with high snow-capped peaks in the distance, is the provincial capital Altai, located 1,005 kilometres west of Ulaanbaatar. Before 1960, it was known as Yösön Bulag (the ‘nine springs’). This town of 15,000 people sits at 2,160 metres above sea level, making it the highest city in the country. 4. A town in East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan (since 2019); formerly Zyryan.
Word: Altai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Turkic word for "Golden Mountain". Compare Turkish altın (“gold”), dağ (“mountain”) and al (“red, colorful”) which altın is likely related to. 1. The people living in the region of the Altai mountains. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: national day Part of Speech: noun 1. A day marking a country's establishment as a sovereign entity, typically a celebration of its independence, revolution or former ruler.
Word: flutterboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flutter + board. 1. A buoyancy board made of foam, used to support the body when in water. Labels: Canada, US
Word: fluorography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fluoro- + -graphy. 1. photofluorography Labels: countable, uncountable 2. visualisation of radiolabelled material Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gallinipper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 18thC. Origin unknown. Earlier forms were gurnipper and gal-knipper. Second element is probably nipper; first element may have become influenced by galley. 1. Any large insect that bites, for example, certain large mosquitos. Labels: US Example: And when darkness comes and they leave off, the mosquitoes and the gallinippers join hands to take their place and suck out blood and annoy us until the first day brings its light.
Word: galliwasp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown 1. Any of the lizards in the genus Celestus.
Word: unownable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + ownable. 1. That cannot be owned; that cannot be possessed as property. Labels: not-comparable
Word: kawaiily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From kawaii + -ly. 1. In a kawaii manner; cutely. Labels: rare
Word: balanced diet Part of Speech: noun 1. A diet consisting of suitable proportions of foods from all food groups. 2. A diet consisting of all necessary seven nutrients in their correct proportions.
Word: ex hypothesi Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Late Latin ex hypothesi (literally “from the hypothesis”), from hypothesis. 1. Following from the hypothesis; in accordance with the hypothesis; by hypothesis; as a consequence of assumptions made; theoretically; supposedly; hypothetically. Labels: not-comparable
Word: v. gr. Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of v.g.. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: v. g. Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of v.g.. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: v.gr. Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of v.g.. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cofinance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From co- + finance. 1. To finance jointly.
Word: cofinances Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cofinance Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ensiles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ensile Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ponderative Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to pondering or deliberation Labels: rare
Word: condensability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From condense + -ability. 1. The condition of being condensable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: condensational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From condensation + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to condensation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: condiction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin condictio. Pronunciation: /kənˈdɪk.ʃən/ 1. A claim for restitution of a payment
Word: condignity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From condign + -ity. 1. The condition of being condign; merit or worthiness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Our obedience to God ought to be such, as that it may have, tho' not a merit of condignity to deserve everlasting bliss, (that being, as I have shewn you, utterly impossible) yet an ordinability, as a great doctor of our church expresseth it, that is, a meetness, fitness, and due disposition toward the obtaining it.
Word: condimental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From condiment + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to a condiment. Example: It is a plentiful species in mountainous countries, but is rather condimental than nutritive. Example: The growing of medicinal, condimental and aromatic plants in the United States[…] 2. Spicy, pungent. Example: The leek and radish are valued for their highly condimental flavors.
Word: condisciple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From con- + disciple. 1. A fellow disciple 2. A fellow student
Word: ferrugo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ferrūgō (“iron rust”), from ferrum (“iron”). 1. rust (plant disease). Labels: uncountable
Word: bird tables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bird table Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crasht Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of crash Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: suggester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From suggest + -er. 1. someone who suggests Example: The trick was discovered, and the scorned woman vented her fury in a letter; the repentant Beethoven made ample apology to her, and spent his wrath on the head of the suggester of the mischief.
Word: stummick Part of Speech: noun 1. Eye dialect spelling of stomach. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Don't make me say it, Millie--it makes me sick to my stummick. Example: Mind you, he was always kicking and roaring about his liver or stummick, or some of his works.
Word: strucken Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of strike Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: Wherat all the people wondred greatly, and laughed me to scorne: but I beeing strucken in a cold sweat, crept between their legs for shame and escaped away. Example: He that is strooken blind cannot forget / The precious treasure of his eyesight lost.
Word: strongish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From strong + -ish. 1. Quite strong. Labels: not-comparable Example: I poured a cup of strongish coffee.
Word: stewy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stew + -y. 1. Stew-like, similar to stew. Example: All food is fetched in dixeys (large boilers), and tea, stew, and bacon are all cooked in turn in these, so if the orderlies don't wash them clean at dinner time we have greasy, stewy tea. Example: The 24-hour Kababish (939 N. Orleans, 312-642-8622) has a few booths set before a steaming buffet of hearty north Indian and Pakistani dishes, notably a thick, stewy, slow-cooked haleem made from wheat, mutton, lentils, and spice; grilled charga chicken sprinkled with garam masala; and goat curry.
Word: stereoscopically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From stereoscopic + -ally. 1. In a stereoscopic manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: A single camera video see-through display is not capable of showing the real-world view stereoscopically. 2. By a stereoscope. Labels: not-comparable
Word: stalactitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stalactite + -ic. 1. Consisting of or resembling stalactites. Example: Dr. MacCulloch describes calcareous concretions, found in banks of sand in Perthshire, which present a great variety of stalactitic forms, generally more or less complicated, and often exceedingly intricate and strange […]. Example: In this manner, much as in the case of the growth of stalactitic matter between the blocks of stone in the roofs of a cavern, large fragments of rock, known as "horses," are often pushed out into the body of the vein.
Word: stalagmitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stalagmite + -ic. 1. containing stalagmites
Word: sputtery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sputter + -y. 1. prone to sputter Example: It is but a gesture; I expect no coherent words from your clogged and sputtery pen; but while I am sufficiently like yourself to deceive the public into thinking you have written what they read, I am not yet great enough scoundrel to do so without your visiting the scene of your presumed labors. Example: On _____ Is an Apparition (Rossbin), the new album by his trio Blue Collar, he uses puckered curlicues, vocalizations distorted by the horn's tubing, sputtery stammers, quiet half-valved passages that turn his sound into a fluid whisper, and even some clear, straightforward long tones.
Word: spunkily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From spunky + -ly. 1. in a spunky manner Example: As for Blue, spunkily performed by Sachs, what can be said for a female character who wants her man to kill her with his dick? Example: Bompass holds Aurora accountable for a debt owed him by her late husband; she can't pay; and their argument escalates until Bompass, no gentleman he, challenges Aurora to a duel--and she spunkily accepts the challenge.
Word: springily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From springy + -ly. 1. In a springy manner. Example: With that he turned on a spurred heel and crossed springily to where his horse stood. Example: She moved lightly, springily, as one does who finds in it the joy of calling upon abundant strength.
Word: sprack Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sprak, from Old Norse sparkr, sprekr (“lively”) and/or Old Norse sprækr (“lively”), from Proto-Germanic *sparkaz, *sprēkijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(a)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”). More at spark. Pronunciation: /ˈspɹæk/, [ˈspɹʷæk] 1. lively, full of energy Labels: UK, dialectal Example: She was apprenticed as a 'pupil teacher,' at fourteen years of age, and deemed to have a more than ordinary chance of doing well and getting on, for she was clever, and what is called 'sprack' in the part of the country where she lived. Example: "Yes, that I be, and I 'ave a little boy, he be a sprack little chap."
Word: sponsible Part of Speech: adj 1. Pronunciation spelling of responsible. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Dey aint sponsible, she says, for what dere grandfadder did. Example: One of a small community of superannuated pensioners upon the bounty of their former owners, Daddy was easily first citizen of Evergreen annex on Crepe Myrtle plantation, which is to say he was therein a personage of place and of privilege, coming and going at will, doing as he pleased, and as, with uplifted eye, he reverently boasted, "sponsible to nobody but Almighty Gord for manners and behavior."
Word: spoked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spoke + -ed. 1. Having spokes. Labels: not-comparable Example: The river winds underneath it, and the great spoked wheel turns slowly, tossing the water into a cloud of yellow foam, flinging the spray afar into the dark, flowing stream, catching it again; playing with it, half sportive, half fierce, like some monster alive. Example: On the north wall of the former chapel of St Anthony in Leominster Priory church in Herefordshire, a ten-spoked wheel, with ten medallions on the circumference and one central medallion, is all that can now be seen[…]
Word: spoked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From spoke + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of spoke Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spired Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spire + -ed. 1. having a spire Labels: not-comparable Example: Perhaps some one of the multitude excites special attention, some gigantic castle with turret and battlement, or some Gothic cathedral more abundantly spired than Milan's. Example: This was true not only of the trip on the steamer, the arrival at Enkoeping with its little old-fashioned red houses, the meeting with Mr. Swanson, the drive of thirty miles or more inland, the arrival at the sexton's house not far from a white spired church, and the introduction to a seemingly endless number of new faces, but of the whole long summer.
Word: spheroidical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spheroid + -ical. 1. spheroidal Labels: obsolete
Word: spermiogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spermio- (“spermatozoa”) + -genesis. 1. The final stage of spermatogenesis. It involves the maturation of the spermatids into spermatozoa. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Expanding the introductory section to include definitions of indirect and direct development and generalized descriptions of spermiogenesis, oocyte maturation and cytological organization, and fertilization would also help de-mystify these subjects for many readers. Example: In wild-type spermatids, Hrb is associated with the cytosolic surface of proacrosomic transport vesicles that fuse to create a single large acrosomic vesicle at step 3 of spermiogenesis.
Word: spearsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spear + -s- + -man. 1. Alternative form of spearman. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It was his claim that no Sudanese spearsman or waddling assegai-thrower could harm him so long as he was mounted and armed, and he boasted that no horse on earth could unseat him. Example: Agamemnon, a goodly king and a mighty spearsman, is the Greek warrior whose name thou dost ask.
Word: spearsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spearsman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sodano Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Sodano. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: solar coronas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of solar corona Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stellar winds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stellar wind Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Part of Speech: name 1. Official name of Jordan: a country in West Asia, in the Middle East.
Word: acti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of actus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: egi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 餌木 (egi). Pronunciation: /ˈɛɡi/ 1. a type of artificial lure (used for squid)
Word: ageres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of agere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: latifundio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish latifundio. Doublet of latifundium. 1. A large estate, large land property, especially in Latin America; a latifundium. Example: In our time latifundios south of Bahia—from the Recôncavo region to the state of Espirito Santo, between the littoral lowlands and the mountain chain along the coast—still supply raw material for a good part of the world's chocolate consumption.
Word: Muslima Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmʊzlɪmə/, /ˈmʌzlɪmə/ 1. Alternative spelling of Muslimah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: auctrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin auctrīx. 1. A class of natural faculty. Labels: archaic, no-plural Example: Under the class of natural faculties, we find three principal sorts; to wit, a facultas generatrix, an auctrix, and a nutrix.
Word: lady's thumb Part of Speech: noun 1. A perennial plant of the knotweed family, native to Eurasia but introduced to many other regions, Persicaria maculosa.
Word: phomazarin Part of Speech: noun 1. An aza-anthraquinone pigment isolated from the fungus Pyrenochaeta Labels: uncountable Example: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich He completed his B.Sc. (Hons.) degree at the University of New South Wales in 1958 and went on to the Victoria University of Manchester where his studies on the fungal pigment phomazarin led to the award of a Ph.D. in 1963 under the supervision of (the late) Professor Arthur J. Birch.
Word: polyalicyclic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poly- + alicyclic. 1. Having many alicyclic rings Labels: not-comparable Example: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich Cycloaddition results obtained with alkene 5 are a better guide to reactivity than those obtained from Smith’s diene (4), as it is the dihydro subunit in 5 which is present in those other polyalicyclic systems produced by catalyzed cycloaddition of DMAD onto norbornene end groups.
Word: Stephie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Steph + -ie. 1. A diminutive of the female given name Stephanie.
Word: sufferingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From suffering + -ly. 1. With suffering. Example: How can humanity be eliminated from a scene where it has been intensely, sufferingly active ever since the dawn of history?
Word: Shenzhen Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 深圳 (Shēnzhèn), from 深 (shēn, “deep”) + 圳 (zhèn, “irrigation ditch”). Pronunciation: /ˌʃəːnˈtʃən/, /ˌʃɛnˈd͡ʒɛn/ 1. A major subprovincial city of Guangdong, in southeastern China. Example: Encyclopædia Britannica In 1979 Shenzhen was a small border city of some 30,000 inhabitants that served as a customs stop into mainland China from Hong Kong. Example: Over the next two years, China set up four “special economic zones” as testing grounds for free-enterprise practices like foreign investment and tax incentives. The largest zone was Shenzhen, about fifty miles south of Dongguan, which quickly became a symbol of a freewheeling China always open for business. Shenzhen was a planned showcase city, willed into being by leaders in Beijing and supported by government ministries and the companies under them.
Word: Dyck word Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the mathematician Walther von Dyck. 1. A string consisting of n X's and n Y's such that no initial segment of the string has more Y's than X's.
Word: Dyck words Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Dyck word Labels: form-of, plural
Word: proponency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proponent + -cy. 1. Advocacy. Labels: US, uncountable Example: The chairman of the committee will be very glad to give you the opportunity to express your views, whether of proponency or opponency.
Word: security through obscurity Part of Speech: phrase 1. The habit or practice of relying on a potential attacker's lack of knowledge will maintain security. Example: This security through obscurity proved adequate for our prototype, but it was unacceptable for a turnin service in wide use. Example: According to security-through-obscurity advocates, if we carefully hide our gaping vulnerabilities from our enemies, the bad guys will give up in frustration when they cannot easily find holes.