nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tachs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tach Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superspeedy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + speedy. 1. Very speedy. Example: Japan, Spain, China and Germany are among those with superspeedy trains that rival air travel and easily eclipse the irritations of a car trip.
Word: biocentrism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + -centrism. The cosmological view was proposed in 2007 by American scientist Robert Lanza. 1. An ethical viewpoint that extends inherent value to all non-human life, regardless of its sentience. Labels: uncountable 2. A cosmological theory viewing life and biology as central to being, reality, and the cosmos such that life creates the universe rather than the other way around. Labels: uncountable
Word: biocentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bio- + -centric. 1. Supporting or pertaining to biocentrism. Example: For a book with such a strongly biocentric worldview, “The Wauchula Woods Accord” is strangely Siebert-centric.
Word: cyberlibertarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + libertarian. 1. A proponent of cyberlibertarianism. Example: Whether it springs from the fear of government or hope for the wisdom of humankind, the cyberlibertarian ideology seeks a revolution. Example: Geographically, the cyberlibertarian position had the advantage of being rooted in US political culture, where US institutions were the key vector for wide deployment of Internet innovation.
Word: cyberlibertarians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyberlibertarian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cyberwarrior Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + warrior. 1. A participant in cyberwarfare. Example: “The cyberwarriors are held back by extremely restrictive rules of engagement.” Example: The idea was to allay Chinese concerns about plans to more than triple the number of American cyberwarriors to 6,000 by the end of 2016, a force that will include new teams the Pentagon plans to deploy to each military combatant command around the world.
Word: cyberwarriors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyberwarrior Labels: form-of, plural
Word: droplike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From drop + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a drop of liquid. Example: In their form, their liquid, droplike appearance, they distill the essence of this appalling summer.
Word: ecolinguist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from ecolinguistics, equivalent to eco- + linguist. 1. One who studies ecolinguistics.
Word: ecolinguistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eco- + linguistic. 1. Of or pertaining to ecolinguistics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ecolinguists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecolinguist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cyberlibertarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + libertarianism. 1. A form of libertarianism that views the Internet or cyberspace as a means of attaining individual existence without central governments. Labels: uncountable Example: In the Western states, the new cyberlibertarianism melds comfortably with traditional leave-me-alone-ism. Example: Cyberlibertarianism refers to a perspective (some would say philosophy) which claims that cyberspace and the Internet should be regarded as uncontrolled and unregulated electronic spaces where anyone is free to be whatever they wish and express themselves however they like.
Word: Tecumseh Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Shawnee Tekámthi. 1. A male given name. Example: Elizabeth first met a presentable young lieutenant stationed at Fort Moultrie by the name of William Tecumseh Sherman. - - - My poor brother Tee, who grew up mortified by his given name, Tecumseh, was christened in honor of the soldier, not the great chieftain. 2. A placename: 3. A placename: 4. A placename: 5. A placename: 6. A placename: 7. A placename: 8. A placename: 9. A placename: 10. A placename:
Word: econometrical Part of Speech: adj 1. econometric Labels: not-comparable Example: No single lens — sociological, econometrical, liberal or conservative — seems an adequate one through which to view crime.
Word: enforcements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enforcement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eraserlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eraser + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an eraser. Example: (Only otters can eat it straight from the shell: fresh abalone requires tenderizing to transform its eraserlike consistency.)
Word: fungally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From fungal + -ly. 1. By, or in terms of, fungus. Labels: not-comparable Example: fungally-infected corn Example: fungally-treated wood
Word: golabki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Polish gołąbki. Doublet of holubky. 1. Traditional Polish cabbage rolls made with minced meat and tomato sauce. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The highlights include cheese blintzes, pirogi, golabki (cabbage stuffed with ground meat and rice, covered in tomato sauce) and bigos (sauerkraut sautéed with bits of meat and kielbasa).
Word: hierarchicalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hierarchical + -ism. 1. The process or policy of organising as a hierarchy. Labels: uncountable Example: As we have explored the organizational development of the church, it has become evident that the organization that God wanted for His church was the antithesis of hierarchicalism. Example: “Beneath that quick-smiling or watchful Catholicism lurks another far more elaborate hierarchicalism which in turn subdivides all supposed ‘Mexicans’ into myriads of local spiritualities whose half-secret survival through all the long torments of the Spanish conquest promises their own continuance in bright-colored globules of coherence irrelevant to, hence safe from, the scrutiny of American capitalists.”
Word: misrecall Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + recall. 1. To recall incorrectly. Labels: transitive Example: That was the same slogan that Vice President Dan Quayle famously misrecalled in 1989 when he said, “What a waste it is to lose one’s mind.”
Word: misrecalling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misrecall Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: misrecalls Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misrecall Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: misrecalled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of misrecall Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: plankway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plank + way. 1. A walkway consisting of a series of planks. Example: Unlike other farms, theirs exists in a dim, tidal underworld: barnacle- and starfish-covered pilings hold up a few narrow wooden plankways for the abalone harvesters.
Word: plankways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plankway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plankways Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of plankwise. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: planktological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From planktology + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to planktology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: planktologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From planktology + -ist. 1. One who studies planktology.
Word: planktologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of planktologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prework Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + work. 1. Prior to starting work. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prework Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + work. 1. Work done in preparation. Labels: uncountable Example: We do prework on the clay for the next day, then it’s a beer at the tavern, and back on the subway.
Word: prework Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + work. Labels: no-gloss
Word: prewiring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of prewire Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: prewires Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prewire Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: prewired Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of prewire Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: quartinos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quartino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rephrasings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rephrasing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: resentable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From resent + -able. 1. Deserving resentment. Example: A privileged killing, on the other hand, is not seen as resentable and is never a case where revenge should be taken. Example: The team’s wealth, the team’s hubris, the team’s blustery ownership, the team’s corporate facade  these are all resentable qualities; I get it.
Word: winddown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from wind down. 1. The process of winding something down. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Keeping this power apart from the Fed also prevents it from being drawn into the political maelstrom of whether to lend funds to a weakened institution or to seize it for an orderly winddown.
Word: winddowns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of winddown Labels: form-of, plural
Word: discomfitingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From discomfiting + -ly. 1. In a manner that discomfits. Example: Jae Millz was limber, Gudda Gudda monotone and T-Streets discomfitingly raw.
Word: fizziness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fizzy + -ness. 1. The quality of being fizzy. Labels: uncountable Example: With coveted writers commanding $5 for every typed word into magazines that were stuffed to the brim with advertising, there was a fizziness, some would say recklessness, in the air.
Word: Horn clause Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after American logician Alfred Horn (1918–2001). 1. A clause (disjunction of literals) with at most one positive literal.
Word: Horn clauses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Horn clause Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neuronuclear Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neuro- + nuclear. 1. Pertaining to the branch of nuclear medicine that is concerned with the brain and nervous system. Labels: not-comparable Example: Dr. Silverman heads the neuronuclear imaging section at the University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center.
Word: noncapillary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + capillary. 1. Not capillary. Labels: not-comparable Example: The spleen, by contrast, has a so-called noncapillary circulatory system: as the blood flows in, it is dumped into puddle-like sinusoids, and to get back out it must squeeze between cells.
Word: plumbingless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From plumbing + -less. 1. Without plumbing. Labels: not-comparable Example: The EP, which Mr. James is releasing under the moniker Yim Yames (“I just wanted to make my existing name funny sounding,” he said), was recorded at the Gallrein Farms in Shelbyville, in a plumbingless bathroom that is part of the same studio where My Morning Jacket recorded its first albums.
Word: superbuoyant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + buoyant. 1. Extremely buoyant. Example: Mark Schubert, the general manager of the United States team, quipped that these world championships would be remembered as the Plastic Games, a reference to the superbuoyant polyurethane suits worn by all but three of the swimmers here who set world records in Olympic events.
Word: cakewomen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cakewoman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gulaglike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gulag + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a gulag. Example: They faced years of imprisonment in the gulaglike confines of a North Korean prison camp.
Word: noncompulsive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + compulsive. 1. Not compulsive. Labels: not-comparable Example: So if you dry the squid compulsively, at least by my noncompulsive standards, and you cook it in small batches, you solve the problem.
Word: semiurban Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + urban. 1. Partially urban. Labels: not-comparable Example: The scientists suspect that there are additional undetected cases because the patient lived in a semiurban area of Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, and she said she had no contact with apes or their meat.
Word: cardmaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From card + maker. 1. A manufacturer of cards. Example: Eisner said that Topps’s successful deals as the exclusive soccer cardmaker of the English Premier League and the German Bundesliga had proved that cards could appeal to fans 8 to 13 years old.
Word: cardmakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cardmaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cardmembers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cardmember Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carditides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carditis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonfungistatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + fungistatic. 1. Not fungistatic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: frontload Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of front-load. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In addition to the blockbuster election-law case, the new term is frontloaded with important First Amendment, business, criminal and patent cases.
Word: frontloading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of frontload Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: frontloads Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of frontload Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: frontloaded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of frontload Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: microgrant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + grant. 1. A grant of a small amount of money. Example: Several of those at the center said they attended only on the possibility that microgrants would be handed out at the end.
Word: microgrants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microgrant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nyah Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Uncertain. Assertions of its universality among children regardless of culture or parent tongue are likely false. Pronunciation: /ˈnjæ/ 1. Expressing smug triumph. Example: When the waves didn't catch me, I would laugh and sing out, "Nyah, nyah, nyah!" Example: Yankee fans have been saying, Nyah, nyah, I told you so, since the news was revealed in The New York Times.
Word: nyah Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Japanese にゃあ. Pronunciation: /ˈnja/ 1. meow, especially spoken by a catgirl or catboy Labels: Internet, slang
Word: overspeculate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + speculate. 1. To spend too much money in speculation. Example: […] that under our present way of doing business there was a tendency to overspeculate on future advances in value; that such overspeculation always tended to produce a reaction; that there were evidences at the present time of the beginning of such a speculative fever […] Example: “It’s overdeveloped, overspeculated and overleveraged.” 2. To speculate excessively.
Word: overspeculating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overspeculate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overspeculates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overspeculate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overspeculated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overspeculate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: prefinance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + finance. 1. To finance in advance. Labels: transitive Example: It is expected to operate as a business, turning a profit and so on, and yet it is still subject to Congressional oversight and all sorts of legal constraints, like that ridiculous health benefit prefinancing for future employees, which was part of a big 2006 postal reorganization bill.
Word: prefinancing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of prefinance Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: prefinancing Part of Speech: noun 1. Finance provided in advance. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: prefinances Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prefinance Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: prefinanced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of prefinance Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: concussively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From concussive + -ly. 1. In a concussive manner. Example: It begins in earnest after sunrise, when Saratoga’s backstretch has the feel of a summer camp before wake-up: The air is dense and humid, and everyone moves slowly, saddling the racers in the stables — sagging wooden structures that smell almost concussively of manure and hay.
Word: dateable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From date + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪtəbəl/ 1. That may be ascribed a date or age. Labels: not-comparable 2. Suitable for dating (romantic outings). Labels: not-comparable Example: Kathleen Reardon, 25, a production coordinator for Jones Apparel Group, said she noticed that Wall Street men seemed more stressed as a result of the economy but she never found them less dateable.
Word: doodlings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doodling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: largeheartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From largehearted + -ness. 1. The quality of being largehearted. Labels: uncountable Example: A Christian, he taught, is called to action; action imbued with Christ’s largeheartedness for all who suffer.
Word: prefatigued Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + fatigued. 1. Before becoming fatigued. Labels: not-comparable Example: For the study, participants like Mr. Stigler are required to execute three types of jumps in prefatigued and fatigued states.
Word: quantifiably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From quantifiable + -ly. 1. In a quantifiable manner. Example: “But with stand-up, you can prove, quantifiably, for that night, that you’re funny.”
Word: unplagued Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + plagued. 1. Not plagued. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ladies that have their toes Unplagued with corns, will have a bout with you. Ah ah, my mistresses! which of you all Will now deny to dance?
Word: untag Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + tag. 1. To remove a tag from. Labels: transitive Example: In an era, when a stray gripe about your boss can land you on an industry blog, when waking up hung over can frantically send you to Facebook to untag your name from photos of the previous night’s frosting-wrestling contest, when shots of you in unflattering jeans become part of your permanent Google search results, there are signs that some are tired of living their lives on the Web.
Word: untags Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of untag Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: untagging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of untag Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: uncommunicatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From uncommunicative + -ly. 1. In an uncommunicative manner. Example: Called for comment, a receptionist at the awards’ phone line said, rather uncommunicatively, “We don’t do interviews.”
Word: underinspired Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + inspired. 1. Lacking inspiration. Example: He explained too the practical assistance she provides on days when he feels underinspired.
Word: megastructural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From megastructure + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to megastructures. Labels: not-comparable Example: It may strike some as a throwback to the megastructural superblocks of the 1960s.
Word: wiregrass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wire + grass. 1. Any of various unrelated grasses. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: wiregrasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wiregrass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antigolf Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + golf. 1. Opposing the sport of golf. Example: The reason for this antigolf legislation was that it was interfering with the regular archery practice needed for civil defense. Example: Critics of the antigolf campaign point out that Venezuela’s top ally, Cuba, is going in the opposite direction.
Word: literalisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of literalism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonblended Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + blended. 1. Not blended. Labels: not-comparable Example: And I’ll go, ‘Let’s do a nonblended Scotch, because this is a person who would appreciate that.’
Word: oceany Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ocean + -y. Doublet of oceanic. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.ʃə.ni/, /ˈoʊ.ʃə.ni/ 1. Characteristic of the ocean. Example: Two other birds took up residence at our swimming pool, which I had painted an eggplant colour, giving the water an oceany hue. Example: My parents then roasted, baked and grilled the fillets for months without ever tiring of what my mother called their “sweet, oceany taste.”
Word: acidanthera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the gladioli previously placed in the genus Acidanthera. Example: The circles, which were ablaze with daffodils this spring, are now afloat with airy geum, cosmos, acidanthera and dahlias.
Word: acidantheras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acidanthera Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acidemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acid + -emia. 1. Alternative form of acidaemia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: acidemic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of acidaemic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: acidemias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acidemia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acidaemias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acidaemia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acidaemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From acidaemia + -ic. 1. Pertaining to, or afflicted with, acidaemia.
Word: angelonia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the genus Angelonia of South American flowering plants. Example: The batwings, full of tulips in May, are now abloom with cosmos, angelonia and lantana.
Word: angelonias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of angelonia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: financeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From finance + -able. 1. Capable of being financed. Labels: not-comparable Example: “So we had to figure out something we could do to get this project going that was financeable and workable in today’s market.” Example: Despite these uncertainties, Clarke told MPs he was convinced of the need to order trains powered by batteries. He said: "We're calling for a 'no regrets' order of battery trains because we see them always having a future. We see them being fundable, financeable, similar cost to diesel trains, and we know that however much electrification we would aspire to do, there's always going to be at least a third of the network that isn't electrified.
Word: geum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒiːəm/ 1. Any of the genus Geum of perennial herbaceous plants. Example: The circles, which were ablaze with daffodils this spring, are now afloat with airy geum, cosmos, acidanthera and dahlias.
Word: geums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of geum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ledged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ledge + -ed. 1. Having a ledge or ledges. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) rimmed, lipped, brimmed Example: The works reflect the inventive point of view Mr. Coupland brings to his writing, like an installation he created in the entry hall by placing, on a ledged wall, pieces of various shapes and colors taken from vintage building kits, or the oversize detergent bottle in the hallway, his own work, titled appropriately, “Downy Fabric Softener.”
Word: midchat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + chat. 1. A point in time during a chat. Labels: uncountable Example: The videos pause, instant messaging apps mysteriously disconnect in midchat, and you can’t get a connection in the far corner bedroom any more. Example: Feel free to build an array of graphics to represent yourself—and to change them in midchat, using this pop-up palette, to the delight or confusion of your conversation partner.
Word: multimonth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + month. 1. Spanning, or pertaining to, more than one month. Labels: not-comparable Example: Thousands of people across the state lost their coverage in the middle of complex, multimonth procedures and have found themselves at a loss.
Word: semiheroic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + heroic. 1. Somewhat heroic. Labels: not-comparable Example: But it has provided a very, very rare opportunity for members of Congress to look semiheroic.
Word: unfinanceable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + financeable. 1. Not financeable. Example: “All of a sudden it became totally unfinanceable — no private office tenants, retailers pulling back, banks not lending,” he said.
Word: vaguish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vague + -ish. 1. Somewhat vague. Example: But, in the vaguish ways of Congress, he was nowhere to be found.
Word: cyberconspiracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + conspiracy. 1. A conspiracy in cyberspace. Example: […]she stumbles onto a cyberconspiracy which aims to destroy the defences of major computer networks[…] Example: But the rumor — which has come up at Congressional town-hall-style meetings this week in spite of an avalanche of reports laying out why it was false — was not born of anonymous e-mailers, partisan bloggers or stealthy cyberconspiracy theorists.
Word: nonstem Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + stem. 1. Not of or pertaining to a stem. Labels: not-comparable Example: Peeling from the nonstem end is actually a bit easier and reduces the chance that those annoying, stringy fibers will stick to the banana. Example: “The possibility is that the nonstem cells in a tumor may regenerate de novo new stem cells,” said Robert Weinberg, a leading cancer biologist at M.I.T. and, a co-author with Dr. Lander of the Cell report.
Word: superbusy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + busy. 1. Extremely busy. Example: And it’s a treat to encounter the artist Khalil Rabah, a Conceptualist and a superbusy man.
Word: troopmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From troop + -mate. 1. One who is in the same military troop. Example: After managing to drive his four troopmates back to base — valor that earned him a Bronze Star — Fields woke up in a hospital in Germany with a choice: have surgery and be discharged, or amputate and stay a soldier.
Word: troopmates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of troopmate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: midshower Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From mid- + shower. 1. During a shower. Labels: not-comparable Example: We paid for utilities — which included space heaters in the winter and gas tanks that lasted a month and ran out midshower, and we spent a fortune on phone cards for the pay phone down the street.
Word: adventurists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adventurist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blogdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blog + -dom. 1. The world or sphere of weblogs. Labels: uncountable Example: All that had to happen was for the forces of IP blogdom to march to Washington and demand IP reform. Why wasn't it happening? It wasn't happening because the blogosphere is only a small part of the story. Example: […]Ms. Wilder-Taylor put up a post on her blog, Babyonbored, that has reverberated throughout mommy blogdom[…]
Word: boatmaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boat + making. 1. The manufacture of boats. Labels: uncountable Example: Fiberglass made it easy to get into the boatmaking business, Mr. Mueller said, but many of the builders didn’t realize how labor-intensive the business was.
Word: boatmaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boat + maker. 1. A manufacturer of boats.
Word: boatmakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boatmaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bladepoints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bladepoint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bookaholic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic English -oholic English -aholic English bookaholic From book + -aholic. 1. A lover of books. Labels: informal Example: “A speed-reading bookaholic, T. R. called his dog-eared traveling volumes ‘The Pigskin Library’ because they had waterproof covers,” Brinkley said in an e-mail message.
Word: bookaholics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bookaholic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: countermobilize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From counter- + mobilize. 1. To mobilize against something. Labels: intransitive Example: Supporters of reform will surely countermobilize, leading to more outbursts and demonstrations.
Word: countermobilized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of countermobilize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: countermobilizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of countermobilize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: countermobilizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of countermobilize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: countermobilization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + mobilization. 1. The act of countermobilizing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: countermobilizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of countermobilization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: demolike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From demo + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a musical demo recording. Example: Some tracks even rely solely on electric guitars and drums, giving them a rawer, demolike feel that puts the burden of success squarely on the singer's shoulders. Example: It’s a cutely demolike preface to “Mirrorball,” which sets all the band’s gears back in motion, to delirious effect.
Word: familyish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From family + -ish. 1. Suitable for, or characteristic of, family. Labels: informal Example: Her new neighborhood had to be “more familyish, less hipsterish,” and preferably near Prospect Park, which she liked better than McCarren Park, so packed with exercisers that it felt like an athletic field.
Word: germophobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From germ + -o- + -phobic. 1. Morbidly afraid of germs. Example: But it’s aglow with unforgettable characters like the bawdy boy who shares the young Prosper’s hospital ward and Prosper’s sad, germophobic mother.
Word: germaphobic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of germophobic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mismatchings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mismatching Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mismatchedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mismatched + -ness. 1. The quality of being mismatched. Labels: uncountable
Word: osteochondral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From osteo- + chondral. 1. Pertaining to bone and cartilage. Labels: not-comparable Example: They are known as osteochondral scaffolds, because they support new bone and cartilage as it grows.
Word: overconnected Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + connected. 1. Excessively connected; having too many connections. Example: For the normally overconnected tourist, the first thing you notice in the Land of No Service is how quickly your hearing, smell and eyesight improve in an act of instant Darwinian evolution.
Word: reimmersion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + immersion. 1. A second or subsequent immersion. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: They want to avoid a leg injury that would further slow his reimmersion into the N.F.L.
Word: reimmersions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reimmersion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scatteration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scatter + -ation. 1. A scattered arrangement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Maybe there are still readers who can be stirred by such stale fancies as that seedlike scatteration of stars — does anybody except a writer in search of a metaphor really see stars that way?
Word: scatterations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scatteration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preterites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preterite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sportslike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sports + -like. 1. sportlike Example: Michael Pollan argues that sensationalized, sportslike food shows discourage spectators from actually cooking themselves, but I, a 20-year-old college student, beg to differ.
Word: sublimities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sublimity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zenlike Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Zenlike. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: zenlike preparation and adherence to detail Example: The president has a zenlike quality.
Word: counterwind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + wind. 1. A wind that blows in the opposite direction to another. Example: They said they saw signs, however, that counterwinds, known as wind shear, might begin to dampen the force of the storm before it reached full strength.
Word: counterwinds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterwind Labels: form-of, plural
Word: genderization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gender + -ization. 1. The process or result of genderizing. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: “What we’re seeing is the genderization of the category,” said Kevin George, a general manager at Unilever, whose brands include Degree and Axe.
Word: genderizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of genderization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overfarm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + farm. 1. To farm too much. Labels: transitive Example: According to Henry Aryamanya-Mugisha, director of Uganda’s environmental protection agency, overpopulation and overfarming on the Kenyan side of the lake are decimating these wetlands where the fish spawn.
Word: overfarmed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overfarm Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overfarming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overfarm Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pretheatre Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + theatre. 1. Commonwealth standard spelling of pretheater. Labels: not-comparable
Word: stipplings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stippling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonstressed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + stressed. 1. unstressed Labels: not-comparable Example: Those chronically stressed animals were then compared with nonstressed peers.
Word: overtry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + try. 1. To spend too much time or resources in trying (a legal case). Labels: transitive Example: “It would appear to me that the case is being overtried by the district attorney’s office,” said Benjamin Brafman, a criminal defense lawyer and former prosecutor.
Word: overtried Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overtry Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overtrying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overtry Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overtries Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overtry Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: seatholder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From seat + holder. 1. One who has a reserved seat (as in a church or sports stadium). Example: The Eagles incited anger among some of their fans — the team sent a letter to its premium seatholders essentially asking for patience and understanding — and created a potentially season-long distraction for a Super Bowl -caliber team, all for the tantalizing prospect of what Vick can do for the offense in a package of plays that last year was widely viewed as little more than a charming gimmick.
Word: seatholders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seatholder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postpolitical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + political. 1. After the end of traditional politics. Labels: not-comparable Example: “Engels is left holding the bag of 20th-century ideological extremism,” Mr. Hunt writes, “while Marx is rebranded as the acceptable, postpolitical seer of global capitalism.” Mr. Hunt, a young British academic and a columnist for The Guardian, embarks on a two-part rescue mission in “Marx’s General.”
Word: ceftobiprole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”)[Term?] + bi- + p(yr)rol(idin)e. 1. A particular cephalosporin antibiotic. Labels: uncountable Example: The Food and Drug Administration warned Johnson & Johnson that it did not properly monitor two human tests of its antibiotic drug candidate ceftobiprole, which is intended to treat complicated skin infections like MRSA.
Word: holomorphies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of holomorphy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overenunciate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + enunciate. 1. To enunciate too strongly. Labels: ambitransitive Example: He’s always been far more interesting rhythmically than lyrically, but here his tendency to overenunciate, an accommodation that makes him more palatable to foreign ears, holds him back.
Word: overenunciating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overenunciate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overenunciates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overenunciate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overenunciated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overenunciate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: repertorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From repertory + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to a repertory. Labels: not-comparable Example: Conductors leading performances of music outside the mainstream presumably enjoy the chance to get off the beaten repertorial track while piquing an audience’s curiosity about lesser-known scores.
Word: underflooring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + flooring. 1. A layer of flooring underneath the top layer or carpet. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: If tenants want uncovered floors, then let them install cork underflooring.
Word: underfloorings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of underflooring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bungaloid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bungalow + -oid. 1. A house resembling a bungalow. Labels: derogatory, sometimes Example: You can live In a charming modern house, 5 minutes from station and from open unspoiled and protected countryside, free of bungaloids and all such atrocities. And it is really economical. Example: Other plantation lands have become bungaloid subdivisions or luxury housing or golf courses.
Word: bungaloids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bungaloid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miniseason Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + season. 1. A short season. Example: Part of Gemini CollisionWorks’ miniseason at the Brick Theater, this Richard Foreman play is a mess-with-your mind abstraction that the director Ian W. Hill turns into a kind of cerebral vaudeville.
Word: miniseasons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miniseason Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reverbed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From reverb + -ed. 1. Having had a reverb effect added. Labels: not-comparable Example: He’s out to summon elemental forces with the stomping beat of his band and his heavily reverbed, brusquely attacked guitar lines, along with the dive-bombing, tremolo glissandos that literally melt his guitar picks from the heat of their friction on the strings.
Word: supertalented Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + talented. 1. Very highly talented. Example: “These supertalented people are failing to aggregate a large audience, and everybody is looking for answers.”
Word: ultralucid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + lucid. 1. Extremely lucid. Example: The playing throughout was ultralucid; the music became the program’s binding thread.
Word: FMC Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of first medical contact. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: The patient was reviewed in the Accident and Emergency department 90 minutes after FMC. 2. Initialism of female main character. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Twister works on multiple levels and while I can make a sound case it’s a romance (based on the genre definition—the story focuses on the MMC and FMC and their relationship and ends with an HFN) the underlying framework is that of a road trip. Example: The MMC of the current story is with his best friend at the local bar talking about his problems with the current FMC. 3. Abbreviation of full mission capability Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 4. Abbreviation of full-mission capability Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: FMC Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of Federal Medical Centers. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FMC Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Abbreviation of fully mission capable Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable 2. Abbreviation of full-mission capable Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: certifiables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of certifiable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: characterwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)der. Latin charactērder. Old French caracterebor. Middle English caracter English character Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English characterwise From character + -wise. 1. In terms of character. Labels: not-comparable Example: “What I saw was looking great, but characterwise I couldn’t tell who they are, what they do,” he said. 2. In terms of text characters. Labels: not-comparable
Word: characterwise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)der. Latin charactērder. Old French caracterebor. Middle English caracter English character Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English characterwise From character + -wise. 1. In terms of text characters. Labels: not-comparable Example: Subfields necessitate characterwise processing, because only that field is given an entry in the directory of a record which specifies the tag, the length and the starting character position of the field concerned[…]
Word: subdatabase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + database. 1. A database making up part of a larger database.
Word: subdatabases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subdatabase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decompressions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decompression Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monsoonlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From monsoon + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a monsoon. Example: When monsoonlike rain poured over Jamaica Center last week, Ms. Prieto hovered over her baskets to guard her fruit.
Word: moonball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moon + ball. 1. A medium-high offensive lob hit with topspin.
Word: moonball Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From moon + ball. 1. To strike the ball in this way.
Word: moonballs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moonball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: punkdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From punk + -dom. 1. The world or sphere of punk music and subculture. Labels: uncountable Example: Certainly many of them were on display at this show, part of a 20th-anniversary celebration for the band, and which also, thanks to one of the opening acts, Lifetime, served as a primer on the generations, and modes, of New Jersey punkdom.
Word: unmangled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + mangled. 1. Not mangled. Labels: not-comparable Example: In this Washington, no outreached hand goes unmangled.
Word: unmangled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unmangle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unmaimed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unmaymed; equivalent to un- + maimed. 1. Not maimed; unharmed, uninjured. Labels: not-comparable Example: His unmaimed hand had the strength of both.
Word: nonflexural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + flexural. 1. Not flexural. Labels: not-comparable
Word: blockwide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From block + -wide. 1. Throughout a block. Labels: not-comparable Example: The blockwide birthday parties, neighborly fence-building and Friday chitchat sessions at dusk have become fragile antiques of the preforeclosure days as the new neighbors keep to themselves and the old-timers struggle to keep their footing.
Word: blockships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blockship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: directorless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From director + -less. 1. Without a director. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mr. Stone described the shooting of “At the Edge of the World” as virtually directorless.
Word: fissive Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to fission. Example: The Socialist Party was saved, though not from the fissive tendency that saw its rival factions split away.
Word: impalation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From impale + -ation. 1. impalement Labels: uncountable Example: In the first film, a woman fixing herself a stiff vodka is felled by a kitchen explosion and a knife in the chest; in the second, an attempt to microwave leftovers, foiled by a stray refrigerator magnet, leads to impalation by fire-escape ladder.
Word: overpublicize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + publicize. 1. To publicize excessively. Labels: transitive Example: After his heroic confrontation with cold blood in Kansas, Capote retreated to a tree house in Manhattan, there to play literary games for ever smaller and overpublicized stakes.
Word: overpublicizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overpublicize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overpublicizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overpublicize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overpublicized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overpublicize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pigginess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From piggy + -ness. 1. The quality of being piggy. Labels: uncountable Example: No less a figure than Saul Bellow later complained that Mr. Poirier had made the magazine “look like a butcher’s showcase, shining with pink hairless pigginess, and adorned with figures of hand-carved suet which represent the very latest in art, literature and politics.”
Word: prelicensing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + licensing. 1. Prior to receiving a license. Labels: not-comparable Example: It also requires mortgage brokers and loan originators who work for state-chartered banks to complete at least 20 hours of prelicensing education, pass a licensing test and complete eight hours of continuing education annually.
Word: presmoked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + smoked. 1. Having been smoked in advance. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1/2 pound smoked bluefish (presmoked, grilled or leftovers from the Dijonnaise may be used)
Word: spindlework Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spindle + work. 1. Decorative trim around a porch. Labels: uncountable Example: George Landers, a manufacturer from New Britain, Conn., built No. 51, with porch-fence cutouts of horses, rabbits and swans; tiny dragon heads lunge out from the delicate spindlework.
Word: washover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wash + over. 1. The sediment deposited inland of a beach by overwash. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “We try to give them an advantage, but when there’s a significant washover, that’s a natural occurrence, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”
Word: washovers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of washover Labels: form-of, plural