nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: sousveillance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Canadian wearable computing researcher and professor Steve Mann, from surveillance and French sous (“under”) (as opposed to sur (“over”) as in surveillance). Pronunciation: /suːˈveɪləns/ 1. The recording of an activity from the perspective of participant in the activity. Labels: uncountable Example: No, you’re not always “the product” on social media; sometimes you’re the raw material. Or the employee. Welcome to “sousveillance capitalism.” […] But you see the flow of capital here: viral sousveillance proliferating in an attention economy that benefits large tech firms, further exploited by traditional advertisers as “relatable” content. 2. Countersurveillance, inverse surveillance. Labels: uncountable Example: This paper describes using wearable computing devices to perform "sousveillance" (inverse surveillance) as a counter to organizational surveillance. Example: This study uses a critical thematic analysis to explore the comments left by those who viewed these acts of ‘inverse surveillance’, or sousveillance. Results indicate that YouTube provided a space in which alternative views on the Stokes Croft riot were seen and heard but the views of many commentators still appeared to be influenced by the news media. 3. Veillance by the masses, of the dominant entities. Labels: uncountable
Word: minauderie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French minauderie. 1. Affectation; an affected remark or behaviour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “What a nice little artless creature that was,” Mr. Pen thought at the very instant of waking after the Vauxhall affair; “what a pretty natural manner she has; how much pleasanter than the minauderies of the young ladies in the ballrooms” […]
Word: minauderie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of minaudière. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […] handbags are smaller than they have been for years. Some of them resemble minauderies, others look like large flat purses. Large bags are still fashionable, but in flat zipped shapes or made on a neat, flat-looking metal frame[…] Example: […] handbags like clutches, minauderies (small jewelry bags), or bags with pearl or chain handles. Turn a pretty cosmetics case into an evening bag, or even remove the powder from a large compact case and carry it with your money[…]
Word: time ball Part of Speech: noun 1. A large wooden or metal ball that drops at a predetermined time to enable sailors to check their marine chronometers from their boats offshore.
Word: time will tell Part of Speech: phrase 1. Events and outcomes cannot be known beforehand. Labels: idiomatic Example: This may not be a good idea, but time will tell. Example: That was harsh on the former Manchester United keeper after a performance which kept his team in the tie at times. But Grant, so often starved of luck himself, will feel both he and his side were worthy of the good fortune. Only time will tell whether it will be enough.
Word: hydrophosphinations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydrophosphination Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dispellable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dispel + -able. Pronunciation: [dɪsˈpɛləbəɫ] 1. Able to be dispelled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: predeliction Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of predilection. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: many an Part of Speech: det 1. Form of many a used before a vowel sound. Labels: form-of
Word: water dropwort Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of genus Oenanthe, plants in the family Apiaceae that grows in moist soils or in water, one species of which (Oenanthe javanica) is used in cuisines throughout eastern Asia, others of which are extremely poisonous. 2. Any of genus Oxypolis of plants in the family Apiaceae 3. Any of genus Tiedemannia of plants in the family Apiaceae
Word: water dropworts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of water dropwort Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tatkal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hindi तत्काल (tatkāl, “on the spot”), from Sanskrit तत्कालीनं (tatkālīnaṃ, “for the present”), from तत् (tat, “that”) + कालीन (kālīna, “belonging to a particular time”). 1. At once; immediately. Labels: India, not-comparable
Word: only time will tell Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of time will tell. Labels: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic
Word: aboulic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aboulia + -ic. Pronunciation: /əˈbu.lɪk/, /ˈeɪˌbu.lɪk/, /eɪˈbu.lɪk/ 1. Alternative form of abulic Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: time-ball Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of time ball. Labels: alt-of, rare
Word: undispellable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + dispellable. 1. Unabled to be dispelled; not dispellable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: queueing theory Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of the behaviour of queues, and of stochastic processes on which they are modelled. Labels: uncountable
Word: wine gum Part of Speech: noun 1. A chewy, pastille-like jelly candy, usually brightly coloured and fruit flavoured. Labels: Canada, New-Zealand, UK
Word: forwearied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From forweary + -ed. 1. Worn out, exhausted. Labels: obsolete Example: For-wearied with my sports, I did alight / From loftie steed, and downe to sleepe me layd […]
Word: threshing floors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of threshing floor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: priefe Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of proof. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: For onely worthy you through prowes priefe / Yf liuing man mote worthy be, to be her liefe.
Word: acharné Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French acharné. 1. Relentlessly opposed; irreconcilable. Labels: archaic Example: Aherne is acharné against him, and so is Sullivan: I am much cooler than either of them. Example: He is acharné against Prussia, cannot bear her alliance with Austria, or tolerate the idea that Austria and Prussia should be able to defend the north of Germany.
Word: as a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: * 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Book of Proverbs, 26:11 *: As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. Originally from Hebrew: *::כְּכֶלֶב שָׁב עַל קֵאוֹ כְּסִיל שׁוֹנֶה בְאִוַּלְתּוֹ 1. Foolish people repeatedly do foolish things.
Word: warely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English wareli, wearliche, from Old English wærlice, corresponding to ware + -ly. 1. Watchfully; with caution. Labels: obsolete Example: He that betrayed hym / gave them a generall token / ſayinge: whoſoever I do kiſſe / he it is / take hym / and leade hym awaye warely. Example: Arriued there, the dore they find faſt lockt; / For it was warely watched night and day […]
Word: disple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Apparently a reduced form of discipline. 1. To discipline; to subject to discipline or punishment, especially for religious purposes. Labels: obsolete Example: And bitter Penance with an yron whip, / Was wont him once to disple euery day […]
Word: perceant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French perçant, from percer (“to pierce”). 1. Piercing, sharp. Labels: archaic Example: wondrous quick and persant was his spright, / As Eagles eye, that can behold the Sunne [...].
Word: dispart Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Italian dispartire and its source, Latin dispartire. 1. To part, separate. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: […] that same mighty man of God, / That bloud-red billowes like a walled front / On either side disparted with his rod […] Example: […] tenderly unfringe / Your long and lustrous lashes; cluster down / The mantling glory of deep fragrant hair, / Disparted from each forehead, myrtle-wreath'd, […] 2. To divide, divide up, distribute. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Them in twelue troupes their Captain did dispart / And round about in fittest steades did place […]
Word: dispart Part of Speech: noun 1. The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance. Example: 1854-1862, Charles Knight, "DISPART", in English Cyclopaedia On account of the dispart, the line of aim or line of metal, which is in a plane passing through the axis of the gun, always makes a small angle with the axis. 2. A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore.
Word: dispart Part of Speech: verb 1. To furnish with a dispart sight. Labels: transitive 2. To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim. Labels: transitive Example: Every gunner, before he shoots, must truly dispart his piece.
Word: tomatine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tomato + -ine. 1. A toxic glycoalkaloid with fungicidal properties, found in the stems and leaves of tomato plants. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some of these, such as α-chaconines and α-tomatines, are generally antiparasitic (general prohibitions; see also sections 3.231, 3.2333, 8.4213). Example: However, because of the marked antifungal activity of tomatine and other saponins, these preformed compounds are believed to be involved in host resistance towards saponin-sensitive fungi.
Word: empeopled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From empeople + -ed. 1. Populated; established as a population. Labels: obsolete Example: he wondred much, and gan enquere, / What stately building durst so high extend / Her loftie towres vnto the starry sphere, / And what vnknowen nation there empeopled were.
Word: bowls out Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bowl out Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Eneas Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Aeneas. Example: The three brothers, Jack, Tom, and Eneas. Oh, yes. In the west of Ireland by the way Eneas is three syllables, En-ee-as. In Cork I fear it is two, and sounds more like a person's backside than anything else.
Word: bowling out Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bowl out Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: eternized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eternize + -ed. 1. Immortalized. Labels: obsolete Example: all knights of noble name, / That couet in th'immortall booke of fame / To be eternized […]
Word: forwasted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From forwaste + -ed. 1. Laid waste, wasted. Labels: obsolete Example: To thinke of those her captiue Parents deare, / And their forwasted kingdome to repaire […]
Word: flaggy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flag + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈflæɡi/ 1. Hanging down; drooping, pendulous. Labels: obsolete Example: His flaggy wings when forth he did display, / Were like two sayles, in which the hollow wynd / Is gathered full […] 2. Tasteless; insipid. Labels: obsolete Example: Yet it is reported, that in the Low Countries they will graft an apple cion upon the stock of a colewort, and it will bear a great flaggy apple, the kernel of which, if it be set, will be a colewort, and not an apple. 3. Tending to split into layers like flagstones. Example: If this view be correct there must have been a great difference in the sedimentation of the two areas, as the thick beds consist of alternations of flaggy sandstone with occasional true sandstone, almost pure limestones, calmstones, and few or no real flagstones. Example: In and out of the tufts they went, with their eyes dilating; wishing to be out of harm, if conscience were but satisfied. And of this tufty flaggy ground, pocked with bogs and boglets, one especial nature is that it will not hold impressions. 4. Abounding in flags (plants with sword-shaped leaves). Example: […] the fish begin to get into drains or ditches, or rushy, flaggy eddies; it is always worth while to run the net round such places at that season, quietly to […] beat the flags out, […] Example: There are "tule" [reed or rush] rivers, and plains and sloughs and marshes in many parts of North California, the word invariable denoting reedy, rushy, or flaggy.
Word: Claribel Part of Speech: name Etymology: A fanciful variant of Clara, inspired by names like Annabel, Christabel or Isabel. Pronunciation: /ˈklɛəɹəbɛl/, /ˈklæɹəbɛl/ 1. A female given name from Latin. Example: Methinks, our garments are now as fresh as when we put them on first in Afric, at the marriage of the king's fair daughter Claribel to the King of Tunis.
Word: unnoble Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unnoble, equivalent to un- + noble. 1. Not of noble rank. Labels: dated Example: Yet from the commencement of mining there have been unnoble proprietors of mines, who belonged to the class of merchants. 2. Not noble; ignoble; base. 3. Of a metal, being at the lower end of the electrochemical series, i.e. oxidising readily. Example: unnoble metal
Word: unnoble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English unnoble, equivalent to un- + noble. 1. To make (someone or something) no longer noble Labels: transitive
Word: Clarah Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Latin, a rare nonstandard spelling of Clara.
Word: Claira Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Latin, a rare nonstandard spelling of Clara.
Word: Claira Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Claira. 1. A town and commune of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France.
Word: forelift Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + lift. 1. To lift up in front. Labels: obsolete Example: So dreadfully he towards him did pas, / Forelifting up aloft his speckled brest […]
Word: -hon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from hon (“trans woman who does not pass”). Pronunciation: /-hɒn/, /-hɑn/, /-hɔn/ 1. Forms compounds referring to trans women who do not pass. Labels: derogatory, offensive
Word: forelifts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of forelift Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: forelifting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of forelift Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: forelifted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of forelift Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: thrillant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From thrill + -ant. 1. Piercing. Labels: obsolete Example: The knight his thrillant ſpeare again aſſayd / In his bras-plated body to emboſſe, […]
Word: forlets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of forlet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: forletting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of forlet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fyrste Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of first. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: youthly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From youth + -ly, possibly continuing Old English ġeoguþlīċ (through Middle English *youthely), but more likely a new formation. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːθli/ 1. Youthful. Labels: archaic Example: he hath left his plumes all hoary gray, / And deckt himselfe with feathers youthly gay […].
Word: aiga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Samoan 'āiga (“relative, family”). 1. A Samoan extended family. 2. A type of bus, typically a modified pickup truck, used by private entrepreneurs in American Samoa.
Word: aigas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aiga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: damnify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French damnifier, from Latin damnifico. Pronunciation: /ˈdæmnɪfaɪ/ 1. To damage physically; to injure. Labels: obsolete Example: he saw himselfe so freshly reare, / As if late fight had nought him damnifyde […] Example: The infectious raines most damnifying the poore saylers, who must be upon the decks to hand in their sailes, abiding the brunt […] 2. To cause injuries or loss to.
Word: empierce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From em- + pierce. 1. To pierce through. Labels: archaic Example: The weapon bright / Taking aduantage of his open iaw, / Ran through his mouth with so importune might, / That deepe emperst his darksome hollow maw [...].
Word: damnifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of damnify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: damnifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of damnify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: clift Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant form of cliff, influenced by cleft. Pronunciation: /klɪft/ 1. A cliff. Labels: obsolete Example: So downe he fell, as an huge rockie clift, / Whose false foundation waues haue washt away [...]. Example: so broad is the bay here, we could scarce perceive the great high clifts on the other side: by them we Anchored that night and called them Riccards Cliftes.
Word: damnified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of damnify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: empierces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of empierce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: empiercing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of empierce Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: empierced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of empierce Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: humblesse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English humblesse, from Old French humblesse, from humble. 1. Humility, humbleness. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: when to her they came, / Themselues to ground with gratious humblesse bent, / And her ador'd by honorable name […]
Word: bifundamentals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bifundamental Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vocabulary words Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vocabulary word Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hot corino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in 2004 (see quote below) from hot core, to differentiate the core of low-mass from high-mass protostars. Compare Italian -ino (“diminutive”). 1. The warm, dense inner region of the envelope of young stellar objects where complex organic molecules are located. Example: The definition of “hot core” used for massive protostars implies the presence of a relatively large amount of warm and dense gas[…] In order to make clear that hot cores of low- and high-mass protostars are, however, substantially different in the amount of material involved, we use hereafter the term “hot corino” to identify the warm inner regions of the envelope surrounding the low-mass protostars. Example: Discussion Rawlings: Concerning the so-called “hot corinos”: these objects are barely resolvable, so what evidence is there that they are the low-mass analogues of hot cores, rather than – say – outflow interfaces?
Word: corinos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nanocylinders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanocylinder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nanocylinder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nano- + cylinder. 1. A nanosized cylinder
Word: nonentangled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + entangled. 1. Not entangled Labels: not-comparable
Word: optomechanically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der. Ancient Greek ὄπωπᾰ (ópōpă) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek ὀπτός (optós)der. English opto- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mechanic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English mechanical English mechanical English optomechanical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English optomechanically From optomechanical + -ly. 1. By means of, or in terms of, optomechanics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: time-balls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of time-ball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intendiment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin intendimentum. 1. Understanding; careful consideration, attention. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: be nought hereat dismayd, / Till well ye wote by graue intendiment, / What woman, and wherefore doth me vpbrayd […]. 2. Intention, objective. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The noble Mayd still standing all this vewd, / And merveild at his straunge intendiment.
Word: postcorrelation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + correlation. 1. Happening after correlation Labels: not-comparable
Word: precorrelation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + correlation. 1. Happening before correlation Labels: not-comparable
Word: postsaturation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + saturation. 1. Happening after saturation Labels: not-comparable
Word: presaturation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + saturation. 1. Happening before saturation Labels: not-comparable
Word: presaturation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From presaturate + -ion. 1. saturation in advance of some other process Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: improvided Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From im- + provided. 1. Unforeseen. Example: she suborned hath This craftie messenger with letters vaine, To worke new woe and improuided scath […]
Word: rederivation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + derivation. 1. A second or subsequent derivation
Word: superamplitudes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superamplitude Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trinification Part of Speech: noun 1. A model, in the grand unification theory, of the three families of fermions. Labels: uncountable
Word: trinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Medieval Latin trīnālis. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪnəl/, /ˈtɹʌɪnəl/, [ˈtɹʌɪn̩l] 1. Having three parts; triple. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Like as it had bene many an Angels voice, // Singing before th’ eternall maiesty, // In their trinall triplicities on hye. Example: The trinal division of body, mind and soul becomes a unity, a holy trinity. And with it the realization that one aspect of our nature cannot be exalted above another...
Word: alicycle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any alicyclic compound Example: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich In this and the oxa-related cycloadditions (above), a diaza-alicycle related to 110 is considered to be an intermediate that decomposes to a 1,3-dipolar species 111—the active intermediate for the second coupling step; other evidence rules out epoxide 112 (X=O) as an intermediate.
Word: misween Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + ween. 1. To believe wrongly; to misconceive. Labels: obsolete Example: Why then should witlesse man so much misweene That nothing is, but that which he hath seene?
Word: annellation Part of Speech: noun 1. Any addition reaction in which one ring is attached to another Example: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich The annellation of the pyrimidine ring onto alicyclic alkenes has been achieved using Diels-Alder chemistry.
Word: counting glass Part of Speech: noun 1. A magnifying glass used to count the density of threads in a textile
Word: counting glasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counting glass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frame counter Part of Speech: noun 1. An indicator, in roll film cameras, that shows the number of frames that have moved through the camera (number of exposures taken).
Word: bridged carbocations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bridged carbocation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: British thermal units Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of British thermal unit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brodies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brody Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of brodie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: broken chords Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of broken chord Labels: form-of, plural
Word: broken vessels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of broken vessel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bromonium ions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bromonium ion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: algate Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From all + gate (compare Old Norse alla götu). Pronunciation: /ˈɔːlɡeɪt/ 1. Always. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete 2. Altogether; entirely. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: His onely hart ſore, and his onely foe, / Sith Vna now he algates must forgoe, [...]. 3. In any way; at all. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Or fayrer then her ſelfe, if ought algate / Might fayrer be. 4. By any means; at all events. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: And therefore would I ſhould be algates ſlaine, / For while I liue, his right is in ſuſpence. 5. Notwithstanding; nevertheless. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: And with the fall his leg oppreſt ſo ſore, / That for a ſpace there muſt he algates dwell.
Word: spial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Aphetic form of espial. Pronunciation: /ˈspaɪəl/ 1. Espionage. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. A spy. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: And priuie spials plast in all his way, / To weete what course he takes, and how he fares […] Example: [ Charles François Dumouriez ], roaming far out, obscure, as King's spial, or sitting sealed up, enchanted in Bastille […]
Word: spials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unwares Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Old English unwæres, unwares, from unwær (“unware”). Pronunciation: /ʌnˈwɛːz/ 1. Unexpectedly, suddenly. Labels: archaic Example: Still as he went, he craftie stales did lay / With cunning traines him to entrap vnwares.
Word: time balls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of time ball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wayment Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English waymenten, from Anglo-Norman waimenter (“to lament”) (compare Old French guaimenter, gaimenter (“to lament”)), a conflation of wai, guai (“woe”), from Frankish *wai, *wē (“woe”) from Proto-Germanic *wai (“woe”), and Latin lamentari (“to lament”). Akin to Old High German wē (“woe”) (German Weh "woe, pain"), Old English wā (“woe”). More at woe, lament. 1. To lament. Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete Example: For what bootes it to weepe and to wayment, / When ill is chaunst, but doth the ill increase […]?
Word: wayment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English waymenten, from Anglo-Norman waimenter (“to lament”) (compare Old French guaimenter, gaimenter (“to lament”)), a conflation of wai, guai (“woe”), from Frankish *wai, *wē (“woe”) from Proto-Germanic *wai (“woe”), and Latin lamentari (“to lament”). Akin to Old High German wē (“woe”) (German Weh "woe, pain"), Old English wā (“woe”). More at woe, lament. 1. Lamentation; grief. Labels: obsolete Example: And they, for pittie of the sad wayment
Word: wayment Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Contraction, especially reflective of a common African American Vernacular English pronunciation. Spelling very unlikely to have been influenced by Etymology 1. 1. Wait a minute. Labels: nonstandard, slang Example: “Wayment. Hold up.” Christophe stopped drawing. “What the hell, Nicco? That's not a book.” “And 'wayment' is a word?” questioned Ramsey, chuckling at Christophe's pronunciation of “wait a minute.” Example: 2019 Jade Boren, Halle Berry & Lena Waithe Share A Passionate Kiss On ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Hollywood Life, 23 May 2019. Accessed 29 May 2019. “Wayment! she know you gotta girl??? I’m ready to fight!!!!!! Halle who!???” Ericka commented, referring to film production executive Alana Mayo, who became engaged to Lena during Thanksgiving in 2017.
Word: wayments Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wayment Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: waymenting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From wayment + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of wayment Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: waymenting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wayment + -ing. 1. Lamentation. Labels: obsolete Example: for their lost husbands they encrease their waymentings by repetition of the good and gracefull parts they were endowed with […].
Word: waymented Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wayment Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lamenter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lament + -er. 1. One who laments.
Word: coequality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + equality. 1. The condition of being coequal Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: coercionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From coercion + -ary. 1. Of, pertaining to, or employing coercion
Word: coercionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coercion + -ist. 1. A person who practices, or advocates coercion (or government by coercion)
Word: coetaneity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, coet(aneous) + -aneity. Pronunciation: /ˌkoʊ.ɪ.təˈni.ɪ.ti/, /-teɪˈni-/ 1. The condition of being coetaneous. Labels: uncountable
Word: coeternally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From coeternal + -ly. 1. In a coeternal manner
Word: outfool Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + fool. 1. to be more foolish than. Labels: transitive 2. to outwit Labels: transitive
Word: coevality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coeval + -ity. 1. The condition of being coeval. Labels: uncountable
Word: unfoolable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + foolable. 1. Impossible to fool, not foolable. Labels: not-comparable Example: Then what can be the reason, without it is just a grim jest being played on the most unfoolable bird in the bush?
Word: foolable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fool + -able. 1. Able to be fooled.
Word: outfools Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outfool Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: outfooling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outfool Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outfooled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outfool Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lamenters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lamenter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foolfish Part of Speech: noun 1. filefish 2. winter flounder
Word: wonderfool Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈwʌn.də(ɹ).f(ʊ)ɫ/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of wonderful. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Nor waz dhis transformacion more wonderfool dhan dhat ov an evvet into an ewt, hwich no les natturally drew dhe (now uſeles) dental ov dhe artikel into dhe articulacion ov dhe noun, in a newt Example: “[…] It's quite wonderfool hoo the deevil he gets through it all.” (Whispering in his ear) “I am surprised too; but I did it all myself.”
Word: filefish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From file + fish. 1. Any fish of the family Monacanthidae, with very slender bodies. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fool away Part of Speech: verb 1. to waste, squander Labels: idiomatic
Word: there's a sucker born every minute Part of Speech: proverb 1. There will always be a great number of fools in the world who can be easily swindled. Labels: US, slang
Word: foolhardihood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foolhardy + -hood. 1. foolhardiness Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: foolhardise Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of foolhardice. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: foolify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fool + -ify. 1. to fool, to make a fool of Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: motley fool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From motley (“multi-colored cloth; a jester's clothes”) + fool (“a jester”). 1. A court jester; a jester. Example: A fool, a fool! I met a fool i’ th’ forest, / A motley fool. A miserable world!
Word: unfool Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + fool. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfuːl/ 1. To restore from folly, from being a fool, or from being foolish. Labels: transitive Example: haue you any way then to vnfoole me againe. Set downe the basket
Word: unbefool Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + befool. 1. To educate so as to stop being a fool Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: court jester Part of Speech: noun 1. A person in colorful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.
Word: take a picture, it will last longer Part of Speech: phrase 1. Said to scold somebody who is staring at the speaker. Labels: informal, sarcastic Example: Byron wasn't aware he was staring as long as he was. His manager saw him and gathered all the girls behind the counter together and had them stare at Byron. Finally she said, "Byron, take a picture; it will last longer." Byron was startled out of his daydream and the girls all laughed at him.
Word: turn to Part of Speech: verb 1. With to as particle 2. With to as particle: Labels: intransitive Example: All hands, turn to! Example: "No; because when I come in from the forge of a night, any one can see me turning to at it. But you never turn to at it, Biddy." 3. With to as preposition: Labels: intransitive Example: Near-synonyms: (intransitive) get, turn, go, come, fall, grow, wax; (reflexive) make [oneself], make [oneself] into Example: all things turn to dust 4. With to as preposition: Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonyms: (transitive) make, make into Example: He turned water to wine. 5. With to as preposition: Example: When I'm in trouble, I turn to my pastor to help me. 6. With to as preposition: Example: Breakups can be incredibly difficult, but one may wish to seek therapy rather than turn to drugs. 7. With to as preposition: Example: How do we find constructive ways to respond to a situation this complex? Two groups of essays in the anthology turn to this question. Example: In 1939 he turned to films in earnest. 8. With to as preposition: Example: Turn to the left up here. Example: To start my homework, I had to turn to page twenty in my textbook.
Word: rip boxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rip box Labels: form-of, plural
Word: borite Part of Speech: noun 1. A polyborate, such as tetraborate. Example: According to data by French researchers [61], the use of boron-containing materials, such as tourmaline, and also the use of synthetic additives (calcium borite) has caused a considerable slowing down of the start of the setting, and in individual experiments setting did not take place at all. Example: Spectral data of the borates of known structre determined were used for the interpretation of the spectra of the complex, polyborates, ginorite and potassium borite from the structural point of view.
Word: brods Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brod Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: re-cover Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + cover. 1. To cover again. Example: The seats are the same type as fitted to the FGW sets. It's worth remembering that refurbishment of the First Class seats by FGW a few years previously was excellent (if you like leather seats). I assume they have been re-covered in this latest refurbishment.
Word: re-covers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of re-cover Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: re-covering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of re-cover Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Work has been started on the partial renewal and re-covering of the roof, and a new electric lighting installation, at Carlisle Citadel Station, London Midland Region.
Word: re-covering Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of recovering. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: re-covered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of re-cover Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: datus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of datu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: datu Part of Speech: noun 1. An indigenous Malay or Filipino chief.
Word: who are you Part of Speech: phrase 1. Asks the interlocutor for their identification
Word: blind hole Part of Speech: noun 1. A hole that does not extend completely through the wall; a dead end hole.
Word: blind holes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blind hole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roughcast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rough + cast. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌfkæst/, /ˈɹʌfkɑːst/ 1. A crude model. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The whole piece […]seems […]a loose model and roughcast of what I design to do. Example: All the objects left in or near the quarries are unfinished roughcasts. 2. A rough surface finish, as of a plaster or stucco wall. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The branches met overhead in a kind of bower and the three cops stood in the shade and studied the roughcast gable of the cottage, maybe fifty yards on up the hill. 3. A mixture of pebbles or similar material used to finish a plaster or concrete wall. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: roughcast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rough + cast. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌfkæst/, /ˈɹʌfkɑːst/ 1. To shape crudely; to form in its first rudiments, without correction or polish. Labels: transitive Example: This rough cast unhewn poetry was instead of stage plays for 120 years Example: Nor bodily, nor ghostly negro could / Rough-ccast thy figure in a sadder mould. 2. To apply a roughcast finish to. Example: to roughcast a wall or building
Word: roughcast Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rough + cast. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌfkæst/, /ˈɹʌfkɑːst/ 1. Unpolished. Example: A brilliant blaze, kindled with dry wood, enlightened the whole interior of this fresh looking, roughcast, timbered apartment. Example: Understand: I'm a roughcast fly fisherman, an empirical self-taught duffer.
Word: duettos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of duetto Labels: form-of, plural
Word: patchouly Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of patchouli. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: pachouli Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of patchouli. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: mediportal Part of Speech: adj 1. Of an animal, physically adapted to spend a substantial amount of time moving slowly over land, usually with a heavy body weight, but also having some characteristics conducive to quick movements when needed. Example: Mediportal animals include the bison, elephant, and rhinoceros.
Word: graviportal Part of Speech: adj 1. Of an animal, physically adapted only for moving slowly over land, due to a high body weight. Example: The giant tortoises are graviportal.
Word: breedist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From breed + -ist. 1. An advocate of breedism.
Word: breedism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From breed + -ism. 1. Prejudice concerning breeds of animals. Labels: uncountable
Word: lays waste Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lay waste Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: laying waste Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of lay waste Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: laid waste Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of lay waste Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tittivates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tittivate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tittivating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tittivate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tittivated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tittivate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Mulhousian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mulhouse + -ian. 1. Somebody from Mulhouse, Alsace, France. Example: The volcanologist Maurice Krafft was a Mulhousian.
Word: white label Part of Speech: adj Etymology: US, 20th century. Originally used for musical vinyl records whose labels had been torn off or covered with a white label by competing DJs to conceal which records they were using. 1. Being a generically manufactured product, rebranded with the marketer's or retailer's trade dress: synonym of private label. Labels: not-comparable 2. Unbranded; being a brand name product which has had a white label applied to remove branding so that it can be resold for cheaper without undercutting the value of the brand. Labels: not-comparable 3. Being a vinyl record with a white label or white background (rather than artwork), typically used for test records or promotion. Labels: not-comparable Example: 2014, Chris Cunningham, quoted in Piers Martin, Aphex Twin: ‘His music is a perfect mix of mystery and adrenaline’ (in The Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/19/aphex-twin-richard-james-bjork-ian-rankin I started going to the record exchange in Camden two or three times a week to look for the Rephlex white labels or test pressings that would end up there. I actually got one of the original Caustic Window vinyl LPs from there.
Word: hepaticology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hepatic + -ology. 1. The scientific study of liverworts (Marchantiophyta). Labels: uncountable Example: Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
Word: uncommanded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + commanded. 1. Not commanded or requested. Labels: not-comparable Example: an uncommanded sacrifice to God Example: The loss of control was due to uncommanded flight control movements.
Word: G-suit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for gravity suit; see G-LOC. 1. A suit designed to maintain the supply of blood to the head during violent acceleration.
Word: Numidian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Numidia + -an. Pronunciation: /n(j)uˈmɪdiən/ 1. Of or pertaining to Numidia or its inhabitants. Example: Underfoot is a rich brown marble from the shores of Lake Champlain. The wainscoting is of green rep and red Numidian marble.
Word: Numidian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Numidia + -an. Pronunciation: /n(j)uˈmɪdiən/ 1. an inhabitant of Numidia
Word: Numidian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Numidia + -an. Pronunciation: /n(j)uˈmɪdiən/ 1. a variety of Berber spoken by the people of Numidia
Word: Numidians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Numidian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: voltage multiplier Part of Speech: noun 1. An electronic circuit that provides an output voltage higher than the input voltage, by means of capacitors and diodes.
Word: Surakarta Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Central Java, Indonesia. 2. A sultanate in Java
Word: voltage multipliers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of voltage multiplier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semblants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of semblant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: irrenowned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ir- + renowned. 1. Not renowned, unfamous. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: To slug in slouth and sensuall delights, / And end their daies with irrenowmed shame.
Word: encheason Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English enchesoun, from Anglo-Norman enchaisun, encheson, alteration of achaisun, acheison after the prefix en-. 1. A cause, reason. Labels: obsolete Example: Certes (said he) well mote I shame to tell / The fond encheason, that me hither led.
Word: encheasons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of encheason Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enwombed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From enwomb + -ed. 1. Pregnant. Labels: archaic Example: Me then he left enwombed of this child, / This lucklesse child, whom thus ye see with bloud defild.
Word: enwombed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From enwomb + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of enwomb Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: benzylpyrrole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic لُبَان (lubān) Proto-Indo-European *yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *yéwos Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.? Proto-Austronesian *zawa Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.? Old Javanese jawa Old Javanese -i Old Javanese Jawi Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)der. Arabic جَاوَة (jāwa) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy) Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)bor. Catalan benjuíder. Middle French benjoinder. English benzoin English benzo- English benz- Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English benzyl Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)der. German Pyrrolbor. English pyrrole English benzylpyrrole From benzyl + pyrrole. 1. Any of three isomeric benzyl derivatives of pyrrole N-benzylpyrrole, 2-benzylpyrrole or 3-benzylpyrrole Example: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich N-substituted pyrroles are much less reactive than the other 5-membered 1,3-dienes; no reaction was observed between N-(trimethylsilyl) pyrrole or N-benzylpyrrole with Smith’s diene (4) under thermal or high pressure (4 days at 14 kbar) conditions, even in the presence of Lewis acids.
Word: bichromophoric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + chromophoric. 1. Having two chromophores Labels: not-comparable Example: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich This is illustrated using the methoxynaphthalenefunctionalized epoxycyclobutane 160, which is reacted with functionalized norbornenes 93,56, and 148 to produce polyalicyclic structures 161-163, respectively, as examples of space-separated bichromophoric systems.
Word: ybound Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of bind Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: His drink, the running stream; his cup, the bare Of his palm closed; his bed, the hard cold ground: To this poor life was MISERY ybound. Example: But Lord they sayen they ben ybound to thy seruice, and seruen thee both night and day in singing their praiers, both for themselfe and for the other men, that done them good both quicke and dead, and some of them gone about to teach thy people when they hauen leisure.
Word: ybound Part of Speech: adj 1. Bound. Labels: obsolete Example: Took he there, this gentle Knight, With men of armès strong, And led him home to Nottingham ward Ybound both hand and foot. Example: I found / Where him that witch had thralled to her will, / In chaines of lust and lewd desires ybound […]
Word: embrave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + brave. 1. To inspire with bravery. Labels: obsolete Example: fewer Colors should embrave his Coat 2. To embellish, adorn. Labels: obsolete Example: The great earthes wombe they open to the sky, / And with sad Cypresse seemely it embraue […]
Word: embraves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of embrave Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bynempt Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bename Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: Sir Guyon more affection to increace, / Bynempt a sacred vow, which none should aye releace.
Word: embraving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of embrave Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: embraved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of embrave Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overwon Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overwin Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overwin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English overwinnen, from Old English oferwinnan (“to contend with, overcome, subdue”), equivalent to over- + win. 1. To overcome; gain one's point; exceed. Labels: UK, dialectal, transitive
Word: overwin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English overwinnen, from Old English oferwinnan (“to contend with, overcome, subdue”), equivalent to over- + win. 1. The win or winning of a game. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: bloodguiltiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bloodguilty + -ness. 1. Guilt of having shed blood or killed someone. Labels: uncountable
Word: daud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative of a heavy thump. Attested from the end of the 16th century. 1. A blow, a heavy thump. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, archaic 2. A piece of something, especially something with an irregular shape. Example: Great dauds o' blaze I've seen him split to sclaffers, / Some thick, some thin, some limp as ony waifers