nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hectogramme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French hectogramme. By surface analysis, hecto- + gramme. 1. Alternative spelling of hectogram. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: megagramme Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of megagram. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: halophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From halo- (“salt”) + -phyte (“plant”). 1. Any plant that tolerates an environment having a high salt content
Word: ensnares Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ensnare Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ensnaring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ensnare Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ensnaring Part of Speech: adj 1. That ensnares or traps. Example: Abraham, like his parents, seemed to have been limed and caught by the ensnaring inn.
Word: ensnared Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ensnare Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: destratificators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of destratificator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decarbonatizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decarbonatization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: farandole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French farandole, from Occitan farandola. 1. A lively chain dance in 6/8 time, of Provençal origin. Example: "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…]." Example: In another corner fragments of the town band tried hard to assemble a farandole, for this type of folklore seemed appropriate to a nationalist and patriotic celebration.
Word: total quality management Part of Speech: noun 1. A strategic approach to management aimed at embedding awareness of quality in all organizational processes. Labels: uncountable
Word: lindy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Lindy, the nickname of US aviator Charles A. Lindbergh. 1. A jitterbug, originated in Harlem, New York.
Word: lindy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from Lindy, the nickname of US aviator Charles A. Lindbergh. 1. To perform this dance. Labels: intransitive
Word: dictaphone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Early 20th century, originally a trademarked name for a type of dictation machine, presumably from dictate and -phone. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪktəfəʊn/ 1. A dictation machine.
Word: dictation machine Part of Speech: noun 1. A sound recording device most commonly used to record speech for later playback or to be typed into print.
Word: girandola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian girandola. Pronunciation: /dʒɪˈrændələ/ 1. Alternative form of girandole. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pardessus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pardessus de viole. 1. A pardessus de viole; a bowed stringed instrument with a fretted neck and five or six strings, the highest pitched member of the viol family.
Word: glorificate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from glorification. For its use by non-native speakers, compare Occitan, Portuguese, and Spanish glorificar and Italian glorificare, from Latin glōrificō. 1. To glorify. Labels: nonstandard, transitive Example: The lyrics are some kind of violence-glorificating "let it all out"-self therapy without a single good idea behind it (I refuse to believe Jello has ANYTHING to do with it, it's real "revving the kids up" again), […] Example: There's a bit of scope between glorificating someone and arguing he's not a proto-fascist.
Word: rallye Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of rally. Labels: alt-of, dated Example: A car that wins such a rallye uses its victory to convince potential purchasers that it can cope with difficult driving conditions.
Word: disfrock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English frock English disfrock From dis- + frock. 1. To remove from status as a member of a clergy; to unfrock. Labels: transitive
Word: ungual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin unguis (“nail, claw, hoof”) + -al . Pronunciation: /ˈʌŋɡwəl/ 1. Pertaining to or resembling a creature's nail, claw or hoof; unguinal.
Word: ungual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin unguis (“nail, claw, hoof”) + -al . Pronunciation: /ˈʌŋɡwəl/ 1. A modified toe bone, typically ending in a hoof or claw.
Word: wristlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wrist + -let (suffix indicating a piece of an object). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪs(t)lət/, /-lɪt/, [ˈɹɪs.lɨʔ̚] 1. An elastic band worn to keep a glove from slipping off the wrist. Example: The full protection coveralls […] are made of cotton airplane cloth with an impermeable butyl-rubber coating and are issued in sizes medium, large and X-large. […] Each sleeve has a tapered plastic cone insert and a wristlet which rolls down over the gauntlet of the protective glove after the glove is in place. 2. A decorative band or bracelet that encircles the wearer's wrist; especially, a closely knitted one to keep it warm; a muffetee. Example: Wristlets are made of wool, and are of use in keeping the wrists comfortable in cold weather, and thereby preventing the rheumatism, and other complaints, arising from cold, particularly from the arms. Example: Articles for the Mocha, Djiddah, and Mecca markets are made out of the veined Agate from Rhanpore, Carnelians from Rattanpore, the Cat's eye, and Jet or Obsidian; these are worked into large quantities of rings both plain and ornamented, ring stones, wristlets, armlets and necklaces, embracing the following varieties:— […] Mutia Madaliyah composed of two stones, worn as an armlet or wristlet; Paitah, a wristlet composed of seven round flat stones; Ponchi, a wristlet composed of several flat stones; […] 3. A small handbag with a short strap for attaching it to the wearer's wrist. Example: Sliding a wristlet around your arm gives you the ability to talk on the phone, text, email, browse through clothing racks or hold your Starbucks coffee without having to worry about where your purse is. Leaving your hands free is what makes this micro purse more than just a fashion accessory. […] Women will stash a wristlet inside their everyday larger handbag or tote, and pull it out after work and take it for drinks or out to dinner so they don't have to carry a big bag with them, […] Example: Of all the bags London-based stylist Harriet Byczok laid out before her [actress Maisie Williams], it was a black pyramid-shaped wristlet with a gold chain and tassle that caught her eye – a creation from Singapore brand Charles & Keith. 4. A handcuff. Example: [H]e rushed at us; we grasped hold of him; I took right round him; Tennant took hold of his arms; we had not a great deal of a scuffle with him; he used all of his strength apparently, and I put forth all of my strength to overcome him; we put these wristlets on him, and the strap around his waist; the wristlets were ordered off; […] Example: Attached to each of these beds is a strong leathern strap, with a wristlet, for securing the arm of the patient at night. […] The scene in the dormitories for the paralytic and furious was distressing; camisoles, straps, wristlets, leg and ankle locks everywhere abounded.
Word: spae-craft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Scots spaebor. English spae Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Old English -cræft Middle English -craft English -craft English spae-craft From spae + -craft. 1. The magical art of foretelling the future, used especially in Heathenry. Labels: Germanic, uncountable Example: Twelfth Night is particularly a time fo fore-tellings; if there is a skilled rune-reader or someone with spae-craft in the group, this is when they should cast or speak for the year ahead. Example: The greatest tools of spae-craft seem to have been the staff and the hooded cloak.
Word: tip of the hat Part of Speech: noun 1. A gesture of acknowledgement; often, an expression of gratitude; originally by doffing one's hat. Labels: idiomatic
Word: t-norm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for triangular norm. 1. A mathematical function T: [0, 1] × [0, 1] → [0, 1] that is commutative, associative, monotonic, and the number 1 acts as identity element, that is T(a, 1) = a.
Word: sticky rice Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety of short-grain rice popular in South and East Asia, known for its stickiness when cooked. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. An (East) Asian man who is mostly attracted to other Asian men. Labels: derogatory, slang, uncountable, usually Example: I think they are changing now, too, though, because you see groups and groups of them in bars, all Asian, together. It’s amazing. So my market is much more expanded. I’m “sticky rice” [Asians who like Asians]. Example: During my "sticky rice" phase, I explored what it meant to be queer and Asian in contemporary America. We had terms for everyone: if you were rice (gay and Asian) and you liked white men, then you were a snow queen or a potato queen. White men who liked you were called rice queens. Every ethnicity had a term, usually related to food.
Word: passivism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English passive Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English passivism From passive + -ism. 1. The quality or principle of being passive. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: node of Ranvier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for French physician Louis-Antoine Ranvier. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑn.vi.eɪ/ 1. A small constriction in the myelin sheath of axons.
Word: etage Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of étage. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: antipain Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + pain. 1. Preventing or counteracting pain; analgesic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antipain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + pain. 1. An oligopeptide, produced by Actinomycetes and other bacteria, that acts as a protease inhibitor Labels: uncountable
Word: aprotinin Part of Speech: noun 1. A polypeptide, obtained from bovine lung tissue, that acts as a protease inhibitor, and is used in surgery to reduce bleeding Labels: uncountable
Word: ascidian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin Ascidia + -an, from Ancient Greek ἀσκίδιον (askídion, “wineskin, leather bag”). Pronunciation: /əˈsɪdi.ən/ 1. Any member of the class Ascidiacea (the sea squirts)
Word: astrocytic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English astrocyte Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English astrocytic From astrocyte + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to the astrocytes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: axoglial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From axo- + glial. 1. Of, pertaining to, or connecting an axon and a glial cell Labels: not-comparable
Word: axolemma Part of Speech: noun 1. The surface membrane of an axon
Word: axolemmal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From axolemma + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to the axolemma
Word: flagging down Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of flag down Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: benzamidine 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- English amidine English benzamidine From benz- + amidine. 1. An aromatic amidine, C₆H₅C(NH)NH₂, that is used in protein crystallography Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Kama Sutra Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit कामसूत्र (kā́ma-sūtra). Pronunciation: /ˌkɑː.məˈsʊ.tɹə/, /ˌkɑː.məˈsuː.tɹə/, /ˌkɑ.məˈsuː.tɹə/ 1. A Sanskrit treatise (sutra) setting forth rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure, love, and marriage in accordance with Hindu law. Example: Little is known about the Kama Sutra’s author, Vatsyayana, who claimed to be a celibate monk who had compiled all of the accumulated sexual knowledge from several previous authors as a form of his own meditation and contemplation of the deity.
Word: sex position Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the physical positions adopted for sexual intercourse.
Word: forced convection Part of Speech: name 1. The convection (carriage) of contents of a fluid, such as mass or (especially) heat, by means of currents induced in the fluid by a force which is not dependent on density changes in the fluid induced by heat. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Transfer of heat from the engine to the automobile radiator occurs by means of forced convection. Example: Transfer of oxygen from the lungs to the brain in the human body occurs by means of forced convection.
Word: free convection Part of Speech: noun 1. The convection (carriage) of contents of a fluid, such as mass or (especially) heat, by means of currents induced in the fluid by a buoyancy force which is dependent on an acceleration (such as gravity) acting upon density changes in the fluid which are induced by heat. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The draft of a chimney due to a fire in a fireplace, and the rising of smoke particles from a fire, are due to free convection. Example: The transfer of heat from a hot object by means of upward hot air currents from the object, is due to free convection.
Word: cowgirl position Part of Speech: noun 1. A sex position in which the man lies on his back, and the woman sits on top of him facing him. Labels: idiomatic
Word: reverse cowgirl position Part of Speech: noun 1. A sex position in which the man lies on his back, and the woman sits on top of him facing towards his feet.
Word: natural convection Part of Speech: noun 1. free convection
Word: vibrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vibron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vibrions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vibrion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: take the wheel Part of Speech: verb 1. To be in control of the steering wheel of a vehicle or a vessel. Example: Can you take the wheel for a minute while I take off my gloves? 2. To assume control of a situation. Labels: broadly, idiomatic
Word: vanitize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English vanity Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English vanitize From vanity + -ize. 1. To embellish for reasons of vanity. Labels: ambitransitive Example: "I told her she was a great goose," said Goda, who like a sensible being was snugly tucked up in bed; "it is a great deal too cold to vanitize." Example: I don't defend, offend or vanitize my body or appearance so compliments or insults in that area go over my head and past me.
Word: sholde Part of Speech: verb 1. should Labels: obsolete
Word: permutant Part of Speech: noun 1. Anything that undergoes permutation. 2. Any of a group (permutation) of proteins derived from another by covalent linkage of its N- and C- termini (to form a circular protein) and subsequent cleavage of its backbone
Word: unphilosophical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + philosophical. 1. not philosophical
Word: permutons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of permuton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dreadfull Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of dreadful. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: satisfie Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of satisfy. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: […] but if Two Millions, or what elſe may be thought a Convenient Stock, ſhould be underwrit, then there will be no difficulty in Carrying on the Trade, without any Intermiſſion, or danger, than what may be feared by the changing of Committees now Annually made, and the increaſe of the Stock, as it will ſatisfie the Complaints that ariſe from the Contraction of the ſaid Trade, and difficulties of Admiſſion into it, ſo it will occaſion the inlarging thereof; […]
Word: oxyde Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of oxide. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: far fetched Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of far-fetched. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: denaturant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English denature Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English denaturant From denature + -ant. 1. a substance used for denaturation
Word: demagogues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of demagogue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: demagogues Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of demagogue Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sockless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sock Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English sockless From sock + -less. 1. Without socks; not wearing socks. Labels: not-comparable Example: The village was full of sockless children.
Word: gravitational convection Part of Speech: noun 1. The convection (carriage) of contents of a fluid, such as mass or heat, by means of currents induced in the fluid by buoyancy forces which are dependent on gravity acting upon density differences within the fluid. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Nylonkong Part of Speech: name Etymology: Apparently coined by a Time Magazine article of 17 January 2008. 1. Three cities, New York, London and Hong Kong, that form a global network that facilitates the global economy.
Word: centrifugation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English centrifuge Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English centrifugation From centrifuge + -ation. 1. The process in which mixtures are separated using the centripetal force generated by spinning in a centrifuge. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “Was the RNA degraded in the centrifugation step?”
Word: cerebroside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cerebrose galactose, cerebro- + -ose + -ide. 1. Any of several glycosphingolipids found in the membranes of muscle and nervous tissue
Word: cofractionated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English fractionate English cofractionated From co- + fractionate. 1. fractionated together with one or more other components
Word: coimmunoprecipitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English immunoprecipitation English coimmunoprecipitation From co- + immunoprecipitation. 1. The immunoprecipitation of multiple antigens at the same time Labels: uncountable
Word: immunoprecipitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- English precipitate English immunoprecipitate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English immunoprecipitation From immunoprecipitate + -ion. 1. A technique in which an antigen is precipitated from solution by using an antibody, or a particular use of this technique. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We carried out sequential immunoprecipitations of cell lysates.
Word: contactin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From contact + -in. 1. Any of several glycoproteins active in cell adhesion.
Word: coverslip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cover + slip. 1. A thin glass plate used to cover samples mounted on a microscope slide.
Word: coverslip Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cover + slip. 1. To cover (a sample) with a coverslip.
Word: deconvolved Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /diːkənˈvɒɫvd/ 1. simple past and past participle of deconvolve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deconvolved Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /diːkənˈvɒɫvd/ 1. separated by the use of deconvolution
Word: demyelinated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of demyelinate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: demyelinated Part of Speech: adj 1. From which myelin has been removed
Word: demyelinate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English myelin Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English demyelinate From de- + myelin + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /diːˈmaɪ(j)əlɪneɪt/ 1. To remove the myelin sheath from a nerve
Word: dysmyelination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dews-? Proto-Indo-European *dus- Proto-Hellenic *dus- Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dŭs-)der. New Latin dys-der. English dys- English myelination English dysmyelination From dys- + myelination. 1. A condition in which there is a much reduced amount of myelin in nervous tissue. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: electrophoretically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English electrophoretic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English electrophoretically From electrophoretic + -ally. 1. by means of electrophoresis Labels: not-comparable
Word: endosome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From endo- + -some. 1. An endocytic vacuole through which molecules internalized during endocytosis pass en route to lysosomes
Word: domiciliate Part of Speech: verb 1. To establish a permanent residence. Labels: intransitive 2. To establish a permanent residence for (someone). Labels: transitive Example: Worms frequently cause diseases in trees by domiciliating themselves between the bark and the wood. 3. To settle (oneself) into a mode of thinking or the like. Labels: figuratively, reflexive
Word: ensheathed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ensheathe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ensheathed Part of Speech: adj 1. enclosed in a sheath
Word: equilibrated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of equilibrate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: equilibrated Part of Speech: adj 1. Subject to equilibration
Word: equilibration Part of Speech: noun 1. The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ILPC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of inner loop power control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TPC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of thermoplastic composite, any fibre-reinforced plastic with a thermoplastic resin rather than a thermosetting resin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of transmit power control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of total plate count. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of technology performance certificate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Tournament Players Club. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: splashback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From splash + back. 1. Splashes of liquid, especially noxious liquid, rebounding from a surface. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A shield of an easily-cleaned material, such as those placed behind an oven top or kitchen sink and at industrial facilities, construction sites, etc, in order to catch splashes of liquid. Labels: countable Example: The oven comes complete with a stainless steel splashback. Example: In 1959, for a girl there were toy cookers in clinical white stove enamel, with a time clock set in the splash-back, and with two hot plates which really worked by using special fuel tablets which burnt from ten to 15 minutes.
Word: sluttiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of slutty: most slutty Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: bottle bank Part of Speech: noun 1. A large container into which glass bottles are placed for recycling.
Word: corrector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English corrector, correctour, equivalent to correct + -or. 1. One who corrects. Example: Wisdom is not the most severe corrector of folly. Example: Time! the corrector where our judgments err, The test of truth, love,—sole philosopher, For all beside are sophists, […] 2. A proofreader. Labels: obsolete Example: Seeing therefore those who now possess the employment by all evident signs wish themselves well rid of it; and that no man of worth, none that is not a plain unthrift of his own hours, is ever likely to succeed them, except he mean to put himself to the salary of a press corrector; we may easily foresee what kind of licensers we are to expect hereafter, either ignorant, imperious, and remiss, or basely pecuniary. Example: To have a competent knowledge of what has been recited, besides a quick and discerning eye, are the proper accomplishments by which a Corrector may raise his own and his Master's credit: for it is a maxim with Booksellers, to give the first edition of a work to be done by such Printers whom they know to be either able Correctors themselves, or that employ fit persons, though not of Universal learning, and who know the fundamentals of every Art and Science that may fall under their examination. 3. A director or governor. Labels: obsolete
Word: cash crops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cash crop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: short-wave Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shortwave Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: short-wave Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of shortwave. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: drop the gloves Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the practice of ice hockey players of removing their heavy gloves before striking blows in fistfights. 1. To fight. Labels: Canada, US, idiomatic Example: Nobody used to care when players such as John Ferguson, Bobby Orr, Gordie Howe and Maurice Richard dropped the gloves, because they could play the game, too. 2. To remove a prior impediment to action; to prepare for or engage in a dispute. Labels: Canada, US, broadly, idiomatic Example: But Bradley, who dropped the gloves on Gore in a combative debate Wednesday night and called the vice president chronically dishonest, ignored Sullivan's advice.
Word: lowgrade Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of low-grade. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: abodements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abodement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adoptedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English adopted Middle English -ly English -ly English adoptedly From adopted + -ly. 1. By adoption. Labels: not-comparable Example: LUCIO: Is she your cousin? ISABELLA: Adoptedly, as schoolmaids change their names / By vain though apt affection.
Word: advocation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin advocātiō. Doublet of advowson 1. Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 2. The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 3. The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: advocations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of advocation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: affied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of affy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Allhallowmas Part of Speech: name Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Alhalwemesse, from Old English ealra hālgena mæsse, from eall + halga + mæsse; literally, “the mass of all the saints”. By surface analysis, all + hallow (“saint, holy person”) + -mas (“mass, church festival, holiday”); compare Christmas, Marymas / Marymass, and Michaelmas. 1. All Saints' Day. Labels: archaic
Word: allottery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English allot Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English allottery From allot + -ery. 1. An allotment, a portion, an allocation. Labels: obsolete Example: [A]llow me such exercises as may become a gentleman, or give me the poor allottery my father left me by testament; with that I will go buy my fortunes.
Word: allotteries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of allottery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Almain Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Alemaine, Almayne, from Anglo-Norman Allemaine, Almaine et al., Old French Alemaigne, from Late Latin Alamannia (“territory of the Alamanni tribe”), from Alemannī, Allemannī, of Germanic origin probably corresponding to all + men. Compare Alemannic. Pronunciation: /ˈæl.meɪn/ 1. Germany. Labels: historical Example: The x. of Awgust Maximilian emperowr of Almayne came to kynge Henry of England besyde Terwen, and there the emperowre had wages of the kynge. Example: The merchants who owned the goods claimed that the King of Almain was the lord of the town, and the Bishop could not do justice in the matter.
Word: Almain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Alemaine, Almayne, from Anglo-Norman Allemaine, Almaine et al., Old French Alemaigne, from Late Latin Alamannia (“territory of the Alamanni tribe”), from Alemannī, Allemannī, of Germanic origin probably corresponding to all + men. Compare Alemannic. Pronunciation: /ˈæl.meɪn/ 1. A German. Labels: archaic, literary, poetic Example: Caſ[ſio]. Is your Engliſh man ſo expert in his drinking? / Iag[o]. Why he drinkes you with facillity, your Dane dead drunke: he ſweats not to ouerthrow your Almaine; he giues your Hollander a vomit, ere the next pottle can be fild. 2. A kind of dance. See allemande.
Word: Almain Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English Alemaine, Almayne, from Anglo-Norman Allemaine, Almaine et al., Old French Alemaigne, from Late Latin Alamannia (“territory of the Alamanni tribe”), from Alemannī, Allemannī, of Germanic origin probably corresponding to all + men. Compare Alemannic. Pronunciation: /ˈæl.meɪn/ 1. German. Labels: archaic, historical Example: Fauſtus theſe bookes thy wit and our experience / Shall make all nations to canonize vs, / As Indian Mooꝛes obey their Spaniſh Loꝛds, / So ſhall the ſubiects of euery element / Be alwaies ſeruiceable to vs thꝛée, / Like Lyons ſhall they guard vs when we pleaſe, / Like Almaine Rutters with their hoꝛſemens ſtaues, / Oꝛ Lapland Gyants trotting by our ſides, / Sometimes like women, oꝛ vnwedded maides, / Shadowing moꝛe beautie in their ayrie bꝛowes, / Then in their white bꝛeaſts of the queene of Loue: […]
Word: anticly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English antic Middle English -ly English -ly English anticly From antic + -ly. 1. In an odd or grotesque manner.
Word: araise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a- + raise. 1. To raise. Labels: archaic Example: A medicine […] whose simple touch Is powerful to araise King Pepin.
Word: arrivance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English arrive Latin -iader. Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English arrivance From arrive + -ance. 1. Arrival Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: assemblance Part of Speech: noun 1. Resemblance; likeness; appearance. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: [C]are I for the limbe, the thevves, the ſtature, bulke and big aſſemblance of a man: giue me the ſpirit […] 2. An assembling; assemblage. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: […] A rout of people farre away; / To whom his courſe he haſtily applide, / To weete the cauſe of their aſſemblaunce wide.
Word: assemblances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of assemblance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: assubjugate Part of Speech: verb 1. To bring into subjection. Labels: obsolete
Word: attainture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin attinctūra, used to translate Old French ateint, from Vulgar Latin *attinctus (perfect passive participle of Latin attingō). 1. A state of being found guilty of an offence. Labels: obsolete Example: […] thus, I fear, at last Hume’s knavery will be the duchess’ wreck, And her attainture will be Humphrey’s fall: Example: 1637, Philemon Holland (translator), Britain, or A Chorographicall Description […] by William Camden, London: George Latham, “The O-Neales, and their rebellions in our time,” p. 122, The title and place of Earle of Tir-Oen was presently granted: but as touching the inheritance, considering that upon the forfaiture and attainture of Shan O-Neale the Kings of England were invested therein, the matter was referred unto Queene Elizabeth: 2. Imputation of dishonour. Labels: obsolete Example: […] you may come, And take more strickt directions from his highnesse, Then he thinkes fit his letters should containe, Without the least attainture of your valure; Example: […] they must dig up the good name of these prime worthies […] and brand them as the Papists did thir bodies; and those thir pure unblamable spirits, which live not only in heaven, but in thir writings, they must attaint with new attaintures which no Protestant ever before aspers’t them with. 3. Unhealthy bodily condition. Labels: obsolete Example: […] if the infirmitie b[e] old and dangerous, or if there b[e] any attainture in the Lungs or L[i]uer […] Example: But because there is but one Truth, and one perfection, I will, under the description of the perfect Horse, that is untainted, shew all the imperfections and attaintures, that either nature or mischance can put upon the Horse of greatest deformity.
Word: attaintures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of attainture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: attemptable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin temptō Latin attemptōder. Old French atempterbor. Middle English attempten English attempt Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English attemptable From attempt + -able. 1. Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked.
Word: atwain Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁der. Proto-Germanic *twai Proto-West Germanic *twai-der. Old English twēġen Middle English tweyne English twain English atwain From a- + twain. Pronunciation: /əˈtweɪn/ 1. Into two parts. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: [S]uch ſmiling rogues as theſe, / Like Rats oft bite the holy cords a twaine, / Which are t' intrince, t' vnlooſe: […] Example: Clear-headed friend, whose joyful scorn, / Edged with sharp laughter, cuts atwain / The knots that tangle human creeds, / The wounding cords that bind and strain / The heart until it bleeds, […]
Word: augurer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English augur Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English augurer From augur + -er. 1. Synonym of augur.
Word: augurers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of augurer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: avouching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of avouch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: He was no gadder abroad, credible Authors avouching that he never went out of his Cell; though both Cambridge and Rome pretend to his habitation.
Word: avouched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of avouch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: avouches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of avouch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: banisher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From banish + -er. 1. One who banishes.
Word: banishers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of banisher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barbermonger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From barber + monger, literally "one who frequents the barber's shop." 1. A fop; a dandy. Labels: obsolete Example: Ile make a sop oth' Moonshine of you, you whoreson, Culyenly barbermonger, draw. Example: Those who live in this century, have an invincible antipathy to every thing natural an original, and I call for nothing else in justification of this, than any girl of fifteen, and boy of twenty, within hearing of this place--only look at the paint on her cheeks, and observe his dress, the poor girl stands trembling with cold, (nothing under heavens on but a little muslin hardly decent in appearance !) and he! an unmannerly barber-monger, has all her cloths stuffed into his 'neckerchief! Ah, young man, you need not try to stick your hair up, only look in the glass, and if it don't go up itself, I'm very much mistaken.
Word: barbermongers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barbermonger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bastardizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bastardize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bastardizing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act or process by which something is bastardized.
Word: bastardizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bastardize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bawdry Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Illicit intercourse; fornication. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [T]he Converſation (if it may be called ſo) was ſeldom ſuch as could entertain a Lady. It conſiſted chiefly of Hollowing, Singing, Relations of ſporting Adventures, B—d—y, and Abuſe of Women and of the Government. Example: Let realism have its demonstration, comedy its criticism, or even bawdry its horselaugh at the expense of sexual infatuation, if it must; but to ask us to subject our souls to its ruinous glamour, to worship it, deify it, and imply that it alone makes our life worth living, is nothing but folly gone mad erotically—a thing compared to which Falstaff's unbeglamored drinking and drabbing is respectable and rightminded.
Word: burgomasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of burgomaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: butcherly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English butch Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English butcher Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English butcherly From butcher + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊtʃəli/ 1. Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage. Example: Alexander comming to the Ocean of India, cast in favour of Thetis many great rich vessels of gold into the Sea, replenishing moreover her Altars with a butcherly slaughter, not onely of innocent beasts, but of men[…]. Example: She had not realised how butcherly the severed vessels would look, and she had not reckoned with the horrid halitus of blood, which steamed to her nostrils under the blazing sun.
Word: butcherly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English butch Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English butcher Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English butcherly From butcher + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊtʃəli/ 1. Like a butcher; cruelly, brutally. Labels: obsolete
Word: burdenous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English burden Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English burdenous From burden + -ous. 1. Heavy; oppressive. Labels: obsolete
Word: bug-bears Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bug-bear Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aediles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aedile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: canakin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle Dutch kanneken, cannekijn (“a little can”), equivalent to can + -kin. Pronunciation: /ˈkænəkɪn/ 1. A little can or cup. Labels: archaic Example: And let me the canakin clink, clink; And let me the canakin clink A soldier's a man; A life's but a span; Why, then, let a soldier drink. Some wine, boys! Example: Then, Tashtego, lad, I'd have ye hold a canakin to the jet, and we'd drink round it!
Word: canakins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of canakin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fleshment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English flesh Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English fleshment From flesh + -ment. 1. The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: EV Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of English Version (of the Bible) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of Early Version (of the Wycliffite Bible) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: EV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of electric vehicle (a type of road vehicle). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Example: But compared with gasoline or diesel-powered cars and trucks, E.V.s also require special or seriously modified components, and out-of-the-ordinary mechanical and physical attention (or inattention, as we’ll see below). Example: Despite progress towards a 2045 zero-emission goal, the high price of EVs has created a headache for governments[.] 2. Initialism of extracellular vesicle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 3. Initialism of expected value. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of estradiol valerate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: cheveril Part of Speech: noun 1. Soft leather made of kid skin. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: cheveril Part of Speech: adj 1. Made of cheveril; pliant. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: leapling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leap + -ling (from leap year). Pronunciation: /ˈliplɪŋ/ 1. Someone born on a leap day, the 29th of February.
Word: everything and the kitchen sink Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of everything but the kitchen sink. Labels: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic, uncountable
Word: demagoguing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of demagogue Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: demagogued Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of demagogue Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: decors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zucchinis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zucchini Labels: form-of, plural
Word: showmance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of show + romance. 1. A romance between cast members or production crew of a play or television show (often reality shows) which only lasts the duration of the show, or its filming. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: I notoriously fell for my leading man. I really did. By the third or fourth leading man I said "No, Mom, it's real. I love him. I know it is sort of like a pattern but I love him." There is legitimacy to a showmance." Example: Eventually the tale of a stagehand who seemed to be separated from his housebound wife, but, oddly, not when she came to visit, seemed more amusing than appalling, and I learned not to wince at the various (sometimes painfully) young women who arrived breathless and eager for a Showmance—whether or not there was a wife in the background. [sic]
Word: zests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zests Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of zest Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: haciendas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hacienda Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haemophiliac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From haemo- + -philiac. 1. A person with haemophilia. Labels: UK
Word: haemophiliacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of haemophiliac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prevalant Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of prevalent. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: galactocerebroside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek γᾰ́λᾰ (gắlă) Ancient Greek γάλακτ- (gálakt-)der. New Latinder. English galacto- English cerebroside English galactocerebroside From galacto- + cerebroside. 1. Any cerebroside in which the sugar component is galactose
Word: galactolipid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek γᾰ́λᾰ (gắlă) Ancient Greek γάλακτ- (gálakt-)der. New Latinder. English galacto- Proto-Indo-European *leyp- Proto-Hellenic *lípos Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusbor. French -ide French lipidebor. English lipid English galactolipid From galacto- + lipid. 1. Any glycolipid in which the sugar component is galactose
Word: galactosphingolipid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek γᾰ́λᾰ (gắlă) Ancient Greek γάλακτ- (gálakt-)der. New Latinder. English galacto- English sphingolipid English galactosphingolipid From galacto- + sphingolipid. 1. Any sphingolipid in which the sugar component is galactose
Word: galactosyltransferase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From galactosyl + transferase. Pronunciation: /ɡəˌlaktəs(ʌ)ɪlˈtɹanzfəɹeɪz/ 1. Any glycosyltransferase enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of galactose entities. Example: The gene is the recipe for galactosyl transferase, an enzyme, i.e. a protein with the ability to catalyse a chemical reaction.
Word: kittle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English kitelen, from Old English citelian (“to tickle”), from Proto-West Germanic *kitilōn, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną, frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *kitōną (“to tickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *geyd- (“to stick, jab, tickle”). Cognate with Dutch kittelen, kietelen (“to tickle”), Low German kettelen, ketelen (“to tickle”), German kitzeln (“to tickle”), Icelandic kitla (“to tickle”), Swedish kittla, kittsla, Danish kilde and perhaps Old Armenian կիծ- (kic-, “to sting, bite”), but note that many such words are sound-symbolic. Compare tickle. 1. To tickle, to touch lightly. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, transitive