nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: levator palpebrae superioris Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin levātor palpebrae superiōris (“lifter of the superior eyelid”). Pronunciation: /lɪˈveɪ.tɚ pælˌpiˌbɹi sʊˌpɪɹ.iˈɔɹ.ɪs/ 1. A thin flat extrinsic muscle of the eye arising from the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone, passing forward and downward over the superior rectus, and inserting into the tarsal plate of the skin of the upper eyelid which it elevates.
Word: superior tarsal Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of superior tarsal muscle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: superior rectus Part of Speech: noun 1. The thinnest and narrowest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the superior aspect of the sclera.
Word: inferior rectus Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the inferior aspect of the sclera.
Word: medial rectus Part of Speech: noun 1. The broadest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the medial aspect of the sclera.
Word: permalink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From perma- + link. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː(ɹ).mə.lɪŋk/ 1. A permanent (unchanging) link to an individual blog entry or news item on the World Wide Web. Labels: Internet
Word: permalink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From perma- + link. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː(ɹ).mə.lɪŋk/ 1. To create a permalink to. Labels: Internet, transitive
Word: lateral rectus Part of Speech: noun 1. The longest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises by two heads from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the lateral aspect of the sclera.
Word: superior oblique Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of superior oblique muscle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: inferior oblique Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of inferior oblique muscle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: ciliary muscle Part of Speech: noun 1. a muscle controlling the eye's accommodation for viewing objects at varying distances
Word: iris dilator muscle Part of Speech: noun 1. A muscle of the eye, serving to dilate the iris.
Word: summer melt Part of Speech: noun 1. The phenomenon where incoming students who have committed to attend a college or university change their minds during the summer and opt to attend another institution. Labels: uncountable Example: Summer melt sometimes happens when students are admitted over the summer to a school that places the student on a waitlist in the spring.
Word: cloven-hoofed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the hoof divided into two parts, as the ox. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unpicturesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + picturesque. 1. Not picturesque; unattractive. Example: […] warehouses and dwellings of solid brick and carved stone, with doors, window-frames, and breastsummers of stout oak, replaced irregular though not unpicturesque habitations; […
Word: cloven-footed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English clovefote, from cloven + foot + -ed. 1. Having the foot divided into parts; cloven-hoofed; fissiped. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1966, Claude Lévi-Strauss, The Savage Mind, translator not credited, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, p. 99, The Buffalo clan may not skin any cloven-footed animal nor look at these animals while they are dying.
Word: act of independent significance Part of Speech: noun 1. A doctrine in the law of wills under which a testator may effectively change the disposition of their property without changing the text of the will, so long as the acts or events changing the disposition have some significance other than avoiding the requirements of the will.
Word: ultrasimplify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ultra- + simplify. 1. To simplify to a great extent. Labels: transitive
Word: ultrasimplifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ultrasimplify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ultrasimplifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ultrasimplify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deservings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deserving Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wipes out Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wipe out Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: wiping out Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of wipe out Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wiped out Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wipe out Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Acoma Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Ácoma, Acoma, from Western Keres aa'ku (“white rock”) + meh (“people”). Pronunciation: /ˈæ.kə.mə/ 1. An ancient Native American pueblo in western New Mexico, United States. 2. The dialect of Keres language spoken by the Acoma people.
Word: gilliflower Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of gillyflower. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gilliflowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gilliflower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: GL Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese GL(ジーエル) (jīeru), from ガールズラブ (gāruzu rabu), from English girls + love. 1. Initialism of girls' love (“yuri media”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: GL Part of Speech: prefix 1. Misspelling of Gl, the prefix for Gliese catalog of nearby stars. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, morpheme
Word: Gliese Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Gliese. Pronunciation: /ɡli.zə/ 1. A surname Labels: countable
Word: white man's grave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Referring to the high mortality rate among white missionaries and colonists in Africa, due to the tropical climate, diseases, and sanitation. 1. Africa, or more specifically, western Africa or Sierra Leone. Labels: archaic Example: [...]for, until some great revolution in nature or some great and gradual human exertion takes place, it must ever prove the "white man's grave," of which we have many lamentable proofs in the deaths of so many worthy and adventurous spirits who have fallen victims to research and humanity—Park, Peddie, Buchardt, Lander, Lang, Clapperton, Denham, Cooper, Thompson, &c. &c. &c.—all fallen through ferocity, treachery, or climate[...] Example: I was informed that, sometime since, a young man—I think his name was John Hooke, Brazilian consul—had retired thither, in hopes of avoiding the baleful influence of disease; but, alas! how futile are all human hopes and purposes—he, too, became a victim, and now lies in the white man's grave.
Word: frontales Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌfɹʌnˈteɪˌliz/ 1. plural of frontalis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: takes hold Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of take hold Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: taking hold Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of take hold Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: took hold Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of take hold Labels: form-of, past
Word: taken hold Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of take hold Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: took root Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of take root Labels: form-of, past
Word: taking root Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of take root Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: takes root Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of take root Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: taken root Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of take root Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: takes control Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of take control Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: taking control Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of take control Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: took control Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of take control Labels: form-of, past
Word: taken control Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of take control Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: symbolic links Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of symbolic link Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misogynies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of misogyny Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bragozzo Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of wooden sailing boat from the Adriatic, often used for fishing, having a wide hull and a flat bottom with a large rudder and no keel. Labels: historical
Word: bestialization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bestialize + -ation. 1. The state or process of turning bestial; depravation, corruption, degradation, dehumanization. Labels: uncountable Example: The bestialization produced by war and militant patriotism came openly to the front with all the horrors of savagery, rapine, deportation, atrocities, and the inhuman slaughter of millions of human beings for the glory of the Fatherland and Kultur and for "the making of the world fit for Democracy."
Word: bestialize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bestial + -ize. 1. To make like a beast. 2. To bring or reduce to the state or condition of a beast.
Word: bestializes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bestialize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bestializing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bestialize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bestialized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bestialize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Brennero Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Brenner, the municipality in Italy. The railway station there uses both spellings. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: acts of independent significance Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of act of independent significance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hanns Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from German, variant of Hans.
Word: Hanns Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Hann Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fullfledged Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of full-fledged. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Uta Part of Speech: name Etymology: A trade name. 1. A round winter pear cultivar with golden-brown skin.
Word: anapodota Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anapodoton Labels: form-of, plural Example: Commentators on this psychoanalysis of grammar have adduced it as the uncanny reflex of certain poetic scenes or images built upon the anapodota of sexual loss, romantic frustration, and the end of amatory exchange.⁶⁹
Word: stomato- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) 1. mouth Labels: morpheme
Word: strato- Part of Speech: prefix Pronunciation: /ˌstɹætə(ʊ)/, /ˌstɹætoʊ/, [-ɾoʊ] 1. Strata; especially, stratus clouds. Labels: morpheme
Word: stratocumuli Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stratocumulus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autodigestion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + digestion. 1. The digestion of tissue by enzymes produced by the organism itself. Labels: uncountable
Word: hexosyltransferases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hexosyltransferase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hexosyltransferase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hexosyl + transferase. 1. Any glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the transfer of a hexose
Word: immunoserology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From immuno- + serology. 1. The branch of serology that involves studies of the immune response Labels: uncountable
Word: isopycnal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + pycno- + -al. 1. A line connecting points of constant density in the ocean or in the atmosphere.
Word: isopycnals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isopycnal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lemniscatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lemniscate + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌlɛmnɪˈskætɪk/ 1. shaped like a figure-of-eight Labels: not-comparable 2. of or pertaining to a lemniscate Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncatalyzed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + catalyzed. 1. Not subject to catalysis Labels: not-comparable
Word: oxocarbenium Part of Speech: noun 1. Any canonical form of a carbocation having the positive charge on an oxygen atom
Word: phosphohydrolase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phospho- + hydrolase. 1. Any enzyme that hydrolyzes an organic phosphate group
Word: sclerophyll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sclero- + -phyll. 1. A form of vegetation that has hard leaves and short internodes.
Word: trinitroresorcinol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- English nitro English trinitro Ancient Greek ῥητῑ́νη (rhētī́nē)bor. Latin rēsīnader. Old French résinebor. Middle English resyn English resin Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Italic *auzis Latin auris Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula Latin auricula Latin ōriculader. Italian oricelloder. Arabic [script needed] ('urjālla)influ. Old Catalan orxellader. Old French orchel French orseilleder. Dutch orseilleder. New Latin orcinader. French orcineder. English orcin Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol English -ol English orcinol English resorcinol English trinitroresorcinol From trinitro + resorcinol. 1. styphnic acid Labels: uncountable
Word: diplotene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French diplotène, corresponding to diplo- + -tene. Coined by Hans von De Winiwarter in 1900 and in English by Edmund B. Wilson in 1912. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪplətiːn/, /ˈdɪpləˌtin/ 1. The fourth stage of prophase of meiosis, during which homologous chromosome pairs begin to separate and chiasmata become visible
Word: high-resolution Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a high resolution; for example, having a large number of pixels per unit area. Example: Costing more than the helicopter it is attached to, this impressive £1 million multi-spectral camera and sensor array picks up a huge range of data above and beyond the high-resolution aerial photography that Sean Leahy and the Network Rail Air Operations team have become known for.
Word: Rahul Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit राहुल (rāhula) 1. A male given name from Sanskrit.
Word: atonias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of atonia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dassn't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dast + -n't. Pronunciation: /ˈdæsənt/ 1. Contraction of dast + not. Labels: Northern-US, Yorkshire, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
Word: Eids Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Eid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dasn't Part of Speech: contraction 1. Alternative form of dassn't. Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction
Word: hiemal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin hiemālis (“pertaining to winter”), from hiems (“winter”). More at hibernate. 1. Of or pertaining to winter, wintry. Labels: rare
Word: ONF. Part of Speech: name 1. Old Northern French Example: 1989: Oxford English Dictionary (2nd edition), January, etymology In early form a. ONF. Jenever, Genever, = mod.F. Janvier: — L. Jānuārium, nom. Jānuārius (mensis), i.e. the month of Janus, as presiding over the entrance into the year. Whence also It. Gennajo, Gennaro, Pr. Genovier, Januer, Sp. †Jenero, Enero, Pg. Janeiro. The later forms show gradual conformation to the L.; which was sometimes used unchanged in OE.
Word: Scotti Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: mod.F. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Modern French. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Pr. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Provençal (the language). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: confrères Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of confrère Labels: form-of, plural Example: Such a classification gave these men priority as over against their previous ‘capitalist’ confrères in matters of taxes, credits, and raw materials allocations.
Word: Pg. Part of Speech: name Etymology: Formed from the initial letters of the two stressed syllables of Portuguese. 1. Abbreviation of Portuguese (the language). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: horsetrader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From horse + trader. 1. A person who buys and sells horses, especially one who makes such transactions in a clever or skillful manner. Labels: literally 2. One who is skillful in transacting or negotiating of any kind. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: The three subordinates on whom President Roosevelt depends to win his Senate victories are Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, the bull-voiced, heavy-fisted field commander; Pat Harrison of Mississippi, the shrewd committee and cloakroom horsetrader; and James F. Byrnes of South Carolina.
Word: Old Northern French Part of Speech: name 1. Old Norman (the language) Labels: dated
Word: horse trader Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of horsetrader. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: horse-trader Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of horsetrader. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Kim, fending the lama between excited men and excited beasts, sidled along the cloisters to the far end, nearest the railway station, where Mahbub Ali, the horse-trader, lived when he came in from that mysterious land beyond the Passes of the North.
Word: auricular muscle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of auricularis. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: anterior auricular muscle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of auricularis anterior. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: auricular muscles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of auricular muscle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superior auricular muscle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of auricularis superior. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: posterior auricular muscle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of auricularis posterior. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: temporoparietalis muscle Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of temporoparietalis.
Word: stapedius Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin stapedius, clipping of mūsculus stapedius (“stapedial muscle”). Doublet of stapedial. Pronunciation: /stəˈpi.di.əs/ 1. A small muscle of the middle ear that arises from the wall of the tympanum and is inserted into the neck of the stapes by a tendon that sometimes contains a slender spine of bone; it is the smallest skeletal muscle in the human body, serving to stabilize the stapes to check and dampen its vibration.
Word: tensor tympani Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin tensor tympanī (“tensor of the tympanum”). Pronunciation: /ˌtɛn.sɚ ˈtɪm.pəˌnaɪ/ 1. A small muscle of the middle ear that is located in the bony canal just above the bony part of the Eustachian tube, that arises from the canal containing it, from the cartilaginous portion of the Eustachian tube, and from the adjacent greater wing of the sphenoid bone, that is inserted by a long tendon into the manubrium of the malleus near its base, and that serves to adjust the tension of the tympanic membrane.
Word: vodyanoy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian водяно́й (vodjanój). 1. A type of water sprite from Slavic mythology.
Word: vodyanoi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of vodyanoy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shote Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shoat (“young pig”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Just then from the doorway, as fat as shotes, Came the cake-walk princes in their long red coats[…]
Word: shote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English sceota (“trout”). 1. A fish resembling the trout, the grayling (Thymallus thymallus). Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: The rest are common to other Shires, but the Shote in a maner peculiar to Deuon and Cornwall: in shape and colour he resembleth the Trowt
Word: wind-borne Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of windborne. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: prelection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the stem of Latin praelēctiō (“the act of reading aloud to others”), from the perfect participle stem of praelegō (“read something to others”). Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/ 1. A public lecture or reading, especially delivered at a college or university. Example: ‘I'd like ter put ye in thar,’ replied Cheever, who had stolidly eyed him during this prelection.
Word: prelections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prelection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wi-fi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Wi-Fi. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: rule the roost Part of Speech: verb 1. To be the controlling member(s) of a family, organization, or other group. Labels: idiomatic Example: His was biding his time, and patiently looking forward to the days when he himself would sit authoritative at some board, and talk and direct, and rule the roost, while lesser stars sat round and obeyed. Example: Felix (nothing if not modern) had succumbed already to the feeling that youth ruled the roost.
Word: yeepsen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English yespon, ȝespon, ȝespen, ȝispon (“a measure of volume equivalent to that contained in a person’s hands cupped together”). See yepsen for more. 1. Anything that can be held in two hands; a double handful. Labels: Essex, obsolete
Word: teenhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From teen + -hood. 1. Synonym of teenagehood. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: nasalis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from New Latin nāsālis, ellipsis of mūsculus nāsālis (“nasal muscle”). Doublet of nasal. Pronunciation: /neɪˈzeɪ.lɪs/, /neɪˈseɪ.lɪs/ 1. A small muscle on each side of the nose that constricts the nasal aperture by the action of a triangular transverse portion which draws the lateral part of the aperture upward and a quadrangular alar portion which draws it downward.
Word: depressor septi Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of depressor septi nasi. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: levator labii superioris alaeque nasi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin levātor labiī superiōris ālaeque nāsī (“lifter of the upper lip and of the wing of the nose”). Pronunciation: /lɪˈveɪ.tɚ ˌleɪ.biˌaɪ sʊˌpɪɹ.iˈɔɹ.ɪs əˌliˌkwi ˈneɪˌzaɪ/ 1. A muscle of the face that arises from the nasal process of the maxilla, that passes downward and laterally, that divides into a part inserting into the alar cartilage and one inserting into the upper lip and that dilates the nostril and elevates the upper lip.
Word: harnt Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of haunt, haint (“ghost”) Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, dialectal Example: ‘Harnts don't wander much ginerally,’ he said. ‘They hand round thar own buryin'-groun' mainly.’
Word: lettuce-bird Part of Speech: noun 1. A goldfinch. Labels: US, dialectal Example: ‘And Len Rhodes said you looked when you danced for all the world “like a lettuce-bird a-flying.”’
Word: umbrageous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French ombrageux, or from umbrage + -ous. Pronunciation: /ʌmˈbɹeɪdʒəs/ 1. Having or providing shade; shady. Example: […] What tho' his Forests wave / Umbrageous to the Gale, and Nature walks / In loose Luxuriance o'er his native Plains; / Those Forests wave, those Plains delight no more; / […] Example: Not a single one of those "umbrageous trees," of which our Mayor declaimed so feelingly, has yet been planted; […] They should protest against his withdrawal from that station, until the banks of the Monongahela and Duquesne Way are once more covered with "umbrageous trees," […] 2. Irritable, easily upset. Labels: figuratively
Word: world-war Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of world war. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In this world-war nations fell to the lowest level of savagery.
Word: world-war Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to a period of time immediately during a world war Labels: not-comparable
Word: world-wars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of world-war Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Korybant Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of crested male dancers who worshipped the Phrygian goddess Cybele with drumming and dancing. Labels: historical
Word: Korybantes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Korybant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Corybant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Corybās, from Ancient Greek Κορύβᾱς (Korúbās). 1. Alternative spelling of Korybant. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Corybants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Corybant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: salto mortale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian salto (“leap”) + mortale (“deadly”). 1. A dangerous and daring jump with possibly lethal outcome. 2. A risky, dangerous or crucial step or undertaking. Labels: figuratively Example: I take shame to myself…for having been more taken by the salti mortali* of a waiter who summed up my account at a Paduan restaurant, than by all the strategies with which the city has been many times captured and recaptured. * Salti mortali are those prodigious efforts of mental arithmetic by which Italian waiters, in verbally presenting your account, arrive at six as the product of two and two. Example: The frenzied, suggestible, gregarious, subconscious self, freed from all rational restraints, celebrated its delirious orgies, its corybantic bacchanalia, held its mad salto mortale over the grave of crucified humanity.
Word: Pandoran Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Pandora + -an. Pronunciation: /pænˈdɔːrən/ 1. Of or relating to Pandora in Greek mythology. Labels: Greek 2. Of or relating to the Saturnian moon named for Pandora. 3. Of or relating to the fictional moon Pandora in the 2009 science fiction film Avatar. Example: Instead of embracing on a ship's prow, Sully and Neyfiri ride their banshee steeds in ecstatic communion across the Pandoran sky.
Word: Hottentots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hottentot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plounce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A variant of plunge, perhaps influenced by flounce. 1. to plunge Labels: obsolete, rare, regional
Word: plounces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of plounce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: plouncing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of plounce Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: plounced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of plounce Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lacunal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lacuna + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to a lacuna, like a lacuna. Labels: not-comparable
Word: turns loose Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of turn loose Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: turning loose Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of turn loose Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: turned loose Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of turn loose Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: let loose Part of Speech: verb 1. To free; to release from restraint. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Near-synonyms: loose (verb), unleash, set loose; let rip Example: I can imagine the man . . . prepared to oppress rival firms, overthrow inconvenient monarchs, and let loose the dogs of war. 2. To shout, make a loud sound, or perform a sudden, vehement action; to behave in a raucous, frenzied manner. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, sometimes Example: Near-synonyms: explode, go ape, holler, vociferate, let rip Example: He set his teeth, and let loose with a fury before which nothing could stand; and Maurice was forced back step by step until he was almost up with the wall. 3. To break wind. Labels: euphemistic Example: Near-synonyms: let rip; see also Thesaurus:flatulate Example: Sorry for letting loose.
Word: lets loose Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of let loose Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: letting loose Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of let loose Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: breaks loose Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of break loose Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: breaking loose Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of break loose Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: broke loose Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of break loose Labels: form-of, past
Word: broken loose Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of break loose Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Junkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Junker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: younker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Dutch joncker (Dutch jonker, jonkheer), a compound equivalent to jong (“young”) + here (“lord”). Compare junker. 1. A young man; a lad, youngster. Labels: archaic Example: “Jim,” says he, “I reckon we’re fouled, you and me, and we’ll have to sign articles. I’d have had you but for that there lurch, but I don’t have no luck, not I; and I reckon I’ll have to strike, which comes hard, you see, for a master mariner to a ship’s younker like you, Jim.” 2. A young gentleman or knight. Labels: obsolete Example: So foorth they went, and both together giusted; But that same younker soone was overthrowne 3. A novice; a simpleton; a dupe. Labels: obsolete Example: Trimmed like a younker prancing to his love! 4. junker
Word: younkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of younker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yonker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Adriaen van der Donck, the first lawyer in North America. Van der Donck was known locally as the Jonkheer or Jonker (etymologically, "young gentleman," derivation of old Dutch jong (young) and heer ("lord"); in effect, "esquire"), a word from which the name "Yonkers" is directly derived. 1. Obsolete spelling of younker. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: yonkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yonker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: youngs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of young Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: youngs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of young. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: younged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of young Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rigider Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of rigid: more rigid Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: Armenology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Armeno- + -logy. 1. Armenian studies Labels: uncountable
Word: like the clappers Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Partridge says: "Possibly rhyming slang for 'clappers of a bell', 'hell'." 1. Very hard or very rapidly. Labels: UK, informal Example: After hurling their insults, they ran like the clappers to get away. Example: And when it started off they first studied them, and of course they went like the clappers to prove what they could do, which was the thing they shouldn't be doing because it was a study, and of course, they've got to work like the clappers all the time once it came into operation.
Word: Armenological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Armenology + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to Armenology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Armeno- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Armenia + -o-. 1. Combining form of Armenia and Armenian. Labels: form-of, in-compounds, morpheme
Word: seizes up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of seize up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: seizing up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of seize up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: seized up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of seize up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lawine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lauwine. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lawines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lawine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lays bare Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lay bare Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: laying bare Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of lay bare Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: laid bare Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of lay bare Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: missionize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mission + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪʃənʌɪz/ 1. To work as a missionary; to do missionary work. Labels: intransitive 2. To do missionary work among (a people) or in (a particular place). Labels: transitive 3. To teach and to bring under the control of European religion and culture through the mission system, as the Spanish did with Native Americans in their colonies. Labels: historical, transitive 4. To make suitable for a military (or intelligence gathering, etc) mission. Labels: transitive Example: The program will not design a new aircraft but will missionize an existing airframe, most likely a foreign design that is in service around the world. Example: The Coast Guard will leverage Navy and Air Force relationships to missionize the aircraft and procure spares[…]
Word: jewel-weed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jewel + weed. 1. Alternative spelling of jewelweed. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: jewel-weeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jewel-weed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: missionizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of missionize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: missionizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of missionize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: missionized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of missionize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: missionise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mission + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of missionize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: missionises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of missionise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: missionising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of missionise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: missionised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of missionise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: vestiment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of vestment influenced by its etymon Latin vestīmentum (from vestiō (“to clothe”)). 1. Clothing, clothes, especially ecclesiastical. Labels: obsolete Example: As well by view of that his vestiment, / As by his modest semblant that no evill ment.
Word: vestiments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vestiment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: togging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tog Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: northern pikes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of northern pike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: viviparous eelpouts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of viviparous eelpout Labels: form-of, plural
Word: father lashers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of father lasher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carp breams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carp bream Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rummy noses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rummy nose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: faïences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of faïence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fayence Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of faience. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fayences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fayence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paremiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paremia (“proverb”) + -ology, from Latin paroemia, from Ancient Greek παροιμία (paroimía). Pronunciation: /pəˌɹiːmiˈɒləd͡ʒi/ 1. The study of proverbs. Labels: uncountable Example: In this respect, paremiology can immensely contribute to the more general study of culture from a semiotic point of view, or in a semiotic perspective. But culture is a process, a synchronous snapshot, at best, being subject to constant changes.
Word: paremiological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From paremiology + -ical. 1. Relating to the study of proverbs.
Word: sheepcote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sheep + cote. 1. A small building for sheltering sheep. Example: If thou wilt come and dwell with me at home, My sheepcote shall be strowed with new greene rushes: Weele haunt the trembling prickets as they rome About the fields, along the hauthorne bushes; I have a pie-bald curre to hunt the hare, So we will live with daintie forrest fare. Example: Each officer was at his post, nor could they much complain whilst their General sat on straw, in a sheepcote, at the foot of the hill, called Sherriff Muir, which overlooks Dumblane, on the right of his army.
Word: deseed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + seed. 1. To remove seed or seeds from. Labels: transitive Example: A small part of the straw is deseeded as it is delivered; the rest is deseeded by January. Example: For example, one grower in Georgia has reported that he not only markets his muscadines on the fresh market, but also deseeds and extracts the juice from the pulp and skins, freezes it, and sells it to a commercial winery.
Word: deseeds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deseed Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deseeding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of deseed Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deseeded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deseed Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gillyflower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By folk etymology (with influence from flower) from French girofle, gilofre, from Late Latin caryophyllum, from Ancient Greek καρυόφυλλον (karuóphullon, “dried flower buds of the clove tree”). Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɪl.ɪˌflaʊə/, /ˈd͡ʒɪl.iˌflaʊɚ/, /ˈɡɪl.iˌflaʊɚ/ 1. Clove pink. Example: A compound of galanga, cubebs, sparrow wort, cardamoms, nutmeg, gillyflowers, Indian thistle, laurel seeds, cloves, Persian pepper is made into a drink. Taken twice daily morning and night, in pigeon or fowl broth, preceded and followed by eater. The result, according to Arab tradition, is an effective aphrodisiac. 2. Any clove-scented flower. Labels: broadly 3. Any of several species of wallflower. 4. A variety of purplish-red apple with a roundish conical shape and a large core. 5. A stylized representation of a carnation blossom, usually red, and shown with or without a slip and leaves.
Word: gillyflowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gillyflower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gilly-flower Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of gillyflower. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gilly-flowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gilly-flower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gilli-flower Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of gillyflower. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gilli-flowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gilli-flower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: July-flower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Corruption of gillyflower. 1. Alternative spelling of gillyflower. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: July-flowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of July-flower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inverse image Part of Speech: noun 1. The set of points that map to a given point (or set of points) under a specified function. Example: Under the function given by f(x)#61;x², the inverse image of 4 is #92;#123;-2,2#92;#125;, as is the inverse image of #92;#123;4#92;#125;.
Word: inverse images Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inverse image Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pencilwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pencil + work. 1. A task involving lots of writing. Labels: uncountable Example: Amateur astronomers needn't do a lot of mathematical pencilwork with this clear, all-plastic celestial globe. Example: To assess only one-third of the cost of a new administrative headquarters against a fund designed for administration and operations, while assessing two-thirds against another fund designed to buy and open new parks, takes some fancy pencilwork. 2. Drawings done with a pencil. Labels: uncountable Example: Mr. Prideaux Selby delights and excels in the glowing and splendid pencilwork of nature. Example: Chief Windigo's map of Lake Nipigon, Ontario. […] ca. 1869, probably original Indian pencilwork on paper, enhanced in ink and blue wash, and with the addition of many names.
Word: brow-beat Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of browbeat. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Man is brow-beaten, leashed, muzzled, masked, and lashed by boards and councils, by leagues and societies, by church and state.
Word: brow-beats Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brow-beat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: brow-beating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of brow-beat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: brow-beaten Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of brow-beat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: subatlantic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + Atlantic. 1. Subsidiary or secondary to the Atlantic Ocean. Labels: not-comparable
Word: reutilise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + utilise. 1. Alternative spelling of reutilize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: reutilises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reutilise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reutilising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reutilise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reutilised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reutilise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: subepithelia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subepithelium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subepithelial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + epithelial. 1. Of or pertaining to the subepithelium Labels: not-comparable 2. Beneath the epithelium Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonmenial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + menial. 1. Not menial. Labels: not-comparable Example: a nonmenial job
Word: meseemeth Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: me + seemeth 1. meseems Labels: archaic, contraction Example: "Meseemeth a whetstone shrills at my tongue!"
Word: unheatable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + heatable. 1. Not heatable; that cannot be heated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mappen Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Blend of may + happen. 1. It may happen that; maybe, perhaps. Labels: UK, dialectal, not-comparable, obsolete Example: Dunnet gowl, Aggy. Mappen I'll be maister man mysel' soon.
Word: unmeetable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + meetable. 1. Not meetable; that cannot be met; unattainable. Labels: not-comparable Example: an unmeetable target
Word: nonreactor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + reactor. 1. Someone who cannot react; one who does not react.
Word: nonreactors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonreactor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonreactionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + reactionary. 1. Not reactionary. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonrationalistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + rationalistic. 1. Not rationalistic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: green plovers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of green plover Labels: form-of, plural
Word: turns out Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of turn out Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: turning out Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of turn out Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: caninus muscle Part of Speech: noun 1. A facial muscle of the mouth.
Word: Nirgunty Part of Speech: noun 1. A low-ranking official responsible for the regulation of irrigation and the distribution of water. Example: The Nirgunty is generally a Whallia; but sometimes a Súdra holds the office, which is hereditary. Example: The proper buſineſs of the diviſion of Whalliaru, called Moraſu, is the cultivation of the ground, in which both men and women are very induſtrious; but they do not appear to have ever formed a part of the native militia, like the Súdra cultivators, nor to have ever been entruſted with arms, until they began to enter into the Company’s ſervice. From among them ſeveral families hold, by hereditary right, the low village offices of Toti and Nirgunty, or of watchmen and conductors of water.
Word: triangularis muscle Part of Speech: noun 1. A facial muscle of the mouth, associated with frowning.
Word: scrap heap Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of scrapheap. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Dieselisation saw the withdrawal of Shay engines on the Western Maryland, but No. 6 was rescued from an inglorious demise on the scrap heap, and now rests in the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad's transport museum in Baltimore, which contains many other interesting railway exhibits. Example: The large double-deck Brush electric cars which replaced steam in 1929 and were the largest passenger-carrying road vehicles in the country, will follow the fixed assets to the scrap heap.
Word: scrap heaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scrap heap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: take pride Part of Speech: verb 1. To be proud of (usually followed by in or of). Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Our lawgivers take special pride in the ever active manufacture of new bills and laws. Example: “People in their right minds never take pride in their talents,” said Miss Maudie.
Word: takes pride Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of take pride Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: transmundane Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + mundane. 1. Occurring beyond the physical world Example: The hope of Raynham had lent a careless half-compelled attention to the foregoing dialogue, wherein a common labourer and a travelling tinker had propounded and discussed one of the most ancient theories of transmundane dominion and influence on mundane affairs.
Word: prest Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /prɛst/ 1. simple past and past participle of press Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past Example: And when loftier mansions prest/Lure of pleasure on their guest
Word: prest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English prest, from Old French prest. Pronunciation: /prɛst/ 1. A payment of wages in advance Labels: rare 2. A loan or advance (of money) Example: Requiring of the city a prest of six thousand marks. 3. A tax or duty 4. A sum of money paid to a soldier or sailor upon enlistment Labels: obsolete 5. A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands. Example: the same tayles soe hereafter there to be levyed and striken, shalbe delyvered unto everye of the same Sheriffes[…]without prest or other chardge to be sett upon them for the same.
Word: prest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English prest, borrowed from Old French prester, from Latin praesto, praestare. Pronunciation: /prɛst/ 1. To give as a loan; to lend. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: a greate part of our armie already prested, and in our wages to go forward
Word: prest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English prest, borrowed from Old French prester, from Latin praesto, praestare. Pronunciation: /prɛst/ 1. Ready; prompt; prepared. Labels: obsolete 2. Neat; tidy; proper. Labels: obsolete Example: False knave ready prest, All safe is the best 3. Quick, brisk. Labels: obsolete Example: The fauconer then was prest, Came runnynge with a dow, And cryed, ‘Stow, stow, stow!’ But she wold not bow.
Word: WO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of warrant officer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: W.O. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of WO. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Bless all the sergeants and W.O 1's. Bless all the corp'rals and their blinkin' sons.
Word: W. O. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of WO. Labels: alt-of, alternative