nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: intentive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ententif, borrowed from Old French ententif, from Late Latin intentīvus (“intensive”), from Latin intendō (“to intend, to attend”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛntɪv/ 1. Paying attention; attentive, heedful. Example: the object is fine and accurate , it conduceth much to have the sense intentive and erect 2. Intent (of the mind, thoughts etc.). Example: To which whilest she lent her intentive mind, / He suddenly his net upon her threw […] 3. Expressing intent.
Word: mna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin mna or Ancient Greek μνᾶ (mnâ). 1. Alternative form of mina (unit of weight). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Four thousand Athenian cleruchs were settled on lands taken from the wealthiest Chalcidians, the prisoners taken from both Chalcidians and Boeotians were later ransomed at two mnai per person, and their fetters dedicated on the Athenian acropolis (5. 77. 1–2). Example: On hearing of an athlete’s consumption of two mnai worth of figs and six pints of wine at one sitting he exclaims, “Apollo, Horus, Sabazius!”
Word: mnae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mna Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mnas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mna Labels: form-of, plural
Word: burnfire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An alteration (due to its association with burn) of Early Modern English boonfire, bondfire, bounfire (“bonfire”). More at bonfire. 1. A bonfire. Labels: nonstandard Example: It may ha' been wicked, but there 'twas, an' the thought kep' arter me, till all I could think of was the chist; an' byme-by I says to Mary Ellen, one mornin', ' Le's open it to-day an' make a burnfire !' Example: […] the town of Owegea was made a burnfire of to Grace our Meating our General Course from Tiago to Choconant […]
Word: holiday-makers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of holiday-maker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: entomophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From entomo- + -phobia. 1. Abnormal fear of insects or similar arthropods. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Spiders are a common cause of entomophobia (specifically called arachnophobia).
Word: biological control Part of Speech: noun 1. Control of pests using natural predators, parasites, pathogens, or other organisms that harm the pest species. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: exuberances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exuberance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snek Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /snɛk/ 1. Alternative form of snake. Labels: Internet, alt-of, alternative, childish, humorous
Word: open circulatory system Part of Speech: noun 1. A system of circulation which is achieved primarily from the heart beating and muscle-induced locomotion of the organism, circulation without veins.
Word: closed circulatory system Part of Speech: noun 1. blood circulation via the pumping of the heart pushing blood through closed vessels
Word: maxillary palp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of New Latin palpus maxillaris. 1. A small, antenna-like sensory appendage in certain invertebrates emerging from the maxilla.
Word: bullate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin bullātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Resembling a bulla or blister; inflated; blistered; bulliform. 2. Of bacterial cultures, having a growth which is blistered; rising in convex prominences. 3. Having arched leaf tissue between each lateral vein, so that the veins appear depressed in the leaf surface.
Word: bullate Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of metal, bullet-iron. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: They [the Tartar] […] preferre brasse and steele before other mettals specially bullate, which they use for swords, knives, and other necessaries.
Word: JPA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Jakarta/Java Persistence API. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: phonetical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phonetic + -al. 1. of, or pertaining to phonetics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ORM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of object–relational mapping. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of object–role modeling. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of online reputation management. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: ORMs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ORM Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ex-ante Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of ex ante. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: ex-post Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of ex post. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: pedoclimate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pedo- (“soil”) + climate. 1. A microclimate within soil that integrates the combined effects of its temperature, water content and aeration.
Word: artful pleading Part of Speech: noun 1. The filing under state law of a claim naturally arising under federal law. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: Suing his employer for negligence rather than for violation of the Federal Employers Liability Act was an artful pleading, and the defendant properly removed the proceedings to federal district court.
Word: artful pleadings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of artful pleading Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Wikinomics Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of wikinomics. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: thalidomide baby Part of Speech: noun 1. A baby born with phocomelia after its mother had been administered thalidomide while pregnant, this having teratogenic effects on the developing foetus.
Word: opprobria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin opprobria. Pronunciation: /əˈpɹəʊ.bɹɪ.ə/, /əˈpɹoʊ.bɹi.ə/ 1. plural of opprobrium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: radio drama Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪdiˌəʊ dɹɑːmə/, /ˈɹeɪdiˌoʊ dɹɑmə/ 1. Dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: STREAMING AUDIO & VIDEO: Including our live "Seeing Ear Theatre" radio drama staring Walter Koenig, classic SF & horror movies, Orson Welles' WAR OF THE WORLDS broadcast, episodes of MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000, Alien Voices, readings by Greg Bear, Sam Delany, Bruce Sterling & K.W. Jeter, cartoons, classic trailers & more! Example: Before the advent of television, radio drama had a huge popular audience and dominated much of the broadcast schedule.
Word: chiral centre Part of Speech: noun 1. A stereocentre
Word: chiral center Part of Speech: noun 1. A stereocentre.
Word: esclavages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of esclavage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outcrying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outcry Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outcrying Part of Speech: noun 1. A crying out. Example: The engine of the ill-fated mail was Stephenson, one of Whale's 4-6-0 "Experiment" class, which fact led to sensational outcryings in the daily papers about the scandal of "experimental machines" being used on fast trains!
Word: outcried Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outcry Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spamminess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spammy + -ness. 1. The degree or quality of being spammy. Labels: uncountable Example: When a new message comes in, the same statistical analysis is performed to determine its likely spamminess.
Word: chateau migraine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Chateau Migraine. Labels: alt-of
Word: loddes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lodde Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lod Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of logarithm of odds, a measure of likelihood calculated by taking the log of the ratio of the probability of a hypothesis being true given the observed data over the probability that the hypothesis is false. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Some computer programs furnish p-values rather than maximum lod scores. Example: Markers were analysed in decreasing order of informativeness; a marker was only added to the map when it could be localized to a unique interval with a lod score of >= 3.0.
Word: Jamestown Part of Speech: name Etymology: From James + town. 1. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 2. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 3. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 4. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 5. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 6. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 7. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 8. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 9. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 10. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 11. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 12. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 13. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 14. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: Example: Those hoping to create new settlements had read accounts of earlier European migrants who had established European-style villages near the water, notably along the shores of Chesapeake Bay, where the English had founded Jamestown in 1607. Example: In 1608, the tribe first encountered and defended their homeland against English settler Captain John Smith, who played an important role in the first permanent English settlement in America at Jamestown, Virginia. 15. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 16. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 17. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 18. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 19. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 20. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 21. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 22. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 23. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 24. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 25. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 26. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 27. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 28. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 29. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 30. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 31. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 32. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 33. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 34. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 35. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 36. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 37. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 38. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 39. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: 40. Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions:
Word: laughster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From laugh + -ster. 1. Someone who laughs, or is laughing. Labels: rare 2. A comedian. Labels: rare
Word: laughsters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laughster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: SCJP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Sun Certified Java Programmer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SCJPs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of SCJP Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in the dumps Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Alternative form of down in the dumps. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1677, Edward Ravenscroft, King Edgar and Alfreda, London: M. Turner, Act IV, Scene 1, p. 49, Hill[aria]. What, in the dumps, Captain? Osw[old]. He’s in a contemplation of Love. Example: 1699, B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, London: W. Hawes et al., In the dumps, troubled, chagrin, melancholic.
Word: pannum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Italian pane (“bread”) or directly from Latin pānem, the accusative of pānis (“bread, loaf”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to feed, to graze”). 1. Bread; food. Labels: UK, obsolete, uncountable Example: Here's Pannum and Lap, and good Poplars of Yarrum, / To fill up the Crib, and to comfort the Quarron. Example: As far as injun, pannum, and cheese, and a drop of heavy goes, you are perfectly welcome.
Word: pernoctate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the Latin pernoctō (“to spend the night”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː.nɒk.teɪt/, /pɚˈnɑkˌteɪt/ 1. To stay up all night; to pass the night (especially in prayer). Labels: formal, intransitive 2. To stay all night. Labels: formal, intransitive
Word: nonexamination Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + examination. 1. Not of or pertaining to an examination. Labels: not-comparable Example: The college is open to visitors on nonexamination days.
Word: nontest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + test. 1. Not being or pertaining to a test or example. Labels: not-comparable Example: nontest documentation
Word: lævulose Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of levulose. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: CLOS Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of common Lisp object system. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: fontanels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fontanel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: levoglucose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From levo- + glucose (left-rotating sugar) (left sugar). 1. levulose (D-fructose), the left-rotating form of fructose Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: colorpuncture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of color + acupuncture. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌl.əˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃɜ/, /ˈkʌl.ɚˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃɝ/ 1. A form of alternative medicine in which coloured light is shone on acupoints. Labels: uncountable
Word: colourphobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From colour + -phobia. 1. Alternative spelling of colorphobia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: dextroglucose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dextro- + glucose (“right sugar”). 1. dextrose (D-glucose) form of glucose Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually
Word: subpoint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + point. 1. A point (proposition in a debate etc.) that forms part of a larger point. Example: Each subpoint has a direct, specific relation to its major point, which you can make clear by the organizational method you choose for your subpoints.
Word: subpoints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subpoint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megafund Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + fund. 1. A major money-management operation dealing with large amounts of money. Labels: informal
Word: megafunds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megafund Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antivideo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + video. 1. An audiovisual work presented in video format that deliberately defies the conventions of genre and format. Example: The disco sequence itself is a kind of hallucinatory antivideo played to dance music that seems to arise out of machine-gun fire. Example: Adam Bernstein's early work for They Might Be Giants seems to be a more contemporary way to pursue the antivideo...
Word: antivideos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antivideo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: SMLs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of SML Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foins Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of foin Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: foining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of foin Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: foined Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of foin Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: calefies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of calefy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bedwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bed + work. 1. An irrigation system based on a series of beds and ridges. Labels: uncountable
Word: catchwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From catch + work. 1. A simple irrigation system, used on sloping land, in which water from a stream or spring is fed in at the top and allowed to trickle down over a number of artificial terraces. Labels: uncountable
Word: deschool Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + school. 1. To remove the schools from; to divest (a society) of its formal education system. Labels: transitive Example: In Illich's deschooled society, schools would continue to exist but on non-compulsory basis.
Word: deschooled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deschool Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: suprasternal notches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suprasternal notch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heiligenschein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Heiligenschein. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪlɪɡənˌʃaɪn/ 1. An optical phenomenon which creates a bright spot around the shadow of the viewer's head, when the surface on which the shadow falls has special optical characteristics (as with dewy grass). Labels: uncountable
Word: unsappy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + sappy. Compare Old English unsæpiġ (“sapless, dry, withered”). 1. Not sappy; without excessive, cloying sentimentality.
Word: ointmentlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ointment + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of ointment.
Word: lozengelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lozenge + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a lozenge (diamond shape).
Word: multischematic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + schematic. 1. Of or pertaining to more than one schema. Labels: not-comparable
Word: octennially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From octennial + -ly. 1. Every eight years. Labels: not-comparable
Word: octaeteris Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀκταετηρίς (oktaetērís, “8-year [period]”). Pronunciation: /ˌɑktaɪˈtɪɹɪs/, /ˌɒktaɪˈtɪəɹɪs/ 1. Synonym of octennium: An 8-year period, particularly (historical) in Greek calendrical and astronomical calculations. Example: The octaëteris, or lunæsolar cycle of eight years, is a form of the lunar reckoning of annual time totally distinct from and independent of the reckoning of solar in the primitive equable calendar.
Word: octaeterides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of octaeteris Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wheel away Part of Speech: verb 1. To run around in celebration Labels: idiomatic Example: 2007, Alan Smith, The Daily Telegraph online edition, Goal proves Owen is back in the big timehttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/2314782/Goal-proves-Owen-is-back-in-the-big-time.html Following an hour of graft that did not include too many glimpses of goal he casually wheeled away having finished David Beckham's inviting cross in the manner of a man totally at home in those kind of positions. Example: Athletic captain Gurpegi charged in at the near post to glance in David Lopez's left-wing corner before wheeling away in delight, ripping off his shirt and celebrating with his team-mates and the ecstatic home fans.
Word: stabbingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From stabbing + -ly. 1. With a stabbing motion or action. Labels: figuratively, sometimes Example: After hours spent in the mine, the sunlight was stabbingly bright.
Word: queryingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From querying + -ly. 1. With, or as, a question or query.
Word: whizzingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From whizzing + -ly. 1. With a whizzing sound or motion.
Word: perplext Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of perplexed. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: By spleen, religion, all we know; That should enlighten here below, Is veiled in darkness, and perplext With anxious doubts, with endless scruples vext And some restraint imply'd from each perverted text; Whilst touch not, taste not what is freely given, Is but thy niggard voice disgracing bounteous Heaven. Example: Twas but in a sort I blam'd thee; None e'er prosper'd who defam'd thee; Irony all, and feign'd abuse, Such as perplext lovers use
Word: payroller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From payroll + -er. 1. Someone on a payroll; someone who earns a salary. Example: Seven pages later in the same paper: "Marie A. D'Amico covered her face and sobbed Thursday as she was sentenced to a year in prison for being a ghost payroller in three local government jobs. Example: Typically the person challenging the petitions is a city payroller who owes his job to the incumbent.
Word: garnitures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of garniture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gintleman Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of gentleman. Labels: Ireland, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: One look from that Quaker gintleman is worth all the praching and praying that be in you." Example: Sure enough it was a millstone, and a very neat one; and the saint, having raised a bit of a laugh, went on like a cheap-jack: "Av there's any gintleman prisunt wid an eye for millstones, I'll throuble him to turn ut here.
Word: jedge Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of judge. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: But he a'n't no singin'-master—not of I'm any jedge of turnips. Example: "I ain't no great of a jedge about anything but nat'ralness of books, and it really does seem as if some of your men and women was dreadful uncomfortable creaters. 2. A gauge or standard. Labels: Scotland
Word: jedge Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of judge. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: There ain't nobody reported missin' in this county as we know of, either; so I jedge a verdict of a^([sic]) unknown person dead from unknown causes would be about the correct thing.
Word: tellest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: tell + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of tell Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: telled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɛld/ 1. simple past and past participle of tell Labels: dialectal, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Example: Maybe, Miss Mary has been telled so; but if she has, she's been telled wrong.
Word: minnit Part of Speech: noun 1. minute Labels: nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling Example: I see they was goin, so I said:-- "My week-minded and misgided femails, hold your hosses a minnit, until an old statesman, who has served his country for 4 yeer as Gustise of the Peece, says a few remarks to you." Example: "I jest stood like a dumb critter the minnit I got in," said Marty.
Word: nebber Part of Speech: adv 1. Pronunciation spelling of never, imitating an African-American accent. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling Example: You no trudge so--you nebber get tere. Example: "Yer see, Missis," said Tom, with a sly look, "dey tinks de niggers don't none ob 'em wants dare freedom, so dey nebber totes 'em whar it be."
Word: nooning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From noon + -ing. 1. A nap or rest in the middle of the day. Labels: archaic, dialectal Example: When the girls went in to dinner the men had finished theirs, and were lounging in the shady yard enjoying their nooning. Example: An hour or two passed, and we saw a house in the distance to which we drove,--a humble house, sod-built, like that we had made our nooning in. 2. lunch; a meal in the middle of the day Labels: archaic, dialectal Example: Then on to Big Bitter Cottonwood, where we had our nooning among the trees on the wide sandy bed of the stream, which had sunk under ground for many miles, as is the custom of rivers here. Example: A German gentleman and his two young-lady daughters had been taking their nooning at the inn, and when they left, just ahead of us, it was plain that their driver was as drunk as ours, and as happy and good-natured, too, which was saying a good deal.
Word: nooning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From noon + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of noon Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: objurgations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of objurgation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overflowings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overflowing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: owld Part of Speech: adj 1. Eye dialect spelling of old. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: A sore penny it has cost me, first and last, and by all tales, not worth an owld tobacco pipe." Example: I was standin' by owld Foley's gate, whin I heard the cry of the hounds coming across the tail of the bog, an' there they wor, my dear, spread out like the tail of a paycock, an' the finest dog fox ye ever seen a sailin' ahead of thim up the boreen, and right across the churchyard.
Word: palisaded Part of Speech: adj 1. Fortified or surrounded with a palisade.
Word: palisaded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of palisade Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shrinkingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From shrinking + -ly. 1. In a shrinking manner; as if shrinking away Example: That shy-looking fellow standing against the curtain at your right, with the brown mustache and broad forehead, is the New England sculptor whose forcible creations are known everywhere, yet he is almost shrinkingly modest, and he never, it seems, even in thought, has broken the injunction of "Let another praise thee, not thine own lips." Example: Nor, if we turn to the present, is the evidence much stronger which is offered by the gens de couleur whom you may see in the quadroon quarter this afternoon, with "Ichabod" legible on their murky foreheads through a vain smearing of toilet powder, dragging their chairs down to the narrow gateway of their close-fenced gardens, and staring shrinkingly at you as you pass, like a nest of yellow kittens.
Word: seemest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: seem + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of seem Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: proprietory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Influence of -ory. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈpɹaɪətɔːɹi/ 1. Alternative form of proprietary. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ampless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From amp + -less. 1. Without an amplifier. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: My own story begins when I was sixteen and ampless, with a cheap new electric guitar and an adaptor that let me plug directly into my stereo system.
Word: overflowingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From overflowing + -ly. 1. So as to overflow; very excessively or generously.
Word: plagae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plaga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: telly tennis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From telly + tennis, the game having a superficial resemblance to table tennis. 1. The game of Pong, or any TV game closely based on it. Labels: Australia, UK, slang, uncountable Example: The monitored heart-rate on a small screen, like a hesitant green version of the telly tennis he'd played in pubs or railway stations. Example: Hooked on telly tennis, or football? We've been carrying out some in-depth testing of (playing with) a TV games unit for you to build.
Word: eliminativists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eliminativist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eliminativistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eliminative + -istic. 1. Of or pertaining to eliminativism.
Word: headfuckery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From headfuck + -ery or head + fuckery. 1. Material that destabilizes or confuses the mind. Labels: slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: ...postmodern weirdness into the minds of impressionable little tykes — and the few savvy adults who quickly seized on the show's embedded headfuckery.
Word: gestions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gestion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bare one's breast Part of Speech: verb 1. To make oneself vulnerable. Example: Near-synonym: wear one's heart on one's sleeve Example: […] he bared his breast to whizzing javelins, to hissing arrows, to any and every weapon that promised death and forgetfulness, and rest. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bare, breast.
Word: ++ Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From translingual ++ (“increment by 1”). Pronunciation: /plʌsˈplʌs/ 1. Indicates a product with additional features or functionality. Labels: morpheme Example: C++ Example: Notepad++
Word: pugillaris Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin pugillaris (“fist”), since they were hand-sized. 1. A kind of notebook or tablet used in Ancient Rome. Labels: historical
Word: poy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French poi (“small hill”), from Latin podium. 1. A support structure. 2. A balancing pole used by tightrope walkers. 3. A long pole, normally with a hook, used to push barges upstream.
Word: also known as Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From also + known + as. 1. Used to introduce an alternative name.
Word: redempture Part of Speech: noun 1. redemption Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: reinvites Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reinvite Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: not by any means Part of Speech: adv 1. Not at all, not in the slightest Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Though unusual in the Dublin area he knew that it was not by any means unknown for desperadoes who had next to nothing to live on to be abroad waylaying and generally terrorising peaceable pedestrians by placing a pistol at their head...
Word: go-off Part of Speech: noun 1. start; beginning; commencement Example: At last, he emerged with his hat very much dented and crushed down over his eyes, and began creaking and limping about the room, as if, not being much accustomed to boots, his pair of damp, wrinkled cowhide ones— probably not made to order either—rather pinched and tormented him at the first go off of a bitter cold morning. Example: Corley at the first go-off was inclined to suspect it was something to do with Stephen being fired out of his digs for bringing in a bloody tart off the street.
Word: billsticker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bill + sticker. 1. Someone who sticks up advertisements on billboards, walls, and similar surfaces. Example: Who's that with you? I saw him a few times in the Bleeding Horse in Camden street with Boylan the billsticker. You might put in a good word for us to get me taken on there. I'd carry a sandwichboard only the girl in the office told me they're full up for the next three weeks, man.
Word: sandwichboard Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sandwich board. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Who's that with you? I saw him a few times in the Bleeding Horse in Camden street with Boylan the billsticker. You might put in a good word for us to get me taken on there. I'd carry a sandwichboard only the girl in the office told me they're full up for the next three weeks, man.
Word: give a shite Part of Speech: verb 1. To care; mind; consider important. Labels: Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar Example: I'd carry a sandwichboard only the girl in the office told me they're full up for the next three weeks, man. God, you've to book ahead, man, you'd think it was for the Carl Rosa. I don't give a shite anyway so long as I get a job, even as a crossing sweeper.
Word: throw an eye Part of Speech: verb 1. To glance; peep. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: He threw an odd eye at the same time now and then at Stephen's anything but immaculately attired interlocutor as if he had seen that nobleman somewhere or other though where he was not in a position to truthfully state nor had he the remotest idea when.
Word: part company Part of Speech: verb 1. To end a relationship. 2. To separate; to go one's own way (of two or more people or things). Example: The vines parted company with the wall as I attempted the climb, and I crashed to the ground. Example: The pair parted company and Stephen rejoined Mr Bloom who, with his practised eye, was not without perceiving that he had succumbed to the blandiloquence of the other parasite. Alluding to the encounter he said, laughingly, Stephen, that is:
Word: in someone's shoes Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. in someone's situation. Labels: idiomatic Example: I wouldn't personally repose much trust in that boon companion of yours who contributes the humorous element, Dr Mulligan, as a guide, philosopher and friend if I were in your shoes. Example: During each of these touchpoints, I'm asking myself where and how my thesis on each holding could be wrong. I'm checking each data point as it comes in against my priors. I'm comparing management behavior to what I would be doing if I were in their shoes.
Word: know which side one's bread is buttered on Part of Speech: verb 1. To be aware of where one's interests lie in a situation. Labels: idiomatic Example: They are all stupid when they are not crafty, and very few of them are crafty. The only wise Republicans are the millionnaires and their conscious henchmen. They know which side their bread is buttered on, and they know why. Example: He knows which side his bread is buttered on through in all probability he never realised what it is to be without regular meals.
Word: welfare hotel Part of Speech: noun 1. A hotel where people receiving welfare can stay until permanent housing is found for them.
Word: morning gun Part of Speech: noun 1. At military posts, a gun fired at the first note of reveille; the firing of this gun. Example: 1866 September 8, Carl Schurz, The Logical Results of the War, speech delivered at National Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this version recorded in 1913, Frederic Bancroft (editor), Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz, Volume I, We have already heard the triumphant morning gun of Vermont, booming with increased volume. Far off San Francisco has merrily responded; old Maine in the North stands ready to send us a cheering echo, and all over the land our hosts are mustering with the inspiring confidence that to march on is to conquer.
Word: race- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Denoting a racemic mix or racemate of enantiomers. Labels: morpheme
Word: rac- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of race-; Denoting a racemic mix or racemate (before a vowel) Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: laevo- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative spelling of levo-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: lævo- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative spelling of levo-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: lævorotatory Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of levorotatory. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: pocket battleship Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of German cruisers, having guns normally found on a battleship, operated during World War II; a battlecruiser.
Word: evening gun Part of Speech: noun 1. The firing of a gun after the last note of the retreat, signalling the lowering of the flag at sunset; the gun thus fired. Example: That life is not worth living the whole army of suicides declare,—an army whose roll-call, like the famous evening gun of the British army, follows the sun round the world and never terminates.
Word: revivor Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvaɪvə/, /ɹɪˈvaɪvəɹ/ 1. revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties. Labels: UK Example: There may be also a bill of revivor when the suit is abated by the death of any of the parties 2. revival into force of a statute which had previously been repealed Labels: Ireland Example: Where any enactment not repealed by this Act has been confirmed, revived or perpetuated by any enactment hereby repealed, such confirmation, revivor or perpetuation shall not be affected by the repeal.
Word: spot prize Part of Speech: noun 1. a small prize given informally during an event such as a dinner dance.
Word: siliquas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of siliqua Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stercorate Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstɜːkəɹət/, /ˈstɜɹkəɹət/ 1. excrement; dung Labels: obsolete
Word: stercorate Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstɜːkəɹeɪt/, /ˈstɜɹkəɹeɪt/ 1. To manure, to apply manure to. Labels: archaic
Word: subvertor Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who subverts
Word: transmeate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin transmeatus, past participle of transmeare (“to pass across”), from trans (“across, over”) + meare (“to go”). 1. To pass over or beyond. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: “The transparency of the air, and of diaphanous bodies in general, is wholly inexplicable, if we suppose that a foreign body, emanating from a source of light, (for instance, the sun,) transmeates them; for this supposition would account for their ..." Example: That the space consisting solely of actives of the fourth finite and enclosed by the ethereal volume, can transmeate the atmosphere with a perfectly free current;
Word: ice giant Part of Speech: noun 1. A frost giant. Labels: Norse Example: The drops became living by the power of him who had sent the wind ; and from them sprang Ymir, the ice-giant. Example: The three sons of Borr, Othin, Wili, and We, grandsons of Buri, the first man, slay Ymir, the father of the Hrimthursar or Ice giants, and his body serves them for the construction of the world. 2. A giant planet composed mostly of astronomical ices (condensed forms of volatile compounds) including water, methane, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur, and smaller than a gas giant. (e.g. Neptune and Uranus) Example: The fifth planet was an unknown, an ice giant in a drunken skewed orbit that took it from just inside the Jovian's orbit almost out to the sixth planet's.
Word: giant planet Part of Speech: noun 1. A planet larger than a terrestrial planet, composed mostly of gases and astronomical ices.
Word: silicon planet Part of Speech: noun 1. a silicate planet
Word: silicate planet Part of Speech: noun 1. A terrestrial planet composed mostly of silicate minerals.
Word: workabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of workability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: workshyness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From workshy + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being workshy. Labels: uncountable
Word: Goddard Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname of Norman origin, name of a 10th-11th-century German saint, from Old High German got (“God”) + harti,herti (“hard, strong”). Brought to England by Normans. Compare Gothard, Godard. * As a French surname, variant of Gaudet. 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. 2. A surname originating as a patronymic. 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States:
Word: coquaternionic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From co- + quaternionic. 1. Of or pertaining to coquaternions Labels: not-comparable
Word: coquaternion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + quaternion. 1. Any of a group of elements of a type of four-dimensional vector space
Word: coquaternions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coquaternion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyperfunctions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hyperfunction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyperfunction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + function. 1. A generalization of a function. Labels: countable 2. Abnormally elevated function. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Manifestations of disease may include hypofunction (such as constipation), hyperfunction (such as increased mucus production), or increased mechanical function (such as a seizure).
Word: mononucleosomal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mononucleosome + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to mononucleosomes Labels: not-comparable
Word: oligosome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oligo- + -some. 1. A nucleosome oligomer
Word: trinucleosomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trinucleosome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trinucleosome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + nucleosome. 1. An oligosome containing three nucleosomes
Word: debarrass Part of Speech: verb Etymology: French débarrasser Pronunciation: /dɪˈbæɹəs/ 1. To disembarrass, disentangle, or free from. Labels: dated, transitive Example: Miss Gryce snored at last: […] I was debarrassed of interruption; my half-effaced thought instantly revived.
Word: debarrasses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of debarrass Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: debarrassing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of debarrass Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: debarrassed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of debarrass Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: clarificant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clarify + -ant. 1. Any substance for clarifying a liquid 2. In general, that which makes something clear (metaphorically or literally).
Word: coutere Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of couter. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In the Warwick Roll in the College of Arms are full-length figures of Richard and his queen, the former being in complete armour, the couteres or elbow-pieces being strongly pointed, and his tabard blazoned with the arms of Prance and England ; on his head is an arched crown, and in his right hand is placed a sceptre with florid apex. Example: The couteres, smaller on the right elbow, are enlarged by extra raised projections on the left.
Word: glassify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From glass + -ify. 1. Synonym of vitrify: to convert a silica-bearing material to a glasslike substance by applying heat. Labels: transitive 2. To the convert sand or soil of (a particular geographic area) to a glasslike state using the heat from a thermonuclear detonation. Labels: transitive 3. To convert (radioactive waste) into a glasslike substance for long-term storage. Labels: transitive
Word: dimethylpolysiloxane Part of Speech: noun 1. Polydimethylsiloxane. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The complaint says that a McDonald's nutritional brochure described the fish in its Filet-O-Fish as being "100% cod with a pinch of salt to taste after cooking". But a list of ingredients from by^([sic]) the company includes "modified corn starch, dextrose, cellulose gum, citric acid and an anti-foaming agent called dimethylpolysiloxane". Example: With the fries and McNuggets, we enter the polysyllabic realm of ingredients I don’t keep in my kitchen: mono- and diglycerides, tertiary butylhydroquinone, a number of phosphates, dimethylpolysiloxane.
Word: Tanguy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Tanguy, itself from Breton Tangi. 1. A surname from French [in turn from Breton].
Word: Philibert Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Philibert. 1. A male given name from French. 2. A surname from French.
Word: delimitates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of delimitate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: delimitating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of delimitate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: delimitated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of delimitate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: delimitator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From delimitate + -or. 1. One who, or that which, delimitates.
Word: delimitators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of delimitator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undelimitated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + delimitated. 1. Not delimitated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: exsuscitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin exsuscitatus, past participle of exsuscitare; ex (“out”) + suscitare. See suscitate. 1. To rouse; to excite. Labels: obsolete Example: our Lord would exsuscitate and renew the memory
Word: thoriated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of thoriate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: thoriated Part of Speech: adj 1. Treated with thorium or thoria.
Word: thoriate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From thorium + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To add thorium or thorium oxide to (a substance) in order to increase its thermionic flow. Labels: transitive Example: One must thoriate the filament in order for it to be effective.
Word: thoriates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of thoriate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: thoriating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of thoriate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Fehling's solutions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Fehling's solution Labels: form-of, plural
Word: harfangs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of harfang Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enalapril Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From (ph)en(yl) + ala(nine) + -pril (“angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈnæl.əˌpɹɪl/ 1. An angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor used in the treatment of hypertension and some types of chronic heart failure. Labels: uncountable
Word: overbitter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + bitter. 1. Excessively bitter.
Word: overwhelmedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overwhelmed + -ness. 1. The quality of being overwhelmed. Labels: uncountable
Word: overwhelmer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overwhelm + -er. 1. One who overwhelms.
Word: overwhelmers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overwhelmer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piercingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From piercing + -ness. 1. The quality of being piercing. Labels: uncountable
Word: pierglasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pierglass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fatigate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fatīgātus, perfect passive participle of fatīgō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈfætɪɡeɪt/ 1. To weary; to tire; to fatigue. Labels: obsolete Example: But Fabius being painful in pursuing Annibal from place to place, awaiting to have him at advantage, at the last did so fatigate him and his host
Word: fatigate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fatīgātus, perfect passive participle of fatīgō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈfætɪɡət/ 1. Wearied; tired; fatigued. Labels: obsolete Example: he suffre nat the childe to be fatigate with continuall studie or lernyng Example: Requickened what in flesh was fatigate.
Word: common glow-worms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of common glow-worm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stink eye Part of Speech: noun 1. An unpleasant look (as in a gaze). Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonym: side-eye Example: Miss Mae gave me the stink eye, just on general principle, when I came into the kitchen. She was so good at the stink eye that even if you hadn't done something wrong, you felt like you did.
Word: promulgatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From promulgate + -ory. 1. Pertaining to promulgation. Example: Their thought and passion create rhythms that shall not disguise, but reveal them in absolute nakedness ; nay, more, that shall set them in the most promulgatory light. 2. That proclaims; declaratory. Example: 2000, Hans Kelsen, The Law of the United Nations: a critical analysis of its fundamental problems, London Institute of World Affairs, It has been pointed out in another chapter of this study that this formula has the same character as the so-called promulgatory clauses used in statutes to testify that the statute has been issued in conformity with the Constitution; and that in treaties promulgatory clauses, that is to say, clauses that declare that the rules laid down in the treaty have been created by an agreement of states, are superfluous.
Word: common glowworm Part of Speech: noun 1. A wingless larviform female of the European firefly species, Lampyris noctiluca, which glows in the dark due to bioluminescence.
Word: hydriae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydria Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydrias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydria Labels: form-of, plural
Word: SPG Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: SPG Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of self-propelled gun. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of salt, (black) pepper, and garlic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of sarong party girl. Labels: Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, initialism 4. Initialism of submersible pressure gauge. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of strong parental guidance. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: turnon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from turn on. 1. Alternative form of turn-on. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Das Reich Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Das Reich / Das Reich. 1. The 2nd SS Division. Labels: historical 2. The Third Reich.