nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: andor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese andor, from Malayalam, from Sanskrit हिन्दोल (hindola, “swinging cradle, hammock litter, dooly”). Compare dooly from Sanskrit दुल् (dul) via Hindi. 1. Synonym of dandy or hammock litter, a strong cloth suspended from a pole or set of poles used as an open sedan chair. Labels: India, historical Example: P. della Valle writes in the same strain: "And these two, the palankins and the andors [a kind of doli] also differ from one another, for in the andor the cane which sustains it is, as it is in the reti, straight; whereas in the palankin, for the greater convenience of the inmate, and to give more room for raising his head, the cane is arched upwards like this, _∩_..." 2. Synonym of palanquin, used variously for nearly any kind of Indian litter. Labels: India, archaic Example: 1498. — "After two days had passed he... came to the factory in an andor [i.e. a chowpaul] which men carried on their shoulders, and these... consist of great canes which are bent overhead and arched, and from these are hung certain cloths of a half fathom wide, and a fathom and a half long, and at the ends are pieces of wood to bear the cloth which hangs from the cane; and laid over the cloth there is a great mattrass of the same size, and this all made of silk-stuff wrought with gold-thread, and with many decorations and fringes and tassels; whilst the ends of the cane are mounted with silver, all very gorgeous, and rich, like the lords who travel so." — Correa, i. 102. Example: 1552. — "The Moors all were on foot, and their Captain was a valiant Turk, who as being their Captain, for the honour of the thing was carried in an Andor [i.e. a takhtrawan] on the shoulders of 4 men, from which he gave his orders as if he were on horseback." — Barros, II. vi. viii. 3. Synonym of litter, used in religious processions of saints' figurines. Labels: Portugal
Word: andors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of andor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: faix Part of Speech: intj 1. Eye dialect spelling of fecks. Labels: Ireland, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: balalajkas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of balalajka Labels: form-of, plural
Word: banjas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of banja Labels: form-of, plural
Word: falcatas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of falcata Labels: form-of, plural
Word: YELLIS Part of Speech: name Etymology: Initialism. 1. Year eleven information system: a mathematics and vocabulary test used to compare the performance of GCSE pupils. Labels: UK
Word: unskeletonized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + skeletonized. 1. Not skeletonized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonskeletonized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + skeletonized. 1. Not skeletonized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: skeletonization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skeleton + -ization. 1. The act or process of skeletonizing. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: skeletonizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skeletonization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skeletonisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skeleton + -isation. 1. Alternative spelling of skeletonization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: skeletonisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skeletonisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hakas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of haka. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hakas Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of haka Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: kanas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kana Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kattan Part of Speech: noun 1. The waste selvage in silk weaving, used for stringing ornaments. Labels: India, historical, uncountable
Word: kulans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kulan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lungan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of longan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lungans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lungan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mara Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maror Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew מָרוֹר (marór). 1. A bitter vegetable, such as horseradish or Romaine lettuce, eaten at the Passover seder as a reminder of the bitterness of slavery in Egypt. Labels: Judaism, uncountable
Word: intersexuals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of intersexual Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nunas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nuna Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pandans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pandan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polskas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polska Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rakans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rakan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rene, rein (“strip of land forming a boundary; furrow; barrier; embankment”), from Old Norse rein (“a strip of land”), from Proto-Germanic *rainō (“baulk, ridge”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to cut, tear, scratch”). Related to Icelandic rein, Danish ren, Dutch rein, reen (“berm”), German Rain (“narrow strip of land between two fields”). 1. A deep furrow used for drainage. 2. A ridge or baulk. Labels: dialectal 3. A gutter.
Word: reans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semlas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of semla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: senors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of senor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi सूरन (sūran), ultimately from Sanskrit सुरण (suraṇa). 1. A tropical plant of the species Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, cultivated for its edible root. Example: Almost all of us know this Suran plant and also the value of its under-ground corm as an article of vegetable diet.
Word: surans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suran Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bay cat Part of Speech: noun 1. Catopuma badia (syn. Pardofelis badia), a small feline endemic to the island of Borneo.
Word: tias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bay cats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bay cat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vakas Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of vakass. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: trinxat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Catalan trinxat, the past participle of trinxar (“to slice”). 1. A Catalan dish of cabbage, potato and pork, resembling bubble and squeak. Labels: uncountable
Word: flat-headed cat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flat + headed + cat. 1. Prionailurus planiceps, a small wild cat patchily distributed in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra.
Word: flat-headed cats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flat-headed cat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vilas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vila Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inspeximus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin, "we have inspected". It was the first word of ancient English charters confirming a grant made by a former king. 1. A confirmation and reaffirmation of one or several royal grants made in the past, generally at the request of a putative beneficiary. Labels: historical
Word: bipedally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From bipedal + -ly. 1. In the manner of an animal that walks on two feet, two legs. Labels: not-comparable
Word: germinal disk Part of Speech: noun 1. a small circular white spot on the surface of the yolk of an egg
Word: germinal disks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of germinal disk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: germinal disc Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of germinal disk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: germinal discs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of germinal disc Labels: form-of, plural
Word: air cell Part of Speech: noun 1. A terminal dilation of the bronchiole in lungs or similar organs where gas exchange occurs. 2. Spaces that contain air in the bones of the skull. 3. A prechamber in an indirect injection internal combustion engine. 4. An electrochemical cell that uses air as a terminal, such as the metal-air electrochemical cell. 5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see air cell. Example: An air cell formed as the egg cooled and dried
Word: air cells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of air cell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: motett Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of motet. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: barrel racer Part of Speech: noun 1. One who barrel races.
Word: barrel racers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barrel racer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: death camp Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɛθ kæmp/, [dɛθ kʰɛəːmp] 1. A prison camp in which a large number of prisoners die for various reasons, such as starvation, disease, brutality, and neglect. Example: Included in this figure, since the fall of South Vietnam in 1975, are over 250,000 boat people and 250,000 other civilians who were either ruthlessly murdered outright or who perished in communist death camps set up to "re-educate" non-communists. Example: Three years after Stalin's death, with ghostly figures returning to Moscow and Leningrad from Stalin's death camps, the leaders in the Kremlin agreed that Stalin's ghost had to be laid to rest if they were to get on with the reforms that would allow them to stay in power. 2. A concentration camp built during the Holocaust by the Nazis to kill especially the Jewish people through gassing.
Word: death camps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of death camp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: benighten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From benight + -en, after enlighten. 1. To benight. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: benightment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From benight + -ment. 1. The state or condition of being benighted. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: bussars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bussar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: delikatessen Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of delicatessen. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only Example: Wittenberg, Louis, 2 kegs of anchovy, 2 kegs of pickles, a keg of sourkrout and delikatessen. Example: He then opened a fish and delikatessen store at 1685 N. Clark st.
Word: delikatessen Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of delicatessen. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: There is a small, deluxe delikatessen on the street floor, offering fresh caviar, sturgeon, smoked salmon, home-made chaud-froid of chicken, fresh foie gras and old Gouda cheese, the first primeurs, especially the succulent Dutch asparagus, and other assorted delicacies. Example: There is a Café Mozart and a Rathskeller, to say nothing of German-style delikatessens, bakeries, sausage-makers, etc.
Word: delikatessens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of delikatessen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tert- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *tritós Proto-Italic *tritios Latin tertiusder. English tert- Derived from Latin tertius (“third”). 1. tertiary form. Labels: morpheme 2. Third. Labels: morpheme
Word: t- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Abbreviation of tert- (“tertiary”). Pronunciation: /tiː/ 1. tertiary form Labels: morpheme
Word: entrecôtes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entrecôte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: methyl t-butyl ether Part of Speech: noun 1. C₅H₁₂O ; an organic compound used to increase octane ratings of gasoline, through added oxygen Labels: uncountable
Word: methyl tert-butyl ether Part of Speech: noun 1. C₅H₁₂O ; an organic compound used to increase octane numbers of gasoline, through added oxygen, as an anti-knock additive Labels: uncountable
Word: methyl tertiary butyl ether Part of Speech: noun 1. methyl tert-butyl ether Labels: uncountable
Word: fixens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fixen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gasers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gaser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glassen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English glassen, glasen, from Old English glæsen (“made of glass”), from Proto-West Germanic *glasīn (“made of glass; glazen”). Equivalent to glass + -en (adjective suffix). Doublet of glazen. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɑːsən/, /ˈɡlæsən/ 1. Made of or consisting of glass. Example: From the castle calls Ileana, Refrain (Looking) through the glassen windows, (Looking) through the glassen windows: […] Example: But I had a glassen vessel, of a narrow neck, weighing 1354 grains: […] 2. Resembling glass; glassy; glazed. Example: 1640 (first published), Ben Jonson, An Epistle to a friend to persuade him to join the wars And pursues the dice with glassen eyes. Example: Abreast of the players, he jumped down, seized one of the taws - it was a glassen alley - knuckled down, fired kibby at the clayers in the ring, and was back in his seat before you could cry "Jack Robinson".
Word: glassen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From glass + -en (verbal suffix). 1. To coat or cover (e.g. pottery, etc.) with glaze; make glassy. Labels: transitive
Word: glassens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of glassen Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: greven Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the same root as greaves, graves (“residue left after rendering animal fat”) and gribenes (“chicken cracklings and onions”). Compare older dialectal northern (Low) German forms like greven and greeven. Pronunciation: /ɡɹivən/, /ɡɹeɪvən/ 1. Cracklings from rendered chicken fat. Labels: uncountable Example: a plate of chopped liver with schmaltz and chopped onion and chopped radish and greven (cracklings from rendered chicken fat)
Word: MMT Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl: an octane number boosting additive to unleaded gasoline to replace TEL as an anti-knock component. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Initialism of million metric ton(s). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: MMT Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Modern Monetary Theory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl Part of Speech: noun 1. (CH₃C₅H₄)Mn(CO)₃ ; an octane number boosting additive to unleaded gasoline to replace tetra-ethyl lead as an anti-knock component Labels: uncountable
Word: tetra-ethyl lead Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tetraethyl lead. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: anti-knock Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of antiknock. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He started testing fuels for their anti-knock qualities, using a single-cylinder test engine and expressing resistance to knocking by an H.U.C.R. (highest useful compression ratio) figure.
Word: kissars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kissar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mogas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of motorcar + gasoline. 1. Automotive gasoline suitable for use in some piston-engined gasoline powered aircraft. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: autogas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of automotive + gas. Pronunciation: /ˈɔtoʊˌɡæs/ 1. Automotive gasoline suitable for use in piston-engined gasoline-powered aircraft. Labels: Canada, US, countable, uncountable Example: Cylinder cracks are nothing new, however, and there is no reason to expect autogas-burning engines to have a higher incidence of head cracking than avgas-users. Example: In the area of autogas volatility, a Reid vapor pressure of 9.0 to 15 is very common, compared to the vapor pressure of avgas, which is 5.5 to 7.
Word: autogas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of automotive + gas (originally a trade name "Autogas", but now a common noun) Pronunciation: /ˈɔtoʊˌɡæs/ 1. Synonym of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Labels: Australia, UK, countable, uncountable Example: Petrol ... 20.3% more than autogas ... The results conclusively demonstrate the carbon benefits of autogas vehicles Example: Autogas powers more than 10 million vehicles in over 54 countries worldwide .... In terms of air-borne emissions of the principal regulated noxious gases, autogas is among the lowest emitters of all ...
Word: opiners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of opiner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minuters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minuter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypercool Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + cool. 1. Very cool (trendy, fashionable, pleasing, etc.)
Word: oustiti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French 1. A marmoset. Labels: archaic 2. A tool for opening a locked door by turning an inner key from the outside.
Word: ekranoplan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian экранопла́н (ekranoplán), itself derived from экра́н (ekrán, “screen”) as used in экранный эффе́кт (ekrannyj effékt, “ground effect”), from French écran, + the root of French planer (“to glide, to hover”). 1. a ground-effect vehicle
Word: ekranoplane Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ekranoplan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: WIG Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of wing-in-ground effect. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: WISE Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of wing-in-surface effect. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: WISE Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (“a NASA infrared-wavelength astronomical space telescope that performed an all-sky astronomical survey with images in 3-22 μm wavelength bands”). Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: toluidide Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of organic amides in which one of the hydrogen atoms of the amino group of a toluidine is replaced by an acyl group
Word: on one's knees Part of Speech: adj 1. Kneeling, begging or as if begging. Labels: not-comparable Example: For god’s love do not turn away—if you have knowledge. We suppli­ants implore you on our knees. 2. On the verge of collapse; at the mercy of someone. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: Hungry Berbatov then converted a Giggs cross for his third before Nani slotted a fifth with Birmingham on their knees. Example: The accepted view is that at the end of hostilities in 1945, the railways were on their knees.
Word: heavy-footed Part of Speech: adj 1. Slow-moving. Labels: idiomatic Example: Nani's 76th-minute goal summed up Birmingham's state of mind as he skipped across the screen of their heavy-footed defence to slam a powerful goal past Foster from 15 yards into the corner of the net.
Word: heavy-footed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of heavy-foot Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: every inch Part of Speech: adv 1. Totally, completely. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Wigan looked every inch a side languishing in the relegation zone and there was never any indication they would arrest a run that had seen them lose all of their previous eight Premier League matches at Arsenal. Example: It hopes for an order for the Bakerloo Line, where trains dating from 1972 still ply the route, looking every inch their 50 years. 2. The whole (of something). Labels: not-comparable Example: He knows every inch of the road. Example: The latter two required a long track walk from Whitechapel (after services ended and power was switched off), alongside TfL staff who know every inch of this historic stretch of line.
Word: there's more where that came from Part of Speech: phrase 1. A greater number of similar things can be provided in the future. Example: Thank you for donating all of these blankets to the orphanage. ― There's more where that came from! Example: “Take that” was the punctuation of a hero's fist or bullet. “Had enough yet, Big Shot? There's more where that came from.”
Word: inch-perfect Part of Speech: adj 1. Perfectly measured. Labels: idiomatic Example: When the second goal came, it was a belter - Fabregas launching an inch-perfect ball over the top for Van Persie to volley in without breaking stride.
Word: break stride Part of Speech: verb 1. To cease walking or running at the same gait, especially with the result of interrupting one's forward momentum. Example: Ain't nothin' gonna break my stride / Nobody gonna slow me down / Oh no, I got to keep on moving Example: When the second goal came, it was a belter - Fabregas launching an inch-perfect ball over the top for Van Persie to volley in without breaking stride.
Word: tick down Part of Speech: verb 1. To count the time down to zero. Example: City, predictably, subjected Villa to a sustained spell of pressure as the clock ticked down - and the home team hada [sic] double escape with eight minutes left. De Jong's shot was unwittingly deflected on to his own post by Clark and then Dzeko headed Johnson's cross wide at the far post when he should have restored equality.
Word: sirops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sirop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oxens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ox Labels: dialectal, form-of, nonstandard, plural Example: But I had ter drive my steers more'n I wanted to on the way — I kep' a yoke o' oxens, an' tuck 'em 'long. I dunno how I'd a got back ef I hadn't a had them. I had ter drive the oxens mostly, an' I rode one mule an' led tother 'un, an' my oldest boy druv the waggin. Example: I sign ded paper an' tak' t'ree honder dollar now, an' I'm not mak' some claim bimeby again on de Gouvernement for ma oxens.
Word: oxes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oxes, alternative plural of oxe; equivalent to ox + -es. 1. plural of ox Labels: form-of, nonstandard, plural
Word: pauser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pause + -er. 1. Someone who pauses.
Word: pausers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pauser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stams Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stam Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lagoena Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lagoena. 1. A Roman flagon: a narrow-necked vessel with a handle and a flat base, often used for wine; a decanter, jug (made by the Romans of various materials, including glass). In Ancient Rome, wine was shipped in large vessels like the amphorae, while lesser vessels such as these lagoenae were kept at home and filled from them.
Word: tomtes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tomte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lagoenae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lagoena Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Menera Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Catalan Menera, a habitational surname. 1. A surname from Catalan.
Word: Montferrer Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Montferrer. 1. Montferrer (a village and commune of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, formerly in the Vallespir district of Northern Catalonia).
Word: visars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of visar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ångströms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ångström Labels: form-of, plural
Word: latibulum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin latibulum (“den of animals; hiding place, refuge”), from lat(eō) (“to conceal, hide, lie hidden; to be hidden and in safety”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to be concealed”)) + -bulum (suffix denoting a place or vessel). Doublet of latebra. The plural form latibula is a learned borrowing from Latin latibula. Pronunciation: /ləˈtɪbjʊləm/, /ləˈtɪbjʊlə/ 1. A concealed hiding place, especially of an animal; a burrow, hole, or lair. Labels: obsolete Example: [T]he Roman church had made this latibulum, this hiding place, this refuge from persecution, hermitages and monasteries, to be the most conspicuous, the most glorious, the most eminent, the richest and most abundant places of the world; […] Example: [I]t never can be certainlie found, vvhat are her opinions of any point, or vvhen ſhe hath declared her ſelfe: As […] appeares by your refuſing to leave your Latibula; and declare plainlie your opinion concerning it, vvhich if you ſavv defenſible, and you vvere all agreed about it, you vvould quicklie have done, […]
Word: latibula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin latibula. Pronunciation: /ləˈtɪbjʊlə/ 1. plural of latibulum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Reiners Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Reiner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Arles Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Arles. 1. A city in Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
Word: monilia Part of Speech: noun 1. Any fungus of the genus Monilinia. Example: Thrush, a monilia infection of the inside of the mouth, is common.
Word: Formentera Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately from Latin frūmentārium (“granary”). 1. An island and municipality of the Balearic Islands, Spain, south of Ibiza.
Word: Menorca Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Minorca: An island of the Balearic Islands, Spain, east of Mallorca Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Perceval Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Percival. 1. A surname
Word: cinnamon rolls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cinnamon roll Labels: form-of, plural
Word: SOTU Part of Speech: noun 1. The annual State of the Union address of the President of the United States. Labels: US Example: He intends to use the SOTU message as nothing more that another Hollywood stunt similar to the pep rally he had on the WH lawn after the impeachment vote. Example: Bush won't be stressing those particular points as he hits the pre-SOTU stump circuit, but the "if it's good enough for 2006 it's good enough for now"
Word: soft X-rays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of soft X-ray Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spissated Part of Speech: adj 1. Inspissated, thickened by inspissation.
Word: Real Part of Speech: name 1. Real Madrid, a football club from Madrid. 2. A surname.
Word: benighter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From benight + -er. 1. One who benights or keeps others in darkness.
Word: benegro Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + negro. Pronunciation: /bɪˈniːɡɹəʊ/ 1. To render dark; blacken. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: when the tangible darkness that benegroed the horizon of Ægypt
Word: beneaped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + neaped. 1. Neaped.
Word: bendsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bend + -some. 1. Marked by bending or flexibility; flexible; pliable. Example: After all why should not our movement be a cause of their change of shape according to definite laws just as well as our squeezing them with our fingers if they chance to be made of some bendsome material ?
Word: Belgian Congo Part of Speech: name 1. A former Belgian colony in Central Africa, existing from 1908 to 1960, when it became the modern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Labels: historical
Word: Bering Strait Part of Speech: name 1. A strait between Chukotka, Russia and Alaska, United States, linking the Arctic Ocean to the Bering Sea Labels: error-lua-exec
Word: bendways Part of Speech: adv 1. Bendwise.
Word: Mozambique Channel Part of Speech: name 1. A strait in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and Mozambique
Word: Korea Strait Part of Speech: name 1. A strait between Korea and Japan, connecting the East China Sea with the Sea of Japan.
Word: Jamaica Channel Part of Speech: name 1. A strait between Jamaica and Hispaniola, in the Caribbean Sea.
Word: Deluge Part of Speech: name 1. The flood taking place in the story of Noah found in the Bible (Genesis) and Qur'an.
Word: Nares Strait Part of Speech: name 1. A strait between Ellesmere Island (Canada) and Greenland, connecting the Lincoln Sea in the Arctic Ocean with Baffin Bay.
Word: Luzon Strait Part of Speech: name 1. A strait between Taiwan and Luzon, connecting the South China Sea with the Philippine Sea.
Word: Torres Strait Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after the Spanish explorer Luís Vaz de Torres. Pronunciation: /ˈtɒɹɪs ˈstɹeɪt/ 1. A strait between Australia and New Guinea, connecting the Coral Sea with the Arafura Sea.
Word: bemist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + mist. 1. To cover or envelop with mist, or as with mist. Labels: transitive Example: For destroying Gypsy Moth caterpillars in the forests of Yugoslavia, the method of bemisting from the aeroplane with DDT preparations has been applied so far... In the first place, among other defects, the residual effect of the poison in bemisting is very short [...] Example: There are usually some within the visible church, who, being bemisted with error, do not come up to give thorough assent unto all divine truths...
Word: Strait of Malacca Part of Speech: name 1. A strait between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
Word: bemourn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bemornen, from Old English bemurnan (“to mourn, bewail, deplore, be sorry for, care for, take heed for”), equivalent to be- (“over, about”) + mourn. Cognate with Old Saxon bimornian (“to bemourn”). 1. To weep or mourn over. Labels: rare, transitive Example: From the neighbouring settlements and valleys an immense concourse of people collected to bemourn the death of the arii, the Chiefly ladies bleeding themselves more as a matter of form than from grief or real sentiment, […]
Word: Strait of Hormuz Part of Speech: name 1. A strait connecting the Gulf of Oman to the Persian Gulf. Example: using air-to-air refueling, Iraq had attacked as far as the Strait of Hormuz. Example: Its success has even spawned a term, “Dubaification” — the spread of the same malls and towers, restaurants, airport lounges and luxury brands that make places feel secure and, despite its proximity to Iran and the now blockaded Strait of Hormuz, out of harm’s way.
Word: stressy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stress + -y. 1. stressful Labels: colloquial Example: That was one reason the Amsterdam show was so stressy. We'd been put on notice by the Board. Their nostrils strained for even a whiff of gay porn. 2. stressed; irritable Labels: colloquial Example: 2009, Cathy Cassidy (quoting a letter), Letters To Cathy My dad's job is under threat and he is so stressy these days it's a nightmare being anywhere near him. He yells a lot and he's so unfair!
Word: striddle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Frequentative of Middle English striden (whence modern English stride), from Old English strīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīdan, from Proto-Germanic *strīdaną. Equivalent to stride + -le (frequentative suffix). 1. To straddle. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal Example: I'm going along like a lame duck striddling a gutter.
Word: sifus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sifu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Elbrus Part of Speech: name Etymology: The word is a metathesis of Alborz, which is from Persian البرز (alborz), from Middle Persian hlbwlc (Harborz), ultimately derived from Proto-Iranian *Harā Bṛzatī, a legendary mountain in Iranian mythology (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬁⸱𐬠𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬍 (harā.bər^əzaⁱtī)). *Bṛzatī is the feminine form of the adjective *br̥jáns (“high”), the reconstructed ancestor of modern Northern Kurdish berz (“high, tall”) and modern Persian برز (borz, “high, tall”). Harā may be interpreted as "watch" or "guard", from a Proto-Indo-European root *ser- (“protect”). Pronunciation: /ɛlˈbrʊz/ 1. An inactive volcano located in the western Caucasus mountain range, in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia, near the border of Georgia. Elbrus's highest peak is the highest mountain in Europe, and in Russia.
Word: fohawks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fohawk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wop wops Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wop-wops. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1997 July 17, Sir Michael Hardie Boys, speech as Governor-General, Just because we live out in the global wop wops, geographically-speaking - both derivation and historical usage are given on page 923, by the way - or perhaps because we do live more than a thousand kilometres from our nearest English-speaking neighbours who, too, have evolved their own form of the tongue - we have developed our own ways of describing things, talking together, sharing our observations and views.
Word: limber as a dishrag Part of Speech: adj 1. Extremely limber or flexible
Word: weight lifting Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of weightlifting. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: 1974, Arnold Schwarzenegger, in Charles Gaines & George Butler, Pumping Iron, page 21. Then I started weight lifting through the other sports and I enjoyed it the most […] but I found out I was too tall. So I quit that and went into bodybuilding.
Word: beadleship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beadle + -ship. 1. The office or jurisdiction of a beadle. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He was degraded in their eyes; he had lost caste and station before the very paupers; he had fallen from all the height and pomp of beadleship to the lowest depth of the most snubbed hen-peckery.
Word: beadledom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beadle + -dom. 1. Beadles collectively, and their characteristics as a class. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Stupid or senseless officiousness. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tenderometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tender + -o- + -meter. 1. A device that measures the tenderness of a substance such as farm produce.
Word: hokie Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of hokey. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I never saw such a hokie band uniform. Example: It can make people feel happy; it can make them feel sad; it can even make you squirm with the embarrassment of falling for it, it's so hokie and corny sometimes, but at least it makes you feel something.
Word: Humpty-Dumptyism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Humpty Dumptyism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: oustitis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oustiti Labels: form-of, plural
Word: king tide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From king (“something preeminent”) + tide, perhaps chosen for the rhyme with spring tide. 1. An unusually high spring tide that occurs during full moon in the summer and winter months (when the earth is at perihelion and the earth, moon and sun are aligned). Labels: informal Example: 1994, Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea, International Organizations and the Law of the Sea: Documentary Yearbook, 1992, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, page 373, As an illustration of our vulnerability, in 1990 and again in 1991, the largest king tides of the year in the Marshall Islands almost inundated Majuro′s urban area. Example: 2008, David Corlett, Stormy Weather: The Challenge of Climate Change and Displacement, UNSW Press, page 8, The unprecedented 2006 king tide was alarming.
Word: king tides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of king tide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perforans Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin perforans. 1. The long flexor muscle of the toes, or the deep flexor muscle of the fingers.
Word: perforantes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perforans Labels: form-of, plural
Word: theomatics Part of Speech: noun 1. The numerological study of the Greek and Hebrew text of the Christian Bible, based upon gematria and isopsephy, claimed to demonstrate the direct intervention of God in the writing of scripture. Labels: uncountable
Word: piaculum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin piāculum. Doublet of piacle. 1. An expiatory sacrifice. 2. The victim in such a sacrifice. 3. An act requiring expiation.
Word: piacula Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of piaculum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mani-pedi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mani (“manicure”) + pedi (“pedicure”). 1. A combined manicure and pedicure. Example: That is brilliant, Clover! I’m buying you a month of mani-pedis for this!
Word: space tourism Part of Speech: noun 1. Space travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. Labels: uncountable Example: Don't pack your bags yet. But serious people in the aerospace and travel industry are taking the idea of space tourism seriously. Pundits predict that the first space tourists could be in orbit by 2005. 2. Sightseeing and travel to sites related to the space program. Labels: dated, uncountable Example: All of the space tourism has suffered because of a lack of interest in the space program.
Word: etherise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ether + -ise. 1. Alternative spelling of etherize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: etherises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of etherise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: etherising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of etherise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: etherised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of etherise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unaddressable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + addressable. 1. Not addressable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: propinquent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From propinqu(ity) + -ent, from Old French propinquite and Latin propinquitatem, from propinquitas, from propinquus, from prope. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈpɪŋkwənt/ 1. nearby; close at hand Labels: formal Example: the place of propinquent death
Word: propinquate Part of Speech: verb 1. To approach (to or towards); to come near. Labels: archaic, formal, intransitive
Word: Topsy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After a character in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), who, asked about God, says "I s'pect I growed. Don't think nobody never made me." The sense of excessive out-of-control growth is a misunderstanding. Pronunciation: /ˈtɒpsi/ 1. Something or someone who figuratively grows without control or intention. Example: They employ a symbolism which grew like Topsy and has little consistency […] Example: Are you implying that it just grew—a Topsy?
Word: tumblebug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tumble + bug. 1. A dung beetle.
Word: tumblebugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tumblebug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dungball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dung + ball. 1. A ball of dung.
Word: dungballs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dungball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: provincewide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From province + -wide. 1. throughout a province Labels: not-comparable Example: Although data on state farms in recent years are sketchy, their general situation and problems appear to be essentially the same as they were in the 1950s and the 1960s. At a provincewide symposium of state-owned agricultural and animal husbandry enterprises, convened in Chouchih, Shensi Province, in May 1975, the participants were told that although the proportion of the enterprises in the entire rural economy was "still not great," they occupied an important position in China's socialist agriculture. Example: One mocks Quebec stereotypes from a peculiar provincial law that sets June 30 as the expiration date for most residential leases (and thus transforms July 1 into a chaotic, provincewide moving day) to a Quebec City so cold that an actor must consume a bottle of Pepsi as if it were a Popsicle.
Word: distelfink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pennsylvania German distelfink, homologous to High German Distelfink (“thistle finch”), the European goldfinch. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪstəlfɪŋk/ 1. A stylized goldfinch in Pennsylvania Dutch folk art, representing happiness and good fortune.
Word: distelfinks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of distelfink Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tandem gait Part of Speech: noun 1. A manner of walking by placing the heel of the forward foot touching the toes of the back foot, sometimes used in the clinical diagnosis of certain disorders. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: prosaism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French prosaïsme. Pronunciation: /pɹəʊˈzeɪ.ɪzəm/, /ˈpɹəʊ.zeɪ.ɪzəm/ 1. A manner, quality, expression, style, phrase or word that is prosaic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Euge! Heinrichi. O, the sublime bathos of thy prosaism — the muddy eddy of thy logic! Thou art the only man to understand a poet!
Word: quiche lorraine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French quiche lorraine, using the feminine of lorrain (“from Lorraine”). 1. A type of quiche, originally from the area of Lorraine in France, made with cheese and bacon. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gardenful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From garden + -ful. 1. An amount sufficient to fill a garden. Example: Cindy Buck got her start as a gardener when a friend gave her and her husband, Rob, a whole gardenful of divided perennials as a wedding present.
Word: gardenfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gardenful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gardensful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gardenful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: repetitio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin repetītiō. Doublet of repetition. 1. Anaphora. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable 2. Epanalepsis. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable
Word: tauromachic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tauromachy + -ic. 1. of or relating to bullfighting Labels: not-comparable
Word: nongeometrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From nongeometric + -ally. 1. In a nongeometrical manner or context. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Zionisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Zionism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Zionization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn)bor. Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn)bor. Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōnbor. Old English Syon Middle English Sion Early New High German Zioninflu. English Zion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English Zionization From Zion + -ization. 1. The act or process of Zionizing. Labels: uncountable
Word: socies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of socie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sociate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin sociatus. Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊsieɪt/, /ˈsəʊʃieɪt/ 1. To associate. Labels: obsolete Example: c. 1862-1867, Leonard Shelford, The Law of Joint Stock Companies […] grant to any sociated for company or body of persons associated together […]
Word: sociate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sociatus. Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊsiət/, /ˈsəʊʃiət/ 1. An associate. Labels: obsolete Example: As for you, Dr. Reynolds, and your sociates.
Word: sociate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sociatus. Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊsiət/, /ˈsəʊʃiət/ 1. associated Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: sex-plus Part of Speech: adj 1. Having as factors a person's gender and some other factor related to that gender. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: She brought a sex-plus case against her employer for hiring older men but refusing to hire older women. Example: Her theory was a “sex plus” discrimination claim, alleging that the company did not promote fat women.
Word: sex plus Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of sex-plus. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: labmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lab + mate. 1. A colleague working in the same laboratory.
Word: labmates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of labmate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conscientization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese conscientização. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒnʃəntaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. A social concept, grounded in Marxist critical theory, that focuses on achieving an in-depth understanding of the world, allowing for the perception and exposure of social and political contradictions. Labels: uncountable Example: Conscientization includes exchanges of ideas, debates, discussions, and working with students and not on them. Freire fashions conscientization as a process that results from confrontation with the world; it also entails constant research as well as invention and reinvention.
Word: conscionably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From conscionable + -ly. 1. In a conscionable manner.
Word: chumpier Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈtʃʌmpi.ə/, /ˈt͡ʃʌmpiɚ/ 1. comparative form of chumpy: more chumpy Labels: comparative, form-of Example: “Pretty smart chap, that,” muttered the Wise Man as he sauntered off. “Positive, chump; comparative chumpier; superlative, chumpiest: that’s my definition of him,” concluded the Fool as he resumed his favorite pastime, that of making faces at the cigar dealer’s wooden Indian. Example: The former was an elegant gentleman, not far removed from the present-day type; but the latter obviously bore the ‘bull’ quarterings on his escutcheon, for he was a decidedly cobby little dog, broad chest and a shorter, chumpier head…
Word: chumpiest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃʌmpiɪst/ 1. superlative form of chumpy: most chumpy Labels: form-of, superlative Example: “Pretty smart chap, that,” muttered the Wise Man as he sauntered off. “Positive, chump; comparative chumpier; superlative, chumpiest: that’s my definition of him,” concluded the Fool as he resumed his favorite pastime, that of making faces at the cigar dealer’s wooden Indian. Example: However, Damon pushed away his doubts, later describing his view of the experience: “We were the two chumpiest kids in the world — Ben’s thinking he’s the biggest star in the world, and he’s going, ‘This is Matt, he’s an actor, too!’ and I’m kinda too cool to talk. And they said, ‘Oh, yeah, we’ll represent Matt too.’”
Word: redrawer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From redraw + -er. 1. A company that redraws steel. 2. A person who redraws previously published drawings, to adjust drawn figures, details, or change text.
Word: redrawers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of redrawer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: redressability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From redress + -ability. 1. The quality of being redressable. Labels: uncountable Example: 2021, SCOTUS, FLORIDA v. GEORGIA The Court disagreed with the Special Master’s analysis of the threshold question of redressability, and remanded for the Special Master to make definitive findings and recommendations on several issues, including: whether Florida had proved any serious injury caused by Georgia; the extent to which reducing Georgia’s water consumption would increase Apalachicola River flows; and the extent to which any increased Apalachicola flows would redress Florida’s injuries.
Word: kefiran Part of Speech: noun 1. The clear or pale yellow polysaccharide gel exuded by dairy kefir or water kefir grains. Labels: uncountable
Word: Bajaus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bajau Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bajau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Indonesian Bajau bajau. 1. An island in Indonesia (part of the Riau Islands) with the coordinate location 3°7'31.84"N, 106°18'38.30"E. 2. The indigenous people native to Bajau island (part of modern-day Indonesia), these ethnic group nowadays predominantly inhabit the Bajau island and its adjacent regions in Indonesia and also expanded to the southern Philippines. Example: The Bajaus, or sea gypsies, live in boats, their occupation being fishing. Example: The largest tribe is the 60,000-member Bajau. The Bajaus were once sea nomads and pirates.
Word: Bajau Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Indonesian Bajau bajau. 1. The native language spoken by the Bajau people (the indigenous of Bajau island in Indonesia). Example: 2007, Mark T. Miller, A Grammar of West Coast Bajau, PhD Thesis.
Word: linkability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From link + -ability. 1. The property of being linkable. Labels: uncountable
Word: linkable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From link + -able. 1. Capable of being linked. Labels: not-comparable Example: The evidence found at the crime scene was not linkable to the primary suspect. Example: If it is available on the Internet the resource name will be highlighted and linkable; if not, it will appear as plain text.
Word: Saci Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese saci, from Old Tupi sa'si. 1. A young, black, one-legged prankster in Brazilian folklore, who smokes a pipe and wears a magical red hat that enables him to disappear.
Word: Saci Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit शची (śacī). 1. The goddess of wrath and jealousy in Hindu mythology. Labels: Hinduism
Word: nonland Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + land. 1. Not of or pertaining to the land. Labels: not-comparable Example: nonland resources Example: nonland transport