nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: top out Part of Speech: verb 1. To reach one's highest point. Labels: intransitive Example: With her 390 V-8 spinning at redline, she tops out at 130 miles per hour. 2. To quit one's career during a period of success. Labels: intransitive 3. To complete the construction of a tall building, originally by putting on a "topping-out" course. Labels: intransitive 4. To complete a route by reaching and climbing over its top. Labels: intransitive
Word: total football Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Dutch totaalvoetbal. Pronunciation: /ˈtəʊtəl ˈfʊtbɔːl/, /ˈtoʊtəl ˈfʊtbɔl/ 1. A tactic in which the outfield players assume different roles during a game, while keeping an organised structure. Labels: uncountable
Word: top-shelf Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of top shelf. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: top-quality Part of Speech: adj 1. Of the highest quality; extremely good. Labels: not-comparable
Word: top-of-the-range Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of top of the line. Labels: not-comparable
Word: top seed Part of Speech: noun 1. The player or team given the highest ranking in a seeded tournament, who has the most favourable draw.
Word: Tower Bridge Part of Speech: name 1. A bascule bridge in London crossing the River Thames, built in the late 19th century
Word: ropebridge Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of rope bridge. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Chipewyan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Plains Cree ᒌᐘᔮᐣ (Cīpwayān, “pointed skin”), from ᒌᐚᐤ (cīpwāw, “to be pointed”) + ᐘᔮᐣ (wayān, “skin, hide”) — a reference to the cut and style of Chipewyan parkas. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪp.əˈwaɪ.ən/ 1. A member of a Native American tribe of Central Canada, in the regions of Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan. Example: In addition to their leatherwork, woodwork, stonework, and bonework, the Chipewyan also worked in metal. Example: One of the big challenges, it turns out, is the government itself. Last week, Shene Catholique-Valpy, an Aboriginal woman born and raised in the Northwest Territories, spoke out publicly about her year-long fight to have the the^([sic]) traditional Chipewyan spelling of her daughter’s name, Sahaiʔa May Talbot, on her birth certificate. Sahaiʔa roughly translates to: “As the sun breaks through the clouds or over the horizon.” And the symbol, which resembles a question mark without the dot, called a glottal stop, indicates the correct pronunciation and meaning; without it, the name is incorrect.
Word: Chipewyan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Plains Cree ᒌᐘᔮᐣ (Cīpwayān, “pointed skin”), from ᒌᐚᐤ (cīpwāw, “to be pointed”) + ᐘᔮᐣ (wayān, “skin, hide”) — a reference to the cut and style of Chipewyan parkas. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪp.əˈwaɪ.ən/ 1. The Northern Athabascan language spoken by this tribe.
Word: sets foot Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of set foot Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: setting foot Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of set foot Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Brooklyn Bridge Part of Speech: name 1. A suspension bridge in New York, connecting boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River.
Word: value-free Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From value + -free. 1. Lacking normative assumptions; normatively neutral.
Word: ALS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Alternative Learning System. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ALS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: ALS is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease affecting the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that make the muscles of both the upper and lower body work, according to the ALS Association, a non-profit organization which works to research the disease and offer resources to people living with it. 2. Initialism of approach lighting system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 3. Initialism of ambient light sensor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Example: Another RVR element, the ambient light sensor (ALS), is used to interpret the impact that background lighting, such as nearby runway lights, might have on the overall visibility measurement. Normally two ALSs are installed in central locations relative to the airfield environment.
Word: owly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From owl + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an owl. Example: In the picture Miss Elizabeth showed me the croc had little piggy eyes, not huge owly ones. 2. In a bad mood; cranky. Labels: Atlantic-Canada Example: I had no right to be owly and disagreeable with Willie. 3. Seeing poorly. Example: Perhaps nice isn't the best word for him, but he certainly was an unusually imposing and fluffy-haired and fierce-looking brute of a tarantula. He had rather an owly way about him, as if he had come out from his hole too early and was dazed and half-blinded by the light. 4. Silly. Labels: Atlantic-Canada
Word: hiccory Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of hickory. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] as we rode on, we saw gigantic pine, cedar, and hiccory trees, torn up by the roots, and scattered over the surrounding country, by by-gone hurricanes, many of them hundreds of yards from the spot that nurtured their roots—while the gnarled branches lying across our track, scorched black with the lightning, or from long exposure to a burning sun, impeded our advance, and made the journey anything but pleasant. Example: There the oak and hiccory grow tall and beautiful, but the general appearance of the country is poor, broken, and rugged.
Word: lunarnaut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lunar + -naut. Pronunciation: /ˈluːnənɔːt/ 1. Someone who travels to the Moon. Example: Kanashima returns to Japan and, as the space race develops over the years, figures out that the U.S. and Russia are bogged down by the problem of how to get the lunarnaut back to earth. Example: The moon's poles are the only spots in permanent sunshine (days and nights of moon last 14 earth days), which means that the lunarnauts’ solar panels could provide a permanent power supply.
Word: lunarnauts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lunarnaut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: highbred Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From high + bred. 1. Of high-quality stock. Example: Black Beauty by Anna Sewell is the story of a highbred horse that leads a tough life in London pulling cabs. 2. Showing good breeding and refined manners. Example: So, taking up their stand on the flagging outside the entrance of the big store, the bare-headed Angel, in her worn gingham frock, highbred and beautiful as a little princess, despite it, struck up with as much effect as a bird's twitter might make. Example: But I should like to turn the tables on these persons, and suggest that all this worrying about whether life is or is not worth living, and hunting for answers for and against, may itself be an excuse, unconscious like all the most mischievous excuses, and hide not finer demands and highbred discontents, but rather a certain feebleness, lack of grip and adaptation, and an indolent acquiescence in what my godchild stoutly refused, a greater or lesser going to bits.
Word: hippish Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of hyppish. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He took them both, dismissed the messenger, and opening that addressed to himself, read as follows, while he slowly retraced his steps towards the house:-- Dear Richard, I am a whimsical fellow, as you doubtless remember, and have lately grown, they tell me, rather hippish besides. Example: "Indeed, vizier," answered the caliph, brightening up his countenance, "I am very little subject to it, and had not perceived it but for you, but I will remain no longer in this hippish mood.
Word: homy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From home + -y. 1. homely Labels: archaic Example: The homy little town was putting on airs of a great city.
Word: hooke Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of hook. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Like as the cunning fisher takes the fishe By traitor baite wherby the hooke is hidde: So Pleasure serues to vice in steede of foode To baite our soules theron too licourishe. Example: XLIX In this great passion of unwonted lust, Or wonted feare of doing ought amis, He started up, as seeming to mistrust 435 Some secret ill, or hidden foe of his: Lo there before his face his Lady is, Under blake stole hyding her bayted hooke; And as halfe blushing offred him to kis, With gentle blandishment and lovely looke, 440 Most like that virgin true, which for her knight him took.
Word: hootch Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hooch (“type of drink”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: "I can't hold my hootch so well as I could a few summers ago--and many hard Falls. Example: "Th' few shots av hootch ye had tu throw inta yu' last night tu get ye're Dutch up must be makin' ye see double, me man. 2. Alternative spelling of hooch (“military shelter”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Eddie Diamond, the ranking NCO, made a small motion with his hand, and some of the others murmured a word or two, then they watched Mark Fossie pick up her suitcase and lead her by the arm down to the hootches.
Word: horison Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of horizon. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: For these last 4 dayes the weather hath bene extreame hot and very calme, the Sunne being 5 degrees aboue the horison at midnight.
Word: hornworm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From horn + worm. 1. A caterpillar of a hawk moth that has a hornlike tail process. 2. Some moths in the genus Manduca of the hawk moth family Sphingidae. Example: The project, part of a wave of interest in life-imitating robotics, is a collaboration of seven Tufts faculty members from five departments in the schools of engineering and arts and sciences. Dr. Trimmer comes from the field of neurobiology, where he has been studying the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, since 1990.
Word: horsehood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From horse + -hood. 1. the state or quality of being a horse Labels: uncountable Example: Why should that singing horse commonly called the nightingale, or that climbing horse hitherto known as the cat, fall down and worship you because of your horsehood? Example: He was still in the intermediate stage between horse and donkey, a natural mule still struggling up aspiringly toward perfect horsehood. 2. A piece of horsewear that covers the head of the horse, often also its neck and shoulders. Labels: uncountable
Word: houseward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From house + -ward. 1. Towards a house. Labels: not-comparable Example: Peter moved reluctantly houseward, and Suzanna ended: "Isn't it fine that today was teachers' meeting so we could have a holiday?" Example: Aright unto Hygelac was Beowulf's speeding made knowen full swiftly, That there into the house-place that hedge of the warriors, His mate of the linden-board, living was come, Hale from the battle-play home to him houseward.
Word: housey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From house + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of house music; houselike. Labels: colloquial Example: Along with a housey bass beat, it makes one of the most astonishing dance tracks you've ever heard. 2. Of hops: having the fruit mixed up with the leaves, making picking difficult. Example: Variation of crop density and the presence of very 'housey' growth accounted for some of the variation, together with a drop in tempo on some farms as the end of harvest was approached, […]
Word: alvarezsaurid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any small, long-legged running dinosaur of the family †Alvarezsauridae.
Word: alvarezsauroid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any small, long-legged running dinosaur of the superfamily Alvarezsauroidea
Word: azhdarchoid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any pterosaur of the superfamily Azhdarchoidea.
Word: brachiosaurid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any herbivorous dinosaur of the family Brachiosauridae.
Word: butoxyethanol Part of Speech: noun 1. The mono-butyl ether of ethylene glycol; used as a solvent, and in cleaning products Labels: uncountable
Word: calamosaur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name Calamosaurus. 1. Any small theropod dinosaur of the genus †Calamosaurus
Word: choreic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chorea + -ic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting chorea
Word: choreic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chorea + -ic. 1. One who has chorea. Example: Thus the muscles and postures of Parkinsonians tend to be hard, whereas those of choreics and anti-Parkinsonians tend to be soft[…]
Word: choreal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chorea + -al. 1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting chorea
Word: deferiprone Part of Speech: noun 1. An iron-chelating drug used to treat thalassaemia Labels: uncountable
Word: super PAC Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by reporter Eliza Newlin Carney in 2010. 1. A political action committee which may support a political candidate, and officially endorse one, but is legally bound to not coordinate with any candidate, and is not limited in financial contributions from donors or financial spending. Labels: US Example: Court decisions have established that super PACs are supposed to act independently of a candidate, with no coordination permitted. But the indictment focused on the suspicious timing of hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to Mr. Menendez’s re-election campaign from a generous friend who allegedly sought government favors through the senator’s influence. Example: Mr. Musk remains Mr. Trump’s biggest political financial supporter — just this week his super PAC aired $1 million worth of ads that said, “Thank you, President Trump”[…].
Word: super PACs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of super PAC Labels: form-of, plural
Word: PACs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of PAC Labels: form-of, plural
Word: explodingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From exploding + -ly. 1. So as to cause an explosion; explosively. Labels: figuratively, sometimes
Word: PACS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of picture archiving and communication system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: fracker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From frack + -er. 1. A person or organization employed in fracking. Example: Slowly, they marched toward a bigger role in the fracking industry. When competing Texas frackers looked to freeze the brothers out from the companies that distribute the sand needed to drill, the siblings opened their own sand quarry to thrive. Example: Conoco on Monday announced a $9.7 billion all-stock takeover of Concho Resources (CXO), a fracker squarely focused on the Permian Basin, the massive West Texas oilfield at the heart of the shale revolution.
Word: frackers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fracker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fracting Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fracking. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: hemosiderotic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hemosiderosis
Word: hemosiderosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hemosiderin + -osis. Pronunciation: /ˌhiːməʊsɪdəˈɹəʊsɪs/ 1. An abnormal deposit of hemosiderin. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: neuroreparative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neuro- + reparative. 1. That repairs damage to neurons
Word: sucks up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of suck up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sucking up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of suck up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sucked up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of suck up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: neurorescue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neuro- + rescue. 1. The repair of damaged neurons Labels: uncountable
Word: phalaris Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of several grasses of the genus Phalaris
Word: pollutionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pollution + -ist. 1. A person who tolerates pollution, especially if part of big business.
Word: tekan Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Malay tekan (“to press or pressure”). Pronunciation: [ˌtəˈkan], [ˌtə˧ˈkan˦] 1. To bully or treat harshly, to punish (especially in military contexts). Labels: Singapore, colloquial, invariable, slang Example: "Wah lau! You tekan him, ah? But he bigger than you, man!" Example: We have also been through training and we all kena tekan (were bullied), but even if we were ill-treated, we didn’t know that we were being ill-treated
Word: double creams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of double cream Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bioconcentrating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bioconcentrate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bioconcentrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bio- + concentrate. 1. To produce bioconcentration.
Word: bioconcentrate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + concentrate. 1. A biological concentrate.
Word: biopetroleum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + petroleum. 1. Any form of petroleum (or a similar substitute) made biologically (especially from algae) Labels: uncountable
Word: biosonar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + sonar. 1. Echolocation in animals. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: hygroscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hygroscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hygroscopy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French hygroscopie. 1. The ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment. Labels: uncountable
Word: carboxydotroph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carboxydo- + -troph. 1. Any organism that can tolerate a high concentration of carbon monoxide
Word: carboxydotrophs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carboxydotroph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dechlorane Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪˈklɒɹeɪn/ 1. mirex Labels: uncountable
Word: genebank Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gene bank. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gene bank Part of Speech: noun 1. A repository for genetic material
Word: genebanks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of genebank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haematobium Part of Speech: noun 1. A flatworm of the species Schistosoma haematobium, the urinary blood fluke.
Word: jawfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jaw + fish. 1. Any of many marine fish, of the family Opistognathidae, that have large mouths.
Word: 7-6 suspension Part of Speech: noun 1. a suspension that has the suspended note a seventh (plus any number that is a multiple of seven) from the bass move down a step to the note in the chord where the suspension is happening that is a sixth (plus any number that is a multiple of seven) above the bass note
Word: 7-6 suspensions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 7-6 suspension Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metagene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + gene. 1. An aggregate pattern of gene expression
Word: oncoviruses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oncovirus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oncovirus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From onco- + virus. Pronunciation: /ˈɒŋkəʊvʌɪɹəs/ 1. A virus that can cause cancer. Example: Human oncoviruses soon followed and it became apparent that whole classes of cancer, such as cervical cancer, were indeed caused partly by viral infection.
Word: organochlorinated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From organo- + chlorinated. 1. Describing a chlorinated organic compound, especially such a pesticide or other pollutant. Labels: not-comparable
Word: progenetic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to progenesis Labels: not-comparable
Word: progenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- + genesis. 1. precocious sexual reproduction (especially in nematodes) Labels: uncountable
Word: psoriasin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From psoriasis + -in. 1. An inflammatory calcium-binding protein found on human skin Labels: uncountable
Word: subperineurial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + perineurial. 1. Underneath the perineurium Labels: not-comparable
Word: wave power Part of Speech: noun 1. Transport and harnessing of energy by ocean surface waves. Labels: uncountable
Word: sleeve-link Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sleeve + link. 1. cufflink Example: The oval seal is undoubtedly a plain sleeve-link—what else is of such a shape?
Word: boomstick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boom (“a log; explosion sound”) + stick. 1. In logging, any of the larger logs chained together to create a floating boom. 2. A firearm; especially, a shotgun, and most especially, a sawed-off version. Labels: slang
Word: broomcorn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From broom + corn, from its use as bristles for brooms. 1. a variety of grass of the species Sorghum vulgare. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: broom corn Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of broomcorn. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: TCXO Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A not uncommon abbreviation for crystal in electrical engineering and related fields is xtal, hence the X in the abbreviation is for crystal. 1. Initialism of temperature compensated crystal oscillator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: quinceañeras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quinceañera Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mini stroke Part of Speech: noun 1. A transient ischemic attack. Labels: colloquial
Word: mini-stroke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + stroke. 1. transient ischemic attack Labels: colloquial
Word: quinceanera Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of quinceañera. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: quinceaneras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quinceanera Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superaccurate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + accurate. 1. Very highly accurate.
Word: ungreedy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + greedy. 1. Not greedy.
Word: subgram Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + gram. 1. At levels of less than a gram. Labels: not-comparable
Word: subgrammar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + grammar. 1. A grammar that makes up part of a larger grammar; a subdivision of a grammar. Example: The 'original' subgrammars can be seen as a concatenation' or composition of some of these parts with the requirement that the export category of a preceding subgrammar in the concatenation must be the head category of a subsequent subgrammar.
Word: subgrammars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subgrammar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recensor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + censor. 1. To censor again or anew. Labels: transitive
Word: recensoring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recensor Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recensored Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recensor Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: recensors Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recensor Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: oncogenetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From onco- + genetic. 1. Relating to oncogenetics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: recensorship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + censorship. 1. censorship again or anew Labels: uncountable
Word: rapatronic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rapid-action electronic. 1. Being a high-speed camera capable of recording a still image with an exposure time in nanoseconds. Labels: not-comparable
Word: phloxine Part of Speech: noun 1. A red dye used in the hematoxylin-phloxine-saffron stain ("HPS stain"), commonly employed in performing an eosinophil count by hemocytometer. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Eosin Y, eosin B, phloxine and erythrosin (which unlike other eosins, is halogenated with iodine), are the common members of this group of dyes.
Word: electroplax Part of Speech: noun 1. electric organ
Word: electroplaxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electroplax Labels: form-of, plural
Word: funnelshaped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From funnel + shaped. 1. Shaped like a funnel.
Word: telemediation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tele- + mediation. 1. Mediation by means of telecommunication technologies. Labels: uncountable
Word: telemediated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tele- + mediated. 1. Involving or relating to telemediation; mediated by means of telecommunication technologies. Labels: not-comparable
Word: watercoaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of water + rollercoaster. 1. A rollercoaster that involves water.
Word: watercoasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of watercoaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biopatent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + patent. 1. A patent in the field of biology or genetics
Word: biopatents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biopatent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polygeline Part of Speech: noun 1. an intravenous colloid used in the prevention or treatment of shock associated with reduction in effective circulating blood volume due to haemorrhage or loss of plasma or electrolytes. Labels: uncountable
Word: precisional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From precision + -al. 1. Relating to precision. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Tony Lumpkin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Name of a character in Oliver Goldsmith's play She Stoops to Conquer (first performed 1773). 1. A bumpkin or yokel. Labels: dated
Word: surfaceless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From surface + -less. 1. Without a surface. Labels: not-comparable
Word: oxybenzone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oxy- + benzone. 1. A benzophenone compound widely used in sunscreens and plastics. Labels: uncountable Example: Chemical ingredients — such as avobenzone, oxybenzone and homosalate — absorb the UV rays. Both types of sunscreen can degrade or wash off over time, so it’s important to reapply every two hours, and more frequently if you’re swimming or sweating. Example: As documented in a recent FDA study, chemical sunscreens, with active ingredients like oxybenzone, octocrylene, octinoxate, homosalate, and avobenzone, are applied to the skin and then can remain in the blood plasma at significant levels for days to weeks after application[.]
Word: phosphoinositol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phospho- + inositol. 1. inositol phosphate
Word: phosphoinositols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phosphoinositol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pegol Part of Speech: noun 1. Used to indicate PEGylation in the names of monoclonal antibodies. Labels: uncountable Example: alacizumab pegol Example: certolizumab pegol
Word: phosphoimagers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phosphoimager Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudobacteria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactēriabor. English bacteria English pseudobacteria From pseudo- + bacteria. 1. Microscopic organic particles, molecular granules, powdered inorganic substances, etc., which in form, size, and grouping resemble bacteria. Labels: dated, plural, plural-normally
Word: hypotyposes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypotyposis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypotyposis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: New Latin, from Ancient Greek. 1. A vivid, picturesque description of scenes or events. Labels: rhetoric Example: Hypotyposis persons, things, events, In vivid language to the eye presents.
Word: deedful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From deed (adjective) + -ful. 1. Full of good deeds. Labels: archaic Example: But you have made the wiser choice, / A life that moves to gracious ends / Thro' troops of unrecording friends, / A deedful life, a silent voice: […]
Word: recoction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + coction. 1. A second coction or preparation Labels: uncountable
Word: propagula Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of propagulum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: propagulum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin. See propagate. 1. A runner terminated by a germinating bud. 2. A gemma or bud affecting asexual propagation in many algae.
Word: subversionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From subversion + -ary. Pronunciation: /səbˈvɜɹʒəˌnɛɹi/, /səbˈvɜɹʃəˌnɛɹi/ 1. Of or relating to subversion. 2. Promoting destruction.
Word: subversionary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From subversion + -ary. Pronunciation: /səbˈvɜɹʒəˌnɛɹi/, /səbˈvɜɹʃəˌnɛɹi/ Labels: no-gloss
Word: thin-film interference Part of Speech: noun 1. The interference of light caused by its reflection from both boundaries of a thin film of a transparent material. Labels: uncountable 2. An instance of this interference. Labels: countable
Word: thin-film interferences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thin-film interference Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plessite Part of Speech: noun 1. A meteorite texture consisting of a fine-grained mixture of the minerals kamacite and taenite, found in the octahedrite iron meteorites.
Word: plessites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plessite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Widmanstätten pattern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named in 1808 after Count Alois von Beckh Widmanstätten, the director of the Imperial Porcelain works in Vienna. 1. Any of certain patterns appearing on etched meteoric iron.
Word: Widmanstätten patterns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Widmanstätten pattern Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Widmanstätten figure Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Widmanstätten pattern.
Word: clergyable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From clergy + -able. 1. Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy. Labels: dated, historical, not-comparable Example: a clergyable offence Example: a clergyable felony
Word: correspondently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From correspondent + -ly. 1. In a corresponding manner; correspondingly.
Word: spellful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spell + -ful. 1. Abounding in spells or charms; enchanting or enchanted Example: Here, while his eyes the learned leaves peruse, Each spelful mystery explain'd he views.
Word: incorpse Part of Speech: verb 1. To incorporate. Labels: obsolete Example: He grew unto his seat, As he had been incorps'd and demy-natur'd with the brave horse.
Word: incorpsed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of incorpse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: incorpses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of incorpse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: incorpsing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of incorpse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hungry ghosts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hungry ghost Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wandwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wand + work. 1. The use of a wand (or sometimes a similar instrument or tool, even an extended finger) in practicing magic, casting spells, or performing a mystical or religious ritual or ceremony (e.g. drawing symbols such as pentagrams in the air, as in Wicca). Labels: uncountable 2. The use of a wand in a stage-magic performance. Labels: uncountable 3. The use of a long wand (stick) in training horses. Labels: uncountable 4. The use of a long thick wand (stick) in calisthenic exercises. Labels: uncountable 5. A thing or things made of woven wands; wickerwork. Labels: uncountable
Word: redlight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From red light. 1. To deny, reject, or disapprove; to prohibit from proceeding. Labels: transitive 2. To stop or cancel. Labels: transitive
Word: arrivisme Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌæ.ɹɪˈvɪzəm/ 1. The state or behaviour of an arriviste. Labels: uncountable Example: This was hardly arrivisme on my part: I was “down” with my fellow American radicals, not conspiring with a bunch of aristos and expats.
Word: emblic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin emblicus, from Arabic أَمْلَج (ʔamlaj), from Sanskrit आमलक (āmalaka). Doublet of amla. 1. The fruit of Emblica officinalis (now Phyllanthus emblica, the Indian gooseberry, once used as a remedy against dysentery)
Word: emblica Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the taxonomic name Emblica (genus name). 1. emblic Example: Avicenna, thirteenth century Arab philosopher and physician, recommends honey of emblica as an aphrodisiac.
Word: drivellingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From drivelling + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɪvəlɪŋli/ 1. In a drivelling manner; idiotically, foolishly. Example: He also speculated drivellingly that the jury might yet return an open verdict on the theory of evolution.
Word: CHT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of congenital hypothyroidism. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: CHT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Chittagong Hill Tracts. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: pet peeves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pet peeve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polyanthi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polyanthus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bushwalks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bushwalk Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bushwalked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bushwalk Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bushwalk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bush + walk. 1. A hike; an off-road walk in the countryside, possibly wearing a backpack, undertaken as a leisure activity. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: There are also bushwalks in Sassafras Gully. Example: The 24-sq-km Porongurup National Park is 12km long and has 1100-million-year-old granite outcrops, panoramic views, beautiful scenery, large karri trees and excellent bushwalks.
Word: bushwalk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bush + walk. 1. To undertake an off-road walk in the countryside. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: In 1913, Myles Dunphy and Bert Gallop had bushwalked through the area when it was still a wilderness, its paths and depths known only to the locals. Example: When he′d grown tall and lanky, he bushwalked on Magnetic Island, with its secluded bays and hiking trails to Mt. Cook through groves of coconut palms and tamarinds and mangoes.
Word: Quaker guns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Quaker gun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: owly-eyed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From owly + eyed. 1. Seeing better in darkness than light; day-blind or photosensitive. Example: […] And he doesn't do no riding after dark near Dishpan Flats. Them poor misguided sodbusters ain't much account in most ways, but they're owly-eyed at night." 2. Wide-eyed, naturally or from an expression of fear, shock, surprise, or excitement. Example: Gabe looked owly-eyed at the fellow and then prissed his mouth. 3. Extremely drunk. Labels: slang Example: Paul was owly-eyed by then, and he tried to hide it by saying, "Must've lost m' balance," but we noticed that when he clapped a fresh holt on, he was using both his graspers.
Word: owly eied Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of owly-eyed. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] (for thus did their wicked mindes blind to the light of vertue, & owly eied in the night of wickedness interpret of it) […]
Word: pollum Part of Speech: noun 1. A historic unit of weight used in India, equal to 1 ounce plus 3.25 drams. Labels: obsolete Example: For this kind of work, and for the quantity of lime above mentioned, about ten pollums (the pollum ten pagodas weight) of sugar is commonly used. Example: In the District south of Quilon to Tavallay, a Five Pollum weight is used for weighing cotton, thread, tamarinds, jagherry, &c. which weight answers to 5848.3 gr. and is thus divided […]
Word: nome sane Part of Speech: phrase 1. Pronunciation spelling of know what I'm saying. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Others showed that their creators were hip to the dialect, as does the cartoon by Jeff Fanzinger (see the photo and cartoon inser following page 160), in which he exploits authentic Ebonics lingo - chillin, main man, dat's whuzzup, and nome sane (a condensed version of "Know what I'm saying?") that has become popular in the black community. Example: "Nome sane?" This is not a real question, and there is no answer. Do not reply, "Yes, I know what you are saying."
Word: Agustus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Rare variant of Augustus. 1. A male given name from Latin.
Word: devisal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From devise + -al. 1. An act of devising. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 19th century, Francis Thompson, To a Snow-flake What heart could have thought you?— Past our devisal (O filigree petal!) Example: Each word may be not unfitly compared to an invention; it has its own place, mode, and circumstances of devisal, its preparation in the previous habits of speech […]
Word: devisals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of devisal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drapet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From drap + -et. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹeɪpɪt/ 1. cloth or drape Labels: obsolete Example: many tables fayre dispred, And ready dight with drapets festivall
Word: drapets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drapet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hamamelis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἁμαμηλίς (hamamēlís, “medlar”). 1. Any of the flowering plant genus Hamamelis, the witch hazels.
Word: hamamelises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hamamelis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spermaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spermary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spermary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sperm + -ary. 1. An organ in which spermatozoa are developed; a sperm gland; a testicle. 2. Synonym of pollen tube.
Word: riggish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rig (“a wanton girl”) + -ish. 1. Wanton, lewd, or tomboyish Labels: archaic Example: Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety: other women cloy The appetites they feed: but she makes hungry Where most she satisfies; for vilest things Become themselves in her: that the holy priests Bless her when she is riggish. Example: The wanton gesticulations of a virgin in a wild assembly of gallants warmed with wine, could be no other than riggish, and unmaidenly.
Word: isochronon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See isochronous. 1. A clock designed to keep very accurate time. Example: A bedside isochronon diffused a soft-light 9:30
Word: isochronons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isochronon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reducement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reduce + -ment. 1. reduction Labels: archaic Example: reducement of law to arbitrary power
Word: reducements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reducement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mysterize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mystery + -ize. 1. To make mysterious; to make a mystery of. Labels: transitive
Word: mysterized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mysterize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mysterizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mysterize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mysterizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mysterize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: playtoy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From play + toy. 1. A plaything. Example: 1724, William Burkitt, Expository Notes with Practical Observations on the New Testament, London, 1739, "Hebrews" Chapter 11, p. 742, [Moses] did not only […] at three Years old cast a Crown, [given] him for a Play-toy, to the Ground, and trample it under his Feet; but as the Apostle says here, when he came to be a Man, he treated it with no more Respect, but refused to be called the Son of Pharaoh’s Daughter. Example: 'A nice play-toy that for a respectable girl' said the shocked parson, his lean fingers indicating the naked, maimed doll and its unabashed mother.
Word: playtoys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of playtoy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: psychovisually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From psychovisual + -ly. 1. In a psychovisual manner or context. Labels: not-comparable
Word: punkiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From punky + -ness. 1. The quality of being punky (in various senses). Labels: uncountable
Word: see coming Part of Speech: verb 1. To notice in advance, especially to recognise as a threat or problem; to foresee. Labels: informal, person Example: You're a perfect hitman; you look like a regular guy. Nobody sees you coming. Example: My pension plan went broke. I didn't see that development coming. 2. To recognise (someone) as a potential victim to swindle or otherwise deceive. Labels: informal Example: You were charged $1,000 for a car wash? They must have seen you coming! 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see coming. Example: The foul ball hit me on the head. I didn't see it coming.
Word: quasipsychotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quasi- + psychotic. 1. Apparently, but not actually, psychotic; suggesting psychosis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: segregative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From segregate + -ive. 1. Relating to segregation; serving to segregate.
Word: nonsegregative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + segregative. 1. Not segregative. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sweetcure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sweet + cure. 1. A method of curing meat or fish using relative low salt and a certain amount of sugar. Labels: attributive, uncountable Example: sweetcure bacon Example: sweetcure mackerel
Word: unremixed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + remixed. 1. Not remixed; not having been remixed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ausferrite Part of Speech: noun 1. A special type of microstructure that occurs when ductile iron is austempered, consisting of acicular ferrite in carbon-enriched austenite. Labels: uncountable
Word: angiokeratoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From angio- + keratoma. 1. A benign cutaneous lesion of capillaries, resulting in small marks of red to blue colour and characterized by hyperkeratosis.
Word: angiokeratomas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of angiokeratoma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: angiokeratomata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of angiokeratoma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spasmoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spasm + -oid. Pronunciation: /ˈspæz.mɔɪd/ 1. Resembling or characteristic of a spasm. Labels: not-comparable
Word: spanky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spank + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈspæŋki/ 1. brand spanking new Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: Soon a spanky new house had arisen from the rubble of the old one.
Word: eat-in Part of Speech: adj 1. Designed for dining in as well as food preparation. Labels: not-comparable Example: Add an appealing small house — but bigger than it looks — with its bookshelved study, sunny panelled living room, chair-railed dining room, and large eat-in country kitchen. 2. Featuring seating to allow patrons to stay and eat their food on site. Labels: not-comparable 3. Eaten on the premises at which it is bought. Labels: not-comparable Example: Would you prefer an eat-in meal or just a takeaway?
Word: turquoize Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of turquoise. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: turquoizes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turquoize Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unstow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + stow. 1. To unload (stowed cargo) from a ship, etc. Labels: transitive
Word: unstowing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unstow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unstows Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unstow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unstowed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unstow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unstowed Part of Speech: adj 1. Not stowed. Labels: not-comparable Example: Howsomever, I should have remembered the old saying, every hog his own apple: for when they found my hold unstowed, they went all hands to shooling and begging; and, because I would not take a spell at the same duty, refused to give me the least assistance; […]
Word: treatize Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of treatise. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: treatizes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of treatize Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spiegeleisen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Spiegeleisen (literally “mirror iron”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃpiːɡəlˌaɪzən/ 1. A ferromanganese alloy containing approximately 15% manganese and small quantities of carbon and silicon. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Historically, spiegeleisen was the standard form in which manganese was traded and used in steelmaking.
Word: Travancore Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Malayalam തിരുവിതാംകൂർ (tiruvitāṅkūṟ). 1. A former Indian feudal kingdom. 2. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Moonee Valley, Victoria, Australia
Word: malvalate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From malvalic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt or ester of malvalic acid.
Word: malvalates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of malvalate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leucous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From leuco- + -ous. 1. albino (having an uncharacteristically white skin color) Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: cowardie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cowardie, from Old French coardie. 1. cowardice Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: lisne Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɪn/ 1. Alternative form of lissen. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete Example: And I remember in my youth, in the Lisne of a Rock at Kingſcote in Gloceſtershire, I found at least a Bushel of Petrified Cockles actually distinct one from another, each near as big as my Fist.
Word: lisnes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lisne Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grievancer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grievance + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːvənsə(ɹ)/ 1. One who gives grievance, a complainer. Example: Petition […] against the bishops as grand grievancers.
Word: grievancers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grievancer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nundination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nundinatio. Pronunciation: /ˌnʌn.dəˈneɪ.ʃən/ 1. Traffic at fairs; buying and selling. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: But the practice of dispensations was much more foul: witness their Penitentiary Tax, wherein a man might see the price of his sin before-hand; their common nundination of pardons, their absolving subjects from their oaths of allegiance […]
Word: rensselaerite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Stephen Van Rensselaer, founder in 1824 of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1. A soft, compact variety of talc, being an altered pyroxene, sometimes worked in a lathe into inkstands and other articles, found in New York and Canada. Labels: uncountable Example: 1840, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OrqB7elAQrwC&pg=PA321&lpg=PA321&dq=%22rensselaerite%22&source=bl&ots=pj8PiIHqLW&sig=TtiKA3EELWApIeKjjdL3aE3kX0E&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjfx4SR_p7TAhULD8AKHfJxAOA4FBDoAQhAMAk#v=onepage&q=%22rensselaerite%22&f=false ("Assembly: State of New York, Issue 50", published 1840, digitised 2010). To this I may subjoin Rensselaerite, which frequently occurs in thick, heavy beds in connexion with the above.
Word: chasmed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chasm + -ed. 1. Having large gaps or a chasm. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mesovaria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mesovarium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesovarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meso- + New Latin ovarium. See ovary. 1. The portion of the broad ligament of the uterus that covers the ovaries.
Word: enterdeal Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of interdeal. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable