nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: gaudery Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɔːdəɹi/ 1. finery; ornaments Labels: countable, uncountable 2. ostentatious display; gaudiness Labels: countable, uncountable Example: tarnished gaudery
Word: ruminantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From ruminant + -ly. 1. In a ruminant manner; by ruminating, or chewing the cud.
Word: unculture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English unculture From un- + culture. 1. A lack of culture. Labels: uncountable Example: Never was there any sterility, whereof there may not be a cause given. Either the season is unkindly parching with drought, or drenching with wet, or nipping with frost, or blasting with pernicious airs, or rotting with mildews: […] or some natural fault in the soil; or misdemeanour of the owners; idleness, ill-husbandry, in mistiming, neglect of meet helps, unculture, ill choice of seed: but, whatever be the second cause, we are sure who is the first; He turneth. Example: Greed and craft, and even ferocity, are to be read in such faces, but rarely weakness, and never imbecility; roughness, unculture, and coarseness are there, not vulgarity, nor want of energy
Word: thief in law Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Russian вор в зако́не (vor v zakóne). 1. A criminal who is respected, has authority and a high ranking status within the criminal underworld in the old Soviet Union, Russia and the republics that formed the former Soviet Union.
Word: beer die Part of Speech: noun 1. A drinking game in which players sit at opposite ends of a table and attempt to throw a die into their opponent's cup. Labels: uncountable
Word: afara Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yoruba afàrà. 1. The limba tree. Example: Afara is the common Nigerian name and a British Standard name for the commercial timber.
Word: battle buddy Part of Speech: noun 1. Another servicemember assigned to mutually help another under the battle buddy system, and by extension any comrade. Labels: US Example: I didn't know why, but I cut through and took a shorter route and I happened to bump into my battle buddy (SSG). As I piece everything together, I remembered my battle buddy telling me that I was scaring him, because I had “that look” Example: You don't do anything without your battle buddy. If your battle buddy does something stupid, you pay for it.
Word: battle buddies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of battle buddy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cleft chins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cleft chin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kamehameha Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hawaiian Kamehameha, itself a compound of ka (“the”, definite article) + mehameha (“lonely, solitary, silent”, with an emphasis on notions of taboo in the holy sense). 1. A male given name from Hawaiian, of historical usage, borne by several kings of Hawaii, most notably Kamehameha I.
Word: glory days Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glory + days. 1. Period in which an individual or group exhibits great success and wealth Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The San Francisco 49ers had their glory days under Joe Montana and may be making a comeback under Alex Smith.
Word: out of one's head Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Alternative form of out of one's mind. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I must be mad thinking I'll be remembered, yes, I must be out of my head!
Word: semideaf Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + deaf. 1. Very hard of hearing: nearly deaf. Labels: not-comparable
Word: meat curtains Part of Speech: noun 1. The labia majora Labels: plural, plural-only, slang, vulgar Example: For instance, a dollar will buy you a bag of chips, a soda, or get you a closer gander at a stripper's meat curtains. Example: Back to Sativa's anatomy: a flashlight was definitely needed to view between the meat curtains. It was a dark hole one could easily lose oneself in . . .
Word: tzontli Part of Speech: noun 1. An Aztec unit of 400 (men, cocoa beans, ears of maize, etc.). Labels: historical
Word: television series Part of Speech: noun 1. A television program which consists of several episodes that are broadcast at regular intervals. Example: Friends was one of the most successful television series in recent years. 2. A group of episodes of such a program.
Word: powrefully Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete form of powerfully. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: powreful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From powre + -ful. 1. Obsolete form of powerful. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: powerfuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of powerful: more powerful Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: wonderfuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of wonderful: more wonderful Labels: comparative, form-of, nonstandard Example: ‘[A]nd I’ll betcha Ignatz here’d think the top of a cocoanut tree nineteen times wonderfuller.’
Word: gracefuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of graceful: more graceful Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: gracefullest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: graceful + -est 1. superlative form of graceful: most graceful Labels: form-of, superlative Example: Her gown was of a soft white silky stuff that clung to her round young figure like a fish's skin, and it was rippled over with the gracefullest little fringy films of lace; she had deep, tender eyes, with long, curved lashes; and she had peachy cheeks, and a dimpled chin, and such a dear little dewy rosebud of a mouth; and she was so dove-like, so pure, and so gracious, so sweet and bewitching.
Word: bashfuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of bashful: more bashful Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: blissfuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of blissful: more blissful Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: bountifuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of bountiful: more bountiful Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: delightfuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of delightful: more delightful Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: doubtfuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of doubtful: more doubtful Labels: comparative, form-of, uncommon
Word: dutifuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of dutiful: more dutiful Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: frightfuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of frightful: more frightful Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: fruitfuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of fruitful: more fruitful Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: gainfuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of gainful: more gainful Labels: comparative, form-of, rare
Word: gratefuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of grateful: more grateful Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: harmfuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of harmful: more harmful Labels: comparative, form-of, rare
Word: hatefuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of hateful: more hateful Labels: comparative, form-of Example: Oh, can misfortune come in hatefuller shape?
Word: healthfuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of healthful: more healthful Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: helpfuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of helpful: more helpful Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: hopefuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of hopeful: more hopeful Labels: comparative, form-of, proscribed Example: such knowledge, for the daughter of Andrew Undershaft, will clearly lead to something hopefuller than distributing bread and treacle at the expense of Bodger.
Word: joyfuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of joyful: more joyful Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: mirthfuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of mirthful: more mirthful Labels: comparative, form-of, rare
Word: painfuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of painful: more painful Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: peacefuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of peaceful: more peaceful Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: playfuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of playful: more playful Labels: comparative, form-of, rare
Word: plentifuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of plentiful: more plentiful Labels: comparative, form-of Example: In no man is there a plentifuller vein of cunning, nor of a finer kind.
Word: betterer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From better + -er (agent noun suffix). 1. One who betters, makes something better.
Word: betterer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From better + -er (comparative suffix). 1. comparative form of better: more better Labels: comparative, form-of, nonstandard 2. better Labels: nonstandard
Word: buj Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bujj (“heroin”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: mournfuller Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of mournful: more mournful Labels: comparative, form-of Example: Crossing the Park on the line to Diana’s house he met Miss Paynham, who grieved to say that Mrs. Warwick could not give her a sitting; and, in a still mournfuller tone, imagined he would find her at home, and alone by this time.
Word: indefensively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From indefensive + -ly. 1. In a manner that is indefensive.
Word: negociation Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of negotiation. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: [T]he young gentleman […] left the doctor to himself, to conduct the negociation with Loftus. Example: Among the wealthy families, early marriages were the rule, and the matches were often made even before the girls had reached their teens. In all cases where eligible matchams, i.e. cousins or sons of mothers' brothers or fathers' sisters were available, preference was accorded to them — almost as a matter of right. In the absence of any such, a young man of equal caste was fixed on, and negociations with his relations commenced. The paper then described these negociations, dwelling at length on the arrangements entered into with regard to dowry, and then proceeding to tell of all the feasts and ceremonies connected with a Moorish marriage.
Word: relick Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of relic. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: relick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + lick. 1. To lick again. Labels: transitive Example: The envelope, though, hadn't been sealed properly and he lifted it to his mouth to re-lick the gummed edge.
Word: relicks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of relick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bisket Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of biscuit. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: biskets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bisket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Chișinău Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Chișinău. Pronunciation: /ˌkɪʃɪˈnaʊ/ 1. A municipality, the capital city of Moldova, first written menitoned in October 14, 1436.
Word: better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick Part of Speech: phrase 1. Better than nothing; not unsatisfactory but also not a reason for enthusiastic excitement. Labels: humorous Example: Mr. Cuomo described the Dinkins endorsement as politically significant, but it is unclear just how much it matters. . . . "Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick," to borrow one of the former Mayor's favorite maxims.
Word: procuracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English procuracie, from Anglo-Norman procuracie, from Latin prōcūrātia, analyzed as procure + -cy (“office of”). Doublet of proxy. Pronunciation: /ˈprɒkjʊrəsi/, /ˈprɒkjərəsi/, /ˈprɑkjərəsi/ 1. The office of a procurator.
Word: procuratorate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin prōcūrātorātus. By surface analysis, procurator + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office). Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɒkjʊˈɹeɪtəɹɪt/ 1. The office of a procurator.
Word: snape Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin obscure. Perhaps from snape, a dialectal variant of sneap (“to nip, bite, pinch”). More at sneap. Pronunciation: /sneɪp/ 1. To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface. Example: It had to be accurately cut and trimmed, and its upper edge scored to suit the snaping of every beam end.
Word: snape Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English snaipen (“to injure; of sleet or snow: to nip; to criticize, rebuke, revile”) [and other forms], from Old Norse sneypa (“to disgrace, dishonour; to outrage”), from Proto-Germanic *snupaną, *snubaną (“to cut; to snap”); further origin unknown. Doublet of sneap. Pronunciation: /sneɪp/ 1. To check or curtail (the growth of something); also, to check or curtail the growth of (a plant, etc.). Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive 2. Synonym of sneap (“to check or abruptly reprove (someone); to chide, to rebuke, to reprimand”). Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive Example: The colnel (sic) I dont think like him much. I undirstand (sic) he was always snaping him. 3. To chide, to rebuke, to reprimand. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal, intransitive Example: He saw nothing, heard nothing, rushed on, he knew not whither, snaping, and uttering hoarse cries. Example: I imagine her prodding my flab and snaping, "There's nothing there — get rid of that!"
Word: coactor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + actor. 1. An organism that participates in coaction 2. A joint actor; one who acts with other people in some enterprise
Word: scorewriter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From score + writer. 1. A computer program for creating and editing musical scores.
Word: scorewriters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scorewriter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudomilitary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pseudo- + military. 1. Apparently, but not actually, military. Labels: not-comparable Example: His trademark was pseudomilitary attire that replaced the customary tailcoat with a uniform complete with a short and stiff jacket, shining brass buttons, a tight belt, a helmet, and a pair of light gloves.
Word: nonfancy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + fancy. 1. Not fancy. Labels: not-comparable Example: When traditional, nonfancy English dishes are done well, they're super- satisfying and delicious.
Word: duned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dune + -ed. 1. Featuring or formed into dunes. Labels: not-comparable Example: The banks are duned and are nearly 40 feet above the lake. Example: These are related to positioning of the meter array on the form of the duned bed.
Word: apatheticness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From apathetic + -ness. 1. Apathy, quality of being apathetic. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: albuminoidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From albuminoid + -al. 1. Of the nature of an albuminoid. Example: albuminoidal substance
Word: vendition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin venditio: compare French vendition. 1. The act of vending or selling; sale. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: venditions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vendition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: attendancies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of attendancy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: attendancy Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of attendance. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. A retinue. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 3. Relative position. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: witworm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wit + worm. 1. One who, or that which, feeds on wit (possibly destroying it). Labels: obsolete Example: What hast thou done With thy poor innocent self […]Thus to come forth, so suddenly, a wit-worm? Example: Sentimental misses long for poetry— dandies crave the latest fashions— politicasters fatten on battles and revolutions— witworms want anecdotes— censors snap at editorial paragraphs— gossips devour scandal— merchants derive sustenance from ship-news, and hypochondriacs from death— old maids and bachelors smack their labia over the marriages — weather-wises look out for squalls, and pinchfists and pickpockets for the state of stocks — and so on cum multis aliis — ad infinitum.
Word: witworms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of witworm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toadish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From toad + -ish. 1. Like a toad. Example: revel in a toadish insensibility Example: The only human occupant of the back seat was a toadish little creature. He held out a severely mangled hand, with clawed, yellowish nails.
Word: overburdensome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + burdensome. 1. Too burdensome.
Word: agalactous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + Ancient Greek γάλα (gála, “milk”) + -ous. Compare galactic. 1. Lacking milk to suckle with. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: mutableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mutable + -ness. 1. The quality of being mutable; mutability. Labels: uncountable
Word: lycanthropous Part of Speech: adj 1. lycanthropic
Word: Massoola boat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of masoola boat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Massoola boats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Massoola boat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: non obstante Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin [Term?] 1. A clause in old English statutes and letters patent, designating a licence from the Crown to do a thing notwithstanding any laws to the contrary. Labels: historical
Word: non obstante Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Latin [Term?] 1. notwithstanding, regardless of, despite Labels: obsolete Example: Non obstante the Change of Religion, the Plough-boies, and also the Schooleboies will keep-up and retain their old Ceremonies and Customes and priviledges.
Word: non obstantes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of non obstante Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oncotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From onco- + -tomy. 1. The opening of an abscess, or the removal of a tumour, with a cutting instrument.
Word: anthropoidal Part of Speech: adj 1. anthropoid
Word: oad Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əʊd/ 1. Obsolete form of woad. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: No Logwood mixe with Oad or other Stuf in dying, upon penalty of twenty pounds, and Pillory
Word: verticities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of verticity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: verticity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French verticité. See vertex. 1. The quality or power of turning; revolution; rotation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I hardly believe he hath from elder times unknown the verticity of the loadstone. 2. An alleged tendency to move around or toward the North or South Pole. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hotcockles Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hot cockles. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: bibliothec Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An Anglicisation either of bibliotheca (from the Old English biblioþece) or of its etymon, the Latin bibliothēca (“library”, “collection of books”); compare French bibliothèque. 1. A library. Labels: obsolete 2. A bibliographer’s catalogue. Example: But if they, who are of this Opinion, would but Reflect a little upon the Materials which the Learn’d Men of this Age have afforded by their Bibliothecs, Hiſtorical Dictionaries and Journals, they would quickly perceive their Miſtake. By their Bibliothecs I do not here mean their Libraries, but their Elaborate Compoſures Publiſh’d under that Title, ſuch as the New Eccleſiaſtical Bibliothec of M. Du Pin, wherein we have an Abſtract of all the Works of the Eccleſiaſtical Writers, who have liv’d ſince the Birth of our Saviour till the Beginning of the laſt Age; which truly is a Work of ſuch Labour and Learning, that it is deſervedly eſteem’d one of the beſt Eccleſiaſtical Hiſtories that ever the World had.
Word: bibliothecs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bibliothec Labels: form-of, plural
Word: worm-shell Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of worm shell. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: worm-shells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of worm-shell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dispondee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin dispondeus, from Ancient Greek [Term?]. 1. A double spondee; a metrical foot consisting of four long syllables.
Word: dispondees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dispondee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misfaith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + faith. 1. Lack of faith; distrust. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: A woman and not trusted, doubtless I / Might feel some sudden turn of anger born / Of your misfaith; […] 2. Bad or misplaced religious belief. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: camphorate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From camphoric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). Compare French camphorate. 1. Any salt of camphoric acid.
Word: camphorate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From camphor + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To treat or impregnate with camphor. Labels: transitive
Word: camphorate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From camphor + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Combined or impregnated with camphor.
Word: camphorates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of camphorate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deleteriousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deleterious + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being deleterious. Labels: uncountable
Word: impunctualities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of impunctuality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: impunctuality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From im- + punctuality. 1. Failure to be punctual; unpunctuality. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It is believed, owing to the impunctuality of collections, that in no part of the United States does fair lending at private interest, upon real security, net six per cent.
Word: solanidine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See solanine. 1. An alkaloid produced by the decomposition of solanine and chaconine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: solanidines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of solanidine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: virtuosoship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From virtuoso + -ship. 1. The status, pursuits, or occupation of a virtuoso. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: 1759, Richard Hurd, Bishop of Worcester, Moral and Political Dialogues If any thing further employ his attention, it is perhaps a little virtuosoship. He inquires after fine pictures, fine statues, fine buildings.
Word: virtuosoships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of virtuosoship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: murtherer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier murther (“murder”) + -er. 1. A murderer. Labels: obsolete Example: A Murtherer, a Revolter, and a Robber.
Word: murtherers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of murtherer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electropolar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From electro- + polar. 1. Possessing electrical polarity; having positive and negative charges at opposite ends Labels: not-comparable Example: an electropolar atom Example: an electropolar conductor 2. Of or pertaining to electrical polarity Labels: not-comparable
Word: nucleole Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of nucleolus. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nucleoles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nucleole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: effeminize Part of Speech: verb 1. To make effeminate. Labels: transitive
Word: effeminized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of effeminize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: effeminizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of effeminize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: effeminizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of effeminize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: debouchure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French [Term?] Pronunciation: /dɪˈbuːʃə/, /dɪˈbuːʃɪə/ 1. The outward opening of a river, creek, valley, or strait. Example: Garay's project met with approval. It included an extensive system of navigable canals and irrigating ditches, all discharging into main arteries connected with the last collector, the grand canal, which was to have its debouchure at the Ametlac tunnel. Example: The bluffs of the Missouri are often clothed with vegetation as far as the debouchure of the Platte River.
Word: debouchures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of debouchure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: invulgar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + vulgar. 1. Not vulgar; refined; elegant. Labels: obsolete Example: the sad parents this lost Infant ow'd, Were as invulgar as their fruit was fair
Word: postexistent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + existent. 1. existing or living afterward Labels: not-comparable Example: For as for that conceit of Anaxagoras, of pre and post-existent atoms, endued with all those several forms and qualities of bodies ingenerably and incorruptibly, it was nothing but an adulteration of the genuine Atomical philosophy […] Example: But the full meaning of this manifestation was revealed only when the postexistent Christ came to live in his followers.
Word: legislatorial Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to a legislator or legislature. Labels: archaic Example: legislatorial trial Example: legislatorial tinkering
Word: whitsour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From white and sour. 1. A variety of summer apple (apple harvested in summer). Labels: obsolete
Word: whitsours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whitsour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: delingo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of deling (“kind of hammock conveyance”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: upplucking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of uppluck Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: upplight Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of uppluck Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: upplucks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of uppluck Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: upplucked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of uppluck Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: interdentil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + dentil. 1. The space between two dentils. Example: the interdentil, or space which separates them [the dentils]
Word: interdentils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interdentil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wranglesome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wrangle + -some. 1. Characterised or marked by wrangling; inclined to wrangle or squabble; quarrelsome. Example: They remind one of wranglesome children- perpetually plotting , and counterplotting against each other Example: “Dinna be so wranglesome, Lael Click. It doesna become you.” She shot back, “I'm not the only wranglesome one here!”
Word: metritides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metritis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metritis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From metr- + -itis. Pronunciation: /miˈtɹaɪtɪs/ 1. Inflammation of the uterus. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The conjunctive tissue, young and succulent, then becomes hard and fibrous, and the uterus, on section, is pale, indurated and devoid of blood; that is chronic metritis which has reached the second period, or period of induration. Example: The use of systemic antibiotics is justified and often required for metritis that causes systemic illness.
Word: pyknometer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pycnometer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pyknometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pyknometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: burnie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From burn + -ie. 1. A small brook. Labels: Scotland Example: But, Willie, set your fit to mine, / An' cock your crest, / We'll gar our streams an' burnies shine / Up wi' the best. Example: c. 1820s, James Hogg, "Sing on, Sing on, My Bonnie Bird" A bramble shade around our head, A burnie popplin by
Word: burnies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of burnie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gnathopodite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gnatho- + podite. 1. Any leg-like appendage of a crustacean that serves as a jaw. Labels: archaic
Word: gnathopodites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gnathopodite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paramiographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek παροιμίᾱ (paroimíā, “proverb”) + -grapher. 1. A collector or writer of proverbs. Labels: rare Example: A collection of Danish proverbs, accompanied by a French translation, was printed at Copenhagen, in a quarto volume, 1761. England may boast of no inferior paramiographers. The grave and judicious Camden, the religious Herbert, the entertaining Howel, the facetious Fuller, and the laborious Ray, with others, have preserved our national sayings. Example: Metaphor is regarded as the most important and wide spread figure of speech in poetry and proverbs. It is an imaginary comparison of one thing or idea or action rather than direct statement. Indeed paramiographers believe that all proverbs are metaphorical.
Word: paramiographers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paramiographer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kinesitherapies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kinesitherapy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kinesitherapy Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of kinesiotherapy Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: admirance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Old French admirance. 1. admiration Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Much greater than was ever in her weeting, With great Admirance inwardly was mov'd
Word: neurocentral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neuro- + central. 1. Between the neural arch and the centrum of a vertebra. Labels: not-comparable Example: the neurocentral suture
Word: heartgrief Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heart + grief. 1. heartache; sorrow Labels: uncountable Example: Although thir drudge, to be thir fool or jeſter, / And in my midſt of ſorrow and heart-grief / To ſhew them feats, and play before thir god, / The worſt of al indignities, yet on me / Joyn'd with extream contempt? [...] Example: It was a heartgrief to him to give up the young man, for he had reared him from the baptism water, and he had been a faithful servant unto him up to this day.
Word: uncenturied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of uncentury Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: uncentury Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + century. 1. To remove from its actual century. Labels: rare, transitive Example: It has first to uncentury itself.
Word: witful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English witful (“wise; sagacious; cunning; ingenious”), equivalent to wit + -ful. 1. Full of or possessing wit; wise; sensible Example: 'Tis passing miraculous that your dull and blind worship should so suddenly turn both sightful and witful Example: Do not directly ask him to buy. As one master salesman whom the author knows puts it, to do so is "brutal." It is, to say the least, not witful, and what is not witful is not good salesmanship.
Word: stifftail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stiff + tail. 1. Any of various ducks whose tails have stiff feathers, including the ruddy duck.
Word: stifftails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stifftail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ruddy duck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ruddy (“reddish”) + duck, referring to the rust-coloured body of the male. 1. Oxyura jamaicensis, a small stifftail duck, the male of which has a rust-coloured body. Example: Except when migrating, the ruddy duck seldom flies.[…]If disturbed by a predator, the ruddy duck dives to escape. Example: Since hybridization with the ruddy duck could lead to extinction of the white-headed duck, Spain began to kill its ruddy ducks. Trials to eliminate ruddy ducks from the U.K. began in 1999, and were overseen by a euphemistically named White-headed Duck Task Force.
Word: oxyurid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the order Oxyurida of nematode worms.
Word: oxyurids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oxyurid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leucaniline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leuco- + aniline. 1. A colourless crystalline organic base, obtained from rosaniline, and other sources, by reduction. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: leucanilines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leucaniline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tipulary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French tipulaire. 1. Of or pertaining to the tipulas. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tensegrities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tensegrity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: triphasically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From triphasic + -ally. 1. In three phases. Labels: not-comparable
Word: biphasically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From biphasic + -ally. 1. In two phases. Labels: not-comparable
Word: REM rebound Part of Speech: noun 1. The increase in frequency, duration and depth of REM sleep after periods of sleep deprivation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: homolosine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of homolographic + sine. 1. Being or employing a particular pseudocylindrical, equal-area, composite projection used for world maps. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gnomonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin gnōmonicus, Ancient Greek γνωμονικός (gnōmonikós, “judging by rule”). Compare French gnomonique. See gnomon. Pronunciation: /nəʊˈmɒnɪk/ 1. Showing all great circles as straight lines, and thus preserving the shortest distances between any two locations. Labels: not-comparable
Word: equirectangular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From equi- + rectangular. 1. Mapping meridians to equally-spaced vertical straight lines, and circles of latitude to evenly-spread horizontal straight lines. Labels: not-comparable
Word: retrosnub Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From retro- + snub. 1. Derived from a simpler, regular polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces in the back. Labels: not-comparable Example: great retrosnub icosidodecahedron Example: small retrosnub icosicosidodecahedron
Word: honeycomb conjecture Part of Speech: noun 1. The proven conjecture that a regular hexagonal grid, or honeycomb, is the best way to divide a surface into regions of equal area with the smallest total perimeter.
Word: intermundane Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + mundane. 1. Between worlds or planets. Labels: not-comparable Example: intermundane spaces Example: Worlds cannot be without an intermundane relationship
Word: misinterpretable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From misinterpret + -able. 1. Capable of being misinterpreted; liable to be misunderstood. Example: misinterpretable sign
Word: bulbaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin bulbāceus. See bulb. Pronunciation: /bʌlˈbeɪʃəs/ 1. bulbous
Word: deploredness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deplored + -ness. 1. The state of being deplored or deplorable. Labels: uncountable Example: But for thee, O blessed Jesu, so ardent was thy love to us, that it was not in the power of our extreme misery to abate it; yea, so as that the deploredness of our condition did but heighten that holy flame.
Word: revengeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From revenge + -less. 1. Unrevenged. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Who did beſeech your loues, for our ſucceſſion, / Cannot ſo lightly ouer-iumpe his death / As leaue his woes revengeleſſe: […]
Word: sclerotomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sclerotome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rectovesical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From recto- + vesic- + -al. 1. Synonym of vesicorectal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Mahratta Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Maratha. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Mahratta Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Maratha. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Mahrattas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mahratta Labels: form-of, plural
Word: syncotyledonous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From syn- + cotyledonous. 1. Having cotyledons joined together. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hemistichal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hemistich + -al. 1. Pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs. Labels: not-comparable Example: a hemistichal division of a verse Example: hemistichal pattern
Word: gyses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gyse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bragless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brag + -less. 1. Without bragging. Labels: not-comparable Example: Diomedes. The bruit is, Hector's slain, and by Achilles. Ajax. If it be so, yet bragless let it be; Great Hector was a man as good as he.
Word: recountment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From recount + -ment. 1. recital or utterance Labels: obsolete Example: When from the first to last betwixt us two / Tears our recountments had most kindly bathed, / As how I came into that desert place:
Word: recountments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recountment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: venary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin venarius, from Latin venari, past participle venatus (“to hunt”). 1. Of or pertaining to hunting. Labels: not-comparable Example: there are oil-experts guaranteed to place their hands on petroleum with that unfailing energy with which the venary pig dives his nose above where the shy and shuddering truffle lurks in terror.
Word: venary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin venarius, from Latin venari, past participle venatus (“to hunt”). 1. The sport of hunting. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Beasts of forest are properly hart, hind, buck, hare, boar, and wolf; but legally all wild beasts of venary. Example: Cosmo, thus sadly musing, was little affected by the din of the beaters, the rush and crashing of the invisible deer, the crack of rifles, the silences, so full of mystery and suspense, and all the other incidents and phases of sylvan venary.
Word: nittings Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from nit. 1. The refuse from good ore. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: totemist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From totem + -ist. 1. Someone in a clan or tribe having a totem.
Word: totemists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of totemist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deltidia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deltidium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deltidium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin deltidium. By surface analysis, delta + -idium. Pronunciation: /dɛlˈtɪdɪəm/ 1. The triangular space under the beak of many brachiopod shells. Labels: archaic
Word: cometic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From comet + -ic. Pronunciation: /kɒˈmɛtɪk/, /kɑˈmɛtɪk/ 1. cometary; relating to a comet. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: cometic orbit
Word: deltidiums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deltidium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unoriginated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + originated. 1. Not originated; having existed through all eternity. Labels: not-comparable Example: the Father is unoriginated and unbegotten 2. Not yet made or brought into existence. Labels: not-comparable Example: possible inventions still unoriginated
Word: disgrade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dis- + grade. 1. To degrade. Labels: obsolete Example: disgrade him from his first tonsure 2. To deprive of rank or status. Labels: transitive
Word: disgraded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disgrade Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disgrades Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disgrade Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: disgrading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disgrade Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mundivagant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin mundus (“world”) + vagans (“wandering”), present participle of vagari. See vagary. Pronunciation: /mʌnˈdɪvəɡənt/ 1. Wandering across the world; globetrotting. Labels: formal
Word: leptomeningitides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leptomeningitis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overruler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overrule + -er? over- + ruler? 1. Someone or something thay controls, governs, or determines. Example: But necessity, the only overruler of affections, did force her then gently to unfold herself from those sweet embracements 2. Someone who overrules.
Word: overrulers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overruler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: escutcheoned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From escutcheon + -ed. 1. Having an escutcheon; furnished with a coat of arms or ensign. Labels: not-comparable Example: escutcheoned world Example: Not every forefather of mine rests quiet beneath his escutcheoned marble. There are they who revisit, in their wrath or their remorse, the places wherein erst they suffered or wrought evil.
Word: reexportation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + exportation. 1. The exportation of something again or anew. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They were subjected, indeed, to a small poundage duty, amounting only to threepence in the hundredweight upon their reexportation
Word: reexportations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reexportation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scraggedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scragged + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being scragged. Labels: uncountable
Word: wicke Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wikke, from Old English wicca (“witch”). 1. Obsolete form of wicked. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: mischristen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + christen. 1. To christen wrongly, for example giving the wrong name. Labels: transitive
Word: mischristened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mischristen Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mischristening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mischristen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mischristens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mischristen Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: withdrawment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From withdraw + -ment. 1. The act of withdrawing; withdrawal; recall. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Withdrawment from the place of their legal habitation has been regarded as a sort of crime in the poor.
Word: withdrawments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of withdrawment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bedrug Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + drug. 1. To drug. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: bedrugged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bedrug Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bedrugging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bedrug Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bedrugs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bedrug Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: vitrescible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French vitrescible. 1. That can be vitrified; vitrifiable.
Word: Hawaiianness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hawaiian + -ness. 1. The quality, state or characteristics of being Hawaiian. Labels: uncountable
Word: killikinick Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kinnikinnick. Labels: alt-of, alternative, no-plural
Word: resiniferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From resin + -i- + -ferous. 1. Yielding resin. Labels: not-comparable Example: resiniferous cell Example: resiniferous duct
Word: shory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shore + -y. 1. Lying near the shore. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, rare Example: And that as firme as any brazen wall / And more then rocks vpon the shorie sandes Example: […]at the same time were made the shory Rocks and Mountains which are the bars and boundaries of the Sea.
Word: pursuantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From pursuant + -ly. 1. consequently; in consequence
Word: unequities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unequity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unequity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + equity. 1. Lack of equity; iniquity. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Forsoth if oure wickidnesse, or unequyte, comende the riȝtwysnesse of God, what schulen we seie?
Word: individed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + divided. 1. Not divided. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: St. Cyril, in his first book against Julian, thinks there was a representation of the blessed individed Trinity.
Word: prelusory Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈluːzəɹi/ 1. introductory; prelusive Labels: not-comparable Example: prelusory judgment 2. Involving some but not necessarily all of the characteristics of a game Labels: not-comparable Example: prelusory goal
Word: chrysophane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chryso- + -phane. 1. A glucoside extracted from rhubarb as a bitter, yellow, crystalline powder, yielding chrysophanic acid on decomposition. Labels: archaic, uncountable 2. Synonym of clintonite. Labels: uncountable
Word: tubeform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tube + -form. 1. In the form of a tube. Labels: dated
Word: Asmonean Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of Hasmonean. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Asmonean Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of Hasmonean. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable
Word: Asmoneans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Asmonean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electroballistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From electro- + ballistic. 1. Pertaining to electroballistics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: foistiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foisty + -ness. 1. mouldiness; mustiness Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: crosiered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From crosier + -ed. 1. Bearing a crosier. Labels: not-comparable Example: a crosiered abbot
Word: furfurine Part of Speech: noun 1. A base obtained indirectly from furfurol. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: oncometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From onco- + -meter. 1. An instrument for measuring the variations in size of the internal organs of the body.
Word: oncometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oncometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leucosoid Part of Speech: adj 1. Resembling or pertaining to the Leucosiidae, a family of marine crabs, and possibly the Leucosioidea (superfamily) too.
Word: leucosoid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any crab of Leucosiidae or (possibly) Leucosioidea
Word: nomography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nomo- + -graphy. 1. A treatise on laws 2. the use of, or study of, nomograms
Word: reminiscencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reminiscency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reminiscency Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of reminiscence. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: underpitched Part of Speech: adj 1. Given too low a pitch.
Word: frustrable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin frustrabilis: compare French frustable. 1. Capable of being frustrated or defeated
Word: kedger Part of Speech: noun 1. A small anchor; a kedge. Labels: archaic
Word: kedgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kedger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misworship Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + worship. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈwɜː(ɹ)ʃɪp/ 1. To worship (a deity, etc.) wrongly. Labels: transitive Example: The Israelites misworshipped the true God; the Syrians worshipped a false.
Word: misworship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + worship. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈwɜː(ɹ)ʃɪp/ 1. False or wrong worship; mistaken practices in religion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Might men be their own judges, there would be no heresy in the world, no misworship. Example: Such hideous inextricable jungle of misworships, misbeliefs, men, made as we are, did actually hold by, and live at home in.
Word: misworshipped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of misworship Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: misworshipping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misworship Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: misworships Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misworship Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: collusiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From collusive + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being collusive. Labels: uncountable
Word: nidorose Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of nidorous. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Acid Eructations , upon taking vegetable Food , or Nidorose upon taking Animal, is a Sign of weak Organs of Digestion
Word: unknight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + knight. 1. To deprive of knighthood. Labels: transitive Example: [I cannot believe] he was unknighted so long, besides the improbability that he would condescend to such an office.
Word: unknighting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unknight Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present