nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: roll calls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roll call Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roll calls Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of roll call Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: yarl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Presumably onomatopoeic. Coined by Josh Sinder and Alex Sibbald of the band Hot Rod Lunatics. Pronunciation: /jɑɹl/, /jɑː(ɹ)l/ 1. A deep, guttural vocal style with affected pronunciation, characteristic of male grunge and postgrunge singers of the 1990s and early 2000s. Example: So pontificating on how Weathereds earnest morass of block-headed rage, grunge-lite mega-riffs and singer Scott Stapp's machismo yarl' amounts to little more than Pearl Jam circa '91 for dummies is like shooting fish in a barrel. Example: One of my college kids informed me that the latest acoustic grinder hunk had covered it for a soundtrack — probably with that grungy yarl that everybody ripped off from Eddie Vedder.
Word: yarl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Presumably onomatopoeic. Coined by Josh Sinder and Alex Sibbald of the band Hot Rod Lunatics. Pronunciation: /jɑɹl/, /jɑː(ɹ)l/ 1. To sing in this manner. Example: On "All Secrets Known," he yarls "fingers" into "fingerrrrrrrraaaaaaughhhhhzzzzzzz."
Word: knee-length Part of Speech: adj 1. Reaching to the knee. Labels: not-comparable Example: Jane stood out in a trendy top, matching mini skirt and black knee-length socks. Example: The principal made her change out of a knee-length skirt she wore to school into a pair of sweatpants.
Word: yarls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yarl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yarls Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of yarl Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: yarling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of yarl Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: yarled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of yarl Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Obamatard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Obama + -tard. 1. A supporter of Barack Obama. Labels: US, derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar Example: This collective mindset could be seen in the 2008 election, where it was discovered that trying to argue with Obamatards was futile.
Word: Obamatards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Obamatard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: -tard Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From retard. 1. Used to form words conveying an attitude of contempt or doubt over the subject's intelligence. Labels: derogatory, morpheme, offensive, slang, vulgar Example: The left-right parallels are obvious, too, in the puerile nicknames used by radio hosts and in the comment threads of blogs and articles, whether for each other (libtards, dumbocrats, repugnicans, repukes), for public figures (Dumbya, Slick Willie, Shillary, Michael Moron), or for the media themselves (lamestream media, "Faux News"). Example: ' Shittard bollocking fuckcunts!' Harry Tattershall is a magnificent and venomous swearer: doing things with words that other people would require a snooker ball and a football sock to achieve.
Word: Manileño Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish manileño (see also Tagalog Manilenyo). Pronunciation: /ˌmænɪˈleɪnjoʊ/ 1. An inhabitant of Manila. Example: Manileños needed a break from the Imeldific extravaganzas. They hankered for a spontaneous and casual lifestyle, which they could not find in the five-star hotels...
Word: Manileños Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Manileño Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alk. Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of alkaline. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Example: printed on alk. paper
Word: alk. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of alkali. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: cover all of one's bases Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of cover one's bases. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cover all the bases Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of cover one's bases. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cover the bases Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of cover one's bases. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cover all of the bases Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of cover one's bases. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Paultard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Paul + -tard. 1. A supporter of Ron Paul. Labels: US, derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar Example: And then the motley Paultards with their freedom and liberty signs? LOL. Ultimate irony: Like they believe in *their* 'freedoms' to control and 'liberties' to stick their snouts into somebody else's reproductive freedoms. What a mob of hypocrites!
Word: Paultards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Paultard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kiap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 夾 /夹 (kiap). Pronunciation: [kjap̚˦] 1. Tongs, clip; any claw-like tool used to grab objects or hold something in place. Labels: Singlish, singular, singular-only
Word: kiap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 夾 /夹 (kiap). Pronunciation: [kjap̚˦] 1. To clamp (as if with a clothes peg or tongs), to squeeze between. Labels: Singlish Example: Her words conjure a determinedly striding auntie with a tote bag kiapped by her armpit, pushing the MRT doors open with sheer strength.
Word: inimic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin inimīcus. Doublet of enemy. Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɪ.mɪk/ 1. Inimical. Labels: rare Example: DUMB SHOW: The French are seen descending into the valley, crossing it, and climbing it on the English side under the fire of HILL'S whole division, all to no purpose. In their retreat they leave behind them on the slopes nearly two thousand lying. SPIRIT OF THE PITIES: What do I see but thirsty, throbbing bands From these inimic hosts defiling down In homely need towards the little stream That parts their enmities Example: This issue occurs when the relationship between a host state and a foreign investor becomes inimic and a dispute arises.
Word: Christard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Christ + -(re)tard. 1. A stupid Christian, or a person to be considered stupid for adherence to religious faith in general or to the Christian faith in particular. Compare Jewtard. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, slur, vulgar Example: We don't have any friends who are Christards or into any kind of faith-based hooey, so our children will just think that “damn it” naturally follows “god” like “fucker” naturally follows “mother.”
Word: Christards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Christard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inter-racial Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of interracial. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: christard Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Christard. Labels: alt-of Example: Okay, he can't pass for a breeder, but his sexuality isn't overt enough to make anyone but hardcore christards uncomfortable.
Word: christards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of christard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fagtard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fag + -tard. 1. A contemptible person, especially one perceived as being gay. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar
Word: fagtards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fagtard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: landing net Part of Speech: noun 1. A fishnet mounted on a ring which is connected to a handle, used by anglers to secure a catch when pulling it out of the water by the line to which it is hooked.
Word: revisitant Part of Speech: adj 1. Visiting again. Labels: not-comparable
Word: underdetermines Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of underdetermine Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: meath Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of mead (“the drink”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: rhapsodie Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of rhapsody. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: ridiculise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of ridiculize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ridiculises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ridiculise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: business-to-consumer Part of Speech: adj 1. Selling products directly to customers, bypassing any third-party retailers, wholesalers, or any other middlemen. Labels: not-comparable
Word: takes after Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of take after Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Tipp Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a Middle English diminutive of the given name Theobald. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: saw off Part of Speech: verb 1. To cut off with a saw. Example: A paraplegic St John's Wood man bled to death after trying to saw off his own legs. 2. For the umpire to declare a batter out. Labels: slang Example: […] umpire's finger move slowly skywards. The skipper had been mercilessly sawn off. Example: […] sawn off by the umpire and being sledged during his only half-century […]
Word: saw off Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of see off Labels: form-of, past Example: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono saw off the country’s contingent to the 30th Olympic Games in London on Monday […]
Word: rocaille Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French rocaille. 1. Artificial rockwork made of rough stones and cement, as for gardens. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The rococo system of scroll ornament, based in part on the forms of shells and water-worn rocks. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A seed bead. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: restumps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of restump Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: restumped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of restump Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sawn off Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of saw off Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sawed off Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of saw off Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rochet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English roket, rochet, from Anglo-Norman rochet, Middle French rochet, from Frankish (cf. Old English rocc (“overgarment”)). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒtʃɪt/ 1. A white vestment, worn by a bishop, similar to a surplice but with narrower sleeves, extending either to below the knee (in the Catholic church) or to the hem of the cassock in the Anglican church. Example: Each priest adorn'd was in a surplice white, / The bishops don'd their albes and copes of state, // Above their rochets button'd fair before, / And mitres on their heads like crowns they wore. Example: Or elſe they vvould ſtraine us out a certaine figurative Prelat, by vvringing the collective allegory of thoſe ſeven Angels into ſeven ſingle Rochets. 2. A frock or outer garment worn in the 13th and 14th centuries. Labels: archaic, historical
Word: rochet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English roget, from Middle French rouget. 1. The red gurnard. Labels: obsolete
Word: retranscriptions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of retranscription Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rocailles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rocaille Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rochets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rochet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roboratives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roborative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: headstead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + stead. Compare Old English hēafodstede (“chief place; high place, sacred place”). 1. A place for the head, especially somewhere to lay or rest it; a headrest. 2. A bolster or cushion for the head. 3. The area at the head of the bed; headboard. Example: He lies bundled up now between the quilts and blankets of his four-poster iron bed with its brass roses carved at the headstead. Example: He began to look at his watch now, every few minutes, and Camille was holding his arm with one hand and clutching the brass headstead on the bed with the other, shrieking whenever the pains came, which was most of the time now.
Word: naid Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of naiad. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: darning needles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of darning needle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blossomiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of blossomy: most blossomy Labels: form-of, superlative Example: The trees around the little kids' playground dropped the blossomiest blossom I had ever seen.
Word: scareder Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of scared: more scared Labels: colloquial, comparative, form-of
Word: before someone's time Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. From before one was born or old enough to be aware of the world. Labels: idiomatic Example: I don't know — that was before my time Example: At thirteen, I liked a lot of music that was before my time: Louis Armstrong and Dixieland jazz, Sousa marches, and barbershop quartet singing. 2. At a stage in one's life, development, etc. that seems premature. Labels: idiomatic Example: dead before his time Example: Oh yes, and tell her to take care of herself too, and not get herself all banged up again, or she will look old before her time.
Word: dining needle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A misconstrual of darning needle (“dragonfly”). 1. Alternative form of darning needle; a dragonfly. Labels: alt-of, alternative, colloquial, rare Example: A dining needle went by as he fluttered his many wings. Example: Words for dragonfly in the Eastern States include darning needle, mosquito hawk, spindle, snake feeder, snake doctor and snake waiter, but of these only darning needle is used in New York. From darning needle, however, New York has developed two new variants dining needle and diamond needle.
Word: dining needles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dining needle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: admeasurements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of admeasurement Labels: form-of, plural Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:admeasurements.
Word: uncompromisedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uncompromised + -ness. 1. Quality of being uncompromised. Labels: uncountable
Word: greater scaups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of greater scaup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: check-ups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of check-up Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Chrislam Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Christianity Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam blend English Chrislam Blend of Christianity + Islam. 1. A Nigerian syncretic religion founded by Nigerian clergyman Tela Tella which combines elements of Christianity and Islam. 2. Any sect of Christianity or Islam deemed to have aspects of the other. Labels: derogatory, slur
Word: easy as rolling off a log Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of easy as falling off a log. Labels: alt-of, alternative, no-superlative
Word: as easy as rolling off a log Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of easy as falling off a log. Labels: alt-of, alternative, no-superlative
Word: like rolling off a log Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of easy as falling off a log. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Toriphile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tori + -phile. 1. A fan of singer-songwriter Tori Amos Example: Even the hardcore Toriphiles didn't seem to embrace Strange Little Girls with their normal fervor.
Word: Toriphiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Toriphile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: first officer Part of Speech: noun 1. The copilot of an aircraft. 2. The chief mate of a merchant ship. 3. The executive officer, second in command of a naval vessel. 4. The most senior civil servant in the United States Foreign Service, with responsibility for running an embassy under the authority of and reporting to the ambassador. 5. Air Transport Auxiliary rank corresponding to Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force. 6. Women's Royal Naval Service rank corresponding to Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy.
Word: second officer Part of Speech: noun 1. The flight engineer of an aircraft.
Word: flight engineer Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the flight crew in certain (mainly older) aircraft who monitors and operates many to most aircraft systems.
Word: flight crew Part of Speech: noun 1. An aircrew.
Word: third officer Part of Speech: noun 1. A relief aircrew member, often used on long-distance flights.
Word: carrying-on Part of Speech: noun 1. Improper, immoral behavior. Labels: uncountable Example: -- One thing I know for sure - a person can't sneeze in this town without somebody offerin' him a handkerchief -- What you mean? -- Nothing. It's an awful small town for any kinda carryin' on...And some people got a lotta guns." Example: In fact, he walked out of Cambridge but would probably have been sent down had he continued his rowdy carrying on with such disreputable young men as Malcolm Lowry. 2. Irritating or self-indulgent behavior. Labels: uncountable Example: I am bored by stupid discussions. By the quadrille of argumentation. The insolent carrying on of intellectuals. The empty formulas of philosophy. Example: Then on Monday, there was a second cabinet meeting, followed by an appearance before the Knesset. Carter was appalled by the noisy carrying-on of the members. In addition to many meetings of Americans and Israelis in various subgroups, there was a meeting of the with the Foreign Relations Committee, which was no more decorous.
Word: Nusayri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic نُصَيْرِيّ (nuṣayriyy), from the name of Ibn Nusayr. 1. A member of a prominent mystical religious group centered in Syria who follows a branch of the Twelver school of Shia Islam.
Word: Twelver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From twelve + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtwɛlvə(ɹ)/ 1. A follower of Twelverism.
Word: Shia Islam Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Shi'a Islam. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: RSG Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of red supergiant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Responsible Service of Gambling, a government certificate allowing hotel workers to work in a gambling establishment. Labels: Australia 3. Initialism of random seed glitchless. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The main focus during the beginning of a 1.16 RSG speedrun is to obtain (hopefully) 12 eyes of ender as quickly as possible, by bartering with piglins and killing blazes.
Word: wiff-waff Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of whiff-whaff. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: public housing Part of Speech: noun 1. Rental accommodation that is subsidized by public funds and provided for disadvantaged groups such as low-income earners, social security recipients, the elderly and people with disabilities. Labels: uncountable
Word: sublicence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + licence. 1. Alternative form of sublicense. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sublicence Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sub- + licence. 1. Alternative form of sublicense. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: red cents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red cent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pliothermal Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to a geological period of above-average temperature.
Word: vector-borne Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vector + borne. 1. Transmitted by a vector, such as mosquitos. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vectorborne Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of vector-borne. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: head-turner Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone or something that turns heads, that draws attention.
Word: head-turners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of head-turner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yeah-huh Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Blend of yeah + uh-huh. 1. Yes; an expression of affirmation. Labels: colloquial
Word: survivorships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of survivorship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Eurasian jay Part of Speech: noun 1. A widespread species of jay, usually crested and with pinkish-brown plumage and a harsh screech (Garrulus glandarius).
Word: Eurasian jays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Eurasian jay Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catenative verb Part of Speech: noun 1. A verb that may take a full or bare infinitive, or a gerund (i.e. another (non-finite) verb).
Word: evos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of evo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drawth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English drawthe, draȝthe, equivalent to draw + -th. Compare also Middle English draut, draught, draght, drauȝt, draht (“a drawth”). More at draught. 1. The act or process of drawing; a pull; draught. 2. That which is draughted or drawn; a draught. Example: Besides, through the fame mens Judgments, she made all directions to pass for the divers Moulds required in Shipping between our Seas and the Ocean, as the drawth of water, high or low disposing of Ports, cleanly rooms for Victuals, [...] Example: [...] and the steward's chamber and a drawth chamber with latrines, to the value of 100s.; [...] 3. A treatise.
Word: Kennemerland Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Kennemerland. 1. A coastal region of North Holland surrounding Haarlem.
Word: pity guests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pity guest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: olive groves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of olive grove Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lombardish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English Lombardish, from Old English *Longbeardisc (“Lombardish”), equivalent to Lombard + -ish. 1. Of or pertaining to the Lombards, a Germanic people who settled in Italy in the sixth century C.E., their language, customs, or culture. Labels: not-comparable Example: And also another scripture that men call the Lombardish law, deviseth thereof in divers cases; the which hereafter shall be declared by me unto thee. 2. Like a Lombard. Labels: not-comparable Example: [...] Jazz became many things—frenetic, destructive, hysterical, decadent, venal, alcoholic, saccharine, Lombardish, vapid—it has enriched stuffed bellies; it has corrupted the innocent; [...]
Word: Lombardish Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Lombardish, from Old English *Longbeardisc (“Lombardish”), equivalent to Lombard + -ish. 1. The language of the Lombards, an extinct Germanic language known from fragmentary evidence; Lombardic.
Word: clout lists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clout list Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pike-perches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pike-perch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dewaxes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dewax Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Wega Part of Speech: name 1. Former name of Waya (“Fijian island”).
Word: roolie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English rouly, roly, equivalent to roo + -ly. Cognate with Danish rolig (“calm”), Icelandic rólegur (“calm”). 1. Peaceful; still. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal
Word: classifying spaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of classifying space Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wrongful dismissals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wrongful dismissal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ballast resistors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ballast resistor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beway Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From by way equivalent to be- + way. Compare German wegen (“because of, by reason of”). 1. By way; because. Labels: Ireland, Scotland, US, dialectal Example: [...] an' then hee'l turn him roon behint-afore an' play treeks, till collie gems at him; an' then beway o' makin friens again, hee'l Btreek an' pat him, [...] Example: Be gannies," suggested Larry, " I think the best way would be for the three iv us to give the artichokes at the fire below, a warm reception beway iv a do sure, an' it'll soften the bargain wid ould Hardrade."
Word: beway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from the phrase "by the way(side)", equivalent to by + way. 1. Movement; sway; influence. Labels: India, rare Example: The Third Five-Year Plan with an industrial bias will no doubt, help the State of Kerala to make adequate beway in the matter of industrialisation which alone can pull up educated sons of India from their present low economic level. Example: It was further extended and the whole of Hijaz came under the beway of the Prophet in A.H. 8 when Makkah was conquered until this time there was hardly any administration, [...] 2. Movement away; loss. Labels: India, rare Example: But their greatness admitted, it had been pointed out again, and with pe[r]sistence, that Bengali drama had not progressed in any measure, and that there was too much of a beway to make up. Example: It is obvious from these figures that the tribals are educationally very backward and that special educational programmes will have to be undertaken for some considerable time to make up the beway.
Word: to rights Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Into proper order; properly. Example: My shoulder was dislocated. It was agony to have it put to rights. Example: I felt ill, but some fresh air and iced water set me to rights. 2. At once; immediately. Labels: informal, obsolete Example: Then they knocked off some of the boards for the use of the ship, and when they had got all they had a mind for, let the hull drop into the sea, which, by reason of the many breaches made in the bottom and sides, sunk to rights.
Word: musqueteer Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of musketeer. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: When the good Lieutenant applied himſelf to the Door, he applied himſelf likewiſe to the Bell; and the Drawer immediately attending, he diſpatched him for a File of Muſqueteers and a Surgeon. Example: The bull-frogs were also very large, and with voices proportionate to their size; and as for the mosquitoes—the ‘musqueteers,’ as Job called them—they were, if possible, even worse than they had been on the river, and tormented us greatly.
Word: musquetoon Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of musketoon. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Danaan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek Δᾰνᾰοί (Dănăoí, “Danaans”). Pronunciation: /dəˈneɪən/ 1. A Greek; a member of any of the Greek peoples (in ancient times). Labels: historical
Word: hostile takeovers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hostile takeover Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anthocyanine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of anthocyanin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: antho- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”). 1. Forms words relating to flowers Labels: morpheme
Word: rôtisserie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of rotisserie. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He had sixteen dollars in the lining of his coat, and for days as he tramped and worked, he saw this hoard expended in San Francisco—a bath, clean linen, and a dinner, a dinner in a rôtisserie with a pint of red wine and a cigar. Example: […] boys, after these so natural delays, would saunter up and down stairs of these streets where, like Napoleon, Trilby would look for cheap lunches after the reaction from the strain of having Svengali putting perfect pitch into her white throat, and where Rabelais, Ronsard, Anatole French would come to smell the rôtisseries.
Word: rôtisseries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rôtisserie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ordinal scales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ordinal scale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dithiolenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dithiolene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maxwells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maxwell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: free agents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of free agent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: butter bars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of butter bar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: longhorn beetles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of longhorn beetle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whores around Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of whore around Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: whoring around Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of whore around Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: whored around Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of whore around Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cherry laurels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cherry laurel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ICJ Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of International Court of Justice. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Tuesday’s ICJ ruling relates specifically to what Serbian forces did in Croatia between 1991 and 1995. 2. Initialism of International Commission of Jurists. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The ICJ has previously highlighted how POFMA on its face is not compliant with international law and standards protecting the right to freedom of opinion, expression and information.
Word: Roubaix Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ɹuˈbeɪ/, /ɹoʊˈbeɪ/ 1. A city in Hauts-de-France, France. 2. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. Example: The basal conglomerate of the Deadwood formation occurs as numerous lenticular beds irregularly distributed along a belt about two miles wide extending from the vicinity of Roubaix to Blacktail Gulch.
Word: rouelle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French rouelle. 1. A wheel-like amulet of the ancient Gauls, intended to symbolize the sun. Labels: countable 2. steak (especially of veal, cut across the leg) 3. A round badge that Jews were legally obligated to wear in public. Labels: countable Example: Louis IX. of France compelled every Jew, man, woman, and child, to wear a “rouelle,” or wheel of conspicuously-coloured stuff on the breast and back of the dress, that the Hebrew might be known at a distance.
Word: Proto-Baltic Part of Speech: name 1. The reconstructed ancestor of the Baltic languages, descended from Proto-Balto-Slavic.
Word: double trap Part of Speech: noun 1. An event in which two clay targets are simultaneously released in front of the shooter. Labels: uncountable
Word: grapper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to grapple. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæpəɹ/ 1. A metal ring or leather strap on the base of a lance behind the grip, designed to stop the lance from moving backward by catching on the lance rest or on the lancer's chest and arm when the lance was tucked into the armpit. Example: 1997, Professor Department of History Sydney Anglo, Sydney Anglo, Spectacle, Pageantry, and Early Tudor Policy, Oxford University Press on Demand Likewise , if the jouster's spear were tied with 'thonge' or 'grappers', he should be ejected ignominiously. Example: [Grappers] were first introduced in the early fourteenth century and became standard after the introduction of the lance-rest in the late 1300s. A description of the grapper as it was configured in 1446 is provided in an anonymous French manuscript as follows: Item, the said grappers are intentionally full of sharp little spikes like little diamonds, similar in size to little ... 2. A grappling hook or grappling iron. Labels: obsolete Example: We fastned grappers in her, and soe towed her a head. Example: Without the help of vellicles, hooks, or grappers.
Word: medal table Part of Speech: noun 1. A visual depiction or ranking of the number of medals won by certain teams at a multi-event competition, especially the Olympic Games. Example: And her success with Glover, a product of the National Lottery-funded Sporting Giants talent identification programme, will also spark relief among British officials who were starting to fret a little about hitting their target of equalling fourth in the medal table from Beijing.
Word: medal tables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of medal table Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bravoing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bravo Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: branch water Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First recorded in 1835; branch (“creek”) + water, a stream of clean drinkable water. 1. Plain water, especially when mixed with alcoholic beverage. Labels: uncountable Example: Pour me some bourbon and branch water. Example: To make their beverage even more attractive, the Americans mixed their alcohol not only with the usual branch water, but also with black chewing tobacco, red peppers, Jamaica ginger, black molasses, and other strong substances.
Word: Semper Gumby Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: A play on the official Latin motto semper fidelis, with reference to Gumby, an animated clay character. 1. always flexible
Word: ruralisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rural + -isation. 1. Alternative form of ruralization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Semper Gumbi Part of Speech: phrase 1. Misspelling of Semper Gumby. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: rouelles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rouelle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semilethal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + lethal. 1. lethal to at least half of all affected organisms Labels: not-comparable
Word: semilethal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + lethal. 1. A semilethal trait.
Word: freehanded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From free + handed. 1. Openhanded; generous. Example: In the title, "Entering the marketplace freehanded," the "marketplace" represents a village, a place of human habitation, and "freehanded" signifies openheartedly guiding others in the spirit of compassion. Example: God is love, at once penurious and freehanded : He seeks to take, as well as to give. 2. Freehand, unassisted. Example: In vitro experiments simulating clinical conditions have demostrated that fully guided placement is more accurate than freehanded placement. Example: The single-barrel, freehanded drill guide is then used with the 2.5 mm drill bit to make the pilot holes in the inner vertebra. 3. Unconstrained. Example: The action was taken, an official of the line said, in view of the possibility of the North Atlantic intercoastal disturbance being reflected in some measure in the Gulf, and the consequent desire of the Luckenbach interests to be freehanded to meet any situations that may arise. Example: In this person's freehanded reinterpretation, we're encouraged to visualize the father as an aloof family patriarch who thoughtlessly drives his younger son away by neglect. 4. Having empty hands. Example: The spirits entered the tunnel carrying treasures, but exited freehanded. 5. Transferable to other assets. Example: The borrower, they feel, should be free to put the proceeds of sale or collection into new goods, provided they, and accounts representing the sale of them, shall in turn be subject to the lien that secures the loan. That is a freehanded mortgage, and with respect to it various views are entertained. Example: The various ideas so far discussed turn on the question, not whether the agreement is preferential, but whether it is a fraud upon creditors, or (as the Supreme Court held in the case of a freehanded mortgage of accounts) whether it is really a mortgage at all.
Word: freehanded Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From free + handed. 1. Generously. Example: ...they waved aside the tumblers of wine the young officer was pourin' out for 'em so freehanded, and said they should rather be excused. 2. Unassisted. Example: Herrera and I were handicapped in the sense that we couldn't use the sight on our M-79s...We had to aim freehanded 3. In an unconstrained manner. Example: I am ordered over there with a few others. We all shoot standing and freehanded...This regained freedom of action makes us unable to feel the danger we are in.
Word: freehanded Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From free + handed. 1. simple past and past participle of freehand Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: I traced around the cap of a pen to get some of the inner curvature I was looking for, and even freehanded a few of the transitions.
Word: Iden Part of Speech: name 1. A village in southeastern England. 2. A municipality of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Word: Ito Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 伊藤 (Itō) or Japanese 伊東 (Itō). 1. A surname from Japanese. The 6th most common surname in Japan.
Word: sneks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snek Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mox nix Part of Speech: intj Etymology: An alteration of German macht nichts (“doesn't matter”) that originated among American soldiers stationed in Germany after World War II. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑks ˌnɪks/ 1. it doesn't matter; no worries Labels: dated, slang Example: When they want to do something, they do it! Whether we've funded it, whether we'll support it—mox nix. They do it!
Word: mox nix Part of Speech: adj Etymology: An alteration of German macht nichts (“doesn't matter”) that originated among American soldiers stationed in Germany after World War II. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑks ˌnɪks/ 1. unimportant, irrelevant Labels: dated, not-comparable, slang Example: If you don't have time to do this don't worry about it because it's mox nix to me (mox nicht—makes no difference). Example: Frankly it's mox-nix to me.
Word: Kamakura Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 鎌倉 (Kamakura). 1. A city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Word: ancrée Part of Speech: adj 1. Anchored (“having the extremities turned back”). Labels: not-comparable
Word: cydere Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of cider. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: cyderes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cydere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: astroarchaeology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Hellenic *astḗr Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)der. English astro- Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía) Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā) English archaeology English astroarchaeology From astro- + archaeology. 1. archaeoastronomy Labels: uncountable Example: Perhaps the first truly scientific essay in astro-archaeology was by the remarkable William Chapple of Exeter[.]
Word: Nusayris Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Nusayri Labels: form-of, plural
Word: second-storey men Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of second-storey man Labels: form-of, plural
Word: num locks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of num lock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mountain units Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mountain unit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maritime republic Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several city-states of Italy and Dalmatia which established colonies and trading posts across the Mediterranean and the Black Sea during the Middle Ages. Labels: historical
Word: bireflectances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bireflectance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: layered intrusions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of layered intrusion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: corn-cob Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of corncob. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It had a slender stem several feet high, and from its top stood up a single tongue of flame, an intensely red flower of the size and shape of a small corn-cob.
Word: corn-cobs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corn-cob Labels: form-of, plural Example: She and her husband managed to fix up a false floor in one of their rooms in which they fed the roosters; so whenever a picket came in sight her call would bring the whole family out of the woods and clearing into the refuge, where they remained peacefully amongst corn-cobs till the danger had passed.
Word: comes into being Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of come into being Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: coming into being Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of come into being Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: came into being Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of come into being Labels: form-of, past
Word: fulldo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fuldon, from Old English fuldōn (“to complete, perform; arrange”), from Proto-West Germanic *fulladōn (“to do fully, fulfil, complete, perfect”), equivalent to full- + do. Cognate with West Frisian foldwaan, Dutch voldoen, German Low German vulldoon, German volltun (“to fulldo”). 1. To accomplish; fulfill; complete. Labels: transitive Example: "[...] and no more to counterfeyte the fole, for it is Goddis wyll and commaundement, for he hath forgyuen you all your synnes, for by caus ye haue made satysfacyon and full done your penaunce:" […] Example: Yet willing to full-do their too-falne lot […]
Word: turkey trot Part of Speech: noun 1. A dance popular in the first two decades of the 20th century, consisting of exaggerated bird-like movements performed to fast-paced ragtime music. Example: From the direction of "The Yellow Lantern" […] arose the strident notes of a tinny piano beating blatantly the measure of a turkey trot. Example: Still, music fans who feared that rockabilly might eventually go the way of the turkey trot can take heart. 2. A footrace held on or around Thanksgiving Day. Labels: US
Word: turkey trot Part of Speech: verb 1. To dance a turkey trot. Example: The old men on the Exchange play golf all day, and the young ones turkey-trot all night.
Word: turkey-trot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of turkey trot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: turkey-trot Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of turkey trot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: capital good Part of Speech: noun 1. A durable item that is used in the production of other goods or services. Labels: in-plural Example: Some of the products of the economy are capital goods. For simplicity and as an aid to intuition, I assume that capital goods and consumption goods do not overlap: the m consumption goods are useless as means of production, and the n capital goods yield no direct utility.
Word: stilliard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare halliard/halyard. 1. Alternative form of steelyard (“portable scale”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stilliards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stilliard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blood from a turnip Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of blood from a stone. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: death wishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of death wish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deonym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + -onym (“name”). Compare Italian deonomastica (“words of a language that are derived from given names, last names, ethnonyms, and toponyms”), from de- + onomastica. 1. A term which derives from a proper name (proper noun), such as brand name (genericized trademark), a given name or surname (eponym), or a place name (toponym). Example: […] increased occurrence of deonyms. Among them, nearly half come from trade names (company names, brand names or product names). This chapter aims to study deonyms deriving from trade names. Example: In linguistics, such terms that have managed the transformation from a proper brand name to a generic name are called deonyms […] The field of deonyms is not limited to brand names: The verb “röntgen,” for example, is derived from the discoverer of the rays named after him and is also a deonym.
Word: deonym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin deus (“god”) + -onym. 1. Synonym of theonym. Example: A similar phenomenon occurs often, and also in connection with old Celtic toponyms which, if deonyms, were often suppressed by the growing might of the Church, […] [these other] deonyms serve to prove the Pelasgians spoke an Indo-European language far[…] Example: It is a known fact that many Greek deonyms are not based [on] Hellenic roots (just as the oldest Sumerian place and river [name]s are neither Sumerian nor Semitic […]
Word: deonyms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deonym Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bayonne hams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bayonne ham Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vetchlings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vetchling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: live loads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of live load Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snow loads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snow load Labels: form-of, plural
Word: digital footprint Part of Speech: noun 1. Digital evidence of a person's activities and interactions with others on the Internet, TV, mobile devices, etc. Example: On the other hand, a positive digital footprint can enhance a person's reputation. Example: A person's digital footprint is essentially a digital first impression. As I mention in Chapter 1, a child's digital footprint includes all information related to that child posted online.
Word: divinisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From divine + -isation. 1. Alternative spelling of divinization. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: [W]here would they be now if it had not been for Israel, and the stern check which Israel put upon the glorification and divinisation of this natural bent of mankind, this attractive aspect of the not ourselves?
Word: walk a mile in someone's shoes Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From walk + a + mile + in + [possessive pronoun] + shoes. Originally, and still chiefly, found in admonitions not to judge a person until one has walked a mile in that person's shoes. 1. To experience what someone has experienced. Labels: idiomatic Example: It's likely that he didn't begrudge what he had paid Marshall though, because he thought he had finally found a medical person who had walked a mile in his shoes. Example: Michael Poulin, associate professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo and colleagues showed in their 2017 study that an “imagine others” perspective leads to less stress than an “imagine self” perspective (i.e., walking a mile in someone else’s shoes).
Word: errants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of errant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ethnoastronomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ethno- + astronomy. 1. The anthropological study of skywatching in contemporary societies. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: exoplanetology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exoplanet + -ology. 1. The search for, and study of, exoplanets Labels: uncountable
Word: focalisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of focalization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: road hogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of road hog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hellenophone Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Helleno- + -phone. 1. Greek-speaking Labels: not-comparable Example: No need to emphasize the fact that the Hellenophone people – metallarii as well as the other inhabitants of mining territories – were both numerous and prominent. Example: First, the earliest Christians in Africa of whom we have evidence are Punic, and not part of the cultured elite who might have contact with Hellenophone culture.
Word: Hellenophone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Helleno- + -phone. 1. A person who speaks Greek Example: The Orthodox, separated from Rome, are divided into two factions which differ in language and origin, and live in enmity: on one side, the Hellenophones, many of whom are natives of the Greek kingdom; on the other, the Arabophones, subject to the khedive or natives of Syria; all these have a patriarch of Greek tongue and race whose official residence is in the town, near the church of St. Sabas. Example: A third group of Hellenophones were those Dawkins studied in the twenty Cappadocian villages located about the regions of Nigde and Kayseri.
Word: dyskoimesis Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of dyssomnia Labels: uncountable
Word: towel-horse Part of Speech: noun 1. towel rack Example: At seven in the morning we rise, and on pushing aside the window-slides in front of us, we perceive that a small tub has been placed on the open balcony in front of our room, while beside this stands a large vessel of water covered with ice, and that a towel hangs from the pendent towel-horse, for Mr. Sakata has explained that we were unprepared for spending the night from home. Example: I found that old washerwoman-dress that he came home in yesterday, hanging on a towel-horse before the fire.