nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: retaliator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From retaliate + -or. 1. One who retaliates.
Word: retaliators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of retaliator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reconaissance Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of reconnaissance. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, uncountable
Word: rice congee Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of congee. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: overgave Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of overgive Labels: form-of, past
Word: tea and toaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tea and toast + -er. 1. A person, usually elderly and frail, with a diet lacking in nutrition. Labels: informal Example: Again, if Father San Browne, tea and toaster to that quaintesttest of yarnspinners is Padre Don Bruno, […] Example: The patients with inadequate diet admitted to ingesting a diet usually devoid of folate-rich food such as liver, kidney, and vegetables other than potatoes. Several probably were "tea and toasters."
Word: tea-and-toaster Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tea and toaster. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: replanting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of replant Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: replanting Part of Speech: noun 1. The planting of new plants to replace those that have been harvested. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: replants Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of replant Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reinvigoration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English invigoration English reinvigoration From re- + invigoration. 1. The act or action of reinvigorating. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: rowing machine Part of Speech: noun 1. An exercise machine whose action resembles that of rowing a boat.
Word: rowing machines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rowing machine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tight five Part of Speech: noun 1. The five forwards who form the front row and the second row in the scrum. 2. A five-minute set of jokes performed by a stand-up comedian, usually made up of only their best material.
Word: elenchus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin elenchus, from Ancient Greek ἔλεγχος (élenkhos, “refutation, scrutiny, control”). Doublet of elench. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛŋ.kəs/ 1. A technique of argument associated with Socrates wherein the arguer asks the interlocutor to agree with a series of premises and conclusions, ending with the arguer's intended point. Labels: rhetoric Example: The elenchus begins when an interlocutor makes some moral claim that Socrates wishes to examine. The argument then proceeds from premisses that express certain of the interlocutor’s other beliefs to a conclusion that contradicts the original moral claim under scrutiny.
Word: dry spell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originated around 1885–1890, from dry + spell (“a period of time”). Compare cold spell. 1. A drawn-out period where the weather has been dry, for an abnormally long time; shorter and not as severe as a drought. Example: Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell / Jimmy Rogers on the Victrola up high Example: The rains, it seemed, were over, and a dry spell was upon them […] 2. A period or time where there is little activity, productivity, low income etc. Labels: figuratively Example: The first type is of course the dry spell when you can't think of any ideas. The second type is when kids just have a dry spell in writing. 3. A period of time without sexual intercourse. Labels: figuratively Example: There's no telling when the serial dating bug can strike. You may be just getting out of a serious relationship, marriage, or long dry spell. But one thing's for certain: when it does it can become a really hard habit to break.
Word: netas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neta Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cet. par. Part of Speech: adv 1. Abbreviation of ceteris paribus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: purulency Part of Speech: noun 1. purulence Labels: countable, rare, uncountable
Word: protoform Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English form English protoform From proto- + form. 1. Synonym of urform (“basic or original form”). 2. A hypothetical form of a word, reconstructed from derived words.
Word: postbase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English base English postbase From post- + base. 1. A morpheme used as a suffix following either a base or another postbase.
Word: pogue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish póg, from Latin pāx. Doublet of peace. Pronunciation: /poʊɡ/, /pəʊɡ/ 1. A kiss. Labels: Ireland Example: 'Sure, sure' sayes Nees, 'she does but jeast, It's not de nature of de beast; Praise dee here, mee joly rogue, And gave de [me] one litle Poge For old acquaintance, for it's dee Dat is mee only gra-ma-cree.' 'Kiss mee? Poo! Fart upon dee, Nees!' Example: […] He ask'd for one Pogue, she call'd him a Rogue, And struck him with her Brogue, […]
Word: pogue Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /poʊɡ/, /pəʊɡ/ 1. A purse; hence, money. Labels: dated, slang Example: Dicky […] made his best pace to a recess in a back street, there to examine his pogues; for though the uxter was gone from them, they might yet bring a few coppers from Mr Weech, if they were of good quality. 2. A young, male, passive homosexual. Labels: US, slang
Word: pogue Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /poʊɡ/, /pəʊɡ/ 1. Alternative form of POG (“non-infantry member of the military”). Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, slang Example: 2002, Jonathan Shay, Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming Although he is noteworthy for the staff jobs he does for the commander in chief, Agamemnon, he's no rear-echelon pogue.
Word: plausive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin plaus-, from Latin plaudere (“to applaud”) + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈplɔːzɪv/ 1. Laudable, praisable. Labels: rare 2. Applauding; showing praise. Labels: obsolete Example: With her soft plume (from plausive angels' wing First pluck'd by man) 3. Plausible (obtaining approbation), specious (having an attractive appearance intended to obtain a favorable response). Labels: obsolete Example: plausive manners Example: But the weak have had to put on the armour of cunning to protect themselves from the strong and brutal. […] These plausive manners which recommend you to your fellow-men are indeed a natural mimicry, a putting on, as it were, the mood of those you are among, and the deprecation of the aggression of the strong. For the strong is not only strong but domineering, and it behoves the weak to have these plausive manners as a sure defence.
Word: phthiriasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin phthīriāsis, from Ancient Greek φθειρίασις (phtheiríasis). Pronunciation: /(f)θɪˈɹaɪ.sɪs/, /(f)θaɪ-/, /θɪˈɹaɪ.səs/, /θaɪ-/ 1. An infestation by pubic lice (Pthirus pubis). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crab lice Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crab louse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pfeffernuss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: German Pfeffernuss, from Pfeffer (“pepper”) + Nuss (“nut”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɛf.ə.nuːs/ 1. A small gingerbread biscuit, flavoured with spices, eaten especially at Christmas.
Word: porrect Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin porrectus, past participle of porrigō (“stretch out”). Pronunciation: /pəˈɹɛkt/, /pɔˈɹɛkt/, /pɒˈɹɛkt/ 1. stretched out or forward Example: The palpi of moths in the genus Thumatha are porrect and slender.
Word: porrect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin porrectus, past participle of porrigō (“stretch out”). Pronunciation: /pəˈɹɛkt/, /pɔˈɹɛkt/, /pɒˈɹɛkt/ 1. To stretch out or forward. 2. To proffer (a document) for inspection. Example: The Court said, it was a general rule, that the Wife's Proctor, at this stage of the cause, was at liberty to porrect his Bill of Costs, as against the Husband.
Word: gundi Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the several North African rodents of the family Ctenodactylidae. Example: The fact that specimens were collected and observed only in the higher portions of the gebel near Rumia is a direct result of my efforts having been concentrated there and does not indicate that gundis are most abundant at higher elevations or that they do not occur at lower elevations. Example: 1999, Gundi, entry in Michael A. Mares (editor), Encyclopedia of Deserts, page 258, Gundis occur over most of North Africa, including the western Sahara Desert and Sahel west of 15° east longitude, from Mauritania to Libya and Chad.
Word: papri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi पापड़ी (pāpṛī). 1. A crisp fried dough wafer made from refined white flour and oil, eaten in India. Labels: India
Word: gemmas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gemma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gemmer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gem Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English gemmer From gem + -er. 1. One who mines for gems.
Word: generant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin generans. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹənt/ 1. generative; producing 2. acting as a generant.
Word: generant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin generans. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹənt/ 1. Something or someone that generates; a generator. Example: Some believe It [the soul] came from the Moon, others from the Stars, or vast spaces of the Æther above the Planets; some that 'tis made by God, some by Angels, and some by the Generant 2. A generatrix.
Word: gestant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin gestāns, present participle of gestō. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛstənt/ 1. Having within; laden; burdened; or pregnant, gestating. Example: Clouds gestant with the heat.
Word: fourneau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French fourneau. 1. The chamber of a mine in which the powder is placed. Labels: archaic Example: The quantity of powder to charge the fourneau depends on the density and tenacity of the soil in which it is to be made
Word: puzzel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from French pucelle (“a virgin”). Possibly due to English propaganda against Joan of Arc who was also known as La Pucelle ("The Virgin; The Maid"). Possibly influenced by English pizzle (“penis”). 1. A harlot; a hussy. Labels: obsolete Example: Pucelle or puzzel, Dolphin or dogfish, / Your hearts I'll stamp out with my horse's heels
Word: glomerate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin glomerātus, perfect passive participle of glomero (“to glomerate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. To gather or curl into a ball; to collect (threads, etc.) into a spherical form or mass. Example: glomerated fig tree
Word: glomerate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin glomerātus, perfect passive participle of glomero (“to glomerate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Gathered together in a somewhat spherical mass or dense cluster; conglomerate. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: glomerate gland Example: glomerate flower
Word: habitans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of habitan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: habitate Part of Speech: verb 1. To inhabit Labels: transitive 2. To dwell Labels: intransitive
Word: Aeolus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Latin Aeolus, from the Ancient Greek Αἴολος (Aíolos, “moving, swift”). Pronunciation: /iˈoʊləs/, /ˈiːələs/ 1. The name of a number of characters in Greek mythology, including the founder of the Aeolian race, and a god with power over wind. Labels: Greek
Word: speed freak Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of speedfreak. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1971. Gerald Le Dain. The Non-medical Use of Drugs: Interim Report of the Canadian Government..., Penguin: 1971, Page 233, The 'speed freak' can be seen as a casualty of the increasing complexity of the demands for adaptation and survival in a technological society.
Word: speedfreaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speedfreak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: speed freaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speed freak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hebetate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1574; borrowed from Latin hebetātus, perfect passive participle of hebetō (“to dull”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛbɪtət/ 1. Obtuse, dull. 2. Having a dull or blunt and soft point
Word: hebetate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1574; borrowed from Latin hebetātus, perfect passive participle of hebetō (“to dull”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛbɪteɪt/ 1. To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt. Labels: transitive Example: […] whenever a state shall duly exercise its parental duties, there will surely be none which shall either wholly hebetate the faculties or harden the heart.
Word: hebetant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin hebetāns, present participle of hebetō (“to dull, deaden”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛbɪtənt/ 1. Causing lethargy. Labels: obsolete Example: This morning, May 2, 1662, having first broken my fast upon eggs and cooling salades, mellows, watercresses, those herbes, according to Villanovus his prescription, who disallows the use of meat in a morning as gross, fat, hebetant, feral, altogether fitter for wild beasts than man […]
Word: Freyr Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old Norse Freyr, from Proto-Germanic *frawjô (“lord”). Compare Freya, from the feminine counterpart. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹeɪə/, /ˈfɹeɪɚ/ 1. A Vanir god associated with kingship and virility in the North Germanic corpus, in which he rides the shining boar Gullinbursti and wields an antler as a weapon. He is sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr. Labels: Norse
Word: honester Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of honest: more honest Labels: comparative, dated, form-of, nonstandard Example: Yes I thank God, I am as honeſt as any man liuing, that is an old man, and no honeſter then I. Example: […] Vpon the verge of the Riuer there are fiue houſes, wherein liue the honeſter ſort of people, as Farmers in England, and they keepe continuall centinell for the townes ſecuritie.
Word: atween Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English atwene. Equivalent to a- + twain. 1. Between. Labels: archaic, dialectal Example: The silver strings of heavenly harp atween: And let there glide by many a pearly car, Pink robes, and wavy hair, and diamond jar Example: That's jest a specimen o' the kind of stoopidity as always seems to be a layin' atween property and poverty, atween capital and labor, atween you settin' thar with yer soft ways and yer soft dress ag'in you, and me, and the bed, and the chair, and the wall, and the end on't.
Word: Earthians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Earthian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: humate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From humic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. A salt of humic acid.
Word: humet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. The OED speculates that it might derive from Old French heaumet (whence helmet), a diminutive of heaume (“helm”) supposedly applied to the bar of it; however, compare the early (1600s) use of humet for a slab of stone or tombstone. 1. A fesse or bar cut off short at each end. Labels: rare Example: [...] who take their Name from Hameyde, one of the two and twenty Baronies of that Province; thus D'Or a trois Hameydes de Geules, that is, Or, three Humets Gules, or Bars couped; Example: Sa., on a humet arg., a martlet arg. (or.) Creft : A martlet as in the shield. Confirmed (with 1 quartering) to Hugh Bostock, of Moreton Say, who m. Margaret, daug. of Thomas Lee, of Langley. Harl MS. Boteler.
Word: humet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Uncertain. The OED speculates that it might derive from Old French heaumet (whence helmet), a diminutive of heaume (“helm”) supposedly applied to the bar of it; however, compare the early (1600s) use of humet for a slab of stone or tombstone. 1. Humetté, couped. Labels: not-comparable Example: [...] as Morgan in his Blazon of the Arms of Brabant, argent on a fesse humet gules, three leopards' heads or[…] Example: erm. three bars humets or.
Word: scarsella Part of Speech: noun 1. rectangular apse
Word: ignorabimus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. A statement such that whether or not it is true can never be known.
Word: wastegates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wastegate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cassepanche Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cassapanca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cassoni Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cassone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: palatine tonsil Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the two tonsils that can be seen on the left and right sides at the back of the throat.
Word: withdrawal symptoms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of withdrawal symptom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lingual tonsil Part of Speech: noun 1. A rounded mass or group of small nodules of lymphatic tissue that cover the base of the tongue just anterior to the epiglottis.
Word: Miki Part of Speech: name Etymology: Pet form of name 1. A unisex given name. 2. A unisex given name.
Word: Miki Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 三木 (Miki), 三鬼 (Miki) or みき (Miki). 1. A unisex given name from Japanese. 2. A surname from Japanese.
Word: moke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. In the sense of a variety performer, comes from "The Lively Moke" (or "Musical Moke"), an 1860s blackface song, dance and multi-instrumental routine popularized by Johnny Thompson, William J. "Billy" Ashcroft and others. Pronunciation: /məʊk/, /moʊk/ 1. A donkey. Labels: colloquial, dialectal Example: […] We do but as the world does; and a girl in our society accepts the best party which offers itself, just as Miss Chummey, when entreated by two young gentlemen of the order of costermongers, inclines to the one who rides from market on a moke, rather than to the gentleman who sells his greens from a handbasket. Example: Some five years before, the Colonel Commanding […] had asked them why the three stars should he, a Colonel of the Line, command a dashed nursery for double-dashed bottle-suckers who put on condemned tin spurs and rode qualified mokes at the hiatused heads of forsaken Black Regiments. 2. The mesh of a net, or of anything resembling a net. Labels: obsolete Example: Any trawl-net, whereof the moak holdeth not five inches size throughout. 3. A black person. Labels: US, archaic, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur Example: I don't like the Minstrel folks, and I doesn't care for the endmen's jokes; I has no use for the musical mokes, and I don't like a circus clown […] 4. A performer, such as a minstrel, who plays on several musical instruments. Labels: dated 5. A stupid person; a dolt. Example: Whoever infers that money is not happiness, is either a truist or a moke. 6. British small utility vehicle (styled "MOKE"). 7. A mixture of cannabis and tobacco, especially smoked from a bong or water pipe. Labels: US, slang
Word: immutes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of immute Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: markhor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Urdu مارخور (mārxor), from Persian مارخور (mârxor, literally “snake-eater”), from مار (mâr, “snake”) + خور (xor) (present stem of خوردن (xordan, “to eat”)). Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːkɔː/, /ˈmɑɹkɔɹ/ 1. A large wild goat, Capra falconeri, especially Capra falconeri megaceros, syn. Capra megaceros, having huge flattened spiral horns, found in the western Himalayas. Example: He was taught the legends of the Mess Plate, from the great grinning Golden Gods that had come out of the Summer Palace in Pekin to the silver-mounted markhor-horn snuff-mull presented by the last C.O. (he who spake to the seven subalterns).
Word: pobby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From *pob [Term?] + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒbi/ 1. pulpy, swollen. Example: There are, in India, ghosts who take the form of fat, cold, pobby corpses, and hide in trees near the roadside till a traveller passes.
Word: dak bungalow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi डाक बंगला (ḍāk baṅglā) under influence from Gujarati ડાકબંગલો (ḍākbaṅglo). 1. A posthouse of the old Indian postal service (dak), used as lodging by itinerant British officials and other travellers and as a make-shift courthouse in rural areas. Labels: India, historical Example: Care was taken not to interfere with Europeans, for the twofold reason, that they seldom carried about with them anything more valuable than their firearms, and that they would certainly be missed, and close inquiries instituted to account for their disappearance. Besides, there was little chance of persuading a European to accept their company, or to rest anywhere save in his own tent, or in a Dakh bungalow. Example: There is a good sarái or inn for native travellers, and a dák bangalow or resting-place for Europeans.
Word: pharyngeal tonsil Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of adenoid.
Word: khansamah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Urdu خانسامان, from خان (xān, “master”) + سامان (sāmān, “household goods”). 1. A house-steward or native servant, being in charge of the kitchen and the food supplies. Labels: East, India Example: An old sinner, in shape of a khansamah, is the genius of the place, and has rarely aught else to tempt the tired traveller with than a “sudden death”—a fowl caught running in the yard, and dished up forthwith; […] Example: The day shut in and the khansamah went to get me food.
Word: Merlino Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Merlino. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: brain tumor Part of Speech: noun 1. An intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division.
Word: Lapponia Part of Speech: name 1. Lapland Labels: obsolete
Word: shakerato Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian shakerato. 1. A drink of espresso shaken with ice. Example: Coffee drinks, including shakeratos made with espresso shaken over ice, are served at the generous bar.
Word: emerger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English emerge Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English emerger From emerge + -er. 1. The form of an aquatic insect that is hatching or emerging; used in fly fishing.
Word: toxilogy Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of toxicology. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: jugg Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of jug. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Two had their aprons well stored, with more than the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table — a third had a large bowl of broth in her hand; and the lad was laden with an ample jugg of milk.
Word: jugg Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʊɡ/ 1. Rare form of juke ~ jook (“to thrust”). Labels: form-of, rare
Word: Ashummeed Jugg Part of Speech: name 1. Ashvamedha Labels: obsolete
Word: Jugg Part of Speech: name 1. A surname 2. A female given name, nickname for Joan. Labels: obsolete
Word: companie Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of company. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: last of the big spenders Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who does not spend much money. Labels: idiomatic, ironic Example: "He bought you a sandwich?" / "Yeah, you know him, the last of the big spenders."
Word: beach-head Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of beachhead. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bite of the reality sandwich Part of Speech: noun 1. A wake-up call, a reality check. Labels: idiomatic, informal, rare
Word: cholelithiasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chole- + lithiasis. 1. Gallstones: gallstone disease. Example: Near-synonym: cholecystolithiasis (broadly synonymous)
Word: cholelithiases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cholelithiasis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spasming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of spasm Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spasming Part of Speech: noun 1. A spasm. Example: She made only one sound: the rhythmic “Hmph. Hmph. Hmph” of air being shoved from her lungs by weighted urgent spasmings.
Word: spasmed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of spasm Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Bohmian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Bohm Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Bohmian From Bohm + -ian. 1. Of the physicist David Bohm and his Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Word: get you Part of Speech: phrase 1. An expression of encouragement, commonly used sarcastically. Labels: UK Example: Gary: Ssh. Miss is talking Debbie: Ooh, get you! Since when have you ever wanted to listen to the teachers? Example: When Keanu Reeves falls apart, you just want to hiss "Ooh, get you!"
Word: Brunswikian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Brunswik + -ian. 1. Of the psychologist Egon Brunswik and his emphases on probability and on an organism's functional relationship with its environment. Labels: not-comparable
Word: faucial tonsil Part of Speech: noun 1. A palatine tonsil.
Word: Bunburying Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bunbury + -ing, coined by Oscar Wilde in The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) after Bunbury, the fictitious disabled friend of the character Algernon whose supposed illness is used as an excuse to avoid social engagements. 1. Avoiding one's duties and responsibilities by claiming to have appointments to see a fictitious person. Labels: humorous, uncountable Example: Besides, now that I know you to be a confirmed Bunburyist I naturally want to talk to you about Bunburying. I want to tell you the rules. Example: This financial "Bunburying" solves the problem of how to let banking organizations make high yield investments in order to improve overall earnings without risking the kind of public opposition, and loss of public confidence in banks, that took place in the 1930s [...]
Word: lithiasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lithiasis, from Ancient Greek λιθίασις (lithíasis, “lithiasis”), from λίθος (líthos, “stone”). Pronunciation: /lɪˈθaɪ.əsɪs/ 1. The process of forming stonelike deposits or calculi formed in an internal organ, such as a gallstone in the gall bladder.
Word: lithiases Part of Speech: noun Etymology: lith- + -iases 1. plural of lithiasis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: like feeding time at the zoo Part of Speech: adj 1. Extremely frenetic, disorderly and messy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bruxo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese bruxo. 1. A Brazilian witch/healer. Example: People [with AIDS] who can afford it go to expensive private clinics. Those with little financial resources consult with bruxos, umbandists, spiritists, or they die at home.
Word: Son of God Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English sone of God (also Goddes Sone, Godes Sune, etc.), a reanalysis of Old English Godes Sunu (literally “God's Son”), equivalent to Son + of + God. 1. Jesus Christ; the Son, considered one of the three persons of the Trinity by Trinitarians.
Word: galateas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of galatea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glucuronidases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glucuronidase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glycerophospholipids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glycerophospholipid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sticking-places Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sticking-place Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ryots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ryot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: queens consort Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of queen consort Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sweaterdresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sweaterdress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sweater dresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sweater dress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whipstitches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whipstitch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: L-plates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of L-plate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chemoautotrophs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chemoautotroph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 88s Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 88 Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: porno mags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of porno mag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: iminyls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of iminyl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amnioscopies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amnioscopy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: humpies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of humpy Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of humpie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pentodes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pentode Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mealies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mealie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of mealy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: borazines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of borazine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sardonyxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sardonyx Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uncials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of uncial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: secularizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of secularization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oncoproteins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oncoprotein Labels: form-of, plural
Word: red-eared sliders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red-eared slider Labels: form-of, plural
Word: euphorbias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of euphorbia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cresolates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cresolate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: by-your-leaves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of by-your-leave Labels: form-of, plural
Word: illegal immigrants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of illegal immigrant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pogos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pogo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sanskritists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sanskritist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydratases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydratase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mandelbugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mandelbug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: schizocarps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of schizocarp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brewer's yeasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brewer's yeast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pie safes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pie safe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phosphorines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phosphorine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oxepanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oxepane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inconcinnities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inconcinnity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hoo-has Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hoo-ha Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zoomorphisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zoomorphism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: osteopetroses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of osteopetrosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: PSUs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of PSU Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fustigations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fustigation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plagiaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plagiary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lingling-os Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lingling-o Labels: form-of, plural, rare
Word: provocatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of provocative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydrohemicryptophytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydrohemicryptophyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: turtle-doves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turtle-dove; alternative spelling of turtle dove. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: left banks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of left bank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wirings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wiring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudogroups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudogroup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grammatical moods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grammatical mood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jingoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jingo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fossickers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fossicker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: centralizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of centralization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hacky-Sacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hacky-Sack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: truchmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of truchman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: regiospecificities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of regiospecificity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: theophilanthropists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of theophilanthropist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arachidonates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arachidonate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nodulations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nodulation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: devolatilizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of devolatilizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shellbacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shellback Labels: form-of, plural
Word: croquettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of croquette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deathlocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deathlock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amplificants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amplificant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muckers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mucker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enchondromas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enchondroma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: front names Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of front name Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: episymbioses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of episymbiosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: keypunches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of keypunch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sodicities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sodicity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forestes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foreste Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forehear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English fore- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan Old English hīeran Middle English heren English hear English forehear From fore- + hear. 1. To hear beforehand. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: […] mingled into one beautiful and continuous peal of that earthly harmony which Heaven has given us as a forehearing of those sublimer harmonies that, in its everlasting bowers, take the imprisoned soul, "and lap it in elysium." Example: In that flash of time as his fingers had touched the handle of the table-spoon, he had foreseen John's wild rush to the doors, he had foreheard John's agitated cry of "Thieves! Police! Burglars!"
Word: quotities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quotity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pervaders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pervader Labels: form-of, plural
Word: galactarates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of galactarate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mantelshelves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mantelshelf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: porphyrinogens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of porphyrinogen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emmetropias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of emmetropia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tricenaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tricenary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superfruits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superfruit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nanofibres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanofibre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pertainments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pertainment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: almonries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of almonry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grip cars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grip car Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kadkhodas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kadkhoda Labels: form-of, plural
Word: triazines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of triazine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haplodiploids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of haplodiploid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swearwords Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swearword; alternative form of swear word. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parking brakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parking brake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trityls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trityl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oronyms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oronym Labels: form-of, plural
Word: covalences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of covalence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: angiographs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of angiograph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: screenagers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of screenager Labels: form-of, plural
Word: havildars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of havildar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: furazans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of furazan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geekasms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of geekasm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oiks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oik Labels: form-of, plural
Word: engagors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of engagor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: waterbikes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waterbike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goodmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goodman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lambliases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lambliasis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marketeers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marketeer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perversities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perversity Labels: form-of, plural Example: “Of all this world's perversities, there is only one I cannot abide: the kink-shame. I'm off!” “You can't walk out! I'm walking out!”
Word: sowls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sowl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: right banks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of right bank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: implicatum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Introduced by Paul Grice in 1975, from Latin. 1. That which is implied.
Word: axillae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of axilla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: menthanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of menthane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coat-hangers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coat-hanger; alternative spelling of coat hanger. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: degeneracies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of degeneracy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cycle lanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cycle lane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wolfes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wolfe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unrealities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unreality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: water boys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of water boy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: passivizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of passivizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cycloalkanones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cycloalkanone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xeriscapers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xeriscaper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tonsillotomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tonsillotomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fixies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fixie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tectonic uplifts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tectonic uplift Labels: form-of, plural
Word: illipes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of illipe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: no-hoper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English no Proto-West Germanic *tōhopōnder. Old English tōhopa Old English hopa Middle English hope English hope English -er English no-hoper From no + hope + -er. 1. Someone or something that has no hope of success. Example: Francis Urquhart: Six days to the first ballot. Who are we up against? Tim Stamper: Mackenzie, Earle, Woolton, Samuels, and three no-hopers: Bairsted, Llewellyn-Jones-Rhys, and Bogg. Example: After 12 successive league wins[…]Charlton were nobbled by the First Division's no-hopers, who profited from a goalkeeping bloomer then held on to their lead for dear life.
Word: Love waves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Love wave Labels: form-of, plural
Word: good job Part of Speech: intj 1. Well done; congratulations! Labels: idiomatic Example: If you hadn't hit that last ball, we would have lost. Good job!
Word: good job Part of Speech: noun 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see good, job, for example, a task that has been done well, or an employment posting that is desirable. Example: He did a good job on repairing that roof. It wasn't an easy one, but he knew just what to do. Example: He has a good job: lots of job security and an excellent benefits package. 2. a good thing. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: It's a good job that he was there to catch the vase when I dropped it. Example: Good job Sarah isn't scared of spiders: I don't think I could cope without someone to remove them.
Word: good going Part of Speech: intj 1. well done; congratulations
Word: every little helps Part of Speech: proverb 1. Even small contributions towards a goal help bring the goal nearer. Labels: UK Example: "There's not much money - if that's what you mean." "Approximately." "Once all the debts are paid there will be very little." "Nevertheless. Every little helps. The Brothers are sorely in need of it this weather."
Word: one in a million Part of Speech: noun 1. Something extremely rare or unlikely. Example: […]most commonly break outwardly, and not one in a Million inwardly. Example: A one in a million, chance of a lifetime ... one in a million you.
Word: the bigger they are, the harder they fall Part of Speech: proverb 1. The larger or the higher of a rank something is, the more disastrous and spectacular its downfall.
Word: have one's number on it Part of Speech: verb 1. To be destined for someone. Labels: idiomatic Example: I'll catch that fish. It has my number on it.
Word: pollocked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See pollock (“fish”). 1. simple past and past participle of pollock. Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pollocked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See pollock (“painter”). 1. simple past and past participle of pollock. Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Trash was piled at the curb and birdshit pollocked the sidewalk.
Word: Jackson Pollocked Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been splattered. Example: A heavy-duty cleaning team descend to terminate the Jackson-Pollocked floor Example: 2005 Darragh Johnson, 'The Washington Post', Wednesday, November 23, 2005, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/22/AR2005112202098_pf.html Now upside down, each Thanksgiving dinner slides in front of another guy in a yellow plastic apron Jackson-Pollocked with vivid red blood.
Word: Jackson Pollocked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of Jackson Pollock Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: and to have my face Jackson Pollocked by the muddy spray from his rear wheel Example: ...whose carpet had once been gray, but over the years had been Jackson Pollocked with tumbling chunks of sesame chicken...
Word: four-acceleration Part of Speech: noun 1. A four-vector that describes the change in a particle's four-velocity over time
Word: four-force Part of Speech: noun 1. A four-vector that describes the change in a particle's four-momentum over time.
Word: four-momentum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From four + momentum. 1. A generalization of momentum in four-dimensional spacetime.
Word: four-velocity Part of Speech: noun 1. A generalization of velocity in four-dimensional spacetime
Word: veridicality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English veridical Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English veridicality From veridical + -ity. 1. Truth. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The degree to which something, such as a knowledge structure, is veridical; the degree to which an experience, perception, or interpretation accurately represents reality. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Symbol structures can, and commonly do, serve as internal representations (e.g. "mental images") of the environments to which the symbol system is seeking to adapt. They allow it to model that environment with greater or less veridicality and in greater or less detail, and consequently to reason about it.
Word: mesokurtic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English kurtosis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English mesokurtic From meso- + kurtosis + -ic. 1. Of a distribution: having kurtosis equal to that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having zero excess kurtosis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: leptokurtic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lepto- + kurtosis + -ic. 1. Of a distribution: having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.
Word: platykurtic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English platy- English kurtosis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English platykurtic From platy- + kurtosis + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌplatɪˈkəːtɪk/, /ˌplædiˈkəɹdɪk/ 1. Of a distribution: having kurtosis less than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having negative excess kurtosis.
Word: platykurtosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From platy- + kurtosis. Pronunciation: /ˌplatɪkəːˈtəʊsɪs/, /ˌplædikəɹˈtoʊsəs/ 1. The property of having kurtosis less than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having negative excess kurtosis. Labels: uncountable
Word: leptokurtosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós)bor. English lepto- English kurtosis English leptokurtosis From lepto- + kurtosis. 1. The property of having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis. Labels: uncountable
Word: balustraded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From balustrade + -ed. 1. Having a balustrade. Labels: not-comparable
Word: folivore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin folium (“a leaf”) + -vore, Latin vorō (“to devour”). Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊlɪvɔː(ɹ)/ 1. A herbivore that eats mostly foliage. Example: The Koala of Australia with its elongated cecum, and many species of primates, sloths, and the pandas are noteworthy folivores.
Word: bowhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bow + head. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊhɛd/ 1. A large baleen whale, of species Balaena mysticetus, having a large, rounded head, that inhabits Arctic waters.
Word: bp Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of base pair. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of basis point. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Stylised name of British Petroleum.
Word: chloroplastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English chloroplast Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English chloroplastic From chloroplast + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to a chloroplast 2. Containing chloroplasts
Word: cisternae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cisterna Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cuprophosphorus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cupro- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros) Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)bor. Latin phōsphorusbor. English phosphorus English cuprophosphorus From cupro- + phosphorus. 1. copper phosphide Labels: uncountable
Word: deoxidizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deoxidize + -er. 1. Any agent that reduces the oxygen content of a material; a deoxidant
Word: pwnages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pwnage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: astringes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of astringe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person