nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hypochylia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypo- + chyle + -ia. 1. A deficiency of chyle (gastric juice) Labels: uncountable
Word: hypochloridria Part of Speech: noun 1. hypoacidity Labels: uncountable
Word: caterwauler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From caterwaul (verb) + -er. 1. One who caterwauls.
Word: gammaglobulinemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gamma globulin + -emia. 1. The presence of gamma globulin in the bloodstream. Labels: uncountable
Word: hyperforeign Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First use appears c. 1933 as hyper-foreign, and c. 1983 as hyperforeign. From hyper- + foreign. Compare hypercorrect and hypercorrection. 1. Resulting from the misapplication of foreign reading rules, such as dropping the ‘t’ in claret. Labels: not-comparable Example: This relation is further complicated by the literate persons who know something of the foreign pronunciation and orthography. A speaker who knows the spelling jabot and the English form [ˈžɛbow] (for French [žabo]), may revise tête-à-tête [ˈtejteˌtejt] (from French [tɛ:t a tɛːt]) to a hyper-foreign ['tejtetej], without the final [t]. Example: Half-literate persons, who try, without proper knowledge, to pronounce a foreign language, are apt to coin hyper-foreign forms, a special kind of hyper-correction.
Word: iliaci Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of iliacus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rewicker Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + wicker. 1. To redo the wickerwork, as the wicker seat of a piece of furniture Example: So as to be able to use them for years to come, Susan decided to rewicker Grandma Rose's old dining room table chairs. 2. To rework, update, redo, reformulate; especially in the case of a multi themed, or woven, product. Example: After learning more details of the customer's needs, the team felt it was important to rewicker the proposal.
Word: five-and-twenty Part of Speech: num 1. Twenty-five. Labels: archaic Example: Having brought it to a close, he took his way to the Kursaal. The great German watering-place is one of the prettiest nooks in Europe, and of a summer evening in the gaming days, five-and-twenty years ago, it was one of the most brilliant scenes.
Word: plutarchy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pluto- + -archy. 1. rule by the wealthy; plutocracy Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: habiline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Homo habilis + -ine. 1. A specimen of the now extinct species Homo habilis. Example: By around 2.3 million years ago, the first tentative record emerges of a new species, a habiline. Habilines, still poorly understood, are the “missing link” between apes and humans.
Word: habiline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Homo habilis + -ine. 1. Of or pertaining to habilines. Labels: not-comparable Example: Finally, new finds from Olduvai prompted Leakey, Tobias and Napier (1964) to recognize a new form, Homo habilis. Although the post-cranial elements of this find are no longer believed to be habiline, further finds[…]suggest that there is indeed a reality to this species. Example: Sexual division of labor may be as old as the habiline hominids (H. habilis, ± 2.5 mya), who in all probability practiced a flexible subsistence strategy of "ecological opportunism optimized by tool use"[…].
Word: alhajis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alhaji Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oncome Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English oncomen, from Old English oncuman, ancuman (“to arrive, come upon, happen”), from Proto-Germanic *anakwemaną (“to come to, come at, arrive”), equivalent to on- + come. Cognate with Dutch aankomen (“to arrive”), German ankommen (“to arrive”), Swedish ankomma (“to arrive”). 1. To arrive; come to; come on. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: This said, and shaking his long dark spear, then forward he hurl'd it Into the fullround buckler of Priamides Alexander; Right thro' his glittering shield oncame the redoubtable warspear, On still advanced, throughpiercing his breastplate's various-art-work [...] Example: A trip from you. Taken. . . . Then time oncame [...]
Word: oncome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oncome (“an attack”), equivalent to on- + come. Compare Old English ancuman (“to arrive, come upon, happen”). More at ancome, income. 1. Advent, arrival, approach; onset. Example: I see the dawn or rather I feel the oncome of it. 2. The commencement or initial stages of a business, especially of one which requires great exertion. 3. The setting about of an action; development; progress. 4. An attack; an attack or onset of a disease, fit, or episode. Example: On inquiry it was found that this neurosis corresponded in time with the oncome of the catamenia. Example: "She often has oncomes," explained Angus shortly. "But now we will tell, for though but children, we talk straighter." 5. A mysterious disease or ailment. Labels: dialectal Example: This woman had acquired a considerable reputation among the ignorant by the pretended cures which she performed, especially in oncomes, as the Scotch call them, or mysterious diseases, which baffle the regular physician. 6. A heavy fall of rain or snow; cloudburst. Labels: dialectal 7. The lower edge of a fire-clay lining piece.
Word: auriculares Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɔˌɹɪk.jəˈlɛɹˌiz/ 1. plural of auricularis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alhaji Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hajji. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: alhaji Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hausa àlhajī. 1. title of respect, often used as a shorthand for a businessman from Northern Nigeria. Labels: Nigeria
Word: alhajia Part of Speech: noun 1. A woman who has made a religious pilgrimage to Mecca
Word: benzphetamine Part of Speech: noun 1. An anti-obesity drug. Labels: uncountable
Word: ore tenus Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin; Medieval Latin oretenus 1. Of testimony, presented orally. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rock climber Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who takes part in rock climbing
Word: curium bromide Part of Speech: noun 1. The curium salt of hydrobromic acid, CmBr₃ Labels: uncountable
Word: cycle time Part of Speech: noun 1. The total elapsed time to complete an operation or set of operations. Example: Order cycle time can now be minutes from when the customer starts entering an order to when it is visible to the warehouse. Example: Production cycle time is not as important as the time spent in transit. 2. the time equipment takes to complete one cycle of operation, from start to finish
Word: cycle times Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cycle time Labels: form-of, plural
Word: get the drop on Part of Speech: verb 1. To point one's firearm at another person, thereby gaining dominance in a situation. Labels: informal, transitive Example: He got the drop on them and proceeded to shoot and kill them before they could fire a shot or respond. 2. To obtain an advantage over another person, by acting before that person. Labels: broadly, informal, transitive Example: We’re always getting the drop on our competitors because the owner really knows the business and can act fast. Example: The petty critic in me would say the show could’ve done a better job of revealing how she got the drop on the Night King instead of just Deus Ex Arya’ing the situation, but it’s a very satisfying moment, so we’ll let it pass.
Word: hand in glove Part of Speech: adv 1. In very close cooperation. Labels: idiomatic Example: The vendors were working hand in glove with our people. Example: Isn't it beautiful to see two people / So much in love? / Barenaked as two virgins hand in hand / And hand and hand in glove
Word: hand-in-glove Part of Speech: adj 1. Closely cooperative. Labels: idiomatic
Word: hand-in-glove Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of hand in glove. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: boyfriendless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From boyfriend + -less. 1. Without a boyfriend. Labels: not-comparable
Word: girlfriendless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From girlfriend + -less. 1. Without a girlfriend. Labels: not-comparable Example: He had been alone, girlfriendless, for nearly a year, and had sort of adjusted to bachelorhood […] Example: He doesn't seem to mind being girlfriendless.
Word: off the reservation Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From go off the reservation. 1. Violating rules or decorum; out of bounds. Labels: idiomatic 2. Having broken with one's party or group, usually temporarily. Labels: US Example: While politicians remained blackballed on opening night, the Clintonites' search for "real people" was not limited to the obscure. Thomason floated Billy Graham's name, but Hillary worried that he might get off the reservation on abortion.
Word: Munroist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Munro + -ist. 1. One who has climbed all of the Munros (Scottish mountains of more than 3,000 feet in height). Labels: UK
Word: euglobulin lysis time Part of Speech: noun 1. A blood test that measures the amount of time required for a clot to break down in the blood.
Word: euglobulin Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /juːˈɡlɒbjʊlɪn/ 1. A fraction of serum proteins obtained as a precipitate by adjusting salt levels and pH.
Word: magnesemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From magnes(ium) + -emia or magnes(io)- + -emia. 1. The presence of magnesium in the blood, and (usually, especially) the degree (that is, its concentration). Labels: especially, in-compounds, uncountable
Word: hyponutrition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypo- + nutrition. 1. undernutrition Labels: uncountable
Word: osmolar Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to osmolarity Labels: not-comparable
Word: deduplication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + duplication. Pronunciation: /diːˌdʒuːplɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The act of removing duplication or redundancy. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The elimination of redundant duplicate data. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The division of that which is morphologically one organ into two or more, such as the division of an organ of a plant into a pair or cluster. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hyporchema Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑπόρχημα (hupórkhēma). 1. A form of ancient Greek choral song accompanied by dance
Word: dolmade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from dolmades, from Greek ντολμάδες (ntolmádes), plural of ντολμάς (ntolmás). 1. A dolma. Example: Both share a fascination for baklava and the stuffed leaves known as dolmades.
Word: dolmades Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Greek ντολμάδες (ntolmádes). 1. plural of dolma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dolmades Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dolmade + -s. 1. plural of dolmade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: meltaway Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From melt + away. 1. Used in the names of various recipes for cakes and cookies that seem to melt in the mouth. Labels: not-comparable Example: Gould’s mother mailed him a recipe box that contained cards with easy-to-follow instructions for some of the family’s favorites: teriyaki chicken, broccoli salad, peanut butter meltaway cake and corn dip.
Word: heffalump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a childish mispronunciation of elephant, perhaps influenced by half a lump (as in "I'll have half a lump of sugar in my tea"), coined by the English author Alan Alexander Milne (1882–1956) as the name of an imaginary animal in his book Winnie-the-Pooh (1926). The animal was not described in the book, but the illustrator Ernest Howard Shepard (1879–1976) depicted it as an elephant. Sense 2 (“something which is elusive”) refers to the fact that in Milne’s book the characters Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet set a trap for, but are unable to capture, a heffalump. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛfəlʌmp/, /ˈhɛfəˌlʌmp/, /-ˌləmp/ 1. (A child's name for) an elephant. Labels: childish, humorous Example: We went to the zoo and saw some heffalumps. Example: Mrs. Jumbo stood at the door with the baby heffalump in her arms. She waved a large blue handkerchief and heffalump waved his little white paws. "Goodbye, Daddy Jumbo, Goodbye" they cried. "Goodbye Mummy Jumbo, goodbye baby heffalump." 2. Something that is elusive. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: With the study in this chapter, we continue the hunt for the Heffalump to answer the 'who is the entrepreneur' question [...]. The Heffalump is a character from Winnie-the-Pooh that has been hunted by many individuals using various ingenious trapping devices, but no one has succeeded in capturing it so far. All who claim to have caught sight of it report that it is enormous, but they disagree on its particularities [...]. Example: In fact, some researchers are skeptical about the feasibility of constructing such an index and describe it as a "search for [a] heffalump" [...] or looking for a "Holy Grail" [...]. 3. A clumsy or overweight person. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: Violet, under the auspices of Jacques-Yves Cabillaud, had been continuing to expand her childish girth. At two she had already been pronounced a heffalump; by seven, she was the size and shape of a barrel. Example: As I sat in my Virgin seat, I spotted an enormous fat bloke waddling towards me and thought: Please, God, not him. There's nothing worse than sitting next to a heaving heffalump on an 11-hour flight, not least because they eat all the best food.
Word: snotnoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snotnose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wazzers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wazzer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonasthmatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + asthmatic. 1. Not asthmatic. Labels: not-comparable Example: The development of lung function was also lower in nonasthmatic and nonsmoking teenagers living near freeways, suggesting that the highways had an adverse effect on otherwise healthy children.
Word: nonasthmatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + asthmatic. 1. One who does not have asthma.
Word: nonasthmatics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonasthmatic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonfreeway Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + freeway. 1. That is not, or does not relate to, a freeway. Labels: Canada, US, not-comparable Example: They also recorded the distance of each child’s home from the nearest limited-access highway and from other major nonfreeway roads.
Word: midaltitude Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mid- + altitude. 1. At a moderate altitude. Labels: not-comparable Example: The beetle’s usual targets were once midaltitude lodgepole and ponderosa pines.
Word: nontradable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + tradable. 1. Not tradable. Labels: not-comparable Example: Many state-owned companies, for example, have settled on formulas to begin cleaning up the problems over nontradable shares.
Word: nontradable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + tradable. 1. something not tradable
Word: myringotomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myringotomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tympanostomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tympano- + -stomy or tympan- + -ostomy. 1. Synonym of myringotomy, incision in the eardrum (tympanic membrane). Example: The children were randomly assigned in a clinical trial to undergo tympanostomy promptly or six to nine months later.
Word: tympanostomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tympanostomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fettucini Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fettuccini. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Example: Within a half-hour, Gould (pronounced GOLD) was stirring in pieces of breaded and sautéed chicken, pouring the finished sauce over fettucini noodles cooked al dente and serving one of the newest entrees from his growing recipe file — rustic chicken — to Tanner, his 9-year-old twin brothers, Colton and Austin, and their parents.
Word: watersoaked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From water + soaked. 1. Soaked with water.
Word: onomastically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *ónomã Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Hellenic *ónomə Ancient Greek ὄνομᾰ (ónomă) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ζω (-ắzō) Ancient Greek ὀνομάζω (onomázō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰστῐκός (onomăstĭkós)bor. English onomastic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English onomastically From onomastic + -ally. 1. In an onomastic way. Example: Quite to the contrary, Skipper is the sexual barometer in Cat. Nowhere is this more evident than in his name. Onomastically, Skipper underscores the major sexual conflicts at the heart of Williams’s script.
Word: cherrystone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cherry + stone. The name of the clam came from a fancied resemblance to a cherry's stone. The fancied resemblance is in shape, color, and sheen, not in size; the clams are several inches across. 1. Ellipsis of cherrystone clam, a hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) that has grown to a size within a certain range, being larger than a countneck, littleneck or topneck but smaller than a quahog. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Miss Violette Shumberger names twelve dozen cherrystone clams as the second course, and Joe Duffle says two gallons of Philadelphia pepperpot soup as the third. 2. Alternative spelling of cherry stone. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cherrystones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cherrystone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonbasketball Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + basketball. 1. Not basketball, or not associated with it. Labels: not-comparable Example: To draw a conclusion like that lets me think a nonbasketball player probably made the decision on this particular act.”
Word: nontalkative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + talkative. 1. Not talkative. Labels: not-comparable Example: But Super Bowl media day demanded Harrison’s presence Tuesday, so the famously nontalkative Harrison planted himself somewhat uneasily in front of waves of reporters who were trying desperately to plumb the depths of his inscrutability.
Word: Hebb's rule Part of Speech: name Etymology: Introduced by Donald Hebb in his 1949 book The Organization of Behavior. 1. Neurons that fire together wire together.
Word: posthole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post + hole. 1. A cut feature used to hold a surface timber or stone, usually much deeper than it is wide. Example: Indentations in the floor were interpreted as postholes and slots that once anchored wooden furniture.
Word: posthole Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From post + hole. 1. To sink one's legs deep into snow while walking. Example: There, Kate dismounted, postholed through the snow to the door of the Park Service's headquarters, marched down the hall to Dan O'Brian's office, walked in without knocking, sat down without invitation, and said, "Now then. Would you mind repeating to me exactly what you told Ethan Int-Hout this morning?" Example: Diane and I held our breaths. Good, she was still upright. She slowly moved her weight forward, and picked up her back foot. We exhaled, and she promptly postholed.
Word: postholes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of posthole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postholes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of posthole Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: prelease Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + lease. 1. To arrange a lease for in advance. Labels: transitive Example: “When we tried to prelease the old warehouse, it was almost impossible to convince anyone that this rather nondescript building could be turned into a regional arts center,” said Roger E. Noyes, a Noisette director of development for this project.
Word: prelease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + lease. 1. A lease arranged in advance.
Word: preleases Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prelease Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: preleases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prelease Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preleasing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of prelease Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: preleased Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of prelease Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pressureless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pressure + -less. 1. Without pressure or the use of pressure. Labels: not-comparable Example: a pressureless gas
Word: ungowned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + gowned. 1. Not gowned; not wearing a gown; unrobed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: girderlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From girder + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a girder. Example: The astronauts exceeded a planned time of six and one-half hours as they labored to switch electrical and fluid lines from interim to permanent locations on the station’s girderlike supporting truss.
Word: hardwearing Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of hard-wearing. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The best maintenance technique for this rugged, hardwearing material is to do practically nothing.
Word: monopolylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From monopoly + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a monopoly. Example: Given the limited number of exchanges in the world and their monopolylike characteristics, investors have leaped at the opportunity to own a piece of what are considered by many to be toll roads for traders.
Word: midsea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mid- + sea. 1. A point out at sea, away from the shore. Labels: uncountable Example: Over the next two years he finished two paintings and a drawing that referred to Hart Crane, the American poet who jumped off a ship in midsea and drowned.
Word: nonmortal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + mortal. 1. Not subject to mortality; undying, immortal. Labels: not-comparable 2. Not deadly; nonfatal. Labels: not-comparable Example: By Tuesday, the same page no longer showed a total for nonmortal casualties.
Word: nonmortal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + mortal. 1. One who is not mortal; an immortal.
Word: nonpaid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + paid. 1. For which no payment is levied. Labels: not-comparable Example: Whether we see an underpaid Minister of War selling contracts for the supply of the army, and receiving bribes through the hands of his wife from the men to whom he pays out the public money, or the member of a nonpaid board jobbing for the execution of a lucrative contract for his nominee, the details bear a great family resemblance. Example: As in most small rural Mexican communities, local residents fill municipal office, or cargos, on a nonpaid basis.
Word: reinvolve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + involve. Pronunciation: /ˌɹi.ɪnˈvɒlv/, /ˌɹi.ɪnˈvɑlv/, /-ˈvɔlv/ 1. To involve again. Labels: transitive Example: Ms. Murray also worked with the family to set goals, including getting Devonta reinvolved in after-school activities and re-enrolling Ms. Hand in school and helping her to find a job. Ms. Hand plans to finish her G.E.D. this spring and then study architecture.
Word: reinvolves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reinvolve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reinvolving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reinvolve Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reinvolved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reinvolve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: squeegeelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From squeegee + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a squeegee. Labels: rare Example: Duchampian too are the so-called “devices” paintings, which have rotatable wooden discs, with squeegeelike arms for smoothing arcs of paint, affixed to their surfaces.
Word: skateway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skate + way. 1. An ice rink or other route for ice skating. Labels: rare Example: In the winter it would freeze over into a skateway. Example: One night after the incident, Stribling told a skateway employee, Crawford, that the rink had had trouble with a "nigger" (Johnson) the night before...
Word: skateways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skateway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: celebrification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of celebrity + -ification. 1. The introduction of celebrity as a factor in some field or discipline. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Chuck Todd, editor of the online political clearinghouse Hotline, calls the gossip phenomenon “pack gossip journalism,” a byproduct of the celebrification of politics and the attendant proliferation of media to cover it. Example: The rise of populism in an age of celebrification also plays into the coarsening of discourse.
Word: dipperful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dipper + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪpəfʊl/ 1. As much as a dipper will hold; a cupful. Labels: US Example: He [the horse-doctor] made up a bucket of bran-mash, and said a dipperful of it every two hours, alternated with a drench with turpentine and axle-grease in it, would either knock my ailments out of men in twenty-four hours, or so interest me in other ways as to make me forget they were on the premises. […] I took up the Christian Science book and read half of it, then took a dipperful of drench and read the other half. Example: Earmarks—those undebated dipperfuls of taxpayer-financed contracts that tripled under the Republicans—will undoubtedly return in the new budget.
Word: dipperfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dipperful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dippersful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dipperful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laojiao Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 勞教 /劳教 (láojiào) (an abbreviation of 勞動教養／劳动教养 (láodòng jiàoyǎng)). 1. A system of administrative detentions in the People's Republic of China in which penal labour is done for a small salary, generally used to detain people who have committed minor crimes. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: lifehacking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From life + hacking. 1. The use of lifehacks. Labels: uncountable Example: It's all about finding ways to make yourself more efficient. Lifehacking, baby. This morning, I brushed my teeth in the shower, saved myself 90 seconds, which I just used to explain this to you. Damn it!
Word: nonartist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -ista Late Latin artistader. French artisteder. English artist English nonartist From non- + artist. 1. One who is not an artist (creator of art). Example: The gift-giving nature of the exchange feels nice and pokes gently at art world economics. Mr. Ovelman is the subject of the portraits here, but they are all by nonartists.
Word: nonartists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonartist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wooliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wooly + -ness. 1. Alternative spelling of woolliness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: ragalike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From raga + -like. 1. Resembling raga or some aspect of it. Example: On a ballad called “If Only Once,” she shared lyrical duties with Mr. Cline, who demonstrated sensitivity and restraint in an improvisation over a ragalike pedal tone. Ms. Scheinman’s solo on the tune was stately but not remote; she packed many shades of melancholy into a few understated phrases.
Word: Hasse diagram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Helmut Hasse (1898–1979), though he was not the first to use them. 1. A diagram which represents a finite poset, in which nodes are elements of the poset and arrows represent the order relation between elements. Transitivity of the order relation is tacit, in other words, if x<y and y<z then no arrow is drawn from x to z, but if there is no distinct z between x and y (such that x<z<y) then an arrow is draw from x to y.
Word: Boolean lattice Part of Speech: noun 1. The lattice corresponding to a Boolean algebra. Example: A Boolean lattice always has 2ⁿ elements for some cardinal number n. Example: If two Boolean lattices have the same size, then they are isomorphic.
Word: caveola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin caveola, constructed from cavea (“hollow, cavity; cage”) + -ola (diminutive suffix). Doublet of jail, which is from Late Latin caveola, an earlier, natural formation of the same term. More at cave, cavum, cava and cage. 1. A small (50–100 nanometer) invagination of the plasma membrane in many vertebrate cell types.
Word: caveolae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caveola Labels: form-of, plural
Word: viv Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. vivarium Labels: slang Example: I recently purchased a new viv, however up until now I have not been able to find a background that is high enough for the viv. The viv is 36 inches wide and at least 20 inches high. All the backgrounds I have seen have only been 18 inches high.
Word: distributive lattice Part of Speech: noun 1. A lattice in which the "meet" and the "join" operations are distributive with respect to each other. Example: In a distributive lattice, the set of complemented elements is a sublattice.
Word: day labor Part of Speech: noun 1. Work done where the worker is hired and paid one day at a time, with no promise that more work will be available in the future. Labels: uncountable
Word: day laborer Part of Speech: noun 1. A laborer who is hired and paid one day at a time, with no promise that more work will be available in the future.
Word: transmembranal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + membranal. 1. Occurring across a membrane. Labels: not-comparable
Word: short strokes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly an allusion to painting, in which a painter typically finishes a work with short, careful, finishing strokes of the paint brush, or to golf, in which a player concludes each hole by making short strokes with a putter. 1. The final steps of an undertaking, especially one which has been lengthy or laborious. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: He knows they are in the short strokes—it's almost over. Example: Ironing out the short strokes has taken a little longer than expected, but it all should be worth the wait for Strawberry when the Yankees officially announce today they have re-signed the rehabbed slugger. 2. Bare essentials. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: She can evoke an entire scene in short strokes, as in this from "The Wamsutter Wolf": "This trailer was in ruins, broken-backed because its west end had slipped off the cinder-block supports. All the windows had been shot out."
Word: empty graph Part of Speech: noun 1. A graph with vertices but no edges. Example: The empty graph with n vertices is denoted as Eₙ.
Word: down to the short strokes Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possibly an allusion to painting, in which a painter typically finishes a work with short, careful, finishing strokes of the paint brush, or to golf, in which a player concludes each hole by making short strokes with a putter. In swimming competition, as a swimmer nearly reaches a wall to turn or to finish, the competitor might take a shorter stroke to start the turn smoothly, or to finish faster. 1. In the final steps or decisive phase of an undertaking, especially one which has been lengthy or laborious. Labels: idiomatic Example: "I would say we are down to the short strokes, down to the cleanup phase" of the investigation, said E. Campion Kersten, a Fox Point lawyer.
Word: down to the short strokes Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Possibly an allusion to painting, in which a painter typically finishes a work with short, careful, finishing strokes of the paint brush, or to golf, in which a player concludes each hole by making short strokes with a putter. In swimming competition, as a swimmer nearly reaches a wall to turn or to finish, the competitor might take a shorter stroke to start the turn smoothly, or to finish faster. 1. To the final steps or decisive phase of an undertaking, especially one which has been lengthy or laborious. Labels: idiomatic Example: "You should never count Lyndon out," Nixon said. "When it comes down to the short strokes, there's no one who can handle them better than Lyndon Johnson. Example: When the budget negotiations get down to the short strokes in October, should I cave or take the "train wreck"?
Word: hyporeflexia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypo- + reflex + -ia. 1. Diminished function of one or more reflexes. Labels: uncountable
Word: Bassorah Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Basra Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hyposulfurous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hypo- + sulfurous. 1. Of or pertaining to hyposulfurous acid or its derivatives. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hypostyle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hypo- + -style. 1. Having a roof supported on a row of columns. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hypostyle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypo- + -style. 1. A building or chamber whose roof is supported on a row of columns.
Word: vivaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vivace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterattraction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + attraction. Pronunciation: /ˌkaʊntəɹəˈtɹakʃən/ 1. Something that vies for the attention of a person or thing in competition with something else; a rival for preference. Example: 1956, January 31ˢᵗ: Alan Alexander Milne; quoted in: Example: 1988: James B. Simpson, Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, № 4,393 (Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief — call it what you will — than any book ever written; it has emptied more churches than all the counterattractions of cinema, motor bicycle and golf course.
Word: understages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of understage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterattractions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterattraction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterattract Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From counter- + attract. Pronunciation: /ˌkaʊntəɹəˈtɹakt/ 1. To attract at the expense of someone or something else. Labels: rare Example: The provision of nurses for them is a major problem in itself, relieved to a large extent in county districts by part-time workers, but remaining only partially solved by such methods in the cities, where more congenial occupations counterattract them. Example: ante''' 1979–2002: American Institute of Physics, Current Physics Index, volume 27: part 1, page 6,393 ⁽¹⁹⁷⁹⁾ or 4,917 ⁽²⁰⁰²⁾ Flexible polymers also counterattract.
Word: counterattracts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌkaʊntəɹəˈtɹakts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of counterattract Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Hence, the oxygen vacancy loses some of its “negative charge” and takes on a “positive character” that counterattracts the leakage of negative charge.
Word: counterattracting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: counterattract + -ing Pronunciation: /ˌkaʊntəɹəˈtɹaktɪŋ/ 1. Serving to counterattract. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: There are no counterattracting or counteracting forces in God or in His universe, including man. Example: His emotional dependency on her is matched and balanced by her dependency on him in a continuous, reciprocal, attracting and counterattracting, responsive and counter-responsive interrelationship.
Word: counterattracting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: counterattract + -ing Pronunciation: /ˌkaʊntəɹəˈtɹaktɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of counterattract Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sinuosities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sinuosity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterattracted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌkaʊntəɹəˈtɹaktɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of counterattract Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: A solid is an enormous group of molecules held together in a regular pattern by their mutual attractions. Water molecules also attract the molecules of the solid and so tend to break up the pattern and bring the molecules into solution. Molecules in solution are then counterattracted by those in the solid.
Word: unaidedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unaided + -ly. 1. In an unaided way. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Zersetzung Part of Speech: noun Etymology: German Zersetzung (literally “decomposition”) 1. A form of psychological warfare used by the Stasi. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: counterattractive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From counter- + attractive. Pronunciation: /ˌkaʊntəɹəˈtɹaktɪv/ 1. Acting as a counterattraction; counterattracting. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: In the struggle against the influence of such revelations, the counterattractive force of appeals to consider British interests was weakening. Example: He saw the relations among prices of land, corn, flour, and bread as dependent on “growth of the power of association” which makes “circulation” more rapid “as the attractive and counterattractive forces increase in their intensity.”
Word: good enough for jazz Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Traditionally used among musicians when an instrument was imperfectly tuned. 1. Good enough. Labels: idiomatic, informal, not-comparable
Word: neuroethologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neuroethology + -ist. 1. One who is involved in neuroethology.
Word: neuroethologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neuroethologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overbrand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + brand. 1. To use too many brands (proprietary names in marketing). Example: "They had overbranded and had too many branding levels with three different divisions and all of their products using the ITT prefix," says Hayes Roth... Example: If the product name is mentioned more than once in a sound bite and in the narration, you've more than likely overbranded it. Don't overburden your expert.
Word: overbranding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overbrand Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overbranded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overbrand Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: co-grandmother Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * co- + grandmother 1. the mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law, as common grandmother of their children; the relationship between women who have grandchildren in common; maternal grandmother vis-à-vis paternal grandmother. Example: Talk to enough grandparents and one thing becomes clear: Because she's closer to the mother of the children, the maternal grandmother generally has a slight advantage. Or, as Audrey Berson […] put it: "She's my daughter, so I have the edge." Even so, Berson's co-grandmother works in the same town as the grandkids, and she sometimes meets the bus after school. "It bothers me," Berson said. "I wish it were me." Example: A Canadian grandmother's essay about essentially crashing her daughter-in-law's birth […] Rhona Bennett writes of […] hopping a train to Montreal, and (in cahoots with her co-grandmother) bum-rushing the hospital […] The two bubbies called the hospital […] and naturally were rebuffed, so off they went, in search of information, affirmation, and a grandbaby.
Word: pelages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pelage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yeesh Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Perhaps yuck or yech, etc. influenced by sheesh. 1. Expressing exasperation or impatience. Example: You ask..yeesh do we have to teach you EVERYTHING?? Example: >How can there be a "best" crime against humanity? Ones that get rid of the most undesirable ethnic groups. Yeesh do I have to draw a picture? 2. Expressing relief; phew, whew. Example: "I guess that explains why they don't fly very well." Gina shuddered. "And I almost made it crash! Yeesh!" "Yeesh is right," agreed Jay. Example: "Yeesh," Ratchet muttered again, caressing his singed whiskers. "I think I'll let you look for the books from now on, Kendra." 3. Expressing disgust; yuck, yech. Example: And so, if your mother says, "Yeesh!" every time somebody mentions broiled liver... Example: Yeesh. So strong was his cologne she could practically taste it.
Word: metriopatheia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μετριοπάθεια (metriopátheia, “moderation of passions”). 1. Moderation of the passions.
Word: waspless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wasp + -less. 1. Without wasps. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: apatheia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπάθεια (apátheia). Doublet of apathy. Pronunciation: /ˌæpəˈθiːə/ 1. A state of mind in Stoic philosophy in which one is free from emotional disturbance; the freedom from all passions. Labels: uncountable Example: But, one might ask, how can the temporal event of God in our midst be the same as God's event to himself in his eternity if so absolute a distinction is drawn between the enarrable contents of history and the "eternal dynamism" of God's immutability, apatheia, and perfect fullness?
Word: moaning Minnie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from the French name Minié (for a soft lead bullet) or the German Minenwerfer, a type of trench mortar (WW I allusions), or simply because of the alliteration of the name with the participial adjective; see Martin, Gary (23 November 2022), “Moaning Minnie”, in Phrases.org.UK, retrieved 29 Nov 2022. 1. A person who moans; a peevish complainer. Labels: slang Example: Don't you think that's the way to persuade more companies to come to this region and get more jobs—because I want them—for the people who are unemployed? Not always standing there as moaning minnies. Now stop it! 2. An air raid siren. Labels: historical, slang 3. A noisy rocket artillery piece (after 1944, the German Nebelwerfer). Labels: historical, slang
Word: co-grandfather Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * co- + grandfather 1. the father of one's son- or daughter-in-law, as common grandfather of their children; the relationship between men who have grandchildren in common; maternal grandfather vis-à-vis paternal grandfather. Example: The milkman was Edward Kenelm Digby, 52, eleventh Baron Digby, World War I colonel in the Coldstream Guards, World War II inspector of infantry-training establishments, co-grandfather (with Winston Churchill) of Randolph Churchill's small son, Winston Churchill II.
Word: bounceless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bounce + -less. 1. That does not require debouncing. Labels: not-comparable 2. Designed to reduce bouncing. Labels: not-comparable Example: a bounceless sports bra
Word: bugproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bug + -proof. 1. Resistant to insects.
Word: bugproof Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bug + -proof. 1. To make resistant to insects. Labels: transitive
Word: insectproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From insect + -proof. 1. Resistant to insects.
Word: unredressable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + redress + -able. Pronunciation: /ʌnɹɪˈdɹɛsəbəl/ 1. Not redressable, that cannot be redressed.
Word: co-grandparents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of co-grandparent Labels: form-of, plural Example: Most grandparents aren't engaged in a duel with their co-grandparents, but the desire to be the most beloved, most generous grandparent often simmers beneath the surface. […] “It can get to the point where they can't speak to the co-grandparents, or the parents can't have events where they're both there,” she said.
Word: falaj Part of Speech: noun 1. A qanat.
Word: falajes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of falaj Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hudibrastic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of Hudibrastic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: maskable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mask + -able. 1. That can be masked (disabled). Labels: not-comparable, usually
Word: nonmaskable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + maskable. 1. Not maskable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sawteeth Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sawtooth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tempos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tempo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wynns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wynn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wyns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wyn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tridacna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any member of the genus Tridacna of large saltwater clams with heavy fluted shells.
Word: tridacnas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tridacna Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tals Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Tal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toyman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toy + -man. 1. A male seller of toys. Labels: dated Example: In 1874, Henry Cremer, the Regent Street toyman, advertised eggs which contained a 'Dolly and a Dolly's Trousseau', others might have minute glasses or tea-sets carefully packed inside.
Word: toywoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toy + woman. 1. A female seller of toys. Labels: dated
Word: toywomen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toywoman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toymen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toyman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wotteth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wot, wott, and wotte Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He that hathe not this fayth, is but an vnpꝛofytable babler of fayth and woꝛkes / and wotteth nother what he bableth noꝛ what he meaneth, oꝛ whereunto his woꝛdes ꝑtayne.
Word: titipounamu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori titipounamu, tītitipounamu. 1. The rifleman (bird), Acanthisitta chloris.
Word: wrenlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wren + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a wren.
Word: rescuable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rescue + -able. 1. That can be rescued or recovered. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unmown Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + mown. 1. Not mown; unmowed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: henlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hen + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a hen.
Word: henlike Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hen + -like. 1. In the manner of a hen. Example: He was not going to squat henlike on his place as the cockies around him did. Example: But then there was the rain. And with it memories of Vanikarri and the iron huts of the wards and the black-cloaked sisters running henlike through the puddles and giggling.
Word: partisanly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From partisan + -ly. 1. In a partisan way.
Word: toyseller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toy + seller. 1. One who sells toys.
Word: toysellers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toyseller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postdeadline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + deadline. 1. After a deadline. Labels: not-comparable
Word: postliberation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + liberation. 1. After liberation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: multimember Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + member. 1. Having more than one member (political representative). Labels: not-comparable
Word: toymaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toy + making. 1. The work of a toymaker: the manufacture of toys. Labels: uncountable
Word: Arab strap Part of Speech: noun 1. A device, usually made of leather with a metal ring, that is fastened around the penis and testicles to sustain erection.
Word: co-affine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + affine. 1. A co-in-law: A relationship by marriage with a separation by three degrees (two people), compared to prototypical affines, where the separation is two and one. Labels: rare