nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: birchlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From birch + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of birch. Example: birchlike leaves
Word: zenithally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From zenithal + -ly. 1. In terms of or by means of the zenith. Labels: not-comparable
Word: up to the hub Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Suggesting a wheel stuck in mud. 1. As far as possible in embarrassment or difficulty, or in business; deeply involved. Labels: archaic, idiomatic Example: I am afraid A. F. S. (Dresden) gets "up to the hub" in engineering difficulties sometimes, but this will help him to appreciate the force, beauty and application of the expression. Example: I was up to the hub in love, and was goin' into it like a locomotive.
Word: bannerfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From banner + fish. 1. A large sailfish of the species Istiophorus platypterus, of the swordfish family, with a broad banner-like dorsal fin 2. Any of several species of butterflyfish in the genus Heniochus (order Chaetodontiformes) that superficially resemble the Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus, order Acanthuriformes), though not closely related.
Word: bannerfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bannerfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vanless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From van + -less. 1. Without a van. Labels: not-comparable Example: No, I should not go to see the transport manager – I should scram before he saw me vanless and tried to do me out of my rights by putting me on another van for the day.
Word: box off Part of Speech: verb 1. To turn the head of a vessel either way by bracing the headyards aback. 2. To enclose an area and separate it from a larger area by surrounding it in walls.
Word: dandy roller Part of Speech: noun 1. A roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper.
Word: gluttons for punishment Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glutton for punishment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mirror carp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the resemblance of their large scales to mirrors. 1. A form of carp with irregular and patchy scaling.
Word: secretary hand Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of handwriting developed in Europe and used during the 16th and 17th centuries for writing English, German, Welsh and Gaelic; a variety of this style. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: It is written in three different Secretary hands: the first finishing at stanza 9 but with stanzas unnumbered,[…]. Example: When Mercy Harvey advised the nobleman to imitate her handwriting, she specified that he should write the address on the outside of the letter in "a small raggid secretary hand."
Word: secretary hands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of secretary hand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: harp shell Part of Speech: noun 1. An attractive marine gastropod shell of the genus Harpa, found in tropical seas.
Word: harp shells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of harp shell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pure-impure Part of Speech: adj 1. Completely or totally impure. Labels: dated, not-comparable, uncommon Example: The inhabitants were pure-impure pagans.
Word: amateurisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amateurism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: purpliest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of purply: most purply Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: purplier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of purply: more purply Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: dead pledge Part of Speech: noun 1. The conveyance of an estate to another for money borrowed, to be held by him until the debt is paid out of the rents and profits. Labels: historical
Word: put in pledge Part of Speech: verb 1. To pawn; to give as a guarantee. Labels: dated, idiomatic, transitive Example: the land, which is so put in pledge, is by law, in case of non-payment at the time limited, forever dead and gone from the mortgagor;
Word: hamartiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hamartia (“sin”) + -ology. 1. The theology or study of sin. Labels: uncountable Example: Though defiant of the fundamentally substantialist approach to the problem of sin in the Augustinian tradition, Barth adopts the substantialist nomenclature of the Latin tradition and the basic grammar of Augustine's hamartiology.
Word: hamartiological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hamartia + -logical. 1. Relating to hamartiology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hamartiologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hamartiological + -ly. 1. In terms of hamartiology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gingerbready Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gingerbread + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of gingerbread.
Word: burial case Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of coffin, usually of iron, made to close air-tight, for the preservation of a dead body.
Word: rough it Part of Speech: verb 1. To endure hard living conditions; to live without ordinary comforts. Labels: colloquial Example: Out in the backwoods with only a tent and no radio or plumbing, they were really roughing it. Example: I agree that boys ought to rough it; but when a boy is lame and very delicate, he roughs it sufficiently if he leaves home.
Word: halfcocked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of halfcock Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: go off halfcocked Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of go off half-cocked. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Congreve rocket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After its inventor, Sir William Congreve. 1. A kind of military rocket. Labels: historical
Word: Congreve rockets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Congreve rocket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mortgageor Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of mortgager. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: mortgageors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mortgageor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: equity of redemption Part of Speech: noun 1. The advantage, allowed to a mortgager, of a certain or reasonable time to redeem lands mortgaged, after they have been forfeited at law by the non-payment of the sum of money due on the mortgage at the appointed time. Labels: uncountable Example: This reasonable advantage, allowed to mortgagors, is called the equity of redemption : and this enables a mortgagor to call on the mortgagee , who has possession of his estate , to deliver it back and account for the rents and profits received
Word: almucantar staff Part of Speech: noun 1. An ancient instrument, having an arc of fifteen degrees, formerly used at sea to take observations of the sun's amplitude at the time of its rising or setting, to find the variation of the compass.
Word: catchings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catching Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hatstring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hat + string. 1. A string that fastens a hat on the wearer's head. Labels: plural-normally
Word: hatstrings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hatstring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subcache Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + cache. 1. A secondary or subsidiary cache.
Word: subcaches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subcache Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmiːtɪŋz/ 1. plural of meting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chhurpi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Nepali छुर्पी (churpī). 1. A traditional cheese of Nepal and Tibet. Labels: uncountable
Word: chow chow Part of Speech: noun 1. A chayote. Labels: South-Asia, countable, uncountable 2. Alternative form of chowchow. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: trepannings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trepanning Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Phaiakian Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Phaeacian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Phaiakians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Phaiakian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hurlings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hurling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: threateningness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From threatening + -ness. 1. The quality of being threatening, presenting or making a threat. Labels: uncountable
Word: curings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of curing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: engrossings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of engrossing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bolsterings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bolstering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leafings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈliːfɪŋz/ 1. plural of leafing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frothings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frothing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sterilisable Part of Speech: adj 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sterilizable. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard, not-comparable
Word: spoilings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spoiling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: filiations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of filiation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trashings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trashing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nigglings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of niggling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smirkings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smirking Labels: form-of, plural
Word: treadings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of treading Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sheepshearings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sheepshearing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scroungings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scrounging Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exercisings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exercising Labels: form-of, plural
Word: curtsyings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of curtsying Labels: form-of, plural
Word: curtseyings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of curtseying Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toyings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toying Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abettings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abetting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aidings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.dɪŋz/ 1. plural of aiding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: joggler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of jogger + juggler, or joggle + -er. 1. One who takes part in the sport of joggling (a combination of jogging and juggling).
Word: jogglers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of joggler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jogglings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of joggling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oriform Part of Speech: adj 1. mouth-shaped
Word: neuralgiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neuralgia + -iform or neur- + -algia + -iform. 1. Resembling neuralgia.
Word: phylliform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phyllo- + -iform. 1. leaf-shaped
Word: harengiform Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /həˈɹɛndʒɪˌfɔː(ɹ)m/, /həˈɹɛŋɡɪˌfɔː(ɹ)m/ 1. herring-shaped Labels: rare
Word: misdoubtings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of misdoubting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hamperings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hampering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spurnings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spurning Labels: form-of, plural
Word: issuings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of issuing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reusings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reusing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: usings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of using Labels: form-of, plural
Word: payings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paying Labels: form-of, plural
Word: humeral veil Part of Speech: noun 1. A long, narrow veil or scarf, normally of the same color and material as the vestments, worn round the shoulders by the officiating priest or attendant at Mass. It is used to protect the sacred vessels from direct contact with the hands.
Word: humeral veils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of humeral veil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apricating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of apricate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: apricated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of apricate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: jotation Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəʊˈteɪʃən/ 1. Alternative form of iotation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: antiaddictives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antiaddictive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Highgate resin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Found in blue clay at Highgate, near London, England. 1. copaline Labels: uncountable
Word: paunch mat Part of Speech: noun 1. A thick mat made of strands of rope, used to prevent the yard or rigging from chafing. Labels: historical
Word: Griess Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Griess, a variant of Gries. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Syrus Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Syros (“Greek island”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Fudō Myōō Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Japanese 不動明王 (Fudō Myōō). 1. a guardian deity primarily revered in Vajrayana Buddhism as the principal of the Five Wisdom Kings, also known as Acala. Labels: Japanese
Word: Federweisser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Federweißer. 1. Partially fermented grape must. Labels: uncountable Example: Federweisser is not one of the ever newly-emerging, unpronounceable varietals like Frühroter Veltliner, Kerner, […]. It is a beverage rich in history and is made of freshly fermenting grape juice from just-pressed grapes that you can drink during all the stages of fermentation. Example: That's why Federweisser, while delicious, is famously dangerous: caps are not screwed tightly to allow the gases to escape, so be careful to keep it upright. What's more, the longer you keep it around, the drunker you'll be: […]
Word: Lévis Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Quebec.
Word: Sherbrooke Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the English surname Shirebrook, from the Manor of Shirebrook * (surname): Corruption of the surname Shirebrook. * (Nova Scotian municipality): From the surname of the governor general. * (Prince Edward Island municipality): * (Quebec municipality): From the surname of the governor general. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɝ.bɹʊk/ 1. A placename 2. A placename 3. A placename 4. A placename 5. A surname.
Word: Saguenay Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Innu shakaikanipeiau, (river which widens to form a lake). Pronunciation: /ˈsæɡəneɪ/, /ˌsæɡəˈneɪ/ 1. A city, river, and region of Quebec, Canada. 2. a legendary kingdom in present-day Quebec
Word: Fermont Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Quebec, Canada.
Word: Schefferville Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Scheffer + -ville. 1. A town in Quebec, Canada. Example: The longest haul is in Canada, from the vast deposits of ore at Schefferville, in Quebec, to Seven Islands—a distance of 357 miles; [...].
Word: Magog Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew מָגוֹג (māḡôḡ). 1. The second of the seven sons of Japheth.
Word: Magog Part of Speech: name Etymology: After Lake Memphremagog. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪɡɒɡ/ 1. A city and river in Quebec, Canada.
Word: Potton Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English pott (“pot”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). 1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2249). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A township municipality in Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Stanstead Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English stan (“stone”) + stede (“place”), meaning "stony place". 1. A village and civil parish of Suffolk, England. 2. A town in Quebec, Canada.
Word: Gatineau Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Gatineau. Pronunciation: /ˈɡætinoʊ/ [ˈɡaɾinoʊ] 1. A city and regional county municipality in the Outaouais region, Quebec, Canada, on the Quebec-Ontario border. 2. A river in Quebec, Canada; a tributary of the Ottawa river.
Word: Rimouski Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Rimouski. 1. A town in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Quebec, Canada. 2. A river in Quebec, Canada.
Word: Matane Part of Speech: name 1. A town and river in Quebec, Canada.
Word: Gaspé Part of Speech: name 1. A city and peninsula in Quebec, Canada.
Word: Percé Part of Speech: name 1. A city and village in Quebec, Canada.
Word: Chibougamau Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Cree word for "gathering place". 1. A town, lake, and river in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada.
Word: Matagami Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Cree word for "the confluence of waters". 1. A town and lake in Quebec, Canada.
Word: Chapais Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. A city in Quebec, Canada.
Word: Chisasibi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cree ᒋᓴᓯᐱ (cisasipi, “great river”). 1. an Indian reserve and village municipality in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada.
Word: Salluit Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Inuktitut ᓴᓪᓗᐃᑦ (salloit, “the thin ones”). 1. A village in northern Quebec, Canada.
Word: Nemaska Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cree ᓀᒥᔅᑳ (nemiskaa, “where the fish abound”). 1. A village in Quebec, Canada.
Word: Eastmain Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after East Main House, a Hudson's Bay Company trading post. 1. An Indian reserve and village municipality of Eeyou Istchee, Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada 2. A river in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada
Word: Waswanipi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cree ᐙᔂᓂᐲ (waaswaanipii, “light over the water”), a traditional night-time fishing method. 1. A village in Quebec, Canada. 2. A river in Quebec, Canada. 3. A lake in Quebec, Canada. 4. A people; a First Nations community, part of the Cree First Nation
Word: Waskaganish Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cree ᐙᔅᑳᐦᐄᑲᓂᔥ (waaskaahiikanish, “little house”). 1. An Indian reserve and village municipality in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada
Word: Dorval Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Dorval. 1. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A surname from French Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Drummondville Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Drummond + -ville, after Sir Gordon Drummond, the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada between 1813 and 1816. 1. A city in Quebec, Canada.
Word: Hazen Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. A city in Arkansas. 3. A city in North Dakota. 4. An unincorporated community in Nevada. 5. A community in New Brunswick, Canada.
Word: Hazenmore Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hazen + -more. 1. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Word: jotations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jotation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scoutcrafts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scoutcraft Labels: form-of, plural Example: Scoutcrafts and water sports are featured. Example: The Canton Boy Scouts held a rally April 9, when they demonstrated scoutcrafts in the afternoon and gave a stag performance in the evening.
Word: authenticatable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Medieval Latin authenticōbor. English authenticate Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English authenticatable From authenticate + -able. 1. Capable of being authenticated.
Word: sunshining Part of Speech: adj 1. Full of sunshine. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: 1620? 1621?, quoted in Azel Ames, The Mayflower and Her Log A fine, sunshining day like April. Party went aland betimes. Many ill both on ship and on shore. Example: The valley of the Mohawk, through which we crept the whole sunshining day, is beautiful from beginning to end […]
Word: sunshining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sunshine Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: superinfector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + infector. 1. Synonym of superspreader. Example: But here, too, was another possible disease vector: the pizza delivery boy as superinfector.
Word: superinfectors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superinfector Labels: form-of, plural
Word: splinternet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of splinter + internet. 1. A fragmented internet, or one of its separate parts. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Wise words from one of advertising's elder statesmen, who has seen the industry evolve from TV, radio, and print to today's splinternet. Example: Increasingly, writers refer to internets or splinternets as ways to describe an increasingly fragmented web in which power brokers create limited access to the Web and the curricular informality of connectivity is challenged by formality.
Word: splinternets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of splinternet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Scandie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scandinavian + -ie. 1. Scandinavian Labels: slang
Word: Scandies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Scandie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: T-top Part of Speech: noun 1. An automobile roof with a removable panel on each side of a rigid bar running from the center of one structural bar between pillars to the center of the next structural bar.
Word: T-tops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of T-top Labels: form-of, plural
Word: T-bars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of T-bar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tropospheric scatter Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of transmitting and receiving microwave radio signals over considerable distances by means of the phenomenon whereby radio waves at particular frequencies are randomly scattered as they pass through the upper layers of the troposphere. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: chastenedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From chastened + -ly. 1. In a chastened manner.
Word: chastenedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chastened + -ness. 1. Quality of being chastened. Labels: uncountable
Word: kraurosis vulvae Part of Speech: noun 1. A cutaneous condition characterized by atrophy and shrinkage of the skin of the vagina and vulva, often accompanied by a chronic inflammatory reaction in the deeper tissues. Labels: uncountable
Word: balanitis xerotica obliterans Part of Speech: noun 1. A dermatological condition affecting the male genitalia, involving atrophic white patches. Labels: uncountable
Word: swashplate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swash + plate. 1. A revolving circular plate, set obliquely on its shaft, and acting as a cam to give a reciprocating motion to a rod in a direction parallel to the shaft. 2. A device that translates input from a helicopter's controls into motion of the main rotor blades.
Word: swashplates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swashplate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + work. 1. The series of small tasks which together comprise a large unified project, completed by many people over the Internet. Labels: uncountable
Word: ischæmic Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of ischemic. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: metoidioplasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eysd-der.? Ancient Greek αἰδώς (aidṓs) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek αἰδοῖος (aidoîos) Ancient Greek αἰδοῖον (aidoîon) Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σσω (plắssō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστός (plăstós)der. English -plasty English metoidioplasty From meta- + Ancient Greek αἰδοῖον (aidoîon, “genitals”) + English -plasty. Pronunciation: /məˈtɔɪ.di.əʊˌplæs.ti/, /məˈtɔɪ.di.oʊˌplæs.ti/ 1. A form of female-to-male gender-affirming surgery in which the clitoris, enlarged by testosterone therapy, is enhanced in size and appearance to provide a penis.
Word: metaoidioplasty Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of metoidioplasty. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: metoidioplasties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metoidioplasty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metaoidioplasties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metaoidioplasty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marchitecture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of market + architecture. 1. A non-technical depiction of the architecture of a system, service, product line, or organization that has been simplified or made more conceptual for use in marketing communications. Labels: uncountable 2. An unfinished architecture that only exists as a figment of marketing. Labels: uncountable 3. An architecture whose design is dictated by marketing considerations. Labels: uncountable
Word: megamenu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + menu. 1. A dropdown menu that expands into a relatively large and complex interface rather than a simple vertical list of commands. Labels: Internet, neologism Example: The webOS version of Facebook uses a megamenu for streamlined navigation, avoiding the extra navigation found in a Springboard pattern.
Word: megamenus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megamenu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: magicology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From magic + -ology. 1. The study of magic. Labels: uncountable Example: The people have not built up a consistent theology or magicology but continue their magical practices because tradition has given these a validity. Example: But, apart from such beings as fairies, who are created with magical powers, it is virtually impossible for any individual to have all-encompassing ability in magicology.
Word: caveperson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cave + person. 1. A caveman or cavewoman. Labels: humorous, rare, sometimes Example: I could see my face in it [the jar], all flattened out and looking something like a prehistoric caveperson. Example: Take, for example, your friendly neighbourhood caveperson happily strolling through the forest carrying home the spoils of his successful hunting trip.
Word: cavepersons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caveperson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cavepeople Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caveperson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sensitivenesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sensitiveness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dispossessedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dispossessed + -ness. 1. Quality of being dispossessed. Labels: uncountable
Word: unpillowed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + pillowed. 1. Not pillowed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Sothic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Sothis (“Sirius”) + -ic (forming adjectives), a variant of earlier Sothiac, from French sothiaque, ultimately from Ancient Greek σωθιακός (sōthiakós, “Sothic”), from Σῶθις (Sôthis, “Sirius”) and -κός (-kós, “-ic”, forming adjectives). Pronunciation: /ˈsɒθ.ɪk/, /ˈsəʊ.θɪk/, /ˈsɑ.θɪk/, /ˈsoʊ.θɪk/ 1. Of or relating to the star Sirius, particularly in Egyptian or ancient Greek contexts. Labels: historical, not-comparable
Word: Sothiac Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French sothiaque, ultimately from Ancient Greek σωθιακός (sōthiakós, “Sothic”), from Σῶθις (Sôthis, “Sirius”) and -κός (-kós, “-ic, forming adjectives”). 1. Alternative form of Sothic: Of or related to the star Sirius. Labels: alt-of, alternative, historical, not-comparable, uncommon
Word: Lloydminster Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after English Canadian Anglican priest George Lloyd. Pronunciation: /ˈlɔɪdmɪnstɚ/ [ˈlɔɪm.mɪn.stɚ] 1. A city on the border of Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada.
Word: offset staff Part of Speech: noun 1. A surveyor's rod, usually ten links long, used in measuring offsets.
Word: copying press Part of Speech: noun 1. A machine for taking an exact copy, by pressure, of a document written in special ink on special paper. Labels: historical Example: The leaf of the copying book is damped, the excess of moisture removed by an absorbent sheet, the document inserted, the book closed, and pressed in the copying press. By this means copies of correspondence are preserved for reference. Copying paper is also made up in rolls for copying machines which carry out the damping and copying automatically.
Word: copying presses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of copying press Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonadditional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + additional. 1. Not additional. Labels: not-comparable
Word: incense tree Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several balsamic trees of the genus Protium, mostly tropical American, whose gum resin is used for incense. 2. a tree of species Chrysobalanus icaco, related to the plums. Labels: Jamaica
Word: incense trees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of incense tree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: burseraceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From translingual Burseraceae + -ous. 1. Of or relating to the family Burseraceae. Labels: not-comparable, relational
Word: pyelonephritic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pyelonephritis + -ic. 1. Relating to pyelonephritis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Australian bear Part of Speech: noun 1. A koala. Labels: archaic
Word: Australian bears Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Australian bear Labels: form-of, plural
Word: allegro moderato Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian allegro moderato. 1. A little slower than allegro. Labels: not-comparable
Word: andante moderato Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Italian andante moderato (“going moderately-fast”). 1. A little faster than andante. Labels: not-comparable
Word: of yore Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Long ago; in days long past. Labels: archaic Example: the recondite lore of yore Example: The Dev'l was piqu'd, ſuch ſaintſhip to behold, / And long'd to tempt him like good Job of old: / But Satan novv is vviſer than of yore, / And tempts by making rich, not making poor.
Word: unsatanic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + satanic. 1. Not satanic.
Word: shaykhdom Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sheikdom. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shaykhdoms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shaykhdom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shaykhs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shaykh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lozenge coach Part of Speech: noun 1. The coach of a dowager, having her coat of arms painted on a lozenge. Labels: historical Example: August 21 1746, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann I am retired hither like an old summer dowager ; only that I have no toad - eater to take the air with me in the back part of my lozenge - coach
Word: unscuppered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + scuppered. 1. Not scuppered. Labels: not-comparable Example: That old Johannes Maartens […] sought old lost Atlantis which he hoped to find still afloat unscuppered.
Word: emprisonments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of emprisonment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: queen dowager Part of Speech: noun 1. The widow of a king. Example: The new Royal Saloon rode roughly at first. It was originally a four-wheel carriage, and as such it was used by Adelaide, the Queen Dowager, but before the Queen [Queen Victoria] travelled in it the body was mounted on an eight-wheel frame.
Word: Russian olives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Russian olive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goathouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From goat + house. Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊthaʊs/, /ˈɡɔʊthaʊs/, /ˈɡoʊthaʊs/, [ˈɡoʊʔ(t̚)haʊs], [ˈɡoʊ(ʔ)t̚haʊs] 1. A building serving as a shelter for goats.
Word: goathouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goathouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: constructive fraud Part of Speech: noun 1. A legal fiction describing a situation where an individual or entity gained an unfair advantage over another by deceitful or unfair methods; however, intent does not need to be shown. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: uncycled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + cycled. 1. Not cycled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: self-rising flour Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of self-raising flour. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: bid beads Part of Speech: verb 1. To pray with beads, in Roman Catholic fashion, distinguishing each bead by a prayer. Labels: archaic
Word: Scotch hearth Part of Speech: noun 1. Ore hearth.
Word: Scotch hearths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Scotch hearth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ore hearth Part of Speech: noun 1. A low furnace in which rich lead ore is reduced.
Word: ore hearths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ore hearth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aylet Part of Speech: noun 1. A black bird with red feet and beak.
Word: aylets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aylet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deal tree Part of Speech: noun 1. fir tree
Word: deal trees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deal tree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gather way Part of Speech: verb 1. To begin to move Labels: dated, idiomatic 2. to move with increasing speed Labels: dated, idiomatic Example: The boat beginning to gather way, too, I threw Sennit the end of a lower-studding-sail halyards, that were brought aft for the purpose, ordered his bowman to let go his hold of the tackle, and dropped the boat a safe towing distance astern Example: The ship tacked with the same admirable precision as before, and on gathering way was found to be looking well up for the entrance to the narrow channel. 3. to get headway by sail or steam so as to answer the helm. Labels: dated, idiomatic
Word: crownable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From crown + -able. 1. Suitable for being crowned. Labels: not-comparable Example: Three days afterward, he witnessed the review of the army at Homburg, and there he had his interview with several of the crowned and crownable heads of Italy.
Word: Fleet parson Part of Speech: noun 1. A clergyman based in or near the Fleet Prison, who performed Fleet marriages (a kind of clandestine marriage). The practice continued up to the 18th century Labels: UK, historical
Word: Fleet parsons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Fleet parson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: corps de logis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French corps de logis (literally “body of the house”). 1. The principal mass of a building, excluding the wings.
Word: paddleless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From paddle + -less. 1. Without a paddle. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cooking soda Part of Speech: noun 1. Sodium bicarbonate, especially when used in cooking. Labels: uncountable
Word: washing sherry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of the more neutral cooking sherry 1. Cheap, inferior sherry. Labels: derogatory, humorous, uncountable Example: A couple of literary luncheons went sugar-tipsy to their heads, like the washing sherry served before those luncheons[…] Example: I could spend half my evenings, if I wanted, / Holding a glass of washing sherry, canted / Over to catch the drivel of some bitch / Who's read nothing but Which[…]
Word: straining piece Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of straining beam
Word: French sole Part of Speech: noun 1. Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt).
Word: smooth sole Part of Speech: noun 1. A megrim, a flatfish of species Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis.
Word: conjunctive tissue Part of Speech: noun 1. connective tissue Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: put someone to their trumps Part of Speech: verb 1. To put someone in a difficult situation. Labels: archaic, idiomatic Example: But when Kings come ſo low, as to fawn upon Philoſophie, which before they neither vau'd nor underſtood, tis a ſigne that failes not, they are then put to their laſt Trump. Example: I am still without any blanks from you, or notes, to renew yours at the different Banks in this City, I to day was put to my trumps completely as to the $4,000 at the Farmers Bank, the directors not being willing to take any other note but yours for its renewal, as it would relieve the security you have given me as an endorser on it;
Word: sejant rampant Part of Speech: adj 1. Sitting with one or especially both of its forefeet lifted up. Labels: not-comparable Example: FOLEY, Baron, (Foley), a lion, sejant, rampant, or, between paws an escutcheon, charged with the family arms. Ut prosim. Pl. 22, cr. 13. FOLEY, Surr., a lion, rampant, ar., holding the same. Pl. 67, cr. 5. […] MACPHERSON, a grey cat, sejant, rampant. Touch not the cat bot the glove. Example: (3.) 1810. Obverse; a lion, sejant-rampant, facing left, holding a large key with his paws; inscription, PAYABLE AT ROBERT KEELING & SONS, GIBRALTAR. Reverse; similar to first reverse, but the key is omitted, and the date is very large[…]
Word: photoreceivers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of photoreceiver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: topping lift Part of Speech: noun 1. A line used to raise or top the end of a gaff, or of a boom.
Word: yage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish yagé, from Cofán yagé or yajé. Pronunciation: /ˈjɑːheɪ/ 1. Ayahuasca. Labels: uncountable Example: Maybe I will find in yage what I was looking for in junk and weed and coke. Yage may be the final fix. Example: A large dose of Yage is sheer horror. I was completely delirious for four hours and vomiting at 10 minute intervals.
Word: make nothing of Part of Speech: verb 1. To do (something) with ease Example: His patent leather boots were tight and ill-suited to the rough going, nor were his black trousers in keeping with his amusement. He looked, indeed, a curious hybrid, a sportsman from his crown to the bottom of his jacket, and a man of the world about the legs. Moreover, his wind was not good, and we were without compassion; we drove him along, and brought him home foot-sore and weary. Angel, on the other hand, enjoyed herself exceedingly; she made nothing of the rough going, and came back as fresh, or rather fresher, than she started. 2. To consider as trifling or unimportant. Example: We are industrious to preserve our bodies from slavery, but we make nothing of suffering our souls to be slaves to our lusts. Example: Osberne laughed and said: Here he stands beside me; come and take him! And the foe were some three score, all a-horseback. So they fell on without more words; but they made nothing of it, and the Wethermellers kept them aloof with spear and bill. Albeit Osberne did not draw his sword, nor did the Lord of Longshaw. 3. To fail to understand. Example: I made nothing of what he said.
Word: vanishing fraction Part of Speech: noun 1. A fraction which reduces to the form 0/0 for a particular value of the variable which enters it, usually in consequence of the existence of a common factor in both terms of the fraction, which factor becomes 0 for this particular value of the variable.
Word: vanishing fractions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vanishing fraction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suprarenals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suprarenal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thick stuff Part of Speech: noun 1. All plank that is more than four inches thick and less than twelve. Labels: uncountable Example: In order to prove the efficacy of this plan , six pieces of rough and six of sided timber were put into the mast - pond at Deptford , and twelve pieces of rough , and twelve of sided timber , and six pieces of thick-stuff , were placed in the mast
Word: telekinetics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of telekinetic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: telekinetics Part of Speech: noun 1. telekinesis Labels: uncountable
Word: road agents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of road agent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caprates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caprate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: presyllabic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + syllabic. 1. Prior to the use or understanding of syllables. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the blending and segmentation tasks, for example, presyllabic children could sometimes segment syllables, even if they did not use them when they wrote independently.
Word: widow bewitched Part of Speech: noun 1. A woman separated from her husband; a grass widow. Labels: obsolete
Word: widows bewitched Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of widow bewitched Labels: form-of, plural
Word: predistillation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + distillation. 1. distillation prior to another process Labels: uncountable 2. Used to describe a preparatory process carried out before distillation Labels: attributive, uncountable
Word: bird of Juno Part of Speech: noun 1. peacock Labels: poetic
Word: birds of Juno Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bird of Juno Labels: form-of, plural
Word: applaud to the echo Part of Speech: verb 1. To give loud and continuous applause. Example: I would applaud thee to the very echo, / That should applaud again. Example: At first the public applauded her to the echo ; but soon her hearers began to weary of the reiterated extravagances of her style of singing, and the enthusiasm at length died out.
Word: panel game Part of Speech: noun 1. A game show featuring a panel of celebrities. 2. A method of stealing money in a panel house. Labels: obsolete
Word: panel games Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of panel game Labels: form-of, plural
Word: panel house Part of Speech: noun 1. A brothel whose rooms have secret entrances to facilitate theft by accomplices of the inmates. Labels: obsolete
Word: panel houses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of panel house Labels: form-of, plural
Word: iodine scarlet Part of Speech: noun 1. A pigment of an intense scarlet color, consisting of mercury(II) iodide. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: iodine yellow Part of Speech: noun 1. A bright yellow pigment consisting of lead iodide. Labels: archaic, historical, uncountable
Word: chancery hand Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of two styles of handwriting: a written form of black letter used in France and England from about 1350, developed in the Lateran chancelry in the 13th century, or a style of cursive handwriting introduced in the 1420s by Niccolò de' Niccoli, developed from humanist minuscule; a variety of either of these styles. Labels: historical Example: It begins like a transcript, at the top of the page, without the least appearance or form of an intended original : it is written in the common secretary hand of ,the age, which Crawford mistook for a chancery hand;[…]. Example: Her name, from Crawford's example of it, seems to me to be written in the same chancery hand, which renders the supposed forgery a mere copy, mistaken by Welwood for the original.
Word: chancery hands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chancery hand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grappling tongs Part of Speech: noun 1. Broad-mouthed tongs for gathering oysters. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: exercise bone Part of Speech: noun 1. A deposit of bony matter in the soft tissues, produced by pressure or exertion. Labels: dated
Word: exercise bones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exercise bone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bronzed skin disease Part of Speech: noun 1. Addison's disease. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: neat lines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neat line Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neatwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neat + work. 1. Work constructed to a neatline. Labels: uncountable
Word: seizins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seizin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antimonial powder Part of Speech: noun 1. A preparation of one part antimony oxide and two parts calcium phosphate. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: antimonial powders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antimonial powder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: right bower Part of Speech: noun 1. The jack of the trump suit, the highest card in the game except the joker. Example: But the hands that were played / By that heathen Chinee, / And the points that he made, / Were quite frightful to see,— / Till at last he put down a right bower, / Which the same Nye had dealt unto me.
Word: left bower Part of Speech: noun 1. The jack of the other suit of the same colour as the trump (whose jack is called the right bower), and next to it in value.
Word: best bower Part of Speech: noun 1. An extra card sometimes added to the pack, which takes precedence over all others as the highest card. 2. The main bower (anchor from the bow) of a boat.
Word: semiportable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + portable. 1. Intermediate in size, weight, etc. between fixed and portable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: birdsfoot violet Part of Speech: noun 1. Viola pedata, an ornamental plant in the Violaceae family.
Word: birdsfoot trefoil Part of Speech: noun 1. Plants of certan species of genus Lotus, especially common birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), a flowering plant native to grassland in Eurasia and North Africa.
Word: deervetches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deervetch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: animal flower Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various marine animals resembling flowers, such as sea anemones, hydroids, starfishes, etc. Labels: archaic
Word: animal flowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of animal flower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Skevington's daughter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Skeffington's daughter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: printer's ream Part of Speech: noun 1. Twenty-one and a half quires of paper, i.e. 516 sheets. Labels: UK, dated
Word: terra alba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin terra (“earth”) + alba (“white”), literally meaning "white earth". Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters-. 1. A white earthy substance consisting of burnt gypsum and aluminium silicate (kaolin), or some similar ingredient, such as magnesia. It is sometimes used to adulterate certain foods, spices, candies, paints, etc. Labels: uncountable
Word: preskinned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + skinned. 1. Having had the skin removed in advance. Labels: not-comparable Example: preskinned chicken breasts
Word: preboned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + boned. 1. Having had the bones removed in advance. Labels: not-comparable Example: a preboned chicken
Word: Cassegrainian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Cassegrain + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Laurent Cassegrain (ca. 1629—1693), Catholic priest remembered as the probable inventor of the Cassegrain reflector, a folded two-mirror reflecting telescope.
Word: cornice ring Part of Speech: noun 1. A round moulding that encircles the base or top of a structural element, such as the architrave of a pillar, the terminus of a round pipe, the base of a cupola, etc. Example: The leading features of this stove are an air tight ash pit, vibrating draw center grate, ornamental fire pot ring, double wood door, inside smoke curtain, richly designed top cornice ring, boiler hole in top, handsome swing cover, elaborate foot rail and nickel latches and hinge pins. Example: The pendentives themselves visually support a cornice ring which then forms the base for the cupola. 2. The ring on a cannon next to or behind the muzzle ring. Labels: historical Example: Gorgerin, m . The neck of a gun (which lies between the muzzle-mouldings and the cornice-ring.) Example: All cannon had a " ram force" ring as a guide to the amount of load that could be used, and naval guns had also a "cornice ring", 3. One of several matching rings that encircle a curtain rod and from which the curtain is suspended. Example: In this case it would be necessary for the rings to be made to hang in the groove at the top of the pole, which would be easily accomplished by an internal projection inside the upper portion of the cornice ring; indeed, a little friction roller on a pin to keep the coils from springing back . Example: The Patentees made no claim to any special form of hook or attachment to the curtain rod, or cornice ring.
Word: chopping blocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chopping block Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enqueuer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From enqueue + -er. 1. A process or component that adds items to a queue.
Word: dequeuer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dequeue + -er. 1. A process or component that removes items from a queue.
Word: enqueuers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enqueuer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dequeuers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dequeuer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Subbuteo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Trade name, derived from the scientific name Falco subbuteo (a bird of prey, the Eurasian hobby), after a trademark was not granted to its creator Peter Adolph (1916–1994) to call the game "Hobby". 1. Any of a group of tabletop games that simulate team sports such as association football, cricket, and hockey, played with weighted figurines. Example: When I was a child I played Subbuteo, won / My table then I graduate to Studio One