nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: myodynamics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *múHs Proto-Hellenic *mū́s Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs)der. English myo- Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *dunamai Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai) Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)lbor. French dynamiqueder. English dynamic Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English dynamics English myodynamics From myo- + dynamics. 1. The part of physiology related the principles of muscular contraction and forces. Labels: uncountable
Word: wrongous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wrongous, for earlier wrongwis, wrangwis, from Old English wrangwīs (“wrongous, rough, uneven”), equivalent to wrong + -ous (see also wrongwise). Cognate with Swedish vrångvis (“wrong, iniquitous”). See wrong, and compare righteous. 1. Wrongful; not right; unjust; illegal. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, especially Example: It's my opinion that the creature Dougal will have a good action of wrongous imprisonment and damages again him, under the Act seventeen hundred and one, and I'll see the creature righted. Example: [T]he prisoner being liberate in manner foresaid, it shall not be lawful to put or detain him in prison for the same crime, under the penalty of wrongous imprisonment, […]
Word: iconolater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From icono- + -later. Pronunciation: /ˌaɪ.kəˈnɒlətə/, /ˌaɪ.kəˈnɑlətɚ/ 1. Someone who worships images; a practicer of iconolatry.
Word: iconolaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of iconolater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: untangible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + tangible. 1. Archaic form of intangible. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: koff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch kof (“koff”), Middle Dutch cof (“stable; barn”). 1. A type of two-masted Dutch vessel. Labels: historical
Word: koffs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of koff Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kailyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kail + yard. 1. A kitchen garden. Labels: Scotland Example: There was formerly a poor widow, and she had three daughters, and all she had to feed them was a kailyard. There was a great gray horse who was coming every day to the yard to eat the kail. 2. A late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century school of writing, set in small Scottish towns, a notable example being J. M Barrie's A Small Minister
Word: kailyards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kailyard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semisextile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + sextile. 1. An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other the twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees. Example: The semisextile, or twelfth part of a circle , is a distance of thirty degrees in the zodiac […]
Word: semisextiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of semisextile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uncautiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From uncautious + -ly. 1. Without caution; not cautiously.
Word: vinny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *vinny, *finny, from Old English fyniġ (“mouldy”); related to vinew. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪni/ 1. vinewed, mouldy Labels: UK, obsolete Example: vinny cheese
Word: somnambule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French somnambule. 1. A somnambulist. Labels: archaic
Word: somnambules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of somnambule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glosser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gloss + -er. 1. A writer of glosses; a scholiast; a commentator. Example: the Glossers upon the Alcoran 2. A polisher; one who gives a luster.
Word: glossers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glosser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tetrarchical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ancient Greek 1. Of or pertaining to a tetrarch or tetrarchy. Labels: not-comparable Example: a. 1751, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, an essay The patriarchs had a sort of tetrarchical , or ethnarchical authority , for I suppose it is not easy to distinguish them
Word: Latindom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin + -dom. 1. The realm or sphere of Latin or Latin influence. Labels: uncountable Example: In the second half of that century, the intellectual triumph of Latindom and Christendom is complete. 2. The expanse of territory, roughly comprising the former Roman Empire, where the Latin predominated as the spoken language. Labels: uncountable Example: New Celtic words entered Latindom through Gaul: [...]
Word: anourous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of anurous. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: heaper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heap + -er. 1. One who heaps, piles, or amasses.
Word: heapers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heaper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miswander Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + wander. 1. To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray. Labels: intransitive Example: Her weary palfrey, closely as she might, Now well recover'd after long repast, In his proud furnitures she freshly dight, His late miswander'd ways now to remeasure right Example: Or show you restless, miswandering, misclimbing ones new and easier footpaths?
Word: miswandered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of miswander Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: miswandering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of miswander Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: miswanders Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of miswander Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: humstrum Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A hurdy-gurdy. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Music badly played, or poor singing. Labels: uncountable Example: I was very much struck with a melancholy figure of a blind man, who was singing a song of love[…]"Here are two shillings for thee, my blind Cupid, for which you are not obliged to me, but to a noble gentleman who stands within five yards of you. So get into harbour, and make thyself warm, and keep thy humstrum for fairer weather."
Word: humstrums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of humstrum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: organogeny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From organo- (“biological organs”) + -geny (“origin”). 1. Organogenesis. Labels: dated, uncountable, usually
Word: organogeny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from German Organogenie, itself from organo- + -genie; equivalent to organo- (“biological organs”) + -geny (“origin”). 1. The study of the evolution of the forms of biological organs and systems of organs by observing the supposed ontogenic recapitulation of that phylogeny. Labels: historical, uncountable, usually
Word: psittacofulvin Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of yellow pigment found in the feathers of parrots
Word: ventrad Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From ventro- + -ad. 1. Toward the ventral side.
Word: antizymotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + zymotic. 1. Preventing fermentation, decomposition, or similar enzyme activity.
Word: antizymotic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + zymotic. 1. A substance that prevents fermentation or decomposition.
Word: antizymotics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antizymotic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: balkish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From balk + -ish. 1. uneven; ridgy Labels: obsolete, rare Example: […] I was forthwyth reclaymed from my former resolution, reckening it for better, that my penne shoulde walke in such wyse in that craggie and balkishe way […]
Word: dvorniks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dvornik Labels: form-of, plural
Word: originable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From origin + -able. 1. Capable of being originated. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Self-poisoning is shown to be originable in the failure to burn off, by means of the oxygen which enters the blood in respiration, the poisonous substances formed in the body by the expenditure of force in living, and that this poison may afterward spread by contagion, and especially in overcrowded and underfed communities.
Word: pregustation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + gustation. 1. The act of tasting something beforehand; foretaste. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: simultaneous secretion and ingestion of Sw followed by egestion are natural components of the pregustation phase of host selection probes
Word: pregustations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pregustation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: virole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French virole (“ferrule”). See ferrule. 1. A ring surrounding a bugle or hunting horn. Example: […] except when he has a hood, bells, virols, or rings, and leashes, in which case he is said to be hooded, belled, jessed, and leashed; […] Example: The Florentine GUICCIARDINI bore : Azure, three hunting-horns argent, the mouth-pieces and viroles or, banded gules. Gules, three trumpets fessways in pale argent, is the canting coat of CALL (Baronets).
Word: viroles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of virole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rangatira Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori rangatira. 1. A hereditary Māori leader of a kinship group; a chieftain or high-born Maori. Labels: New-Zealand Example: Stout commoners on the left side, and real rangatira on the right distaff side. A New Zealander through and through. Example: Defeated and captured rangatira became slaves, but they could regain their former status if they succeeded in escaping from their captors or eventually obtaining an honourable release.
Word: rangatiras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rangatira Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hornblendic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hornblende + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to hornblende. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: hornblendic schism Example: ...a gloomy sea of hornblendic granite...
Word: iridioscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See iris, and -scope. 1. A kind of ophthalmoscope, invented in the 19th century, allowing a person to examine their own eye. Labels: historical
Word: iridioscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of iridioscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: infangthef Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of infangthief. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: housage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From house + -age. 1. A fee for storing goods in a house. Labels: countable, historical, obsolete, uncountable Example: Warehouses were landed at the Wharfs and Warehouses of private Individuals, and that that was attended with the Loss to the Company of so much Wharfage and Housage
Word: housages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of housage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Anglodom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo + -dom. 1. The realm, sphere, or influence of English or Anglo-American language or culture. Labels: uncountable Example: [...] to the less congenial soil of Scotland, New and Old England, and is still nourished in spiritual hothouses, in forms at once captivating and perplexing to the practical pious mind of Anglodom. Example: Our civilization, with all its aspirations, is industrial and commercial — and there is no morality in that competition worth priding ourselves upon. It isn't Yankeedom more than it is Anglodom.
Word: reciprocalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reciprocality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reciprocality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reciprocal + -ity. 1. The quality or condition of being reciprocal. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Yankeedom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yankee + -dom. 1. The region inhabited by Yankees. Labels: uncountable 2. The condition, state, sphere, or influence of Yankees or of being a Yankee. Labels: uncountable Example: Our civilization, with all its aspirations, is industrial and commercial — and there is no morality in that competition worth priding ourselves upon. It isn't Yankeedom more than it is Anglodom. 3. Yankees collectively. Labels: uncountable
Word: meddlingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From meddling + -ly. 1. In a meddling manner.
Word: ministerially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From ministerial + -ly. 1. In the character or capacity of a minister. Labels: not-comparable Example: After 20 weeks, two medical doctors from a ministerially appointed panel of at least six must agree the pregnant woman or foetus has a severe medical condition.
Word: feveret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fever + -et. 1. A slight fever. Labels: obsolete Example: A light feveret, or an old quartan ague, is not a sufficient excuse for non-appearance.
Word: feverets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feveret Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uncypher Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + cypher. 1. Alternative form of uncipher. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: uncyphered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of uncypher Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: uncyphering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of uncypher Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: uncyphers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of uncypher Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unrazored Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + razored. 1. Not shaven; unshaven. Labels: not-comparable Example: quote
Word: monocarbonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + carbonic. 1. monocarboxylic (containing a single carboxyl group). Labels: not-comparable Example: Acetic acid is a monocarbonic acid.
Word: Vinny Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Vincent + -y. 1. A diminutive of the male given name Vincent. 2. A diminutive of the female given name Lavinia.
Word: linoxin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From linoleic + oxygen + -in. 1. A resinous substance obtained by oxidizing linoleic acid. One use is to make varnish for violins. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: linoxins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of linoxin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Natchezes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Natchez Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lardries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lardry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lardry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See lardery. 1. A larder. Labels: obsolete
Word: Jonesy Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Jones + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒoʊnzi/ 1. Diminutive of Jones. A nickname of the surname Jones. Labels: diminutive, form-of
Word: hattock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hat + -ock (“diminutive suffix”). 1. A small hat. Labels: Scotland, archaic
Word: hattock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Norse hǫttr (“cowl or covering”) + -ock (“diminutive suffix”). Compare dialectal Swedish hatt (“the covering of a corn-rick”). 1. A shock of standing sheaves of corn or grain, the tops of which are covered and protected by two sheaves laid in such a way as to carry off rain; the two covering sheaves, also called hood sheaves or hooders. Labels: Northern-England 2. A hole in a roof where owls lodge.
Word: hattocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hattock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Smithy Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Smith + -y. 1. A nickname of the surname Smith.
Word: Wrighty Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Wright + -y. 1. A nickname for the surname Wright. 2. Nickname for Steve Wright (1954–2024), English radio broadcaster.
Word: foremeant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fore- + meant. 1. Intended beforehand; premeditated. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: it must be clearly understood that no general enquiry into the relations between man and the animal kingdom was foremeant
Word: suprasphenoidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From supra- + sphenoidal. 1. Situated above the sphenoidal bone. Labels: not-comparable Example: the suprasphenoidal appendage, or pituitary body
Word: Greeny Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Green + -y. 1. A nickname of the surname Green. 2. A nickname for someone (e.g., a fictional character or a creature of myth) who is green. Example: Eh? What are you saying? Goblins are people too?! HELL NO! Goblins are responsible for all the world's evils! We must CLEANSE Enroth of the Goblin scum that has infested it! DOWN WITH GREENY! Example: Terra: It's a freaking nightmare. Just leave me alone. I'm okay, so get going. You heard me. Get going. You too, Greeny. [referring to Beast Boy, a superhero with green skin]
Word: Clarkey Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Clarke + -y. 1. A nickname of the surname Clarke.
Word: Haytian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hayti + -an. 1. Archaic spelling of Haitian. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Haytian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hayti + -an. 1. Archaic spelling of Haitian. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Smythy Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Quinny Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Quinn + -y. 1. A nickname of the surname Quinn.
Word: Hughesy Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hughes + -y. 1. A nickname of the surname Hughes.
Word: seismic design Part of Speech: noun 1. An authorized engineering procedure meant to plan new or retrofited structures or systems subject to earthquake exposure. Labels: uncountable
Word: barebacks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bareback Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Haytians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Haytian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extraregular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extra- + regular. 1. Not covered by a rule or rules; not fitting into a system. Labels: not-comparable Example: If any extraregular example hath ever happened , that may be made use of to affright men[…] Example: Mathilda became a nun, and Adelheid cherished her monastic friendships with Cluniac monks, but extraregular widowed piety was also presented as a viable option for widowed holiness. 2. Hypernormal. Labels: not-comparable Example: Transformed deviants tend to become not merely moral but hypermoral. They are not simply "reformed" or "rehabilitated" into regular people with regular jobs and regular lives. They become extraregular people , have extraregular jobs ( even if the job is not the way they make a living ) , and live extraregular lives . 3. Meeting stricter criteria than those which define a regular (object, function, space, etc) Labels: not-comparable
Word: vivers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French vivres, plural of vivre (“to live”). 1. provisions; victuals Labels: Scotland, obsolete, plural, plural-only Example: I'll join you at three, if the vivers can tarry so long.
Word: missishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From missish + -ness. 1. The quality of being missish. Labels: uncountable
Word: missishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From missish + -ly. 1. In a missish manner.
Word: gatherable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gather + -able. 1. Capable of being gathered or collected. Labels: not-comparable 2. Deducible from premises. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Priest hood of the first born is gatherable hence because the Levites were appointed to the service of the Altar, instead of the first born
Word: Hebraistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hebraist + -ic or Hebra- + -istic. 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, the Hebrew language. Example: Hebraistic genitives Example: Hebraistic studies
Word: woolenet Part of Speech: noun 1. A thin, light woollen fabric. Labels: historical, obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: rufol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin rufus (“reddish”) + -ol. 1. A phenol derivative of anthracene which on oxidation produces a red dyestuff related to anthraquinone. Labels: uncountable
Word: unctious Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of unctuous. Labels: obsolete
Word: equeries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of equery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: equery Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of equerry. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: power off Part of Speech: verb 1. To turn off, to cut the power to. Labels: transitive
Word: Johannisberger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Johannisberger, from Johannisberg + -er. 1. A fine white wine, using Riesling grapes, produced on the estate of Castle Johannisberg, Germany, on the north bank of the river Rhine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Johannisbergers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Johannisberger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: power on Part of Speech: verb 1. To turn on (an electrical device). Labels: transitive
Word: transferography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From transfer + -o- + -graphy. 1. The act or process of copying inscriptions etc. by making transfers (such as on stone) Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: off-minded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From off- + minded. 1. Absent-minded; distracted; being of less than sound mind; mentally despondent; touched. Example: So, on a certain occasion, old Doacon Jones "drapped" in his "quarter" without uttering the conventional pleading grunt, which remiss was noted by the preacher — the Deacon being a little off-minded, as his wife, had recently died, [...] 2. Mentally unstable or insane; crazy. Example: Anyway, my little tootsie-bug, you are very right about how offminded that crazy man is.
Word: gunnage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gun + -age. 1. The number of guns carried by a warship. Example: For being set afloat again, after swimming all night and half a day, he brought into the Portland Roads a Crappo ship of twice his tonnage, and three times his gunnage; and now his sailors were delighted, having hope of prize-money. Example: What winds blew, and how many knots we ran, are all noted down, no doubt, in the ship's log: and as for what ships we saw—every one of them with their gunnage, tonnage, their nation, their direction whither they were bound—were not these all noted down with surprising ingenuity and precision by the lieutenant, at a family desk at which he sat every night, before a great paper elegantly and mysteriously ruled off with his large ruler? 2. A bounty or prize paid to the captors of an enemy ship, based on the number of guns on that enemy ship. Labels: historical Example: Now Sir, if you look back you'll find the Number of Guns exactly agree with the Gunnage here payd; and that after the passing his Accounts and deducting his own share, he gave them a Note for 300 l, which being divided as the Act directs, there is coming to the King about 84 l. Example: Letter unsigned, by order of the Lords of the Treasury, addressed to the Officers of Ordnance, touching 133l. 6s. 8d., which had been ordered into the hands of the treasurer and paymaster of the office of ordnance for Capt. Walters, on account of gunnage: desiring them to order the treasurer to pay the captain that sum not on account of gunnage, but as bounty for extraordinary service. 3. The size of the guns on a warship. Example: Unlike the other delegations, the British proposed to reopen the settlements of Washington regarding capital ships and aircraft carriers by extending the accepted life of existing capital ships from twenty to twenty-six years, reducing the size of any battleship to be built in the future from 35,000 to something under 30,000 tons and their maximum gunnage from 16-inch to 13.5-inch, and reducing the maximum size of aircraft carriers from 27,000 to 25,000 tons and their maximum gunnage from 8-inch to 6-inch .
Word: prostatitides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prostatitis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alvearies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alveary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: comprovincials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of comprovincial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: who's asking Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to ask a stranger asking a question to identify themselves Example: "Are you the owner of this vehicle?" / "Who's asking?"
Word: DILLIC Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of do I look like I care?. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang
Word: muffineer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From muffin + -eer. 1. A small jar or caster with a perforated top for sprinkling salt or sugar on muffins. Example: He was sitting at his table by the light of a solitary candle, with a pen in one hand, and a muffineer in the other, with which he occasionally sprinkled salt on the wick, to make it burn blue. Example: The handled spice dredger was superseded during the 1760s by the handleless caster used for cinnamon and known to collectors as the muffineer, a name brought into use for such a caster early in the nineteenth century. 2. A dish for keeping muffins hot. Labels: obsolete
Word: muffineers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muffineer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tetanoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tetanus + -oid. 1. Resembling tetanus.
Word: up-minded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From up- + minded. 1. Up-beat; positive; progressive. Example: If people are upminded about future possibilities, present tragedies diminish in psychological consequence. Example: They are representative reform and opening up-minded officials in North Korea.
Word: importless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From import + -less. 1. meaningless Labels: obsolete
Word: dominateth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: dominate + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dominate Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: commencest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: commence + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of commence Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: commenceth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: commence + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of commence Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: asteriated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See asterias. 1. Radiated, with diverging rays. Example: an asteriated quartz, sapphire
Word: diarthrodial Part of Speech: adj 1. free-moving Labels: not-comparable Example: diarthrodial joints Example: diarthrodial cartilages
Word: vaultage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vault + -age. 1. A vaulted place or arched cellar. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Hee'le call you to ſo hot an Anſwer of it That Caues and Wombie Vaultages of France Shall chide your Treſpas, and returne your Mock In ſecond Accent of his Ordinance. 2. Vaulted work. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: vaultages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vaultage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: versionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From version + -ist. 1. Someone who makes or favours a version of a text, such as the Bible. 2. A translator. 3. A translator.
Word: versionists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of versionist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: demonstrater Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of demonstrator. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: demonstraters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of demonstrater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Greekess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Greek + -ess. 1. A female Greek. Labels: archaic
Word: Greekesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Greekess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: numismatologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From numismatology + -ist. 1. One versed in numismatics.
Word: numismatologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of numismatologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sithe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Anglo-Saxon siġþe meaning scythe. The spelling with was influenced by unrelated Latin word scissor (“cutter”), and scindere (“to split”). Pronunciation: /saɪð/ 1. Obsolete spelling of scythe. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […]and, whatever thing the sithe of time mows down, devour unspared. Example: Jupiter with his eagle, Juno with her peacock, Time with his sithe, had much outgrown their original proportions;...
Word: sithe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the Anglo-Saxon siġþe meaning scythe. The spelling with was influenced by unrelated Latin word scissor (“cutter”), and scindere (“to split”). Pronunciation: /saɪð/ 1. Obsolete spelling of scythe. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: sithe Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /saɪð/ 1. Alternative spelling of sith. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sithe Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /saɪð/ 1. To journey, travel, wayfare. Labels: obsolete
Word: sithe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Regional pronunciation of sigh. Pronunciation: /saɪð/ 1. To sigh. Labels: dated, dialectal Example: c1475, The Macro Plays, Mankindː I may both sithe and sob; this is a piteous remembrance
Word: sithe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Regional pronunciation of sigh. Pronunciation: /saɪð/ 1. A sigh. Labels: obsolete
Word: sithe Part of Speech: conj Etymology: Clipping of sithen. Pronunciation: /saɪð/ 1. Alternative spelling of sith (“since”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Wherefore (O kyng) I speake as one for all, / Sithe all as one do beare you egall faith:
Word: sithed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sithe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sithes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sithe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sithing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sithe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ungulous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ungula + -ous. 1. Archaic form of ungulate. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: ghess Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of guess. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: ghessed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ghess Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ghesses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ghess Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ghessing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ghess Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: water frame Part of Speech: noun 1. A water-powered spinning machine, especially of the kind invented by British industrialist Richard Arkwright. Labels: historical Example: The water-frame itself, built in units of 1,000 spindles, created the first pure English cotton cloth.
Word: water frames Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of water frame Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nutrication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nutricatio, from nutricare, nutricari (“to suckle, nourish”), from nutrix (“a nurse”). 1. feeding or nourishment Labels: obsolete Example: Beside the remarkable teeth, the tongue of this animal is a second argument to overthrow this airy nutrication
Word: jetcar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jet + car. 1. A car capable of travelling at very high speeds.
Word: jetcars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jetcar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: desulphuration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French désulfuration. 1. desulfurization Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: desulphurations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of desulphuration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overdried Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overdry Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overdries Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overdry Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overdry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + dry. 1. To dry too much. Example: Such are puddings stuffed with blood, or otherwise composed; baked meats, soused indurate meats, fried and broiled, buttered meats, condite, powdered and over-dried; […]
Word: overdrying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overdry Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: storial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English storial, either from storie + -al or a shortening of historial. By surface analysis, story + -al. Piecewise doublet of historial. Pronunciation: /ˈstɔːɹɪ.əl/ 1. Synonym of historical. Labels: archaic, historical Example: And so they came / In beautiful Liberty’s beautiful name. / And has no storial hand / Kept note of how the waiting land / Hailed the new-type man, square to the New World’s need, / Who thought no thought into a deed / That had no warrant in his creed? / Nay, none.
Word: humanics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From human + -ics. 1. The study of human nature. Labels: dated, uncountable Example: Every fact, every relation which enables us to do this, must be considered; but the differentia and generalizations, as applicable to man's nature, are alone the property of Humanics.
Word: unorn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unorne, from Old English unorne (“old, obsolete, worn out, decrepit, simple”), from un- + orne, orene (“excess, harm, injury”). 1. Old; worn out; feeble. Labels: obsolete
Word: oncograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From onco- + -graph. 1. An instrument for registering the changes observable with an oncometer.
Word: oncographs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oncograph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unwreathe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + wreathe. 1. To untwist, uncoil, or untwine (something wreathed). Labels: transitive Example: But sin it is, no less;—a blot, foul as the crater-pool of hell; it puts out the sun at noon; it parches all fertility; and, conscience or no conscience—ere he die—let every master who wrenches bond-babe from mother, that the nipple tear; unwreathes the arms of sisters; or cuts the holy unity in twain; till apart fall man and wife, like one bleeding body cleft Example: Yes, our last farewell is breathed, And we part, for ever part; Every tie is now unwreathed Which had bound us heart to heart;
Word: unwreathes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unwreathe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unwreathing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unwreath Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. present participle and gerund of unwreathe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: displosive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latinate; compare Latin displosio. 1. Explosive. Labels: archaic Example: displosive material Example: displosive sound
Word: possessival Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From possessive + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to the possessive case. Labels: not-comparable Example: It looks as if the possessival termination had detached itself in the form of es or is
Word: overswell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + swell. Pronunciation: /əʊvəˈswɛl/, /ˌoʊvɚˈswɛl/ 1. To swell or rise above (something, especially the rim of a container, the sides of something hollow, etc.). Labels: ambitransitive Example: In some years the river overswells its banks, causing widespread flooding. Example: Let floods o’erswell, and fiends for food howl on! 2. To cause (something) to be too swollen or large; to become too swollen or large. Labels: ambitransitive Example: […] the rents of lands still grew higher upon every lease that expired, till they have arrived at the present exorbitance; when the frog, overswelling himself, burst at last. Example: 1885, Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, The Burton Club, Volume 1, Translator’s Foreward, p. xvi, My annotations avoid only one subject, parallels of European folk-lore and fabliaux which, however interesting, would overswell the bulk of a book whose speciality is anthropology.
Word: overswell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + swell. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvəswɛl/, /ˈoʊvɚˌswɛl/ 1. An excessive or sudden increase or flood (of something). Example: [The trial] drew a crowd […] that almost stormed the City Hall corridors. Three policement were needed to keep back the overswell. Example: 1983, Kenneth A. McClane, “From a Silent Center” in A Tree Beyond Telling, San Francisco: Black Scholar Press, p. 31, when no Jihad / opens the conceived / to distention, the reedy creek / to overswells / of mudwallow:
Word: overswelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overswell Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overswelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overswell Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overswelling Part of Speech: noun 1. Excessive swelling. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: overswells Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overswell Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overswells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overswell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pharmacopolist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pharmacopola + -ist, from Ancient Greek φαρμακοπώλης (pharmakopṓlēs), from φάρμακον (phármakon, “drug, charm, enchantment”) + -πώλης (-pṓlēs, “-seller, -monger”). Cf. papyropolist. Doublet of pharmacopole. 1. Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, an apothecary. Labels: archaic, historical
Word: pharmacopolists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pharmacopolist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unadulterate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + adulterate. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnəˈdʌltəɹət/ 1. Not adulterated; pure. Labels: archaic Example: unadulterate air Example: because he Attended public meetings, and would always Stand prating there of commerce, public faith, Economy, and unadulterate coin, And other topics, ultra-radical
Word: gigantine Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of gigantic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The Fairies have their enchanted Castles and certain Gigantine Ghosts
Word: ornithic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ornitho- + -ic. Pronunciation: /ɔː(ɹ)ˈnɪθɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to birds. Labels: not-comparable Example: ornithic fossils Example: ornithic proportions with unusual strength
Word: boltheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bolthead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: black-mouthed Part of Speech: adj 1. Using foul or vulgar language. Labels: dated, figuratively
Word: carnin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin carn- (“meat, flesh”) + -in. 1. A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, found in extract of meat, and related to xanthine. Labels: uncountable
Word: klipfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Norwegian Bokmål klippfisk (with adaptation to fish), meaning "rock fish", named for being dried on rocks; more there. 1. Sun-dried salted cod, especially [Atlantic] cod and especially that exported from Norway. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: salt cod (sometimes hypernymous)
Word: klipfish Part of Speech: noun 1. A fish of any of certain genera in the family Clinidae. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: klipfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of klipfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: treget Part of Speech: noun 1. trickery, jugglery, deceit
Word: murrayin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Murraya + -in. 1. A glucoside found in the flowers of the plant Murraya paniculata, and similar species. Labels: uncountable
Word: kiddow Part of Speech: noun 1. The guillemot. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal
Word: kiddows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kiddow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disgracer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disgrace + -er. 1. someone who disgraces.
Word: disgracers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disgracer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heavisome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English hevysom, equivalent to heavy + -some. 1. Of a sad or gloomy mood. Labels: archaic, dialectal
Word: undust Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + dust. 1. To remove dust from (something); to dust, dust off. Labels: rare, transitive Example: It took the state accountants awhile to undust [cq] and figure out his travel expense claims. They would include maybe a pound of coffee, a dozen eggs, a package of cereal, etc. No hotel bills. Example: Those members of a couple who had been the audience to a spouse who had been the “appreciator” (of art, music, natural beauty) had to undust and unpack long-unused sensory organs. This new sense of self, exhilarating as it was, also carries a bittersweet tinge for most members.
Word: undusting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of undust Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: undusts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of undust Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gutturality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From guttural + -ity. 1. The quality of being guttural. Labels: uncountable Example: gh was a reinforcement of the old gutturality of h 2. An instance of being guttural. Labels: countable Example: Quartermain launched into another effusion of fractured French mingled with made-up words resembling the singsong gutturalities of the Swedish actress with whom he'd spent a delightful weekend at Palm Springs last year.
Word: indoxylic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From indoxyl + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to indoxyl. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vermifugal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin vermis (“a worm”) + fugare (“to drive away”), from fugere (“to flee”). See worm, and fugitive. 1. Tending to prevent, destroy, or expel worms or vermin; anthelmintic.
Word: deranger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From derange + -er. 1. Someone or something that deranges.
Word: derangers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deranger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydrobromate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + bromate. 1. hydrobromide
Word: hydrobromates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydrobromate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rompingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From romping + -ly. 1. In a romping manner.
Word: hallage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hall + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːlɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A fee or toll paid for selling goods in a hall. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: hallages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hallage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scientific Latin Poa (genus name), from Ancient Greek πόα (póa, “fodder”). Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊ.ə/ 1. Any grass of the genus Poa, especially Poa annua. Example: We trod out across fragile alpine heath between poa tussocks and something that smelled of lemon thyme.
Word: poas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overglide Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + glide. 1. To glide over. Example: that ſonne the wych was neuer clowd cowd hide percyth the cave, and on the harpe diſcendes whoſe glancỹg light the cordes did ouerglyde And ſuch luyſter apon the harpe extendes
Word: overglided Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overglide Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overglides Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overglide Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overgliding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overglide Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unstock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + stock. 1. To remove the stock (store or supply) from; to empty of goods. Labels: transitive Example: And where open for the whole year, and it would be attended with great advantage to unstock and shut up the same at particular seasons, two-thirds in number and value of commoners, with consent of lord of manor, or his steward, may direct what time they shall be unstocked and shut up; Example: One I met during the inspections of freezer rooms indicated that her principal function was the stocking and unstocking of the freezer room at a very large supermarket. 2. To remove the stock (block or support) from; to release from that which fixes in place. Labels: transitive Example: Directed the master to unstock one of the anchors and store it below . Example: Of course it is necessary to unstock the gun before beginning this experiment , and be careful while pouring in the sulphur that it does not overflow and run down the ribs or sides of the barrels; 3. To remove (a ship etc.) from the stocks. Labels: transitive Example: Where the Troyans fast Fell to their work, from the shore to unstock High rigged ships: Example: It took the guys a good half hour, once home, to position, unhook and unstock the Lady Rose. Reese insisted on covering the boat with a special tarp when it was not in use. 4. To free up or release. Labels: figuratively Example: When commercial banks cannot unstock their open positions, i.e., either overbought or oversold at the retail level, they normally trade among themselves to balance their positions and avoid unnecessary exchange risks. Example: Clear forewarn of the early rains, but it never gathered enough precipitation, Yet the face of the earth remained foggy unmoving, without rains, Deep in thought I figured, what can unstock this weathering process.
Word: unstock Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + stock. 1. Not ordinary, basic, or cliché; atypical. Example: It was as unstock as a hot rod . But it was all we had for a practice car . Example: And pinned to the seats of Tyler Wilson's outlandishly unstock Ford While, from the opposite side of the valley, scalding in each curve, came the black din And brunt of Sonny Walker's highjacker Chevrolet, everyone screaming
Word: unstocking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unstock Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unstocks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unstock Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: embryogenies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of embryogeny Labels: form-of, plural
Word: embryogeny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From embryo- + -geny, probably after French embryogénie. 1. Embryogenesis. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In “A Carcass,” embryogeny is reversed. Death, forcing the beloved to imitate the animal's deconstruction, will make her surrender gender, identity, and coherence.
Word: kyanophyll Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cyanophyll. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: competitress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From competitor + -ess. 1. A female competitor. Labels: archaic
Word: competitresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of competitress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disguisedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disguised + -ness. 1. The state of being disguised, or in disguise. Labels: uncountable
Word: kirked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Scots kirkit. 1. Having attended church for the first time after a wedding, birth, or other significant event. Labels: Scotland, not-comparable
Word: penary Part of Speech: adj 1. penal Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: penary chastisements
Word: tritylene Part of Speech: noun 1. propylene Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: unform Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + form. 1. To destroy the form of; to decompose, or resolve into parts; to unmake. Example: Such are a few of the numerous causes that contribute to the disunion of concrete bodies, and powerfully co-operate with that wonderful fluid which alternately forms and unforms; which creates , decomposes , and regenerates all nature.
Word: unforming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unform Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unforms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unform Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: broom rape Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of broomrape. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: semipellucid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + pellucid. 1. Half clear, or imperfectly transparent. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: a semipellucid gemstone/species
Word: voweled Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of vowelled. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Squatted behind their serones of fruits and vegetables, their wedges of goat’s-milk cheese and cones of coarse brown sugar, or double rows of bottles of guarado, (the unfermented juice of sugar-cane) they expatiate upon the merits of their merchandise in shrill but soft-voweled Castellano that wheedles the last penny out of your purse. Example: It is pleasing to think how intensely Weiner must suffer in New York City, where even educated natives grunt a brick-tongued, boomerang-voweled, Stallonian yo-patois.
Word: chitinization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chitin + -ization. 1. The process of becoming chitinous. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chitinizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chitinization Labels: form-of, plural