nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: skymap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sky + map. 1. Any of several charts or maps, similar to a star chart, that show the distribution of some particular, measurable parameter (such as microwave radiation, temperature etc). 2. A map of the night sky used to identify and locate astronomical objects such as stars, constellations and galaxies. Example: So this article will review what is now known of Mesopotamian sky-maps, and to what extent they were passed on to the western world.
Word: skymaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skymap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subpaths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subpath Labels: form-of, plural
Word: infatigable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French infatigable, from Latin infatigabilis. 1. indefatigable Labels: obsolete Example: Th'infatigable hand that neuer ceast
Word: unitarizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From unitarize + -able. 1. Able to be unitarized Labels: not-comparable
Word: harmdoing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From harm + doing. 1. The committing of acts that cause harm. Labels: uncountable
Word: unsharp Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *unscharp, from Old English unsċearp, from Proto-West Germanic *unskarp, from Proto-Germanic *unskarpaz, equivalent to un- + sharp. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uunskäärp (“unsharp”), West Frisian ûnskerp (“unsharp”), Dutch onscherp (“unsharp”), German Low German unscharp (“unsharp”), German unscharf (“unsharp”), Danish uskarp (“unsharp”), Swedish oskarp (“unsharp”), Norwegian uskarp (“unsharp”). 1. Not sharp. 2. Not sharp. Example: an unsharp tool
Word: unsharp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *unscharp, from Old English unsċearp, from Proto-West Germanic *unskarp, from Proto-Germanic *unskarpaz, equivalent to un- + sharp. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uunskäärp (“unsharp”), West Frisian ûnskerp (“unsharp”), Dutch onscherp (“unsharp”), German Low German unscharp (“unsharp”), German unscharf (“unsharp”), Danish uskarp (“unsharp”), Swedish oskarp (“unsharp”), Norwegian uskarp (“unsharp”). 1. To sharpen (an image) by creating a blurred ("unsharp") negative as a mask, and then combining that mask with the original. Labels: transitive
Word: unsharpness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unsharp + -ness. 1. The condition of being unsharp, usually with reference to imaging (e.g., radiography, computed tomography). Labels: uncountable
Word: subpath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + path. 1. A file or resource path relative to another path. 2. A path making up part of a larger path (the superpath).
Word: superpath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + path. 1. The path that contains a particular subpath.
Word: superpaths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superpath Labels: form-of, plural
Word: confederately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From confederate + -ly. 1. In the manner of confederates.
Word: confederateship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From confederate + -ship. 1. confederacy Labels: rare
Word: offside traps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of offside trap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unsecretarial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + secretarial. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛəɹi.əl/, /ˌʌnˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛɹi.əl/ 1. Not secretarial; not befitting a secretary. Example: And so, after telling his private secretary, Meriwether Lewis, to brush up on such unsecretarial matters as natural science and the use of astronomical instruments...
Word: bankside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bank + side. 1. The land by a riverbank. Example: The banksides, above normal water level, were dressed with a layer of moss peat and seeded with a mixture of grasses.
Word: banksides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bankside Labels: form-of, plural
Word: short-eared dog Part of Speech: noun 1. A canid of the species Atelocynus microtis, endemic to the Amazonian Basin.
Word: get with Part of Speech: verb 1. To become intimate with; to kiss and cuddle with; to have sex with. Labels: informal, transitive Example: You can't get with yourself if you are not by yourself. Example: I only said I thought Mimi was trying to get with my husband. I never said I thought you were fucking her. 2. To be in the company of; to accompany. Labels: informal, obsolete, transitive Example: I do love to get with a lot of nice girls, and carry on! 3. To align oneself with. Example: We have to get with the times or we'll be left behind. 4. to contact; make contact with Labels: informal Example: I'll get with you tomorrow on what we're going to do about the party. 5. To enjoy oneself or be satisfied regarding (something); to understand or accept (something). Example: At first I was awkward, but eventually I got with the music. 6. To be impregnated. Labels: transitive Example: The stallion got with foal three out of four mares.
Word: grayback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gray + back. 1. Alternative spelling of greyback. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: It produces grayback and whiteback coated duplex of 250-400 gsm.
Word: graybacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grayback Labels: form-of, plural
Word: assessorials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of assessorial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: accessorials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accessorial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unadmitted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + admitted. 1. Not having been admitted. Labels: not-comparable Example: And Israel's (unadmitted) stockpile of 200 warheads is seen as the prime driver of Iran's move into the nuclear arena.
Word: batterymates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of batterymate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: illwisher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ill + wisher. 1. One who wishes somebody ill. Example: Minor accidents had convinced the correspondent that the witch's spell was working on her and she demanded a counter-spell from Simpkins against the ill-wisher.
Word: illwishers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of illwisher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Skyper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Skype + -er. 1. A user of the Skype communications software. 2. An employee of Skype.
Word: Skypers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Skyper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pedaller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pedal + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛdələ(ɹ)/ 1. One who pedals; a cyclist (bicycle rider). Example: Tall men were almost always successful on the race track, although lightning pedallers sometimes made up in activity for what they lost in stature. Example: All helmeted and pumped-up, dedicated pedallers raced through the St. Lawrence Market neighbourhood in the second annual Toronto Criterium yesterday, one of four major cycling events in the province this weekend.
Word: pedallers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pedaller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: retractably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From retractable + -ly. 1. In a retractable way. Labels: not-comparable Example: Robbie and Allen patented their roof design and the four MLB stadiums that are currently retractably domed do not come close to duplicating their ideas.
Word: sexcapade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of sex + escapade. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛkskəˌpeɪd/ 1. A sexual escapade; an incident or story involving sex. Labels: humorous Example: The rest of Don Juan is a series of sexcapades across Asia and Europe. Example: Rottenneighbor.com even features video from long-suffering neighbours, such as the screeching soundtrack of one woman's nightly sexcapades or the video clips of a man who drives his riding mower in circles for hours on end.
Word: sexcapades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sexcapade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: confederateships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of confederateship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pedaler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pedal + -er. 1. US standard spelling of pedaller. Labels: US, alt-of, standard
Word: pedalers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pedaler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crab-eating fox Part of Speech: noun 1. A medium-sized canid of species Cerdocyon thous, endemic to central South America.
Word: pedalfers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pedalfer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enterable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From enter + -able. 1. Capable of being entered. Labels: not-comparable
Word: inputtable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From input + -able. 1. Capable of being input. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: prisoning Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪzənɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of prison Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: prisoned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪzənd/ 1. simple past and past participle of prison Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: podge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from pudsy (“plump”), which could be a diminutive of pud (“child's hand, forepaw”). Pronunciation: /pɒd͡ʒ/, /pɑd͡ʒ/ 1. A fat person. Labels: UK, informal 2. Fatness, fat; podginess.
Word: podginess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From podgy + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being podgy. Labels: uncountable
Word: pipesmoker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pipe + smoker. 1. One who smokes a pipe.
Word: pipesmokers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pipesmoker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pipesmoking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pipe + smoking. 1. The smoking of a pipe. Labels: uncountable
Word: refuge island Part of Speech: noun 1. A raised platform or other protective barrier in the middle of a street crossing, allowing pedestrians to pause safely in the middle of the road.
Word: black-backed jackal Part of Speech: noun 1. A jackal of species Canis mesomelas, which inhabits the southernmost and central-eastern regions of the African continent.
Word: black-backed jackals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of black-backed jackal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: breakfast cereals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of breakfast cereal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Isiac Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin īsiacus, from Ancient Greek Ἰσιακός (Isiakós). Pronunciation: /ˈɪsɪak/, /ˈaɪsɪak/ 1. Of or pertaining to the goddess Isis or her worship. Labels: not-comparable
Word: picaro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish pícaro. 1. Rogue, adventurer. Example: 2009, Lawrence, Karen R., "Orlando's Voyage Out" in Virginia Woolf: An MFS Reader, Maren Linett, ed. The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 327–354. The novel's sexual/textual "intercourse" revises the phallic economy Brown posits, not only in plotting polymorphous sexual possibilities for its nonphallic picaro.
Word: picaros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of picaro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: punched cards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of punched card Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suicidals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suicidal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aufeis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Aufeis (“ice on top”). Pronunciation: /ˈaʊf.aɪs/ 1. Naled (sheet-like layered mass of ice).
Word: direct speech Part of Speech: noun 1. The verbatim representation of a speaker's words, usually enclosed in quotation marks and often introduced by a reporting clause. Labels: uncountable
Word: refractory metal Part of Speech: noun 1. A metal, such as molybdenum or tungsten, with a high refraction, and hence a high melting point. Example: Miracle is concentrating on a cluster of elements in the centre of the periodic table known as the refractory metals. These elements, including molybdenum and niobium, have unusually high melting points around 2500°C, compared with 1455°C for nickel, on which jet engine alloys are now based.[…]So far he has shown that high-entropy refractory metal alloys do indeed remain strong at temperatures beyond the wilting point of existing nickel superalloys.
Word: refractory metals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of refractory metal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyenae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hyena Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyenæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hyena Labels: form-of, plural
Word: said the actress to the bishop Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of as the actress said to the bishop. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: medical history Part of Speech: noun 1. Details of a patient's previous medical experiences, such as existing comorbidities, past infections, operations undergone, and medications taken.
Word: medical record Part of Speech: noun 1. Details about a patient's previous medical experiences, such as operations and medications taken.
Word: womenkind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wommenkynde. By surface analysis, women + -kind. 1. All women around the world viewed as one entity. Labels: uncountable
Word: QKD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of quantum key distribution. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: imbrace Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of embrace. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The louer refused of his loue imbraceth death. [poem title] Example: There was no faynting faith in that Dogge, which when his Master by a mischaunce in hunting stumbled and fell toppling downe a deepe dytche beyng vnable to recouer of himselfe, the Dogge signifying his masters mishappe, reskue came, and he was hayled up by a rope, whom the Dogge seeying almost drawne up to the edge of the dytche, cheerefully saluted, leaping and skipping vpon his master as though he would haue imbraced hym, beying glad of his presence, whose longer absence he was lothe to lacke.
Word: imbrace Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of embrace. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: That Gentleman I mean to make the model of my Fortunes, and in his chaſt imbraces keep alive the memory of my loſt lovely Loveleſe: he is ſomewhat like him too.
Word: unteasable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + teasable. 1. Not teasable.
Word: feminista Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish feminista. Doublet of feminist. 1. A Hispanic female feminist. Labels: derogatory, rare, slang
Word: feministas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feminista Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ask the question Part of Speech: verb 1. To make an appeal to the umpire against the batsman. Labels: informal 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to ask a given question.
Word: vegetarian burger Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of veggie burger. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vegetarian burgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vegetarian burger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vegetarian hamburgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vegetarian hamburger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kettleful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * from kettle + -ful 1. An amount sufficient to fill a kettle, particularly of a kettle used for cooking. Example: Mother Holle led her, too, to the great door; but while she was standing beneath it, instead of the gold a big kettleful of pitch was emptied over her.
Word: kettlefuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kettleful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catamitism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From catamite + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈkætəmaɪtɪzm/ 1. The practice of keeping catamites. Labels: uncountable Example: [T]he Viſcount de Turenne…Remonſtrated to Madam de Buillon, that this Prince having us’d his firſt Wife Ill, whom he had kick’d when with Child, of which ſhe dy’d, ‛twas expoſing her Daughter to the like treatment; that he was addicted to Wine and Women, Qualities not only unworthy a Perſon of his Rank, but allſo to a little Catamitiſm… Example: Exhibitionists do not like to confess their venial sins — catamitism and group sex, yes, petty avarice and pettier maliciousness, no: the latter faults do not make for salable reading. 2. The essence of being a catamite. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Effeminacy…may not have been the quality that gave catamitism its meaning; rather, catamitism…may have been the normative danger that qualified effeminacy as a threat to male heterosexual rule.
Word: bidimensionality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bidimensional + -ity. 1. The condition of being bidimensional. Labels: uncountable
Word: dilogarithm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + logarithm. 1. The form of polylogarithm having a base of two Example: In two space-time dimensions, we arrive at a result in terms of elliptic dilogarithms.
Word: trilogarithm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + logarithm. 1. The form of polylogarithm having a base of three
Word: fuzzifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fuzzify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fuzzifying Part of Speech: adj 1. That fuzzifies
Word: fuzzify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fuzzy + -fy or fuzz + -ify. 1. To subject to fuzzification.
Word: interplaying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of interplay Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: interplaying Part of Speech: adj 1. Mutually or reciprocally interacting
Word: interplaying Part of Speech: noun 1. interplay Example: A rounded history of the periods, before, during and after the Second World War, will shed additional light on Swadesh, and on a series of complex interplayings of personality […]
Word: miscalibration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + calibration. 1. An incorrect calibration. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nonparametrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From non- + parametrically. 1. In a nonparametric manner
Word: sociodynamics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin sociusder. English socio- 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 sociodynamics From socio- + dynamics. 1. social dynamics Labels: uncountable
Word: social dynamics Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of interactions within and between societies. Labels: uncountable
Word: fuzzifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fuzzify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: veggie burger Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvɛdʒijˈbɹ̩ɡɹ̩/ 1. A burger containing a patty made without meat or other animal products. 2. A burger patty made without meat or other animal products.
Word: veggie burgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of veggie burger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: animal product Part of Speech: noun 1. Any product, such as a food, ingredient, fiber, hide, or fertilizer, made from the meat, bones, skin, hair, or other parts of an animal.
Word: animal products Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of animal product Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mebos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch mebos, from Japanese 梅干し (umeboshi, “dried plum”). Pronunciation: /ˈmiːbɒs/, /ˈmibɔs/ 1. A type of sweet snack food consisting of dried apricot made into a pulp and flavoured with salt and sugar. Labels: South-Africa, uncountable
Word: cow patty Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cow pat. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The way you make cow-lip tea is you get the toadstools and a little dried cow patty and grind em up in the sifter. You can't use no fresh green cow patty...
Word: cow patties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cow patty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonstreamlined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + streamlined. 1. Not streamlined. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nontelepathic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + telepathic. 1. Not telepathic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncardinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + cardinal. 1. Not cardinal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonordinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + ordinal. 1. Not ordinal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rawl plug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Rawlplug (“a trademark”); from the name of the original inventor, John Joseph Rawlings, and plug. 1. A wall plug; a screw anchor. Example: After a large lunch in her kitchen, she showed me up to the bathroom with the collapsing shelf. She had bought a box of rawl plugs […] Example: In the morning, Mark found himself up a ladder in the hall with a drill, a pocketful of Rawl plugs and a mouthful of language.
Word: rawl plugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rawl plug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rawhides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rawhide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pearwoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pearwood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonsapient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + sapient. 1. Not sapient. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonsentient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + sentient. 1. Not sentient. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonsentient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + sentient. 1. Any entity that is not sentient.
Word: wall plug Part of Speech: noun 1. A fixing that allows screws to be fitted into masonry walls, a dowel or screw anchor. Labels: UK 2. An electric socket. Labels: US
Word: wall plugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wall plug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wallplug Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of wall plug. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wallplugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wallplug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lightfoot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English light-fot, light-foot, from light (adjective) + fot, foot (noun). See more at light, foot. 1. Light-footed. Labels: not-comparable, poetic Example: There was no comfort in the goodliness of spring or the bright sunshine weather, and she who had been wont to go about the doors lightfoot and blithe was now as dowie as a widow woman. Example: There she alighted from her light-foot beast, / And sitting downe upon the rocky shore, / Bade her old Squire unlace her lofty creast […]
Word: unlabored Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of unlaboured. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: kerosines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kerosine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kerosenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kerosene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: distroubled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dis- + troubled; see dis- (“intensifier”). 1. Troubled, disturbed. Labels: obsolete Example: Her former sorrow into suddein wrath, / Both coosen passions of distroubled spright, / Conuerting, forth she beates the dustie path […]
Word: hatchetation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hatchet + -ation, coined by Carrie Nation (1846-1911) to describe her own acts of vandalism. Possibly a pun on agitation. 1. A violent protest against the drinking of alcohol in which the protester attacks the bar with a hatchet. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I tell you I was strongly tempted to perform a little hatchetation on them. And cigarette smoke? Phew! Example: They'd carry on worse than Carry Nation did in all her hatchetations.
Word: hatchetations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hatchetation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overgo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English overgon, from Old English ofergān (“to pass over, beyond, across, traverse, cross, transgress, overstep, overrun, overcome, overspread, conquer, come upon, overtake, seize, attack, pass off, pass away, end, overreach”), equivalent to over- + go. Cognate with Dutch overgaan, German übergehen, Swedish övergå. Pronunciation: /əʊvəˈɡəʊ/ 1. To cross, go over (a barrier etc.); to surmount. Labels: archaic 2. To pass (a figurative barrier); to transgress. Labels: obsolete Example: How many an one in its vanities hath gloried and taken pride, / Till froward and arrogant thus he grew and did all bounds o'ergo! 3. To pass by, pass away; often, to go unnoticed. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive Example: He did not rave, he did not stare aghast, / For all those visions were o'ergone, and past […] 4. To spread across (something); to overrun. 5. To go over, move over the top of, travel across the surface of; to traverse, travel through. Example: forward rode, and kept her readie way / Along the strond, which as she ouer-went, / She saw bestrowed all with rich aray / Of pearles and pretious stones of great assay […] Example: The fixed stars overgo Saturn, and so in them and all the rest, all is but one motion, and the nearer the earth the slower – a motion also whereof air and water do participate, though much interrupted. 6. To go beyond; to exceed, surpass. Example: O, what cause have I, / Thine being but a moiety of my grief, / To overgo thy plaints and drown thy cries! Example: He seeks to persuade the queen not merely to emulate the Amazons' vigilant territoriality but to overgo them by emulating the Spaniards' rampant invasiveness. 7. To get the better of; to overcome, overpower. Example: Both barking Scilla, and the ſounding Rocks, / The Cyclops ſhelues, and grim Ceranias ſeat, / Have you ore gone, and yet remaine aliue? 8. To overtake, go faster than. Labels: obsolete Example: If it chance, that we be overgone / By his more swiftness, urge him still to run upon our fleet, / And (lest he 'scape us to the town) still let thy javelin meet / With all his offers of retreat. 9. To cover. Labels: obsolete Example: All which, my thoughts say, they shall never do, But rather, that the earth shall overgo Some one at least.
Word: overgo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of overlapping + oligonucleotide. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvəɡəʊ/ 1. A sequence of overlapping oligonucleotides, used to design hybridization. Example: Mixtures of such specific "overgo" probes can be used to screen arrayed library filters by DNA-DNA hybridization [...]. Example: Hybridization of multiple overgoes produces many clones, perhaps 40 clones at a time.
Word: conferencier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French conférencier. 1. A person who organizes a conference, or is a leading member of one 2. A compère or master of ceremonies in a revue
Word: conferential Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to a conference
Word: conferenciers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conferencier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conferruminate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1826; borrowed from Latin conferrūminātus, perfect passive participle of conferrūminō (“to cement”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- + ferrūminō, from ferrūmen (“cement”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). 1. To unite into a solid mass
Word: conferruminate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1826; borrowed from Latin conferrūminātus, perfect passive participle of conferrūminō (“to cement”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- + ferrūminō, from ferrūmen (“cement”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). 1. Closely united by the coalescence of contiguous faces. Example: The cotyledons of the live-oak acorn are conferruminate.
Word: confessable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From confess + -able. 1. That can be confessed.
Word: confessionalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From confessional + -ist. 1. A person who confesses 2. A priest who hears confession 3. An advocate of confessionalism
Word: confessionless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From confession + -less. 1. Having no confession (formal creed) Labels: not-comparable
Word: khats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of khat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: confessoress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From confessor + -ess. 1. A woman who hears confession
Word: confessorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From confessor + -ial. 1. Of or pertaining to a confessor.
Word: confessionalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of confessionalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: confessoresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of confessoress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brahmana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Anglicized/transliterated from Sanskrit ब्राह्मण (brā́hmaṇa). 1. The brahmin varna in Hinduism. (Plural: brahmana.) 2. A brahmin; a member of the brahmana (sense 1). Example: "'It was I who struck this wily brāhmaṇa' said Virāṭa." (Mahābhārata: "Virāṭa Parva") 3. A prose text that explains aspects of the Vedas.
Word: workword Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From work + word, perhaps as a calque of Dutch werkwoord (“verb”). Compare also West Frisian wurkwurd (“verb”). 1. The operative word, especially in a thought, phrase, or idea; keyword. Labels: rare Example: In peace, as in war, speed will be the workword. The less time required to rig and properly operate heavy-duty cranes and cargo lifts, the more tonnage you can handle.
Word: interpretor Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of interpreter. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: nameword Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From name + word. Compare Dutch naamwoord (“nameword, noun (sensu lato)”) and German Namenwort. 1. A designation or name given to an object, person or location. 2. A noun.
Word: NKDA Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of no known drug allergies. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: -oi Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From the Ancient Greek -οι (-oi), the second-declension masculine nominative plural case ending — the plural form of -ος (-os); compare the equivalents of the Latin second declension (-us → -ī), with which the Grecian case endings are usually substituted in English words, especially in the plural. Pronunciation: /-ɔɪ/ 1. plural of -os Labels: form-of, morpheme, plural
Word: hang fire Part of Speech: verb 1. To fail to fire immediately when the trigger is pulled. Example: […] a number of Portuguese soldiers entered, one of whom, taking me for a Frenchman, for I had the French soldier's jacket on, my own being wet, snapped his piece at me, which luckily hung fire. 2. To wait or hold back. Labels: figuratively Example: We were told to hang fire on the decision until management came back with a proposal. Example: “I’m just goin’ ter settle this little ——, that’s all,” said Dawes desperately. “What do you mean?” snapped Thomas Jordan. “What I say,” said Dawes, but he hung fire.
Word: hang fire Part of Speech: noun 1. The situation when a gun does not immediately fire when the trigger is pulled, but may fire shortly after.
Word: two-spirited Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From two-spirit + -ed. Pronunciation: /tuːˈspɪɹɪtɪd/, /ˈtuːˌspɪɹɪtɪd/, /tuˈspɪɹɪtɪd/, /ˈtuˌspɪɹɪtɪd/ 1. Synonym of two-spirit (“of, pertaining to, or being a two-spirit (noun sense)”). Labels: Canada, US Example: An organization established this year in San Diego is one of the few in the country made up of Two Spirited people (a Native term for gay men and lesbians), according to one of its founders, Tom Lidot. […] One of the group's goals is "to re-establish the pride and the role that Two Spirited people held" in Native culture, said Lidot, who is a member of the Tlingit nation.
Word: jackalling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jackal Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jackalled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of jackal Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: therio- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Representing the combining form of Ancient Greek θηρίον (thēríon), diminutive of θήρ (thḗr, “wild beast”). Pronunciation: /ˈθɪəɹɪə(ʊ)/ 1. wild animal. Labels: morpheme
Word: orthoprax Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ortho- + prax(is). Pronunciation: /ˈɔːθəpɹaks/ 1. Correct in practice (though not necessarily in opinion or belief); practically right, doing the right actions.
Word: génoise Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of genoise. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: génoises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of génoise Labels: form-of, plural
Word: matinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French matinal, from Old French [Term?]. Pronunciation: /ˈmætɪnl̩/, /ˈmætənl̩/ 1. In the morning, relating to the morning. Example: I was awakened, as usual, by the outcries of the refractory negroes receiving their matinal stripes in the whipping-house. Example: Kate stood by the window, looking out drearily at the matinal sunlight.
Word: massives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of massive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kiosques Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kiosque Labels: form-of, plural
Word: innocuity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin innocuus + -ity. 1. innocuousness Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: grippal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: grippe + -al 1. Relating to influenza. Labels: not-comparable Example: The epidemic of 1889-'90 gave the first opportunity of studying the symptoms of otitis of grippal origin
Word: influenzal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From influenza + -al. 1. of or relating to influenza Labels: not-comparable
Word: aquaphobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aqua- + -phobic. 1. Having aquaphobia Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to aquaphobia Labels: not-comparable
Word: aquaphobic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aqua- + -phobic. 1. An aquaphobe
Word: aquaphobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aqua- + -phobe. 1. Person who has aquaphobia.
Word: aquaphobes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aquaphobe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: organic chemist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from organic chemistry. 1. A chemist whose field is organic chemistry.
Word: inorganic chemist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from inorganic chemistry. 1. A chemist whose field is inorganic chemistry.
Word: overgone Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of overgo Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overwent Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of overgo Labels: form-of, past
Word: overgoing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overgo Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overgoing Part of Speech: noun 1. An excess; behaviour that goes too far. Example: Similarly the outbreakings and overgoings of crass youth may well be classed as another sort of running riot.
Word: overgoes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overgo Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: djin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of djinn. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: djins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of djin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inorganic chemists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inorganic chemist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: AVC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Abra Valley Colleges. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AVC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of additional voluntary contribution (to a pension). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Advanced Video Coding. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: surbate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from surbated. 1. To bruise, hurt (the feet, hooves etc.) from walking. Labels: obsolete Example: they […] let their temed fishes softly swim / Along the margent of the fomy shore, / Least they their finnes should bruze, and surbate sore / Their tender feet vpon the stony ground […] Example: SURBATING; a Diſtemper in a Horſe, vvho is ſaid to be ſurbated, vvhen the Sole is vvorn, bruiſed or ſpoiled by travelling vvithout Shoes, or vvith ill ſhoeing: […] take Frankincenſe, and rolling it in a little fine Cotton VVool or Bombaſt, vvith a hot Iron melt it into the Foot betvvixt the Shoe and the Toe, until the Orifice, vvhere the Blood vvas taken avvay, is fill'd up; […]
Word: superfamous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + famous. 1. Very famous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: superfuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + fuck. 1. A contemptible person. Labels: derogatory, rare, slang, vulgar 2. A remarkable session of sexual intercourse. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: supershit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + shit. 1. A highly contemptible person. Labels: derogatory, rare, vulgar
Word: shit-heel Part of Speech: noun 1. a contemptible person. Labels: derogatory, vulgar
Word: shit heel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shit-heel. Labels: alt-of, alternative, derogatory, vulgar
Word: cubage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cubage. 1. A cubic measurement. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The volume of a hospital building divided by the number of beds for which it is planned equals the cubage per bed...
Word: cubages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cubage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shitheel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of shit-heel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shitheels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shitheel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biphotons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biphoton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unbiasedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unbiased + -ly. 1. In an unbiased manner; without bias.
Word: biphoton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bi- + photon. 1. A quantum-entangled state comprising two photons.
Word: quantum-entangled Part of Speech: adj 1. joined together by quantum entanglement Labels: not-comparable
Word: oo-er Part of Speech: intj 1. An expression of surprise or befuddlement. Labels: UK Example: Oo-er, how peculiar. 2. Said to acknowledge a double entendre or innuendo. Labels: UK Example: So, I went around the back with her... Oo-er!
Word: ooer Part of Speech: intj 1. Said to acknowledge a double entendre or something that sounds sexually suggestive. Labels: UK
Word: nonlaborer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + laborer. 1. One who is not a laborer.
Word: nonlaborers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonlaborer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antidiuretics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antidiuretic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fynde Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of find. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: knyght Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of knight. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: antielitists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antielitist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antients Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antient Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sawe Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of saw, simple past of see. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: antimosquito Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + mosquito. 1. Countering mosquitos. Labels: not-comparable
Word: getten Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡɛt.n̩/ 1. past participle of get Labels: form-of, obsolete, outside-Northumbria, participle, past Example: Nau, if ony chap ax you wheere yone getten these, yo mun say, yo hadden um fro' t' boggart o' Deerpley Fell. Good-bye, meaustur; and nau, lads, let's to our wark.
Word: ellipsoidally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From ellipsoidal + -ly. 1. In an ellipsoidal manner 2. In the form of an ellipsoid
Word: manipulability Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of being manipulable. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: monoperiodic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + periodic. 1. Recurring with a single period Labels: not-comparable
Word: multilepton Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + lepton. 1. Involving multiple leptons Labels: not-comparable
Word: multiperiodic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + periodic. 1. Recurring with multiple periods
Word: nanoHertz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nano- + Hertz. 1. A frequency of 10⁻⁹ Hertz
Word: parabolically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From parabolic + -ally. 1. In the form of a parabola. 2. By means of a parable.
Word: presphenoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + sphenoid. 1. Situated in front of the sphenoid bone Labels: not-comparable
Word: presphenoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + sphenoid. 1. The anterior part of the sphenoid bone (a separate bone before being fused)
Word: fatassed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fat + assed. 1. fat, obese, having a fat rear Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: halfassed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of half-assed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: multibuy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From multi- + buy. 1. An offer in which more than one of an item is purchased at the same time. Labels: attributive, often Example: If they did not have efficient computerised systems, supermarkets would not be able to offer multibuy schemes (such as buy two and get the third free). Example: Everyone likes to get something for nothing and these multibuys are a successful way of encouraging consumers to buy products they do not really want.
Word: antimonopolist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + monopolist. 1. One who opposes monopolies.
Word: antimonopolists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antimonopolist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sparkline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spark + line, coined by American statistician Edward Tufte. 1. A small graph of data presented as a line without axes.
Word: sparklines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sparkline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parasitisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parasitism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: PHB Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the character in Scott Adams' Dilbert comic strip. 1. Initialism of pointy-haired boss, an incompetent micromanager. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, initialism, slang Example: I know this. Which is why I use it. However proving it to my PHB is a diffrent ^([sic]) matter :-) Example: […] identically dressed in blue three-piece suits, hung around accosting visitors with annoyingly impenetrable PHB marketroid jargon […]
Word: nonphatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + phatic. 1. Not phatic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonsettled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + settled. 1. Not settled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonwhipped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + whipped. 1. Not whipped. Labels: not-comparable Example: a nonwhipped dairy product
Word: nonsatisfied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + satisfied. 1. Not satisfied. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonsatisfying Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + satisfying. 1. Not satisfying. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonshelled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + shelled. 1. Not shelled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonplanted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + planted. 1. Not planted. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonupset Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + upset. 1. Not upset. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Prekmurian Part of Speech: name 1. An autonomous dialect of Slovene, of Prekmurje and Hungary (Hungarian Slovenes).
Word: yslain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English yslayn. Pronunciation: /ˌɪˈsleɪ̯n/, /ˌɪˈslæɪ̯n/, /ˌəˈslæɪ̯n/, /ˌɪˈslen/, /ˌɪˈsleːn/ 1. past participle of slay Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: But fame now flies, that of a forreine foe ¶ He is yſlaine, which is the ground of all our woe.
Word: boar-spear Part of Speech: noun 1. A spear used for hunting boar. Example: And still the foster with his long bore-speare / Him kept from landing at his wished will […] Example: Raymond having accidentally killed the count, his uncle, by the glancing aside of his boar-spear, was wandering by night in the forest of Colombiers.
Word: forest-bill Part of Speech: noun 1. A bill-hook used by woodsmen. Labels: obsolete Example: the third brother him did sore assay, / And droue at him with all his might and maine / A forrest bill, which both his hands did straine […]
Word: unenvisaged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + envisaged. 1. Not envisaged.
Word: blin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English blinnen, from Old English blinnan (“to stop, cease”), from Proto-Germanic *bilinnaną (“to turn aside, swerve from”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley-, *leya- (“to deflect, turn away, vanish, slip”); equivalent to be- + lin. Cognate with Old High German bilinnan (“to yield, stop, forlet, give away”), Old Norse linna (Swedish dialectal linna, “to pause, rest”). See also lin. Pronunciation: /blɪn/ 1. To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up. Labels: Scotland, Yorkshire, especially, obsolete Example: nathemore for that spectacle bad, / Did th'other two their cruell vengeaunce blin [...]. Example: One while the little foot page went, / And another while he ran; / Until he came to his journey's end / The little foot page never blan.
Word: blin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English blinnen, from Old English blinnan (“to stop, cease”), from Proto-Germanic *bilinnaną (“to turn aside, swerve from”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley-, *leya- (“to deflect, turn away, vanish, slip”); equivalent to be- + lin. Cognate with Old High German bilinnan (“to yield, stop, forlet, give away”), Old Norse linna (Swedish dialectal linna, “to pause, rest”). See also lin. Pronunciation: /blɪn/ 1. Cessation; end. Labels: obsolete
Word: blin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian блин (blin, “pancake, flat object”). Pronunciation: /blɪn/ 1. A blintz or blini. Example: The cook raised an immense amount of dough for the bliny. […] “Hey, a blin for me!” one would call, holding out an empty plate with a hand dripping with butter and sour cream. Example: Have a deep round buttered dish by the side of the stove and put each blin into this dish as it is ready; butter the blin, and place the next blin on top. When all the bliny are cooked, cover the dish with a cloth; it is not essential to serve them immediately.
Word: avize Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of advise. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: pannicle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French pannicle, and its source, Late Latin panniculus (“membrane”), from Latin panniculus (“small rag”), from pannus (“cloth”). 1. A membrane of tissue in the body of a human or animal. 2. A pannus. Labels: obsolete 3. The skull. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: To him he turned, and with rigour fell / Smote him so rudely on the Pannikell, / That to the chin he cleft his head in twaine [...].
Word: nonviviparous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + viviparous. 1. Not viviparous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: roguishnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roguishness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overhent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + hent. 1. To catch hold of; to overtake. Labels: obsolete Example: With that he would haue fled into the wood; / But Timias him lightly ouerhent, / Right as he entring was into the flood […]
Word: fibrofog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fibro- + fog. 1. Cognitive dysfunction associated with fibromyalgia. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Certainly, when we are in fibrofog, we have difficulties communicating...
Word: craftwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From craft + -work. 1. Handicraft. Labels: uncountable 2. An item produced by handicraft. Labels: countable
Word: craftworks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of craftwork Labels: form-of, plural
Word: craftworker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From craft + worker. 1. A maker of craftwork.
Word: craftworkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of craftworker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: careworker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From care + worker. 1. One who engages in carework.
Word: careworkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of careworker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leapeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: leap + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of leap Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: leapest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: leap + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of leap Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: blankety Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Fro blank + -ety, from the printer's mark (as in d—! for damn!). 1. damnable, damned Labels: dated, euphemistic, not-comparable Example: I'm the blankety-blankety-blank-blank worst man in all this blankety-blankety-blank-blank country […] Example: […] a megaphone demanded to know who the, what the, how the, why the blankety-blank-blank wasn't I keeping my blankety watch on the blankety-blank-blank deck!!