nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: -ily Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Combination of -y (“adjectival suffix”) + -ly (“adverbial suffix”), with -y changed to -i-. 1. Forms adverbs from nouns and verbs whose derived adjectives are suffixed with -y. Labels: morpheme Example: greed → greedy → greedily Example: noise → noisy → noisily
Word: baldrib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bald + rib. 1. A piece of pork cut lower down than the sparerib, and destitute of fat. Labels: UK, dated Example: Leg, bladebone, baldrib, griskin, chine, or chop Profess myself a genuine Philopig Example: Faith, thou art such a spiny baldrib, all the mistresses in the town will never get thee up.
Word: baldribs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baldrib Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mudwall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mudwall, equivalent to mud + wall. 1. A wall built from mud.
Word: mudwalls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mudwall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sarcosin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sarcosine. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: postcava Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post- + cava. 1. The inferior vena cava.
Word: postcavae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of postcava Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smatching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of smatch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: skirret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch suikerwortel (literally “sugar-root”). 1. An umbelliferous plant (Sium sisarum), cultivated for its sweet edible tuberous roots. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Nicolas Venette, French physician, refers to skirret, a plant that has esculent tubers, for its high aphrodisiac potential. 2. A straight-line marking tool consisting of a line of thread wrapped around a holder. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: skirrets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skirret Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sarcopsides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sarcopside Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deuterogamy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deutero- + -gamy, from Ancient Greek. Literally, second wedding or marriage. 1. A second marriage, after the death of the first husband or wife; in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. Labels: uncountable Example: You here see that unfortunate divine, who has so long , and it would ill become me to say , successfully , fought against the deuterogamy of the age
Word: redweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From red + weed. 1. Red poppy (Papaver rhoeas). Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Red algae of the genus Gracilaria. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. Suaeda australis (austral seablite) Labels: Australia, uncountable, usually
Word: redweeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of redweed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paramylum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + amylum. 1. paramylon Labels: uncountable
Word: wolf's-claw Part of Speech: noun 1. club moss (Lycopodium clavatum) Labels: uncountable
Word: nerfling Part of Speech: noun 1. A small freshwater cyprinoid fish (Leuciscus idus, syn. Idus idus). Labels: dated
Word: nerflings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nerfling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sea rat Part of Speech: noun 1. A fish, the chimaera. 2. A pirate. Example: And you the Neptunes of the sea; you shall / No more be sea-rats.
Word: sea rats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea rat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cyprinoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyprinoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pygopod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pygo- + -pod. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪɡəpɒd/ 1. A species of the Pygopus genus. 2. Any species of serpentiform lizards of the family Pygopodidae, which have rudimentary hind legs near the anal cleft, but lack forelegs.
Word: pygopods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pygopod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: organ of Rosenmüller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the German anatomist Johann Christian Rosenmüller. 1. The epoophoron. Labels: archaic
Word: lock-weir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lock + weir. 1. A wasteweir for a canal, discharging into a lockchamber. Labels: historical
Word: lock-weirs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lock-weir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: malmag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from Boholano Cebuano malmag (“tarsier”) (possibly via French). 1. The tarsier; any of several tarsiers found in the Philippines, Malaysia, and adjacent areas. Labels: obsolete, possibly
Word: malmags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of malmag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tarsiiform Part of Speech: noun 1. Any primate of the infraorder Tarsiiformes
Word: portigue Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of portague. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Here is a pestle of a portigue, sir, 'Tis excellent meat with sour sauce
Word: portigues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of portigue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bothrenchyma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A compound of the Ancient Greek words βόθρος (bóthros, “pit”) + ἔγχῠμᾰ (énkhŭmă, “infusion”), whence enchyma and -enchyma. Compare parenchyma. Pronunciation: /bɒθˈɹɛŋkɪmə/ 1. Dotted or pitted ducts or vessels forming the pores seen in many kinds of wood. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Sect. II. — Of Pitted Tissue, or Bothrenchym.* * Βοθρος, a little pit. Example: Pitted or Dotted Vessels. — These constitute by their combination Pitted Tissue, the Porous Tissue of some authors, or the Vasiform Tissue, Bothrenchyma, Taphrenchyma of others; the two latter names being derived from Greek words signifying pits.
Word: swagbellies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swagbelly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swagbelly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swag (“to droop; to sag”) + belly. 1. A prominent, overhanging belly. Example: Sancho Zancas […] in the picture, was represented as a person of a short stature, swag belly, and long spindle shanks […]. Example: He swept his gaze over the short, squat throat, the hairy swagbelly, and the mighty breast, swelling in giant arches like twin shields. 2. Hence, a person with such a belly. Example: However, so many swagbellies and puff-bags will hardly go to St Hiacco, as there did in the year 524 3. A distended abdomen, especially caused by a tumour or enlarged organ; a physconia.
Word: arrach Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of orach (“plant”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stallation Part of Speech: noun 1. installation (as of a person into office) Labels: obsolete
Word: controversor Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of controverser. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: controversors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of controversor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Americanitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From American + -itis, because Americans were said to be particularly prone to the condition. Popularised by William James. 1. neurasthenia Labels: dated, informal, uncountable
Word: parelcon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek παρέλκων (parélkōn), from παρέλκω (parélkō, “to draw aside, to be redundant”), from ἕλκω (hélkō). 1. The addition of a syllable or particle to the end of a pronoun, verb, or adverb. Labels: archaic, rhetoric
Word: patterer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From patter + -er. 1. Someone who patters, or talks glibly. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang 2. A street peddler. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: The running patterer cares less than other street-sellers for bad weather, for if he "work" on a wet and gloomy evening, and if the work be "a cock," which is a fictitious statement or even a pretended fictitious statement, there is the less chance of any one detecting the ruse.
Word: patterers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of patterer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: premonstration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin praemonstratio. 1. A showing beforehand; foreshowing. Labels: archaic
Word: premonstrations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of premonstration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subministration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin subministratio. 1. The act of subministering. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: a. 1639, Henry Wotton, a letter Mentz and Colen have broken by permission of Spinola ; nay , divers ways , by subministration of commodities to his Army
Word: subministrations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subministration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Oblomovitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Oblomov + -itis, after the nobleman who rarely leaves his bed in Ivan Goncharov's novel Oblomov (1859). 1. Indolent apathy. Labels: uncountable
Word: e-health Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e- + health. 1. Healthcare facilitated by electronic technology. Labels: uncountable
Word: metostea Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metosteon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metosteon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin metosteon, from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-, “after”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”). 1. The posterolateral ossification in the sternum of birds, or the part resulting from such ossification.
Word: corticine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French corticine, from Latin cortex, corticis (“bark”). 1. A material used for floor covering, made of ground cork and india rubber. Labels: dated, uncountable, usually
Word: corticines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corticine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wire-heel Part of Speech: noun 1. A deformation in the feet of a horse, in which one is most curved than the other. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: sharewort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From share + wort? 1. A plant (Tripolium pannonicum subsp. tripolium) native to Eurasia and Africa. Labels: archaic
Word: spinaceous Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, relating to, or resembling spinach, or plants in family Amaranthaceae (syn. Spinaciaceae). Labels: archaic
Word: unplighted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + plighted. 1. Not plighted or pledged. Labels: not-comparable
Word: overwing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + wing. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)wɪŋ/ 1. Over the wing of an aircraft. Labels: not-comparable Example: overwing exits
Word: overwing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + wing. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)wɪŋ/, /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈwɪŋ/ 1. To outflank. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Souldiers therabout , which gather'd to him , were neer upon ten thousand ; and purposing with those not to deferr Battel , had chos'n a place narrow , and not to be overwing'd, on his rear a Wood
Word: overwinged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overwing Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overwinging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overwing Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overwings Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overwing Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: maltalent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English maltalent, from Anglo-Norman maltalent and Middle French maltalent, maltalant, from mal (“evil”) + talent (“disposition”). Pronunciation: /mælˈtælənt/ 1. Ill will; malice, malevolence. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: So forth he vvent, / VVith heauy looke and lumpiſh pace, that plaine / In him bevvraid great grudge and maltalent; / His ſteed eke ſeemd t'apply his ſteps to his intent.
Word: trippant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trip + -ant, alteration of tripping, present participle of trip. Compare Scots trippand (“tripping”), present participle of trip (“to skip, go nimbly, trip”). 1. Represented as walking or trotting, usually with one of the forehooves lifted while the remaining three are on the ground. Labels: not-comparable Example: [Borne by the late 1737.] Richard Davies, Esq. of Kent, 1833.] Davison, gu. a stag, trippant, or. Example: Crest, a buck roe-bucks, trippant, or, as many quatrefoils gu.
Word: merluce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French merluche, merlus. Compare Spanish merluza. Pronunciation: /ˈmɜː(ɹ)luːs/ 1. The European hake. Labels: dated
Word: wild and woolly Part of Speech: adj 1. Uncultured and without laws. Labels: informal
Word: beasty Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of beastie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: beasty Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of beastly. Example: Such beasty, shameless transformation, By those Welshwomen done, as may not be, Without much shame, retold or spoken of. Example: The remnants of extensive mangling of the tender body of the child would reflect the possibility of more than one rapist subjecting the child to such beasty ravishment.
Word: foamflower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foam + flower. 1. Any of the genus Tiarella of wildflowers and garden plants in the saxifrage family.
Word: foamflowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foamflower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: riotless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From riot + -less. 1. Without riots or rioting. Labels: not-comparable Example: a riotless revolution
Word: alco Part of Speech: noun 1. A small South American dog, domesticated by the natives, now thought to be extinct. Example: 1803, John Browne Cutting, “A Succinct History of Jamaica” in Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, pp. lxxviii-lxxix, […] the alco, a mute little dog, caressing and sequacious, once loved and cherished by its poor Indian masters, is like them exterminated.
Word: alco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A clipping. 1. An alcoholic. Labels: Australia, slang
Word: alcos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alco Labels: form-of, plural
Word: copartners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of copartner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: compartner Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of copartner. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: compartners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of compartner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: colemouse Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of coalmouse. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Apotactite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin plural Apotactitae. 1. One of an ancient sect of Christians in Asia Minor, originating in the third century AD, who renounced all their possessions. Labels: historical
Word: Apotactites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Apotactite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inglut Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From in- + glut? 1. To glut. Labels: obsolete Example: if a man inglut himself joined and expounded . with vanity , or welter in filthiness like a swine , all learning , all goodness , is soon forgotten
Word: ingluts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of inglut Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: inglutted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of inglut Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: inglutting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of inglut Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fragmenter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fragment + -er. 1. A device that causes fragmentation
Word: paum Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See palm (“to cheat”). Pronunciation: /pɔːm/, /pɑːm/ 1. To palm off by fraud; to cheat or swindle Labels: obsolete Example: A Rogue that lock'd up his drink, turn'd away our Wives , cheated us of our Fortunes ; paum'd his damn'd Crufts upon us for Mutton
Word: paumed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of paum Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pauming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of paum Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: paums Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of paum Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: concettism Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of concetti (witty turns of phrase). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: There are those who think that, if mere concettism be a part of poetry, Quarles is as great a poet as Cowley or George Herbert, Vaughan or Withers.
Word: concettisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of concettism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miliolite Part of Speech: noun 1. A building stone, one of the group of the Paris basin, almost entirely made up of many-chambered microscopic shells Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A fossil of Miliola Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: miliolites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miliolite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contemningly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From contemning + -ly. 1. With contempt. Labels: archaic
Word: Mesogothic Part of Speech: name Etymology: Corruption of Moesogothic, replacing Moeso- (“of Moesia”) with meso- (“middle”) by incorrect analysis of the term as meso- + Gothic; or a common English simplification as in encyclopædia/encyclopaedia > encyclopedia, cœnobite/coenobite > cenobite 1. Alternative form of Moesogothic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Moesogothic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Moeso- + Gothic or Moesogoth + -ic, from Moesia. 1. Of or pertaining to the Moesogoths. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Moesogothic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Moeso- + Gothic or Moesogoth + -ic, from Moesia. 1. The language of the Moesogoths.
Word: melopoeias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of melopoeia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skatol Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of skatole. Labels: alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable
Word: skatols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skatol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: methylketol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From methyl + ketol. 1. 2-methylindole, a mildly toxic and slightly flammable organic compound which occurs as a white solid and turns brown over time.
Word: methylindole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From methyl + indole. 1. Any of a group of related compounds, including skatole.
Word: methylindoles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of methylindole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bufagin Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of toxic steroids found in bufotoxin.
Word: bufagins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bufagin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: methylketols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of methylketol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bufotoxin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Bufo + toxin 1. Any of a family of toxic substances found in toads, other amphibians, and some plants and mushrooms. Example: The substance bufotoxin is the chief extract of the toad's venom.
Word: bufotoxins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bufotoxin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cauchie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of causey. Labels: Guernsey, alt-of, alternative
Word: conditories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conditory Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of conditorie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conditory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin conditorium, from condere (“to hide”). See recondite and reconditory. The cake shop is from German Konditorei 1. A repository for holding things; a hiding place or relicary. Labels: archaic 2. A cake shop Labels: archaic
Word: siskiwit Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of siscowet. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: siskiwits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of siskiwit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: siscowets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of siscowet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: profitablest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of profitable: most profitable Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: astringer Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of austringer. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Enter a GENTLE ASTRINGER.
Word: astringers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of astringer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: choriamb Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɹiæm/ 1. A choriambus.
Word: choriambs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of choriamb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outlabour Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + labour. 1. To surpass in labouring; to outwork. Labels: transitive
Word: outlaboured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outlabour Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outlabouring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outlabour Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outlabours Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outlabour Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: starchly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From starch + -ly. 1. In a starched or starchy manner; stiffly, formally Labels: rare Example: Starchly Crisp; hole cancelled Example: I did not see that quilting made me a Jake, and I replied starchly, "Madam, I purchased these fabrics on my walk just now."
Word: molly-mawk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mollymawk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: molly-mawks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of molly-mawk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: witch-elm Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wych elm. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: witch-elms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of witch-elm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sinapoline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Sinapis + Latin oleum (“oil”) + -ine. 1. A nitrogenous base, CO.(NH.C₃H₅)₂, related to urea, and extracted from mustard oil; diallyl urea. Labels: uncountable
Word: diallylurea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From diallyl + urea. 1. sinapoline Labels: uncountable
Word: caird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish ceard (“a tinker”). 1. A travelling tinker or a tramp. Labels: obsolete
Word: cairds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caird Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foreconceived Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of foreconceive Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: callithumpian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From callithump + -ian. 1. Of, relating to, or resembling a callithump; riotous. Labels: US, colloquial, dated Example: callithumpian band Example: callithumpian procession
Word: beshadow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bischadewen, bischadwen (also beschaden, bescheaden), from Old English besċeaduwian, besċeadan (“to overshadow”), equivalent to be- + shadow. Cognate with Dutch beschaduwen (“to shade, adumbrate, shadow”), German beschatten (“to shade, shadow, overshadow”). 1. To cast a shadow around, about, or over; overshadow. Labels: transitive
Word: revulsions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of revulsion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterirritation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + irritation. 1. The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: counterirritations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterirritation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: licenceless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From licence + -less. 1. Without a licence. Labels: not-comparable Example: licenceless drivers
Word: counterguard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + guard. 1. A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.
Word: counterguards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterguard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesoscuta Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mesoscutum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesoscutum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meso- + scutum. 1. The scutum or dorsal plate of the middle thoracic segment of an insect.
Word: plastidule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plastid + -ule. 1. One of the small particles or organic molecules of protoplasm. Example: The plastidule movements of the cytula are therefore the resultant of the united plastidule movements of the female egg-cell and of the male sperm-cell
Word: plastidules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plastidule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interduce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French entre-deux, literally "between two". 1. An intertie.
Word: interduce Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of introduce. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: interduces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interduce Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blastocele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blasto- + -cele. 1. Alternative form of blastocoele. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: blastoceles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blastocele Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tiring-room Part of Speech: noun Etymology: For attiring + room. 1. The room or place where actors dress for the stage. Labels: archaic
Word: tiring-rooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tiring-room Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trior Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of trier. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: triors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trior Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blastoconidia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blastoconidium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blastoconidial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From blastoconidia + -al. 1. Of or relating to blastoconidia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gainstay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From gain- + stay (“to stand”). Compare gainstand. 1. To stand against or in opposition to; resist; oppose. Labels: transitive Example: Among the diversity of opinions that are entertained in regard to physical resistance, there are but a few found to gainstay that stern delcaration. Example: But this stance informs the way I regard the student essays I surveyed earlier, my belief that however challenging I may be in provoking interpretations of Thoreau, I ought not to gainstay my students' own Thoreauvian productions, […] 2. To deny (the right to); deprive (of). Labels: transitive Example: … it was intended to be, a living fire of force in the world that cannot be gainstayed and which no storms can shake. Example: An illiterate woman, Mai-ch'en's wife is not gainstayed the benefit of the doubt.
Word: chulan Part of Speech: noun 1. The plant Chloranthus spicatus (formerly Chloranthus inconspicuus). Labels: uncountable 2. The fragrant flowers of Chloranthus spicatus, used in China for perfuming tea. Labels: uncountable
Word: demonomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently formed within English, from demono- + -nomy. 1. The dominion of demons; devilry Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: But theſe Iavans are drunck in their demonomy; they the more earneſtly imbrace it, by how much their poyſoned natures abhorre honeſty.
Word: frower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare frow and British dialect frommard. 1. A froe or frow (cleaving tool). Example: A frower of iron, for cleauing of lath
Word: docquet Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of docket. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: docquet Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic form of docket. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: docquets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of docquet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: docqueting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of docquet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: docqueted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of docquet Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: docquetting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of docquet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: docquetted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of docquet Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: infarce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin infarcire, from in- (“in”) + farcire, fartum, farctum (“to stuff, cram”). 1. To stuff or to swell. Labels: obsolete Example: every place is so infarced with profitable counsaile , joyned with honestie
Word: infarced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of infarce Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: almeh Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of almah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: almehs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of almeh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: almes Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of alms. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] the which being of too ancient breede among vs, were of late yeeres ſo mightily increaſed, that by their licencious and vniuſt, yea verie ſturdy and ſhameleſſe vagring and begging, all mercie of almes-giuing was ſo violently catched vp and deuoured at euery rich mans gate, and alſo at euery meane mans doore, that mercie was degenerated, to the cruell and waſtfull feeding and foſtering of ſuch an idle and wicked rout, as by the rule of the holy Apoſtle, were altogether vnworthy of any almes, in ſo much as they were ſuch, as vtterly refuſed to work.
Word: almes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pluviameter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pluviometer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pluviameters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pluviameter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chylothorax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chylo- + thorax. 1. An accumulation of chyle in the pleural cavity.
Word: chylothoraces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chylothorax Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pertusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin pertusio. 1. The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument. Example: pertusion of a vein Example: the manner of opening a vein at that time, was by ſtabbing or pertusion, as it is performed in horses. 2. A punched hole; a perforation. Example: many of the more subtle passages , pores , and pertusions appear not in anatomical dissections , because they are shut and latent in dead bodies
Word: pertusions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pertusion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: permixtion Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of permission. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Alumu Part of Speech: name 1. A Plateau language spoken in Nassarawa State, Nigeria. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Alumu.
Word: unparryable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + parry + -able. 1. not able to be parried or dodged Example: It is your fault, and I believe arises either from an ill-judged idea of smoothing matters to me — as if I were not behind the curtain — or a general reluctance to allow that any danger is near, until it is almost unparryable. Example: It sliced through shields and swords vainly raised in an attempt to parry an unparryable blow as if it were light, yet when it struck, it was hard as forged iron.
Word: peitrel Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ.tɹəl/ 1. Alternative form of poitrel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: peitrels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peitrel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nowd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Irish cnúdán. Pronunciation: /naʊd/ 1. A grey gurnard (Trigla gurnardus, now Eutrigla gurnadus), a fish of European waters.
Word: nowds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nowd Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unparriable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of unparryable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: parentation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin parentātiō, from parentō (“to offer a solemn sacrifice in honor of deceased parents”). See parent. 1. Something done or said in honour of the dead; obsequies. Labels: obsolete Example: 1697-1698, John Potter, Archæologia Græca Children and Heirs shall perform the accustom'd Rites of Parentation.
Word: parentations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parentation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blatteration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin blateratio (“a babbling”). 1. blather; foolish talk Labels: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable
Word: blatterations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blatteration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: embrocate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Medieval Latin embrocatus, past participle of Late Latin embrocare, from embrocha, from Ancient Greek ἐμβροχή (embrokhḗ, “lotion, fomentation”). 1. To rub (a diseased part) with a moistened or liquid substance, usually an oil, on a cloth or sponge. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: embrocated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of embrocate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: embrocates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of embrocate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: embrocating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of embrocate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dorhawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dor + hawk. So called because it eats the dorbeetle. 1. A European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus). Labels: obsolete Example: September 13 1668, Thomas Browne, letter to Dr. Merritt A dorhawk, a bird not full so big as a pigeon, somewhat of a woodcock colour, and paned somewhat like a hawk, with a bill not much bigger than that of a titmouse, and a very wide throat[…]
Word: dorbeetles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dorbeetle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: obsecrations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of obsecration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lapsus plumæ Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1844; Latin: lāpsus (“a slipping”; in the plural lāpsūs, “slippings”, the nominative plural form of lāpsus) + plūmae (“of the feather or plume”, the genitive singular form of plūma, “feather”, “plume”) = “a slipping of the feather” ≈ “a lapse of the plume” ≈ “a slip of the quill”; compare lapsus linguae and the English-coined French phrase nom de plume. Pronunciation: /ˌlæpsəsˈpluːmiː/, /ˌlæpsuːsˈpluːmiː/ 1. Synonym of slip of the pen. Labels: formal Example: Near-synonyms: writo; miswriting; misprint; typo Example: When he came to a word like believe, he was cunning enough to write two ees, and put a dot just over the middle of them, leaving the reader to imagine that his error was the result of a mere lapsus plumæ.
Word: lapsus plumae Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lapsus plumæ. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: backset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + set. 1. A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback. 2. Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water. Example: Slackwater, or the backset caused by the overflow.
Word: backset Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back + set. 1. To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring. Labels: US, Western, especially
Word: backsets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of backset Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: backsetting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of backset Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: slutch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare sludge. 1. Slush. Labels: UK, dialectal, uncountable
Word: sphyraenoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin sphyraena a kind of sea fish, + -oid. 1. Of or relating to the Sphyraenidae, a family of marine fishes, the barracudas.
Word: cystidean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: †Cystidea + -an 1. Any of the †Cystidea, a class of extinct echinoderms, now known as the †Cystoidea. Labels: obsolete 2. A stage in the development of many crinoids after the free-swimming larva attaches to a surface, but before it develops the structures necessary to feed.
Word: cystideans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cystidean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Saxonist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Saxon + -ist. 1. One versed in the Anglo-Saxon language (Old English).
Word: Saxonists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Saxonist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Randall grass Part of Speech: noun 1. The meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis, syn. Festuca elatior). Labels: US, uncountable
Word: Culdee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Irish céile Dé (“servant of God”), a calque of Latin servus Deī. Pronunciation: /kʌlˈdiː/ 1. One of a class of anchorites who lived in various parts of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales in the Middle Ages. Labels: historical Example: The pure Culdees were Albyn's earliest priests of God.
Word: Culdees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Culdee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gainward Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From gain- + -ward, or from an apheretic variant of Middle English agaynward, aȝenward, aȝeinward. 1. Toward; facing; over against. Labels: obsolete
Word: catbutt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cat + butt. 1. The backside of a cat. Labels: Canada, US, attributive, informal, sometimes Example: who must now go and prevent her 9 pound cat from kicking the catbutts of two 23+ pound cats. Example: > Probably for the same reason people stare at cats' assholes. oh i don't know. catbutts are kinda cute, don't you think?
Word: paramalic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + malic acid. 1. An organic acid metameric with malic acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: psellism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ψελλισμός (psellismós), from ψελλός (psellós, “faltering”). 1. stammering; stuttering Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: Fresnel lens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after French physicist and inventor Augustin-Jean Fresnel. 1. The hollow cylindrical lens used in the Fresnel lantern.
Word: Fresnel lenses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Fresnel lens Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peterero Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pederero. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: petereroes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peterero Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cohorn Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of coehorn. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: cohorns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cohorn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: domifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of domify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: domified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of domify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: selvagee Part of Speech: noun 1. A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, used for stoppers, straps, etc. Labels: archaic Example: As the cable enters the hawse-hole, therefore, something must be constantly used, to keep this travelling chain attached to this travelling messenger; something that may be rapidly wound round both, so as to bind them together. The article used is called a selvagee. And what could be better adapted to the purpose? It is a slender, tapering, unstranded piece of rope prepared with much solicitude; peculiarly flexible; and wreathes and serpentines round the cable and messenger like an elegantly-modeled garter-snake round the twisted stalks of a vine.
Word: selvagees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of selvagee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blickey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch blikje, diminutive of blik (“can; tinplate”). 1. A canister or dinner pail usually of tin. Labels: New-Jersey, New-York, Pennsylvania, dated, dialectal
Word: blickies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blickey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strombus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Strombus, from Ancient Greek στρόμβος (strómbos, “shell, conch, snail”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɑm.bəs/ 1. Any conch of the genus Strombus. Most subspecies are known as forms of fighting conchs. Example: Certain parts of a species of strombus, found in the Black Sea, were used among Somali women as an aphrodisiac, according to Dr. Jacobus X.
Word: strombuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of strombus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pentacid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pent- + acid. 1. Capable of neutralizing, or combining with, five molecules of a monobasic acid; having five hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by acid residues; said of certain complex bases. Labels: not-comparable Example: pentacid alcohol Example: pentacid quercite
Word: perdicine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See perdix. 1. Of or relating to the former subfamily Perdicidae, classed as the Old World partridges. Labels: obsolete
Word: utia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hutia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: utias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of utia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mohock Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of Mohawk (“Native American”). Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Shickelimy further Informs ^([sic]) that a party of Albany men, with about 30 of Indians, of the Mohocks and Oneiders, in all about 130 men, had fell in ^([sic]) with a French party af about the same number, […] 2. Archaic form of Mohawk (“London gang member”). Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Mohocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mohock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sarcelled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French cercel, from Latin circellus, diminutive of circulus (“circle”). 1. Sarcelly, having curled ends (compare moline). Labels: not-comparable Example: Cross, quarterly, quartered, couped, ends sarcelled and reverted. 2. Cut through the middle, or voided with the ends left open (unconnected). Labels: not-comparable Example: 1828-40, Berry, Encycl. Her. I" Cross pattée sarcelled at bottom in the form of a ᴧ reversed. Example: Cross moline sarcelled, or voided throughout, cross recercelée, or recersile, or recercelée voided or disjoined, which has also been called a cross fleury biparted. This is borne by the names of Knollys, or Knowles, and Verney. Gules, a cross moline sarcelled argent. BEC. […]
Word: subaudite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the Latin subaudīte, the second-person plural present active imperative form of subaudiō. 1. Mentally supply (something which has not been expressed); scilicet. Labels: imperative-only, obsolete Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:subaudite.
Word: subaudite Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From the Latin subaudīte, the second-person plural present active imperative form of subaudiō. 1. By or relying upon mental suppletion (by more than one person). Labels: not-comparable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:subaudite.
Word: subaudite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Latin subaudīte, the second-person plural present active imperative form of subaudiō. 1. Mentally supplied (by more than one person). Labels: not-comparable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:subaudite.
Word: perichaetous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From perichaetium + -ous. 1. perichaetine Labels: archaic
Word: bullbeggar Part of Speech: noun 1. Something used or suggested to produce terror; a bugbear. Labels: obsolete Example: 1691, William Mountfort, Greenwich-Park And being an ill-looked fellow, he has a pension from the church wardens for being bullbeggar to all the froward children in the parish. 2. A kind of goblin.
Word: bullbeggars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bullbeggar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reinette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French reinette. 1. Any of various kinds of apple, mostly of French origin, characterized by russeting. Example: Make choice of some small reinette apples, pare them, and prick them thoroughly with a coarse needle to render them as absorbent as possible; put them into a jar to stand inside a saucepan of boiling water, […] Example: Then a flameproof casserole dish–preferably the flat type peculiar to Normandy–should be lined with sliced apple and onion. Reinette apples are supposed to be the best.
Word: reinettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reinette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pistacites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pistacite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pistazite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pistacite. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pistazites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pistazite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: by-bidder Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bybidder. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: by-bidders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of by-bidder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scragging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scrag Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scragging Part of Speech: noun 1. A beating. Labels: dated, slang Example: Adrian thought it worth while trying out his new slang. […] ‘That’s beastly talk, Thompson. Jolly well take it back or expect a good scragging.’ Example: Consequently, the red nosed recipient of various duckings, scraggings, and backside beatings was soon to find himself presiding over the nine circles of hell in Pimple's Inferno […]
Word: preteriteness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From preterite + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being past. Labels: uncountable Example: c. 1851-1852, James Russell Lowell, Leaves from My Journal in Italy and Elsewhere A valley in the moon could scarce have been lonelier , could scarce have suggested more strongly the feeling of preteriteness and extinction
Word: seasonage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From season + -age? 1. seasoning Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: Charity is the grand seasonage of every Christian duty : it gives it a gloss in the sight of God , and a value in the sense of men
Word: pectoriloquous Part of Speech: adj 1. pectoriloquial Labels: not-comparable
Word: staggard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English staggard, stagard; equivalent to stag + -ard. 1. A four-year-old male red deer.
Word: staggards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of staggard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pedipalpi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pedipalpus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pedipalpus Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of pedipalp.
Word: strivingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From striving + -ly. 1. With effort.
Word: stave rhyme Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of stave-rhyme. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: His lyrical narrative teems with short broken sentences often repeated in Hebrew parallelisms, epizeuxes and anaphora, exclamations, sudden transitions, alliterations and even stave rhymes, […]
Word: Georgios Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Greek Γεώργιος (Geórgios), a male given name used in (modern) Greece. Cognate with English George. 1. A transliteration of the Greek male given name Γεώργιος (Geórgios).
Word: Georgi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Georgi. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Laurentius Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Laurentius. 1. A male given name from Latin. Labels: rare
Word: Quinti Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Quīntī. 1. plural of Quintus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Greeklessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Greekless + -ness. 1. The quality of largely or wholly lacking any mastery of any form of the Greek language. Labels: uncountable
Word: Greekless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Greek + -less. 1. Lacking any mastery of any form of the Greek language. 2. Devoid of any Greek people.
Word: tea bagging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tea bag Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tea bagged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tea bag Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bowmanship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bowman + -ship. Pronunciation: /ˈboʊmənʃɪp/ 1. A mastery of archery. Labels: uncountable Example: Recent archaeological evidence lends credence to the theory that the Ezo mastered bowmanship earlier than the people of any other region in Japan. Example: The poet knows of Philoctetes' bowmanship, of his misfortune, his sad detention on Lemnos where the Achaeans left him...
Word: Franciscos Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Francisco Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shothole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shot + hole. 1. A hole, very deep but only a few inches wide, which is used to drop explosives beneath the Earth's surface to ease petroleum extraction.
Word: shotholes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shothole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fish owl Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of group of four species of Asian owls within the genus Ketupa (syn. Bubo), resembling the eagle owl.
Word: heedily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From heedy + -ly. 1. Heedfully; attentively. Labels: obsolete Example: if heedily he endevour to measure and count them, he shall finde that what he did by nature and chance, he cannot doe it so exactly by desseign.
Word: fredaine Part of Speech: noun 1. A prank; an escapade. Example: […] and so they leave carnivalising to the jeunesse; and the jeunesse of to-day will probably hand over the same principles and practice to their sons, thinking their fredaines as harmless matters of course, and on the score of morality quite easy […]
Word: cucumeriform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Formed by the suffixation of cucumer-, the long consonant stem of the Latin cucumis (“cucumber”), with the English -form; compare the New Latin cucumeriformis and the French cucumeriforme. Pronunciation: /kjuːkjuːˈmɛɹɪfɔːm/ 1. Rare form of cucumiform. Labels: form-of, rare Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:cucumeriform.
Word: Mig Part of Speech: noun 1. an incorrect capitalisation of MiG. (Russian fighters) Labels: proscribed