nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: warphans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of warphan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: observation car Part of Speech: noun 1. A railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route, sometimes with glass sides or with a kind of open balcony at the rear.
Word: observation cars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of observation car Labels: form-of, plural
Word: office wire Part of Speech: noun 1. copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc. Labels: dated, uncountable, usually
Word: offprinted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of offprint Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: offprinting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of offprint Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: offtaking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of offtake Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: baking board Part of Speech: noun 1. A board on which the dough is kneaded before being baked into bread. Example: The general we had then—it seemed as if she did all the cooking on the cookery-book instead of on the baking-board, there were traces of so many bygone meals upon its pages.
Word: om mani padme hun Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of om mani padme hum. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: baking boards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baking board Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oncosts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oncost Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ibsenism Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ibsen + -ism. 1. The dramatic practice or purpose characteristic of the writings of Henrik Ibsen, whose best-known plays deal with conventional hypocrisies, the story in each play thus developing a definite moral problem. Example: Thus reasoned Mrs. Failing, in the facile vein of Ibsenism. She imagined herself to be a cold-eyed Scandinavian heroine.
Word: leaf-footed bug Part of Speech: noun 1. Any insect in the family Coreidae, many of which have flat, leaf-shaped structures on their hind legs.
Word: leaf-footed bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leaf-footed bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: travoy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of travois. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: travoys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of travoy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: travoise Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of travois. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: isosporous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From iso- + sporous. 1. Producing only one kind of spore. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ferns are isosporous.
Word: isospore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + spore. 1. One of the spores produced by an isosporous organism.
Word: isospores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isospore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Classical English Part of Speech: name 1. The English language as spoken in its classical form, typically referring to Old English; but also sometimes used in reference to Middle English or Early Modern English.
Word: isodrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + -drome. 1. A method of moving a fleet from one formation to another, the direction usually being changed eight points, by means of paths of equal length for each ship.
Word: isodromes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isodrome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: India steel Part of Speech: noun 1. wootz Labels: uncountable
Word: squash bug Part of Speech: noun 1. An insect in any of several species of true bugs in the family Coreidae which feed on plants in the family Cucurbitaceae 2. An insect in any of several species of true bugs in the family Coreidae which feed on plants in the family Cucurbitaceae Labels: US 3. Any insect in the family Coreidae, whether they feed on plants in the family Cucurbitaceae or not.
Word: squash bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squash bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Idism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ido + -ism. 1. Support for the Ido language. Labels: dated, uncountable Example: Among the adherents of Idism are groups in Berlin, New York, London, Birmingham, Graz, Chartres, Verdun, Reims, […] Example: It is said that many of the early Catholic Esperantists, in particular, were frightened by this prospect—and it is, indeed, true that the Catholic element in early Idism is striking.
Word: Indo-Chinese Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of Indochinese. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Yahwe Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Yahweh. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Y current Part of Speech: noun 1. The electric current through one branch of the star arrangement of a three-phase circuit.
Word: Yom Teruah Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew יום תרועה \ יוֹם תְּרוּעָה (yom truá, “day [of] shouting / blasting”). 1. Rosh Hashanah (the first day of Tishrei / Tishri, the first month of the civil year and seventh month of the religious year in the Hebrew calendar) Labels: Judaism
Word: Feast of Trumpets Part of Speech: name 1. Rosh Hashanah Labels: Judaism
Word: knotted wrack Part of Speech: noun 1. A species of brown algae, Ascophyllum nodosum; a common seaweed of the northern Atlantic Ocean.
Word: Yiddisher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish + -er. 1. One who speaks Yiddish. Labels: slang 2. A member of a street gang based in Whitechapel, London, England, who opposed the growing fascist movement in the 1930s. Labels: historical
Word: Yiddishers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Yiddisher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: missign Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + sign. 1. To sign improperly or incorrectly.
Word: missigned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of missign Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: missigns Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of missign Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: missigning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of missign Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: missigning Part of Speech: noun 1. An incorrect signing. Example: An apparently simple instance of assigning two letters to one gathering is that cited by Fredson Bowers in the course of his discussion of missignings and misprinted signatures and the various ways of accommodating them […]
Word: missignings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of missigning Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misnumberings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of misnumbering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Saussurian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Saussurean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: go big or go home Part of Speech: verb 1. One must either try to go all the way or not try at all; a high-risk, high-reward strategy. Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonyms: go hard or go home, go all the way, go for broke, do or die, fish or cut bait, put up or shut up, shit or get off the pot, get big or get out, rise to the occasion Example: She had the motivation, but I reminded her that this was a go big or go home situation.
Word: logographically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From logographic + -ally. 1. In a logographic manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: year's purchase Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount yielded by the annual income of property; used in expressing the value of a thing in the number of years required for its income to yield its purchase price, in computing the amount to be paid for annuities, etc.
Word: yelting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. 1. A fish, the mangrove snapper or gray snapper, Lutjanus griseus. Labels: obsolete
Word: Yuman Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to a language family spoken by Native Americans in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Labels: not-comparable
Word: yucca borer Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of two Californian boring weevils (Rhinostomus frontalis and Scyphophorus yuccae). 2. A large moth-like butterfly (skipper), Megathymus yuccae of the family Hesperiidae, whose larva bores in yucca roots.
Word: yucca borers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yucca borer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yawled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of yawl Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: yawling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of yawl Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: York Rite Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after the city of York in England, where the first meetings of Masons in England are said to have taken place. 1. A rite of Freemasonry consisting of a series of progressive degrees that can be conferred by various Masonic organizations or bodies.
Word: quadruplane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quadru- + plane. 1. An airplane with four superposed main supporting surfaces (four wings one above the other)
Word: quadruplanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quadruplane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quintroon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish quinterón (“offspring of a quadroon and a white person”). 1. The offspring of an octoroon (1/8 black) and a white person: 1/16 black. Labels: dated 2. The offspring of a mustiphini (1/16 black) and a white person: 1/32 black. Labels: dated Example: Some authors, who have treated on the West Indies, do not count so far; but the writer of this, has seen more than one family of Quintroons by Mustiphini mothers in a state of slavery; which of course, would not have been the case, had they been those persons called white by law. Example: "A samboe," says he, "is the nearest remove from black, being the child of a mulatto father and a negro woman, or vice versa; a mulatto is the offspring of a white man by a negress; a quadroon is the offspring of a white man and a mulatto mother; the child of a quadroon by a white man is a mustee; the child of a white man by a mustee woman is a mustiphini; the child of a mustiphini by a white father is a quintroon; and the child of a quintroon by a white woman is free by law." Among all these names, hard to pronounce and harder to remember, the samboe or mongrel, as it is oftener called, the mulatto and the mustee, are the only distinctions between the black and white that really pass current, though more have been defined;
Word: quintroons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quintroon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quattrocentist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quattrocento + -ist. 1. An artist of the 1400s, the fifteenth-century Renaissance Italian period
Word: quattrocentists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quattrocentist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quasi corporation Part of Speech: noun 1. An entity that exercises some of the functions of a corporation, but has not been granted separate legal personality by statute; especially, a public corporation with limited authority and powers, such as a county or school district.
Word: quasi corporations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quasi corporation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quasimunicipal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quasi- + municipal. 1. Having some, but not all, of the functions and powers of a municipal entity. Labels: not-comparable
Word: queen olive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Spanish aceituna de la reina. 1. A superior kind of olive grown in Spain. It is large and oblong, with a small but long pit and a delicate flavour, and is cured when green. 2. Any olive of similar character. Labels: broadly
Word: queen olives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of queen olive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uitlanders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of uitlander Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ouloid Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of uloid. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: The ouloid cicatrix is met with in lupus […]
Word: ekzematous Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of eczematous. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: ekzema Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of eczema. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: unassented Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + assented. 1. Not assented. Labels: not-comparable
Word: upsetting thermometer Part of Speech: noun 1. A thermometer used by turning it upside-down. The column of mercury is broken and, as it remains until the instrument is reset, the reading may be made at leisure. Labels: archaic
Word: prædominant Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of predominant. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: ultragaseous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + gaseous. 1. Having the properties exhibited by gases under very low pressures (one millionth of an atmosphere or less). Labels: not-comparable
Word: keddahs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of keddah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cheloid Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of keloid. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: cheloids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cheloid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cheloidal Part of Speech: adj 1. Dated form of keloidal. Labels: alt-of, dated, not-comparable
Word: kilerg Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kiloerg. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kilergs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kilerg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kiloerg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kilo- + erg. 1. A unit of work equal to one thousand ergs.
Word: kiloergs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kiloerg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kinetograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kineto- + -graph. 1. A camera for making chronophotographs. Labels: dated 2. A machine for projecting chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect of an animated picture, sometimes with an accompanying soundtrack. Labels: dated
Word: kissing bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kissing bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kola nuts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kola nut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lace bug Part of Speech: noun 1. Any insect in the family Tingidae, named for the lace-like appearance of the wings and pronotum.
Word: lace bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lace bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: koftgari Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi [Term?] (“gold-beating”), from Persian [Term?], from کوفتن (kuftan, “to beat”) + ـگر (-gar) + ـی (-i). 1. Ornamental work produced by inlaying steel with gold; a variety of damascening common in Indian art. Labels: uncountable
Word: vacuometer Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument for the comparison of barometers. 2. An apparatus for the measurement of low pressures.
Word: vacuometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vacuometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vanadium bronze Part of Speech: noun 1. A yellow pigment consisting of a compound of vanadium. Labels: uncountable
Word: vanity box Part of Speech: noun 1. A small box, usually jewelled or of precious metal and worn on a chain, containing a mirror, powder puff, and other small toilet articles for a woman. Labels: historical
Word: vanity boxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vanity box Labels: form-of, plural
Word: variety shows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of variety show Labels: form-of, plural
Word: varisse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French varisse, from Latin varis-, oblique stem of varis. Compare varix and French varice. 1. An imperfection on the inside of the hind leg in horses, different from a curb, but at the same height, and often growing to an unsightly size.
Word: varisses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of varisse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vase clock Part of Speech: noun 1. A clock whose decorative case has the general form of a vase, especially one in which there is no ordinary dial, but in which part of a vase revolves while a single stationary indicator serves as a hand.
Word: vase clocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vase clock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: varioles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of variole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vegetism Part of Speech: noun 1. vegetal, vegete, or vegetarian state or characteristic Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: vein quartz Part of Speech: noun 1. Quartz occurring as gangue in a vein. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: veiled plate Part of Speech: noun 1. A fogged plate; that is, a photographic plate that has been unintentionally exposed to radiation (such as light), resulting in undesired image degradation.
Word: veiled plates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of veiled plate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tableclothy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tablecloth + -y. 1. Resembling or typified by tablecloths. Labels: informal Example: Always an ambitious dresser, this morning she'd got herself up in her favourite grass-green poncho, which was a Paisley-printed wool tableclothy affair, edged with short, matted black fringes. Example: Rabbit meal number two was in the guidebooks' favourite restaurant, a serious, tableclothy sort of place, obviously proud of its three forks.
Word: vested school Part of Speech: noun 1. A national school built by the aid of grants from the board of Commissioners of National Education and secured for educational purposes by leases to the commissioners themselves, or to the commissioners and the trustees. Labels: historical 2. A school that is privately owned, or belonging to a religious organisation, which is recognized by and receives funding from the government.
Word: vested schools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vested school Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vignetter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vignette + -er. 1. A device used by photographers for printing vignettes, consisting of a screen of paper or glass with a central aperture whose edges become opaque by gradual degrees. Labels: historical 2. A maker of vignettes.
Word: vignetters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vignetter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: viperoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From viper + -oid. 1. Resembling or pertaining to the vipers.
Word: Visayans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Visayan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: volcanic neck Part of Speech: noun 1. A column of igneous rock formed by congelation of lava in the conduit of a volcano and later exposed by the removal of surrounding rocks.
Word: volcanic wind Part of Speech: noun 1. A wind associated with a volcanic eruption, caused by the eruption or its convection currents over hot lava.
Word: volost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian во́лость (vólostʹ) and Ukrainian во́лость (vólostʹ), from Old East Slavic волость (volostĭ). 1. A traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe. Labels: historical Example: Coordinate term: raion (modern Russia) Example: Next to the village stands the volost, or union of several villages, and this also is governed on the republican plan by elders elected from among the peasants themselves. Then comes the district composed of a number of volosti; […]
Word: volosts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of volost Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vargueno Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish vargueño or bargueño, from Bargas, the name of the village where it originates. Pronunciation: /vɑː(ɹ)ˈɡeɪnjəʊ/ 1. A decorative cabinet of a kind originating near Toledo in Spain, having a rectangular body supported on legs or an ornamental framework, and a front that opens downwards on hinges to serve as a writing desk.
Word: varguenos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vargueno Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhinophonia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rhino- + -phonia. 1. nasalized voice Labels: uncountable
Word: jackerooed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of jackeroo Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: jackerooing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jackeroo Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jumbie bead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jumbie + bead. Jumbie is apparently from Kongo zumbi (“fetish, spirit”) or Kimbundu nzumbi (“god”). Compare zombie. 1. A jequirity bean, the seed of the jequirity plant (Abrus precatorius) used in beadwork or making percussion instruments. Example: “Dat too much. You pick de jumbie bead by de wayside, and run piece o’ string through dem, an’ you chargin’ me four dallaz? You got to be crims-crams. You crims-crams?” I asked. Example: In the Eastern Caribbean, Abrus seeds (Jumbie beads, John Crow beads in Jamaica) are made into necklaces and bracelets to serve as protection against Jumbies and malevolent forces.
Word: ambush bug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After their habit of lying in wait, camouflaged, for their prey. 1. Any insect in the subfamily Phymatinae of the family Reduviidae.
Word: ambush bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ambush bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rasputinian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Rasputin + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Rasputin (1869–1916), Russian mystic perceived as having influenced the latter days of the Russian Nicholas II and family.
Word: jump spark Part of Speech: noun 1. A spark produced by the jumping of electricity across a permanent gap.
Word: junction box Part of Speech: noun 1. A box through which the main conductors of a system of electric distribution pass, and where connection is made with branch circuits or to extend circuits.
Word: thread-legged bug Part of Speech: noun 1. Any insect in the subfamily Emesinae of the family Reduviidae, which are predatory true bugs with long, thin, threadlike legs.
Word: thread-legged bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thread-legged bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: echopathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From echo- + -pathy. 1. A morbid condition characterized by automatic and purposeless repetition of words or imitation of actions. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: echopathies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of echopathy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electropoion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From electro- + Ancient Greek -ποιός (-poiós, “producing”). 1. An exciting and depolarizing acid solution used in certain cells or batteries. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: ensiled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ensile Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ensiling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ensile Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ergal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Rudolf Clausius in 1870 (On a Mechanical Theorem Applicable to Heat), derived from Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon). 1. potential energy; negative value of the force function Labels: archaic
Word: ergals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ergal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ergmeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From erg + -meter. 1. An instrument for measuring energy in ergs.
Word: ergmeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ergmeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wheel bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wheel bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: established suit Part of Speech: noun 1. A plain suit in which a player (or side) could, except for trumping, take tricks with all of his or her remaining cards.
Word: established suits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of established suit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: etamines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of etamine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eugenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eu- + genesis. Pronunciation: /ˈjuˌd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs/ 1. The quality or condition of having strong reproductive powers; generation with full fertility between different species or races, specifically between hybrids of the first generation. Labels: uncountable
Word: bee assassin Part of Speech: noun 1. Any insect in the genus Apiomerus, known for frequenting flowers to feed on the insects there.
Word: eutexia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek εὐτηξία (eutēxía), from εὔτηκτος (eútēktos, “easily melted”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + τήκω (tḗkō, “to melt”). Pronunciation: /juːˈtɛk.si.ə/, /juːˈtɛk.ʃə/ 1. The principle or process of forming from given components the eutectic alloy, or alloy of maximum fusibility. Labels: uncountable
Word: bee assassins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bee assassin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Evergreen State Part of Speech: name Etymology: From its abundance of evergreen trees. 1. Official nickname for Washington: a state of the United States.
Word: Exmoors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Exmoor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: feather-legged bug Part of Speech: noun 1. Any insect in the subfamily Holoptilinae of the family Reduviidae, many of which have legs covered with feathery hairs.
Word: feather-legged bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feather-legged bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conenose bug Part of Speech: noun 1. A kissing bug
Word: conenose bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conenose bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brown marmorated stink bug Part of Speech: noun 1. An insect native to east Asia, Halyomorpha halys, which was accidentally introduced to the eastern United States and has become an invasive and serious agricultural and nuisance pest there.
Word: brown marmorated stink bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brown marmorated stink bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Haikwan Part of Speech: noun 1. Chinese maritime customs Labels: uncountable
Word: Haikwan taels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Haikwan tael Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Haikwan tael Part of Speech: noun 1. A Chinese weight (one tenth of a catty) equivalent to 1⅓ oz. or 37.801 grams.
Word: hamfatters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hamfatter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: red books Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red book Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pirate bug Part of Speech: noun 1. Any insect in the family Anthocoridae, known as effective predators of other insects, and used in biological control.
Word: pirate bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pirate bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flower bug Part of Speech: noun 1. A pirate bug
Word: hard steel Part of Speech: noun 1. Steel hardened by the addition of other elements, such as manganese, phosphorus, or (usually) carbon. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: flower bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flower bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haulabout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From haul + about. 1. A barge-like vessel with steel hull, large hatchways, and coal transporters, for coaling war vessels from its own hold or from other colliers. Labels: historical
Word: haulabouts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of haulabout Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minute pirate bug Part of Speech: noun 1. A pirate bug
Word: Hawkeyes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hawkeye Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minute pirate bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minute pirate bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hecklings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heckling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glitchiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glitchy + -ness. 1. The quality of being glitchy. Labels: uncountable
Word: glitchily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From glitchy + -ly. 1. In a glitchy manner.
Word: high steel Part of Speech: noun 1. Steel containing a high percentage of carbon. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: damsel bug Part of Speech: noun 1. Any insect in the family Nabidae
Word: damsel bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of damsel bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hoboism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hobo + -ism. 1. The lifestyle or practices of hobos; vagrancy. Labels: uncountable Example: Hoboism cannot be cured or prevented by makeshifts or by local measures and efforts, although community interest naturally is vital in dealing with a problem that comes home to every community. Example: The reasons why Kerouac himself gave up his hoboism seem wide-ranging: a commitment to care for his mother once his work became commercially successful; the increasing difficulties of such journeys; […]
Word: Allism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From all + -ism, coined by David Lewis in his 1989 paper "Noneism or Allism?". 1. A belief in the existence of all possible entities including past and future things or unactualised possibilities. Labels: uncountable Example: Allism is the position of those who think that all these entities actually exist, and moreover, everything we can speak meaningfully about in some sense exists. Example: Allism is noneism with a twist. Fore whereas the noneist holds that some objects have no kind of being at all, the allist holds that every object has being.
Word: Allism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From all + -ism, coined by Peter van Inwagen in 2009. 1. The rejection of creationism in all its forms (including intelligent design) and the assertion that evolution alone is responsible for the diversity of all living creatures. Labels: uncountable Example: Let us call it Allism – since it is essentially the thesis that natural selection does it all. Example: Allism is inconsistent with theism, and, therefore, anyone who professes ignorance as to whether Allism is true should profess ignorance as to whether God exists.
Word: noneism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From none + -ism, coined by Richard Routley. 1. The theory that some things do not exist, and it is possible to quantify over non-existent things using the particular or existential quantifier. Labels: uncountable
Word: noneist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From none + -ist. 1. A proponent of noneism.
Word: noneists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noneist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: relevance logic Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of non-classical logic requiring the antecedent and consequent of implications to be relevantly related, and aiming to capture aspects of implication that are ignored by the "material implication" operator in classical truth-functional logic.
Word: beef on the hoof Part of Speech: noun 1. live cattle Labels: uncountable
Word: steak on the hoof Part of Speech: noun 1. Live cattle. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: riffle bug Part of Speech: noun 1. Any insect in the family Veliidae of aquatic true bugs related to the water striders.
Word: hopperdozer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hopper, as in grasshopper, doze or dose (because conceived as putting insects to sleep or as dosing them with poison), + -er. 1. An appliance for the destruction of insects, consisting of a shallow box containing kerosene or coated with a sticky substance, which may be mounted on wheels.
Word: riffle bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of riffle bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hopperdozers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hopperdozer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hotchkiss gun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, American inventor. 1. A built-up, rifled, rapid-fire gun of oil-tempered steel, having a rectangular breechblock which moves horizontally or vertically in a mortise cut completely through the jacket. Labels: historical
Word: Hotchkiss guns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hotchkiss gun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: allism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Allism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: allism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From allo- + -ism, coined by Andrew Main (Zefram) in 2003, in contradistinction to autism, where 'auto-' refers to a self-integrated neurology and 'allo-' refers to an other-integrated neurology. Pronunciation: /ˈælɪzm̩/, /ˈɑlɪzm̩/ 1. A neurological condition characterised by the lack of autistic symptoms. Labels: humorous, sometimes, uncountable
Word: velvet water bug Part of Speech: noun 1. Any insect in the family Hebridae, which lives in vegetation in and around water
Word: velvet water bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of velvet water bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyetological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyetology + -ical. 1. Relating to hyetology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hypnoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypno- + -scope. 1. An instrument intended to determine a person's susceptibility to hypnotic influences. Labels: dated Example: From several magnets combined von Hellenbach and Gessmann in Vienna constructed considerably stronger hypnoscopes, through which 66 per cent. of those examined showed the above mentioned sensitiveness […]
Word: hypnoscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypnoscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydrobiplane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + biplane. 1. A hydroaeroplane having two supporting planes. Labels: dated
Word: hydrobiplanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydrobiplane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haemol Part of Speech: noun 1. A dark brown powder containing iron, prepared by the action of zinc dust as a reducing agent upon the colouring matter of the blood, and once used medicinally as a hematinic. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: allist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From all + -ist. 1. A proponent of Allism. Example: Allism is noneism with a twist. For whereas the noneist holds that some objects have no kind of being at all, the allist holds that every object has being.
Word: allist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See allism 1. Someone who does not have autism.
Word: allists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of allist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: magazine camera Part of Speech: noun 1. A camera in which a number of plates can be exposed without reloading. Labels: dated
Word: magazine cameras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of magazine camera Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chickcharnie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chickcharney. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chickcharnies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chickcharnie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chickcharnee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chickcharney. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chickcharney Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly borrowed from Taíno. 1. An owl-like cryptid said to inhabit the forests of Andros Island in the Bahamas.
Word: chickcharnees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chickcharnee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chickcharneys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chickcharney Labels: form-of, plural
Word: man-bird Part of Speech: noun 1. A male aviator. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: With each succeeding day's exhibit of man's ingenuity and his ability to cleave the atmosphere unscathed, the clamor on the part of non-aviators to share the flights of the man-birds grew louder.
Word: man-birds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of man-bird Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catch-allism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From catch-all + -ism. 1. A position that lacks strong commitments or ideology. Labels: uncountable Example: This tendency may enhance an electoral strategy of parties which is often called catch-allism: parties seek to accomplish a wide electoral appeal aimed at vote maximization. Example: Not all of these are wholly independent of the parties, of course, in that at least some of the ostensibly external shocks that have impacted on parties in recent years have their origin in the initial shift towards catch-allism.
Word: Marconism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Marconi + -ism. 1. The theory or practice of Marconi's wireless telegraph system. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: mare clausum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin mare clausum (“closed sea”). 1. A body of water within the jurisdiction of a particular nation, and not part of the open sea.
Word: water measurer Part of Speech: noun 1. Any insect in the family Hydrometridae, aquatic insects related to the water strider
Word: Marinism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Marini + -ism. 1. An ornate, witty style of poetry and verse drama written in imitation of Giambattista Marino (1569-1625). Labels: uncountable
Word: Marinist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Marini + -ist. 1. A poet who adopted the style of Marinism.
Word: Marinists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Marinist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marsh treader Part of Speech: noun 1. A water measurer 2. Any insect in the superfamily Mesovelioidea, related to the water strider
Word: marsh treaders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marsh treader Labels: form-of, plural
Word: water measurers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of water measurer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mastabah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mastaba. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mastabahs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mastabah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: otitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From otitis + -ic. 1. Relating to otitis, or inflammation of the ear. Labels: not-comparable
Word: medal play Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of stroke play. Labels: uncountable
Word: maundies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maundy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mayanness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mayan + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being Mayan. Labels: uncountable
Word: Xhosaness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Xhosa + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being Xhosa. Labels: uncountable
Word: Navajoness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Navajo + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being Navajo. Labels: uncountable
Word: Siouxness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sioux + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being Sioux. Labels: uncountable
Word: medjidieh Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of medjidie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: medjidiehs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of medjidieh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mercerization Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mercerisation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: mercerisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mercerisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mercerizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mercerization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: giant water bug Part of Speech: noun 1. Any insect in the family Belostomatidae of large, predatory true bugs.
Word: mesothoriums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mesothorium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mess beef Part of Speech: noun 1. Barreled salt beef, packed with about 80 pounds chuck and rump, two flanks, and the rest plates. Labels: uncountable
Word: giant water bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of giant water bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: methanometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From methane + -ometer. 1. An instrument, resembling a eudiometer, used to detect the presence and amount of methane, as in coal mines.
Word: methanometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of methanometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mhometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mho + -meter. 1. An instrument for measuring conductivity.
Word: mhometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mhometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: white snakeroot Part of Speech: noun 1. The plant Ageratina altissima, native to eastern North America. Labels: uncountable 2. The plant Ayapana triplinervis, native to the tropical Americas. Labels: uncountable
Word: myriachit Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of miryachit. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: forewrought Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fore- + wrought. 1. Wrought or worked beforehand or in advance.
Word: forewrought Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + wrought. 1. simple past and past participle of forework Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past Example: I have forewrought a ruin for their houses Will make all Israel tremble . . Amnon, Amnon, By this hand thou shalt die a fool's death, Amnon!
Word: monitor nozzle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the resemblance of the rotable nozzle installation and its degrees of freedom of movement to that of the gun turret on a monitor (the type of warship). 1. A nozzle firmly mounted to a vehicle or structure and capable of turning completely round in a horizontal plane while having a limited play in a vertical plane, used in hydraulic mining, fire-extinguishing apparatus, etc.
Word: underwrought Part of Speech: verb Etymology: under- + wrought 1. simple past and past participle of underwork Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past
Word: toad bug Part of Speech: noun 1. Any insect in the family Gelastocoridae of predatory riparian true bugs
Word: toad bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toad bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: manganese steel Part of Speech: noun 1. Cast steel containing a considerable percentage (10-14%) of manganese, which makes it very hard and tough and highly resistant to wear. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: During that period, the advantages of manganese steel, and of heat treatment by the sorbitic process, were advocated strongly on the Southern Area of that company.
Word: safety bicycle Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of bicycle that superseded the penny farthing or ordinary and is now the most common type of bicycle. Labels: dated
Word: safety bicycles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of safety bicycle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: high-wheeler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From high wheel + -er. 1. An early car body style in the United States, derived from horse-drawn wagons, and typified by large-diameter slender wheels, frequently with solid rubber tires, to provide ample ground clearance on bumpy roads. 2. Synonym of penny farthing (“old type of bicycle”).
Word: high-wheelers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of high-wheeler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: satin weave Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of weaving producing smooth-faced fabric in which the warp interlaces with the filling at points distributed over the surface.
Word: schatchen Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of shadchen. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: schatchens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of schatchen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Scotch terrier Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Scottish terrier. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Scotch terriers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Scotch terrier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forwrought Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From forwork, equivalent to for- + wrought. 1. simple past and past participle of forwork Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: forwrought Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From forwork, equivalent to for- + wrought. 1. Worked-up; agitated; troubled. Example: [...] Arthur; a fearful night it was: there was a sough in the air, a sound drawing nigh like that of a host marching:- — but you're looking pale and forwrought, man; is any thing ailing ye? 2. Blocked; obstructed. Example: And Æthelwold sat within the ham, with the men that to him had bowed, and he had forwrought [obstructed] all the gates in, and said that he would either there live or there lie. Thereupon rode the ætheling on night away, and sought the [...]
Word: sealskinned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sealskin + -ed. 1. Dressed in a sealskin. Labels: not-comparable Example: The sealskinned gentleman received the tire, placed it inside the car, gazed intently at the ex-coachman, and muttered to himself inscrutable words.
Word: self-binder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From self- + binder. 1. A reaping machine containing a mechanism for binding the grain into sheaves.
Word: self-hardening Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From self- + hardening. 1. Designating, or pertaining to, any of various steels that harden when heated to above a red heat and cooled in air, usually in a blast of cold air with moderate rapidity, without quenching. Such steels are alloys of iron and carbon with manganese, tungsten and manganese, chromium, molybdenum and manganese, etc. They are chiefly used as high speed steels. Labels: not-comparable
Word: creeping water bug Part of Speech: noun 1. Any insect in the family Naucoridae, aquatic predatory true bugs that look like toe biters
Word: creeping water bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of creeping water bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shakudo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 赤銅. 1. A billon of gold and copper that can be treated to form a dark indigo patina resembling lacquer. Labels: uncountable Example: The recipe for shakudo is unknown; each Japanese metalsmith had his own secret recipe.
Word: rokusho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 緑青. 1. A copper-based solution traditionally used in Japan to induce patination in decorative non-ferrous metals. Labels: uncountable
Word: shibuichi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Japanese 四分一, literally "one fourth", referring to the standard formulation of one part silver to three parts copper. 1. A Japanese silver-copper alloy that can be patinated into a range of muted shades of blue or green through the use of rokusho. Labels: uncountable
Word: kuromido Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Japanese 黒味銅 1. A Japanese alloy of copper with a small amount of arsenic. Labels: uncountable
Word: tumbaga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish tumbaga, from Malay tembaga, from Sanskrit ताम्रक (tāmraka). Doublet of tombak. 1. A gold-copper alloy used by the pre-Columbian cultures of Central America to make religious objects. Labels: uncountable
Word: hepatizon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin hēpatizon, from the Ancient Greek ἡπᾰτῐ́ζον (hēpătĭ́zon), from ἡπᾰτῐ́ζων (hēpătĭ́zōn, “liver-coloured”). Pronunciation: /ˌhɛpəˈtaɪ̯zɒn/, /ˌhɛpəˈtaɪ̯zɑn/ 1. A valuable metal alloy in antiquity, thought to have been an alloy of copper with gold and silver, mixed and treated to produce a material with a dark purplish patina. Labels: uncountable 2. chloasma Labels: uncountable
Word: panchaloha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit पञ्चलोह (pañcaloha), literally "five metals". 1. Any of the traditional five-metal alloys of sacred significance used for making Hindu temple idols. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: panchalohas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of panchaloha Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thokcha Part of Speech: noun 1. A tektite or meteorite containing iron, historically valued for metalworking. 2. An ancient metal object made from these and serving as an amulet.
Word: tektitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tektite + -ic. 1. Of or relating to a tektite. Labels: not-comparable
Word: termite bug Part of Speech: noun 1. Any insect in the family Termitaphididae, true bugs found in termite nests in the tropics
Word: termite bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of termite bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shizoku Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 士族. 1. A member of the Japanese warrior gentry or middle class, formerly called samurai.
Word: death-sough Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From death + sough (“sigh, breath”). 1. The last heavy breathings or sighings of a dying person. Labels: Scotland, no-plural
Word: Shropshires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Shropshire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flat bug Part of Speech: noun 1. Any insect in the family Aradidae, true bugs that are mostly flat-bodied and live under tree-bark.
Word: flat bugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flat bug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: side flash Part of Speech: noun 1. A disruptive electrical discharge between a conductor traversed by an oscillatory current of high frequency (such as lightning) and neighbouring masses of metal, or between different parts of the same conductor. Example: There's the side flash. That's when an animal or person is standing close to the tree, the tree is hit by lightning, and then the lightning jumps from tree to person or animal. The side flash usually kills one or a small number of animals, not large ones like with ground currents.
Word: side flash Part of Speech: verb 1. Of electricity: to create a side flash. Labels: intransitive Example: The charge traveled down the aluminum mast, and, not finding a path to ground, it side-flashed, blowing out the boat's hull.
Word: sideflashes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sideflash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sideflashes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sideflash Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ponies in the barn Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pony in the barn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stream clock Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument for ascertaining the velocity of the blood in a vessel.
Word: subcellar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + cellar. 1. A cellar beneath another storey wholly or partly underground; usually, a cellar under a cellar.
Word: subcellars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subcellar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suberization Part of Speech: noun 1. conversion of the cell walls into cork tissue by development of suberin; commonly taking place in exposed tissues, as when a callus forms over a wound. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Sucker State Part of Speech: name 1. Illinois Labels: informal
Word: Sumirian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Sumerian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sumirian Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Sumerian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sumirians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sumirian Labels: form-of, plural