nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: raise one's voice Part of Speech: verb 1. To speak loudly, especially in anger. Labels: idiomatic Example: Don't you raise your voice at me!
Word: rotten to the core Part of Speech: adj 1. Completely rotten. Labels: not-comparable 2. Corrupt; evil; immoral. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: Ain't talkin' 'bout love / My love is rotten to the core / Ain't talkin' 'bout love / Just like I told you before.
Word: sociatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sociative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonphosphorylating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + phosphorylating. 1. Not phosphorylating. Labels: not-comparable
Word: CLUTs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of CLUT Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rescriptions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rescription Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paedophilias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paedophilia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: salpingogram Part of Speech: noun 1. An X-ray image taken during salpingography
Word: salpingography Part of Speech: noun 1. X-ray examination of the oviducts Labels: plural, uncountable
Word: tomato sauces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tomato sauce Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alamoth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew עֲלָמוֹת (‘ălāmōṯ, “women of childbearing age”), feminine plural of עֶלֶם (èlem, “man of marriageable age”). 1. soprano or, possibly, virgin Labels: not-comparable Example: 1 Chronicles 15:20 Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah and Benaiah were to play the lyres according to alamoth ...
Word: Azotus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Azōtus, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́ζωτος (Ắzōtos). 1. Ashdod
Word: Ashdod Part of Speech: name 1. A city and seaport in Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea.
Word: Tefnut Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian tfnwt, tfnt (“Tefnut”). 1. A goddess of the Heliopolitan Ennead, commonly taken to be a personification of moisture Labels: Egyptian
Word: anti-agnostic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) Ancient Greek ἄγνωστος (ágnōstos)der. Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? ▲ Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) English Gnostic English agnostic English anti-agnostic From anti- + agnostic. 1. A person who opposes agnosticism (opposes metaphysical ambiguity). Example: The agnostic is open towards atheism and metaphysics. The anti-agnostic selects only one option: either atheism or metaphysics, and is not agnostic about that!
Word: anti-agnostic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) Ancient Greek ἄγνωστος (ágnōstos)der. Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? ▲ Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) English Gnostic English agnostic English anti-agnostic From anti- + agnostic. 1. Opposed to agnosticism. Labels: not-comparable Example: A non ambivalent worldview, thus absolute, is always anti-agnostic!
Word: antiagnostic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) Ancient Greek ἄγνωστος (ágnōstos)der. Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? ▲ Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) English Gnostic English agnostic English antiagnostic From anti- + agnostic. 1. Alternative form of anti-agnostic. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The agnostic is open towards atheism and metaphysics. The antiagnostic selects only one option: either atheism or metaphysics, and is not agnostic about that!
Word: antiagnostic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) Ancient Greek ἄγνωστος (ágnōstos)der. Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? ▲ Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) English Gnostic English agnostic English antiagnostic From anti- + agnostic. 1. Alternative form of anti-agnostic. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A non ambivalent worldview, thus absolute, is always antiagnostic!
Word: Heliopolitan Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to Heliopolis.
Word: Heliopolitan Part of Speech: noun 1. A native or inhabitant of Heliopolis.
Word: effective nuclear charge Part of Speech: noun 1. The net nuclear charge that an electron in an atom experiences, after subtracting the nuclear charge shielded by other electrons. Example: On the other hand, many concepts on atomic structure (energy levels, ionization potentials, electronegativity of the elements, and so on) are discussed in terms of effective nuclear charges.
Word: senior researcher Part of Speech: noun 1. An academic title for a researcher usually of comparable standing to an associate professor.
Word: chandrabindu Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of candrabindu. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ice bear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ice + bear. Compare German Eisbär, Dutch ijsbeer, Danish isbjørn. Pronunciation: /aɪsˌbɛəɹ/ 1. A polar bear (Ursus maritimus). Labels: archaic
Word: ice bears Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ice bear Labels: form-of, plural
Word: camia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Cebuano camia. 1. Hedychium coronarium; a perennial flowering plant from the ginger family Zingiberaceae.
Word: H. S. Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of high school. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, no-plural
Word: milky disease Part of Speech: noun 1. A disease of the white grubs of Japanese beetles, caused by a soil-dwelling bacterium, Paenibacillus popilliae. Labels: uncountable Example: When ingested by a foraging beetle grub [the spores] multiply prodigiously in its blood, causing it to turn an abnormally white color, hence the popular name, “milky disease.” Example: 1972, United States Department of Agriculture, Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, “The Japanese Beetle: How We Fight It,” p. 6, If possible, biological controls are used. One of these is milky disease, a bacterial disease that infects and kills the grub without causing harm to other animal life. 2. Synonym of grasserie (“disease of silkworms”). Labels: uncountable
Word: milky spore Part of Speech: noun 1. A disease of the white grubs of Japanese beetles, caused by a soil-dwelling bacterium, Paenibacillus popilliae. Labels: uncountable
Word: digital humanities Part of Speech: noun 1. An academic field concerned with the application of computational tools and methods to traditional humanities disciplines such as literature, history, and philosophy. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The volume brings together a global team of authors who are pioneers of innovative research in the digital humanities. Example: “There is a lot of interest in digital humanities, but there is not a lot of money,” says Ilan Shimshoni, professor of computer vision and machine learning at the University of Haifa in Israel, where he works on archaeological projects that include reassembling artefacts from photos of fragments. “If you want to do an analysis of Facebook you’ll get much more money than if you want to look at ancient Greek artefacts.”
Word: reaction wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of flywheel used by spacecraft to adjust their attitude without using fuel for rockets.
Word: reaction wheels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reaction wheel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Zumarraga Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality of Samar, Philippines.
Word: Collantes Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Collantes. This surname is mostly found in Peru and the Philippines. 1. A surname from Spanish.
Word: cook up a storm Part of Speech: verb 1. To do a large amount of cooking at once; to prepare a great deal of cooked food. Labels: informal Example: When I started to lose weight, she started cooking up a storm. Example: Karen and Dan luxuriated in the outdoors, and Carrie, too, enjoyed being in a house — small as it was — and cooking up a storm for us. 2. To cause a storm (weather phenomenon). Example: "Sounds like it's cooking up a storm outside." Jennifer nodded. Example: In the time of the Armada the British witches got together and cooked up a storm. They did it again when Hitler was on the way. 3. To create a stormy situation; agitate or enrage. Labels: figuratively Example: Given this information, my imagination was cooking up a storm of other disrupting possibilities. I slept badly and woke up sick to my stomach. Example: Air and water can cook up a storm if left too much to their own devices. 4. To make a big fuss, generate a lot of unnecessary talk or activity; make a scene. Labels: idiomatic Example: Iranians cook up a storm in Harare: Iran's President Ali Khamenei, on the final leg of a six-nation tour in mid- January, became embroiled in what the Zimbabwe Herald termed an "unprecedented diplomatic incident" when he refused to attend a banquet held in his honor by Prime Minister Robert Mugabe. Example: Well the weather is similar, the hot dang LLVs are still cooking up a storm yet we hardly get the old Hill Street Blues adage of "Let's be careful out there" and any form of liquid is noticable^([sic]) by its absence. 5. To make a splash; to create a spectacle. Example: Kaffe is really cooking up a storm here, with polychromatic fireworks in shimmering primaries exploding and rioting all over the canvas. Example: A Rogers original, Short Stop has the sax section led by Bill Perkins cooking up a storm.
Word: least said, soonest mended Part of Speech: proverb 1. Hurt feelings are most quickly healed by not discussing (revisiting) the event giving rise to the hurt; keeping silent about something can avoid the problems that could be caused by mentioning it.
Word: erythemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From erythema + -ic. 1. Erythematous. Labels: not-comparable Example: Scores were totaled for treatment groups of 4-8 pigs at each grading period and the percent of maximum erythemic response determined or the average erythemic score was determined. Example: Skin may be erythemic, lacerated, or bleeding, and encrustations may be seen on the skin, stoma, or old appliance (white sandpaper-textured particles).
Word: fang job Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of fang + blowjob. 1. A sexual envelopment (of someone's neck, hand, etc) into the mouth of someone with fangs. Labels: slang Example: Damian took Mara's hand and pulled it to his lips to give her a fang job. Never let it be said that he wasn't an equal opportunity letch. “Damian Sabatini, Mrs. MacTavish.” “You fang me again, demon, and I'll knock your choppers down your throat.” She jerked her hand back to her side. Example: "On prom night, on the stage of the not especially private gazebo in the public gardens, he teeters right on the brink of a fang job, and then brings all of her trembling to a dead standstill.” So many followers of the stories were eager to see Bella and Edward consummate their marriage […]
Word: this-worldliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From this-worldly + -ness. 1. Concern with the things of this world; specifically, devotion to worldly things, as opposed to spiritual pursuits. Labels: uncountable Example: While dealing with this world, one must cultivate a penetrating, clear and unsullied this-worldliness.
Word: katha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit कथा (kathā). 1. The recitation of a Hindu religious story. Labels: countable Example: A list of the common themes narrated in a katha would comprise of the kidnapping of a girl, battle, separation and epic and puranic events. Example: She and her group did not disperse even after the katha had commenced. Their chatter disturbed the listeners. 2. Such storytelling considered as a genre. Labels: uncountable
Word: katha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi कट्ठा (kaṭṭhā) or Bengali কাঠা (kaṭha). 1. A unit of area used mostly for land measure in Eastern India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, varying widely from place to place.
Word: cromesquis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cromesqui Labels: form-of, plural
Word: knocked over Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of knock over Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spawning bed Part of Speech: noun 1. The underwater solid ground on which fish spawn.
Word: rGyalrong Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the capitalised variant of the Wylie transliteration of Tibetan རྒྱལ་རོང (rgyal rong), the Tibetan name for the speakers of these languages. 1. Any of a group of rGyalrongic languages in the Sino-Tibetan language family, spoken in western Sichuan, China.
Word: Cuban Keys Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cuba + key (“cay”). 1. A placename; the offshore barrier islands, cays, around the island of Cuba.
Word: Matsya Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit मत्स्य (mátsya, “fish”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas. 1. The first of ten successive avatars of the god Vishnu, who saved the first man Manu from a great flood in the form of a fish. Labels: Hinduism
Word: correspondence principle Part of Speech: name 1. The principle that classical physics is the limit of quantum physics as quantum numbers approach infinity.
Word: Wishart distribution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named in honour of Scottish mathematician John Wishart, who formulated the distribution in 1928. 1. A generalisation of the chi-square distribution to an arbitrary (integer) number of dimensions, or of the gamma distribution to a non-integer number of degrees of freedom. Example: The novelty of this work lies in its incorporation of a general conjugate prior distribution for the covariance matrix, namely a generalized inverted Wishart distribution (GIW). As its name suggests, this distribution, discovered by Brown et al. (1994b) generalizes the well-known inverted Wishart distribution. Example: The basic properties of Wishart distributions are studied in Section 7.3.
Word: Wishart distributions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Wishart distribution Labels: form-of, plural
Word: red in the face Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A reference to one's face flushing from embarrassment. 1. embarrassed 2. excited, outraged Example: On air on Tuesday, [Tucker] Carlson claimed Democrats had shown “hysteria, overstatement, crazed hyperbole, red-in-the-face anger” over his use of the January 6 footage. It was “not outrage”, he said, but “fear. It’s panic.”
Word: call the tune Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From who pays the piper calls the tune. 1. Synonym of call the shots.
Word: exceedence Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of exceedance. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: exceedences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exceedence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Montferrat Part of Speech: name Etymology: Adapted from French Montferrat, seemingly from Latin Mōns Ferrātus (literally “mountain with iron”). Pronunciation: /ˌmɒntfəˈɹat/, /ˌmɑntfəˈɹɑt/ 1. A historical region of Piedmont, Italy, comprising parts of Asti and Alessandria.
Word: unacquires Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unacquire Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unacquiring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unacquire Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Porki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of pork + Paki. Consumption of pork is forbidden in Islam, Pakistan’s predominant and official religion. By surface analysis, pork + -i. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːki/, /ˈpɔɹki/ 1. A Pakistani. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Example: These Mullahs have sucked the bloods of these ordinary Porkis and created wealth, fame, and security for themselves.
Word: Porki Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of pork + Paki. Consumption of pork is forbidden in Islam, Pakistan’s predominant and official religion. By surface analysis, pork + -i. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːki/, /ˈpɔɹki/ 1. Pakistani. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Example: Mr. Son of a pig, a victim of rape, please listen to your filthy Porki music of Arab origins. I think I know why you like to listen to Indian music .... Example: Every Porkis^([sic]) know that these Mullahs are so corrupt that they live in Palatial bungalows and know to consume young Porki hoes with great pleasure. […] Pakis are to be dickless, brainless, pigs who are very crude, and very bashful about their Porki filthy identity.
Word: uncare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + care. 1. To cease from caring. Labels: intransitive Example: A shattering thought struck her. She had allowed it to happen, after all! Permitted herself to care about her companions! And it was too late now to uncare!
Word: uncare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + care. 1. Lack or absence of care. Labels: uncountable Example: And gone the Godless destiny of death and desperation, and gone the madness of a life committed to uncare, and gone the tears and terror of the brutal days and endless nights where time alone would rule.
Word: miscare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + care. 1. Faulty or improper care. Labels: uncountable Example: […] organising national and regional workshops on the miscare of the elderly […]
Word: Massacre Island Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named by La Perouse after an attack that took place there in 1789. 1. American Samoa Labels: archaic
Word: hoboish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hobo + -ish. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a hobo.
Word: dahntahn Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈdaːnˌtaːn/, [ˈdaːnˌtʰaːn] 1. Pronunciation spelling of downtown, representing Pittsburgh English. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
Word: Palamites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Palamite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: SNESes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of SNES Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Wijchen Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Wijchen. 1. A village in Gelderland, Netherlands. 2. A municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands.
Word: vivifieth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: vivify + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vivify Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Lansbury Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: roof riding Part of Speech: noun 1. Riding illegally on the roof of a train (or car, bus, etc) for the thrills. Labels: uncountable Example: Roof-riding is now only possible on local buses between outlying villages. 2. Sliding down the roof for fun. Labels: uncountable Example: Their favorite activity was roof riding, climbing the house's many steep gables.
Word: furzelings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of furzeling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rootin' tootin' Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possibly from rooty-toot (“something loudly exciting, boisterous, or riotous”, noun) (chiefly US, slang), from rooty-toot (“to make a tooting sound; to act in a jaunty or lively manner”, verb), ultimately imitative of a trumpet’s sound, perhaps also influenced by toot (“to go on a drinking binge or spree”) (US, slang), or tootin', tooting (intensifying adjective) (US, slang). Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːtn̩ ˈtuːtn̩/, /ˈɹutn̩ ˈtutn̩/ 1. Loudly exciting or impressive; boisterous, riotous. Labels: US, informal Example: I am happy to second the nomination of that rootin’, tootin’, son-of-a-gun from Pennsylvania, Jimmy Van Zandt. Example: The theme song “Up and Down the Monon,” written by John A. McGee, follows: […] UP and down the Monon / Everything is fine, / ’cause that rootin’, tootin’ Monon / She’s a Hoosier line!
Word: rootin' tootin' Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably from rooting (“of a pig: that digs or turns up with its snout; that rummages or searches”, adjective), reduplicated with a change of the initial consonant; compare also toot (“to see; to spy”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːtn̩ ˈtuːtn̩/, /ˈɹutn̩ ˈtutn̩/ 1. Overly inquisitive about other's affairs; interfering, nosy. Labels: archaic, rare Example: ROOTIN’, […] meddlesome, inquisitive. / He’s a rootin’''' tootin’ sort of a chap.
Word: enolize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From enol + -ize. 1. To become an enol or enolate, often through isomerization. Labels: intransitive Example: As in base-catalyzed reactions, crossed reactions between two carbonyl compounds each of which can enolize are likely to result in a mixture of four products. Example: These differences have been attributed to the ability of free saccharides to enolize in basic media and to the resistance of hydrazones to do so, as detailed next. 2. To convert into an enol or enolate. Labels: transitive Example: It was thus proposed that the matched pK values of the dienolate and of Tyr-14 permitted the hydrogen bond between them to become a very strong one, thus providing the energy to enolize the substrate and form the unstable intermediate.
Word: Gispert Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Gispert. 1. A surname from Spanish.
Word: origyne Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of origin. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: origynes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of origyne Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pericambial Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to the pericambium. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bloak Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of bloke. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: He accordingly opened it [a letter], and read as follows:– / "Tim put on the tats yesterday and went out a durry-nakin on the shadows, gadding a hoof. He buzzed a bloak and a shakester of a yack and a skin. [..."] [W]e will lay before our readers a translation of the slang document:– / "Tim dressed himself in rags yesterday, and went out disguised as a beggar half-naked and without shoes or stockings. He robbed a gentleman and a lady of a watch and a purse. [..."] Example: It might do for some bloaks as come there and was too miserable to look arter their a'pence, but he'd see 'em all—first before they fiddled him out of a farden.
Word: bloaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bloak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: imamic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From imam + -ic. 1. Relating to an imam. Labels: not-comparable
Word: overstater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overstate + -er. 1. A person who overstates.
Word: overstaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overstater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multialphabetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + alphabetic. 1. Comprising or relating to more than one alphabet. Labels: not-comparable
Word: exomewide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From exome + -wide. 1. Throughout an exome. Labels: not-comparable Example: Therefore, implementation for a larger number of assays for these genes is challenging for laboratories that seek to offer comprehensive exomewide sequencing, including genes with homology.
Word: microretrognathic Part of Speech: adj 1. Having, or characterised by microretrognathia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: glossoptotic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, relating to, or affected by glossoptosis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: infradiaphragmatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From infra- + diaphragmatic. 1. Below the diaphragm. Labels: not-comparable Example: Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection is usually supradiaphragmatic, but when it is infradiaphragmatic the veins enter the inferior vena cava, forming the scimitar syndrome. Example: Infradiaphragmatic intra- and suprasellar craniopharyngioma: its starting point is intrasellar, and it develops to the suprasellar spaces in distending the diaphragma sellae, which commonly becomes inseparable from the tumor capsule.
Word: pay good money after bad Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of throw good money after bad. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: spend good money after bad Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of throw good money after bad. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: brachymesophalangia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brachy- + meso- + -phalangia. 1. The condition of having a short middle phalanx, often of the fifth digit on the hand. Labels: uncountable Example: The serial records of both mongoloid and normal children show a remarkable stability for each individual in both the site and the degree of clinodactyly and the extent of brachymesophalangia. Example: Roentgenogram showing malformation in second and third radiants, with brachymesophalangia and brachybasophalangia.
Word: Bacus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Respelling of Backus, but also borrowed from Cebuano Bacus. 1. A surname from Cebuano.
Word: San Pedro Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish San Pedro (“Saint Peter”). Pronunciation: /ˌsæn ˈpeɪdɹoʊ/, /ˌsan ˈpɛd.ɾo/ 1. Any of a number of place names from Spanish named after St. Peter: Labels: uncountable 2. Any of a number of place names from Spanish named after St. Peter: Labels: uncountable
Word: San Pedro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish San Pedro (“Saint Peter”). Pronunciation: /ˌsæn ˈpeɪdɹoʊ/, /ˌsan ˈpɛd.ɾo/ 1. A cactus, Echinopsis pachanoi, native to Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia, traditionally used for healing and divination. Example: Results tentatively demonstrate the status of San Pedro as a psychedelic, revealing deviations from normal waking consciousness on all 11 subscales of the 11D-ASC, moderate scores of ego-dissolution, and a complete mystical experience in two thirds of the participants. Example: A Guardia Civil spokesperson said that ayahuasca, San Pedro, toad poison, wild rue and mimosa pudica were prohibited substances in Spain, adding that their consumption was not authorised because, while they were natural substances, they could be highly dangerous to human health.
Word: thoroughpass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thorough- + pass. 1. A connected passage; conduit or channel. Labels: rare Example: Kharagpur serves a as thoroughpass for raw materials as well as for products passing through different parts of the country as it is an important transport node. 2. A way through; thoroughfare. Labels: rare Example: […] the Bridge of Athlone over the River Shannon, the greatest thoroughpass in Ireland, has been long in a most narrow, dangerous and dilapidated state, […] Example: Eventually they came out onto Hunter Avenue, a main thoroughpass segregating Hollywood's blue-collar district from the ritzier multimillion-dollar homes.
Word: hydramnion Part of Speech: noun 1. Polyhydramnios. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: In his case of hydramnion it was situated in the upper ovum in a twin pregnancy. He tapped the upper sac by simple puncture, without making an incision through the parietes. Example: The cause of hydramnion in this case being due to a twisted cord, the procedure could not be expected to offer more than temporary relief.
Word: koesister Part of Speech: noun 1. A Cape Malay cake made by frying dough and then rolling it in coconut.
Word: Ubalde Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from Spanish
Word: international auxiliary languages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of international auxiliary language Labels: form-of, plural
Word: daily strip Part of Speech: noun 1. A format of comic strip containing between one and five frames (three being the most common), arranged and organized horizontally (though some vertically), usually printed in small quantities and in black and white due to the rhythm of (although some in color).
Word: Sunday board Part of Speech: noun 1. A format of comic strip containing a larger number of frames, always filling a whole page, usually in large quantities and in color (although some in black and white).
Word: glow-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glow + up, modelled after such deverbals as blow-up; diachronically, probably not a deverbal from the verb glow up, which was back-formed from the noun. 1. A major and impressive transformation in appearance, talent, power, etc. Labels: slang Example: I recognised this in college, before he got his teeth done, before he got the tan and the #confidence and the style, back when he was obsessed with Eminem and had terrible bleached hair. I bagged him as my bestie nice and early, before his uber glow-up. Example: Let us now marvel at a lady who achieved one of the most impressive glow ups in the thousand-plus-years history of the Byzantine Empire: Empress Theodora.
Word: artabe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of artab. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: artab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Coptic ⲁⲣⲧⲁⲃ (artab), via Old Persian from Akkadian 𒅈𒁕𒁉 (/⁠ardabu⁠/, “capacity measure of about 56 litres”). Also found in Ancient Greek ἀρτάβη (artábē). 1. A dry measure, in ancient Egypt and Persia. Labels: historical
Word: gloaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gloak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chasil Part of Speech: noun 1. The caterpillar form of a locust Labels: obsolete
Word: vengeant Part of Speech: adj 1. Seeking or taking vengeance; avenging.
Word: artabes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of artabe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chasils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chasil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: upmodulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From up- + modulation. 1. modulation to a higher level Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: upmodulations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of upmodulation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flipless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flip + -less. 1. Without a flip. Labels: not-comparable
Word: koesisters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of koesister Labels: form-of, plural
Word: artabs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of artab Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rutheniridosmines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rutheniridosmine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scyons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scyon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anthraco- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from New Latin anthracites, from Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax), whence also Latin anthrax, whence English anthrax (because the black eschars of that disease are named for their resemblance to coals). By surface analysis, anthrac- + -o-. 1. Alternative form of anthra- (for derivatives of anthracene). Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme 2. Coal. Labels: morpheme 3. Charcoal. Labels: morpheme
Word: devaprasnams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of devaprasnam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: webstresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of webstress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhodocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rhodo- + -cyte. 1. erythrocyte; red blood cell Labels: rare
Word: rhodocytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhodocyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Alderneys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Alderney Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toothpicked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of toothpick Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: toothpicking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of toothpick Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: couters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of couter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: asportations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of asportation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homophobophobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homophobe + -o- + -phobe. 1. A person who dislikes or opposes homophobia. Labels: often, sarcastic Example: You narrow-minded, bigoted little homophobophobe. Example: Yes, I am probably a homophobophobe and I might even hate homophobes (though I don't think so, I think most of you are pitiful), […]
Word: homophobophobes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of homophobophobe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metapoetries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metapoetry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flode Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of flood. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: By the Stigiall flode, And the stremes wode Of Cochitos bottumles well; […]
Word: nondescriptively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From non- + descriptively or nondescriptive + -ly. 1. In a way that is not descriptive. Labels: not-comparable
Word: midstrokes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of midstroke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Erb-Duchenne palsy Part of Speech: noun 1. Erb's palsy Labels: uncountable
Word: horo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, hour”). 1. time Labels: morpheme
Word: reinvolvements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reinvolvement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: urbicide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See urbicidal. Pronunciation: /ˈɜːbɪsaɪd/, /ˈɝbɪsaɪd/ 1. The destruction of a city or urban area.
Word: fructuations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fructuation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reinfusions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reinfusion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dongxiang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東鄉 /东乡 (Dōngxiāng). Pronunciation: /dɔŋ.ʃɒŋ/, /dɒŋ-/, /-ʃæŋ/ 1. A member of an ethnic group of Gansu Province in China. Example: The Dongxiangs are Islamic and share much in common with the Hui nationality people in their customs. Example: 'In Chinese society, Muslims have a low social status and do low-status jobs,' says Chen Mingjie, a middle-school teacher in Guangzhou. 'Few are in high positions in business or the government; their religion and its rules are seen as a handicap. They run restaurants and small businesses. The Public Security Bureau has Hui [Chinese Muslims not included in other ethnic groups such as the Uygur and Dongxiang] police to look after them. There is very little inter-marriage.'
Word: Dongxiang Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東鄉 /东乡 (Dōngxiāng). Pronunciation: /dɔŋ.ʃɒŋ/, /dɒŋ-/, /-ʃæŋ/ 1. An autonomous county of Linxia prefecture, Gansu, China. Example: The most recent census found 513,000 Dongxiang people in China, and an overwhelming majority live in and around Dongxiang County. Of the 25 townships in the county, 19 do not have a single Chinese person. Most people do not speak Chinese, and some, like Mr. Tie, have only a vague notion of China, despite living in the middle of it. 2. The Mongolic language traditionally spoken by these people.
Word: Dongxiang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東庠 /东庠 (Dōngxiáng). Pronunciation: /dɔŋ.ʃɒŋ/, /dɒŋ-/, /-ʃæŋ/ 1. A township in Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China. 2. An island of Dongxiang, Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Word: Dongxiangs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Dongxiang Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sailwear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sail + -wear. 1. Clothing designed to be worn while sailing. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: I did visit other designers and design studios, including Missoni and the design studios of Montefibre in Italy, Equinoxe sailwear, Damart in France and Ellen Hart, Gilbert Pavell, Ccmet and the Vogue Fabric Forecasting Library in America.
Word: yogawear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yoga + -wear. 1. Clothing designed to be worn while taking part in yoga. Labels: uncountable
Word: aerobicwear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr) Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) French aérobie Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English aerobic Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *woséyeti Proto-Germanic *wazjaną Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan Old English werian Middle English weren English wear English -wear English aerobicwear From aerobic + -wear. 1. Clothing designed to be worn while taking part in aerobics. Labels: uncountable
Word: upon a sudden Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. all of a sudden; suddenly Labels: obsolete
Word: Fuhkien Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Postal Romanization of Nanking court dialect Mandarin 福建 (Fújiàn), from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. 1. Alternative form of Fujian. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated Example: In 1624, the Dutch established themselves on Fischer's I., one of the Pescadore group, in order to control the coast trade of Fuhkien province. Example: The main trade route of South-eastern Chehkiang connects Foochow, the capital of Fuhkien, with Ningpo, which has direct communications by water (a few portages expected) with the Grand Canal and Peking.
Word: intrasquadron Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + squadron. 1. Within a squadron. Labels: not-comparable
Word: climbing perch Part of Speech: noun 1. Any fish in family Anabantidae 2. Any fish in family Anabantidae
Word: Devdas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi देवदास (devdās) or Bengali দেবদাস (debdaś), the name of the male lead in the 1917 Bengali-language story Devdas, readapted several times since. 1. A grieving male lover. Labels: India Example: "I don't know," he had said and sighed, Devdas style: "I don't know," Everyone wants to be a Devdas, at least for a while — or perhaps only for a while. Tragic hero. Example: It reminds me very much of the Devdas character that so suffuses Indian cinema, not just in the 1935 and 1955 film versions, but as a 'Devdas effect' in Hindi melodramas, especially those of Raj Kapoor and Guru Dutt.
Word: God's own country Part of Speech: name 1. Nickname for Kerala: a state in southern India. Labels: India 2. Nickname for Yorkshire: a county in northeast England. Labels: UK
Word: muhurtam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam). 1. An auspicious time on which an important event, usually a wedding, can be held. Labels: Hinduism, India
Word: Key Largo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From key (“cay”) + Spanish largo (“length”), from Spanish Cayo Largo, from being the first long significant cay in the Florida Keys archipelago, out from the mainland. 1. An island in the Florida Keys, the largest significant cay in the archipelago in Florida, United States. Example: Coast-to-coast, L.A. to Chicago: Western male / Across the North and South, to Key Largo: love for sale Example: Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya / Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama / Key Largo, Montego / Baby why don't we go 2. A census-designated place on the island of Key Largo, Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida.
Word: Cayo Largo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Cayo Largo. 1. An island. 2. An island.
Word: quarter-master Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of quartermaster. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: quarter-masters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quarter-master Labels: form-of, plural
Word: me generations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of me generation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Furrier Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of furrier. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: mosaiculture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Μοῦσᾰ (Moûsă) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek -εῖον (-eîon) Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon) Ancient Greek μουσεῖον (mouseîon)der. Late Latin mūsīvum Medieval Latin musaicumbor. Italian mosaicoder. Middle French mosaïqueder. English mosaic Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English mosaiculture From mosaic + culture. 1. The art of forming mosaics of growing plants on frameworks into sculptures Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A sculpture produced by this art form. Labels: countable, usually
Word: FFAs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of FFA Labels: form-of, plural
Word: NEFA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of non-esterified fatty acid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NEFA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of North-East Frontier Agency. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NEFAs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of NEFA Labels: form-of, plural
Word: imperial examinations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of imperial examination Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dysmyelopoiesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dys- + myelopoiesis. 1. Impaired myelopoiesis; defective production of the blood cells. Labels: uncountable Example: The bone marrow was hypercellular with dysmyelopoiesis and a left shift of the erythroid and myeloid series. Example: Secondary dysmyelopoiesis is associated with a variety of hematologic disorders and drug treatments.
Word: dysgranulocytopoiesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dys- + granulocytopoiesis. 1. Dysfunctional granulocytopoiesis; defective production of granulocytes. Labels: uncountable Example: RA is defined by anemia, reticulocytopenia and normo- or hypercellular bone marrow (BM) with dyserythropoiesis and infrequently dysgranulocytopoiesis. Example: The bone marrow is hypercellular with variable hyperplasia of erythropoiesis or granulocytopoiesis. Dyserythropoiesis, dysgranulocytopoiesis, and/or dysmegakaryocytopoiesis is invariably present. Ringed sideroblasts may be found.
Word: dysmegakaryocytopoiesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dys- + megakaryocytopoiesis. 1. Dysfunctional megakaryocytopoiesis; defective maturation of bone marrow progenitor cells into megakaryocytes. Labels: uncountable Example: 1985, Grover C. Bagby, The Preleukemic Syndrome (Hemopoietic Dysplasia), CRC PressI Llc The marrow also showed megakaryocytosis and severe dysmegakaryocytopoiesis with numerous micromegakaryocytes and micromegakaryoblasts. Example: In addition, dysmegakaryocytopoiesis, iron-laden macrophages, plasma cells and lymphoid infiltrates might be better identified in histologic sections.
Word: tractor vaporising oil Part of Speech: noun 1. A fuel similar to paraffin (kerosene), with a different octane rating and exempt from road-use tax, that was formerly used to fuel agricultural machinery (mid-20th century). Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: carneys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carney Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carneys Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of carney Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: behenchod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani بہن چود / बहनचोद (bahancod). Pronunciation: /bə.ɦən‿t͡ʃoːd̪/, [bɛ.ɦɛ̃ɳ‿t͡ʃoːd̪], /beːn‿t͡ʃoːd̪/, [bẽːɳ‿t͡ʃoːd̪], /bʱɛːn‿t͡ʃoːd̪/ 1. sisterfucker Labels: India, North, Pakistan, South-Asia, derogatory, offensive, vulgar Example: Oye behenchod, I'm warning you don't tell me what I can do, now I am only keeping you here... Example: FYI, this is not a prison, behenchod, but a training centre,' I shouted, tembling with rage.
Word: sarkari Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Urdu سَرْکاری (sarkārī) / Hindi सरकारी (sarkārī). 1. Governmental. Labels: India, Pakistan, not-comparable Example: They argued that households which had received loans from other government programmes such as the Integrated Rural Development Programme, should not be entitled to ecodevelopment funds as their 'quota' for sarkari money was full. Example: Instead of sticking to practices followed aeons ago of sarkari school education, he should have sent him to a good convent where it was mandatory to speak in English even during the lunch break. 2. Supporting the government of India, pro-establishment; specifically, the BJP and Hindutva, against Indian Muslim interests. Labels: India, not-comparable, slang
Word: EFAs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of EFA Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Nordic country Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of countries in northern Europe consisting of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, and their associated territories Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and Åland.
Word: schalmei Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Schalmei, from Middle High German schalmīe, from Old French chalemie. Compare Middle English shalemye. 1. A shawm or chalumeau. Example: Viols, bassoons, schalmeis (ancestors of the clarinet), horns, trumpets, kettle-drums, and other instruments afterward used in the orchestra were known in the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries, but there were no organizations of them. Example: In 1689 it was ordered in Chemnitz that schalmeis were to be played only by town musicians.
Word: on the dry Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. temporarily refraining from drinking alcohol Labels: Ireland, UK, idiomatic, informal Example: I bumped into an old mate of mine, Bill, the other day whom I was banged up with in 1972 in St Bernard's Hospital. He's on the dry now but he told me he has had several lapses since we left muttering that it was all going to be different tomorrow. Example: Then, maybe two weeks before cameras rolled, he'd put the blinkers on again and totally focus on it, and that included staying off the booze. 'I'm on the dry,' he'd announce.
Word: Osorio Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Osorio, from Latin Osorius. According to the Dictionary of American Family Names, the Latin term may have originated from the metathesis of Orosius, itself perhaps derived from ὄρος (óros, “mountain”). 1. A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
Word: strillers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Italian strillare (“to scream; to squall”). 1. A musical instrument, especially a piano. Labels: Polari Example: Order lau your luppers on the strillers bona. Example: Bet you'd play the strillers real bona. 2. A musician. Labels: Polari Example: No touching nanti naff shycles bona strillers & bevvies in the boozer & extra khazis dear all camp
Word: lupper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently from Yiddish לאַפּע (lape) 1. A finger. Labels: Polari, plural-normally Example: Order lau your luppers on the strillers bona. Example: What about your luppers? They size ten too?