nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Mercator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Gerardus Mercator, Latinized name of Gerard de Cremer (1512–1594), Flemish cartographer and mathematician, from Latin mercātor (“merchant”). Pronunciation: /məˈkeɪ.tə/, /mɜːˈkeɪ.tə/, /mɜɹˈkeɪ.tɜɹ/ 1. Synonym of Mercator projection. Example: we have determined to go by way of Lisbon […] , if so be that Capt. Kidd our gallant or rather gallows commander understands plain sailing and Mercator, and takes us on our voyage all according to the Chart. Example: The Mercator has been a favorite schoolroom map because it shows almost the whole world simply—in a single continuous panel. It does not seem to distort shapes.
Word: commoratio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin commorātiō. Doublet of commoration. 1. The use of several synonyms to emphasize something. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable
Word: cable internet Part of Speech: noun 1. Internet connectivity received through coaxial cables, usually via the same medium as cable television. Labels: uncountable
Word: Benedek Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian Benedek. 1. A surname from Hungarian. Example: Emily Benedek
Word: De Morgan's law Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the British mathematician and logician Augustus De Morgan (1806–1871), who first formulated the laws in formal propositional logic. Pronunciation: /dɨˈmɔɹɡɪnzˌlɔ/ 1. Either of two laws in formal logic which state that: Example: Let ‘F’ stand for the state of affairs that consists in finite persons possessing and exercising free will. Let ‘p’ stand for ‘God exists’; ‘q’ for ‘F obtains’; ‘r’ for ‘F poses a serious risk of evil’; and ‘s’ for ‘There is no option available to God that counters F.’ With this in place, the argument may be formalized as follows: (1) [(p & q) & r] → s Premiss (2) ~s Premiss (3) ~[(p & q) & r] 1, 2 MT (4) ~(p & q) v ~r 3 DM (5) r Premiss (6) ~(p & q) 4, 5 DS (7) ~p v ~q 6 DM (3) follows from the conjunction of (1) and (2) by modus tollens; De Morgan’s law applied to (3) yields (4); (4) and (5) together lead to (6) by disjunctive syllogism; and another application of De Morgan’s law takes us from (6) to the final conclusion, according to which either God exists or there is free will (but not both). 2. Either of two laws in formal logic which state that: 3. Either of two laws in set theory which state that: 4. Either of two laws in set theory which state that: 5. Any of various laws similar to De Morgan’s laws for set theory and logic; for example: ¬∀𝑥 𝑃(𝑥) ⇔ ∃𝑥 ¬𝑃(𝑥) Labels: broadly
Word: dicolon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek δίκωλον (díkōlon, adjective, literally “two-limbed”) (sc. e.g. μέτρον (métron)). Equivalent to di- + colon. Piecewise doublet of bicolon. 1. A verse or period consisting of two cola or members. 2. The symbol ⟨:⟩, a colon with two dots. Example: The bottom and top edges of the first and second pages have disintegrated. Consequently only the dicolon at the end of v. 49 of the next line(s) (indicating that Smikrines is the speaker) and the last three letters of 52 (εγω) at the top of page 2 can clearly be read. Example: By the end of the I century BCE dramatic papyri show systematic signalling of changes of speaker with a combined system of dicolon accompanied by paragraphos in the margin, and some authorities would trace the graphic marking of changes of speaker back to the autograph copies of an Aristophanes or Euripides. The most recent editor of Plato's Ion shows that the oldest Platonic Mss have exactly the same system of dicolon accompanied by paragraphos, and he argues that this notation system goes back to Plato himself.
Word: vice-roi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French vice-roi. 1. Alternative form of viceroy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Among theſe are reckoned, a Hiſtory (in good repute) of the great men of Sicily, Palermo, 1704, 4to. and a Hiſtory of the Vice-rois of Sicily, ibid. 1697, folio. Example: The vice-roi of Italy with a central army also of 80,000 men, composed of his own corps and of that of Saint-Cyr, was to throw himself between the two Russian armies, and to cut off their communication.
Word: vice-rois Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vice-roi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ADF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of automatic direction finder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of automatic document feeder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Application Development Framework (of Oracle) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ADF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of African Development Foundation. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “The Budget proposes to eliminate the African Development Foundation (ADF) and the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) in order to streamline functions across Government. The funding included in the Budget reflects close-out costs for ADF and IAF, particularly to pay severance costs. 2. Initialism of Alliance Defending Freedom. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “When I spoke to ADF last year, I learned that the Southern Poverty Law Center had classified ADF as a ‘hate group,’ ” Sessions said. “They have used this designation as a weapon and they have wielded it against conservative organizations that refuse to accept their orthodoxy.”
Word: unrestrainedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unrestrained + -ness. 1. The state of being unrestrained. Labels: uncountable
Word: senoritas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of senorita Labels: form-of, plural
Word: senhoritas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of senhorita Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hexadecapolar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hexadeca- + polar. 1. Having sixteen poles (usually four sets of quadrupoles) Labels: not-comparable
Word: hexadeca- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs Proto-Hellenic *hwéks Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx) Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der. Latin hexa-der. English hexa- Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Hellenic *dékə Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (dékă) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás)der. Late Latin decasder. French déca-bor. English deca- English hexadeca- From hexa- (“six”) + deca- (“ten”). Compare Ancient Greek ἑκκαίδεκα (hekkaídeka, “sixteen”). 1. sixteen Labels: morpheme
Word: hydrophobically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From hydrophobic + -ally. 1. In a hydrophobic manner
Word: isosinglet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + singlet. 1. An isotopic singlet state
Word: mechanostability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mechano- + stability. 1. mechanical stability Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: microarcsec Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + arcsec. 1. Abbreviation of microarcsecond. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: microresistor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + resistor. 1. A microscopic resistor
Word: physiosemeiosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From physio- + semeiosis. 1. The application of semiotics to the Gaia hypothesis Labels: uncountable
Word: bleargh Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /blɛx/ 1. Expressing frustration or irritation. Example: Bleargh! I'm sure this worked yesterday...
Word: untruest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of untrue: most untrue Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: roamin' Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of roaming. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: phrasal typology Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of phrasal verbs, idioms, and hyphenated nouns and adjectives (and of rhetorical and literary terminology) and how they are categorized or typed. Labels: uncountable
Word: box-to-box midfielder Part of Speech: noun 1. a central midfielder who plays both defensively and attackingly, who runs a lot up and down the pitch. Example: When Rice signed for Arsenal from West Ham for £105m in 2023, he spent the first six months as a more traditional holding midfielder, before he moved to a box-to-box role following a winter training camp in January 2024.
Word: rhetorical device Part of Speech: noun 1. A phrase (set phrase or created phrase) that uses reduplication, onomatopoeia, or other phonetic markers that increase memorability and “musicality” (making rhetoric pleasing or entertaining).
Word: good cop bad cop Part of Speech: noun 1. A psychological tactic used for interrogation, involving one police officer playing the role of intimidating adversary, and another that of friend with whom the subject is encouraged to bond. Labels: uncountable 2. An analogous negotiation or interrogation tactic. Labels: uncountable
Word: hedges one's bets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hedge one's bets Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hedging one's bets Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hedge one's bets Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hedged one's bets Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hedge one's bets Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: error messages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of error message Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undeadliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Middle English undedlynesse (or, in some cases, a continuation rather than a calque), from Old English undēadlīcnes (“immortality”); equivalent to undeadly + -ness; compare German Unsterblichkeit, a similarly formed compound. 1. The condition of not being susceptible to death; immortality. Labels: uncountable Example: Although the holy fathers, who were before us, very certainly knew about that which thou formerly askedst; that is, about the undeadliness of men's souls, which was very clear in this that they naught doubted, […] Example: "If a man might die, and have done with it all! But to meet God! And 'tis no sweven,¹ ne fallacy, this dread undeadliness² — it is real." 1. Dream 2. Immortality.
Word: hissy-fits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hissy-fit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rocket-packs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rocket-pack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: no-lone zones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of no-lone zone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wha-ups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wha-up Labels: form-of, plural
Word: e-tailers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of e-tailer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ki-yis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ki-yi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orrises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orris Labels: form-of, plural
Word: iambuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of iambus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pre-games Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pre-game Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mésalliances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mésalliance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lutons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Luton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chowder-heads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chowder-head Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Z-cars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Z-car Labels: form-of, plural
Word: all-up services Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of all-up service Labels: form-of, plural
Word: porte cochères Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of porte cochère Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bashkirs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bashkir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: armings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arming Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slowmatches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slowmatch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: buffos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buffo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: color coordinates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of color coordinate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: color coordinates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of color coordinate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: color coordinating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of color coordinate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: color coordinated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of color coordinate Labels: US, form-of, participle, past
Word: color coordinated Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of colour coordinated. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: anatman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an- + atman. Pronunciation: /ˈɑn ˈɑːtman/ 1. The doctrine that there is no transcendental ego or soul and the perceived true self is an illusion. It corresponds to the Hinayana or Theravada Buddhist doctrine of anatta. Labels: uncountable 2. That which is other than the atman (self), such as the body. Labels: Hinduism, uncountable
Word: Progesterex Part of Speech: name Etymology: Presumably from progesterone + -ex. 1. A hoax date rape drug claimed to cause sterilization.
Word: Mars Bar party Part of Speech: noun 1. A supposed party or orgy where Mars chocolate bars are eaten from the vagina or anus. Labels: slang Example: ‘It's like a Mars bar party,’ she told them, over her shoulder, grinning like a very sexy Cheshire kitten. ‘Only different.’ Mr Dictator and his Minister, drinking at the bar with Doug Hutton, the Few's security chief, simultaneously choked on their beer.
Word: sex bracelet Part of Speech: noun 1. A gel bracelet, in the context of an urban legend according to which the girl wearing the bracelet will engage in a sex act determined by the color of the bracelet, with whoever snaps it from her wrist. Example: Sex bracelets, rainbow parties, and sexting were all new concerns. Each quickly went from something that no one had ever heard of to activities that seemed ubiquitous.
Word: sex bracelets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sex bracelet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: handkerchief code Part of Speech: noun 1. The display of handkerchiefs of various colors used as a coded way to indicate the sexual interests of the wearer. Example: Because S&M is in the news this year: the Village Voice, Boston Globe, Time. They tell of all those big, mean men in leather and denim, keys dangling from leather straps, spiked dog collars around the necks. Between the key code (keys on the left—S; keys right—M) and the handkerchief code (color worn denotes favorite sexual act), the men don't even have to talk to each other.
Word: handkerchief codes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of handkerchief code Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gerbilling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gerbil Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gerbiling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gerbil Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gerbilled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gerbil Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gerbiled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gerbil Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: anguishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From anguish + -ly. 1. With anguish; anguishedly. Labels: obsolete Example: And so longe dured there the batayle that Sir Bors sate up all angwyshlye and behylde Sir Collegrevaunce, the good knyght, that fought with his brother for his quarell.
Word: pack it in Part of Speech: verb 1. To cease; to give up; to stop trying. Labels: slang
Word: Game of Life Part of Speech: name 1. An American board game simulating progress through life, with job, marriage, etc. 2. A cellular automaton devised by mathematician John Horton Conway, consisting of a grid of cells that are either "alive" or "dead" and grow or diminish based on the number of adjacent living cells.
Word: complanate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1848, the verb in 1643; borrowed from Latin complānātus, perfect passive participle of complānō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. Flattened, level.
Word: complanate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1848, the verb in 1643; borrowed from Latin complānātus, perfect passive participle of complānō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To make level; to flatten. Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: read-only access Part of Speech: noun 1. A permission to access files or directories where the user is only allowed to read or view, not to make changes. Labels: uncountable Example: If they want read-only access for political purposes — fine. But don’t give them write access.”
Word: compunctis Part of Speech: noun 1. A compound neume consisting of one or more notes appended both before and after a neume.
Word: Scooby-Doo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Uncertain. Scooby doo appears as a vocable scatted in "The Boppenpoof Song" written in 1954, as the name of a band (The Scooby-Doo All-Stars) in 1956 and the title of a song by the Jerry Lieber Beat Band published by Zephyr Records in 1959 (both of which were signed to Zephyr Records), and lyrics in the song "Denise" by Randy & the Rainbows in 1963. It is likely that such uses were an influence on the creators of the cartoon but they may also have been partially influenced by Frank Sinatra's "doo-be-doo-be-doo" improvisation in "Strangers in the Night" released in 1966 a few years prior to the first episode of Scooby-Doo being shown (in 1969). Pronunciation: /ˌskuːbiˈduː/ 1. An American cartoon franchise, named for one of the main characters, a large dog, and featuring as protagonists four "meddling" teenagers who unravel seemingly supernatural mysteries. Example: I knew I had to be very careful when I was crafting the story, so that it wouldn't be a Scooby Doo moment—you know, the one where the villain rips off his mask and tells you why he did it—and that he would have gotten away with it, if not for those pesky kids! Example: A mile out of town, off the Combe Martin road, discover a real Scooby Doo experience at Chambercombe Manor. It's shrouded in ghost stories and has starred in TV shows about the paranormal. 2. The cartoon dog from that cartoon, noted for his trouble-causing lack of sense and almost understandable vocalization. Example: And trying to sell him on carrots when he's yearning for Scooby-Doos poses a challenge similar to selling George W. Bush on tax increases.
Word: Scooby-Doo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Scooby doo appears as a vocable scatted in "The Boppenpoof Song" written in 1954, as the name of a band (The Scooby-Doo All-Stars) in 1956 and the title of a song by the Jerry Lieber Beat Band published by Zephyr Records in 1959 (both of which were signed to Zephyr Records), and lyrics in the song "Denise" by Randy & the Rainbows in 1963. It is likely that such uses were an influence on the creators of the cartoon but they may also have been partially influenced by Frank Sinatra's "doo-be-doo-be-doo" improvisation in "Strangers in the Night" released in 1966 a few years prior to the first episode of Scooby-Doo being shown (in 1969). Pronunciation: /ˌskuːbiˈduː/ 1. A Subaru automobile. Labels: slang Example: For the journey home, you'd take the Scooby-Doo. Now, though, everything has changed. The new Subaru is about as much fun as a church service. And it doesn't look good in photographs because, like me, it doesn't look good at all. 2. A clue. Labels: slang Example: It was past ten o'clock at night and I hadn’t a Scooby-Doo where I was. After a tough twelve-hour day in the saddle, cycling more than 130 miles through rain, wind and sleet, I was tired, soaked through and miserable. 3. A shoe. Labels: in-plural, slang 4. A screw (a prison warder) Labels: slang Example: There are some 32 different terms for prison officers, from the humorously affectionate kanga (rhyming slang:kangaroo = screw) and the variants Scooby-Doo and Dr. Who via the mildly confrontational German (as if still the enemy over 50 years after World War II!) to the outright abuse of shit-parcel.
Word: Humeans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Humean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Humeians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Humeian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Humians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Humian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: staddle stone Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the mushroom-shaped stones used as a support (a staddle) for a barn or granary. The shape prevents rats from climbing up to the barn. Example: [I]solate the body of the building from the ground […] embodied in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century granaries, built on staddle stones, which still survive in many English farmyards.
Word: staddle stones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of staddle stone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jigo Part of Speech: noun 1. A draw in the game of go. Example: The result of the game was a jigo. Example: Two of these games were jigos.
Word: jigos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jigo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of unicycle, modelled on bike. 1. Synonym of unicycle. Labels: rare Example: These very kinds of monkeys, that ride bikes and trikes and was it unikes in American circuses.
Word: folden Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English folden, yfolden, From Old English fealden, ġefealden, from Proto-Germanic *faldanaz, past participle of *falþaną (“to fold”), equivalent to fold + -en. Cognate with Dutch gevouwen, German gefalten. 1. past participle of fold Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: beat the stuffing out of Part of Speech: verb 1. To beat very severely. Labels: idiomatic Example: If you ever use that kind of language in front of my girlfriend again, I am going to beat the stuffing out of you. Example: At the fiesta, the kids beat the stuffing out of the pinata, and their parents beat the stuffing out of a drunk who walked up and made threats. 2. To trounce, outdo, or triumph over. Labels: idiomatic Example: The U.S. ski team beat the stuffing out of the Austrians in Alpine, but Norway took the gold home in Nordic.
Word: hen harrier Part of Speech: noun 1. A bird of prey, Circus cyaneus, which breeds in the northern parts of Eurasia.
Word: hen harriers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hen harrier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sex aids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sex aid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: what, me worry Part of Speech: phrase 1. As an interrogatory, indicative of a nonchalant attitude towards potential criticism, not caring about what other people think, confident and self-possessed. Labels: US, idiomatic
Word: Firangi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of firangi. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: ‘There is no higher feature this side of the river than your house. You could be the first to notice the Firangi army when it nears Kalinadi.’ Example: We watched the Firangi as they struggled through the pass, their hands frozen and fingers unable to load their heavy muskets.
Word: capno- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek καπνός (kapnós, “smoke”) + -o-. 1. smoke Labels: morpheme 2. carbon dioxide Labels: morpheme
Word: law of cosines Part of Speech: noun 1. A generalization of the Pythagorean theorem that relates the lengths of the sides of a triangle to the cosine of one of its angles. Labels: uncountable
Word: internecion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin interneciō. Pronunciation: /ˌɪntɚˈniʃən/, /ˌɪntəˈniːʃən/ 1. destruction, massacre Labels: countable, uncountable Example: that natural propension of Self-love, and natural principle of Self-preservation, will necessarily break out into Wars and Tnternecions. 2. Mutual destruction. Labels: countable, uncommon, uncountable
Word: Goofy Part of Speech: name Etymology: From goofy. 1. A cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company: a tall, slow-witted anthropomorphic dog with a goofy laugh. Example: You’d watch him tip a plate of spaghetti towards the floor, tipping it and tipping it, and you’d think — “Surely he’s going to tip it back the other way soon.” But no. It’d slide off and hit the carpet and his shoes. Plop. His eyes would go wide, and then after a pause, he’d chuckle just like Goofy. Example: “Fine.” She looked me in the eyes. “I’m a natural disaster. I am the opposite of graceful and I can’t even point to a stop sign without stumbling. The reason I kept failing is because I’m clumsier than Goofy.”
Word: effluous Part of Speech: adj 1. flowing Labels: not-comparable
Word: Faizan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic فَيْضَان (fayḍān); compare فَيْض (fayḍ, “grace, favor”). 1. A male given name from Arabic.
Word: card key Part of Speech: noun 1. A keycard.
Word: card keys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of card key Labels: form-of, plural
Word: keycard lock Part of Speech: noun 1. An electronic lock operated by a keycard.
Word: keycard locks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of keycard lock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: video gamer Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who plays video games.
Word: video gamers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of video gamer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flotant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Old French flotant, (French flottant), present participle of floter (“to float”). 1. Represented as flying (fluttering) or floating mid-air or in water. Labels: not-comparable Example: a banner flotant
Word: flotant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Old French flotant, (French flottant), present participle of floter (“to float”). 1. A mass of floating vegetation, especially on the waters of the Mississippi delta. Example: ... (flotants) occur in abandoned distributaries and throughout the upper Mississippi Delta Plain. Flotants can be found in 3 settings : 1) an active or "live" flotant of various ages. 2) a flotant that is being transgressed by marine[…] Example: ... flotants. Flotants generally occur in very low-energy environments. They are held together by surrounding shorelines and a weave of slowly deteriorating plant materials and living roots. Forested wetlands are not very common in[…] 2. Alternative form of floatant. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: ... flotants, sinking solutions, absorbent granules for drying flies, line cleaners and leader straighteners. Flotants, which are considered the most important, come in several forms. Spray containers are easy to use but they waste a[…] Example: Flotants and Sinkants / When nymphing it is essential that the tip of the floating fly line floats, for this is a major indicator that a fish has taken the fly. Carry a small tub of grease (e.g. Mucelin) and if the tip of the fly[…]
Word: angulose Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of angulous. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Nortia Part of Speech: name 1. An Etruscan goddess of time, fate, destiny and chance.
Word: Tiggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tigger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tinkerbells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tinkerbell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Munchkins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Munchkin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: textblock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From text + block. 1. The block of pages making up a book, excluding the binding.
Word: heresiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heresio- + -logy. 1. The study of heresy. Labels: uncountable
Word: heresiologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heresio- + -logist. 1. One who studies heresiology, who studies heresy.
Word: heresiologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heresiologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fratch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fracchen (“to make a harsh or strident noise; creak”). Cognate with Scots fratch (“to quarrel”). Pronunciation: /fɹæt͡ʃ/ 1. A dispute, a quarrel; a fight or brawl. Labels: UK Example: -I ha' never had no fratch afore, sin ever I were born, wi' any o' my like; Gonnows I ha' none now that's o' my makin'.
Word: fratch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fracchen (“to make a harsh or strident noise; creak”). Cognate with Scots fratch (“to quarrel”). Pronunciation: /fɹæt͡ʃ/ 1. To argue, to quarrel; to fight. Labels: UK, Yorkshire Example: "I am just talking to relieve myself, John. I know better than to fratch with anyone—at least I think I do."
Word: beamster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beam + -ster. 1. A workman engaged in beaming or slicking hides. Example: Harper's Magazine the beamsters bending to their tasks
Word: buck the trend Part of Speech: verb 1. To go against the norm or the current stand of the main population; have a differing opinion from the majority. Labels: idiomatic Example: Incidentally, I'm not sure you're bucking the trend so much as going along with it; FTM crossplay is getting pretty popular, although you see more women going for bishounen and visual-kei genderfucky stars than anything else. Example: However, one region bucking this trend by combatting the current deficiencies in skills development while simultaneously addressing sector demand is the West Midlands.
Word: bearward Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bereward (“someone who handles and keeps bears, bear keeper”), from ber, bere (“bear”) + ward, warde (“care, keeping”). By surface analysis, bear + ward. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛəwɔːd/, /ˈbɛəɹˌwɔɹd/ 1. Someone who handles and keeps bears (and sometimes other animals such as apes and bulls), especially for use in public entertainments such as baiting or dancing displays; a bearherd. Labels: UK, historical Example: But now how many men are there proude of that that is not theyrs at al? Is there no man proude of keping another mannes gate? […] [W]hat a brag-kyng maketh a beareward wͭ [with] his ſyluer buttened bawdrike, for pride of another mannes bere? Example: The former prohibition against bearwards is omitted iii this Act, probably because it had proved futile for the purpose intended, as a writer in "Notes and Queries," speaking of this period, says:– "I was never a witness of a bear-bait, but I well remember a poor brute who was kept alive for this sole purpose, at F——, in Lancashire.[…]"
Word: bear-whelp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bere-hwelp, equivalent to bear + whelp. 1. The whelp of a bear.
Word: bearcub Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bear cub. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: beastlyhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beastly + -head (“-hood”). 1. The character or quality of a beast; beastliness. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Sicke, sicke, alas! and little lack of dead, / But I be relieved by your beastlyhead.
Word: beath Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bethen, from Old English beþian, beþigean, beþþan, bæþþan (“to heat, warm, foment, wash, cherish; bathe”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþþjan, *baþigōn, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Cognate with Middle Dutch betten, bessen (“to moisten with hot water, humidify”). Pronunciation: /biːð/ 1. To bathe (with warm liquid); foment. Labels: dialectal, transitive Example: And in his hand a tall young oake he bore, Whose knottie snags were sharpned all afore, And beath'd in fire for steel to be in sted 2. To dry or heat (unseasoned) wood for the purpose of straightening it. Labels: transitive
Word: pasques Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pasque Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ppb Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of parts per billion. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The International Organization for Standardization (ISO)² does not accept the common use of parts per billion (ppb) for two reasons: the meaning of billion is ambiguous, and parts is also ambiguous because it could refer to volume, mass, number, or some other measure. Example: . Therefore, Great River Energy expects ozone and NO concentrations associated with the Project to be negligible, and well below all federal standards (nitrogen dioxide (NO2) – 100 parts per billion (ppb) as one-hour average, 53 ppb as annual average; ozone 70 ppb as 8-hour average).
Word: ppq Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of parts per quadrillion. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: per myriad Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of permyriad. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: It is found that in the two epidemics, that of 1849 and 1853-4, the mean mortality by cholera was at the rate of 43 per myriad in the three most open districts, and 28 in the three most dense districts.
Word: planetessimal Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of planetesimal. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: planetessimals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of planetessimal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sanguinolent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sanguinolent, from Old French sanguinolent, from Latin sanguinolentus (“of blood”). Pronunciation: /sæŋˈɡwɪnələnt/ 1. Containing or tinged with blood. Example: On making a larger opening there issued three or four pints of a very sanguinolent fluid. Example: When the desire to urinate manifests itself chiefly at night, with burning pains when urinating, or emission, drop by drop, of sanguinolent urine.
Word: tin tabernacle Part of Speech: noun 1. A church, usually nonconformist, clad in corrugated iron. Labels: UK
Word: galbuli Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of galbulus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: silour Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of celure. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: silours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of silour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rough collie Part of Speech: noun 1. A dog of a long-haired breed originating from Scotland, originally used as sheepdogs.
Word: almsdeed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English ælmesdæd, analyzable as alms + deed. 1. The giving of alms; an act of charity, a good work. Example: Truly sayd the good man and ye myghte lyue as longe as the world myght endure ne myghte ye haue done soo grete an almesse dede as this. Example: Now there was at Ioppa a certain disciple, named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: This woman was full of good works, and almes deeds, which she did.
Word: almsdeeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of almsdeed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Baskerville Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈbæs.kɚˌvɪl/, /ˈbæs.kəˌvɪl/ 1. A surname from Anglo-Norman. 2. A family of serif fonts derived from the work of John Baskerville. Example: Caslon or Garamond or Baskerville is shouted as the compositors search for as many cases of these types as can be found.
Word: bullshat Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of bullshit Labels: form-of, past
Word: coxcombry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coxcomb + -ry. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒkskəmɹɪ/ 1. A behaviour or manner that is characteristic of a coxcomb; a foppish behaviour. Labels: countable, usually Example: He was clean shaved; clean shaving is a favorite coxcombry of the deacon class. 2. Behaviour or airs characteristic of a coxcomb; foppishness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: His manner was perhaps the more seductive, / Because he ne'er seem'd anxious to seduce; / Nothing affected, studied, or constructive / Of coxcombry or conquest: no abuse / Of his attractions marr'd the fair perspective, / To indicate a Cupidon broke loose, / And seem to say, "Resist us if you can" -- / Which makes a dandy while it spoils a man. Example: He paused, grimly regarding it, while a dash of pleased coxcombry seemed to mingle with the otherwise savage satisfaction expressed in his face.
Word: sling one's hook Part of Speech: verb 1. To leave, depart, especially if forced to do so. Labels: colloquial, derogatory, idiomatic Example: ‘I don’t want none of your apologies, and I don’t want none of you neither; I don’t like the looks of you, and so I tell you. Before I let anybody into my house you’ll have to sling your hook.’ Example: Placing his hand on the doorknob he could hear his father's indignant voice: "If he's no job he can damn well sling his hook, he's not living under my roof free gratis, I want him out."
Word: sash windows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sash window Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pant legs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pant leg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biotch Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of biatch. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: What you thought it was, fool? You knowhamsayin'? Biotch. Example: My glass is half full, biotch.
Word: biotches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biotch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Berkeleio- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Berkelei- + -o- 1. Berkeleian Labels: morpheme Example: Are we entitled, therefore, to force this on the Catholic youth of Ireland, with or without its Berkeleio-Humeian developments, or its farther mystification of German verbiage; or shall we cut it out, and substitute for Locke, and Butler, and Hallam, and Macaulay, “Catholic” History, Metaphysics, and Sociology?
Word: adminiculum Part of Speech: noun 1. That which gives support to a part. 2. The expansion of fibers extending from the superior pubic ligament to the posterior surface of the linea alba.
Word: sliddery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English slidery, sliderye, slideri, equivalent to slidder + -y. Compare also Swedish sliddrig (“slippery”). More at slidder. 1. Slippery. Labels: dialectal, obsolete
Word: sligh Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of sly. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: delenite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + lenite; also analyzable as a back-formation from delenition. Pronunciation: /ˌdiːləˈnaɪt/ 1. To undergo delenition. Labels: intransitive 2. To subject to delenition. Labels: transitive
Word: dance studio Part of Speech: noun 1. A studio where dancing skills can be practiced and trained.
Word: dance school Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of dance studio.
Word: confused flour beetle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Said to be named after the fact that it is easily confused with the red flour beetle. Both eat flour. 1. A beetle of the species Tribolium confusum.
Word: confused flour beetles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of confused flour beetle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strip loin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of striploin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: actially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Back-spelling of the reduced pronunciation of actually. Pronunciation: /ˈæk.ʃə.li/ 1. Eye dialect spelling of actually. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
Word: Katakana Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of katakana. Labels: alt-of
Word: Orthodox Jews Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Orthodox Jew Labels: form-of, plural
Word: secondary sex characteristic Part of Speech: noun 1. A feature that distinguishes between the two sexes in adult members of a species, but is not directly part of the reproductive system. Example: Breasts in females and facial hair in males are examples of secondary sex characteristics in humans.
Word: secondary sex characteristics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of secondary sex characteristic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ladyparts Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lady + parts. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪdiˌpɑɹts/ 1. The breasts and/or genitalia of a woman. Labels: euphemistic, informal, plural, plural-only 2. The penis of a trans woman. Labels: euphemistic, plural, plural-only
Word: vacuum-cleaning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vacuum-clean Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: vacuum-cleaned Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been cleaned with a vacuum cleaner.
Word: vacuum-cleaned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of vacuum-clean Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: vacuum-cleans Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vacuum-clean Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: soft soaped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of soft soap Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: soft soaping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of soft soap Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: soft soaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of soft soap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soft soaps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of soft soap Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dusty millers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dusty miller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: expostulator Part of Speech: noun 1. One who expostulates.
Word: wash tubs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wash tub Labels: form-of, plural
Word: washtub basses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of washtub bass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: repolishes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of repolish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: repolishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of repolish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: repolishing Part of Speech: noun 1. A second or subsequent polishing.
Word: repolished Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of repolish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nail polishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nail polish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squeaky-clean Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of squeaky clean. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: side-splitting Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of sidesplitting. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: FATF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Financial Action Task Force: an intergovernmental body established by the G7 Summit in 1989 to combat money laundering and (more recently) the financing of terrorism. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The UAE was put on a “grey list” by the global watchdog the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in March because of deficiencies in its measures to combat money laundering and other financial crimes.
Word: IPPF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of International Planned Parenthood Federation: a non-governmental organization established in 1952. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: supervacaneous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin supervacāneus; compare Italian supervacaneo, Portuguese supervacâneo, Spanish supervacáneo. Pronunciation: /ˌsuːpəvəˈkeɪnɪəs/, /ˌsjuːpəvəˈkeɪnɪəs/, /ˌsuːpəɹvəˈkeɪnɪəs/ 1. Added above what is needed or necessary; superfluous, redundant. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: It is an awful thing to find your efforts supervacaneous when you are so far away from home and friends, sympathy, and help. Example: ‘It became all the more important for me to get out because my son Foster, aged now fifteen, is only ten points below genius and this genius would have been unavailing and supervacaneous, in other words wasted, behind the iron curtain.’
Word: full boats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of full boat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incognitas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of incognita Labels: form-of, plural
Word: benzofluorene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic لُبَان (lubān) Proto-Indo-European *yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *yéwos Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.? Proto-Austronesian *zawa Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.? Old Javanese jawa Old Javanese -i Old Javanese Jawi Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)der. Arabic جَاوَة (jāwa) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy) Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)bor. Catalan benjuíder. Middle French benjoinder. English benzoin English benzo- English fluorene English benzofluorene From benzo- + fluorene. 1. Any of three isomeric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in which a benzene ring is fused to a fluorene moiety
Word: hexabenzocoronene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs Proto-Hellenic *hwéks Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx) Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der. Latin hexa-der. English hexa- Arabic لُبَان (lubān) Proto-Indo-European *yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *yéwos Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.? Proto-Austronesian *zawa Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.? Old Javanese jawa Old Javanese -i Old Javanese Jawi Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)der. Arabic جَاوَة (jāwa) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy) Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)bor. Catalan benjuíder. Middle French benjoinder. English benzoin English benzo- English coronene English hexabenzocoronene From hexa- + benzo- + coronene. From having an additional 6 benzene rings fused to a coronene. 1. A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in which six benzene rings are fused to the six available positions of a coronene ring Labels: uncountable 2. A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in which six benzene rings are fused to the six available positions of a coronene ring Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: kinemetric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From kinemetry + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to kinemetry Labels: not-comparable
Word: kinemetry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kine- + -metry. 1. The measurement of the velocities of different parts of a complex system. Labels: uncountable
Word: nanoconstrictions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanoconstriction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonproportionality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + proportionality. 1. The condition of being nonproportional Labels: uncountable
Word: techniquark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From techni- + quark. 1. A quark described using the technicolor model
Word: technigluon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From techni- + gluon. 1. A gluon described using the technicolor model.
Word: techniquarks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of techniquark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unsecuritized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + securitized. 1. Not having the form of a security Labels: not-comparable
Word: unsequenced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + sequenced. 1. That has no regular sequence. Labels: not-comparable 2. Whose sequence has not been determined. Labels: not-comparable
Word: outhold Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English outholden, equivalent to out- + hold. Cognate with Scots outhald (“to outhold”). 1. To hold out; extend. Labels: UK, dialectal 2. To hold out, endure; resist, withstand; keep out by force, exclude. Labels: UK, dialectal 3. To hold better than someone or something else. Example: This new tack outholds the older one. 4. To hold longer than another player.
Word: rig pigs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rig pig Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 'cello Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The apostrophe indicating that it is a clipping of violoncello. 1. Alternative form of cello (“string instrument”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated Example: The Octet is a very brilliant composition for a double quartet, i. e. four violins, two violas, and two ‛celli, — a small symphony in fact. Example: The composer appears to have envisaged players of varying degree of ability, and the first ‛cello gets the cream.
Word: 'cellos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 'cello: abbreviation of violoncellos. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: FOILs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of FOIL Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: FOILing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of FOIL Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: FOILed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of FOIL Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: target rating point Part of Speech: noun 1. A metric that estimates how well a television programme or advertisement reached its target audience
Word: supervacaneousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From supervacaneous + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being supervacaneous. Labels: uncountable Example: The only excuse for fetching a sigh now is that the program was too long (four hours), and that a supervacaneousness of the wildfire kind of piano playing was at times felt.
Word: table-cloth Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tablecloth. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: supervacaneously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From supervacaneous + -ly. 1. In a way that is supervacaneous; needlessly; redundantly; superfluously. Example: 1879, William T, Harris, The Journal of Speculative Philosophy, Volume XIII, To Kant, the multiple connected with the house is quite as objective as the multiple connected with the ship ; but that he attributes to the category of quantity, and not, laboriously and supervacaneously, like Schopenhauer, to the various causal relations of the eye in movement.
Word: soliloquium Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of soliloquy. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: slanks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: requeries Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of requery Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ECM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of European Common Market. Labels: European-Union, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism