nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pasch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pascha. Perhaps also influenced by Old Norse páskar and its derivatives. Pronunciation: /ˈpæsk/ 1. The feast of Passover or (specifically) the Paschal Lamb, or (for Christians), Easter, seen as the fulfillment of Passover. Labels: archaic Example: And on the first day of the Azymes, the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the pasch? But Jesus said: Go ye into the city to a certain man, and say to him: the master saith, My time is near at hand, with thee I make the pasch with my disciples. Example: NOW the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the pasch, was at hand. 2. The Paschal Mystery; the death and resurrection of Jesus. Labels: archaic Example: The Man-God had scarcely returned to His Father when the Apostles hastened to establish a solemn festival to commemorate His pasch, that is to say, His glorious passage from death to life. Example: The immediate future of his pasch is his saving death, through which humanity is reconciled. The long-term, eschatological future is found in the promise of his resurrection and embraces the whole future of the life of the Church […]
Word: witherling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English wiþerling, equivalent to wither- (“against”) + -ling. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪðə(ɹ)lɪŋ/ 1. An opponent, enemy, or adversary. Labels: obsolete
Word: witherling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wither (“to wilt”) + -ling. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪðə(ɹ)lɪŋ/ 1. One who or that which is withered or decrepit.
Word: withername Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, from Old English wiþernām (“seizure”, literally “a take-back”), from Old Norse viðrnam, equivalent to wither- (“against”) + nim. More at wither, nim. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪðə(ɹ)ˌneɪm/ 1. A second or reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu of goods which were taken by a first distress and have been eloigned; a taking by way of reprisal Labels: uncountable
Word: withernam Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of withername. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: to-be Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From to + be. 1. The future, that which is to come. Labels: uncountable Example: […] I shall be thy mate no more, Tho’ following with an upward mind ⁠The wonders that have come to thee, ⁠Thro’ all the secular to be, But evermore a life behind. Example: Comparing the as-is to the to-be provides a gap analysis between where the organization is and where it wants to be.
Word: to-come Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From to + come, perhaps continuing Middle English tocome, from Old English tōcyme (“a coming, an arrival, an approach, an advent”). 1. Something which is to come. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: They denote a factual to-come. Heidegger, on the other hand, holds that time originates in the to-come, regardless of contents. Example: Of a discourse to come – on the to-come and repetition. 2. The future. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: The Past / Now stands before thee like an Incarnation / Of the To-come; Example: But, it is plain, they would not be competent to grapple with the 'To-come.'
Word: tocome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From to + come, or from Middle English tocome, from Old English tōcyme. 1. Alternative form of to-come (“future”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, no-plural Example: Legion was perhaps the only one of all the forty who looked forward to wearing his Majesty's uniform with satisfaction, a lad to whom the Tocome seemed always promising, and the Present never unbearable. Example: This will ensure that we shall not need to depend on a^([sic]) outside uranium to make electricity in the tocome.
Word: whang-doodle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of whangdoodle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: whang-doodles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whang-doodle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tofall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tofal, equivalent to to- + fall. Compare Dutch toeval, German Zufall, Danish tilfælde, Swedish tillfälle, Icelandic tilfelli. More at to, fall. 1. Decline; settling; end; close. Labels: archaic, poetic Example: at to-fall of the day 2. A shed or building annexed to the wall of a larger one, having its roof formed in a single slope with the top resting against the wall; lean-to. Labels: archaic
Word: Cauchy-Schwarz inequality Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Augustin-Louis Cauchy and Hermann Amandus Schwarz. 1. A theorem which states that the absolute value of the dot product between two vectors is less than or equal to the product of the magnitudes of the two vectors.
Word: tobeat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tobeten, from Old English tōbēatan (“to beat severely, beat to death”), equivalent to to- + beat. Pronunciation: /təˈbiːt/ 1. To beat excessively. Labels: obsolete
Word: Schwarz inequality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Hermann Amandus Schwarz. 1. Cauchy-Schwarz inequality
Word: real vector space Part of Speech: noun 1. A vector space over the field of real numbers.
Word: k-cell Part of Speech: noun 1. A subset of k-dimensional Euclidean space which is obtained by taking the Cartesian product of k intervals (closed, open, or half-closed) which are subsets of the coordinate axes of the ambient Euclidean space.
Word: δ-box Part of Speech: noun 1. A k-cell which is a Cartesian product of half-closed intervals which are closed at their infima and open at their suprema, and such that the infimum of each interval is the coordinate of a given point (called "the corner" of the δ-box), and the length (i.e., measure) of each interval is equal to (the given value) δ.
Word: Silenus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Sīlēnus, from Ancient Greek Σῑληνός (Sīlēnós). Doublet of Silvanus. Pronunciation: /saɪˈliːnəs/ 1. A companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus. Labels: Greek Example: As a goat he [Dionysus] can hardly be separated from the minor divinities, the Pans, Satyrs, and Silenuses, all of whom are closely associated with him and are represented more or less completely in the form of goats. Example: There are oranges from Florida and Tangiers, dainty maiden blush apples from New England, figs and dates from the Levant, prunes and prunelles from Italy, candied apricots from France, and the superb English hothouse grapes, more luscious than Silenus ever crushed against his palate.
Word: prowfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prow + fish. 1. A species of subtropical perciform saltwater fish, Zaprora silenus, found in the North Pacific. 2. An Australian prowfish (any fish of the family Pataecidae, characterized by a long dorsal fin that begins far forward on the head, forming a "prow" shape, and extends all the way to the caudal fin).
Word: obvious by inspection Part of Speech: adj 1. evident in the mind's eye, without formal proof being necessary. Labels: not-comparable Example: It is obvious by inspection that the set #92;#123;#91;0,1),#91;1,2),#91;2,3),...#92;#125; is a partition of #91;0,#92;infty).
Word: complete measure Part of Speech: noun 1. A measure such that, for every set of measure zero belonging to its domain, all subsets of that set are also assigned measure zero by the given measure.
Word: dead first Part of Speech: adj 1. First, especially first place in a competition. Labels: nonstandard, not-comparable, possibly, rare Example: But when the Great Kroger Bagoff ended the other day at the Alexandria Drive store it was 22-year-old Daniel Vichitbandha who finished dead first. Example: When I was going through basic training in the army, we had some physical tests, running, pushups, and such like stuff, and I finished dead last by a sizable margin. We also had an intelligence test, and I finished dead first, again by a sizable margin.
Word: circle the drain Part of Speech: verb 1. To be in a rapid decline or in a state of downfall, especially as leading to an inevitable utter failure or destruction. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: Our emergency medical services are, nonetheless, circling the drain. Example: Presciently, the high-end Japanese bathroom-fixtures manufacturer Toto chose a time when the economy is circling the drain to launch its newest product—a $5,000 commode with a super-efficient flush.
Word: circling the drain Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of circle the drain Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: counterargues Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of counterargue Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: counterarguing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of counterargue Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: counterargued Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of counterargue Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: trochus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin Trochus, from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, “wheel”). 1. Any member of the genus Trochus, or more generally of the family Trochidae; in non-specialist usage, including species formerly classified in that family, particularly Tectus niloticus.
Word: trochi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trochus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ferrer Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: xylon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon). 1. A unit of length in Ancient Greece. Labels: historical Example: The xylon, in which naubia are measured. The royal (xylon) 9 comprises 3 cubits, 18 palms, 72 fingers; 10 the private (xylon) comprises 2⅔ cubits, 16 palms, 64 fingers, so that the surveyor's schoinion comprises 32 royal xyla, and 36 private (xyla).
Word: first-aider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From first aid + -er. 1. Someone who is able to administer first aid.
Word: softa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish صوفته (“theology student”) (modern Turkish softa), from Classical Persian سوخته (sōxta). 1. A religious student, especially in Turkey Example: The softas, concerning whose exploits we have heard so much of late, are the theological students who wish to become ulemas, or, literally, learned men. 2. A fanatic adherent, blind follower Labels: broadly
Word: tighten one's belt Part of Speech: verb 1. To be more frugal; to make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income. Labels: figuratively Example: In the current crisis, we will have to tighten our belts.
Word: Aleutian Islands Part of Speech: name Etymology: Possibly from Chukchi aliat (“an island”). Pronunciation: /ˌæliːˈuːʃən ˈɑɪlændz/ 1. An archipelago of more than three hundred small volcanic islands forming an island arc in the Northern Pacific Ocean, between Alaska and the Kamchatka Peninsula of Asia; part of the United States.
Word: postjudices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of postjudice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: white roe Part of Speech: noun 1. milt Labels: uncountable
Word: soft roe Part of Speech: noun 1. milt, fish semen Labels: uncountable
Word: hard roe Part of Speech: noun 1. roe (eggs of fish), as opposed to milt (sperm of fish), which is also known as soft roe or white roe Labels: uncountable
Word: snot rockets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snot rocket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anycasting Part of Speech: noun 1. The routing of data over a network using an anycast scheme. Labels: uncountable
Word: inslope Part of Speech: noun 1. A slope that is tilted towards a road.
Word: septempartite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From septem- + partite. Compare Renaissance Latin septempartītus. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛptɛmˈpɑːtaɪt/ 1. Divided or separated into seven parts or sections. Labels: not-comparable 2. Exhibiting division into seven parts nearly to the base. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mythohistorically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From mythohistorical + -ly. 1. In a mythohistorical manner or context.
Word: instant mash Part of Speech: noun 1. Instant mashed potatoes. Labels: uncountable
Word: done and done Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈdʌn ˈænd ˈdʌn/ 1. Agreed upon, mutually accepted. Labels: not-comparable Example: ‘Done,’ says my master; ‘I’ll lay you a hundred golden guineas to a tester you don’t.’ ‘Done,’ says the gauger; and done and done’s enough between two gentlemen. Example: Done and done between gentlemen, is enough, sir; not that I set myself up for a gentleman, governor, but I've lived too long and too much in your respected sopciety not to hve l'arn'd some of the ways. 2. Done thoroughly and satisfactorily. Labels: not-comparable Example: Done and done, he said to himself. And he felt pretty good. The anger and hurt that only a few hours before had been sharp and deep had dulled. Example: Bob, you've done good work setting up and maintaining your site, and if you want to setup^([sic]) a WinACE page as a service to the empire community, I have no > objection. Feel free to link simons@iglou.com as the email address for / Done and done! It will be up in a few days and it will have it's^([sic]) own separate section with screen shots, etc. If you don't like what you see just let me know privately via my email address and I'll fix it.
Word: offsuit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From off + suit. 1. Of two or more cards, not of the same suit. Labels: not-comparable Example: He has jack-ten offsuit in the big blind
Word: astrologue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English astrolog, from Latin astrologus. Equivalent to astro- + -logue. 1. An astrologer.
Word: astrologues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of astrologue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chum salmon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chinook Jargon tzum (“spotted, marked”) (from Chinook) + English salmon. Pronunciation: /tʃʌm ˈsæmən/ 1. A salmon species, Oncorhynchus keta.
Word: win out Part of Speech: verb 1. To be victorious. Usually of emotions and human qualities. Example: Love always wins out over hate. Example: You can be sure that justice will win out in the end.
Word: win round Part of Speech: verb 1. To persuade or convince (someone who does not initially agree). Example: My parents didn't want me to see him any more, but I finally won them round.
Word: win around Part of Speech: verb 1. To persuade someone who disagrees to agree with one's own point of view. Example: My parents didn't want me to see him any more, but I finally won them around.
Word: chok Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew חֹק (khók). Pronunciation: /xoʊk/, /xok/ 1. A law or commandment without a comprehensible explanation or purpose. Labels: Jewish
Word: you win Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to express resignation, or concede defeat even though one is not convinced of the opposing arguments. Example: Okay, you win. I can't spend all day arguing over such a small detail.
Word: superglobal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + global. 1. Any of a set of special predefined variables that can be accessed at any point in a program without the need to be explicitly declared as global. Example: These superglobals contain data that is mostly related to requests, but they also contain some server information and running PHP script file information as well. The most frequently used superglobals are the $_SERVER, $_SESSION, $_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIE, and $_FILES variables.
Word: superglobals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superglobal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonvested Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + vested. 1. Not vested. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonmeal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + meal. 1. Not being or pertaining to a meal. Labels: not-comparable Example: The other most salient fact about children's maintenance activities is the sheer amount of time spent in nonmeal eating.
Word: unbankable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + bankable. 1. Not bankable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonbankable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + bankable. 1. Not bankable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: spoilable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin spolium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin spoliāre Old French espoillierbor. Middle English spoilen English spoil Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English spoilable From spoil + -able. 1. Liable to spoil or go bad.
Word: cherishable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cherish + -able. 1. Capable of, or suitable for, being cherished. Example: Building a cherishable memory is equally necessary in divorce situations. Example: Those of us who carry HIV around owe more than a bit of gratitude to Paul Monette, who makes a person living with AIDS not only a reliable narrator, but a cherishable character, and, for Christ's sake, a love interest.
Word: moongazing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moon + gazing. 1. Observing the Moon in the sky. Labels: uncountable Example: Starrs guide captures the myriad recreational opportunities along the South Carolina coast, from shell collecting and moongazing to beer drinking and shag dancing.
Word: sungazing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sun + gazing. 1. The act or practice of observing the sun in the sky. Labels: uncountable Example: Young Petala, told nothing about the sungazing ceremony, had watched the affair more interested than alarmed. Example: Rarely, solar retinopathy has been described in sunbathers with no history of direct sungazing.
Word: freshes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛʃɪz/ 1. plural of fresh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: freshes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛʃɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fresh Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sideboobs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sideboob Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perlocutionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From perlocution + -ary. 1. Of or pertaining to perlocution. Labels: not-comparable Example: Derridean "messianicity without messianism" that marks so much of post-modernist educational theorizing today, and that makes use of esotericism, sigetics, acroamatics, proleptics, and illocutionary and perlocutionary acts in the disguise of a new pedagogy of the unknowable, wasn't the answer ten years ago. Example: Threats and offers have many perlocutionary effects, not all of which determine their effect on freedom.
Word: loserish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From loser + -ish. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a loser (contemptible person or habitual failure). Labels: informal Example: […] the ascent of a kind of stubborn geekiness that doubtless reflected a big chunk of MTV's demographics: young, male, white, and vaguely loserish, if only in their own tortured teenage minds. Example: My friends might be insulted and I'd feel loserish and left out and otherwise controlled by my diet.
Word: torturedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From tortured + -ly. 1. In a tortured manner. Example: At one point he torturedly mimics his own emotions to provide Lucy's gasps as she lies dying of syphilis.
Word: torturedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tortured + -ness. 1. The quality of being tortured. Labels: uncountable Example: The noble man must be praised (and perhaps also debunked) and the rogue condemned (with appreciation, where relevant, of his charm or torturedness).
Word: debunkable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From debunk + -able. Pronunciation: /diːˈbʌŋkəbəl/, /dɪ-/ 1. Capable of being debunked. Example: Knowledge must be debunkable and stands only until it is debunked. In a liberal scientific society, to claim that you are above error is the height of irresponsibility.
Word: preamplification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + amplification. 1. The use of a preamplifier. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: preamplifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preamplification Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loserness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From loser + -ness. 1. The quality of being a loser. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: "All I'd need to complete the picture of loserness is a roommate who talks about girls he never dates." Example: Unfortunately, this association with Lambo forced me out of my invisible loserness bleachers and into the wide, bright, blaring stadium of DORK.
Word: entertailing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of entertaining + retailing. 1. A commercially-designed experience intended to combine entertainment and retailing. Labels: uncountable Example: Begelman's strategy borrows from the trend toward entertailing, which combines retailing with entertainment. Example: Not all entertailing is sports-focused.
Word: retailtainment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of retail + entertainment. 1. A commercially-designed experience that combines entertainment and retailing. Labels: uncountable Example: We also are able to achieve that connection with retailtainment — our Oreo Stacking Contest, Grandparents Day, and our Wal-Mart Live broadcasts of exclusive concert performances from Garth Brooks, Britney Spears, Faith Hill, and others. Example: China "is the world leader in retailtainment," Mr. Menzer says. "You go into the store and there's a fashion show of some of your apparel lines.
Word: Shapiro Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שאַפּיראָ (shapiro). This surname is derived from the Medieval name of Speyer, Germany (compare Spire, the French name for that city). Other name variants attributed to Speyer include Sapiro, Spira, Spire, Spiro, Spero, Chapiro, Sprai, Szpir, Szpiro, Sapir, and Spear. The Jewish community of Speyer was one of three leading cities central to the development of Ashkenazi culture, the others being Worms and Mainz. The family name Speyer (based on the modern German name for the same city) has also become a well known surname that was spread by Jews from Frankfurt to England, the United States, and Canada in the late 19th and early 20th century. Some suggest that the surname derives from the Aramaic word שפירא (Shappirā), meaning "handsome." Pronunciation: /ʃəˈpɪɹoʊ/, /ʃəˈpaɪɹoʊ/, /ʃəˈpɪəɹəʊ/ 1. A surname from Yiddish. Example: On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.
Word: tetra-amelia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tetra- + amelia, tetra- from combining form of Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares) and τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”), and amelia from a- and Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”) and -ia. 1. A particular congenital disorder, whose main symptom is the lack of legs, arms, and hands. Labels: uncountable
Word: tetraamelia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tetra-amelia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: handsewn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hand + sewn. 1. Sewn by hand, without the use of a sewing machine. Labels: not-comparable
Word: erotomaniac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eroto- + -maniac. 1. A person suffering from erotomania (in either sense).
Word: nonrecirculating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + recirculating. 1. Not recirculating. Labels: not-comparable Example: a nonrecirculating wind tunnel
Word: crible Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cribble. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: R Us Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: After Toys "R" Us, American toy-store chain, itself a phonetic rendering of "toys are us". 1. Suggesting a group of people or repository of products of the specified kind. Labels: humorous, morpheme Example: "Geeks R Us" was a phrase that would often pop into my twisted little brain while I was initially learning to surf the 'Net. Example: A board poster referred to Brandon as coming straight from the "Flaming Gays R Us" catalog!
Word: joss sticks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of joss stick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Romo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. Romantic Modernism, a musical and clubbing movement in the UK in the 1990s, influenced by New Romanticism. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: water-closet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of water closet. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: all to Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From expressions such as all to break, all to split, all to broken, formed from the incorrect division of words containing the prefix to- (e.g. all tobreak, all tosplit, all tobroken). Equivalent to all + to-. 1. completely, totally. Labels: archaic
Word: all to Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From expressions such as all to break, all to split, all to broken, formed from the incorrect division of words containing the prefix to- (e.g. all tobreak, all tosplit, all tobroken). Equivalent to all + to-. 1. Misspelling of all too. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: tobroken Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of tobreak Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bilipid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bi- + lipid. 1. Used attributively to describe a lipid bilayer Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cartograph Part of Speech: noun 1. cartogram
Word: decoheres Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of decohere Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: micropillars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of micropillar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nanodielectric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nano- + dielectric. 1. A nanoscale dielectric
Word: unstiffened Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + stiffened. 1. Not stiffened. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1832, G. P. R. James, Henry Masterton, or The Adventures of a Young Cavalier, London: Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, Volume 3, Chapter 8, pp. 180-181, He then approached the body of the Benedictine, who had fallen forward on his face; and after gazing on it for a moment as it lay, he turned it over with his foot, even while the yet unstiffened limbs hung languidly back in the position they had assumed, with the flaccid relaxation of late death. Example: The booths of the bazaar, which shuts at midday, were contained in a narrow lane, exhibiting beads and mirror-topped boxes from India, the rejected Homburg hats of the whole world, piles of loose turquoises, rows of Gyantse head-dresses, unstiffened and neatly folded, and a peculiar species of scissors whose blades resembled battered table-knives.
Word: unstarched Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + starched. 1. Not starched. Labels: not-comparable
Word: a bridge too far Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In reference to Operation Market Garden, Allied airborne military operation of 1944. General Roy E. Urquhart, in his 1958 memoir Arnhem, ascribed the phrase to general Frederick “Boy” Browning. It was popularized by being chosen as the title of Cornelius Ryan’s 1974 book on Operation Market Garden and the subsequent 1977 epic war film. 1. A step or action that is too ambitious; an act of overreaching. Labels: idiomatic Example: Cloning was an interesting concept. Cloning body parts was again just man's search for immortality riding on the back of naive altruistic medicinal benevolence. But cloning a person was a bridge too far. Example: “Maybe we are seeing a similar phenomenon with NFTs — but it could be a bridge too far for people with collections in other media.”
Word: nonstarched Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + starched. 1. Not starched. Labels: not-comparable Example: In many institutions and home settings, the cloister-style uniform has given way to nonstarched wash-and-wear clothing.
Word: Undine Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Undine (“undine”), first used as a given name in the novel Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué and in 19th-century operas based on the book. 1. A female given name from Latin. Labels: regional Example: The child, on the contrary, would by no means listen to this, declaring she had been called Undine by her parents, and Undine she would still be called. Now this seemed to me a Pagan name, which stood in no calendar, and therefore I took counsel of a priest in the city.
Word: nonbenevolent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + benevolent. 1. Not benevolent. Labels: not-comparable Example: a nonbenevolent dictatorship
Word: JAPHs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of JAPH Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outvoter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From out + voter. 1. One who casts a vote in an election held in an area in which they do not live.
Word: outvoters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of outvoter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pingee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ping + -ee. 1. The recipient of a ping (packet sent over a network to determine the presence of a host).
Word: pingees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pingee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonsuperpower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + superpower. 1. A state that is not a superpower.
Word: nonsuperpowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonsuperpower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supertyphoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + typhoon. 1. An exceptionally large and powerful typhoon.
Word: supertyphoons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supertyphoon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: militation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from militate + -ion. 1. Conflict, struggle. Labels: archaic Example: How shall they be induced to sympathise with our principles, unless they can be convinced that those principles impel us to sympathise with them in their abhorrence of men and measures, whose iniquity consists in their militation against all principles? Example: To withhold offices form men who are satisfied with their country's constitution, because they do not love the present administration, when they are better qualified than others, would be no less than a militation with the principles of a free government.
Word: hordeola Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hordeolum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: growth factor Part of Speech: noun 1. A naturally-occurring substance capable of stimulating cellular growth, proliferation, and cellular differentiation.
Word: emacses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of emacs Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emaciations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of emaciation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonthematically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From nonthematic + -ally. 1. In a nonthematic manner; not thematically. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Lebesgue measure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after French mathematician Henri Lebesgue. 1. A unique complete translation-invariant measure for the σ-algebra which contains all k-cells in a given Euclidean space, and which assigns a measure to each k-cell which is equal to that k-cell's volume (as defined in Euclidean geometry: i.e., the volume of the k-cell equals the product of the lengths of its sides).
Word: Lebesgue measurable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Named after French mathematician Henri Lebesgue. 1. Of a set in some k-dimensional Euclidean space, That it is an element of the domain of the Lebesgue measure of the ambient Euclidean space. Labels: not-comparable
Word: uniform continuity Part of Speech: noun 1. The property of being uniformly continuous. Labels: uncountable
Word: eczemalike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eczema + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of eczema.
Word: back-of-an-envelope Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of back-of-the-envelope. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: On one defense item, somebody kept referring to it as a back-of-an-envelope cost estimate. Do you have a back-on-an-envelope cost estimate? Example: The reader will not need to be warned that the calculations involved are of the back of an envelope type and statements of the form ‘a equals b’ should be read ‘a equals b approximately’ or even ‘with a bit of luck, a and b will be of the same order of magnitude’.
Word: uniformly continuous Part of Speech: adj 1. That for every real ε > 0 there exists a real δ > 0 such that for all pairs of points x and y in X for which D_X(x,y)<δ, it must be the case that D_Y(f(x),f(y))<ϵ (where D_X and D_Y are the metrics of X and Y, respectively). Labels: not-comparable Example: A uniformly continuous function is a function whose derivative is bounded.
Word: quadrangularly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From quadrangular + -ly. 1. In a quadrangular shape or manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonlaparoscopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + laparoscopic. 1. Not laparoscopic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antibias Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + bias. 1. Opposing or countering bias. Example: Proud Boys have also taken great pains to phrase their bigotry politely. They not only avoid explicitly racist terms but have an antibias statement.
Word: scratchable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scratch + -able. 1. Capable of being scratched. Example: Diamonds are not scratchable, being one of the hardest substances known. Example: Scratchable media such as compact discs are easily damaged.
Word: tocleave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tocleven, from Old English tōclēofan (“to split apart, cleave asunder”), from Proto-Germanic *tōkliubaną (“to split apart”), equivalent to to- + cleave (“to split”). Cognate with Old High German zechluiban (“to split apart, cleave asunder”). 1. To divide; split open; cleave asunder. Labels: dialectal, obsolete, transitive 2. To split apart; break. Labels: dialectal, intransitive, obsolete
Word: todash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English todasshen, todaisshen, equivalent to to- + dash. 1. To strike violently; dash to pieces. Labels: obsolete
Word: todraw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English todrawen, todraȝen, from Old English *tōdragan (“to pull apart”), equivalent to to- + draw. 1. To pull apart, dismember; draw asunder. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To drag violently. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: todrive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English todriven, from Old English tōdrīfan (“to drive away, repel”), from Proto-Germanic *tōdrībaną (“to drive apart”), equivalent to to- + drive. Cognate with Old Frisian todrīva, Middle High German zetrīben (“to drive asunder”). 1. To scatter. Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete Example: Swift was the flight todriven; The Hord lord singed houses.
Word: tofrush Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tofrusshen, tofruschen, equivalent to to- + frush. 1. To break or dash to pieces. Labels: obsolete
Word: togrind Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English togrinden, equivalent to to- + grind. 1. To grind or break to pieces; crush. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: to-heap Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English tohepe, equivalent to to- + heap. Compare Old Frisian tohape, tehape, tohope, Danish tilhobe, Swedish tillhopa. 1. Together. Labels: obsolete
Word: tohew Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tohewen, from Old English tōhēawan (“to hew in pieces, chop up”), from Proto-Germanic *tehawwaną (“to cut to pieces”), equivalent to to- + hew. Cognate with Old Frisian tehawa, Middle Low German tohouwen, Dutch tehouwen, German zerhauen (“to chop up, hack”). 1. To cut or hack heavily; cut to pieces, chop up. Labels: obsolete
Word: tolash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tolasshen, equivalent to to- + lash. 1. To scourge severely. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: tolug Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English toluggen, tologgen, equivalent to to- + lug. 1. To pull about. Labels: obsolete
Word: tomling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tom + -ling. 1. A male kitten.
Word: snowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: to-name Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English toname, tonome, from Old English tōnama (“surname”), equivalent to to- + name. Cognate with West Frisian tanamme, Dutch toenaam, Middle Low German toname, German Zuname, Danish tilnavn, Swedish tillnamn. 1. Synonym of byname, any secondary name, including epithets, surnames, nicknames, cognomens, etc. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal
Word: to-name Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English toname, tonome, from Old English tōnama (“surname”), equivalent to to- + name. Cognate with West Frisian tanamme, Dutch toenaam, Middle Low German toname, German Zuname, Danish tilnavn, Swedish tillnamn. 1. Synonym of byname, to give a byname to. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal Example: Brian Kennedy, to-named Boraimh, or Taxer.
Word: champeen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A corruption of champion. 1. A champion. Labels: nonstandard Example: "He could whip a dozen Cyclone Dicks in the same evening with his eyes shut." "He's the next champeen," admitted the first speaker. Example: "You're right, me lad, I was the best fightin' man, the greatest champeen as ever was."
Word: inversus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin inversus. 1. The inverted part of a composition.
Word: Laiche Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Swiss German Laiche. 1. A surname from German.
Word: similor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French, from Latin similus (“similar”) + French or (“gold”). 1. An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, but of a golden color. Labels: uncountable
Word: nobody's perfect Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used when someone's mistakes or flaws are acknowledged, to remind that everyone else makes mistakes and has flaws. Example: 1958, Some Like It Hot, film by Billy Wilder, starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Marilyn Monroe. When Jerry (Jack Lemmon) disguised as "Daphne" tries to fend off Osgood Fielding's insistent proposals of marriage with one excuse after another with no success, he finally yanks off his wig wig and shouts, "I'm a man!" to which Osgood amiably replies, Well, nobody's perfect. Example: Hypocrisy, particularly in sexual matters, is excused on the grounds that hey, nobody's perfect, and at least folks back then felt bad enough to lie.
Word: you never know Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to speculate about a possibility; especially, a slight one. Example: At this point, I doubt that they'll meet their deadline, but you never know — stranger things have happened. Example: 8 October 2010, Colin Jackson for BBC Sport, 'Magic can happen between Turner and Sharman' They are only running times in the 13.20s, but next year he could run 13.25 and you never know, he may end up running 13.1 quite easily
Word: so they say Part of Speech: phrase 1. Apparently, according to others. Example: As people move to the suburbs, bank branches follow, so they say. Example: A: Are they seriously planning to build a new bank branch on that corner? B: So they say.
Word: as the saying goes Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used before or after saying an apt proverb, adage, cliché etc. Example: Near-synonym: you know what they say Example: The neighborhood, to our ears, seemed haunted by approaching footsteps; and what between the dead body of the captain on the parlor floor, and the thought of that detestable blind beggar hovering near at hand, and ready to return, there were moments when, as the saying goes, I jumped in my skin for terror.
Word: lesbos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lesbo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: penalty unit Part of Speech: noun 1. An amount of money, used as a basis of a penalty fine, which can be adjusted by the government without the need to pass new legislation. Labels: Australia Example: In 1987 the Penalty Units and Other Penalties Act introduced a new scheme for financial penalties. The penalty provisions in a number of Acts containing commonly occurring offences were amended to specify the fine in penalty units rather than a specific sum. The value of a penalty unit is specified in the Penalty Units and Other Penalties Act, s 4, currently at $100. All offences now specify fines in penalty units. Example: Usually an Act sets a maximum fine or penalty for a particular offence, measured in penalty units, which have a monetary equivalent. For example, under Section 46(2) of the Road Safety Act 1986, ‘a person who fails to stop the vehicle when requested or signalled is guilty of an offence. Penalty: eight penalty units’.
Word: maqaf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Hebrew מַקָּף (maqaf). 1. The Hebrew script hyphen (־) Labels: Hebrew Example: The maqaf is available only in some Hebrew keyboard layouts.
Word: dustproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dust + -proof. 1. Resistant to dust.
Word: dentproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dent + -proof. 1. Resistant to being dented.
Word: chromoplast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chromo- + -plast. 1. Any plastid in which a pigment is synthesized or stored
Word: coprology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From copro- + -logy. 1. scatology Labels: uncountable
Word: geranial Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the two isomers of citral Labels: uncountable
Word: roundsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rounds + -man. 1. A worker who makes rounds, especially in order to deliver goods. 2. A policeman who acts as inspector. Labels: US, historical
Word: roundsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roundsman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acoustic shock Part of Speech: noun 1. The symptoms that can be caused by unexpected loud sounds (an acoustic incident) received through a telephone headset. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: More than 1,000 people working in call centres across Britain are thought to have suffered the effects of acoustic shock, a little-known hearing condition triggered when people are exposed to a loud and unexpected noise.
Word: reboantic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin reboāns, present participle of reboō (“bellow back; resound”). Pronunciation: /ɹiːbəʊˈæntɪk/ 1. Reverberating. Labels: poetic Example: 1980-1984, Dante Alighieri, Allen Mandelbaum (translator), Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto IX across the turbid waves , there passed a reboantic fracas
Word: in one's tracks Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Suddenly; abruptly, right where one stands. Example: to stop dead in one's tracks Example: The sinner of the first half cut in from the left wing, losing his marker to take a gentle pass from Ceri Sweeney and leave Bristol's Craig Morgan frozen in his tracks.
Word: romanticness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin Rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin rōmānicus Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English romantic Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English romanticness From romantic + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being romantic. Labels: uncountable Example: Mrs Betty […] had the confidence to say, That having heard me often praise the romanticness of the place, she was astonished (her hands and eyes lifted up) that I should set myself against going to a house so much in my taste.
Word: for cause Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. For a legitimate, specific reason; with justification. Example: Section 863. Removal of Guardian for Cause.—The court of chancery may remove all guardians, whether appointed by probate tribunals or by the court itself, or by testament, or by the legislature, whenever the guardian abuses his trust, or the interests of the ward require it. Example: A common bee will sting and kill another common bee, for cause, but when it is necessary to kill the queen other ways are employed.
Word: aerobot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aero- + -bot. 1. An autonomous flying robot used in the context of unmanned space probes for research within planetary atmospheres.
Word: aerobots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aerobot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: May Days Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of May Day Labels: form-of, plural
Word: with cause Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Alternative form of for cause. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: topinch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Created from to pinch, as if to- (“intensively, severely”) + pinch. 1. To pinch severely. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Then let them all encircle him about And, fairy-like, to-pinch the unclean knight.
Word: to-bread Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From to- + bread. 1. An extra loaf added by bakers to every dozen, completing a baker's dozen. Labels: obsolete Example: The number thirteen is also sometimes known as a "baker's dozen," because it was formerly a common practice to give thirteen loaves for twelve, the extra piece being called the in-bread or to-bread.
Word: Twihard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of twilight + diehard. Pronunciation: /ˈtwaɪˌhɑːd/, /ˈtwaɪˌhɑɹd/ 1. An avid fan of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series or the related films. Labels: slang Example: Getting "Twihards" who love virtuous vampires to buy the soundtrack is easy — but getting Radiohead fans to plunk down cash for a little bit of the "New Moon" universe will be a coup. Example: Beginning at popular Rialto Beach, share this classic coastline with beachcombers, dog walkers (allowed on-leash to Ellen Creek), and scores of Twihards from across the country.
Word: Twihards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Twihard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * out + -ness. ** (philosophy): Possibly coined by George Berkeley for his 1709 Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision ** (sexuality): Popularised by Lynne Pearlman in her 1989 thesis Theorizing Lesbian Oppression and the Politics of Outness in the Case of Waterman v. National Life Assurance. 1. The quality of being out, or outside. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The forces which work in and upon organic life know nothing of outness and inness. They shine through the materials which they build up and mould, as light shines through the clearest glass. 2. The collective of things that are distinct from the observer. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: From what we have shewn it is a manifest Consequence, that the Ideas of Space, Outness, and things placed at a distance are not strictly speaking, the Object of Sight. 3. The property of being distinct. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Distance means degree of outness of one thing from another; but it presupposes outness as a fact and a conception. 4. The extent to which someone, particularly a gay person, is open about their sexuality. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: If I use my own name to publish pieces which use homosexual themes, this decision forces a certain amount of "outness" upon those who associate with me. Example: Couples who are discrepant on outness may have conflict around such issues as where to live (e.g. in an obvious gay neighbourhood), whether to bring a partner to work-related social events, and how to introduce their partner to family members.
Word: Betts Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Bett Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Betts Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Bettes Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Betts. 1. A surname.
Word: back against the wall Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of back to the wall.
Word: sleptwalk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: slept + walk 1. simple past and past participle of sleepwalk Labels: form-of, nonstandard, participle, past, rare
Word: sleepswalk Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sleepwalk Labels: form-of, indicative, nonstandard, present, rare, singular, third-person
Word: sleptwalked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: slept + walked 1. simple past and past participle of sleepwalk Labels: form-of, nonstandard, participle, past, rare
Word: sleepswalks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sleepwalk Labels: form-of, indicative, nonstandard, present, rare, singular, third-person