nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: rightish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From right + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪtɪʃ/ 1. Somewhat correct. 2. In a direction roughly to the right. 3. Towards the political right wing.
Word: rightless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From right + -less. 1. Lacking rights or privileges.
Word: rubricate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin rubricatus, past participle of rubricare (“to colour red”). See rubric. 1. Marked with red. Labels: obsolete
Word: rubricate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin rubricatus, past participle of rubricare (“to colour red”). See rubric. 1. To write in the form of a rubric. Labels: transitive 2. To create rubrication; to illuminate a manuscript with red letters.
Word: rubrication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rubric + -ation. 1. A form of calligraphy, in medieval manuscripts, in which added text was coloured in red. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: saleroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: sale + room 1. A room in which items for sale are displayed; a showroom 2. A room in which items are auctioned Example: Many Victorian toys have now reached the salerooms and fetch far higher sums than their original prices.
Word: satphone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of satellite + phone. 1. Abbreviation of satellite phone Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: They’re there mostly if I have to make a decision so they can hand me a satphone and I can make a decision.”
Word: satellite phone Part of Speech: noun 1. A mobile phone that connects to an orbiting satellite instead of a cellular network
Word: scabious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin scabiōsus (“scabious”), from Latin scabiēs (see scabies); partly reinterpretable as scab + -ious. 1. Having scabs. 2. Of or pertaining to scabies.
Word: scabious Part of Speech: noun Etymology: ] From Medieval Latin scabiōsa, substantivized from scabiōsus (“scabious”), see Etymology 1; the name comes from their medical use in the Middle Ages to cure scabies and leprosy. 1. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Scabiosa. Example: The grassy track, so gay with scabious and bedstraw, was snow-white at the bottom of its ruts. 2. Any of several plants of the genus Knautia.
Word: scatophagous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin scatophagus, from Ancient Greek σκατοφάγος (skatophágos), from σκατο- (skato-, “shit”) and φάγος (phágos, “eating”), from φᾰγεῖν (phăgeîn, “to eat”) + -ος (-os, “-ous”, forming adjectives). Equivalent to scato- + -phagous. 1. Synonym of coprophagous: typified by consuming shit or other excrement.
Word: scorebox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From score + box. 1. An enclosed structure in which the scorers sit; often behind the scoreboard 2. A box overlaid on the screen to display the player's score. Example: Video games are notorious for having relatively unchanging areas on the screen (ie the scorebox), which can quickly be burned into the screen. Example: Recall that our arcade game is to have a scorebox that knows how to increase itself, and observe that this implies there is a score.
Word: trouble the scorers Part of Speech: verb 1. To score a run. Labels: informal
Word: unsurprisable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + surprisable. 1. Not surprisable.
Word: surprisable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From surprise + -able. 1. Capable of being surprised.
Word: scraperboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scraper + board. 1. scratchboard Labels: uncountable
Word: scratchboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scratch + board. 1. A technique in which drawings are created using sharp knives and tools for etching into a thin layer of white china clay that is coated with black India ink. Labels: uncountable
Word: seborrhoea Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of seborrhea. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: give the lie Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From give + the + lie, where lie is used in an obsolete sense to mean a claim that someone is lying. 1. To respond to an insult, accusation, or falsehood by saying the offender is lying, particularly in the context of provoking a challenge to a duel. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, transitive Example: Say to the Court, it glowes, and shines like rotten wood; Say to the Church, it shewes whats good, and doth no good: If Church and Court reply, then giue them both the lye. Example: They gave the Queen the Lye divers times, and uſed her with moſt deſpiteful Speeches. 2. Used in give the lie to.
Word: seedcorn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From seed + corn. 1. Seed corn. Labels: uncountable 2. Financial assets set aside for the generation of future profits. Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: scratchpaper Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of scratch paper. Labels: alt-of, alternative, no-plural
Word: scratch paper Part of Speech: noun 1. Paper used for preliminary work on a (for example mathematics) problem, considered ephemeral. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: scratch papers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scratch paper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: septcentenary Part of Speech: noun 1. A 700-year anniversary.
Word: seedcakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seedcake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: silicoflagellate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From silico- + flagellate. 1. Any of many unicellular heterokont marine algae, of the order Dictyochales, that have a silica skeleton
Word: silicoflagellates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of silicoflagellate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: septcentenaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of septcentenary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smokebush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smoke + bush. 1. Any of several Australian shrubs and trees, of the genus Conospermum, that have flowers in dense spikes.
Word: scattalds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scattald Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uncomfy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + comfy. 1. Uncomfortable. Labels: informal
Word: smokeeasy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of smokeasy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: technostress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From techno- + stress, coined by Craig Brod in 1984, see quotations. 1. Stress caused by an inability to cope with modern technology. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Technostress can affect anyone living in the twentieth century: men and women, young and old, workers, lovers, and students. Our fascination with the rational and calculated world of computer-generated interactions may be forcing us to adapt in ways detrimental to our health and personalities: eye strain and headaches from working too many hours in front of a VDT terminal;[…] Example: The use of social media platforms has been found to produce symptoms suggestive of technostress (Salo et al. 2019), while their direct exploitation and experience of technostress in working life have increased (Brooks et al. 2017).
Word: septembrizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of septembrize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: septembrized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of septembrize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unsewn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + sewn. 1. past participle of unsew Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unsewn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + sewn. 1. Not sewn. Labels: not-comparable Example: And so time went on, and the little Rabbit was very happy—so happy that he never noticed how his beautiful velveteen fur was getting shabbier and shabbier, and his tail coming unsewn, and all the pink rubbed off his nose where the Boy had kissed him.
Word: unsown Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + sown. 1. Not sown. Labels: not-comparable
Word: coxless pairs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coxless pair Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Septembrizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Septembrize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: snappingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From snapping + -ly. 1. Accompanied by a snapping action or sound Labels: not-comparable
Word: Septembrise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative letter-case form of septembrise. Labels: alt-of
Word: Septembrises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Septembrise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: termitary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From termite + -ary. 1. An anthill built and occupied by termites. Example: Termites are also an important component of the dwarf mongoose diet, but this effect of termitaries on mongoose distribution is likely to be secondary.
Word: Septembrising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Septembrise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: termitaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of termitary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Septembrised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of Septembrise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: septembrise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of septembrize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: septembrises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of septembrise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: septembrising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of septembrise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: septembrised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of septembrise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: weldmesh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From weld + mesh. 1. A kind of barrier fencing manufactured in square or rectangular mesh from steel wire, welded at each intersection. Labels: uncountable
Word: solider Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of solid: more solid Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: solider Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of soldier. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: solidest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of solid: most solid Labels: form-of, superlative Example: Now Pierre began to see mysteries interpierced with mysteries, and mysteries eluding mysteries; and began to seem to see the mere imaginariness of the so supposed solidest principle of human association.
Word: woodchat Part of Speech: noun 1. Lanius senator, a medium-sized migratory passerine bird of the shrike family.
Word: woodchats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of woodchat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: solunar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of solar + lunar. 1. Of, pertaining to, or influenced by both the sun and the moon. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unimpressionable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin impressiōnembor. French impression Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French impressionner Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -able Middle French -able French -able French impressionnable English impressionable English unimpressionable From un- + impressionable. 1. Not impressionable. Example: Creake, in accordance with some detail of his never-revealed plan, continued to shower missile after missile against the panes until even the unimpressionable Parkinson shivered.
Word: sorosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σωρός (sōrós, “heap”). 1. Any multiple fruit, usually fleshy, that is derived from the multiple ovaries in an infructescence. Such a structure typically includes remnants of floral tissues such as the perianth. Examples include the mulberry and pineapple. Example: The fruit of pineapple is a sorosis developing from numerous sessile flowers that are connote with their subtending bracts and with one another.
Word: sorosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: According to Webster Suppl. 1879, an arbitrary use of the botanical term, adopted as the name of the first club of the kind, founded in 1868. It follows that it shares the same etymology, referring to aggregation, rather than the etymology of sorority, which referred to sisterhood. 1. A women's club; a society to further the educational and social activities of women. Labels: US, historical Example: Yet these women were not a clique, nor a sect, nor a Sorosis, but all our wives, and sisters, and daughters, and lovers. They were just the common lot […] Example: They gathered up all the privacies of the city and poured them into his ear, and his family became a sorosis, or female debating society of seven hundred, discussing, day after day, all the difficulties between husbands and wives[…]
Word: visitable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From visit + -able. 1. Capable of being visited. Labels: not-comparable Example: Because of the dangers of crumbling masonry, the castle turrets are no longer visitable by the public. 2. Enjoyable to visit; attractive to visitors. Labels: not-comparable 3. Accessible to disabled people. Labels: not-comparable
Word: reglazes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reglaze Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reglazing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reglaze Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reglazed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reglaze Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unharmful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + harmful. 1. Not harmful. Example: Near-synonym: benign
Word: southernwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English sūþernewudu, equivalent to southern + wood. 1. An aromatic shrub, Artemisia abrotanum, related to wormwood. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To use a strong decoction of the vegetable bitters as a substitute for alcohol—such, for example as wormwood, chamomile, horehound, southernwood and tanzy. Example: According to the Roman Pliny the Elder, author of Historia Naturalis, southernwood was conducive to sexual excitement when the plant was placed under the bed.
Word: prothoraxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prothorax Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prothoraces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prothorax Labels: form-of, plural
Word: salerooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saleroom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unsophistication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + sophistication. 1. Absence of sophistication; the quality of being unsophisticated. Labels: uncountable Example: My knees buckled absurdly, and I pretended to be leaning into the sink to cover that moment of unsophistication. Although how sophisticated can you look while leaning over a pile of dirty dishes?
Word: smokebushes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smokebush Labels: form-of, plural
Word: speargrass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spear + grass. 1. Any of several not closely related grasses in some way reminiscent of a spear. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of several not closely related grasses in some way reminiscent of a spear. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any of several not closely related grasses in some way reminiscent of a spear. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Any of several not closely related grasses in some way reminiscent of a spear. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Any of several not closely related grasses in some way reminiscent of a spear. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Species of Aciphylla (Spaniard grass) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: uninterest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + interest. 1. Lack of interest; indifference. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: 'Yeah,' said my delightful inquisitor, with an attempt at casual indifference or uninterest that to the tutored eye only revealed all the more starkly her rising excitement […] Example: Not many general topics appealed to Sophie, and the question of Wales or being Welsh stood high in her uninterests.
Word: speargrasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speargrass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spearheader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spearhead + -er. 1. One who spearheads a movement, campaign, etc. Labels: figuratively
Word: spearheaders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spearheader Labels: form-of, plural
Word: southernwoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of southernwood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: speargun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spear + gun. 1. A tube-shaped gun that fires a barbed spear, almost always for underwater use. Example: The five Euro Series spearguns, whose stocks range in length from 102 to 145 centimeters (about 40 to 57 inches), went on sale in January 2006, priced from $380 to $474.
Word: scoreboxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scorebox Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preselectors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preselector Labels: form-of, plural
Word: potentillas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of potentilla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: operatorships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of operatorship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: omphaloceles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of omphalocele Labels: form-of, plural
Word: propionibacteria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of propionibacterium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prosectors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prosector Labels: form-of, plural
Word: proteinoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proteinoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rediscounting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rediscount Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rediscounted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rediscount Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: splenitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From splen- + -itis. 1. Inflammation of the spleen. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: rediscounts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rediscount Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rediscounts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rediscount Labels: form-of, plural
Word: head roll Part of Speech: noun 1. A juggling maneuver where the object (usually a club) is rolled over the top of the head into the other hand. Labels: rare, singular
Word: head rolls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of head roll Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recaptioned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recaption Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: recaptions Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recaption Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: recaptioning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recaption Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rememorated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rememorate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rememorates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rememorate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rememorating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rememorate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spraydeck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spray + deck. 1. A cover, for a kayak or canoe, that prevents water entering during rough weather.
Word: prediscount Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + discount. 1. Before a discount is applied. Labels: not-comparable Example: Few consumers were willing to pay the prediscount price.
Word: spraydecks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spraydeck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: advocateships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of advocateship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: declarants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of declarant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leucorrhoeas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leucorrhoea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sprayskirt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spray + skirt. 1. Synonym of spraydeck.
Word: myxedemas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myxedema Labels: form-of, plural
Word: regorging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of regorge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: regorges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of regorge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: regorged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of regorge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: returfs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of returf Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: returfing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of returf Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: returfed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of returf Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sprayskirts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sprayskirt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squamocolumnar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From squamo- + columnar. 1. Of or pertaining to a junction between stratified squamous epithelium and columnar epithelium Labels: not-comparable
Word: medical histories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of medical history Labels: form-of, plural
Word: steatorrhoea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From steato- + -rrhoea. 1. The presence of excessive amounts of fat in the feces. Labels: uncountable
Word: stemmatics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stemma, from Ancient Greek στέμματα (stémmata, “family trees, genealogy”). Pronunciation: /stəˈmætɪks/, /stɛmˈætɪks/ 1. The study of multiple surviving versions of the same text with the aim of reconstructing a lost original. Labels: uncountable Example: In other words, they must carry out an operation similar to the collations required by Lachmannian stemmatics, after which they must make a critical (i.e., subjective) choice. And, when constituting the text, they do not just slavishly copy their source, obvious errors included; their editions always contain an element of interpretation.
Word: sternsheets Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stern + sheets. 1. The stern area of an open boat; the planking that forms the floor or seating in that area Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: stilbestrol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of diethylstilbestrol. Pronunciation: /stɪlˈbɛˌstɹɔl/ 1. Synonym of diethylstilbestrol. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Treatment of abortion has been improved a great deal in the past fifteen years, particularly with the recent knowledge that stilbestrol is a progestin stimulant and also a “vascular” hormone, increasing the caliber of the vessels of the uterus and improving the circulation.
Word: Iora Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Eora. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Iyora Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Eora. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: flesh-coloured Part of Speech: adj 1. British English standard form of flesh-colored. Labels: British, English, alt-of, standard
Word: close helmets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of close helmet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Leora Part of Speech: name Etymology: Possibly a variant of the modern Israeli name transliterated as Liora, from Hebrew, ליאורה "my light", or an American contraction of Leonora. 1. A female given name from Hebrew. Example: "No, they're— What do they call you?" "Me? Oh, it's an idiotic name—Leora Tozer."
Word: Koizumi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 小泉 (Koizumi). Pronunciation: [kʰɔi̯ˈzumi] 1. A surname from Japanese. Example: China's real issue with Japan, disguised by historical complaints, lies in the fact that Japan under Koizumi has become a stauncher ally of the United States.
Word: Kobashigawa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 小橋川. 1. A surname from Japanese.
Word: soldiers of fortune Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of soldier of fortune Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Watanabe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 渡辺 (Watanabe) or 渡部 (Watanabe). 1. A surname from Japanese.
Word: pinpricking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pinprick Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pinpricked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pinprick Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: adrip Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + drip. Pronunciation: /əˈdɹɪp/ 1. Dripping. Labels: not-comparable, predicative Example: There was a gurgling and spurting sound as of dammed water adrip. Example: […] the air [was] sweet with the sap adrip from the orchards lately pruned […] 2. Covered (with a liquid) to the point that it drips; having a liquid dripping off it. Labels: not-comparable, predicative Example: The dust in the road was laid; trees were adrip with moisture; birds sat silent in their coverts; the morning light was wan and ghastly […] Example: And she with Goban’s wine adrip, No more remembering what had been, Stared at the gods with laughing lip. 3. Covered or filled (with something) as if to the point of dripping. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable, predicative Example: […] he [Andrew Marvell] was witty with the wittiest; was caustic, humorous; his pages adrip with classicisms; Example: the humanitarian, all adrip with brotherhood and profoundly convinced of the loveliness of his own soul 4. Intoxicated with alcohol. Labels: US, not-comparable, predicative, slang
Word: jellyish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From jelly + -ish. 1. Resembling or characteristic of jelly; jellylike. Example: In both man and the frog the thyroid gland consists of small capsules of a jellyish material and is very richly supplied with blood vessels (Fig. 61).
Word: passive matrix Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of liquid crystal display in which the pixels must maintain their state without active driving circuitry until they are next refreshed, contrasted with active matrix.
Word: active matrix Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of liquid crystal display with a grid of transistors and capacitors that can hold a charge for a limited period of time, contrasted with passive matrix.
Word: passive matrices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of passive matrix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: active matrices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of active matrix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pelvic floors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pelvic floor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phantasmagorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phantasmagoria + -al. 1. Synonym of phantasmagoric.
Word: stillroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From still + room. 1. A room containing a still (for distillation). 2. A pantry adjoining a kitchen where drinks etc were stored or prepared.
Word: stocklist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stock + list. 1. An inventory of items that are currently stocked.
Word: stomatogastric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stomato- + gastric. 1. Of or pertaining to the mouth and the stomach Labels: not-comparable
Word: strainable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From strain + -able. 1. That can be strained or filtered
Word: substantialism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From substantial + -ism. 1. The doctrine that substantial reality is the basis of all phenomena Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: substantialize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From substantial + -ize. 1. To give something substance (actual existence)
Word: succubous Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsʌk.jʊ.bəs/, /ˈsʌk.jə.bəs/ 1. Describing an arrangement of leaves such that proximal (posterior) parts of older leaves overlap the distal (anterior) parts of younger ones. Labels: not-comparable Example: If the apical cell is slightly antically displaced, a succubous orientation of the leaf rudiments results […]
Word: succursal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French succursale. See succour. Pronunciation: /səˈkɜː(ɹ)səl/ 1. subsidiary (to a religious establishment) Labels: not-comparable 2. Serving to aid or help; serving as a chapel of ease; tributary. Labels: not-comparable Example: Not a city was without its cathedral, surrounded by its succursal churches, its monasteries, and convents.
Word: succursal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French succursale. See succour. Pronunciation: /səˈkɜː(ɹ)səl/ 1. A subsidiary parish.
Word: suckerfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sucker + fish. 1. A remora or other fish of family Echeneidae, especially Echeneis naucrates.
Word: Shibasaki Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Japanese しばさき (柴埼, 柴崎). Pronunciation: /ʃibəˈsɑki/ 1. A surname from Japanese.
Word: stocklists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stocklist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stillrooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stillroom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: substantialisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of substantialism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: substantialized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of substantialize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: substantializes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of substantialize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: substantializing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of substantialize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sucket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of succate, variant of succade. Compare French sucette. 1. A candied fruit sweetmeat
Word: suckhole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From suck + hole. 1. A whirlpool. Labels: US 2. A sycophant, gratuitous pleaser. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: suckhole Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From suck + hole. 1. To act in a sycophantic manner; suck up. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: sunbow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sun + bow. Compare rainbow. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌnbəʊ/ 1. A bow or arc of prismatic colors like a rainbow, caused by refraction through a spray of water from a cataract, waterfall, fountain, etc., rather than through droplets of rain.
Word: oyster beds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oyster bed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: substantialization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From substantialize + -ation. 1. The act, process, or result of substantializing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: substantializations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of substantialization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sunscald Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sun + scald. 1. Localized damage to the tissues of trees or their fruits caused by bright sunlight. Labels: uncountable
Word: sunscald Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sun + scald. 1. To suffer such damage. Labels: intransitive
Word: superfly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the character in the blaxploitation film Super Fly (1972). 1. An ostentatious, self-confident person, especially a black drug dealer. Example: Oh, see them passing / See how they're dancing to the superfly
Word: superfly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the character in the blaxploitation film Super Fly (1972). 1. Excellent, very cool. Labels: slang Example: Yeah, there she was, like disco superfly Example: I'm all up in the air, telling her some superfly shit she need to hear
Word: superfly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + fly. 1. A fly (insect) with remarkable properties, such as resistance to insecticide.
Word: supportless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From support + -less. 1. Lacking support; unsupported
Word: supraoptic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From supra- + optic. 1. Above the optic tract or chiasma Labels: not-comparable
Word: surculose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin surculōsus, from surculus + -ōsus, from sūrus (“post, stake, branch”) + -culus (“diminutive suffix”). See surcle. By surface analysis, Latin sur- + -ule + -ose. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː(ɹ)kjʊləʊz/ 1. Producing suckers or sucker-like shoots.
Word: surfacer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From surface + -er. 1. One who rises to the surface. 2. A person who planes or dresses a surface. 3. Any of various machines used to plane or dress a surface.
Word: tapestrying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tapestry Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: surfacers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surfacer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sustentation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1382: from the Old French sustentacion, from the Latin sustentātio, from sustentō; compare the Italian sostentazione, the Occitan sustentacion, the Portuguese sustentação, and the Spanish sustentación. Doublet of sustentatio. 1. The act or the result of sustaining; sustainment; sustention. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thus, under a plausible and specious humility, circumscribing the bounds of human reason, neglecting its powers, and leaving it wholly devoid of that sustentation which would lead to its expansion and culture. 2. The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It cannot be denied it [the chameleon] is (if not the moſt of any) a very abſtemious animall, and ſuch as by reaſon of its frigidity, paucity of bloud, and latitancy in the winter (about which time the obſervations are often made) will long ſubſist without a viſible ſuſtentation. 3. The scheme by which the ministers of the Free Church of Scotland are supported by voluntary contributions not local or congregational, but with a national altruism or solidarity paid into a great central fund, out of which equal stipends are paid to all alike. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: swarmer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swarm + -er. 1. Something that swarms. Example: Flying ants can be swarmers.
Word: superflies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superfly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: symptomize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From symptom + -ize. 1. To symptomatize
Word: symptomatize Part of Speech: verb 1. To be a symptom of (a named condition) Labels: transitive
Word: sustentations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sustentation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: symptomatizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of symptomatize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: symptomatizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of symptomatize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: symptomatized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of symptomatize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: symptomizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of symptomize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: symptomizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of symptomize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: symptomized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of symptomize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: swarmers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swarmer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: synarthrosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From syn- + arthrosis. 1. A type of joint in which two bones are connected rigidly by fibrous tissue.
Word: synthetize Part of Speech: verb 1. To synthesize Labels: dated
Word: caut Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeia. Pronunciation: /kɔːt/ 1. To emit the characteristic call of a panther. Labels: obsolete Example: A Panther Cauteth, which word is taken from the sound of his voice. 2. To make a noise similar to the call of a panther. Labels: broadly, figuratively, obsolete Example: If I have done Service to Men in what I have ſaid, I ſhall hope I have done Service to God; and that will be better than a ſilly Speech made for me, full of whining and cauting, which I utterly deſpiſe, and have never been uſed to; yet ſuch a one I expect to have my Ears tormented with, as I am paſſing along the Streets[.]
Word: synthetizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of synthetize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: synthetizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of synthetize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: synthetized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of synthetize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Mizunuma Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Japanese 水沼. 1. A surname from Japanese.
Word: phantasmagorian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phantasmagoria + -an. 1. Synonym of phantasmagoric.
Word: flammant Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of flamant (“flaming, in heraldry”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: the dove of the Holy Spirit descending argent flammant proper
Word: uninterestedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uninterested + -ness. 1. The quality of being uninterested. Labels: uncountable
Word: stranglings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of strangling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gaolhouse Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of jailhouse. Labels: Commonwealth
Word: at the coal face Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From being in a coal mine, at the face where the mining is actually occurring, especially in dark, cramped, dirty, hazardous conditions. Compare front line and trenches, of similar formation. 1. Directly engaged in the operations of a business, rather than in a hands off, managerial position. Labels: UK, idiomatic
Word: profilometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From profile + -o- + -metric. 1. Of or pertaining to profilometry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unintermitted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + intermitted. 1. Not intermitted; uninterrupted, ceaseless. Labels: dated Example: The only action taken by Mr. Dosson in consequence of his elder daughter's revelations was to embrace the idea as a subject of daily pleasantry. He was fond, in his intercourse with his children, of some small usual joke, some humorous refrain; and what could have been more in the line of true domestic sport than a little gentle but unintermitted raillery upon Francie's conquest?
Word: nonintermittent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + intermittent. 1. Not intermittent. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nepotisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nepotism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noncolonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + colonic. 1. Not colonic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ankleless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ankle + -less. 1. Without ankles. Labels: not-comparable
Word: anklelocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anklelock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: courtesy name Part of Speech: noun 1. An alias used instead of one's given name by peers and subordinates as a symbol of adulthood and respect in China and sometimes more broadly other East Asian cultures. Labels: historical Example: Confucius's birth name was Kong Qiu, but his courtesy name was Kong Zhongni.
Word: cinqfoil Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cinquefoil. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The wife of Saher was Margaret sister and coheir of Robert Earl of Leicester, whose seal exhibits a cinqfoil.
Word: physical therapies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of physical therapy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cinqfoils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cinqfoil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scraight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Related to skrike. 1. To cry; to clobber; to conk. Labels: UK, regional Example: An' stop they scraightin' childt, Do shut thy face! - From "The Collier's Wife", a dialect poem by D. H. Lawrence
Word: language swap Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of language learning based on mutual language practicing by learning partners who speak different languages.
Word: dicynodont Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + cyno- + -odont. From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”) + κύων (kúōn, “dog”) + ὀδόντος (odóntos, “tooth”). 1. A member of the infraorder Dicynodontia of dominant herbivores of the Late Permian, the most successful group of non-mammalian synapsids.
Word: dicynodonts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dicynodont Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aboriginie Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of aborigine. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: membranaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin membrānāceus. 1. Resembling or having properties of a membrane. Example: "Nay he confirms what his Antagonist has wrote, partly by History, and partly by Reason; affirming that himself in his own Garden found two little birds with membranaceous wings utterly devoid of Legs, their form was near to that of a Bat's."
Word: luteum Part of Speech: noun 1. corpus luteum
Word: dim-headed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dim + headed. 1. Synonym of dim-witted.
Word: glaucus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Glaucus, from Latin glaucus, from Ancient Greek γλαῦκος (glaûkos, “blue-grey fish”), from γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɔːkəs/, /ˈɡlɔkəs/, /ˈɡlɑkəs/ 1. Any member of the genus Glaucus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea, strikingly colored with blue and silvery white. 2. A desert lime (Citrus glauca), a thorny shrub species endemic to semi-arid regions of Australia. Example: This pass is extremely abrupt, and is covered with glaucus, the low scrub I have noticed as common to the sand-stone formation.
Word: Green Goddesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Green Goddess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: purple patches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of purple patch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pectoral girdles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pectoral girdle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: surface cars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surface car Labels: form-of, plural
Word: surface car Part of Speech: noun 1. A streetcar (tram, trolley). Labels: dated
Word: cocksman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cock + -s- + -man. 1. A man who is sexually talented in using his penis. Labels: slang Example: As far as broads were concerned, I was seventeen years old before I was able to get my finger damp enough to turn a page. Once I got started, though, I became quite the little cocksman. Example: There are women out there in front of the hotel that … well, let's just say Jack Kennedy himself would be envious, and he's a legendary cocksman.
Word: sweet sixteens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sweet sixteen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: free substitutions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of free substitution Labels: form-of, plural
Word: periodic structures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of periodic structure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antiregular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + regular. 1. Of a graph: having either zero or two vertices of the same degree. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antisextet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + sextet. 1. A sextet of related antiparticles Labels: particle
Word: bioeffects Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bioeffect Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bioeffect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + effect. 1. A biological effect
Word: circummultiple Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From circum- + multiple. 1. That surrounds a multiple star Labels: not-comparable
Word: electroformed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From electro- + formed. 1. Produced, or modified by electroforming Labels: not-comparable
Word: flexomagnetoelectric Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing any magnetoelectric effect produced by bending a material
Word: magnetoelectrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From magneto- + electrical; compare the better-formed magnetelectrical. 1. magnetoelectric Labels: not-comparable
Word: micropolar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + polar. 1. Exhibiting polarity at a microscopic scale Labels: not-comparable
Word: microrotation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + rotation. 1. rotation of microscopic parts of a fluid, crystal etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: multipartition Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + partition. 1. Composed of multiple partitions (in various contexts)
Word: multipartition Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From multi- + partition. 1. To logically divide a hard disk into multiple partitions
Word: octetonium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English octet English onium English -on Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English -onium English octetonium From octet + -onium. 1. A color singlet bound state of color-octet scalars. Labels: uncountable
Word: color-octet Part of Speech: noun 1. The eight color components of the gluon.
Word: propagational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From propagation + -al. 1. That propagates, or causes propagation
Word: vergettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vergette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quasiclassic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quasi- + classic. 1. quasiclassical Labels: not-comparable
Word: quasiperfect Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quasi- + perfect. 1. Having most, but not all perfect characteristics Labels: not-comparable
Word: scientometrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From scientometry + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to scientometry Labels: not-comparable
Word: squircle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of square + circle. 1. A closed quartic curve having properties intermediate between those of a square and a circle. Example: At the NCI, the applicator shapes most often used are circular or "squircular." The squircle applicator has one square and one round end, and it is beveled so that the circular end is longer. 2. An object whose shape combines a circle and a square. Example: At the NCI, the applicator shapes most often used are circular or "squircular." The squircle applicator has one square and one round end, and it is beveled so that the circular end is longer.
Word: squircles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squircle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trimaximally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From trimaximal + -ly. 1. In a trimaximal manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: uncorrelation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + correlation. 1. The condition of being uncorrelated Labels: uncountable 2. An absence of correlation Labels: countable
Word: bobweight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bob + weight. 1. A counterweight on part of a machine. 2. A weight fixed to the trim tab of an aircraft that brings the nose down at low airspeeds (to avoid stalling).
Word: catastrophism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From catastrophe + -ism, coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1837. 1. The doctrine that sudden catastrophes, rather than continuous change, cause the main features of the Earth's crust. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The doctrine that, in addition to the more gradual effects of evolution, huge catastrophic events shape the earth's flora and fauna by causing major die-offs which make way for the emergence of new organisms. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The practice or tendency of catastrophizing, regarding bad things as catastrophic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A therapeutic programme based on pain education showed significant improvements regarding pain intensity, disability, catastrophism, depression, anxiety and health, with few positive results on anguish and cognition. Example: However, we did not obtain significant relationships with pain catastrophizing. […] On the contrary, catastrophism is measured in a general context, with no motivational context, and without related situations where goals can compete.
Word: catchfly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From catch + fly. Pronunciation: /ˈkæt͡ʃ.flaɪ/ 1. Any of several plants, mostly in tribe Sileneae, that have sticky leaves on which flies become stuck; especially, the silenes or campions. Example: “What on earth did you put in that stuff?” “Bug-bane, barren-wort, penny-cress and blood-root, catchfly, toad-flax, nap-weed and wormwood,” said Catweazle.
Word: catchlight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From catch + light. 1. A gleam of reflected light in a subject's eye.
Word: catchline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From catch + line. 1. A short line of text designed to catch the eye, especially one used as an advertising slogan. 2. A temporary note at the top of a page or galley proof to identify it.
Word: chartbuster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chart (“ranked listing”) + buster. 1. A best-selling record; the artist featured on such a record Labels: informal