nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: huntsman spider Part of Speech: noun 1. Any spider from the taxonomic family Sparassidae.
Word: modulatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Morphologically modulate + -ory 1. Of or pertaining to modulation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: water boatmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of water boatman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goitrogenic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to, or being a goitrogen Example: The present studies demonstrate that iodine depletion increases the sensitivity of the thyroid to the goitrogenic effects of thyrotropin. Example: Seventy-eight compounds were screened for goitrogenic action. Of these, 12 were found to be effective, but only thiouracil, propylthiouracil, 2-amino-thiazole and Dithane were found to be markedly active.
Word: baal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Baal. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːl/ 1. A false deity or idol. 2. A Catholic or Orthodox icon of a saint. Labels: derogatory, obsolete
Word: scoopstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scoop + stone, from being scooped up from the sea. 1. amber Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: homophile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From homo- + -phile. 1. Reacting only with homologous antigens. Labels: not-comparable 2. Homosexual, gay or lesbian, having a sexual or romantic preference for persons of one's own gender; used to emphasize love over sex. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: It seems that many homophile Bostonians don't patronize Provincetown for various reasons. Wake-up you homophile brothers and sisters. You have a great resort in your own backyard. 3. Of or pertaining to the “homophile movement”, a gay activist movement emphasizing love over sex. Labels: historical, not-comparable Example: In so many of his opinions, he seemed a throwback to the respectable "homophile conservatism" of the 1950s. Odd for one so young.
Word: homophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homo- + -phile. 1. An antibody that reacts only with homologous antigens. 2. A homosexual, a gay man or lesbian, one who has a sexual or romantic preference for persons of the same gender; used to emphasize love over sex. Labels: dated Example: ‘You see that dashing young homophile stood over there? The one with the highly commendable bone structure?’
Word: full-figured Part of Speech: adj 1. Fat; plump. Labels: not-comparable Example: I can honestly say that my attitude to my body became markedly better when I accepted that I was fat. . . . Often more offensive terms are used. Full-figured, big-boned, voluptuous, curvaceous, and my least favourite: "real woman".
Word: well-covered Part of Speech: adj 1. Amply equipped or provisioned, especially with respect to a place where food is served. Example: He kept shaking Mr Gibson's hand all the time till he had placed him, nothing loth, at the well-covered dining-table. Example: How are you to bid a starving man to wait when you put him down at a well-covered board? 2. Fat, corpulent, full-figured. Labels: UK, euphemistic Example: That simple dancing of well-covered matrons, laying aside for an hour the cares of house and dairy, remembering but not affecting youth, not jealous but proud of the young maidens by their side […] it would be a pleasant variety to see all that sometimes. Example: "She wasn't much of a skeleton as I remember her," murmured Euphemia, "extremely well-covered."
Word: well covered Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of well-covered. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: lungfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lungfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lynx spiders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lynx spider Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hookkeeper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hook + keeper. 1. A wire ring that holds a fly-fishing fishhook in place while rigged. Example: I've used it in my thread work, such as a group of three single- thread inlays in guide wraps and/or hookkeeper wraps. Example: Alignment is a matter of choice, but most rod-builders place the hookkeeper in line with the guides.
Word: hookkeepers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hookkeeper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stringybarks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stringybark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: myopathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myo- + -pathy. 1. Any of several diseases of muscle that are not caused by nerve disorders Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sharding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of shard Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sharding Part of Speech: noun 1. A decomposition of a database into multiple smaller units that can handle requests individually. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A storage volume with many different potential shardings is analyzed more rapidly by the reuse of calculations made on neighboring vertices in the directed graph. Example: 2007, T Brants, AC Popat, P Xu, FJ Och, J Dean, "Large Language Models in Machine Translation", in Proceedings of the 2007 Conference on Empirical Methods in A sharding function determines which shard (chunk of data in the MapReduce framework) the pair is sent to. 2. A breaking into shards. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A universe always shedding, a rain of sheddings and shardings.
Word: life cycles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of life cycle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chamo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jamo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bicurious Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of bi-curious. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Skirt Club caters to bisexual or bicurious women. No men are allowed, but women with all levels of experience in same-sex sexuality, from bicurious to fully lesbian, are welcomed.
Word: metrologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English metrology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English metrologist From metrology + -ist. 1. One who studies or practices metrology.
Word: chalan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of challan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chalan Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of challan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rubbishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rubbish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rubbishes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rubbish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rubbishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rubbish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rubbishing Part of Speech: adj 1. trashy; paltry Labels: dated Example: The man was a fool to invest his money in such a rubbishing concern. They must have all been mad who did!
Word: rubbished Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rubbish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dung heap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier dungheap, from Middle English donghēp (“dungheap”), equivalent to dung + heap. Compare dunghill. 1. A mound of animal droppings for agricultural use.
Word: LIS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of library and information science. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of locked-in syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: commutate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from commutation (in the late 19th century), as is commutator (noun) too. 1. To reverse the direction of (a current). Labels: transitive Example: Continuously rated machines shall be required to commutate successfully momentary loads of 150% of the Amperes corresponding to the continuous rating keeping the rheostat set for rated load excitation. 2. To convert from being or using an alternating current into being or using a direct current. Labels: transitive Example: In line commutation, advantage of the a.c. supply going through zero value at every half-cycle is taken to commutate the thyristor. 3. To commute; to be invariant under a reversal of the positions of operands. Labels: intransitive Example: The match of two finite line segments in 2 dimensions requires 2 translations, 1 rotation, 1 scale transformation; the order is here important, and these operators cannot commutate. 4. To commute; to change one kind of payment into another, especially to convert from several installments to a single lumpsum payment. Labels: transitive Example: Ah, commutation. I knew there was something else. This is where you can commutate your weekly payments into a lump sum and be rid of the “system”. 5. To remove or reduce the legal obligations or restrictions on Labels: transitive Example: Specifically, the seminary was challenged by industrial millers who petitioned to build steam-powered mills and by large Montreal property holders who demanded that the crown commutate their lands. 6. To transform, especially into a reversed or opposite form. Labels: transitive Example: Writers change the URIs as they compose because writers commutate and manipulate language to create a variety of rhetorical experiences that can be read at once, as overlapping, or as separate.
Word: modell Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of model. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: modell Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of model. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: darkmans Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dark + -mans. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːkmənz/ 1. The night. Labels: UK, obsolete, uncountable Example: I have, by the salomon, a doxy that carries a kinchin mort in her slate at her back, besides my dell and my dainty wild dell, with all whom I'll tumble this next darkmans in the strommel […] Example: Men were men then, and fought each other in the open field, and there was nae milling in the darkmans.
Word: extensivenesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of extensiveness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soilure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French soilleure, from soillier (“to soil”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɔɪljʊə/, /ˈsɔɪljə/ 1. Making or becoming dirty; soiling, staining. Example: He merits well to haue her, that doth seeke her, Not making any scruple of her soylure […]. Example: Much more powerful than moral enthusiasm is the disinclination of the immaculate flesh to risk the soilure of the streets.
Word: maison de tolérance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French maison de tolérance. 1. A licensed brothel. Example: We see abroad in the regulations of the maison de tolerance how a contempt for an immoral person, given its head and encouraged, may become a hellish cruelty threatening even the innocent. Example: Lord Galen has been frequenting the maisons de tolérance of the city, and in one of them he ran into Cade, who has suddenly started to take an interest in the low life.
Word: fallacy fallacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the fact that assuming a conclusion is false because of a fallacy in the reasoning is itself a fallacy. Pronunciation: /ˌfæləsi ˈfæləsi/ 1. The formal fallacy of inferring that if an argument contains a fallacy, its conclusion must be false.
Word: negative proof Part of Speech: noun 1. A fallacious judgment that, because a premise cannot be proven true, that premise must be false.
Word: affirming the consequent Part of Speech: noun 1. A formal fallacy, committed by reasoning in the form Labels: uncountable 2. A formal fallacy, committed by reasoning in the form: If P, then Q. Q. Therefore, P. Labels: uncountable 3. A formal fallacy, committed by reasoning in the form: If P, then Q. Q. Therefore, P. Labels: uncountable 4. A formal fallacy, committed by reasoning in the form: If P, then Q. Q. Therefore, P. Labels: uncountable
Word: retrospective determinism Part of Speech: noun 1. A fallacy consisting in reasoning that because something happened, it was therefore bound to happen. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: matzo ball Part of Speech: noun 1. A ball of unleavened dough, often served in soup in Jewish culture. Example: Food was prepared with a far defter hand; I had matzo ball soup and boiled beef with horseradish, which sounds terrible but was excellent; Eliza ordered cholent, a thick bean stew, topped with a slice of meat loaf — our Jewish-mom-like server basically forced her.
Word: vindicating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vindicate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: SHJ Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Shan Hai Jing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: versified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of versify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: versifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of versify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: versifying Part of Speech: noun 1. A composition in verse. Example: 1812-1821, Edward Bulwer Lytton, a letter He persuaded my mother to publish a little volume of these versifyings.
Word: versifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of versify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: verbalise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Partly from Middle French verbaliser and partly from verbal + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of verbalize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: verbalises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of verbalise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: verbalising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of verbalise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: verbalised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of verbalise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: vitalise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From vital + -ise. 1. To give life to something; to animate. 2. To make more vigorous; to invigorate or stimulate.
Word: vitalises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vitalise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: vitalising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vitalise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: vitalised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of vitalise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: off the beaten path Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In a secluded location; in or to a place which is not frequently visited or not widely known. Labels: idiomatic Example: Jean had thought that the prowler might be some tramp who had wandered far off the beaten path of migratory humans. Example: Only a small group of websites, well off the beaten path of most surfers, contain the malicious code.
Word: galeri Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of galero Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marginal benefits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marginal benefit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: great circle routes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of great circle route Labels: form-of, plural
Word: truthless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English trewðeleas, equivalent to truth + -less. Piecewise doublet of trothless. 1. Lacking truth, untruthful.
Word: truthlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English truthless 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 truthlessness From truthless + -ness. 1. The state of being truthless, untruthfulness. Labels: uncountable
Word: undefeatableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English undefeatable 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 undefeatableness From undefeatable + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˌʌndəˈfiːtəbəlnəs/, /ˌʌndɪˈfiːtəbəlnəs/ 1. The quality of being undefeatable. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: His life and the lives of all his fellow officers had been devoted to the service of Airways since childhood, its might and its undefeatableness had been... Example: It is a standing temptation, to confuse the undefeatableness of total love with the vicious vindictiveness of man's projected malice — to confuse negative...
Word: head for the hills Part of Speech: verb 1. To travel to a higher elevation, especially to a rural region on vacation. Example: Modern campers look for comfort first when they head for the hills. 2. To go to a safe place; to seek refuge; to flee. Labels: idiomatic Example: Goldman Sachs warned that we are ‘only at the start of a steep downturn’ and advised investors to head for the hills. Example: Corbett has an interesting insight into the reactions of his colleagues from diverse backgrounds: "The ex-British Rail people responded much better than those from the private sector. In terms of helping, the private sector people headed for the hills, while the railway people, like Chris Leah [the operations director] and Dick Fearn [the Midlands Zone director] moved towards the gunfire. The non-railway people on the whole didn't."
Word: sea lamprey Part of Speech: noun 1. A parasitic lamprey found in Europe and North America, Petromyzon marinus.
Word: sea lampreys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea lamprey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: European river lamprey Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of species Lampetra fluviatilis of lampreys, of Europe.
Word: river lamprey Part of Speech: noun 1. European river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis).
Word: European river lampreys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of European river lamprey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: break room Part of Speech: noun 1. A room in a public building or worksite set aside for coffee breaks, lunch breaks, snacking, etc.
Word: brook lamprey Part of Speech: noun 1. A small European lamprey, Lampetra planeri.
Word: police officers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of police officer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: break rooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of break room Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brook lampreys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brook lamprey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wing mirror Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of a pair of mirrors on the sides of a car or other vehicle that enable the driver to see to the side and behind. Example: I could see the dog running behind me in my wing mirror, but couldn't do anything about it.
Word: wing mirrors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wing mirror Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Amerikkkan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A respelling of American to incorporate the letters KKK. 1. American; generally used in depicting the United States or Americans as fascist or racist. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang Example: People are rising up to free themselves from amerikkkan corporate exploitation. Example: Contemporary Yankees don't kolonize^([sic]) with guns and crucifixes only, they now kolonize with the “sale” of Amerikkkan produkts^([sic]) which range from T.V. dinners to nuclear armaments.
Word: Amerikkkan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A respelling of American to incorporate the letters KKK. 1. An American; generally used in depicting an American person as fascist or racist. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Amerikkkan.
Word: Amerikkkans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Amerikkkan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neologizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of neologize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: neologizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of neologize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: neologized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of neologize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: badgerers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of badgerer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of taster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: numberlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English numberless 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 numberlessness From numberless + -ness. 1. The state of being without number, uncountability. Labels: uncountable
Word: ampullaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ampulla + -aceous. 1. Shaped like a swollen bottle.
Word: backlift Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + lift. 1. The lifting of the bat in preparation for hitting the ball.
Word: muts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chicken tractor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because it serves some functions of a tractor, such as weeding and fertilizing. Attestations from the 1970s exist, according to the metadata connected with snippet views in Google Book Search results. 1. A movable enclosure in which chickens can scratch the ground for food, allowing them to be pasture-raised (benefiting from grass, insects, sunshine, and breathing space) and offering benefits to crop rotation systems (e.g., insect control, soil manuring).
Word: resourcing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From resource + -ing. 1. The provision of resources. Labels: uncountable
Word: resourcing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From resource + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of resource Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tear off Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɛəɹ ɒf/, /teɹ ɑf/ 1. To rip away from; to pull a piece from forcibly. Labels: transitive Example: Do not tear off the price tag if you want to return that shirt. 2. To become detached by tearing or ripping. Labels: intransitive 3. To leave or depart rapidly. Labels: intransitive Example: The fugitive tore off down the alley. 4. To remove all of a roof (shingles, etc.) down to the wood deck. Labels: transitive
Word: tear off Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɛəɹ ɒf/, /teɹ ɑf/ 1. Alternative form of tear-off. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: -d Part of Speech: suffix 1. Alternative form of -ed now only standard with words which end in -e, but historically permissable in all the same places as -ed. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Example: bone → boned, pirouette → pirouetted, learn → learnd 2. An empty suffix, perhaps derived from the past-tense suffix above, added in some dialects to the present tense forms of some words which then add an additional -ed in the past tense. Labels: morpheme Example: damn → damnd (→ damnded), drown → drownd (→ drownded) 3. Marks ordinals written in digits when the final term of the spelled number is "second" or "third" Labels: morpheme Example: 2d grade; 23d century
Word: Muscovy duck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from Muscovy Company, a trading company + duck; see more on Wikipedia. 1. A large duck (Cairina moschata) which is native to Mexico, Central and South America. Example: Over the water swept the great harpy eagle--also a fisher like his white-headed cousin of the North; and now and then flocks of muscovy ducks made the air resound with their strong broad wings. Example: The pond was another favourite place to visit. Moorhens strutted from the neighbouring bushes, and a bevy of Muscovy ducks, a study in black, white and red, waddled from the farmyard hard by to enjoy a refreshing splash.
Word: autolyze Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From auto- + lyze. 1. To destroy itself: to be destroyed by its own enzymes. Labels: US
Word: any old Part of Speech: det 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see any, old. 2. Any, absolutely any, any typical, a run-of-the-mill. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: You don't need special tools for this; any old hard surface will do. Example: This wasn't just any old fan, but the president of his local fan club.
Word: accentus Part of Speech: noun 1. Ambiguity arising when the meaning of a sentence is changed by placing an unusual prosodic stress, or when, in a written passage, it is left unclear which word the emphasis was supposed to fall on. Labels: uncountable 2. A style of church music that emphasizes spoken word. Labels: uncountable
Word: obelizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of obelize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: obelizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of obelize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: obelized Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From obelize + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈɒbɪlaɪzd/, /ˈɒbəlaɪzd/, /ˈɑbəlaɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of obelize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: obelized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From obelize + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈɒbɪlaɪzd/, /ˈɒbəlaɪzd/, /ˈɑbəlaɪzd/ 1. Marked with an obelus or obelisk; condemned as spurious or corrupt. Labels: not-comparable Example: While R and S each seem to constitute a long syllable, both lines in which they occur are to some extent corrupt, especially the R line, both being obelized in Keli’s standard edition of Velius Longus.
Word: obitual Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to obits. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Websters Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Webster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: obluctation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ob + luctor (“to struggle”) + -ation. Pronunciation: /ɒbləkˈteɪʃən/, /ɑbləkˈteɪʃən/ 1. opposition; resistance Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: obluctations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of obluctation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fiancees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fiancee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fan clubs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fan club Labels: form-of, plural
Word: string bands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of string band Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aromat Part of Speech: noun 1. An aromatic.
Word: helotism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English helot Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English helotism From helot + -ism. 1. The permanent oppression of a nominally free group of people Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A form of mutualism in which one species is forced to perform tasks for another, for their mutual benefit Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: dulosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δούλωσις (doúlōsis, “enslavement”). 1. The process by which parasitic ants steal pupae from the nests of other ants and raise them in their own nest, so that they become a contributing part of the colony. Labels: uncountable
Word: dulotic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to dulosis.
Word: ditcher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ditch (verb) + -er. 1. One who digs ditches. 2. One who ditches, or abandons. Example: a ditcher of perfectly good ideas
Word: ditcher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dīkaz Proto-West Germanic *dīk Old English dīċ Middle English dich English ditch Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English ditcher From ditch (noun) + -er. 1. In the game of bowls, a bowl that rolls off the green into the outer ditch. Example: Should a ditcher in any circumstances return to the green it must be placed on the bank.
Word: ditchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ditcher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maimer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From maim + -er. 1. Agent noun of maim; one who maims; mutilator. Labels: agent, form-of
Word: maimers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maimer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adjectival noun Part of Speech: noun 1. A noun used as an adjective. Example: Near-synonyms: attributive noun, noun adjunct (broadly synonymous) 2. A specific part of speech, categorized in Japanese as 形容動詞 (keiyō dōshi). Some of these words can be used as regular nouns, and all can be used as adjectives when followed by the postfix な (na), in contrast to Japanese common adjectives, 形容詞 (keiyōshi). 3. Nouns that have the form of adjectives (often originally adjectives used as nouns). Example: Adjectival nouns are simply identical in form to adjectives of a particular gender and decline accordingly. 4. A nominalized adjective. Labels: sometimes
Word: demoralizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From demoralize + -er. 1. Agent noun of demoralize: one who demoralizes. Labels: agent, form-of
Word: demoralizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of demoralizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: demonizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From demonize + -er. 1. One who demonizes. Example: My book is not to villainize the villainizers, hate the haters, or to demonize the demonizers.
Word: demonizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of demonizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: GOQ Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Grandee of the National Order of Quebec. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: GOQ Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of general occupational qualification. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BOQ Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of bachelors' officers' quarters. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only
Word: red valerian Part of Speech: noun 1. A garden plant, of species Centranthus ruber, native to the Mediterranean region.
Word: somnambulance Part of Speech: noun 1. somnambulism Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: proof by example Part of Speech: noun 1. A logical fallacy consisting of providing one or more examples as a proof of a more general statement.
Word: reapposition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English apposition English reapposition From re- + apposition. 1. A second or subsequent apposition
Word: tetradeca- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Hellenic *dékə Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (dékă) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás)der. Late Latin decasder. French déca-bor. English deca- English tetradeca- From tetra- + deca-. 1. fourteen Labels: morpheme
Word: Wendell Part of Speech: name Etymology: Short form of Germanic compound names beginning with the tribal name Wendel-, "a Wend". 1. A surname originating as a patronymic. 2. A male given name from the Germanic languages transferred back from the surname. 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States:
Word: Crispus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Latin Crispus, a Roman gens name from crispus (“curly”). 1. A male given name from Latin of mostly historical use. Example: And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
Word: Jaydon Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name originating as a coinage, of modern usage, variant of Jadon or Jayden.
Word: Charmian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Diminutive form of Ancient Greek χάρμα (khárma, “joy”). According to Plutarch, the name of a servant and advisor of Cleopatra. 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Example: Help me away, dear Charmian, I shall fall: Example: Charmian Lyle had given herself her first name at the age of sixteen, upon encountering it in an English novel. Her baptismal name was Ethel. When her husband Walter was extremely angry with her, he called her Ethel. Charmian, she thought, suited her much better. She didn't think she looked, felt, or sounded like Ethel. Nor like her middle name, which she really detested, Edna.
Word: regasification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos) Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)der. Dutch gasbor. English gas English -ification English gasification English regasification From re- + gasification. 1. The process of converting liquefied natural gas (LNG) at −162 °C (−260 °F) temperature back to natural gas at atmospheric temperature. It consists in the evaporation of liquified natural gas after transport (by ship) to a distribution terminal Labels: uncountable
Word: Evita Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Evita, a pet form of Eva. 1. A female given name from Spanish.
Word: Evette Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages, a spelling variant of Yvette, confused with Eve.
Word: Mateo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Mateo, from Latin Matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū). Doublet of Matthew. Pronunciation: /məˈteɪoʊ/ 1. A male given name from Spanish.
Word: hill climb Part of Speech: noun 1. A sporting event, during which vehicles are driven or ridden up a steep incline. The goal is to reach the highest level on the slope.
Word: hill climb Part of Speech: verb 1. To attempt to ascend a steep slope using a motor vehicle or bicycle. Labels: intransitive Example: Hill climbing requires considerable skill.
Word: tommy cooker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tommy (“soldier”) + cooker. 1. A portable stove issued to British soldiers during World War I and II. Labels: archaic 2. The M4 Sherman tank, due to its likelihood to "brew up" and explode after being hit by German tank fire in World War II. Little to no contemporary evidence of this definition exists. Labels: archaic, slang
Word: dog in the manger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a Greek fable about a dog preventing other animals from eating the hay in a manger, even though as a carnivore it could not eat the hay itself. Although the story was ascribed to Aesop's Fables in the 15th century, no ancient source does so. The phrase first appears in the writings of Diogenianus. 1. Someone who denies to others something that the denier cannot use. Labels: idiomatic Example: No adjective is strong enough for characterizing this wicked dog-in-the-manger policy. From various sources I hear tales of such wanton destruction of nations' property in all parts of India.
Word: osteoarticular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- English articular English osteoarticular From osteo- + articular. 1. Of or pertaining to bones and their articulation Labels: not-comparable
Word: thresholding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From threshold + -ing. 1. The process of creating a black-and-white image out of a grayscale image by setting exactly those pixels to white whose value is above a given threshold, and setting the other pixels to black. Labels: uncountable
Word: SLUF Part of Speech: noun 1. (dated) Short Little Ugly Fucker, nickname for the Vought A-7 Corsair II jet fighter-bomber Labels: US, slang
Word: Sturmvogel Part of Speech: noun 1. the ground-attack version of the WWII Messerschmitt Me-262 jet-fighter
Word: Messerschmitt Part of Speech: name Etymology: After aircraft designer and manufacturer Willy Messerschmitt (1898–1978). 1. A surname from German
Word: Messerschmitt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After aircraft designer and manufacturer Willy Messerschmitt (1898–1978). 1. Any of several particular types of airplane used by the German air force in the Second World War. Labels: historical
Word: Beatriz Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Beatriz. Doublet of Beatrice. 1. A female given name from Portuguese or Spanish, equivalent to English Beatrice or Beatrix. Example: Dr. Beatriz Arias, a senior research scientist at the Center for Applied Linguistics, said Arizona’s law is discriminating against people based on the language they speak – and what language people speak is often an indicator of their race.
Word: Cristina Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Cristina. 1. A barangay of Tapaz, Capiz, Philippines. 2. A female given name from Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish, equivalent to English Christina. Example: Documentary filmmaker Cristina Ibarra is among the 25 fellows. Ibarra is known for creating narratives about Latino families living in borderland communities, the MacArthur website said. 3. A surname.
Word: Francisca Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Portuguese and Spanish Francisca, from Latin Francisca. Doublet of Frances. 1. A female given name from Portuguese or from Spanish [in turn from Latin]. Example: Friends here of Miss Francisca Howland have received invitations to her marriage to William Johnston Coke Jr., which will take place on April 27, and the reception at the Biltmore Forest Country Club at Asheville, N. C. Example: Miss Margaret Gregg was maid of honor for her sister, whose other attendants were the Misses Laurie Gregg, another sister; Louise Grant, a cousin; Francisca Brackenridge, Lisa Canby and Abigail Rickert, Mrs. Christopher Ward and Mrs. John Sinwell.
Word: path dependence Part of Speech: noun 1. A situation in which the outcome varies with the route taken. Labels: countable, usually 2. The theory that a technological option selected by the market need not be the technologically best one, because of the traction obtained by an early-introduced, technologically inferior alternative option. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: path dependency Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of path dependence. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Path dependencies occur when the response to a turning point event or treatment is contingent upon the individual's developmental history.
Word: sweet nothing Part of Speech: noun 1. singular of sweet nothings Labels: form-of, singular Example: And it's hard to learn, and it's hard to love / When you're giving me such sweet nothing
Word: smoocher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smooch + -er. 1. Someone who smooches; a kisser. Labels: informal Example: When the pub downstairs closed, a contingent of straight couples ranging in age from 16 to 60 arrived to dance, though they were still safely outnumbered by same-sex huggers and smoochers. 2. Someone who borrows trivial items without returning them; a petty thief. 3. An annoyingly nosy person; a tag-along.
Word: legacy system Part of Speech: noun 1. An old computer system or application program that continues to be used because the user (typically an organization) does not want to replace or redesign it.
Word: flaunter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flaunt + -er. 1. Someone who flaunts.
Word: jaunter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jaunt + -er. 1. Someone who jaunts. 2. A person who operates a jaunting car.
Word: vaunter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vaunt + -er, perhaps a calque of Old French vanteor. 1. Someone who vaunts, who brags; a braggart.
Word: network effect Part of Speech: noun 1. The higher growth rate of businesses with higher market share in those segments of economy in which the value of a product or service depends on the compounding effects of the number of existing users of the product or a service, as is the case with telephone networks. Example: Aided by preferential attachment and network effects (the phenomenon of a good or service becoming more valuable the more people who use it), a handful of winners emerge, overshadowing other available options.
Word: scrawnier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of scrawny: more scrawny Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: scrawniest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of scrawny: most scrawny Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: tawnier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of tawny: more tawny Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: tawniest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of tawny: most tawny Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: throatier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of throaty: more throaty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: throatiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of throaty: most throaty Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: tummies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tummy Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of tummie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scummier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of scummy: more scummy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: scummiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of scummy: most scummy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: scrummier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of scrummy: more scrummy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: scrummiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of scrummy: most scrummy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: plummier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of plummy: more plummy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: plummiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of plummy: most plummy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: trillionths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trillionth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: network externality Part of Speech: noun 1. An externality arising from network effects.
Word: SADC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Southern African Development Community. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: legacy code Part of Speech: noun 1. Source code that relates to an obsolete operating system or other obsolete technology. Labels: uncountable
Word: dust off Part of Speech: verb 1. To remove dust from. Labels: transitive 2. To use something after a long time without it. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: I think it's time to dust off my old golf clubs, now that I'm retired. Example: "If you're accused of profiling or pretextual stops, you can bring your daily logbook to court and document that pulling over motorists for 'stickler' reasons is part of your customary pattern," Remsberg writes, "not a glaring exception conveniently dusted off in the defendant's case." 3. To jilt or desert (a person). Labels: slang, transitive Example: Red Sox by the Numbers A “dice girl in a roadside tavern,” she said she shot McNaughton because “he tried to dust me off.”
Word: leafier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of leafy: more leafy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: leafiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of leafy: most leafy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: second serve Part of Speech: noun 1. Another attempt at a service, after a faulty first service. Example: Rosol spurned the chance to finish off a shallow second serve by spooning into the net, and a wild forehand took the set to 5-4, with the native of Prerov required to hold his serve for victory.
Word: self-talk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English talk English self-talk From self- + talk. 1. A speech or conversation to oneself, whether silent or aloud. Labels: uncountable Example: One way to develop self-confidence is to try to step back and look at yourself objectively. Use positive self-talk instead of criticisms. Refrain from such self-talk as “I don't matter,” […]
Word: keep score Part of Speech: verb 1. To keep track of the score in a game. 2. To keep track of figures, numbers, or other details in various other contexts. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: Too many of us are attempting to "prove" our manhood by the tired heterosexual method of "keeping score". 3. To keep track of figures, numbers, or other details in various other contexts. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: What I've learned I'm not really sure / Oh so many times / I've stopped keeping score / Traces and faces and people I meet / Seem to be a circle that just repeats Example: i never, EVER entered into a friendship with the idea that i was *owed* anything by that person. i never "kept score". not ever.
Word: self talk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of self-talk. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: grass court Part of Speech: noun 1. A tennis court with a grass surface.
Word: wishbone flower Part of Speech: noun 1. Any flowering plant of genus Torenia, especially Torenia fournieri, having a pair of yellow stamens in the form of a wishbone.
Word: yo mamma Part of Speech: intj 1. Pronunciation spelling of your mom. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: aquilegia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. A columbine; any member of the genus Aquilegia. Example: As for what to plant, stick to the tough, reliable types that will overwinter easily: perennials such as anemones, sedums, echinops (Echinops ritro is a beast – just a warning), aquilegias, Rudbeckia fulgida and its like, heucheras, Brunnera macrophylla, geraniums, geums and Knautia macedonica are made for autumn planting.
Word: say it, don't spray it Part of Speech: phrase 1. One should be careful not to spit or spray saliva when speaking. Labels: humorous, slang Example: The three-year-old I babysit always spits on me when talking. I know he doesn't mean it, but telling him "say it, don't spray it" just doesn't work.
Word: methylphenidate Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌmɛθ əlˈfɛn ɪˌdeɪt/, /ˌmɛθ əlˈfi nɪˌdeɪt/, /ˌmɛθ əlˈfɪ nəˌdɪt/ 1. A stimulant used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy, better known by the trade name Ritalin
Word: bluette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French bluette (literally “little spark”). 1. A short but scintillating play or other work. Labels: dated Example: The Fürst Theater, the only theatre now open in Vienna, announced last week for production a bluette entitled, Der Schah von Persien in Wien (The Shah in Vienna). Example: Rumor has it that this bluette was written for Kim Upsher, a high-school friend with whom Prince had a romantic relationship some time before recording the album [Prince].
Word: bluette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blue + -ette (diminutive suffix). For the color, compare Italian bluette. 1. A kind of satinette pigeon. Labels: archaic Example: hello all, does anyone have satinettes or bluettes for sale would prefer mated pairs let me know please thanks c ya bob 2. A shade of blue, usually either (in fashion) deeply or (in interior design) lightly saturated. Example: Twelve lengths (five yards each) of chiffon ruching, artistically selected colors (except bluette), decorates the vessel, trims in spirals the pillar, and falls in zigzags on base. Five yards of six-inch guipure lace for the brim. Example: At the back of the high collar is a garniture in the form of a bouquet of purple violets clustered with a grouping of narrow ribbons conceived in bluette, corn gold, dawn lavender, poudre blue and Nile green.
Word: bluette Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From blue + -ette (diminutive suffix). For the color, compare Italian bluette. 1. Of this shade of blue. Example: It is daintily trimmed with deep grayish cream lace and bluette ribbon, which is the latest fashionable color, and is the tint of bluette flowers, or bachelor’s buttons, as we call them. […] The stock is of bluette satin ribbon, passed through a curved rhinestone buckle and tied in a large crisp bow at the back. Example: For her daughter’s wedding, Mrs. Idle chose a bluette taffeta dress with a matching jacket and a corsage of pink roses and bouvardia.
Word: bluette Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bluet (“a kind of blue woolen cloth”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Example: She had longed for the day they would get rid of the hated bluettes. They made her feel like a workhouse inmate. Wearing a uniform might finally make her feel like she belonged. Example: She was on duty at the ARP shelter on the village green in an hour, which left her just enough time to change into her bluette warden’s uniform, pack up some corned beef sandwiches and make a flask of something warming to keep her going through her shift.