nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Milgram experiment Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after American social psychologist Stanley Milgram. 1. A social psychology experiment performed by Stanley Milgram in 1963, measuring people's willingness to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts conflicting with their personal conscience.
Word: poly pocket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for polyurethane pocket. 1. A clear plastic sleeve for documents; a sheet protector.
Word: C64 Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. The Commodore 64, a home computer of the 1980s.
Word: sheet protector Part of Speech: noun 1. A clear plastic sleeve for documents.
Word: crash out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From crash + out. References online to the slang sense go as far back as a Twitter post from 2013, attributed to YoungBoy Never Broke Again, a rapper from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Popularized by a December 2023 viral TikTok video. 1. To fall asleep from exhaustion. Labels: informal Example: He crashed out after a long day of work. Example: We walked by Eric's room across the hall and I thought maybe he was still up, or maybe crashed out? 2. To terminate with an unhandled error; to crash. Labels: informal Example: Harry didn't know why but the computer crashed out all of a sudden. 3. To be eliminated from a competition. Labels: informal Example: He crashed out at the second round of the tournament. Example: After 23 miles, John crashed out of his third attempt at the elusive 40-mile world track record, unable to do any more than clutch his knotted stomach as Lynn Hughes, the vibrant son of a Welsh miner, swept in with a new British best of 4 hours. 4. To produce or create rapidly; to bang out. Labels: transitive Example: Pasternak told me that she and Hewitt “met halfway between Devon and London in a field, and he said, ‘Diana wants the story told but with two conditions. One, it has to come out before Morton’s second book, and two, it has to be a love story.’ ” To oblige her, Pasternak says she crashed it out in five weeks. 5. To rapidly precipitate. Example: These solutions, however, were unstable and immediately crashed out. Example: One of the biggest challenges of in vitro assays is dealing with compounds that have low aqueous solubility that crash out of solution when they are added to the assay buffer or culture medium. 6. To become uncontrollably angry or upset; to rage, snap. Labels: neologism, slang Example: Losing six games in a row was enough to make my friend start crashing out. Example: But instead of crashing out over, say, Haitian immigrants allegedly eating cats and dogs in Ohio, Piker’s guests will argue over things like “What’s the best cheese?” or “Is Five Guys a fast-food restaurant?” 7. To break out of a prison. Labels: US, slang 8. To act out recklessly and violently, often in a way that leads to self-destruction or serious consequences, typically in enraged reaction to something. Labels: Internet
Word: crash out Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crash + out. References online to the slang sense go as far back as a Twitter post from 2013, attributed to YoungBoy Never Broke Again, a rapper from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Popularized by a December 2023 viral TikTok video. 1. A reckless individual, often with nothing to lose; a person prone to crashing out. Labels: Internet Example: Niggas really be crash outs wit no motion biggest life asset be a pistol that shit crazy Example: calling all crashouts in atlanta, please put this nigga in a blender 🙏🏾 2. An instance of being uncontrollably angry or upset. Labels: Internet Example: Ms. Toro, a 30-year-old project manager, documented her “crash out” in a video that has raced to more than 600,000 views, joining the ranks of countless TikTok users who have employed some iteration of the phrase to describe their burst of emotions — and at times, intentional overreactions.
Word: starting berth Part of Speech: noun 1. An appearance in a match from the kick-off. Example: Pardew made five changes to the side that thrashed West Ham 5-0 on Wednesday - with players such as James Perch and Alan Smith given the chance to underline their case for a regular starting berth.
Word: catch the eye Part of Speech: verb 1. To attract the attention Labels: idiomatic Example: Meantime, the train went on to Brighton without further incident. No small stir was caused by its arrival with No. 61 at its head, resplendent with "East London Line Special" head boards, which at once caught the eye of William Stroudley, who was observing the traffic working from his office window. Example: Lawrie Wilson caught the eye with a surging run, although his strike was blocked, while Bostwick's powerful low strike drew an excellent save from Krul.
Word: set-up Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from set up. 1. Alternative form of setup. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: set-up time. The time taken to SET UP a machine or to change it from making one product to another.
Word: set-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from set up. 1. Alternative form of setup. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: Despite criticisms which were made of the Railway Executive, it must be recalled that the general framework of the new railway set-up was established by statute, while this form of organisation was particularly well adapted for carrying out the unification of the railways—a very different thing from the purely political act of nationalisation, but an essential part of the objective of nationalisation. Example: Stevenage's first-half performance forced a change of formation from Newcastle at the break, as they brought on Nile Ranger for Leon Best and switched to a 4-2-3-1 set-up.
Word: spondeus Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of spondee. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: spare someone's blushes Part of Speech: verb 1. To save someone from embarrassment. Labels: idiomatic Example: He faced us as we assembled for breakfast with a deprecating false modesty in his eyes, as who should say, "I know that I deserve all that you can say, but I pray you to spare my blushes by not saying it." His beard bristled exultantly, his chest was thrown out, and his hand was thrust into the front of his jacket. Example: Cesc Fabregas spared Arsenal's blushes with his late spot-kick
Word: against the run of play Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Contrary to the flow of the game. Labels: idiomatic Example: The Gunners dominated for long periods but, against the run of play, Denilson fouled Max Gradel and Robert Snodgrass put Leeds ahead from the spot.
Word: break the deadlock Part of Speech: verb 1. To score the first goal or point in a competition. Labels: idiomatic Example: The Gunners continued to press after the break but it was Leeds who broke the deadlock in the 54th minute. There was no doubt about the penalty either, with Denilson clumsily fouling Gradel and Snodgrass stepping up to find the bottom corner of the net. Example: Sterling was once again England's key figure, as he was in the Euros, scoring the goal that broke the deadlock before setting up the second for Kane.
Word: toe-poke Part of Speech: verb 1. To kick (the ball) with the toe end of the boot. Example: Malouda burst through the left side of the defence for the first time and crossed for Kalou, who toe-poked towards goal only for Hennessey's outstretched leg to deny him.
Word: toe-poke Part of Speech: noun 1. A kick to a football with the toe end of the boot.
Word: back-heel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of backheel. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It was Lampard, looking fresh from a three-month lay-off, who opened up the increasingly edgy defence with a delicate back-heel through to Kalou but the Ivorian could only slot the ball wide with the goal at his mercy.
Word: back-heel Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of backheel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sheriff Part of Speech: name Etymology: From sheriff. 1. An English surname originating as an occupation.
Word: white-tailed hawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From white + tail + hawk. 1. Buteo albicaudatus, a species of hawk found in tropical or subtropical environments across the Americas
Word: white-tailed hawks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of white-tailed hawk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: white-throated hawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From white + throated + hawk. 1. Buteo albigula, a species of hawk living in the Andes mountains of South America
Word: white-throated hawks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of white-throated hawk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Willen Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a German surname, spelling variant of Wille. * As a Dutch surname, from Willin, related to Wilhelm. 1. A surname from German. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A suburb in Campbell Park parish, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8741). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A community in the Rural Municipality of Ellice-Archie, Manitoba, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Willens Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Willen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zone-tailed hawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zone + tailed + hawk. 1. a medium-sized hawk of warm, dry parts of the Americas
Word: zone-tailed hawks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zone-tailed hawk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trillin Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular steroid glycoside. Labels: uncountable
Word: short-tailed hawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From short + tailed + hawk. 1. an American bird of prey in the family Accipitridae
Word: short-tailed hawks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of short-tailed hawk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rough-legged buzzard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rough-legged + buzzard. 1. Buteo lagopus, a medium-large bird of prey.
Word: rough-legged buzzards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rough-legged buzzard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: red-necked buzzard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From red + neck + buzzard. 1. Buteo auguralis, a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family found in Africa
Word: red-necked buzzards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red-necked buzzard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jackal buzzard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jackal + buzzard. 1. an African bird of prey with three main subspecies
Word: jackal buzzards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jackal buzzard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: red-shouldered hawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From red + shouldered + hawk. 1. A medium-sized hawk native to North America, of species Buteo lineatus.
Word: red-shouldered hawks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red-shouldered hawk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: red-backed hawk Part of Speech: noun 1. Buteo polyosoma, a species of hawk.
Word: Madagascar buzzard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Madagascar + buzzard. 1. Buteo brachypterus, a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family endemic to Madagascar.
Word: Madagascar buzzards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Madagascar buzzard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: white-rumped hawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From white + rump + hawk. 1. Buteo leucorrhous, a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family found in South America.
Word: white-rumped hawks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of white-rumped hawk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of piner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laughing jackasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laughing jackass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tree kingfishers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tree kingfisher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Raines Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman Reins, Middle French Reins, variant of Reims, the French town where the fabric was originally produced. Pronunciation: /ɹeɪnz/ 1. A type of fine linen once imported from France. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: There was a certayne riche man, which was clothed in purple, and fine raynes, and fared deliciously every daye.
Word: Raines Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Anglo-Norman Reins, Middle French Reins, variant of Reims, the French town where the fabric was originally produced. Pronunciation: /ɹeɪnz/ 1. A surname.
Word: öres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of öre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ferruginous hawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ferruginous + hawk. 1. Buteo regalis, a large bird of prey. It is not a true hawk like sparrowhawks or goshawks, but rather belongs to the broad-tailed buteo hawks, known as "buzzards" in Europe
Word: ferruginous hawks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ferruginous hawk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tyg Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tig (drinking cup) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: roadside hawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From roadside + hawk. 1. Buteo magnirostris, a relatively small bird of prey found in Latin America
Word: roadside hawks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roadside hawk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: broad-winged hawk Part of Speech: noun 1. Buteo platypterus, a small hawk of the Buteo genus.
Word: broad-winged hawks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of broad-winged hawk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hawaiian hawk Part of Speech: noun 1. Buteo solitarius, a raptor of the Buteo genus endemic to Hawaiʻi.
Word: Hawaiian hawks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hawaiian hawk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rufous-tailed hawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rufous + tailed + hawk. 1. Buteo ventralis, a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family, found in southern Argentina and Chile
Word: rufous-tailed hawks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rufous-tailed hawk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mountain buzzard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mountain + buzzard. 1. Buteo oreophilus, a bird of prey endemic to East Africa.
Word: mountain buzzards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mountain buzzard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: long-legged buzzard Part of Speech: noun 1. Buteo rufinus, a bird of prey in the Buteo genus, resident or breeding from North Africa to central Asia.
Word: long-legged buzzards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of long-legged buzzard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deductor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deduct + -or under influence from Latin dēductor. 1. One who deducts something, particularly one who deducts tax from wages or deducts certain expenditures from payment of tax.
Word: deductor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dēductor (“guide; founder”). See deduce. 1. The formal patron of a Roman colony. Labels: historical 2. Synonym of pilot whale.
Word: snake eagle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any bird of prey in the Circaetinae subfamily, especially the Circaetus genus.
Word: elanid kite Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several small, long-winged, hovering raptors of the Elaninae subfamily.
Word: elanid kites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of elanid kite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snake eagles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snake eagle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rufous-vented ground-cuckoo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rufous + vented + ground + cuckoo. 1. Neomorphus geoffroyi, a large terrestrial species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family
Word: rufous-vented ground-cuckoos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rufous-vented ground-cuckoo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: freckled duck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From freckled + duck. Pronunciation: /ˌfɹɛkəld ˈdʌk/ 1. A moderately large, broad-bodied duck, Stictonetta naevosa, native to southern Australia. Example: The chief stronghold of the freckled duck is the Murray Darling Basin of southeastern Australia.
Word: freckled ducks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of freckled duck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Arabetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined in 2004 by Saad D. Abulhab. Pronunciation: /æ.ɹə.bɛ.tɪk/ 1. Arabic-based Labels: not-comparable Example: Arabetic Types
Word: heigth Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of height. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Having accomplished the firſt part called Longimetra, contayning ſundrie rules to meaſure lẽgthes, breadthes, heigths, depthes, and diſtances: I thinke it meete novv to proceede to the ſeconde kynde named Planimetra, vvherein ye shall haue rules for the menſuration of all manner playne Figures, to knovv their contente ſuperficiall. Example: A man Grovveth in heigth and length untill he be one and tvventie yeares of age: then beginneth he to ſpread and burniſh in ſquareneſſe.
Word: lipidologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lipidology + -ist. 1. A scientist involved in lipidology, the study of fats. Example: Her father is an endocrinologist and lipidologist in St. Louis and an associate professor of clinical medicine at Washington University in St. Louis.
Word: lipidology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lipid + -ology. 1. The scientific study of lipids (fats) Labels: uncountable
Word: assuringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From assuring + -ly. 1. In an assuring manner. Example: "Oh, yes!" said the lawyer, assuringly, "oh, yes! there's no mistake about that, there isn't the shadow of a doubt about that. Example: "He won't hurt you, Miss Lloyd," he called, assuringly.
Word: asthmatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From asthmatic + -ally. 1. In an asthmatic manner. Example: He came in and stood breathing asthmatically. Example: The Chinese Puffhard excelled herself, and though she choked asthmatically did not really stop once until we were half way up the drive, when I abandoned her to the gardeners, who later on harnessed the donkey to her and pulled her into the motor-house.
Word: andt Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From English and. 1. Pronunciation spelling of and. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Veil, mein friendts, andt how vags the vorldt wid you, mein tdears? Example: When the time gome dat dis iss a free gountry again, then I dake a bension again for my woundts; but I would sdarfe before I dake a bension now from a rebublic dat iss bought oap by monobolies, and ron by drusts and gompines, and railroadts andt oil gompanies."
Word: poetize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From poet + -ize. 1. To make (something) poetic. Labels: transitive Example: She acknowledged that Wordsworth had done more to make all men poetical, than perhaps any other; that he was the poet of reflection; that where he failed to poetize his subject, his simple faith intimated to the reader a poetry that he did not find in the book. Example: Its aim is not merely to reunite all the dispersed classes of poetry, and to place poetry in touch with philosophy and rhetoric; it aims and ought to aim to mingle and combine poetry and prose, genius and criticism, artistic and natural poetry; to make poetry lively and social, to make life and society poetic; to poetize wit, to saturate all the forms of art with worthy materials of culture and enliven them by the sallies of humor. 2. To compose poetry. Labels: intransitive Example: [T]each thy Incubus to Poëtize, / And throvve abroad thy ſpurious Snotteries, / Vpon that puft-vp Lumpe of Barmy froth, […] Example: It was probably after this amour ended that Sordello sat out upon his travels, visiting most courts, and dwelling long in Provence, where he learned to poetize in the Provencal tongue, in which he thereafter chiefly wrote, and composed many songs.
Word: poetizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of poetize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: poetizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of poetize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: poetized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of poetize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scatheless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English scatheles, skathelæs (“scathless”), from Old English *sceaþlēas; equivalent to scathe + -less, or scath + -less. Cognate with Scots skaithless (“free of financial loss, penalty or liability”), Old Frisian skadlos, schadlos (“scatheless”), Dutch schadeloos (“harmless”), Middle Low German schadelōs, Middle High German schadelōs, Danish skadesløs (“harmless”), Swedish skadeslös (“harmless”), Icelandic skaðlaus (“harmless”). 1. Without scathe or harm; without mischief, injury, or damage; unharmed. Example: He felt like a man who has just come scatheless through some horrible crisis, and once more knows the sweet sensation of safety. Example: The houses round about have fared better, in the main, than the mill, though none of them has come scatheless out of the fight.
Word: inspirits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of inspirit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: inspirited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of inspirit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: inspiritingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From inspiriting + -ly. 1. In an inspiriting manner. Example: The old soldier struck him on the shoulder inspiritingly, his weather-beaten face very grave. Example: The birds sung less inspiritingly than usual amid the boughs, which remained as motionless as death.
Word: palisading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of palisade Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: palisading Part of Speech: noun 1. A row of palisades set in the ground.
Word: agoraphobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From agora- + -phobe, see agoraphobia. 1. Someone who suffers from agoraphobia. Example: Through such substances the agoraphobes could come to like open spaces, and the 'scotophobes' enjoy the dark. Example: She has never considered herself either a claustrophobe or an agoraphobe but, well, this was different. This was both fears together – the fear of wide-open spaces jammed shoulder to shoulder with angry people.
Word: puddinglike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pudding + -like. 1. Resembling a pudding. Example: When it was just soft enough to be succulent but not entirely puddinglike, I let it cool so it wouldn’t wilt the peppers and the cherry tomatoes that I decided to add for their freshness.
Word: foglight Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fog light. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fuhgeddaboud Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from fuhgeddaboudit. 1. Pronunciation spelling of forget about. Labels: alt-of, humorous, pronunciation-spelling Example: In response to the letter writer (June 14) who suggests I fuhgeddaboud signing copies of my book “Forever Blue” in Brooklyn:
Word: grandstanders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grandstander Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hullaballoo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hullabaloo. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […]The truth of all this hullaballoo was that Rigby had a sly pension which, by an inevitable association of ideas, he always connected with the maintenance of an Aristocracy. Example: 'Sarah, could you bring me the calendar from the wall over there? Does it say the right date?' 'Two days behind – and small wonder no one tore it off with all the hullaballoo going on. Ever so pretty, isn't it?' said Sarah as she handed the calendar to Jessamy.
Word: hullaballoo Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of hullabaloo. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: They roared, they danced, they hullaballoed, they pinched one another; they behaved like young savages – but I knew I had got them safe. Example: "Nonsense, child," said my father, smiling. "Did you ever see a stone thrown into the pond? there's a great splash, and a few circles on the water, and that's about all, isn't it? Well, when I die there'll be a great splash of tears and hullaballooing, and a few circles of tender recollections, and then the surface will smooth itself over, and it'll be all right again."
Word: interborough Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + borough. 1. Between boroughs. Labels: not-comparable Example: There are also 14 miles of approach roads and a giant traffic junction that provides access to Randalls Island and tries to sort out the various strands of interborough travel.
Word: outfish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + fish. 1. To catch bigger (or more) fish than. Labels: transitive Example: My friend Jud has outfished me in all but one or two of the hundred times we’ve gone to the ocean and bay beaches and kettle ponds on Cape Cod. By both study and exercise, he knows the culture of striped bass better than I know my own nose.
Word: plantwide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From plant + -wide. 1. Throughout a plant (factory) Labels: not-comparable Example: Just a day before, the line was stopped early for a plantwide meeting on the factory floor.
Word: nonwhaling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + whaling. 1. Not whaling; that doesn't hunt whales. Labels: not-comparable Example: The commission’s nonwhaling members, the United States included, should press for a complete ban.
Word: nonwhale Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + whale. 1. Not related to whales, not a whale Labels: not-comparable Example: Subsequent to the decimation of stocks of the great whales, several nonwhale species also increased in abundance Example: What was still missing was the closest nonwhale ancestor, the animal that was the link to these early whales.
Word: head-emptier Part of Speech: noun 1. Anything mindless; something that does not involve thinking. Labels: idiomatic, rare Example: March 6 1992, National Public Radio, "LAWNMOWER MAN" A FUN, BAD MOVIE And for all the goofiness and great yawning gaps of plot logic, "The Lawnmower Man" is a fun bad movie, a diverting head emptier, a movie Twinkie.
Word: noseblood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nose + blood, after the fashion of nosebleed. 1. The blood produced from a nosebleed. Labels: uncountable Example: […]she said, sharply, "if we women had great fists as big as yours there might be a juster spurting of noseblood, Broad One."
Word: first point of Aries Part of Speech: name 1. A point on the celestial sphere where the sun crosses the celestial equator on northward equinox.
Word: willow tits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of willow tit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marsh tits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marsh tit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crested tits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crested tit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: occashun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From occasion. 1. Pronunciation spelling of occasion. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: My meetin house wuz gorgeously decorated for the occashun; the walls bein hung with confedrit battle flags, and on the corners of the pulpit wuz placed two skulls uv Yankees, picked up at Andersonville by one of the guards, who is now a loyal citizen uv this State, residin at this pint. Example: Ef we believes we'se preshus in his sight,--an' de Bible sez we is,--we'll hev no occashun fer gettin discouraged, fer de dear Lord's boun ter do de best fer his loved ones.
Word: occashuns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of occashun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: occasioner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From occasion + -er. 1. Agent noun of occasion; one who occasions Labels: agent, form-of Example: He is an occasioner of disloyal thoughts in the commonwealth, for he makes men hate the king's name worse than the devil's. Example: The charge recited the evils and calamities which had resulted from the war, and concluded by saying that "the said Charles Stuart is and has been the occasioner, author, and continuer of the said unnatural, cruel, and bloody wars, and is therein guilty of all the treasons, murders, rapines, burnings, spoils, desolations, damages, and mischiefs to this nation acted and committed in the said wars, or occasioned thereby."
Word: thort Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From thought. 1. Eye dialect spelling of thought. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Mayhap it wouldn't be right till take it from a sinner like me, but--I thort I'd like it, somehow,"--showing him the fly-leaf. Example: Off he goes, and the neks sean shows us the werry plaice, all filled with savidges, and demons, and snakes, and things; and presently, when Mr. Horfay is seen a cumming down, all the demons and savidges runs at him to stop him; but he holds up the Liar, and begins for to sing, and most bewtifully too, tho' I didn't kno the tune; they all makes way for him, and he gos bang into lots of big flames, and so I werry naterally thort as how it was all over.
Word: thort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thought. 1. Eye dialect spelling of thought. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: And he had jest the same helegant but simple lunch as before, with a bottle of the same splendid Champane, as before, and he didn't harf finish it, as before, and not a drop of what he left was wasted, as before; and so, when he paid me his little account, he arsked me if many of the werry bewtifool ladies, as I had told him of when he came larst, had been to the "Grand" lately, so the bold thort seized, me, and I says to him, "Yes, your ——, there's jest a nice few of 'em here now, and if you will kindly foller me up to our bewtifool Libery, and will keep your eyes quite wide open as you gos along, you will see jest about a hole room full of 'em." Example: BROWN wound up the armony of our truly appy heavening by singing his new song of, "The LORD MARE leads a nappy life," and we sort our seweral nupshal couches as happy and contented a lot as his Lordship hisself, our werry larst drink all round being to the follering sentiment given out by me as the prowd Chairman: "May all the well to do in this grand old London of ours enjoy as merry a Crismus as we have enjoyed to-night, and may they all give a kind thort, and a liberal stump-up, to all the poor and needy who so badly wants it this bitter weather."
Word: popina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin popīna. Doublet of cuisine and kitchen; more at cook. Pronunciation: /pɒˈpaɪnə/, /pɒˈpiːnə/ 1. An Ancient Roman bar or bistro, selling wine and simple foods. Labels: historical
Word: noight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From night. 1. Pronunciation spelling of night. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: "Good noight to ye all," and he trotted back into his office with his hat and its silver contents in his hand. Example: Oi'd not loike to be in his place this noight!"
Word: Quemoy Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Quemoy, from the Postal Romanization of Hokkien 金門 /金门 (Kim-mûi), specifically the Zhangzhou Hokkien dialect. Pronunciation: /ˌkiˈmɔɪ/ 1. Synonym of Kinmen. Example: Near the Coaſt of the Province of Fokien lie Quemuy and Eymuy : Further off at Sea, oppoſite to them, appear Formoſa and Tayowan ; the firſt by the Chineſes, who now poſſeſs it, call'd Talieukich ; but to the Eaſt, near the Province Chekiang are the Iſles Changque and Chenxan. Example: It would be however a very acceptable thing if ſome curious Navigators would inform us, what tides or Currents are found at Macao, Quemoy, and other places on the Coast of China and on Formoſa ; it being moſt probable that this flood cometh out of the North Eaſt, alongſt the Coaſt of China, for that the Northerly Moonsoon is found to occaſion the higheſt ſpring-tides.
Word: endosseous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From endo- + osseous. 1. Contained within a bone. Labels: not-comparable Example: Serious injuries can occasionally require endosseous implants.
Word: bdelygmia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek βδελυγμία (bdelugmía, “nastiness”). Pronunciation: /dɛl.ɪɡ.mi.ə/ 1. Abnormal disgust at or loathing of food. Labels: uncountable 2. A litany of invective criticism. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable
Word: noights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noight Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wanse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wansen (“to decrease, diminish”), from Old English wansian (“to diminish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wansōn, a variant of *wanisōn, from Proto-Germanic *wanisōną (“to lessen”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“empty”). Cognate with Old Norse vansa (“to do too little, suffer loss”), Old Norse vansi (“lack, want”). More at wane. 1. To wane; waste, waste away; pine; wither. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive
Word: wanspeed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wanspede, from Old English wanspēd (“poverty, want”, literally “lack of prosperity”), equivalent to wan- + speed. 1. Ill fortune. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: wanthriven Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wan- + thriven. More at wan-, thrive. 1. Stunted; ill-grown; decayed; in a state of decline. Labels: Scotland, dialectal 2. Emaciated; weakly. Labels: Scotland, dialectal
Word: wan-thriven Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of wanthriven. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wantonhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wantounhede, equivalent to wanton + -head. 1. Wantonness. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: wantonhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of Middle English wantounhede, equivalent to wanton + -hood. 1. Wantonness. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: wantrust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wantrust, equivalent to wan- + trust. Compare Middle Dutch wantroost (“distrust”). 1. Distrust. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: wantsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wantsum, equivalent to want + -some. 1. Characterised or marked by lack; poor; needy. Labels: obsolete, poetic Example: And to her gates the wantsome may From everie where resorte […]
Word: wanze Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of wanse. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: famelic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to hunger. Labels: obsolete
Word: offcome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From off- + come. 1. That which comes off or the act or process of coming off; emission. Example: […] to observe as regards exact direction, owing (especially in the instance of pretty bright meteors) to the dense offcome of sparks from the nucleus, or to the phosphorescence it generates as the result of concussion with the air. 2. The way any thing or business turns out; the way a person comes off from an encounter or enterprise; result; outcome; reception. Example: Such movement is called reflex action, or reflex movement, in distinction from the case of the statue, where there is no change or movement in the subject, which is passive, all expression being an offcome, not an "outcome;" […] Example: In July he wrote to his father: "I have not yet got a master, they all make some objection or other" and no wonder, for who wanted such an "offcome"? 3. An apology; excuse. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal 4. An escape or evasion by subterfuge or pretext; a way of avoiding or getting out of a difficult or uncomfortable situation. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal 5. An exhibition of temper.
Word: off-come Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of offcome. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: popinae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of popina Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bouffage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French [Term?]. 1. A satisfying meal Labels: rare
Word: scent-bottle Part of Speech: noun 1. A small elegant bottle containing perfume. Example: She touched the spring of her dressing-case, and ascertained that the scent-bottle and a novel from Mudie's were both handy Example: There are no caricatures, now, of effeminate exquisites so arrayed, swooning in opera boxes with excess of delight and being revived by other dainty creatures poking long-necked scent-bottles at their noses.
Word: nonorganically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From non- + organically. 1. In a nonorganic manner.
Word: shitebag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shite + bag. 1. Alternative form of shitbag. Labels: Ireland, UK, alt-of, alternative, vulgar
Word: shitebags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shitebag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonnature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + nature. 1. That which is not nature. Labels: uncountable Example: Universality is denied to nature, and only the supersensible, that is, nonnature, is the realm of the universal.
Word: nonnaturally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From non- + naturally. 1. In a nonnatural manner or context. Labels: not-comparable Example: nonnaturally occurring chemical elements
Word: heretor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of heritor. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […]Heretors or Proprietors of Lands within the Pariſh of Avendale[…] Example: 18. Item—Adams decreet against Laird Chaip, heretor of the land where this annual is gotten. 27th Jan. 1570.
Word: imprecator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From imprecate + -or. 1. One who imprecates or curses.
Word: irrigant Part of Speech: noun 1. irrigating agent
Word: intumesces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of intumesce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Kalmars Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Kalmar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kalmar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Kalmar. 1. A small city and municipality in Kalmar County, Sweden. 2. A county in south-east Sweden.
Word: Kalmar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian Kalmár. 1. A surname from Hungarian.
Word: Voigt Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Voigt. 1. A surname from German.
Word: wonderworld Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wonder + world; compare the coincidentally equivalently formed Old English wundorworuld (“wonderful world”). 1. A place full of delights or marvels. Example: What indeed, is every—the commonest phenomenon but a wonder and a mystery;—every flower a riddle; every blade of grass an open secret; every mite that glistens in the sunbeam a point from which the universe opens outward? This world is no less a mystery and a wonder-world than the world beyond, and were it not for our close familiarity with it, by which our sense is blunted we should at once perceive it to be no less so. Example: In new suburban wonderworlds, psychic and social tensions challenged marital togetherness, prompting a new generation of muckrakers to expose the harried lives of affluent Americans.
Word: wonderworlds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wonderworld Labels: form-of, plural
Word: latitat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin, meaning "he lies hidden", from latito. Pronunciation: /ˈlætɪtæt/ 1. A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding. Labels: UK, historical Example: This bill of Middlesex must be served on the defendant by the sheriff, if he finds him in that county; but , if he returns “non est inventus" then there issues out a writ of latitat to the sheriff of another county 2. A lawyer. Labels: obsolete, slang
Word: latitant Part of Speech: adj 1. Lying hidden; concealed; latent. Labels: archaic Example: […] it must be the Modus of some other Substance latitant in the fluid Matter, and really distinguishable from it; which is either the Soul, or some seminal Form or Archeus, as the Chymist calls it […]
Word: latites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of latite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in hiding Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Remaining hidden (typically of a person).
Word: Upper Voltan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Upper Volta + -an. 1. From Upper Volta (previous name of Burkina Faso). Labels: historical, not-comparable
Word: Upper Voltan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Upper Volta + -an. 1. A person from Upper Volta (previous name of Burkina Faso). Labels: historical Example: Coordinate term: Burkinabe
Word: Upper Voltans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Upper Voltan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Voltan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Volta + -an. 1. Someone who lives by the river Volta.
Word: Voltans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Voltan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rawnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rawness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Buddha Day Part of Speech: name 1. A Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha.
Word: Al Hijrah Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic الهِجْرَة (al-hijra) 1. The first day of the Islamic calendar; the first day of Muharram.
Word: Baisakhi Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Vaisakhi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Yuan Tan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 元旦 (yuándàn). 1. Chinese New Year Example: The Chinese celebrate Yuan Tan (pronounced wahn tahn), or the New Year, during the first month of their 13- month lunar calendar. Example: The celebration of Yuan Tan, the Chinese New Year, concludes with a red dragon parading up and down the street.
Word: woolfat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of wool fat. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: woolfats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of woolfat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Saint David's Day Part of Speech: name 1. The feast day of Saint David, patron saint of Wales, celebrated in Wales on March 1.
Word: inkosi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *nkócì Zulu ínkôsibor. English inkosi Borrowed from Zulu ínkôsi (“chief, king”), from Proto-Bantu *nkócì (“lion”). Doublet of kgosi. 1. A chief (particularly Zulu). Example: Before leaving his house to go to the kraal the inkosi had to eat a little porridge. Example: Muse, sing the rage of Peleus’ son Akhilleus, / deadly rage that brought the Akhaians endless pain, / that hurled down to Hades many strong souls / of heroes and made their bodies meat for dogs / and vultures, fulfilling the plan of Zeus, / ever since that day those two quarreled— / inkosi Agamemnon and godlike Akhilleus.
Word: inkosis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inkosi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amakosi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inkosi Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of nkosi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inkhosi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of inkosi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: amakhosi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inkhosi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kyries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kyrie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wornness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From worn + -ness. 1. The quality of being worn. Labels: uncountable Example: The wornness of the old man's clothes testified to his poverty.
Word: red-haired Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From red + haired. 1. Having red hair. Labels: not-comparable Example: It is observed, that the red haired of both sexes are more libidinous and mischievous than the rest, whom yet they much exceed in strength and activity. Example: Talk to that noble sage at Pylos, Nestor, / then go to Meneláos, the red-haired king / at Sparta, last man home of all the Akhaians.
Word: invadable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From invade + -able. 1. Able to be invaded Labels: not-comparable
Word: zebrule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of zebra + mule. Pronunciation: /ˈzɛb.ɹuːl/, /ˈziː.bɹuːl/, /ˈziˌbɹul/ 1. A cross between a male zebra and a female horse.
Word: zigsaw Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jigsaw. Labels: India, alt-of, alternative
Word: ziggety Part of Speech: adj 1. zigzagging.
Word: ziggety Part of Speech: adv 1. In a zigzag fashion. Example: Rabbit come scooting out of the bresh, he's going to do two things. He's going to head di-rectly for the nearest cover, only ziggety-zag.
Word: ziggety Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of diggety. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “Hot ziggety dam!” he chortled. "Prov'dence points de way trough de doorway ob hebbin.”
Word: hot ziggety Part of Speech: intj 1. An expression of surprise or excitement Example: Would you like the assignment?" Jacqueline raised her limpid blue eyes. "Would I like it?" she breathed. "Hot ziggety damn!" Houston sat back with a start. Example: There was all that "longing, seeking, striving, waiting, yearning, the idle hopes, the joys and tears," which, God knows, Kate had personally experienced. Hot ziggety, thought Kate gleefully.
Word: Zairese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Zaire + -ese. 1. Zairean Labels: not-comparable
Word: Zanda Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Tibetan རྩ་མདའ (rtsa mda'), (Tibetan Pinyin: Zanda) Pronunciation: /ˈt͡sɑn.də/, /ˈzɑn.də/ 1. A county of Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Example: Here at Manam Gonpa, there is an enormous complex of ruins which even now holds untold precious works of art, buried beneath the rubble. A further trek of 21 km will bring you to Toling, capital of Tsamda county, on the left bank of the Sutlej. Example: It will also go through Burang county between Tibet, Nepal and India as well as Zanda county in Ngari prefecture, parts of which are held by India.
Word: snatchier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of snatchy: more snatchy Labels: comparative, form-of Example: I may add that my own putting becomes “snatchier,” quicker and worse day by day; which again is testimony, if it is understood rightly, of the value of the slow, smooth stroke. Example: They’re a bit scared of these seemingly mature females. They may “love” an especially attractive, outgoing one, but she’s probably interested, at a distance, in an older boy. So the “little boys” get tougher, clumsier, ruder and snatchier. It’s a splendid period of mutual rejection!
Word: snatchiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of snatchy: most snatchy Labels: form-of, rare, superlative Example: Poetry (save perhaps the very briefest, snatchiest) is an art of time. We cannot read it backwards, or to and fro, or round and round like sculpture or a picture. Example: LCM, looking fabulous as always, enters the room and upon spying the Pink Princess, dashes over and exclaims with great enthusiasm “Oh darling – that outfit makes you look like the world’s biggest snatch! It’s the snatchiest ever, sweetie!”
Word: labellable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of labelable. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: bignonia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any member of the genus Bignonia of flowering plants in the catalpa family.
Word: bignonias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bignonia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bedrop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bidroppen, equivalent to be- + drop. Cognate with German betropfen. 1. To cover with drops; to splash or spatter. Labels: archaic Example: He was much over-dressed, in a gaudy vest of many colors, a blue neckerchief, bedropped gayly with yellow spots, and arranged with a flaunting tie, quite in keeping with the general air of the man.
Word: bedropped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bedrop Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bedrops Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bedrop Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bedropping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bedrop Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: brainstormer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brainstorm + -er. 1. One who brainstorms.
Word: brainstormers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brainstormer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forgis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forgi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antismuggler Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + smuggler. 1. Acting to combat or prevent the activities of smugglers. Labels: not-comparable Example: Thailand has built an antismuggler and antiterrorist fence along the Malaysian border.
Word: flashingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From flashing + -ly. 1. With a flashing appearance. Example: flashingly indignant eyes
Word: LJer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From LJ + -er. 1. A user of the LiveJournal blogging service. Labels: Internet Example: There's a very useful page for LJers at http://www.livejournal.com/birthdays.bml - but it only works for those friends who have entered their birthdays.
Word: LJers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of LJer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonfoodborne Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + foodborne. 1. Not foodborne. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonairborne Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + airborne. 1. Not airborne. Labels: not-comparable Example: If this were so, the nonairborne dust distribution could be used to predict the respirable dust distribution. Example: A more quantitative treatment of nonairborne interactions was given in Williams et al. (see [22, App. B])..