nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tinea pedis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. athlete’s foot Labels: uncountable
Word: Wiking Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Viking. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Wiking Part of Speech: name 1. The 5th SS division in Nazi Germany. Labels: historical
Word: scrubeenie Part of Speech: noun 1. substitute Labels: US, slang Example: While Jason Blake continued his goal-popping ways with a brace in the third, only 19 seconds apart, a clutch of other Leafs proved mettle: Vesa Toskala, so shaky to start, settled down and denied Pittsburgh anything after the 8:34 point of the game; scrubeenie defenceman Luke Schenn recovered from an unfortunate bounce off his skate that Matt Cooke converted into Pittsburgh's first goal; and Matt Stajan re-established favour with his bench boss, mounting a solid performance topped off by a goal and an assist.
Word: bingtuan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 兵团 (bīngtuán, “army unit, army formation”). 1. In China, a construction and corporation composed of soldiers, especially working-class ones. Example: The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, the state enterprise that runs the bingtuan, the vast farms set up in the 1950s and afterward by the People’s Liberation Army to help populate the frontier region, reported a drop in the number of migrants going to Xinjiang after the July riots.
Word: runscorer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From run + scorer. 1. Someone who scores runs. Example: South Africa's leading runscorer Jacques Kallis, who captained the side for one Test against Australia in Johannesburg three years ago, will be skipper in Cape Town.
Word: postdraft Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + draft. 1. happening after a draft. Labels: not-comparable Example: A large contingent  many wearing jerseys with Casspi’s name spelled in Hebrew  turned out for a postdraft rally.
Word: jabberfest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jabber + -fest. 1. A period of time where people indulge in mindless conversation. Labels: colloquial Example: During the last decade, with the proliferation of Web news and 24/7 cable jabberfests, the old ratio of news supply to demand was upended.
Word: operettic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From operetta + -ic. 1. of or relating to an operetta Labels: not-comparable Example: For the campy, operettic purposes of Little Mary Sunshine indubitably.
Word: binoculared Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From binocular + -ed. 1. Sporting binoculars Labels: not-comparable
Word: perspirate Part of Speech: adj 1. Sweaty; moist with perspiration. Labels: rare Example: 1967, Transatlantic Review, Issues 26-29, Terse and perspirate, Murphy's wife takes a swipe at the pistol, but Michael moves out of her reach, and keeping it trained on the back of his father's skull, he repeats his question: Why don't you come back daddy?
Word: perspirate Part of Speech: verb 1. To perspire; to sweat. Labels: dated Example: The sun bursts out in furious blaze, / I perspirate from head to heel ; / I'd like to hire a one-horse chaise — / How can I, without cash at Lille ? Example: 1886, Edgar Wilson "Bill" Nye, Remarks, "So we stood Brown up agin a tree and poured hot ashes down his back till he begun to fit his cloze pretty quick, and then we laid him down in the tent and covered him up with everything we had in our humble cot. Everything worked well till he begun to perspirate, and then there was music, and don't you forget it. That kind of soaked the ashes, don't you see, and made a lye that would take the peelin' off a telegraph pole.
Word: cesarevitches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cesarevitch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pan bagnat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Occitan pan (“bread”) + banhat (“wet”), past participle of banhar. 1. A sandwich originating in southern France, composed of Niçoise salad in a circular bun.
Word: runscorers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of runscorer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metretae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metrete Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slumdog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slum + dog; first appeared in the 2008 British romantic comedy film Slumdog Millionaire. 1. A person who lives in the slums of cities. Example: Priya, 17, has chosen to be a slumdog, and her life reads like a film script. Example: "I am poor, but don't call me slumdog," said Rekha Dhamji, 18.
Word: immobilisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of immobilisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: indicatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of indicative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: black olive Part of Speech: noun 1. An olive picked after it has ripened; as opposed to a green olive which is picked before ripening. 2. Terminalia buceras, a tree of the Caribbean.
Word: green olive Part of Speech: noun 1. An olive picked before it has ripened; as opposed to a black olive which is picked after ripening.
Word: palmites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palmite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: palmite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish and Portuguese palmito. Doublet of palmetto and palmito. 1. Ellipsis of palmite rush (Prionium serratum), a robust evergreen semiaquatic flowering plant of southern Africa. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: slumdogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slumdog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jabberfests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jabberfest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: turnons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turnon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parts company Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of part company Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: black olives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of black olive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: green olives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of green olive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perspiratory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From perspirate + -ory. 1. Of or pertaining to perspiration. Labels: dated Example: The perspiratory glands of the skin are scattered everywhere throughout the integument, being most abundant on the anterior portions of the body. Example: The true skin is highly sensitive, being supplied with countless nerve-fibres and endings. It is also highly vascular, being supplied by those innumerable tiny blood-vessels called capillaries, though they are far finer than any hair, of which I spoke just now. It contains the perspiratory or sweat-glands, the sebaceous or oil-glands, and the roots of the hair, which are fed by the latter.
Word: World Cup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A calque of French Coupe du Monde (1930), originally a nickname for FIFA's Victory or Jules Rimet Trophy and the official name of the award since 1974. 1. The FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international competition of national teams in men's association football and the trophy awarded to the winning team. Example: Newark: LNER temporarily changed the name of Northgate station to Newark Southgate, to honour England's World Cup manager Gareth Southgate. 2. Various similar competitions and trophies in other sports. Example: Women's World Cup Example: Rugby World Cup 3. The trophy awarded to the winner of such an event.
Word: World Cups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of World Cup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: world cups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of world cup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chaolite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chao- + -lite. 1. An allotrope of carbon (an extended polyyne) believed to form in meteorite impacts. Labels: uncountable
Word: piscinae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of piscina Labels: form-of, plural
Word: protestator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French protestateur. 1. Someone who makes protests; a protester. Labels: obsolete
Word: Chinyanja Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Chichewa.
Word: choir boy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of choirboy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: choir boys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of choir boy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chocolate cake Part of Speech: noun 1. A cake flavored with melted chocolate or chocolate powder. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chocolate cakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chocolate cake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reed bunting Part of Speech: noun 1. A passerine bird, Emberiza schoeniclus, sparrow-sized but slim and with a long, deeply notched tail.
Word: reed buntings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reed bunting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ipsative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ipse (“of the self”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪpsətɪv/ 1. Denoting a measure that forces a person to choose among multiple desirable options. Labels: not-comparable Example: Myers-Briggs uses ipsative measures, whereas the Five-Factor Model uses normative measures. 2. Comparing a measure of a person against that person’s previous assessments. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sitient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sitiēns (“thirsting, thirsty”). 1. Thirsty. Labels: formal, not-comparable, rare Example: So that (as I apprehend) theſe Famelick, Eſurient, and Sitient Spirits are not the Ferments product of Concoction in the Ventricle, but only incentives, ordained by nature to render us deſirous of Aliment, to repair the decaying frame of our Body. Example: Oh, Christopher rheumatism doth not seem to have made thee less esurient or sitient, when the hospitality of Glasgow, or of other gormandizing and boozing places, is within thy reach.
Word: sudarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin sūdārium. First attested in 1609. Doublet of sudary. Pronunciation: /ˌs(j)uːˈdɛə̯ɹ.iː.əm/, /ˌs(j)uːˈdɛːɹ.iː.əm/, /ˌs(j)uːˈdeə̯ɹ.iː.əm/, /ˌs(j)uˈdeɹ.i.əm/, /ˌs(j)uˈdɛɹ.i.əm/ 1. A napkin or handkerchief. Labels: archaic, historical Example: A woman called Veronica[…]brought foorth a Sudarium[…]to wipe his face. Example: […]Watt, faithful to his rule, took no more notice of this aggression than if it had been an accident. This he found was the wisest attitude, to staunch, if necessary, inconspicuously, with the little red sudarium that he always carried in his pocket, the flow of blood, to pick up what had fallen, and to continue, as soon as possible, on his way, or in his station, like a victim of mere mischance.
Word: sudaria Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌs(j)uːˈdɛə̯ɹ.iː.ə/, /ˌs(j)uːˈdɛːɹ.iː.ə/, /ˌs(j)uːˈdeə̯ɹ.iː.ə/, /ˌs(j)uˈdeɹ.i.ə/, /ˌs(j)uˈdɛɹ.i.ə/ 1. plural of sudarium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: so long, and thanks for all the fish Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From the title of a comic novel by Douglas Adams in 1984, in which it is the last message left by dolphins for humankind before escaping a doomed Earth. 1. Goodbye, farewell. Labels: humorous Example: When it was at last time to push off, he and his companion shook our hands and wished us luck, and by way of saying so long and thanks for all the fish, I gave each of them the postcards we'd had printed back in the UK Example: […] Templates” badge, which you can request by mailing a self-addressed stamped envelope filled with 100 dollar bills to me directly. Please allow 52-104 weeks for processing and delivery. That's all there is. So long and thanks for all the fish.
Word: gun-brig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gun + brig. 1. A small two-masted vessel during the Age of Sail, typically carrying 12 guns, comprising two long guns in the chase position and ten carronades on the broadsides.
Word: gun-brigs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gun-brig Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catechizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From catechize + -er. 1. One who catechizes.
Word: tetragram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tetra- + -gram. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛ.tɹəˌɡɹæm/ 1. A group of four letters. 2. In the Taixuanjing, a sequence of four lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice. Each sequence is interpreted as an element of the sets of solid lines (⚊ for Heaven), once-broken lines (⚋ for Earth) and twice-broken lines (𝌀 for Man) formed by combinations of four monograms (two digrams or bigrams, in other words) in the divination of the Taixuanjing.
Word: tetragrams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tetragram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: batanopride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From [Term?] + -pride (“sulpiride derivative”). 1. An antiemetic benzamide drug. Labels: uncountable
Word: interception tries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interception try Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyperslice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + slice. 1. A set of concerns in aspect-oriented programming.
Word: hyperslices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hyperslice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cardiofacial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cardio- + facial. 1. Exhibiting both facial and cardiac defects. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hypersomnias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypersomnia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poor man's copyright Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of mailing a sealed, dated copy of one's work to oneself as a proof of copyright ownership, rather than registering the work with a copyright office. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: designerless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From designer + -less. 1. Without a designer. Labels: not-comparable Example: While Wilson and Dawkins maybe^([sic]) the favorite examples of the devil incarnate for those who would not accept the designerless universe they depict, it is their perspective that lies at the foundation of most modern professions. Example: The style of no style has to look designerless. No self to express, no showy demonstration of technical craft or expertise.
Word: headfuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + fuck. 1. Anything confusing that interferes with the usual functioning of the brain. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: skipathon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skip + -athon. 1. A charity event in which participants jump rope. Example: In 2006 a mass skipathon had 7632 children skipping continuously for three minutes at 85 locations in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Word: skipathons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skipathon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antibiotically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From antibiotic + -ally. 1. In terms of antibiotic effect. Labels: not-comparable Example: an antibiotically active compound 2. By means of antibiotics. Labels: not-comparable Example: antibiotically treated rats
Word: headfucks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of headfuck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: keirins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of keirin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cowardesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Coward + -esque. 1. Characteristic of Noel Coward (1889-1973), English playwright and actor, or his works, characterized by flamboyant wit.
Word: nonfeed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + feed. 1. Not of or pertaining to animal feed. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the United States, nonfood and nonfeed uses of field crops account for only 10 to 20% of the total value of field crops.
Word: comether Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kəˈmɛðə/ 1. Alternative form of come-hither. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dialectal Example: How does ut come about, sorr, that whin a man has put the comether on wan woman he's sure bound to put ut on another? Example: There's a gossoon in me company that did be workin' in a dispinshary that's after tellin' me that bakin' sody in hot wather wid put the comether on yer pains, me poor frind.
Word: 'aircuts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 'aircut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 'alves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 'alf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 'ams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 'am Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 'ammers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 'ammer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 'arbours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 'arbour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 'arboured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of 'arbour Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bastinade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French bastonnade. 1. A blow with a stick or cudgel. 2. A sound beating with a stick or cudgel, specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet. Example: Rudely forced to drink tea, Massachusetts in anger Spills the tea on John Bull—John falls on to bang her; Massachusetts, enraged, calls her neighbors to aid And give Master John a severe bastinade. Now, good men of the law, pray who is in fault, The one who begins or resists the assault?
Word: bastinade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French bastonnade. 1. To beat in this manner.
Word: 'eads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 'ead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 'ighnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 'ighness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 'ittin' Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle of 'it Labels: form-of, participle, present
Word: 'olidays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 'oliday Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 'omes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 'ome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 'oneys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 'oney Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 'orses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 'orse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 'phoning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of 'phone Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: 'phoned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of 'phone Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: 'prenticing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of 'prentice Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: 'prenticed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of 'prentice Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: 'tutes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 'tute Labels: form-of, plural
Word: waitings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waiting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snakeflies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snakefly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nosegrinds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nosegrind Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonfrilly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + frilly. 1. Not frilly. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unfrilly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + frilly. 1. Not frilly.
Word: unfrilled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + frilled. 1. Not frilled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: FLAC Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /flæk/ 1. Initialism of Free Lossless Audio Codec. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: paintathon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paint + -athon. 1. An event where volunteers come together to paint. Example: The community organised a paintathon to create a wall mural.
Word: paintathons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paintathon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paintability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paint + -ability. 1. The quality of being paintable. Labels: uncountable
Word: WAIS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Total loss of the WAIS would cause 5 metres of sea level rise. 2. Initialism of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Wide Area Information Servers. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Additionally, gateways exist so that WAIS users can retrieve information from non-WAIS data bases like Gopher, developed by university users of Next computers, and the World Wide Web, which makes available physicists' research from many locations.
Word: pan bagnats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pan bagnat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonfeature Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + feature. 1. Not of or pertaining to a feature (in various senses, but especially an item in the media). Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonfeature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + feature. 1. That which is not a feature (in various senses).
Word: nonfeatures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonfeature Labels: form-of, plural
Word: youthen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From youth + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːθən/, /ˈjuθən/ 1. To make younger or more youthful. Labels: transitive Example: It youthened her, melted the stark, hungry grip about her mouth. Example: Mr. Wilson can hardly be unaware that once a writer chooses to youthen or resurrect a word, it lives again... 2. To become younger or more youthful. Labels: intransitive Example: He nods, time traveling to a point when there were no central lines, no low blood counts, no immunosuppressive drugs. His face youthens momentarily as he bridges back to a point on a timeline that has none of this devastation on it.
Word: youthens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of youthen Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: youthening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of youthen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: youthened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of youthen Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mobileless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mobile + -less. 1. Without a mobile phone. Labels: not-comparable Example: I want to buy some to give to mobileless friends in Fiji, who would rather have a clunker that keeps its charge for 12 hours than nothing.
Word: kapp Part of Speech: noun 1. A headcovering worn by many women of certain Anabaptist Christian traditions (especially Mennonites and Amish) for religious reasons. Example: “It is a prayer kapp. Amish women cover their heads when they pray.” “But you wear it all the time?” “This is true. We are always ready to pray when our head is covered.” “I pray but perhaps not often enough,” Sarah admitted. Example: All three of the women were older with gray hair beneath white kapps. The Mennonite[…]
Word: sweariest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of sweary: most sweary Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: swearier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of sweary: more sweary Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: Biebermania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bieber + -mania. 1. Enthusiasm for the Canadian singer Justin Bieber. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: The last time she cozied up for a photograph alongside teen-dream Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian learned just how serious Biebermania could get when she received a rash of death threats. Example: Biebermania doesn't always result in injury, though. The outpouring of devotion from his fans comes in other ways, too.
Word: steakless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From steak + -less. 1. Without steak. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unenjoyability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + enjoyability or unenjoyable + -ity. 1. The quality of being unenjoyable. Labels: uncountable
Word: godfatherless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From godfather + -less. 1. Without a godfather. Labels: not-comparable
Word: null modem Part of Speech: noun 1. A means of directly connecting two pieces of equipment (computer, printer, etc.) using a serial cable.
Word: parallel ports Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parallel port Labels: form-of, plural
Word: null modems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of null modem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rollover cable Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of cable used to connect consoles to computers, having the pinouts on one end reversed with respect to the other.
Word: rollover cables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rollover cable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: RAS syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by science magazine New Scientist in 2001. 1. Redundant acronym syndrome syndrome, a tautology in which one or more words that make up an acronym or initialism are used redundantly in conjunction with said abbreviation. Labels: humorous, uncountable
Word: paronychium Part of Speech: noun 1. perionychium
Word: eponychium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + ὀνῠ́χιον (onŭ́khion, “little claw”, diminutive of ὄνυξ (ónux)). Pronunciation: /ɛpəʊˈnɪkɪəm/, /ˌɛpəˈnɪkiəm/ 1. The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail. Example: The nail is replaced to provide a physiologic dressing and to splint open the eponychium so that a new nail will grow in place. Example: The cuticle (KYOO-tih-kul) is the crescent of dead, colorless tissue attached to the nail plate around the base of the nail. It forms a seal between the eponychium and the nail plate to prevent the entry of foreign materials and microorganisms and to help prevent injury and infection. 2. The protective capsule that surrounds the hoof of foetuses and neonates of hoofed animals, which disappears soon after birth, but remnants of which remain as part of the permanent hoof. Example: The hooves are tipped with collagenous eponychia, which prevents damage to the amnion and beyond. Example: 2014, Kevin T. Corley, Jonna M. Jokisolo, Chapter 172: Evaluation of the Compromised Neonatal Foal, Kim A. Sprayberry, N. Edward Robinson, Robinson's Current Therapy in Equine Medicine, 7th Edition, page 720, The presence of eponychium (also called “foal slippers”) on the feet (Figure 172-3) is indicative that the foal has not yet stood.
Word: hyponychium Part of Speech: noun 1. The thickened epithelium beneath a nail or claw.
Word: IDE cable Part of Speech: noun 1. A 40-pin parallel cable used between personal computers and storage devices.
Word: SATA cable Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular high-speed serial cable
Word: floptical disk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of floppy disk + optical. 1. A form of floppy disk whose head tracking was optically controlled (superseded by compact disc technology).
Word: conventional memory Part of Speech: noun 1. The first 640 kilobytes of RAM in an IBM-compatible PC. Labels: uncountable
Word: base memory Part of Speech: noun 1. The first 640 kilobytes of RAM (random access memory) in an IBM-compatible PC. Labels: uncountable 2. The amount of RAM installed on a new computer, before any optional upgrades. Labels: uncountable
Word: extended memory Part of Speech: noun 1. The extent of memory above the first megabyte in the address space of later PCs Labels: uncountable
Word: impact printer Part of Speech: noun 1. A printer in which each character is produced by part of the mechanism striking the paper (normally through an inked ribbon) Labels: retronym
Word: impact printers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of impact printer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: floptical disks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of floptical disk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: SATA cables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of SATA cable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: IDE cables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of IDE cable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Gilgal Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew גִּלְגָּל. 1. The site of Joshua's encampment before the siege of Jericho.
Word: profligatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From profligate + -ory. 1. Tending to or encouraging wastefulness. Example: Dr. K.M. Naidu pointed out that the present economic crisis was the result of profligatory behaviour of the government since 1985. Example: The adverse effect of profligatory fiscal policies pursued by successive governments on balance of payments disequilibrium and the consequent bungling of trade and payment plicies have seriously affected the efficiency of our trade and payments regime during the first forty years of our planned economic development. 2. Tending to or encouraging immoral behaviour. Example: Cook was amazed by this procedure, but others, notably missionaries, viewed it in a more derogatory light, labelling it profligatory or the height of debauchery (Ellis, 1831). Example: They are only causing great harm to the country and human society, by this sort of wicked and profligatory ideas.
Word: aerian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Old French aerien French aériender. English aerian From the French aérien, from the Old French aerïen, from the Classical Latin āerius; compare aerial. Pronunciation: /eɪˈɪəɹɪən/, /ˈɛːɹɪən/, /ˌeɪˈɪɹi.ən/, /ˈɛɹi.ən/ 1. Of or belonging to the atmosphere or to the air; aerial. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: Figure to yourself an extensive suite of rooms, long galleries and passages, the ceilings, or rather the beams, in such aërian perspective, as nearly to evade the sight; the walls literally bare and green, from damp; the pavement more rugged than Berkeley-Square, and I believe has not been cleaned for many years. Example: "We provoke cough," says Schwilgué, "to favour the expulsion of foreign bodies introduced from without into the aërian tube, and especially of liquids; we have recourse to it to favour the expectoration of mucus, of membraniform concretions, and of pus, which have accumulated in the aërian passages, whenever the local irritation is sufficiently great."
Word: membraniform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From membrane + -iform. 1. Of or pertaining to a membrane; resembling a membrane. Labels: not-comparable Example: "We provoke cough," says Schwilgué, "to favour the expulsion of foreign bodies introduced from without into the aërian tube, and especially of liquids; we have recourse to it to favour the expectoration of mucus, of membraniform concretions, and of pus, which have accumulated in the aërian passages, whenever the local irritation is sufficiently great."
Word: ansuz Part of Speech: noun 1. The symbol ᚨ, the a-rune of the Elder Futhark. Example: The Old Norse equivalent of ansuz is áss. This word means god, specifically one of the Aesir, whose senior figure is Odin.
Word: cozener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cozen (“cheat, defraud”) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌzənə/, /ˈkʌznə/ 1. An imposter, a swindler. Example: The usurer hangs the cozener. Example: Yet the difference between players and cozeners was not always secure.
Word: Chinese chess Part of Speech: noun 1. A board game similar to chess, invented and traditionally played in China. Labels: uncountable
Word: airish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From air + -ish. 1. Cool, breezy. Labels: Appalachia Example: Hit's right airish out today. 2. Tending to put on airs. Labels: Appalachia
Word: shoulder devil Part of Speech: noun 1. A devil representing a person's temptations in works of fiction, portrayed as sitting on one shoulder while a shoulder angel occupies the other.
Word: shoulder angel Part of Speech: noun 1. An angel representing a person's conscience in works of fiction, portrayed as sitting on one shoulder while a shoulder devil occupies the other.
Word: shoulder angels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shoulder angel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shoulder devils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shoulder devil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: civilization-state Part of Speech: noun 1. A political entity (a state) associated with a particular civilization. Example: Although China has described itself as a nation-state for the last century, it is in essence a civilization-state. The longest continually existing polity in the world, it dates to 221 BC and the victory of the Qin. Unlike Western nation-states, China's sense of identity comes from its long history as a civilization-state. Example: 2010, Newsweek, 25 January, Martin Jacques China may call itself a nation-state (although only for the past century), but in essence it is a civilization-state dating back at least two millennia.
Word: evacuator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From evacuate + -or. 1. One who evacuates; a nullifier. Example: In which words sure He doth not pitch on the name of scribes and Pharisees, peculiarly as those that were the greatest evacuators of the law by their own hypocritical practices or false glosses in some particulars […] 2. An agent for emptying, especially an instrument for removing fragments of stone from the bladder after litholapaxy.
Word: enwrite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English inwriten (“to inscribe”), from Old English *inwrītan (“to inscribe”), suggested by Old English inwrītere (“writer, secretary”) and Old English inwritting (“inscription”), equivalent to en- (“in”) + write. 1. To write upon something; inscribe; imprint. Labels: transitive Example: It is the good fortune of those who lay foundations to so inwrite their names in the annals of the institutions that they found that the historian can neither overlook them nor ignore them. Example: What wild heart histories seemed to lie enwritten / Upon those crystalline, celestial spheres!
Word: love truncheon Part of Speech: noun 1. The penis. Labels: slang
Word: virile member Part of Speech: noun 1. A penis.
Word: subintroduces Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌsʌbɪntɹəʊˈdjuːsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of subintroduce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: subintroduce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin subintrōdūcō (“introduce in secret”). By surface analysis, sub- + introduce. Pronunciation: /ˌsʌbɪntɹəʊˈdjuːs/ 1. To introduce in a secret or subtle manner. Labels: transitive Example: The onely true God,…no supposed,…subintroducted God or Gods. Example: To say that the first practise and institution is necessary to be followed, is called Heretical: to refuse the later subintroduc’d custom incurrs the sentence of Excommunication.
Word: subintroductae Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin subintroductae 1. Synonym of Agapetae Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: odonates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of odonate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Aragon Strip Part of Speech: name 1. The region of Aragon in Spain where Catalan is spoken; composed of the districts of Ribagorza/Ribagorça, La Litera/La Llitera, Bajo Cinca/Baix Cinca, Bajo Aragón-Caspe/Baix Aragó-Casp, Bajo Aragón/Baix Aragó and Matarraña/Matarranya.
Word: Western Strip Part of Speech: name 1. Aragon Strip: The region of Aragon in Spain where Catalan is spoken; composed of the districts of Ribagorza/Ribagorça, La Litera/La Llitera, Bajo Cinca/Baix Cinca, Bajo Aragón-Caspe/Baix Aragó-Casp, Bajo Aragón/Baix Aragó and Matarraña/Matarranya.
Word: luging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of luge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: luged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /luːʒd/ 1. simple past and past participle of luge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: doughts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dought Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spagoer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spa + goer. 1. Someone who visits a spa Example: It will come as no surprise to spagoers that the majority of people trained to care for and touch clients’ bodies are women.
Word: spagoers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spagoer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trods Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trod Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: trodding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of trod Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: trodded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of trod Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: yukking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of yuk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: yukked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of yuk Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: kcalorie Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of kilocalorie. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Catalan Countries Part of Speech: name 1. A cultural region in Western Europe where Catalan is spoken: Catalonia, the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands, the Aragon Strip and Carche (in Spain); Northern Catalonia (in France); Alghero (on the island of Sardinia in Italy); and the independent country of Andorra. 2. A name given to the country that will be formed in a hypothetical and independent political union of all Catalan-speaking regions.
Word: LUFC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Leeds United Football Club. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: kcalories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kcalorie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shitwad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shit + -wad. 1. Someone unpleasant, annoying or rude. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar
Word: shitwads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shitwad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chuba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tibetan ཕྱུ་པ (phyu pa), from Arabic جُبَّة (jubba). Doublet of jupe and jubbah. 1. A long sheepskin coat made of thick wool, worn by Tibetans. Example: DRESSED in a pale blue, floor-length chuba, Paige Wilson silently mouthed a paragraph-long greeting, in Tibetan, that she was about to deliver to the Dalai Lama.
Word: chubas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chuba Labels: form-of, plural
Word: corruptable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From corrupt + -able. 1. Alternative form of corruptible. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Three years later, Abigail was somewhat more positive: Tho wrong in Politicks, tho formerly an advocate for Tom Pains Rights of Man and tho frequently mistaken in Men and Measures, I do not think him an insincere or a corruptable Man. My Friendship for him has ever been unshaken.
Word: dishwashable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dishwash + -able. 1. Able to be washed in a dishwasher without harm; dishwasher-safe Example: We buy these plates and cups from the Park Slope co-op, said one popular Brooklyn hostess ruefully, that are eco-correct and dishwashable.
Word: forbearingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From forbearing + -ly. Pronunciation: /fɔːbɛːɹɪŋli/ 1. In a forbearing manner. Example: He shrugged forbearingly, and stared at a framed photograph of Monsieur Cordier on the mantelpiece. Example: The important point here is not so much that the British treated him forbearingly as that he was always able to command publicity, Orwell wrote.
Word: hiccuping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hiccup Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hiccuping Part of Speech: noun 1. The making of a hiccup noise.
Word: hiccuped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hiccup Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: khakied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From khaki + -ed. 1. Wearing khaki Labels: not-comparable Example: Then he unlaced his brown oxfords, folded up his khakied legs, adjusted his button-down collar, and proceeded to meditate for 20 minutes.
Word: multipocketed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + pocketed. 1. Having many pockets Labels: not-comparable Example: Romans transition out of diapers spawned models like the multipocketed trooper tote (roomy enough to hold food, toys and clothes), which spawned the megatote (it holds several trooper totes).
Word: phonofiddle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phono- + fiddle. 1. A Stroh violin.
Word: phonofiddles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phonofiddle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Stroh violin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after its German designer, Johannes Matthias Augustus Stroh. 1. A violin that amplifies its sound through an attached metal resonator.
Word: posintang Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bosintang. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: While most of the Koreans he meets are quick to assure him that dog is a traditional dish, shunned by those with more refined palates, a taxi driver volunteers the basis for its enduring appeal: One bowl of posintang [dog soup] gives you long time sexy.
Word: bosintang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 보신탕(補身湯) (bosintang, “bosintang”). 1. A soup from Korea, the main ingredient of which is dog meat Labels: uncountable Example: The South Koreans we met on our trip sure seemed to love their local bosintang restaurants. Example: Perhaps John Feffer put it best when he identified the “greatest enemy” of bosintang to be not Brigitte Bardot but Colonel Sanders.
Word: accessus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin accessus. Doublet of access. 1. In electing a pope, a method by which cardinals could change their most recent vote to accede to another candidate in an attempt to reach the necessary two-thirds majority and end the conclave. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: rechange Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + change. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈtʃeɪndʒ/ 1. Another change; a subsequent change.
Word: rechange Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + change. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈtʃeɪndʒ/ 1. To re-exchange (goods, money etc.). 2. To change again; to change back. Example: I have since I was borne, seene those [laws] of our neighbours the English-men changed and rechanged three or foure times[…].
Word: searchings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of searching Labels: form-of, plural
Word: speedskates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speedskate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: speedskates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of speedskate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: speedskated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of speedskate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tristar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + star. 1. Having three stars, or three star shapes. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Luxury model has a hood ornament bearing the tristar emblem, like other Mercedes sedans.
Word: untasty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + tasty. 1. Not tasty. Example: Each year at Christmastime I feel I’m stuffed with a heavy, greasy, fluffy, enormous piece of untasty chocolate cake that I not only have a hard time swallowing but that I can definitely never digest.
Word: wattleseed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wattle + seed. 1. The edible seeds of various Australian plants, traditionally eaten by the Australian Aborigines. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For thousands of years, Australian Aborigines have relied on wattleseed.
Word: bushfood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bush + food. 1. Traditional Aboriginal food gathered from the bush. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: shopgoer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shop + goer. 1. Someone who goes to a shop to make purchases. Example: They had been a high-profile curiosity on Oxford Street, London's shopping center, for months as they moved with vigor among the shopgoers and tourists. Example: His warning — and the curious juxtaposition of food with literary genres — suddenly comes alive when we recall how widely the eighteenth-century shopgoer accepted what had been common knowledge among the Aztecs, who first cultivated and brewed the cocoa bean: chocolate acts as a quick, effective aphrodisiac.
Word: molassine Part of Speech: adj 1. Characteristic of molasses; viscous Labels: rare Example: The melting ice cream made its molassine way down the cone.
Word: shopgoers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shopgoer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zoe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ, “life”), first distinguished in this particular sense by Giorgio Agamben. 1. Bare or universal life. Labels: uncountable
Word: betwattled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Late 18th century Dorset British slang for confused, bewildered. From be- + twattle (“to talk”) + -ed. 1. surprised, confounded, befuddled, to be in a distressed state of mind. Labels: West-Country, archaic Example: But everybody—except Anwara, who was plainly betwattled—admitted the child was strange. Example: I'm betwattled about the twatty things this no name is saying.
Word: betwattled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Late 18th century Dorset British slang for confused, bewildered. From be- + twattle (“to talk”) + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of betwattle Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past
Word: betwattle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly a back formation from betwattled, late 18th-century Dorset British slang for confused, bewildered. 1. To surprise, to confound, to befuddle, to put in a distressed state of mind. Labels: West-Country, archaic, transitive Example: She would not let a man betwattle her with kisses... again. Example: "No, you have tried to betwattle me by making the facts fit your assumption of who killed you and why." 2. To be in a distressed state of mind. Labels: West-Country, archaic, intransitive
Word: master spirit Part of Speech: noun 1. The leading entity; the most important person, the controlling figure. Example: The editor could have been William Davis, a man with the same Teutonic origins as Werner von Braun, although not as funny. Either way, Coren was the master spirit.
Word: inwrite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English inwriten (“to inscribe”), from Old English *inwrītan (“to inscribe”), suggested by Old English inwrītere (“writer, secretary”) and Old English inwritting (“inscription”), equivalent to in- + write. 1. Alternative spelling of enwrite. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: inwrit Part of Speech: verb 1. alternative past participle of inwrite Labels: alternative, form-of, participle, past Example: […] Scultetus beginneth with a set Speech which he had inwrit lying before him […]
Word: ingrow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from ingrown, equivalent to in- + grow. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɡɹəʊ/, /ɪnˈɡɹoʊ/ 1. To grow in; grow inwardly. 2. To become ingrown. Example: The toe nail should always extend to the end of the toe and it will never ingrow.
Word: come-hithers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of come-hither Labels: form-of, plural
Word: comethers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of comether Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cozeners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cozener Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cum grano salis Part of Speech: adv Etymology: A New Latin coinage, derived from the phrase cum grānō salis (which was not used in Classical Latin). 1. With a grain of salt; with a bit of common sense and skepticism. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: This observation, taken cum grano salis, applies more or less to all who are daily exposed to the temptations of a superfluous table. Example: The claim of Dr. Hodge that our standards sustain the view which he advocates, must be taken cum grano salis.
Word: prebendalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prebendal + -ism. 1. A system of political patronage employment. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Babbittry Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of babbittry. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: nonjuring Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing the bishops, clergy and congregations that refused to swear allegiance to William III of England. Labels: historical, not-comparable 2. Describing the bishops and clergy that refused to take the oath of fidelity to the French Nation required under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. Labels: historical, not-comparable
Word: put into effect Part of Speech: verb 1. To implement; to execute; to carry out.
Word: SHH Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of sonic hedgehog homolog (protein). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of sonic hedgehog gene (“the gene encoding for the protein "sonic hedgehog"”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: pos pron Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of possessive pronoun. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: compulsatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin compulsāt- (perfect passive participial stem of the Latin compulsō) + English -ory 1. Enforced by or resulting from compulsion; employing force or constraint; compulsory. Example: But to recover of us, by strong hand / And terms compulsatory, those foresaid lands / So by his father lost: ... Example: Shall I patiently await the return of the guard destined to seize Father Brazilio, destined to conduct him a prisoner to Rome, and likewise destined to obtain the packet once written by Father Luitfrido, and deposited by him in the hands of the Abbot of St. Romuald, and which the absolution of a compulsatory vow no longer rendered sacred?
Word: indignatio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin indignātiō. Doublet of indignation. 1. A closing of a speech intended to arouse negative emotion toward an accused or an opponent and the actions or proposal at issue. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable
Word: infructuose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin infructuosus. 1. Not yielding fruit. 2. unfruitful; unprofitable Labels: archaic, figuratively Example: April 1864, Boskousa, "Music of the Future" and "Anticipations" (letter to the editor) in The Musical World I am too irritable to listen to Wagner's music; in my opinion it is infructuose