nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: disappearable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disappear + -able. 1. Something that can disappear. Labels: rare Example: Be prepared to give a discount for special reasons. Watch your merchandise carefully since light fingers sometimes make salables into disappearables.
Word: serve up Part of Speech: verb 1. To present (food or drink) to those who will consume it; to serve. Labels: transitive Example: She serves up pizza at nights. Example: let these remain upon a slow fire until they are well set, then break over them seven or eight eggs, as for poaching, and add salt and pepper; cook gently until the yolks are set, but not hard, brown with a salamander, and serve up. 2. To provide; deliver; inflict; impose. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The cloud storage provider serves up server space. Example: Kyle serves up heroin in northside. 3. To pitch, throw, serve, or kick a ball to an opponent so that it is easily hit or intercepted. Labels: transitive Example: He thought he was about to score, but he served it up to the other team. Example: West served up another fungo pass which Ulrichs flagrantly stole from Minisi on the 4.
Word: claye Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of clay. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: cleargie Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of clergy. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: It happened therefore in a rogation weeke that the cleargie going in solemn procession a controversie fell between them about certaine walkes and limits which the one side claimed and the other denied.
Word: climateric Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of climacteric. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: It was impossible but that the vast mass must have been subjected to climateric influences; ruptures must surely have taken place at some points. Example: That is, they were dispersed very widely, sent into the various and remote parts of the earth; and their nationality received its being from the latitudes to which the divinely appointed wave of dispersion bore them; and their subsequent racial character was to borrow its tone and color from climateric influences.
Word: coarb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish comharba. 1. The successor to the founder of a religious institution. Labels: historical Example: These abbots were sometimes bishops; but whether they were bishops or of lower rank in the ministry, their authority was inherent in their office of coarb. 2. The head of one of the families composing an old Irish sept. Labels: historical
Word: coccoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From coccus + -oid. 1. spherical, shaped like a coccus Example: ( C ) Field emission SEM image of a coccoid bacterium on a 0.02-µm Anopore filter viewed at a magnification of ×150,000 in the decontaminated ice melt.
Word: coccoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coccus + -oid. 1. Something with a coccoid shape.
Word: pre-excellency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + excellency. 1. Pre-eminent superiority; pre-excellence. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Miserable man with all his wit cannot in effect goe beyond it: he is embraced, and engaged, and as other creatures of his ranke are, he is subjected in like bondes, and without any prerogative or essential pre-excellencie [translating praeexcellence], what ever Privilege he assume unto himselfe, he is of very meane condition.
Word: cocoyam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coco + yam, because old cocoyam was planted in coconut groves and resembled yams. New cocoyam was so named because it resembled old cocoyam. 1. New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga. Example: Ampesi, intensely flavored stews or soups, are eaten with fufu, a firm, starchy dumpling made from plantains or cocoyam. 2. Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro.
Word: codirect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From co- + direct. 1. To direct (an artistic work) with another person. Labels: transitive Example: Jones insists he had no warning but does remember Bussert saying at some point, "I think you want to codirect this show." Example: On the same visit to Oberlin he volunteered to codirect a school production of Tartuffe, in which he also played a bit part that turned out to be fateful.
Word: coelenteron Part of Speech: noun 1. The body cavity of a coelenterate. Example: Because dissolved oxygen in the water column is continuous with water in the coelenteron, it may lead to increased oxygen concentration within the coral.
Word: coine Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of coin. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: XXVII And greedy Avarice by him did ride, 235 Upon a Camell[*] loaden all with gold; Two iron coffers hong on either side, With precious mettall full as they might hold; And in his lap an heape of coine he told; For of his wicked pelfe his God he made, 240 And unto hell him selfe for money sold; Accursed usurie was all his trade, And right and wrong ylike in equall ballaunce waide.
Word: combustibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From combustible + -ly. 1. in a combustible manner Example: So it's not surprising that Terry McCabe's theatrically assured, combustibly comic staging is superior to Borealis Theatre's revival two months ago. Example: All at once holding his sides, he found a little breath and cried combustibly: "A can-can!"
Word: commentatory Part of Speech: adj 1. of or relating to a commentary Example: It is a thoughtless scattering of acceptable words and is as unlike the review conceived as a portrait as is the hostile kind of commentatory review which I have been discussing. Example: The latter has a commentatory letter to this end, from Gen. Jackson, dated the 19th of March, which denotes an interest on this topic that argues favorably of his views of moral things. "
Word: cocoyams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cocoyam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cocounsels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cocounsel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Meccawee Part of Speech: noun 1. Meccan (native or inhabitant of Mecca) Labels: obsolete
Word: Meccawees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Meccawee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preemptioner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From preemption + -er. 1. One who holds a prior right to purchase certain public land. Example: A title under a preemption claim ,writing to pay to the preemptioner a sum of Held, better than one claimed through a New money as a part of the price for which the Madrid certificate
Word: preemptioners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preemptioner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: titanotherium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán, “Titan”) + translingual -therium. 1. Synonym of brontotheriid. Labels: obsolete
Word: titanotheriums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of titanotherium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: erogation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin erogatio. 1. The act of giving out, or bestowing. Labels: obsolete Example: Albeit some think such manner of erogation not to be worthy the name of Liberality
Word: erogations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of erogation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sanguified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sanguify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sanguifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sanguify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sanguify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sangui- + -fy, from Latin sanguis (“blood”). Compare French sanguifier. 1. To produce blood (from). Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete
Word: sanguifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sanguify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: phyllodies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phyllody Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phyllody Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See phyllodium. 1. The abnormal development of floral parts into leafy structures. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: program guides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of program guide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pulvinic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Anagram of vulpinic acid. 1. An acid obtained from various lichens and fungi Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: potabilization Part of Speech: noun 1. The purifying of water to make it safe to drink. Labels: uncountable
Word: orewood Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of oarweed. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: The Soile for the moſt part is lifted vp into many hilles, parted aſunder vvith narrovv and ſhort vallies, and a ſhallovv earth doth couer their out-ſide, vvhich by a Sea-vveede called Orevvood, and a certaine kinde of fruitfull Sea-ſand, they make ſo ranke and batten, as is vncredible.
Word: orewoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orewood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plagihedral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ancient Greek [Term?] oblique + base, seat. 1. Having an oblique spiral arrangement of planes, as in levogyrate and dextrogyrate crystals.
Word: entheastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐνθεαστικός (entheastikós, “inspired”), from ἔνθεος (éntheos). 1. Having godlike energy; inspired or divine-esque. Labels: archaic
Word: pompholyx Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pompholyx, from Ancient Greek πομφόλυξ (pomphólux, “a bubble; the slag on the surface of smelted ore”). 1. dyshidrosis Labels: uncountable 2. impure zinc oxide Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: gymnodont Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gymno- + -odont. 1. One of a former family of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates on each jaw. Labels: obsolete
Word: gymnodonts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gymnodont Labels: form-of, plural
Word: text hand Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of large handwriting, often in uppercase letters, formerly used for the text of a book, contrasting with the smaller hand used for the notes. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: write in text hand
Word: text hands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of text hand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Weaver Part of Speech: name Etymology: See weaver. Pronunciation: /ˈwivɚ/ 1. A surname originating as an occupation for a weaver. Example: The oldest Weaver girls, Sara, 16, and Rachel, 10, were unharmed, as was their infant sister, Elisheba, whom Vicki had been holding when a sniper’s bullet crashed into her head. 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A river in Cheshire, England.
Word: oak fern Part of Speech: noun 1. A fern of genus Gymnocarpium (syn. Thelypteris) which grows on trees, especially Gymnocarpium dryopteris. 2. A bat's wing fern (Histiopteris incisa) 3. Synonym of common polypody (Polypodium vulgare), a fern formerly thought to have medicinal properties when found growing on an oak. Example: Why say we, that […] to know the vertue of Reubarb, qualitie of Oak ferne, and operation of Polipodie, is only peculiar unto man?
Word: hippophagism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hippophage + -ism. 1. The eating of horsemeat. Labels: uncountable Example: In Germany, he [Satan] has a horse's and not a cloven foot, because the horse was a frequent pagan sacrifice, and therefore associated with devil-worship under the new dispensation. Hence the horror of hippophagism which some French gastronomes are striving to overcome.
Word: stuckle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stook. 1. A number of sheaves set together in the field; a stook. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: stuckles of corn
Word: stuckles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stuckle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hockamore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Hochheimer (“from Hochheim”), a Hobson-Jobson from the name of the German town of Hochheim am Main. 1. A Rhenish white wine. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Restor'd the fainting high and mighty / With brandy-wine and aqua-vitae; / And made 'em stoutly overcome / With bachrach, hockamore, and mum;
Word: roundtripping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of roundtrip Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: roundtripped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of roundtrip Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rysimeter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rhysimeter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rysimeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rysimeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scrophulariaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Scrophulariaceae + -ous 1. Of or relating to the family Scrophulariaceae of figworts. Labels: not-comparable
Word: chromoleucite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chromo- + leucite. 1. A chromoplastid.
Word: chromoleucites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chromoleucite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: courtsey Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of curtsey. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Addio!" and with a mocking courtsey she left the room, and going to her chamber wrote to Bessie that she was coming home immediately. Example: Lady Elizabeth as usual passed by without a contribution, but made a formal courtsey to the elder at the plate, and sailed up the aisle.
Word: crackt Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of crack Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: If a man can prove that his upper story is crackt, he can wallop his wife to his heart's content; and if anybody interferes, he can popp him off with a six shooter, and the law will stand to his back. Example: 4 He liues, (quoth he) and boasteth of the fact, Ne yet hath any knight his courage crackt. 6 Where may that treachour then (said he) be found, Or by what meanes may I his footing tract?
Word: suprailia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suprailium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suprailium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From supra- + ilium. 1. The cartilaginous cap at the sacral end of the ilium in humans, and some animals.
Word: cumulous Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to a cumulus cloud. Labels: not-comparable Example: On the two albums he's made with his Electro-Acoustic Ensemble, Toward the Margins and the new Drawn Inward (both just released, strangely, on ECM), Parker, Guy, Lytton, and violinist Phil Wachsmann improvise cumulous swirls of sound that get processed by electronicists Lawrence Casserley, Walter Prati, and Marco Vecchi and then folded back into the din--yet the saxist's grainy, concentrated melodic tendrils and patiently etched arcs are immediately recognizable. Example: The opportunity offered in the film-like cirrus clouds, which so frequently lie as the background to the more positive forms of the cumulous, for securing the oppositional feeling, is one frequently adopted by sky painters.
Word: auldest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of auld: most auld Labels: form-of, superlative Example: And, in the third place (for I'll speak the truth and shame the deil) as I could not thole the gibes and idle tongues of a wheen fools that, for their diversion, would be asking me, "How the wife and bairns were; and if I had sent my auldest laddie to the school yet?" Example: Greed is envy's auldest brither: scraggy wark they mak thegither.
Word: ejectives Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /iˈd͡ʒɛktɪvz/ 1. plural of ejective Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mixmaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mix + master. 1. An expert disk jockey. Example: And though self-styled Scratch protege Fraser, who will also be on hand for this concert, is competent, he isn't half the mixmaster Perry once was. 2. A complex freeway interchange. Example: Iowa Department of Transportation plans to close parts of the west mixmaster near Des Moines as well as portions of Iowa Highway 5 on Tuesday, according to a news release from the organization.
Word: minerogenic Part of Speech: adj 1. formed by minerogenesis Labels: not-comparable Example: The transition from ombrogenic to minerogenic peat takes place at 155 cm (13 ), but nonatmospheric sources of Pb are not important to the Pb inventory of the minerogenic peats, which extend from 155 to 645 cm.
Word: miogeoclinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From miogeocline + -al. 1. of or relating to a miogeocline Labels: not-comparable Example: 84, 3489 (1973)] showed that the initial 87 Sr/ 86 Sr = 0.706 contour in the Sierran batholith approximates the western limit of Paleozoic miogeoclinal sediments (Fig. 1 ).
Word: momentaneous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin mōmentāneus. Compare French momentané. Doublet of momentane. 1. Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that takes place at a specific point in time. Labels: not-comparable 2. momentary Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Lightning is a great flame, very bright, extending every way to a great distance, suddenly darting upwards, there ending, so that it is only momentaneous.
Word: monochromaticity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From monochromatic + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌmɑnoʊkɹɑməˈtɪsɪti/, /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)kɹɒməˈtɪsɪti/ 1. the degree to which something is monochromatic Labels: uncountable Example: The achievable frequency stability is proportional to the monochromaticity (or Q) of the absorption, so optical clocks promise better standards.
Word: monomineralic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + mineralic. 1. composed of a single mineral Labels: not-comparable Example: The almost monomineralic product results from buffering of sulfide concentrations at low values by sphalerite precipitation.
Word: cheirosophy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cheiro- + -sophy. 1. Alternative form of chirosophy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: suckstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From suck + stone. 1. A remora. Labels: obsolete Example: [H]is Admirall-gally was in her course staied by that little fish, the Latines call Remora, and the English a Sucke-stone, whose property is, to stay any ship he can fasten himselfe unto.
Word: suckstones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suckstone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monosomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From monosome + -ic. 1. Relating to a monosome Labels: not-comparable Example: The Sou variants, which appear on the background of nongrowing cells plated on sorbose as a sole source of carbon, are monosomic for chromosome 5; furthermore, either homolog can be lost under these conditions (13 ).
Word: monosomic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From monosome + -ic. 1. An individual that possesses a monosome
Word: pourcontrell Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pourcuttle Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pourcuttle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain first element + cuttle. The OED takes the forms with con to be easy misreadings of the earlier-attested cou (compare e.g. ouarine, a misreading of ouariue), but says pour- "can hardly stand for an earlier poul-" as on poulpe, polyp (compare polwygle, porwiggle as variants of pollywog). 1. A cephalopod with tentacles; an octopus or cuttlefish. Labels: obsolete Example: The fish called a Pourcontrell [translating poulpe], or Manie-feet, changeth himselfe into what colour he lists, as occasion offereth it selfe; that so he may hide himselfe from what he feareth, and catch what he seeketh for.
Word: pourcuttles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pourcuttle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cuttle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cutil, codel, codul, from Old English cudele (“cuttlefish”), a diminutive from Proto-Germanic *kudulǭ, from Proto-Germanic *kuddô + -ulǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gewt- (“pouch, sack”), from *gew- (“to bend, bow, arch, vault, curve”). Equivalent to cod + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare dialectal German Kudele (“cuttlefish”), Norwegian kaule (“cuttlefish”). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌtəl/ 1. Synonym of cuttlefish.
Word: cuttle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English coutel, from Old French coutel, coltel, cultel, from Latin cultellus. Doublet of couteau. See cutlass. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌtəl/ 1. A knife. Labels: obsolete Example: a sharpe cuttle
Word: cuttle Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkʌtəl/ 1. A foul-mouthed fellow. Labels: obsolete Example: An you play the saucy cuttle me.
Word: cuttles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cuttle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oceanwide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ocean + -wide. 1. Spanning the whole ocean Labels: not-comparable
Word: skin worm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skin + worm, in later use partly after German Hautwurm. 1. A small worm or other parasite which infects the skin. Example: Alike desires perturbe both a skinne-worme [translating ciron], and an Elephant.
Word: skin worms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skin worm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: völvas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of völva Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bestream Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + stream. Cognate with German beströmen (“to pervade”). 1. To stream around, about, or all over; flood. Labels: intransitive Example: His eyes bestreamed with tears, his large heart quaking [...] 2. To flow in a stream; stream down. Labels: transitive Example: Merchant plays you with a smile beguiling, Wife beguiles you with her tears bestreaming, [...] Example: Tears bestreamed her face, and the Elder of Midpoint was somewhat bemused at this reception. 3. To drench; mark by streams of. Labels: transitive Example: [...] and, from using only moderate exercise, I am so bestreamed with perspiration as to make it necessary to change my clothes four or five times in the course of the day: [...] Example: [...] it is easy to conceive her terror when she saw my friend in this predicament, lying in my arms, and both of us bestreamed with blood. 4. To cover or be covered in; adorn; wear. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: Gear, such as Orchomenus bestreams or Thebae of Egypt, Where lies in palace-hall most wealth, whose gates are an hundred, And steeds, and chariots, and fivescore troops are in each one [...] Example: They were about the business of repair so that in a way fire did remain an enemy of water, as they caulked the longboat and disappeared below deck, carrying leather-bestreamed poles of steaming pitch.
Word: mandamuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mandamus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Australo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Australia + -o-. 1. Combining form of Australia and Australian. Labels: form-of, in-compounds, morpheme
Word: Austro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Austria + -o-. 1. Combining form of Austria and Austrian. Labels: form-of, in-compounds, morpheme
Word: Belgo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Belgia + -o-. 1. Combining form of Belgium and Belgian. Labels: form-of, in-compounds, morpheme
Word: Cypro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Cyprus + -o-. 1. Combining form of Cyprus and Cypriot. Labels: form-of, in-compounds, morpheme
Word: Czecho- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Czech + -o-. 1. Combining form of Czechia, Czechia, and Czech. Labels: form-of, in-compounds, morpheme 2. Combining form of Czechoslovakia and Czechoslovakian. Labels: dated, form-of, in-compounds, morpheme
Word: Ægypto- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ægypt + -o-. 1. Obsolete spelling of Egypto-. Labels: alt-of, morpheme, obsolete
Word: Fenno- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Latin Fennus + -o-. Doublet of Finno-. 1. Alternative form of Finno- Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: Finno- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Latin Finnus + -o-. Doublet of Fenno-. 1. Combining form of Finland, Finnish, and Finn. Labels: form-of, in-compounds, morpheme
Word: Serbo- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Serbia. Labels: morpheme 2. Serbian. Labels: morpheme
Word: Turco- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Medieval Latin Turcus. 1. Turkey; Turk. Labels: morpheme 2. Turkic. Labels: morpheme
Word: Turko- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Turkey. Labels: morpheme 2. Turkish. Labels: morpheme 3. Turk. Labels: morpheme 4. Ottoman Empire. Labels: dated, morpheme
Word: Kurdophone Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to the Kurdish languages or the speakers of these languages. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Kurdophone Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who speaks a Kurdish language.
Word: Miller of Dee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the traditional English folk song Miller of Dee, in which the eponymous miller sings "I care for nobody, no not I, if nobody cares for me." 1. Someone who lives independently and unattached to others, especially for selfish reasons. Labels: idiomatic Example: Mr. Wallace, although fortified with a letter bearing the mitred seal of the Bishop the diocese, feels that he is about to come in contact with a great power; an awful something that is not to be trifled with; one of the noblest institutions of our land, who is a very Miller of Dee, and accountable to nobody. Example: He was a regular "Miller of Dee," caring for nobody; and yet he was likeable, that humorous old stoic, who suffered from gall-stone, and bore horrible bouts of pain like a hero.
Word: Miller of the Dee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Miller of Dee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: toll-like receptor Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of proteins that are single, membrane-spanning, non-catalytic receptors that identify structurally preserved molecules acquired from microbes.
Word: forebring Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + bring. 1. To bring before; bring beforehand. Labels: transitive Example: A lovely little maid of Kiev Hath been my Spring! Your winter scarce intended to forebring The gift of days I grieve To part from, but only summer sadness Attends your briefer Spring. — to vex my year of gladness.
Word: proemium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin prooemium, from Ancient Greek προοίμιον (prooímion). 1. Synonym of proem. Labels: rhetoric Example: […] That, Whereas your ſpacious Proemiums, and ſpecious Introductions of premis’d Perſpicuity in Prædication, both inveigle our Affections for the Meliorating of our Minds; […]
Word: proemia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proemium Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of proemion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parabular Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to, or in the form of, a parable.
Word: ribbok Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rhebok. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ribboks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ribbok Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tripehound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tripehound, from the similar sound to triplane. 1. A Sopwith Triplane. Labels: dated, slang
Word: intershow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From inter- + show. 1. To show mutually; to show among or between two or more people. Labels: rare Example: it was to all beholders a singular pleasure to observe the love, the joy, and blandishments, each endeavored to enter-shew [translating entrefaisoyent] one another. Example: Master Lenehan at this made return that he had heard of those nefarious deeds and how, as he heard hereof counted, he had besmirched the lily virtue of a confiding female which was corruption of minors and they all intershowed it too, waxing merry and toasting to his fathership.
Word: intershowed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of intershow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: turfgrass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From turf + grass. 1. Any grass used to make turf. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: turfgrasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turfgrass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: textism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From text + -ism. 1. An abbreviation used in text messaging.
Word: textisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of textism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tack claw Part of Speech: noun 1. A forked tool with a handle, used for removing tacks.
Word: retrap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + trap. 1. To trap again. Labels: transitive
Word: retrapped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of retrap Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: retraps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of retrap Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: retrapping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of retrap Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: untrap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + trap. 1. To free from a trap; to release. Labels: transitive Example: to untrap an animal 2. To remove a trap from, so as to make safe. Labels: transitive Example: This area is pretty linear, so travel onwards killing Draugr until you see a chest in a wall recess. The chest is trapped, so untrap it and loot it […]
Word: untraps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of untrap Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: untrapping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of untrap Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jeerleader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of jeer + cheerleader. 1. One who criticizes, disparages, or mocks. Example: There are, it seems, too few cheerleaders in life — and too many jeerleaders.
Word: jeerleaders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jeerleader Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whale's guide Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of small fish thought to accompany the whale. Labels: obsolete Example: it is in shape like a Gudgeon, and both the Latines and we, call it the Whales-guide; for, she doth ever follow him, suffering her selfe, as easily to be led and turned by him, as a ship is directed and turned by a sterne[…]. Example: This tiny Creature is the Whale's Guide, and therefore protected by him, while all the finny Race besides are his Prey.
Word: pengest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of peng: most peng Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: troctolitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From troctolite + -ic. 1. Of or relating to troctolite.
Word: veridiction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Michel Foucault. Compare veridical, diction. 1. A statement that is true according to the worldview of a particular subject, rather than objectively true.
Word: veridictions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of veridiction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shallowpate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shallow + pate. 1. One whose thinking is shallow or superficial. Labels: derogatory Example: There were Mr. and Mrs. Merriman, a pretty, vivacious little woman in the thirties; her husband, a jovial fellow, something of a shallow-pate, who laughed a good deal at other people's witticisms, and had thereby made himself extremely popular.
Word: shallowpates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shallowpate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: synthesism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From synthesis + -ism. 1. synthesis anarchism Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: synthesisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of synthesism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jimmy Woodsers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Jimmy Woodser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jetiquette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of jet + etiquette. 1. The standard of acceptable behavior to be observed by passengers of an airplane. Labels: uncountable Example: A nice sense of when to speak, if ever, to the person beside one is a good part of airplane manners, or jetiquette.
Word: superresolution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + resolution. 1. Any of a class of techniques that enhance the resolution of an imaging system. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: We conclude that, either superoscillations really can beat the bandlimit and achieve superresolution (`kinematic superresolution') or the superoscillating high frequency is absorbed and we gain dynamical access to the physics of high frequency processes with low frequency signals (`dynamical superresolution')..
Word: superresolutions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superresolution Labels: form-of, plural
Word: famil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from familiarisation. 1. A free or low cost trip for travel agents or consultants, provided by a travel wholesaler or airline as a means of promoting their service.
Word: famils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of famil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supersaga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + saga. 1. A literary work composed of a number of discrete narratives.
Word: supersagas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supersaga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: entrelac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French entrelac. 1. A knitting technique used to create a textured diamond pattern, comprising interconnected squares on two different orientations. Labels: uncountable
Word: Pshavian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Pshavi + -an. 1. A dialect of the Georgian language spoken in Pshavi.
Word: Xevsurian Part of Speech: name 1. A mountain dialect of the Georgian language.
Word: hypospray Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of hypodermic + spray. 1. A kind of jet injector.
Word: hyposprays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypospray Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jet injector Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of medical syringe that uses a narrow, high-pressure jet of liquid instead of a hypodermic needle to penetrate the epidermis.
Word: cheiropompholyx Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cheiro- + pompholyx. Pronunciation: /ˌkaɪɹəʊˈpɒmfəlɪks/ 1. pompholyx affecting the hand Labels: uncountable
Word: podopompholyx Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From podo- + pompholyx. 1. pompholyx affecting the foot Labels: uncountable
Word: dyshidrosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dys- + hidrosis, although the name is a misnomer; it was formed by a physician who thought that sweat gland dysfunction was involved, which turned out to be incorrect (for more, see Wikipedia). 1. A skin condition characterized by small blisters on the hands or feet. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lichenifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lichenification Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dyshidroses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dyshidrosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dysgraphias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dysgraphia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dysglycemia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dysglycaemia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: dysglycemias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dysglycemia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: follicly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From follicle + -ly. 1. With respect to hair. Labels: humorous, not-comparable
Word: follically Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of follicly. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: forehalsen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + halsen. 1. To presage; predict. Labels: archaic, rare, transitive Example: "[…] One day, perhaps, my pen forehalsening Will dare what now of thee 'tis purposing."
Word: cynanche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cy̆nanchē, from Ancient Greek κῠνᾰ́γχη (kŭnắnkhē, “a dog's collar, a bad kind of sore throat”). Doublet of quinsy. 1. Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, typicalling with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty breathing and swallowing. Labels: obsolete
Word: cynanches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cynanche Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sipunculoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Sipunculus + -oid, from the typical genus. 1. Relating to the Sipunculidea.
Word: sipunculoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Sipunculus + -oid, from the typical genus. 1. Any of the Sipunculidea.
Word: sipunculoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sipunculoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foreguard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + guard. 1. To guard beforehand. Labels: transitive 2. To guard in front. Labels: transitive
Word: foreguard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + guard. 1. A forward guard, or guard placed out front. Example: The surviving quillon is recurved horizontally and terminates in a small knob, but has adjacent to it a loop-shaped foreguard almost exactly like that on the Montagu sword. Example: "[...] Rear guard to river-side, river to foreguard, foreguard to land-side, land-side to rear."
Word: lychnoscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek λύχνος (lúkhnos) + -scope. 1. A low side window in a church. Labels: archaic
Word: lychnoscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lychnoscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Chalybean Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to the Chalybes, an ancient people from Pontus, famed for working in iron and steel. Labels: historical Example: Chalybean steel
Word: Chalybean Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of this ancient group of people. Labels: historical
Word: pastillation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pastille + -ation. 1. The formation of material into pastilles. Labels: uncountable
Word: semaphorist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semaphore + -ist. 1. Someone who controls or operates a semaphore.
Word: semaphorists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of semaphorist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frambaesia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French framboisie, from framboise (“raspberry”). 1. yaws Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: treponematosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Treponema + -osis 1. Any of the diseases caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum, including syphilis, yaws, bejel, and pinta. Example: Anderson (1969, 1982) and Møller-Christensen (1961, 1965), for instance, offered refined diagnostic criteria for recognizing leprosy in human remains based on their extensive clinical and archaeological knowledge, while Hackett (1976) and Rogers and Waldron (1995) closely examined skeletal manifestations of treponematosis and joint disease, respectively.
Word: treponematoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of treponematosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stave-rhymes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stave-rhyme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stave-rhymes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stave-rhyme Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: stave-rhymed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of stave-rhyme Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: droyle Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of droil. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Drudge in the world, and for their living droyle
Word: droyled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of droyle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: foregain Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English *foregayn, *foreȝein, *foreȝeȝn, foregane, from Old English foran ongean (“opposite”), equivalent to fore- + gain. Compare German vorentgegen. 1. Directly opposite to; in the opposite scale to. Labels: obsolete
Word: tide locks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tide lock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contrayerva Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish contrayerba (“literally, a counter-herb, hence an antidote for poison”), from Latin contra + herba (“herb”). 1. Dorstenia contrajerva, a South American plant whose aromatic root is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The root of the plant. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: contrayervas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of contrayerva Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foregainst Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English *foregaynst, foreagenis, foragenis, foreganis, from Old English fōran onġēan (“opposite”), equivalent to fore- + gainst. Compare German vorentgegen. 1. Directly opposite to; in the opposite scale to. Labels: obsolete
Word: borele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Tswana bodile (“black rhinoceros”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɔɹ.əˌleɪ/ 1. A black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis). Labels: dated
Word: boreles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of borele Labels: form-of, plural
Word: induement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From indue + -ment. Compare indument and enduement. 1. The act of induing, or state of being indued; endowment, investment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His [Solomon's] ſo ſingular induement vvith the holy Spirit vvas not ſecurity againſt the danger of this preſumption: vve are vvarned by the Apoſtle, not to extinguiſh the Spirit, and nothing puts it out ſo ſoon as the bodyes being ſet on fire, […]
Word: induements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of induement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sphaerulite Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of spherulite. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: sphaerulites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sphaerulite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enchylemma Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of enchylema Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: stenoderm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From steno- + -derm. 1. Any of the bats resembling that of the genus Stenoderma.
Word: stenoderms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stenoderm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prickwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prick + wood, so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. 1. A shrub (Euonymus europaeus), the spindle tree. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually
Word: prickwoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prickwood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peagrit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pea + grit. 1. A coarse pisolitic limestone. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: peagrits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peagrit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chain stitch Part of Speech: noun 1. A stitch like the links of a chain, used in crocheting. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain, used in sewing and embroidery. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the underside of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished from the lock stitch. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chain stitches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chain stitch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: proctotomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proctotomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: proctotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From procto- + -tomy. 1. A surgical incision into the rectum, typically performed to gain access for treatment or removal of abnormal tissue, relieve obstruction, or repair injury.
Word: neocosmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neo- + cosmic. 1. Of or relating to the universe in its present state; specifically, relating to the races of human beings known to history. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Let it also be noted that there are other caves in Belgium, to which we shall return later, which show how the neocosmic men contemporary with the present fauna succeeded the men of the mammoth age. 2. Going beyond traditional or realistic representations of reality. Labels: not-comparable Example: If one response to the Realist posture—a 'neocosmic' response is to put forward the uncustomary at the level of the story, and thereby perhaps to signal that new constructions of signification are in order, then another response is to institute the uncustomary at the level of discourse broadly speaking, to signal among other things that orderly signification itself is subject to question. If in neocosmic narrative departures from Realist norms are —with extraordinary freedom from inhibition in their choices of rationale internally accounted for by the erection of alternative cosmically ordered fictional systems, there is an equally powerful movement in another direction, in which the possibility of a meaningfully complete integrating system is largely repulsed. 3. Pertaining to a new cosmic order. Labels: not-comparable Example: Thus, biblical history ends with a new creation that merges macro- and neocosmic reenactments of the original creation.
Word: Hermogenian Part of Speech: noun 1. A disciple of Hermogenes.
Word: Hermogenians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hermogenian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterfaisance Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of counterfesance. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: shug Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English shuggen, shoggen, schoggen (“to shake, shake off, mix by shaking, tremble, shake loose from one's clothing”), probably a variant of Middle English schokken (“to move rapidly, shake, push”), from Middle Low German schocken (“to shake, tremble”). See schokken. Pronunciation: /ʃʌɡ/ 1. To writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the itch. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: the Comtesse Leinsengen again shugged her shoulders , drew her shawl around her , and was preparing to depart 2. To crawl; to sneak. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: There I'll shug in and get a noble countenance.
Word: shug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of sugar. Pronunciation: /ʃʊɡ/ 1. A term of endearment. Labels: countable Example: I'll be with you in a moment, shug.
Word: shugged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of shug Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shugging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of shug Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shugs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shug Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sectarism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sectar(y) + -ism. By surface analysis, sect + -arism. 1. sectarianism Labels: obsolete
Word: sectarisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sectarism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyperapophyses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hyperapophysis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyperapophysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + apophysis. 1. A lateral and backward-projecting process on the dorsal side of a vertebra.
Word: cutwal Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kotwal. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cutwals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cutwal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: police services Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of police service Labels: form-of, plural
Word: police departments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of police department Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exutories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exutory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exutory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French exutoire. 1. An issue, or artificial ulcer. Labels: dated
Word: porite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pore + -ite. 1. Any coral of the genus Porites or family Poritidae.
Word: porites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of porite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sycoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sycosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: repletory Part of Speech: adj 1. Serving to replete; repletive. Labels: archaic Example: repletory task
Word: skimback Part of Speech: noun 1. A fish, the quillback (Carpioides cyprinus). Labels: US
Word: skimbacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skimback Labels: form-of, plural
Word: replevingers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of replevinger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sorner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sorn + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːnə/, /ˈsɔɹnɚ/ 1. One who obtrudes themselves on another for bed and board. Labels: Scotland Example: It is our old friend the poet, but with a new face; he is now a soldier, a sailor, a king, and, in case of necessity, a very fair boxer, or "fistic artist," for the abatement of masterful beggars, "sorners," and other nuisances.
Word: sorners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sorner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: afforciament Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin affōrciamentum, from Latinization of Anglo-Norman afforcement, from Old French afforcer, aforcer + -ment, from Latin exfortiāre, from ex- + fortis (“strong”). 1. Obsolete form of afforcement. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: afforciaments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of afforciament Labels: form-of, plural
Word: becurled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of becurl Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tampoe Part of Speech: noun 1. The edible fruit from a tree from Southeast Asia (Baccaurea malayana, Baccaurea macrocarpa or related species).
Word: tampoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tampoe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strategetics Part of Speech: noun 1. Strategy. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Colonel Ahdant, of the Engineers, and a Member also of the Chamber of Deputies, shews, in his Considerations Politiques et Militaires, that the defences which the German Powers have constructed on the Rhine, during the last thirty years, will effectually prevent a repetition of the strategetics, by which French Commanders, ever since the days of Turenne, have so often established the seat of war on German soil […]