nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: gadzillion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contains -illion. 1. An unspecified large number (of). Labels: excessive, slang Example: "I think you'll find that what Jez wanted to 'do'—and, in fact, actually was 'doing'—was more women." "And she was having a gadzillion affairs with anything that had a hairy chest and a gym membership card." "Gadzillions?" I asked, pulling a face. "Millions of gadzillions," said Elaine. "Millions." Example: By selecting baseball, Hair Doo has given up a paycheck plus any other job-related satisfaction that could have been had from those pursuits. He has decided that his $10 gadzillion salary and the nonmonetary enjoyment of playing baseball outweigh his next best alternative.
Word: gagillion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contains -illion. 1. An unspecified large number (of). Labels: excessive, slang Example: The brochures basically told the same story Stan had given me: Pacific Properties owned a gagillion places that generated a gagillion dollars. The implication was that if you didn't invest you just didn't care about making easy money with no risk whatsoever to your original investment. Example: Plus, there are about a thousand things that also could, or should get done in that time: a load of laundry, loading the dishwasher, tidying the kitchen, picking up a gagillion toys and blankies off the ground, restocking the change tables.
Word: godzillion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Godzilla + zillion. 1. An unspecified large number (of). Labels: excessive, slang Example: The bastard has made a career out of filibustering my best legislation just because I screwed his wife and daughter at the same time in his own bed. He won't be able to refund the money, simply because there isn't any. We're a godzillion dollars in debt. Example: "Tony, what would you do if you had a godzillion dollars?" "A godzillion, huh? Oh, I don't know. Probably just keep fixing airplanes and give it to you." "Forget me," she said. "What would YOU do?" "I guess I could own a helicopter then, couldn't I?"
Word: grillion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contains -illion. 1. An unspecified large number (of). Labels: excessive, slang Example: "And how many guys zilched out?" "Two grillion, m'lud."
Word: katrillion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trillion. 1. An unspecified large number (of). Labels: excessive, slang Example: Our own American culture also makes a lot of noise about hair. The katrillion-dollar industry thrives on selling hair products that were produced for five cents and sold for thirty dollars, part of which goes to the zillion-dollar advertising campaigns. Example: I implore you to seek the advice of running or medical professionals before making any major decisions. I'm not just saying this to avoid a lawsuit; I am saying it because there are a katrillion different injuries one can sustain while repeatedly pounding her body against hard surfaces like asphalt and park benches.
Word: khinkali Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Georgian ხინკალი (xinḳali). 1. A Georgian dumpling made of twisted knobs of dough stuffed with spiced meat, fish, or vegetables.
Word: Etan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Rendering of the modern (Israeli) Hebrew אֵיתָן (Etán), equivalent to the English Ethan. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪtɑːn/ 1. A male given name from Hebrew.
Word: Patz Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪts/ 1. A surname from Hebrew.
Word: sensationalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sensational + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being sensational. Labels: uncountable
Word: see you Jimmy hat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after C. U. Jimmy, a stereotypical Scottish character created by comedian Russ Abbot. 1. A stereotypically Scottish novelty hat: a tartan tam-o'-shanter with false ginger hair attached.
Word: SWLing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for shortwave listening. 1. The hobby of listening to shortwave radio broadcasts. Labels: uncountable
Word: YECs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of YEC Labels: form-of, plural
Word: groundwave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ground + wave. 1. A signal that propagates along the surface of the Earth.
Word: groundwaves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of groundwave Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rayleigh wave Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of surface acoustic wave that travels on solids.
Word: Rayleigh waves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Rayleigh wave Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ecchondrosis Part of Speech: noun 1. A cartilaginous outgrowth.
Word: ecchondroses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecchondrosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ecchymoma Part of Speech: noun 1. A tumor-like swelling composed of extravasated blood.
Word: ecchymomas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecchymoma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ecchymomata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecchymoma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: presbyterae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of presbytera Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eccrisis Part of Speech: noun 1. The removal of waste. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Hepatitis is inflammation of a venous gland, whose function is eccrisis […]
Word: echoacousia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From echo- + -acousia, alternative form of -acusis. 1. A subjective disturbance of hearing in which a sound heard appears to be repeated. Labels: uncountable
Word: echographia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From echo- + -graphia. 1. A form of agraphia in which one can write from dictation or copy but cannot produce original writing. Labels: uncountable
Word: elephantiasic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From elephantiasis + -ic. 1. Relating to elephantiasis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: elain Part of Speech: noun 1. eleoptene Labels: uncountable
Word: Oudin coils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Oudin coil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: PCed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of PC Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: PCing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of PC Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: emulsoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of emulsion + colloid. 1. A colloid solution consisting of a suspension of liquid particles in a liquid.
Word: emulsoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of emulsoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enarthrodial Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to an enarthrosis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: emydin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Emydidae and -in. 1. A protein found in the eggs of the tortoise. Labels: uncountable
Word: emundation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin emundatio (“cleaning out”). 1. Cleaning; disinfection. Labels: uncountable 2. Rectification; purification, especially of crude drugs. Labels: uncountable
Word: extrabuccal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extra- + buccal. 1. Outside of the mouth. Labels: not-comparable
Word: enterostomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enterostomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enthlasis Part of Speech: noun 1. A depressed fracture of the skull. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Instead, enthlasis, either open or closed, may have been the reason for this trepanation.
Word: endarteritides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of endarteritis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kakotrophy Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of cacotrophy. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: kaladana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi [Term?], from काला (kālā, “black”) + दाना (dānā, “grain”). 1. Ipomoea nil, an East Indian convolvulaceous plant. Labels: uncountable 2. The dried seeds of this plant, used as a purgative or anthelmintic. Labels: uncountable
Word: patriotist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From patriot + -ist. 1. An advocate of patriotism.
Word: kresol Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of cresol. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable Example: The relatively rapid rise was evidently due to the imbibition of kresol into the membrane, whereupon the alcohol is enabled to pass through the membrane more readily.
Word: kiotome Part of Speech: noun 1. A knife for amputating the uvula. Labels: dated
Word: kestin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Former trade name. 1. An antiseptic, antipruritic, and analgesic agent comprising trinitrophenol combined with resorcinol, ammonium chloride, orthoboric acid, and formaldehyde. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: I ordered an injection of equal parts of kestin and water to be taken four times daily for two days. This was then made in the strength of one to three, then one to four and finally one to six. In two weeks the trouble was well.
Word: patriotists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of patriotist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kellin Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of khellin. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: cardiant Part of Speech: noun 1. A remedy that affects the heart. Labels: dated
Word: cardiants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cardiant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kerectomy Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of keratectomy. Labels: no-plural
Word: koroscopy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of coroscopy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: coroscopy Part of Speech: noun 1. retinoscopy Labels: uncountable Example: Diagnosis is by iridology and coroscopy, that is, by noting changes in color of the iris, and by examination of the pupil. In the initial inflammatory stage the iris appears redder than the normal due to a distension of the transverse vessels.
Word: koussin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kousso + -in. 1. An anthelmintic resin derived from kousso. Labels: uncountable
Word: kinesimeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kinesi- + -meter. 1. An instrument for the quantitative measurement of movements. 2. An instrument for exploring the surface of the body to test cutaneous sensibility.
Word: oaritis Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of ovaritis. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: oidiomycosis Part of Speech: noun 1. infection with Oidium species; blastomycosis Labels: uncountable
Word: cigarette girl Part of Speech: noun 1. A woman employed to sell cigarettes, sometimes cigars, and other related items. Labels: historical Example: Once in a while, with greater frequency as the night stumbles on, one of the inspectors makes a clumsy grab for one of the cigarette girls, who are as a group blonde and young and endowed by the Creator with exceptional breasts or legs, but never both.
Word: cigarette girls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cigarette girl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oikology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house, household”) + -logy. 1. The science of houses and homes, considered especially in respect of their sanitary conditions. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: reign in Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of rein in. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Brownian motor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Peter Hänggi in 1995, in reference to Brownian motion. 1. A nanoscale or molecular device by which thermally activated processes (chemical reactions) are controlled and used to generate directed motion in space and to do mechanical or electrical work.
Word: Brownian motors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Brownian motor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ovarium masculinum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. appendix testis Labels: archaic
Word: olecranoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From olecranon + -oid. 1. Resembling the olecranon process. Labels: not-comparable
Word: oleosaccharum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin oleum (“oil”) + saccharum (“sugar”). 1. An oil-sugar; a preparation made by saturating thirty grains of sugar with one drop of volatile oil. Labels: uncountable
Word: eleosaccharum Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of oleosaccharum. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: fynne Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of fine (“punitive fee”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete 2. Obsolete form of fin (“part of a fish”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: fynnes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fynne Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oligocythemia Part of Speech: noun 1. A deficiency in the number of erythrocytes in the blood. Labels: uncountable
Word: oligocythaemia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of oligocythemia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: omalgia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”) + -algia. By surface analysis, om- (“shoulder”) + -algia. 1. pain in the shoulder Labels: uncountable
Word: omodynia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”) + -odynia. By surface analysis, om- (“shoulder”) + -odynia. 1. pain in the shoulder Labels: uncountable
Word: counteressay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + essay. 1. An essay written to refute another essay.
Word: counteressays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counteressay Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ooblast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oo- + -blast. 1. A cell that develops into an ovum; a germinal epithelium giving rise to ova.
Word: ooblasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ooblast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: varication Part of Speech: noun 1. The formation or presence of varicose veins. Labels: uncountable
Word: varicelloid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From varicella + -oid. 1. Resembling varicella.
Word: vasoligation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vaso- + ligation. 1. ligation of the vas deferens (or of a blood vessel) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vasoligations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vasoligation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vellosine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From taxonomic name (Geissospermum) vellosii + -ine. 1. An alkaloid found in Geissospermum laeve (syn. Geissospermum vellosii), a plant of Brazil that has antiperiodic properties. Labels: uncountable
Word: pareirine Part of Speech: noun 1. vellosine Labels: uncountable
Word: venulae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of venula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: veneniferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From venene + -i- + -ferous. 1. Bearing poison. Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: spondylalgia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spondyl- + -algia, "vertebral pain". 1. Pain in the spine. Labels: uncountable
Word: venerology Part of Speech: noun 1. The study and treatment of venereal disease Labels: uncountable
Word: ventrofixation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ventro- + fixation. 1. The suture of a displaced viscus, such as the uterus, to the abdominal wall. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ventrofixations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ventrofixation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: venomization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From venom + -ization. 1. The treatment of a substance with snake venom. Labels: uncountable Example: The Effect of Washing the Corpuscles after Venomization.—Attention has been drawn to the fact that the property of venom which is being described is operative only in the presence of an excess of venom. Corpuscles once protected can be diluted with water indefinitely without any laking taking place, so long as the excess of venom is not removed by washing, and other evidences of protection, such as increased resistance of the corpuscles to heat and to various chemical laking agents, can be demonstrated. If, however, the venomized corpuscles are subjected to repeated and thorough washing with 0.9 per cent salt solution, it is found that the protection disappears and, moreover, the corpuscles are now more easily laked than normal blood cells.
Word: ventrose Part of Speech: adj 1. Corpulent. 2. Having a belly, or belly-like swelling.
Word: veratrin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of veratrine. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: vitiliginous Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to or affected with vitiligo. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vivisectorium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vivisectoria + -ium. 1. A place or laboratory where vivisection is performed.
Word: vivisectoria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vivisectorium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: avacado Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of avocado. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: fasl Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of feet above sea level (“elevation”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: linear foot Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of length equal to one foot long.
Word: linear meter Part of Speech: noun 1. A standard unit of length, symbol m, equal to one meter in length. Labels: US
Word: linear metre Part of Speech: noun 1. A standard unit of length, symbol m, equal to one metre in length. Labels: UK
Word: vaccinoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vaccinia + -oid. 1. Resembling vaccinia or cowpox.
Word: vaccinoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vaccine + -oid. 1. A spurious or modified vaccination.
Word: vaccinoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vaccinoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vitellicle Part of Speech: noun 1. yolk sac; umbilical vesicle
Word: vesanic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to insanity. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: vulnerating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vulnerate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: vulnerated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of vulnerate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: vulnerates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vulnerate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: livedo reticularis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. A purplish mottling of the skin usually seen in infants and young children, but occasionally occurring also in adults with weak circulation, due to the action of cold. Labels: uncountable
Word: macroblast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro- + -blast. 1. megaloblast
Word: macroblasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macroblast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maxillodental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin māxillader. English maxillo- Middle French dentalbor. Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Italic *dents Latin dēns Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin dentālisbor. English dental English maxillodental From maxillo- + dental. 1. Relating to the jaw and teeth. Labels: not-comparable
Word: zeroadic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zero + -adic. 1. Synonym of niladic. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: The first constructor expects no arguments but it calls one that takes an integer parameter, which is called before the body of the zeroadic constructor.
Word: membranoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From membrane + -oid. 1. Resembling a membrane.
Word: meningomyelitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meningo- + myelitis. 1. inflammation of the spinal cord and its enveloping arachnoid and pia mater, and less commonly also of the dura mater Labels: uncountable
Word: conus medullaris Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin, meaning "medullary cone". 1. The tapered lower end of the spinal cord.
Word: decic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dec- + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛ.sɪk/ 1. Of the tenth degree or order; e.g. for a polynomial Labels: not-comparable
Word: flowcharter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flow chart + -er. 1. A software program that generates flow charts. Example: While flowcharters have their own problems, they do accurately represent the program and ease the maintenance programmer's task.
Word: flowcharters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flowcharter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Metatron Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew מְטַטְרוֹן (Məṭaṭrôn), whose origin is obscure. Possibly from Hebrew מטרא (mattara) 'keeper of the watch.' The Greek/Latin form superficially appears to be a Greek compound meta-τρον (-tron), but that would not seem to make much sense semantically, meaning something like "among-tool." It has also been proposed that the Hebrew word actually does in turn originate from Greek, coming from μετά + θρόνος, with the "th" being transformed into a "t" as the word was repeatedly taken up by one language from another. A review by Hekhalot lists these two possibilities plus seven more. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛtətɹɑn/, /ˈmɛtətɹɒn/ 1. An archangel and the chancellor of Heaven and the scribe of the book of life, in Christian and Jewish folklore. According to medieval apocrypha, he is Enoch, ancestor of Noah, transformed into an angel. Labels: Judaism
Word: guaiacums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guaiacum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rah-rahs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rah-rah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: empest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From em- + pest. 1. To infect Example: It is unfortunate that when two or three are gathered together in God's name... it is altogether deplorable that they should necessarily empest the air.
Word: empested Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of empest Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: 'Does it occur to you,' he went on, 'that at this moment we are walking through the midst of seven million distinct and separate individuals, each with distinct and separate lives and all completely indifferent to our existence?... Millions of them are now sleeping in an empested atmosphere...."
Word: spondylarthrosis Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of spondyloarthropathy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: double-hand Part of Speech: verb 1. To use both hands to hold. Example: On the screen, big-bosomed blondes intimidated bad guys who looked like waiters at the Ivy, everyone double-handing their guns in absurd poses, tossing around 'perp' and 'forensics.'
Word: double-hands Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of double-hand Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: double-handing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of double-hand Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: doublehanded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From double + handed. 1. Requiring or using a crew consisting of two people. Labels: not-comparable Example: This section uses a survey of thirteen couples to look at typical shorthanded solutions to watchkeeping and then discusses some standard watch schedules for doublehanded crews. 2. Alternative form of double-handed. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: When a double-handed person turned, the ropes would hit against each other, spiraling in lopsided arcs. Example: Of the ancient doublehanded espadons of the Switzer, I have, in this way, received, I think, not less than six, in excellent preservation, from as many different individuals, who thus testified their general approbation of these pages.
Word: doublehanded Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From double + handed. 1. With two hands. Labels: not-comparable Example: For maximum destructive effect, the user crashed his falx down on to the target doublehanded, then drew the blade back toward himself in a sawing motion.
Word: doublehanded Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From double + handed. 1. simple past and past participle of doublehand Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The boat, Rain Drop, was being doublehanded by a couple of past Cal 20 sailors.
Word: doublehand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From double + hand. 1. To use a two-person crew. Example: Whether you're sailing with a full crew complement or doublehanding with your spouse,...
Word: doublehands Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of doublehand Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: doublehanding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of doublehand Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ISWAP Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation of Islamic State's West Africa Province. 1. A branch of the Islamic State based in northeast Nigeria
Word: Winnersh Part of Speech: name 1. A large village and civil parish in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU7870).
Word: crusaderism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crusader + -ism. 1. The practice of crusading or the state of being a crusader. Labels: uncountable
Word: exit bag Part of Speech: noun 1. A bag designed to be sealed around a person’s head in order to commit suicide, with a tube or orifice for the introduction of an inert gas. 2. Any bag used to commit suicide by suffocation. Labels: broadly 3. Child-resistant packaging for cannabis products, required by law in many U.S. states for customers to carry their merchandise out of a dispensary.
Word: depraved-heart murder Part of Speech: noun 1. Murder that is the result of an act which is dangerous to others and shows that the perpetrator has a depraved mind and no regard for human life. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: voluntary manslaughter Part of Speech: noun 1. Manslaughter resulting from an intentional act done without intent to kill or premeditation and while in the heat of the moment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Luis got arrested for voluntary manslaughter when he fatally struck Jimmy in a barfight.
Word: involuntary manslaughter Part of Speech: noun 1. Reckless killing of a human being without malice aforethought and intention. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ruth was prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter after she hit Tony with a car.
Word: double-handedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From double-handed + -ness. 1. The use of both hands together. Labels: uncountable Example: Such chaff may provoke a passing smile, but no chaff will ever detract one iota from the value of double-handedness, and I most strongly urge all anglers, old or young, to devote some little time and attention to the acquirement of this ... 2. Ambidexterity Labels: uncountable Example: According to Subirana (1969) one quarter of the population is preponderantly right-handed; one third shows right predominance; one quarter shows mixed or double-handedness, and one sixth a left predominance. 3. The use of two people, working together. Labels: uncountable Example: It is very gratifying to cite here the rather significant fact that a man and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gordon, are joint workers in the conduct of the Settlement; that this double-handedness is a great advantage... 4. Duality, the quality of serving two purposes or having two (often contradictory) facets. Labels: uncountable Example: The rhetorical double-handedness of this proclamation (an "although" balanced by a "yet,", its "quiet enjoyment" set off by the threat of confiscation and death), already remarkably akin to the palinode or table razing in Lucio's tale, expresses the institutional ambivalence toward privateering, and eventually toward piracy, generated in part by Elizabeth's support for the corsairs, in part by their continuing importance as a class of mariners to be drawn on in time of war. Example: Yet here again Flaubert is able to reveal both the clichéd nature of the images and scenarios, and the lyrical attractions of such works for Emma, a double-handedness reminiscent of his own duality. 5. Deceit or hypocrisy. Labels: uncountable Example: In her relationships with the Montefeltro and Borgia, Isabella continued to ensure that double-handedness was not exposed, presenting diverse appearances of reality to different audiences to preserve alliance. Example: Seemingly forever, our race had found cause to call the whites devils, for their unyielding sense of exploitation; their double-handedness in dealing; their tongue-in-cheek fraternising.
Word: doublehandedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From doublehanded + -ness. 1. Alternative form of double-handedness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: navalistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From naval + -istic. 1. Relating to, or characteristic of navalism
Word: double-handedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From double-handed + -ly. 1. Using two people. Example: Dinghies are designed to be sailed single-handedly or double-handedly, but some larger cruising dinghies may have room for four or more people on board. 2. Using both hands at the same time. Example: Working double-handedly also conserves your hands in large kneading strokes, for example when you are working on the adductors on the inside of the thigh. 3. By means of two approaches or agents Example: I said I was writing my memoirs, a choppy musical dedicated to counterpoint, without the axes of time and place, collapsing in upon itself because the notes will inevitably run out, returning, elaborating, crisscrossing, double-handedly creating variations upon a theme. Example: The combination of discontent and economic collapse brought about the revolution. It did not do so simply double-handedly. 4. Duplicitously or hypocritically. Example: NATO works double-handedly against Albanians and Serbs.
Word: doublehandedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From doublehanded + -ly. 1. Alternative form of double-handedly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: whiff-whaff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Whiff-Waff, coined by Slazenger & Sons in 1900. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪfˌwæf/ 1. Table tennis. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Boris Johnson's claim ping-pong was originally a Victorian English invention called whiff-whaff has been attacked by the descendants of the world's oldest sporting and games manufacturer. Example: Jesus wept, there I'd been envisaging a weekend spent reading a book with only my top half hanging out of my tent, and the next thing I know I'm signed up for a spot of naked whiff-whaff. Not that Tom seemed too bothered. "I'm not bad at table-tennis," he said as we made our way to our pitch.
Word: whiff-whaff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeia Pronunciation: /ˈwɪfˌwæf/ 1. The breathy sound of something rushing quickly; whoosh. Example: Then, no one saw precisely how it happened, whiff-whaff, Lemoine's weapon flew from his hand and struck the wall with a whirr and a jangle.
Word: whiff-whaff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: South Lancashire dialect for nonsense, unspecified words or deeds. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪfˌwæf/ 1. Nonsense, words or deeds of little import. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Whau, aw'll begin o' thisn' then. It's whiff-whaff Stuart, -- snifterin' Finch yo'known Virtue has laft o' -- truth is fro' o'flown! Example: If you dinna lackey my lady you'll be in for a whiff-whaff o' her sharp temper. 2. Unnecessary items or additions. Labels: uncountable Example: Never, never, wear any kind of a whiff-whaff or a thing-ama-bob on your hat. Example: Haughton, a great believer in the value of straight football, asked Warner the night before the game if he had pulled such "whiff- whaff," as Percy termed it.
Word: whiff-whaffs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whiff-whaff Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whiff whaff Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of whiff-whaff (“table tennis”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic, uncountable Example: This made whiff whaff, pom pom or gossima-as table tennis was known then—more active and interesting. Example: We looked at a dining table and saw an opportunity to play whiff whaff.
Word: whiff whaff Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of whiff-whaff (“breathy sound”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Well, with a whiff whaff, little Georgy was back with five foot or so. Clarice turns around and shoos him out.
Word: whiff whaffs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whiff whaff Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peppershrike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pepper + shrike. 1. Any vireo of the genus Cyclarhis, of Central and South America.
Word: peppershrikes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peppershrike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enherite Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of inherit. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: angle-shoot Part of Speech: verb 1. To fire or shoot from an angle. Example: After the bowler has acquired a smooth delivery he is shown how to angle-shoot for spares, the essentials of spot and line bowling, and such new techniques as finger-tip control. Example: He recalls, and then surpasses, his visual diversions for 'Can't Buy Me Love' in A Hard Day's Night when he chop-cuts and angle-shoots his four principal comics during their rendiction of 'Everybody Ought to Have a Maid' 2. To use a trick that is not explicitly prohibited by the rules, but which is used to gain unfair advantage. Labels: slang Example: The floor will rule one way or another; the point isn't so much to win the ruling as to put the spotlight on the offending player so he's less likely to angle-shoot on future hands. 3. To bend the rules; to behave in a way that is unethical but not illegal. Labels: broadly, slang Example: I like to think that I used my superior skill to come out on top; I don't like the idea that I had to angle-shoot to take home more money than I came with. Example: Or perhaps, unlike many firms looking for fast dividends from the disaster, Krispy Kreme didn't try to angle-shoot the tragedy. It hasn't changed its approach to business— which may well have something to do with its success.
Word: angle-shoot Part of Speech: noun 1. A side shoot that grows from the main stem stem. Example: The fact that for the greater part of its length the angle-shoot has the same structure as a normal stem is what would be expected; it does not, in my opinion, prove that the former is not a transformed rhizophore. 2. Alternative form of angle shot. Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang Example: As MacPhee says, “if an angle-shoot is within the rules and plus-EV then do it!”
Word: angle-shoots Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of angle-shoot Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: angle-shoots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of angle-shoot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: angle-shooting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of angle-shoot Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: angle-shooting Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of angle shooting. Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang, uncountable Example: It seems harmless enough, and often is; but if experienced players are doing it, the potential is there for collusion. And collusion is more than angle-shooting -- it's outright cheating. Example: We have been so used to "fast" thinking; "angle-shooting"; and rationalizing, that many have completely forgotten the art of true thinking.
Word: angle-shot Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of angle-shoot Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: angle shoot Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of angle-shoot. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Trap, although it includes some angle shooting, calls for all the targets to be thrown out ahead of the gunner at a minimum distance of 16 yards, each man firing five shots from five stations arranged in a semi-circle behind the trap house. Example: Jesse Martin, a very good friend of Szymaszek who was playing at the next table heard that and tried to defend Szymaszek, stating that he "plays draw games every day” and knows the rules and “he would never angle shoot."
Word: angle shoot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of angle-shoot. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Removal of the young developing leaves below the apical bud on the main shoot, especially when done twice, has increased branching and produced wider angle shoots, and enhanced feathering for slender spindle trees 2. Alternative form of angle shot. Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang Example: The change will also take away one potential angle shoot at the poker tables, as it will make it easier for players to confirm their opponent's stack sizes without wondering if cash is hidden on the tables, though this is almost certainly not the reason behind the change. 3. A session of shooting at an angle or a shot taken in such a session. Example: The unserviceable Sea Hurricane airframe on board was placed on deck for blast trials in a low angle shoot and sustained no damage while in the centre of the deck. Example: So off I went to find a piece of scenery to rest on while they got on with preparing for another angle shoot of the sacrifice setup.
Word: angle shoots Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of angle shoot Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: angle shoots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of angle shoot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: angle shot Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of angle shoot Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: angle shot Part of Speech: noun 1. An act performed in order to angle-shoot; a trick used to gain unfair advantage. Labels: slang Example: I'll always gamble, anytime, but he's taking so many angle shots at the table it's not even funny. Example: Angle shots are used to gain an unfair advantage in the game-to obtain information that a player shouldn't legally have yet, or to manipulate opponents. What can make angle shots so frustrating is that they are nearly always impossible to prove. 2. A shot taken at an angle. Example: Wood, number six, played strong and had little trouble defeating Elisa Morgan, 8-0, using lots of topspin and angle shots. Example: This is an angle shot from a low position with the camera looking upward.
Word: angle shots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of angle shot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: angle shooting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of angle shoot Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: angle shooting Part of Speech: noun 1. Unethical behavior that is not clearly prohibited. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Technically, angle shooting is not cheating. Angle shooters don't break the rules-they just make it their personal mission to bend them as much as humanly possible. Example: Player One then turned his cards back over and got really upset accusing Player Two of angle shooting in order to see his cards. 2. The act of shooting at an angle. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Another interesting technique to use is angle shooting. Action shot obliquely appears slower than the same action viewed at right angles Example: Early sets tended to be theatrical and flat, and, therefore, were limited in the dimensionality that would have allowed angle shooting.
Word: ekagrata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit एकाग्रता (ekāgratā, “concentration, singlemindedness”). 1. Extreme focus on a particular point. Labels: Hinduism, uncountable
Word: angle shooter Part of Speech: noun 1. A player who uses unfair tricks to gain advantage; one who angle-shoots. Labels: slang Example: Technically, angle shooting is not cheating. Angle shooters don't break the rules-they just make it their personal mission to bend them as much as humanly possible.
Word: angle shooters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of angle shooter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: angle-shooter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of angle shooter. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The angle-shooter here is hoping for a chance to steal the pot, but only if he sees that his opponent's hand is weak enough that she might not call a bet.
Word: angle-shooters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of angle-shooter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bahaite Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of Baháʼite. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Bahaites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bahaite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: magicless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From magic + -less. 1. Lacking magic or magical abilities. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gadsbud Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Uncertain, either a contraction of God’s blood, or of God’s body Pronunciation: /ɡædˈzbʌd/ 1. An expression of surprise, shock, pleasure etc. Labels: obsolete Example: Don Jer. Gadsbud, and a great fortune! Ferdinand, you are a prudent young rogue, and I forgive you: and, ifecks, you are a pretty little damsel. Give your father-in-law a kiss, you smiling rogue!
Word: wandless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wand + -less. 1. Lacking a wand. Labels: not-comparable
Word: it's been real Part of Speech: phrase 1. An informal farewell indicating the speaker's enjoyment of the time spent together. Often used ironically. Labels: US Example: A few minutes later, D.J. stood up from the table. "Well, it's been real," she said.
Word: Thingyan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Burmese သင်္ကြန် (sangkran), from Sanskrit संक्रान्ति (saṃkrānti, “passage of the sun from one celestial position to another”). Pronunciation: /ˈθɪnd͡ʒɑːn/ 1. The Burmese New Year festival, celebrated from 13 to 16 April.
Word: arabesk Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of arabesque. Labels: alt-of, rare Example: Öztuna therefore understands arabesk very much in terms of a bastardization of the classical genre, and draws a direct line from the popularized art music forms of the late nineteenth century, through art-music-educated composers of film music in the 1930s (such as Sadettin Kaynak) to the arabesk of the seventies (1987: 50-1). Example: The role gender plays in the formation and popularity of arabesk music is a complex question. Orhan Gencebay, who implied in his arabesk that suffering would one day end, retained his image of sedate manliness.
Word: faas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of faa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rahu Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rohu. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: menopaused Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From menopause + -ed. 1. Having been through menopause. Labels: not-comparable
Word: menopaused Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From menopause + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of menopause Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: menopausing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From menopause + -ing. 1. Going through the menopause. Labels: not-comparable
Word: menopausing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From menopause + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of menopause Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: womanhater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From woman + hater. 1. One who hates women or the female sex; a misogynist. Example: I suppose, the gentleman’s a womanhater; but, Sir, I think you ought to remember, that you had a mother: and pray, if it had not been for a woman, where would you have been, colonel? Example: From his insertion of these strictures on women, which are not the most courtly, it has been inferred that he was a womanhater; but that he was not so, appears from some of his prologues, especially from that to the ‘Knight of the Tower.’
Word: manhating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From man + hating. 1. Hating men; misandric.
Word: manhating Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From man + hating. 1. Hatred of men. Labels: uncountable Example: Certainly many lesbians hate men, and there is reason to believe that manhating is important to moving out of oppression […]
Word: womanhating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From woman + hating. 1. Hating women. Example: But these attitudes in male writers were taken for granted, accepted as sound philosophical bases, as quite normal, certainly not as womanhating, aggressive or neurotic. Example: And as Germaine Greer points out, the “lay,” if finally granted, or an endless series of them, tends to make the womanhating man even more hateful and contemptuous.
Word: womanhating Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From woman + hating. 1. Hatred of women; misogyny. Labels: uncountable Example: Meanwhile, womanhating as a recourse of the powerless is sapping strength from black communities, and our very lives. Example: Remember when you think about sex that men often use it to express power, control, womanhating and violence.
Word: integrating resource Part of Speech: noun 1. A publication that is updated by means of changes that are incorporated into the whole without another discreet instance being created.
Word: bend the rules Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A metaphor where, instead of breaking the rules, the rules are only being "bent", lessening the effect. 1. To do something that is not normally allowed but is also not explicitly prohibited. Example: Such a mechanism could preserve individuals with mainly prosocial inclinations by enabling them to bend the rules in minor ways without suffering from guilt and without losing out in competition with free-riders.
Word: bends the rules Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bend the rules Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bending the rules Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bend the rules Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bent the rules Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bend the rules Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: morning breath Part of Speech: noun 1. Fetid breath noticeable shortly after waking up, caused by dryness in the mouth. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lyssomanine Part of Speech: noun 1. A jumping spider of the subfamily Lyssomaninae.
Word: spartaeine Part of Speech: noun 1. A jumping spider of the subfamily Spartaeinae.
Word: dry-handed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dry + handed. 1. Having hands that are dry. Example: She identified the dry grasp and the finger joints (both the Simpsons were dry-handed, and in the early stages of arthritis, so Dr Simpson had diagnosed). Example: Just after noon, a northerly wind suddenly sprant up. De Villaine and his crew were left to finish their harvest dry-headed and dry-handed. 2. Old and withered, with connotations of lacking sexual potency or appeal. Example: She went from the arms of the football captain to the dry-handed grasp of Mr. Depopolus, who'd retired from the faculty when she was twelve years old. Example: As Dot walked down the steps towards the couple who frowned at the house, at the cypress trees, the camellia bushes and clay roof tiles, it became clear Ruth was ageing in reverse.At the funeral she had been strung-out, dry-handed, efficient and too thin, and she now looked younger, the layer of dewy plumpness in the skin of her face at odds with the cage bones above her unlikely breasts. 3. Empty-handed. Labels: archaic Example: "But since they commenced to turning folks away, off dry-handed, giving them nothing while folks were getting hungry, well then the federal government fixed the welfare. Example: He went away on Wednesday last, and left this enclosed, which, I think, gives notice that the dry-handed Indians will remember themselves and you better than they have done. 4. Unarmed; lacking special equipment for fighting. Labels: obsolete Example: 'And now,' she said,'ye maun hae arms:ye maunna gang on dry-handed; but use them not rashly. Example: Ndebele boxers, however, fought dry handed. In the oral myth this difference between bare-hand and gloved boxing has come to stand for notions of 'Matabele' backwardness and 'Manyika' civilization. 5. Snobbish; concerned more with social standing than actual worth. Labels: obsolete Example: During the ensuing period of growth and change Barrington began to consider itself the seat of learning and culture and to look down its nose somewhat at the outer villages, which in turn accused Barrington of becoming "dry-handed" and altogether too high-minded as it turned from fishing to business and the land Example: For I hear their carriage well commended, especially the Duke of Nevers, saving that the Queen's musicians and other inferior officers complain, that he was very dry-handed.
Word: dendryphantine Part of Speech: noun 1. A jumping spider of the subtribe Dendryphantina.
Word: euophryine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Euophryinae. 1. A jumping spider of the subfamily Euophryinae.
Word: dryhanded Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of dry-handed. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: This sex blackmailer and dryhanded public virgin was lunching secretly each week with the East Coast spokesman for organized crime, Frank Costello, in N.Y. Central Park's Tavern on the Green (according to the Time magazine obituary).
Word: Lady Days Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Lady Day Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lady-day Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Lady Day. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It ended in my moving into the house next Lady-day, and starting in practice on very much the same conditions as he had suggested.
Word: room for doubt Part of Speech: noun 1. Eventuality. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable