nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: manganesious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From manganese + -ious. 1. manganous Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: ravener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From raven + -er. 1. One who, or that which, ravens or plunders. Labels: obsolete Example: mention is simply of violent men , and of raveners or snatchers 2. A bird of prey. Labels: obsolete Example: It is a creature of a very deformed shape, monstrous presence, a great ravener, and altogether untameable
Word: raveners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ravener Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesembryanthemum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From taxonomic name Mesembryanthemum. 1. Any of the genus Mesembryanthemum of herbaceous or suffruticose plants. Example: The celebrated garden in which suicidal gamblers used to put an end to their troubles was overgrown with mesembryanthemum. Example: They had come out on to the coast road now, and Cornwall was out-postering itself, as usual, with rocky headlands and sandy coves and fishing villages that spilled themselves down the cliff face like cascades of mesembryanthemum.
Word: mesembryanthemums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mesembryanthemum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alliciency Part of Speech: noun 1. the power to attract; attractiveness; draw Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Now if these Magneticall emissions be only qualities, and the gravity of bodies incline them only unto earth; surely that which moveth other bodies to descent carrieth not the stroak in this, but rather the Magneticall alliciency of the earth;
Word: oxhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oxe head, oxheved, equivalent to ox + head. Compare hogshead. 1. A fool; a blockhead. Labels: obsolete Example: Dost make a mummer of me, oxe-head?
Word: oxheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oxhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: factoress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From factor + -ess. 1. A female factor (agent or representative). Labels: dated
Word: factoresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of factoress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: procuratorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From procurator + -ial. 1. Of or pertaining to a procurator or proctor. Labels: not-comparable Example: A Procuratorial Exception is Twofold , viz . First, That A. is not a lawful Proctor : And , Secondly , That he cannot be a Proctor.
Word: adynamy Part of Speech: noun 1. adynamia Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Pneumonia , as well as gastritis , and other inflammations of the viscera , lead to adynamy. The lungs undoubtedly act with less vivacity on the nervous ...
Word: hejira Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hegira. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Her mother was — had been — Scottish (although you couldn't tell by looking), and they had once made the long journey to her homeland. Juliet had been very small and could remember little of this hejira.
Word: hejiras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hejira Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tighteningly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From tightening + -ly. 1. So as to tighten.
Word: intersidereal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + sidereal. 1. Between or among constellations or stars; interstellar. Labels: not-comparable Example: — OK.... now, if the traveller comes back to Earth, he will have aged eight minutes when his children would be eight years older! — Exactly... That's why all intersidereal explorers who have reached the fifth level of consciousness never come back[…]
Word: dry nurse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: To distinguish from a wet nurse, who suckles a baby. 1. A nurse who takes care of a baby, but does not breastfeed. Labels: historical Example: The family found a dry nurse to take care of the infant. 2. An inferior officer who carries on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship. Labels: archaic, slang
Word: dry nurse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: To distinguish from a wet nurse, who suckles a baby. 1. To feed, attend, and bring up without suckling. 2. Of an inferior officer: to carry on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship. Labels: archaic, slang
Word: dry nurses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dry nurse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spermatophorous Part of Speech: adj 1. Producing seed or sperm; seminiferous. Labels: not-comparable Example: spermatophorous capsules Example: spermatophorous cells
Word: Chaldaic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin chaldaicus. By surface analysis, Chalda- + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to Chaldea.
Word: Chaldaic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin chaldaicus. By surface analysis, Chalda- + -ic. 1. The lect spoken by the Chaldeans.
Word: Chaldaic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin chaldaicus. By surface analysis, Chalda- + -ic. 1. A Chaldean. Labels: rare
Word: Chaldaics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Chaldaic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polyphonous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Partly an adapted borrowing of New Latin polyphōnus and partly of its etymon Ancient Greek πολύφωνος (polúphōnos) + -ous. By surface analysis, poly- + -phonous. 1. Synonym of polyphonic.
Word: worse things happen at sea Part of Speech: proverb 1. Things are not as bad as they seem. Example: Some people console themselves with the thought that, basically, worse things happen at sea: in middle-class Britain today, particularly familied fortysomethings, it’s Chicken-Licken time.
Word: bousy Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of boozy. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: histographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From histo- + -grapher. 1. one who describes or depicts organic tissues 2. a histologist
Word: histographers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of histographer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: impedible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From impede + -ible. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɛdɪbəl/ 1. Capable of being impeded or hindered. Example: Will is not impedible, it cannot be restrain'd tall
Word: omnipresency Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of omnipresence. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: ribanded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From riband + -ed. 1. Decorated with ribands; ribboned. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] PROTHYMIA, or Promptitude, vvas attir'd in a ſhort tuck't garment of flame-colour, vvings at her backe; her hayre bright, & bound vp vvith ribands; her breaſt open, virago-like; her buskins ſo ribanded: […]
Word: party hearty Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Chosen for its rhyme. 1. To engage in unrestrained merriment. Labels: idiomatic, slang
Word: hemimellitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hemi- + mellitic. 1. Having half as many (three) carboxyl radicals as mellitic acid. Labels: not-comparable Example: hemimellitic acid Example: hemimellitic anhydrides
Word: chiefrie Part of Speech: noun 1. A small rent paid to the lord paramount. Labels: historical, obsolete Example: There are a thousand instances of this all over England, in reserved rents applied to hospitals, in old chiefries, and even among the clergy themselves, in those payments which, I think, they call a modus.
Word: chiefries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chiefrie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of chiefry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antepaschal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ante- + paschal. 1. Relating to the time before the Passover, or before Easter. Labels: not-comparable Example: Other Christians, for instance, had contented themselves with celebrating only one solemn fast in the year, namely, the Antepaschal one; but Montanus enjoined his followers to observe two additional weeks, with the exception of[…]
Word: nucleobranch Part of Speech: adj 1. Belonging to the Nucleobranchiata, a obsolete order of molluscs that have the gills packed in the shell along with the heart, such sea snails now mostly classified in the order Littorinimorpha. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: nucleobranch Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the order Nucleobranchiata. Labels: obsolete
Word: nucleobranchs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nucleobranch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: agrestical Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of agrestic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: bell-mouthed Part of Speech: adj 1. Expanding at the mouth or opening; flared. Labels: not-comparable Example: a bell-mouthed gun Example: His bell-mouth'd goblet makes me feel quite Danish Or Dutch with thirst
Word: carminated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From carmine + -ated. 1. Of, relating to, or mixed with carmine. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures carminated lake
Word: demonify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From demon + -ify. 1. To demonize. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: magnetotelephone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From magneto- + telephone. 1. An early telephone with a diaphragm of soft iron placed close to the pole of a magnet upon which is wound a coil of fine wire. Its vibrations produce corresponding currents in the wire by induction. Labels: dated
Word: magnetotelephones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of magnetotelephone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grammatication Part of Speech: noun 1. A principle of grammar; a grammatical rule. Labels: obsolete Example: c. 1660-1680, George Dalgarno, A Discourse of the Nature and Number of Double Consonants So that this series and chaine of thoughts has for its first link an Hebrew grammatication.
Word: grammatications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grammatication Labels: form-of, plural
Word: linguadental Part of Speech: noun 1. An utterance pronounced by the aid or use of the tongue and teeth.
Word: linguadental Part of Speech: adj 1. Formed or uttered by the use of both the tongue and teeth. Labels: not-comparable
Word: linguadentals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of linguadental Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metachloral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Hellenic *kʰlōrós Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English chlorine Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol blend English chloral English metachloral From meta- + chloral. 1. A white, amorphous, insoluble substance regarded as a polymeric variety of chloral. Labels: uncountable
Word: infelonious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + felonious. 1. Not felonious, malignant, or criminal. Example: Though never even as a child thoughtlessly cruel, nay, delighting to rescue drowning insects and watch their recovery, there was a disagreeable silent remembrance of her having strangled her sister's canary-bird in a final fit of exasperation at its shrill singing which had again and again jarringly interrupted her own... the thought of that infelonious murder had always made her wince.
Word: mody Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mode + -y. 1. trendy; fashionable Labels: dated
Word: basified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of basify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: basifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of basify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: basify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From base + -ify. 1. To make more basic (less acidic).
Word: basifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of basify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: intermedious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin intermedius. 1. Obsolete form of intermediate. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: Motion impress'd on the cutward Sensory , and convey'd to the Brain by intermedious Nerves and Fibres
Word: lactucin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lactūca (“lettuce”). Compare French lactucine. 1. One of the essential ingredients of lactucarium, having analgesic and sedative properties. Labels: uncountable
Word: funebrious Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of funebrial. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: imaginational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From imagination + -al. 1. Pertaining to, involving, or caused by imagination; imaginary. Example: imaginational intuition Example: imaginational existence
Word: terreity Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being earthy. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: The aqueity, Terreity, and sulphureity Shall run together again, and all be annulled
Word: conclusible Part of Speech: adj 1. demonstrable; determinable Labels: obsolete Example: it is not conclusible from thence, that all other Mens Suits are so, because possibly not of the same Nature as theirs were
Word: disagreeance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disagree + -ance. 1. disagreement Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: disagreeances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disagreeance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: truceless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From truce + -less. 1. Without a truce. Labels: not-comparable Example: truceless warfare Example: a. 1783, Henry Brooke, "Redemption" Two minds in one, and each a truceless guest.
Word: multicrisis Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + crisis. 1. Involving more than one crisis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: aspersive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From asperse + -ive. 1. Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous. Example: aspersive comments
Word: clubbist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From club + -ist. 1. A member of a club; one who frequents clubs. Example: It is clear , by the applauses bestowed on what the author calls this new constitution , a mixed oligarchy , that the difference between the Clubbists and the old adherents to the Monarchy of this Country is hardly worth a scuffle. Example: The clubbists tittered, except the girl called Tess - in whom a slow heat seemed to rise at the sense that her father was making himself foolish in their eyes.
Word: clubbists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clubbist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: basaltiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From basalt + -iform. 1. In the form of basalt; columnar. Labels: archaic Example: basaltiform gabbro Example: basaltiform greenstone
Word: psora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin psōra, from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra). Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːɹ.ə/ 1. A cutaneous disease, especially psoriasis, scabies, or mange. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: tensibility Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality or state of being tensible. Labels: uncountable
Word: tetrahexahedral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tetra- + hexahedral. 1. Pertaining to a tetrahexahedron. Labels: not-comparable Example: tetrahexahedral morphology Example: tetrahexahedral particles
Word: chironomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chironomy + -ic. 1. Relating to chironomy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pushingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From pushing + -ly. 1. So as to push.
Word: holophote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See holo- and photo-. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒləfəʊt/ 1. A lighthouse lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction. Labels: archaic
Word: holophotes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of holophote Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inclinedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From inclined + -ly. 1. In an inclined manner.
Word: pneumatocyst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pneumato- + cyst. 1. A sac or other structure containing air and used for flotation by a marine organism, chiefly used in reference to those of kelps and siphonophores.
Word: pneumatocysts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pneumatocyst Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catlinite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Catlin + -ite, after George Catlin, an American painter who travelled in the region. 1. A brownish-red red clay found in Northern USA and Canada, used by the American Indians to make pipes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: catlinites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catlinite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin anōphytum, equivalent to ano- (“upward”) + -phyte (“plant”). Pronunciation: /ˈænəfaɪt/ 1. A moss or similar plant with cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.
Word: anophytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anophyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piciform Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to Piciformes Labels: not-comparable
Word: piciform Part of Speech: noun 1. Any bird of the order Piciformes
Word: aplanatism Part of Speech: noun 1. Lack of spherical aberration. Labels: uncountable
Word: crewet Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of cruet. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: crewets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crewet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misorder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + order. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)/ 1. Disorder; irregularity. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Surely it is an yl miſorder yͭ folk ſhalbe walking vp & down in the ſermon time (as I haue ſene in this place this Lent: & there ſhalbe ſuch huſſyng & buſſyng in the preachers eare, that it maketh hym oftentymes to forget his matter. Example: reforme the misorders of the King 2. That which is out of order or ordered incorrectly. Labels: countable Example: To the units transferred a sequence number is added to determine loss, duplications or misorders. Misorders and duplications can easily be resolved at the receiver's side by applying reordering ^([sic]) the sequence or just pruning the duplicated units.
Word: misorder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + order. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)/ 1. To sort or arrange incorrectly. Labels: transitive
Word: misorders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of misorder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misordered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of misorder Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: misordering Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /mɪsˈɔɹdəɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of misorder Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: misordering Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mɪsˈɔɹdəɹɪŋ/ 1. The process or result of putting things in the wrong order. Example: Some speech errors involve consonant misorderings.
Word: cuminic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cumin + -ic. 1. Pertaining to, or derived from, cumin. Labels: not-comparable Example: cuminic alcohol Example: cuminic aldehyde
Word: monosyllabled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From monosyllable + -ed or mono- + syllabled. 1. Formed into, or consisting of, monosyllables. Labels: not-comparable Example: Like to nine tailors, who, if rightly spelled, Into one man are monosyllabled.
Word: pepperer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pepper + -er, pepper being one of the items sold. 1. A grocer. Labels: obsolete
Word: pepperers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pepperer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pesher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Hebrew פֵּשֶׁר (pēšer, “interpretation, solution”). Popularised after the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛʃ.ə/, /ˈpɛʃ.ɚ/ 1. An interpretive commentary on scripture, especially one in Hebrew. Example: In 1807, Manasseh Illier sought in his Pesher Dabar (Solution to the Problem) to bring unity into the ranks of Jewry by reconciling all the factions of the conflicting schools of thought through the harmonization of reason and faith. Example: In commenting upon lQ28b, Abbe Milik referred to this fragment as a pesher on the Psalms, but since that time the document has been augmented by new fragments, and it appears certain that it is, in fact, a commentary on Isaiah.
Word: pesharim Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pesher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Borôro Part of Speech: name 1. An indigenous language of Brazil believed to be part of the Macro-Jê family.
Word: Hann Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a Middle English given name derived from Johan, variant of John, or less often from Henry or Randolph. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic. 2. A male given name, equivalent to English John. Labels: archaic
Word: Hann Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a Middle English given name derived from Johan, variant of John, or less often from Henry or Randolph. 1. To apply the Hann function to (a signal). Labels: transitive
Word: Hance Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hann + the patronymic suffix -s. In Scotland, a contraction of Angus. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Hancock Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hann + cock (a medieval diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈhæŋkɒk/ 1. A surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ian Houlder, a Tory councillor for West Suffolk, said Hancock appeared to be “up the creek without a paddle” in terms of remaining the MP, and so had seemingly decided to go. 2. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 17. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 18. A number of places in the United States: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: Hancocks Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hancock + the patronymic suffix -s. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Hancox Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hancock + the patronymic suffix -s. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Handcock Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Hancock. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Hankin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hann + -kin. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Hankins Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hankin + the patronymic suffix -s. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Hankinson Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hankin or Hankins + -son. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A minor city in Richland County, North Dakota, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Hanks Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hank + -s. * (surname): From Hank + the patronymic suffix -s. * (plural): From Hank + the pluralization suffix -s. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An unincorporated community in Williams County, North Dakota, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Hanks Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hank + -s. * (surname): From Hank + the patronymic suffix -s. * (plural): From Hank + the pluralization suffix -s. 1. plural of Hank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hansom Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hann + -son. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Hanson Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hann + -son. Pronunciation: /ˈhæn.sən/ 1. A surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: Jaggs Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Jack + the patronymic suffix -s. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Jaynes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Jayne Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jaynes Part of Speech: name 1. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.
Word: Jeanes Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a medieval variant of John + the patronymic suffix -s. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Janson Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the medieval male given name Jan + -son. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Jenkinson Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Jenkin + -son. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛŋ.kɪn.sən/ 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Jenks Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a back-formation of Jenkin + the patronymic suffix -s. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Jinks Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Jenks. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic. 2. An unincorporated community in Estill County, Kentucky, United States.
Word: Jeynes Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a medieval variant of John + the patronymic suffix -s. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Joinson Part of Speech: name Etymology: From John + -son. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Joynson Part of Speech: name Etymology: From John + -son. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Jennison Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a medieval variant of John + -son. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Jenning Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], a diminutive of the male given name Jan, variant of John. 1. A rare surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Jennens Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], a diminutive of the male given name Jan, variant of John + patronymic suffix -s. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Jennett Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], a diminutive of the male given name Jan, variant of John. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Jenns Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the medieval male given name Jan, variant of John, + the patronymic suffix -s. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Johncock Part of Speech: name Etymology: From John + cock as a medieval diminutive suffix. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Ianson Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ian + -son. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: deselections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deselection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deselectable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From deselect + -able. 1. Capable of being deselected. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Heavens Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Evans. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Evens Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Evans. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Evens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Even Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ivins Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Evans. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Ions Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a Northumberland variant of John + the patronymic suffix -s. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Ions Part of Speech: name Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of Ion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Beebs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Beeb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: demitint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French demi-teinte, or demi- + tint. 1. That part of a painting, engraving etc. which is neither fully dark nor fully light. 2. The shade itself; neither the darkest nor the lightest in a composition. Example: a demi-tint to colour my hair
Word: demitints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of demitint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pensative Part of Speech: adj 1. pensive Labels: obsolete Example: being very pensative to hear the follies that Don Quixote spoke
Word: traducible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From traduce + -ible. 1. Capable of being derived or propagated. Labels: obsolete Example: [S]uch a Tradition [i.e., oral tradition] were incompetent without written Monuments to derive to us, at ſo long a diſtance, the Original Laws and Conſtitutions of the Kingdom, becauſe they are of a complex Nature, and therefore not orally traducible to ſo great a Diſtance of Ages, unleſs we had the Original or Authentick Tranſcript of thoſe Laws, […] 2. Capable of being traduced or calumniated. Labels: obsolete
Word: assizor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From assize + -or. 1. A juror. Labels: obsolete
Word: assizors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of assizor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: invitement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From invite + -ment. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvaɪtmənt/ 1. invitation; allurement; temptation Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: […] had alighted upon this magnificent chamber; and, tired with his tedious explorations, was unable to resist the delicious invitement to repose, which he there saw exhibited; […] Example: These are great invitements unto men to become saints.
Word: invitements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of invitement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: broiderer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From broider + -er. 1. One who embroiders. Labels: archaic Example: It came back to Lord Mark again, as he seemed slowly to pass and repass and conveniently to linger before them; he was personally the note of the blue—like a suspended skein of silk within reach of the broiderer's hand.
Word: broiderers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of broiderer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bubaline Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a buffalo. Example: bubaline milk Example: of bubaline origin
Word: bubaline Part of Speech: noun 1. A buffalo
Word: elleborin Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of helleborin. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: recti- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Latin rectus (“straight”). 1. straight Labels: morpheme
Word: enterer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From enter + -er. 1. One who enters. Example: 1585, Arthur Golding (translator), The Worke of Pomponius Mela, the Cosmographer, concerninge the Situation of the World, London: Thomas Hacket, Book 1, Chapter 13, “Of Cilicia,” p. 23, When ye come to the bottome, there againe openeth an other Caue, woorthy to be spoken of for other things. It maketh the enterers into it afraide with the din of Timbrels, which make a gastly and great ratling within. Example: 1760, John Scott, “Elegy Written at the Approach of Winter” in Four Elegies: Descriptive and Moral, London: J. Buckland et al., p. 20, (cited by Anna Seward in a letter to Mrs Hayley dated 27 July, 1790, in Letters of Anna Seward, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1811, Volume 3, p. 30,), Who dreams of Nature Free from Nature’s Strife? The Hope-flush’d Ent’rer on the Stage of Life, The Youth to Knowledge unchastis’d by Woe!
Word: enterers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enterer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disguisedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From disguised + -ly. 1. In disguise.
Word: urocele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uro- + -cele. 1. A swelling of the scrotum due to extravasation of urine into it.
Word: uroceles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of urocele Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ironwares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ironware Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Chilians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Chilian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: menticultural Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to mental improvement; serving to improve or strengthen the mind. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: The Menticultural Society
Word: relbun Part of Speech: noun 1. The roots of the plant Calceolaria arachnoidea, used for dyeing crimson. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: apoplex Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of apoplexy. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: He bears into the bath, whence want of breath, Repletions, apoplex, intestate death.
Word: apoplex Part of Speech: verb 1. To suffer a fit of apoplexy.
Word: apoplexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apoplex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spathed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spathe + -ed. 1. Having a spathe, or spathes, or a particular kind of number of spathes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: thionoline Part of Speech: noun 1. A fluorescent crystalline substance, intermediate in composition between thionol and thionine. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: thionolines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thionoline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: synocil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From syn- and cilium. 1. A sense organ found in certain sponges, consisting of several filaments, each arising from a single cell.
Word: synocils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of synocil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ὗ (hû) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek ῡ̔οειδής (hūoeidḗs)bor. Latin hȳoīdēs French hyoïdebor. English hyoid English hyo- From hyoid. 1. U-shaped Labels: morpheme 2. hyoid; the hyoid bone or arch Labels: morpheme
Word: hyo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs) "pig". 1. pig (attributive) Labels: morpheme
Word: mydatoxin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μυδάω (mudáō, “be wet”) + toxin. 1. A poisonous amido acid, C₆H₁₃NO₂, originally obtained from decaying horseflesh and similar in action to curare. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: mydatoxins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mydatoxin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: senegin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From senega + -in. 1. A saponin extracted from the rootstock of Polygala senega (Seneca root), Labels: uncountable
Word: favoredness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From favored + -ness. 1. Alternative spelling of favouredness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: You shall not sacrifice to the Lord your God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evil-favoredness: for that is an abomination to the Lord your God. Example: One the other side, an honest man who had love for a married woman on account of her modesty and the well-favoredness of her children, might, without formality, beg her company of her husband, that he might raise, as it were, from this plot of good ground, worthy and well-allied children for himself.
Word: metrometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From metro- + -meter. 1. An instrument for measuring the size of the womb.
Word: metrometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metrometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incomities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of incomity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incomity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + comity. 1. Lack of comity; incivility; rudeness. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: microtomist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From microtomy + -ist. 1. Someone skilled in, or who practises microtomy.
Word: microtomists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microtomist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fluidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fluid + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈfluːɪdəl/ 1. Pertaining to a fluid, or to a flowing motion. Labels: not-comparable Example: The contours of their bodies […] had dissolved at the edges, resembling, as it occurred to me, said Austerlitz, the frayed outlines of the human hand shown in the fluidal pictures and electrographs taken by Louis Draget in Paris around the turn of the century.
Word: Angor Part of Speech: name 1. A language of Papua New Guinea in Sandaun province. It belongs to the small Senagi family.
Word: make an appearance Part of Speech: verb 1. To turn up to an event for a brief moment. Labels: idiomatic
Word: indiminishable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + diminishable. 1. Incapable of being diminished. Example: Have they not been told of late to check the common law , to slight and brave the indiminishable majesty of our highest court , the lawgiving and sacred parliament ?
Word: pilastered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pilaster + -ed. 1. Having a pilaster or pilasters. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Tripolitan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Tripolitānus, from Tripolis + -itānus. By surface analysis, Tripolis + -itan. Pronunciation: /tɹɪˈpɒlɪtən/ 1. Of, from or relating to Tripoli
Word: Tripolitan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Tripolitānus, from Tripolis + -itānus. By surface analysis, Tripolis + -itan. Pronunciation: /tɹɪˈpɒlɪtən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Tripoli
Word: Tripolitans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tripolitan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: guessive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From guess + -ive. 1. conjectural Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, rare Example: So in Beasts , in Birds , in Dreams , and all viary Omens , they are only the guessive interpretations of dim - ey'd Man
Word: reforger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reforge + -er. 1. Someone who reforges.
Word: reforgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reforger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reputableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reputable + -ness. 1. The quality of being reputable. Labels: uncountable
Word: practicalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From practical + -ness. 1. The quality of being practical; practicality. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: visual diary Part of Speech: noun 1. A sketchbook.
Word: imperscrutable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin imperscrutabilis. 1. Not capable of being sought or understood; inscrutable. Labels: obsolete
Word: tuffoon Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of typhoon. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: In September the Rain and Wind are moderate generally, and yet in that Month and October, happen the Tuffoons (Typhones) which are such violent Storms, that no Ships venture out of the Harbour, during that Time. Example: But without entering upon this equally dry and useless disquisition, sufficient it is that those Tuffoons, Typhons, or violent gusts of winds and storms, happen near the full or change of the moon, preceded usually by fair weather[…]
Word: tuffoons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tuffoon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: discontinuable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From discontinue + -able. 1. Capable of being discontinued. Labels: not-comparable
Word: estramacon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French estramaçon. 1. A straight, heavy sword with two edges, used in the 16th and 17th centuries. Example: Then to the pair, who speechless stood, he stretch'd A table-spread, bade each to hold an end, And with clear voice: "As we, the Church's arm, With this estramacon do smite in twain The texture of this fabric" (here he flash'd The blade between the two, cleaving the cloth), […] 2. A downward cutting blow with the edge of a sword or fencing weapon. Example: I tripped a hasty morrice[…]upon the dining table, now offering my sword [to the Duke of Buckingham], now recovering it, I made a blow at his nose—a sort of estramaçon—the dexterity of which consists in coming mighty near to the object you seem to aim at, yet not attaining it. Example: Dost think I could ride a horse and learn the tricks of Carricade and sly passata, Stramazon and bold stoccata, Maudritta to embrocata.
Word: estramacons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of estramacon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: temporo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Combining form of Latin tempora. 1. temporal: temples Labels: morpheme 2. temporal: temples Labels: morpheme 3. temporal: time Labels: morpheme Example: temporospatial
Word: deturb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Latin deturbare. Pronunciation: /dɪˈtɜː(ɹ)b/ 1. To usurp or depose. Labels: obsolete
Word: deturbed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deturb Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deturbing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of deturb Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deturbs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deturb Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: schizognathism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From schizo- + -gnathism. 1. The state of a bird having a schizognathous palate. Labels: uncountable
Word: thermomultiplier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thermo- + multiplier. 1. A thermopile. 2. A machine that is a cross between a thermopile and a galvanometer. Labels: historical
Word: thermomultipliers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thermomultiplier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dragman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From drag + -man. 1. A fisherman who uses a dragnet. Example: great riots committed by the foresters and Welsh upon the dragmen of Severn , hewing all their boats to pieces , and drowning the bargemen in a warlike posture
Word: dragmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dragman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intromitter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From intromit + -er. 1. Someone who intromits.
Word: intromitters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of intromitter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antitrochanter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + trochanter. 1. An articular surface on the ilium of birds against which the great trochanter of the femur plays
Word: antitrochanters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antitrochanter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesocoracoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meso- + coracoid. 1. A process from the middle of the coracoid in some animals.
Word: mesocoracoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mesocoracoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ricinelaidin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ricinelaidic acid + -in. 1. The glycerin salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a white crystalline waxy substance by treating castor oil with nitrous acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: thyrohyoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. Latin thyreoīdēs Ancient Greek ὗ (hû) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) ▲ Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek ῡ̔οειδής (hūoeidḗs)bor. Latin hȳoīdēs New Latin thyreohȳoīdēsbor. English thyrohyoid Borrowed from New Latin thyreohȳoīdēs, from thyreoīdēs (“shield-shaped”) + hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”); equivalent to thyro- + hyoid. Doublet of thyrohyoideus. Pronunciation: /ˌθaɪ.ɹoʊˈhaɪˌɔɪd/ 1. Of or pertaining to the thyroid cartilage of the larynx and the hyoid arch. Labels: not-comparable
Word: thyrohyoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. Latin thyreoīdēs Ancient Greek ὗ (hû) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) ▲ Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek ῡ̔οειδής (hūoeidḗs)bor. Latin hȳoīdēs New Latin thyreohȳoīdēsbor. English thyrohyoid Borrowed from New Latin thyreohȳoīdēs, from thyreoīdēs (“shield-shaped”) + hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”); equivalent to thyro- + hyoid. Doublet of thyrohyoideus. Pronunciation: /ˌθaɪ.ɹoʊˈhaɪˌɔɪd/ 1. Ellipsis of thyrohyoid muscle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: hyoid arch Part of Speech: noun 1. The second pharyngeal arch, which assists in forming the side and front of the neck.
Word: choleriform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cholera + -iform. 1. Resembling cholera. Labels: dated Example: choleriform diarrhea
Word: checkerwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From checker + work. 1. Synonym of checkwork. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A mishmash Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: How strange a checkerwork of Providence is the life of man.
Word: checkerworks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of checkerwork Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chequerwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chequer + work. 1. Alternative form of checkerwork. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: chequerworks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chequerwork Labels: form-of, plural
Word: black salts Part of Speech: noun 1. Crude potash Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Gothic double Part of Speech: noun 1. An essential duality within a single character, centred on the polarity of good and evil. Example: Robert Louis Stevenson's "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" involves a Gothic double.
Word: doteries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dotery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dotery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dote + -ery? 1. senility or drivel. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: entierties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entierty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: entierty Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of entirety. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: featurely Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From feature + -ly. 1. Having particular features; marked with peculiarities or with good looks. Labels: archaic Example: 23 October, 1833, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk featurely warriors of Christian chivalry
Word: strewment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From strew + -ment. 1. Anything scattered; a scattering Labels: obsolete Example: a strewment of flowers/rushes Example: Her maiden strewments, and the bringing home
Word: tentories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tentory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tentory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin tentorium (“a tent”). 1. The awning or covering of a tent. Labels: obsolete Example: And the Women mentioned who are said to weave Hangings and Curtains for the Grove, were no other than Makers of Tentories, to spread from Tree to Tree, for the more opportune and secret perpetration of those impure Rites and Mysteries, which (without these Coverings) even the opacousness of the Places were not obscure enough to conceal.
Word: lifesome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From life + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪfsəm/ 1. Characterised by liveliness; animated; eventful. Example: My sister may not visit us, My mother says her nay: O Edward! you are all to me, I wish for your sake I could be More lifesome and more gay. Example: "[…] but I won't tell you a lie if I can help it; and for all I haven't it chapter and verse, it's wonderful lifesome, too ."
Word: transcendentness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From transcendent + -ness. 1. transcendence Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: transcendentals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of transcendental Labels: form-of, plural
Word: libratory Part of Speech: adj 1. Balancing or oscillatory; tending towards a counterbalance. Labels: not-comparable Example: libratory motion 2. of or pertaining to libration Labels: not-comparable
Word: hully Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hull + -y. 1. Having or containing hulls (peel, shell etc.). Example: hully cotton Example: hully fibre
Word: alation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French, from Latin alatus (“winged”). 1. The state of being winged. Labels: uncountable 2. A wing or wing-like structure. Labels: countable Example: Sculpture of strong wing-like structures or alations, initiated first below the smooth nuclear whorls as broad and somewhat flattened axial ridges, which on the sixth whorl become slightly oblique and expanded […]
Word: alations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cercopod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek 1. cercus. Example: The long, slender terminal segment bears two very long, narrow cercopods ending in one large and several small setæ[…]
Word: cercopods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cercopod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in-and-in Part of Speech: noun 1. An old game played with four dice, a double being referred to as "in" and two doubles as "in-and-in". Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: in-and-in Part of Speech: adj 1. Produced by inbreeding. Labels: not-comparable Example: an in-and-in bred bull