nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: dactylic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dactyl Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English dactylic From dactyl + -ic. Pronunciation: /dækˈtɪ.lɪk/ 1. of or consisting of dactyls.
Word: dactylic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dactyl Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English dactylic From dactyl + -ic. Pronunciation: /dækˈtɪ.lɪk/ 1. a dactylic verse.
Word: twoccers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of twoccer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dactyls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dactyl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: daddy-longlegs Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of daddy longlegs. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: twocced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of twoc Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: twocced Part of Speech: adj 1. Of an object, usually a car: having been stolen. Labels: not-comparable
Word: twocs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of twoc Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: copperas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English coperas, coperose (“metallic sulfate”), from Old French coperose. Compare French couperose (“sulfate”), Medieval Latin cuprosa, Late Latin aqua cuprosa, Latin cupri rosa, "rose of copper". 1. Iron(II) sulfate. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It were superfluous to describe the Process of making the Aqua fortis; it shall suffice to let you know, that our common Coperas makes this Aquafortis well enough for our purpose[…] Example: […] what a change has introduced itself everywhere into human affairs! How human affairs shall now circulate everywhere not healthy life-blood in them, but, as it were, a detestable copperas banker’s ink; 2. An obsolete sulphate compound with one of the three metals, zinc, copper or iron. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: daffiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English daffy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English daffiness From daffy + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈdæfinəs/ 1. The quality of being silly or foolish. Labels: informal, uncountable 2. The quality of being crazy or mad. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: dairying Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dairy + -ing. 1. Synonym of dairy farming. Labels: uncountable
Word: ferrous sulfate Part of Speech: noun 1. Iron(II) sulfate. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: damageable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English damage Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English damageable From damage + -able. 1. Hurtful; pernicious. Labels: obsolete Example: That it be not damageable vnto your royall maiestie. Example: Verily experience makes us thereby feele and undergoe many damageable treasons. 2. Capable of being injured or weakened, susceptible to damage.
Word: damp-dry Part of Speech: verb 1. To dry something until it is only damp.
Word: dampener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dampen + -er. 1. A device that moistens or dampens something. 2. A discouraging event or remark. Labels: figuratively
Word: Brennan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish Ó Braonáin (“descendant of Braonán”), a diminutive of braon (“moisture, drop”). Alternatively, from Irish Ó Branáin (“descendant of Branán”), a diminutive of bran (“raven”). 1. A surname from Irish. Example: Another friend was present while I was there, veteran criminal defense attorney William J. Brennan, jealously guarding an SUV full of memorabilia he’d purchased, including a Rizzo fedora and walking stick, the former of which he told me he hoped Rizzo was wearing during the famous “crumb bum” exchange with television reporter Stan Bohrman. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage. 3. A male given name, variant of Brendan.
Word: Callum Part of Speech: name Etymology: Scottish surname, shortened from McCallum; also a variant of Calum. 1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic. 2. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Word: Colm Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish Colm, from Late Latin Columba (literally “dove”), the name of a sixth century saint, one of the patron saints of Ireland and Scotland. Doublet of Calum. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒləm/, /kʌləm/ 1. A male given name from Irish.
Word: Caspar Part of Speech: name Etymology: A name given to one of the Magi in Western church tradition, from Biblical Hebrew גִּזְבָּר (gizbar), ultimately from Old Median *ganǰabarah; see it for more. Compare Hatran Aramaic 𐣢𐣦𐣡𐣣𐣩 (gzbry /⁠Gazzabray⁠/, “a given name”), also from Iranian. Pronunciation: /ˈkæspə/, [ˈkʰæspə], /ˈkæspɚ/, [ˈkʰæspɚ] ~ [ˈkʰæspɹ̩] 1. one of the Magi. 2. A male given name from Old Persian, more popular in the form Jasper. 3. A census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States.
Word: Josef Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name, variant of Joseph. Example: A monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin erected in Moscow's metro is stirring debate, with some Russians welcoming it as a historical tribute, but others saying it's a mistake to commemorate someone who presided over so much suffering. 2. A surname.
Word: Marek Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Czech, Slovak and Polish Marek. 1. A surname.
Word: dangler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dangle + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈdæŋɡləː/, /ˈdæŋɡlɚ/, /ˈdeɪ̯ŋɡlɚ/, /ˈdɛ̃ŋɡlɚ/ 1. A dangling modifier, especially a dangling participle. Labels: informal Example: Similarly, participles ending in “ing” often cause danglers in scientific writing: […] 2. Any body part that dangles, such as the penis, testicles, uvula, and sometimes tongue. Labels: slang Example: "Why do I have to feed her? Why do I have to look after her? I'm a girl. Ort doesn't have to 'cause he's a boy, 'cause he's got a dangler and I haven't." Example: Stupid kitten! First he thought he was a fish, now he thinks he's a mole. The vet says it's because he's missing one of his danglers. 3. A plotline that is metaphorically left to "dangle" or "hang"; in other words, the plotline is forgotten, phased out and eventually dropped, and thus a resolution is never achieved. 4. A large earring that hangs down far. Labels: informal Example: Long hair piled high on top of the head or cut to a short, curvy crop, needs the balance provided by large, dramatic earrings. Those with tresses frizzed into Pre-Raphaelite waves will like the look of huge hoops or ethnic danglers in wood […] 5. One who dangles about (loiters around) others, especially a man chasing after women. Labels: archaic Example: ‘You see,’ she cried, ‘what a Herd of Danglers flutter around you […].’ Example: Such once was I, a dangler to the fair; / Still, as a glass, I praise their dress, their air […]
Word: daredevilry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From daredevil + -ry. 1. reckless boldness. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: darer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dare Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English darer From dare + -er. 1. One who dares.
Word: darers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of darer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Donovan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish Ó Donndubháin (“descendant of (a person named) brown & black”), from donn (“brown”) and dubh (“black”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɒnəvɪn/, /ˈdʌnəvɪn/ 1. A surname from Irish. Example: Brian Friedberg and Joan Donovan, researchers at Harvard's Shorenstein Center, documented how the campaign to inject IOTBW into the national consciousness through fliers was highly organized. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. 3. The Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. 4. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Georgia, United States. 5. A village in Beaver Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States.
Word: Donovan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish Ó Donndubháin (“descendant of (a person named) brown & black”), from donn (“brown”) and dubh (“black”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɒnəvɪn/, /ˈdʌnəvɪn/ 1. A potato. Labels: archaic, slang
Word: darkener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From darken + -er. 1. One who or that which darkens.
Word: darkeners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of darkener Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sab. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Sabbath. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Sab. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sab. (“sable”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: diversificate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Hypercorrection of diversify, on the basis of Latin dīversificō + -ate (verb-forming suffix) with diversify being the regular derived form of Middle French diversifier, itself from Medieval Latin dīversificō, from Latin dīversus (“opposite, different”). 1. Synonym of diversify. Labels: rare Example: Of the Andean countries, Colombia has been the most successful in diversificating manufactured exports.
Word: Jace Part of Speech: name Etymology: Shortening of Jason. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒeɪs/ 1. A twentieth century diminutive of the male given name Jason.
Word: Jaime Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /haɪmeɪ/ 1. A unisex given name. Example: They call you "Jim", don't they?' 'No,' I replied, hiding my irritation. 'I prefer James. My father named me Jaime, but no one ever seemed to pronounce it right, so I changed it to James. Not legally,' I added. Example: “We are social beings,” Jaime Blandino, a clinical psychologist in Decatur, Georgia, told CNN. “My most extroverted clients are having the hardest time.” 2. A unisex given name. Example: A few minutes later, Jaime stood and rubbed her shoulders. "You okay?" I asked. She made a noncommittal noise […] 3. A unisex given name. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: primal scream Part of Speech: noun 1. A scream produced during primal therapy.
Word: primal therapy Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of psychotherapy based on the reliving of traumatic experiences. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Elliot Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɛliːət/, /ˈɛlɪjət/ 1. A surname transferred from the given name, a variant of Elliott. Labels: countable 2. A male given name from Hebrew, a variant of Elliott. Labels: countable Example: “I have been wanting this and working towards this for so many years,” Neilly wrote in the caption. “I’m so proud of Elliot and I am so grateful to the trans elders who risked everything to make this moment happen.” 3. A coastal hamlet near Arbroath, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6139). Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, named after Henry George Elliot. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Gregor Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, a Scottish form of Gregory.
Word: Garry Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname, a mostly British variant of Gary. 3. A river in Inverness-shire, Highland council area, Scotland, which flows into Loch Oich. 4. A river in Perthshire, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, which joins the River Tummel.
Word: at Her Majesty's pleasure Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Indefinitely; for an arbitrary period determined by the monarch or her government (especially for indefinite tenure or imprisonment). Example: The Governor serves at Her Majesty's pleasure. Example: The murderer was imprisoned at Her Majesty's pleasure. 2. In prison. Labels: broadly, informal Example: He spent two years at Her Majesty's pleasure.
Word: melodica Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly a blend of melodeon + harmonica. 1. A free-reed keyboard wind instrument, often played with a flexible plastic tube connected to the mouthpiece. Example: On “Seven by Seven” it was the reedy blend of two melodicas, played by Mr. Apfelbaum and Mr. Valera over a haunting drone.
Word: discontinua Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of discontinuum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: James Bond villain Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Bond villain. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: locura Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish loco Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Classical Latin -tūra Latin -ūra Spanish -ura Spanish locurabor. English locura Borrowed from Spanish locura (“madness”). 1. A Latin-American culture-bound syndrome of severe chronic psychosis. Labels: uncountable
Word: republican marriage Part of Speech: noun 1. An alleged form of execution during the French Revolution in which a man and woman were tied together naked, exposed to public view for a time in this condition, and then stabbed, shot, or thrown into a body of water to drown. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: A Revolutionary Tribunal was established [at Nantes ], of which [Jean Paul] Carrier was the presiding demon—Carrier, known in all nations as the inventor of that last of barbarous atrocities, the Republican Marriage, in which two persons of different sexes, generally an old man and an old woman, or a young man and a young woman, bereft of every kind of clothing, were bound together before the multitude, exposed in a boat in that situation for half an hour or more, and then thrown into the river. Example: "By degrees, daylight itself witnesses Noyades: women and men are tied together, feet and feet, hands and hands; and flung in: this they call Mariage Républicain, Republican Marriage."
Word: republican marriages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of republican marriage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disponer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dispone Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English disponer From dispone + -er. 1. Someone who legally transfers their own property to another. Labels: Scotland, historical
Word: menudo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish menudo. Doublet of minute and menu. Pronunciation: /mɪˈnuːdəʊ/ 1. A traditional Mexican soup made with tripe and chili peppers. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A traditional stew from the Philippines, made with sliced pork and calf's liver in tomato sauce. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: directionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English direction English -al English directional Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English directionally From directional + -ly. 1. In a directional manner. Example: directionally correct [= headed in the right direction] Example: It seems that at least 51% of voters support the notion that controlling who crosses a border into a freedom-of-movement zone (that is, into a federation or a supranational union) is, much like controlling who gets onto an airliner, directionally correct even though it presents the challenge of how to prevent abuses such as police brutality.
Word: Sacagawea Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hidatsa Cagáàgawia, from cagáàga (“bird”) + míà (“woman”). Pronunciation: /ˌsækəd͡ʒəˈwi.ə/ 1. The Native American girl who led explorers Lewis and Clark across the United States. Labels: historical
Word: Sacagawea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hidatsa Cagáàgawia, from cagáàga (“bird”) + míà (“woman”). Pronunciation: /ˌsækəd͡ʒəˈwi.ə/ 1. A gold-colored dollar coin with an image of the girl Sacagawea on the obverse. Labels: US
Word: tactical intelligence Part of Speech: noun 1. Surveillance of the immediate surroundings using one's senses. Labels: uncountable
Word: bullshitty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bullshit Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bullshitty From bullshit + -y. 1. Characteristic of bullshit; nonsensical. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: This bullshitty movie makes no sense at all.
Word: midget-minded Part of Speech: adj 1. Small-minded, stupid. Labels: colloquial, derogatory Example: 1949, John Joseph O'Neill, Engineering the New Age, I. Washburn, page 289, Because of this situation we are producing year after year crops of intellectually-dwarfed and midget-minded graduates whose limitations make them easy victims for compliance with a continuation of the system. Example: 1973 February 28, “The Destroyers Strike!”, editorial in The Advocate, number 106, quoted in Michael Bronski, Culture Clash: The Making of Gay Sensibility, South End Press (1984), →ISBN, page 148, The midget-minded masochists among us, it seems, cannot bear even the slightest hint of progress toward law reform and justice for Gays.
Word: primigravid Part of Speech: adj 1. pregnant for the first time Labels: not-comparable
Word: primigravid Part of Speech: noun 1. A female during her first pregnancy
Word: primip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From primiparous/primipara by clipping. 1. A female during her first pregnancy 2. A female who has delivered a single offspring
Word: primosome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-der. Proto-Italic *pri Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-(t)m̥mos Proto-Indo-European *-is(t)m̥mós Proto-Italic *-isəmos Proto-Italic *prīzmos Latin primus Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *twoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *twṓmə? Proto-Indo-European *styeH- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *(s)tyoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *styṓmə? Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma)lbor. English -some English primosome From Latin primus (“first”) + English -some (“nucleic unit”). 1. A complex of proteins required for the initiation of bacterial DNA synthesis
Word: princess cut Part of Speech: noun 1. A garment style in which vertical panels of material are shaped to follow the outline of the figure. 2. A square multi-faceted cut of a gemstone.
Word: scaling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of scale Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scaling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪlɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who scales or climbs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The daring adventures of the American people in their scalings of the Alps and the Rocky mountains and in their swimmings across the Niagara rapids […] 2. The removing of the scales of fish. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The formation of a layer of scale on a surface. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The removal of a layer of scale from a surface. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The measurement of dimensions using a scale. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The process of adjusting raw measurement data to fit an expected distribution, such fitting examination results to a normal distribution. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The expression of the terms of an equation using powers of nondimensional quantities. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. The process of adjusting sights to a ship's guns. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: caged Part of Speech: adj 1. Confined in a cage. Labels: not-comparable 2. Produced by birds confined in cages; not free-range. Labels: not-comparable Example: Two thirds of the class decided that free-range eggs had more taste and flavour than caged eggs and one third liked the taste of caged eggs more than free range. 3. Resembling a cage. Labels: not-comparable Example: It is lighter to handle and more manoeuvrable, and its three caged sides with web straps on the fourth prevent movement of the contents. 4. Jailed, imprisoned, incarcerated. Labels: derogatory, not-comparable, slang
Word: caged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cage Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: devolutions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of devolution Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hassled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hassle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: punctured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of puncture Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: musth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi मस्त (mast) / Urdu مَسْت (mast, “drunk, intoxicated; lustful”); and also from Middle Hindi مَسْت (mst /⁠mast⁠/)), and from its etymon Classical Persian مَسْت (mast, “(adjective) drunk, intoxicated; (literary) in rut; of an elephant: in musth; (noun) drunkard”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to be wet; to become wet”). Pronunciation: /mʌst/ 1. Chiefly preceded by in or on: the state each year during which a male animal (usually a camel or an elephant) exhibits increased aggressiveness and sexual activity due to a high level of testosterone. Labels: also, attributive, uncountable Example: The Taroos, or elephant catchers, having marked down a wild herd of 300 or 400 elephants, the following preparations are made. About 200 Taroos collect together, mounted upon elephants, and accompanied by two large "taking elephants," highly fed, and kept always musth, (sensual) and when in that state their ferocity is such, that no one but their keeper dares to approach them. […] The active little Taroos now slide down from their steeds, and under cover of one of the musth elephants, who pushes himself forcibly against the wild one selected from the herd, they, in a most dexterous and daring manner, slip the moosack on to each of the hind legs, which performance occupies about three minutes. Example: No animal in the world is so dangerous as an elephant in must. 2. An instance of this. Labels: countable
Word: genericalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English generical Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English genericalness From generical + -ness. 1. The quality of being generic. Labels: uncountable
Word: genipap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese jenipapo, from Old Tupi îanypaba. The Tupi meaning of the word is variously given as yandi-pawa or yandi-pab (“fruit for painting”), yandi-ibá-pab (“fruit of the extremities for painting”), and without citation or explanation, “breast of an old woman”. 1. The North and South American tree Genipa americana of the family Rubiaceae. Example: Genipap is wild and cultivated in many parts of the Amazon, especially on floodplains, from the river's mouth to the Andean foothills in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. 2. The fruit of this tree, oval in shape, as large as a small orange, of a pale greenish color, and with dark purple juice, traditionally used as a colorant. Example: Unripe genipap fruits are widely used by indigenous tribes to extract the blue pigment, exposing the inside part of the fruit to the air.
Word: geniohyoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin genīohyoīdeus, clipping of musculus genīohyoīdeus; from Ancient Greek γένειον (géneion, “the chin”) + Latin hyoīdēs (“U-shaped”) + Latin -eus (adjectival suffix); equivalent to genio- (“relating to the chin”) + hyoid. Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒiː.ni.ə(ʊ)ˈhʌɪ.ɔɪd/, /d͡ʒɪˌnʌɪ.ə(ʊ)ˈhʌɪ.ɔɪd/, /d͡ʒɪˌniː.ə(ʊ)ˈhʌɪ.ɔɪd/, /ˌd͡ʒi.ni.oʊˈhaɪˌɔɪd/ 1. Of or pertaining to the chin and hyoid bone. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the geniohyoid muscle. Labels: not-comparable
Word: geniohyoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin genīohyoīdeus, clipping of musculus genīohyoīdeus; from Ancient Greek γένειον (géneion, “the chin”) + Latin hyoīdēs (“U-shaped”) + Latin -eus (adjectival suffix); equivalent to genio- (“relating to the chin”) + hyoid. Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒiː.ni.ə(ʊ)ˈhʌɪ.ɔɪd/, /d͡ʒɪˌnʌɪ.ə(ʊ)ˈhʌɪ.ɔɪd/, /d͡ʒɪˌniː.ə(ʊ)ˈhʌɪ.ɔɪd/, /ˌd͡ʒi.ni.oʊˈhaɪˌɔɪd/ 1. Ellipsis of geniohyoid muscle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: conciliary Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to a council, particularly with respect to municipal government; issued by a council.
Word: unpreparedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English unprepared Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English unpreparedness From unprepared + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being unprepared. Labels: uncountable Example: The presentation went badly due to the team's unpreparedness. Example: The attack was so unwarranted and delivered with such venom that his unpreparedness for it left him speechless.
Word: torit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English toritten, torytten, equivalent to to- + rit. 1. To cleave or tear in pieces; rip apart. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: korin Part of Speech: noun 1. A small gazelle native to West Africa, Eudorcas rufifrons. Example: Aoudads, korins, mhorrs and mambas. Hartebeests. Wild asses. Rats the size of piglets […]
Word: griskin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Considered by some dictionaries to derive from grice + -kin. Compare Irish gríscín. 1. A lean cut of meat from the loin of a pig. 2. The bones, particularly the spine, of a pig. Labels: rare
Word: expending Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of expend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: expending Part of Speech: noun 1. expenditure Example: expendings of time and energy
Word: slumped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of slump Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: clouded leopard Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈklaʊdɪd ˈlɛpəd/, /ˈklaʊdəd ˈlɛpɚd/, [ˈklæʊːɾəd ˈlɛpɚd] 1. Either of the two species of felid in the genus Neofelis. Labels: especially 2. Either of the two species of felid in the genus Neofelis.
Word: boomtown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boom + town. 1. Alternative form of boom town. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The mining boomtown she remembered was now a ghost town. Example: Once a livestock hub, Abilene has become an AI boomtown. Its arid outskirts are home to the flagship campus of Stargate, the data-center partnership between OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank heralded by Trump in January.
Word: butterflies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbʌ.tə(ɹ).flaɪz/ 1. plural of butterfly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: butterflies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbʌ.tə(ɹ).flaɪz/ 1. Ellipsis of butterflies in one's stomach. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, plural, plural-only Example: And I wish that I could be with you tonight / 'Cause you give me butterflies Example: I was apprehensive, feeling butterflies, pissed, the sun cracking the flags.
Word: butterflies Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbʌ.tə(ɹ).flaɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of butterfly Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: moroseness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From morose + -ness. 1. Gloominess; sullenness; deep sadness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He acquired a slouching gait and ignoble look; his naturally reserved disposition was exaggerated into an almost idiotic excess of unsociable moroseness; and he took a grim pleasure, apparently, in exciting the aversion rather than the esteem of his few acquaintance. Example: Perhaps this excitement had begun much earlier, as I reflected afterwards when I recalled snatches of talk, and at the same time the increased quarrelsomeness of the convicts and the moroseness and peculiar irritability that had been conspicuous in them of late. I had put it down to the hard work, the long wearisome summer days, the unconscious dreams of the forest, and of freedom and the brief nights, in which it was difficult to get enough sleep.
Word: Iriomote cat Part of Speech: noun 1. A small wild cat, Prionailurus iriomotensis, found only on the Japanese island of Iriomote. It has a long, dark brown coat with darker rows of horizontal spots.
Word: dope fiends Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dope fiend Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blogged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of blog Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: asprin Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of aspirin. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: sexological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sexology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English sexological From sexology + -ical. 1. Of or relating to sexology.
Word: sexologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sexologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gumbos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gumbo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coaching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of coach Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: coaching Part of Speech: noun 1. The process by which someone is coached or tutored; instruction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: While Promedica may indeed have been an unfair labor practice case, the salient issue involved whether coachings were disciplinary, and thus could be considered "discrimination" under Sec. 8(a)(3) of the Act. 2. The operation of horse-drawn coaches, especially as a business. Labels: historical, uncountable 3. Relating to horse-drawn stagecoaches, also to railway carriages (or coaches). Labels: attributive, countable, uncountable Example: With "smalls" by freight and parcels by coaching trains, said Mr. Osborn, the B.T.C. is not yet clear what local figures would be useful to management, as these services are on an all-line basis with uniform scales of charges. Example: The town used to be a coaching stop on the old mail route from London to Holyhead. 4. A flogging. Labels: UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable Example: O thou all-pervading essence of Tom Arnold's birch and the Rugby Coaching-room! (unde derivatur "coaching-room" deponent sayeth not; but oh! most unflogged and non-Rugbyen reader! it signifieth neither more nor less than the flogging shop) […]
Word: ex negativo Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From the Latin ex negativo. 1. From the negative. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bodywrap Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of body wrap. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: body wrap Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of wrapping the recipient of a massage in something resembling cellophane as a beauty treatment. 2. The air-permeable wrapping material used in this process.
Word: body wraps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of body wrap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: circulus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin circulusbor. English circulus Borrowed from Latin circulus. 1. A social group of reptiles where there is interaction and personal exchange between individuals. 2. A concentric growth ring found on the scales of fish. This ring develops around the focus of the fish's scale.
Word: nyo Part of Speech: particle 1. pronunciation or cutesy spelling of no.
Word: obtainment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English obtain Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English obtainment From obtain + -ment. Pronunciation: /əbˈteɪn.mənt/ 1. The act of obtaining something; acquisition. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: From an old record it appears that Charles I. of England granted numerous monopolies for obtainment of money for his purposes, independently of the Parliamentary grants, among others the manufacture of paper.
Word: outhit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English hit English outhit From out- + hit. 1. To hit something better or further than (another), especially to score better in a game involving hitting a ball with a bat. Example: Nitschke could see that the Chiefs were another team like the Cowboys, a team that tried to outcute the defense rather than outhit them.
Word: out-of-body Part of Speech: adj 1. Perceived as if from a position external to one's body; as if one's mind had separated from the body Labels: not-comparable
Word: out-of-door Part of Speech: adj 1. outdoor Labels: not-comparable Example: Opposition to closure from amenity and out-of-door societies has increased greatly in the last few months at both national and local level.
Word: out-of-doors Part of Speech: adv 1. outdoors; outside. Example: Besides the jar of contrast there came to her a chill self-reproach that she had not returned sooner, to help her mother in these domesticities, instead of indulging herself out-of-doors.
Word: out-of-doors Part of Speech: noun 1. outdoors
Word: out-of-doors Part of Speech: adj 1. Primarily in the open rather than under the cover of habitation. Labels: archaic Example: Three children, with the rich brown and richer crimson colour, and the bright black eyes which mark a southern extraction, were rolling on the grass at a little distance; and close beside the fire were seated two men, with red kerchiefs knitted round their close-curled dark hair. There was something in the complexions and the out-of-doors life that at once carried the Italians back to their own country.
Word: out-of-state Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to, or originating in another state Labels: Australia, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, US, also, not-comparable Example: out-of-state plates 2. Available to individuals from another state; available to individuals not from the current or relevant state Labels: Australia, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, US, also, not-comparable Example: Out-of-state tuition is generally two to three times higher than in-state tuition for each of the years, regardless of institution type.
Word: number plate Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of a pair of rectangular metal plates bearing an alphanumeric code, fixed to the front and rear of a motor car to show its identity as registered with the DVLA. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
Word: relater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From relate + -er. 1. Alternative form of relator. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: naufragate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin naufragātus, perfect passive participle of naufragō (“to become shipwrecked”). 1. To wreck (something). Labels: ergative, obsolete, rare Example: All which Proposals we are resolved by Gods gracious assistance with unanimity, constancy, and activity, in our several stations, with our lives and fortunes, to prosecute and accomplish, to our powers, by all just and legal wayes, with what ever else may conduce to the Peace, Safety, Unitie, Wealth, Prosperity of our Lacerated, Macerated, Naufragated Church and State; […] Example: […] the reſtoring of collapſed Honour to the Nations, and of juſt Rights to all orders therein; ( which have been ſo many years obſtruded) the reviving of Trade, the eaſing of Preſſures,the reducing of theſe wofully toſſed and naufragated Kingdoms unto Calmneſs and Serenity again, […]
Word: amplificate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin amplificātus, passive perfect participle of amplificō (“I enlarge, amplify”). Also an independent back-formation from amplification. For its use by non-native speakers, compare Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish amplificar and Italian amplificare. Pronunciation: /ˌæmˈplɪf.ɪk.eɪ̯t/ 1. To amplify. Example: A Bodediagram are^([sic]) actually two diagrams, one of the frequency amplification (which frequency gets amplificated the most) and one of the phase-shift. Example: Seed 10⁷ cells into 75-cm² cell-culture flasks, add 15 ml proliferation medium, and amplificate the cells in an incubator (37°C; 5% CO₂).
Word: roll over Part of Speech: verb 1. To make a rolling motion or turn. Labels: intransitive Example: The car rolled completely over. Example: That night, and for many nights after, the Velveteen Rabbit slept in the Boy’s bed. At first he found it rather uncomfortable, for the Boy hugged him very tight, and sometimes he rolled over on him, and sometimes he pushed him so far under the pillow that the Rabbit could scarcely breathe. 2. To cause a rolling motion or turn. Labels: transitive Example: The mob rolled the car over. 3. To give in to. Labels: intransitive, transitive, usually, with-to Example: He doesn't meekly roll over to all her demands. Example: I'm not going to roll over this time. 4. To easily overwhelm; to steamroller; to brush aside. Labels: transitive Example: Thus, the bombardment mission was still possible to accomplish, since, on the U.S. Navy's side, both admirals were dead and only Helena and Fletcher stood any chance in further combat. Abe's remaining forces should've been able to roll straight over them, destroy Henderson Field, and the troop landings would be completed without any further interference. 5. To reinvest funds from a maturing financial security in the same or similar investment. 6. To reinvest funds from a lottery into a subsequent one, in the event that a prize was not won. 7. To move the cursor over. Labels: transitive Example: In this task, you'll revisit the button symbol so that it reacts when the user rolls over it. 8. To increment, especially back to an initial value. Labels: intransitive Example: […] to check if the system time has rolled over to the next second. Example: The dashboard clock rolled over to midnight, and a song lyric popped into my head: lonely midnight drivers, drifting out to sea.
Word: rodentology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rodent Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English rodentology From rodent + -ology. 1. a branch of mammalogy for the study of rodents by a rodentologist. Labels: uncountable
Word: darner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From darn + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːnə(ɹ)/ 1. One who darns. 2. A needle used for darning, a darning needle. 3. Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a hawker.
Word: darners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of darner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: daybed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From day + bed. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪˌbɛd/ 1. A couch that can be used as a sofa by day and a bed by night. Example: After this exhausting work was done Agnes would lie upon her daybed with her arms dangling, too fatigued to lift them. 2. A long chair used for reclining.
Word: daybeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of daybed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: daylights Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪlaɪts/ 1. plural of daylight Labels: form-of, plural, plural-only 2. A person's eyes (mostly as a target in fighting). Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: Jason only hit him once, but he really darkened his daylights. 3. Wits, consciousness; the insides, the essence; used as an intensifier, most commonly in the daylights out of or the living daylights out of. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only
Word: dazzler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dazzle Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English dazzler From dazzle + -er. 1. One who or that which dazzles; something spectacular. Example: When he announced that he was going to try his hand at professional baseball, few skeptics were bold enough to suggest that this career turn would be anything but another Jordanesque dazzler.
Word: laser printer Part of Speech: noun 1. A computer printer that uses a laser beam to produce an image on a rotating drum before transferring it to the paper.
Word: describable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English describe Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English describable From describe + -able. Pronunciation: /dɪˈskɹaɪbəbl̩/ 1. Capable of being described.
Word: dearness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dear Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English dearness From dear + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪə(ɹ)nəs/ 1. The quality of having great value or price. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: But brothers pass not into noble friendships upon the stock of that relation: they have fair dispositions and advantages, and are more easy and ready to ferment into the greatest dearnesses, if all things else be answerable. Example: Customers in Padgett Street did not generally, one might infer, express approval on the score of dearness.
Word: deathlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English death Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English deathlike From death + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of death. Example: They passed me within six inches, without a glance, with that complete, deathlike indifference of unhappy savages. Example: a deathlike silence 2. Deadly. Labels: obsolete
Word: deathwatch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From death + watch. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛθwɒtʃ/ 1. A vigil beside a dying person 2. One who guards a condemned person before execution. 3. A deathwatch beetle.
Word: debilitating Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈbɪlɪteɪtɪŋ(ɡ)/ 1. Causing a loss of energy or strength. Example: Akeley, Noyes hastened to inform me, was glad and ready to see me; although his sudden attack of asthma would prevent him from being a very competent host for a day or two. These spells hit him hard when they came, and were always accompanied by a debilitating fever and general weakness. Example: All of which is to say – my OCD is back. For those of you who have not had the displeasure, OCD stands for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and it is an absolute arseache. Again, at best. Utterly debilitating and life-ruining at worst.
Word: debilitating Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈbɪlɪteɪtɪŋ(ɡ)/ 1. present participle and gerund of debilitate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: decadency Part of Speech: noun 1. decadence. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: decapitator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English decapitate Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -torlbor. English -or English decapitator From decapitate + -or. Pronunciation: /dɪˈkæpɪteɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. One who decapitates.
Word: demi-god Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of demigod. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: white-knuckle ride Part of Speech: noun 1. An extremely exciting and nerve-racking ride at an amusement park, etc., where one's hands grip on so tightly that the knuckles appear white. Example: A newly-devised ‘white-knuckle’ ride in a funfair was named ‘the Braveheart ride’. 2. A car ride or bike ride that is similarly nerve-racking, provoking fear of a crash. 3. Any extremely exciting or nerve-racking experience. Labels: figuratively Example: They must be insane to think Judy Finnegan would retire from the daily white-knuckle ride that is live television with Richard Madeley.
Word: white knuckle ride Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of white-knuckle ride. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: henotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἑνωτικός (henōtikós, “serving to unite”), from εἷς (heîs, “one”). 1. Of or pertaining to the production of peace and harmony; unifying
Word: perish the thought Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Equivalent to "[may] the thought perish", with the verb in the subjunctive mood followed by its subject. 1. May the thought perish; said of an idea or suggestion that is deeply undesirable. Example: What! was he to lose his hold over these boys, and that because he was unable to cope with a boy much smaller and younger than himself? Perish the thought! Example: According to industry gossips, Richard and Judy may soon go their separate ways. Not maritally; no, perish the thought.
Word: Aga Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of AGA (an AGA cooker). Labels: alt-of Example: Le Creuset pots were expensive, including at David's shop, and you had to strengthen the floor to install a bloody Aga.
Word: Aga Part of Speech: name 1. A river in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia.
Word: Aga Part of Speech: name Etymology: Various origins: * Borrowed from Norwegian Aga, a habitational surname of uncertain derivation. * Borrowed from Turkish Ağa, an occupational surname from ağa (“lord; chief, boss”). * Borrowed from Amharic አጋ (ʾäga). 1. A surname.
Word: AGA saga Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Aga saga. Labels: alt-of
Word: Lawrentian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Lawrence + -ian. Piecewise doublet of Laurencian and Laurentian; compare also lawrencium. Pronunciation: /lɒˈɹɛnʃən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the author T. E. Lawrence or his works or style of writing. Example: Once in Paris, Idriss meets the unlikely aristocrat Sigisbert de Beaufond, who regales him with a desert drama of Lawrentian proportions. 2. Of or pertaining to the author D. H. Lawrence or his works or style of writing. Example: Head to the countryside, says Quickies, and have lots of sex in barns and stables that throb with Lawrentian promise.
Word: Lawrentian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Lawrence + -ian. 1. A person from or resident of Lawrence, Kansas.
Word: decapitates Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈkæpɪteɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of decapitate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: decapitators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decapitator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dewclaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain first element + claw. Compare dewlap. One suggestion, possibly a folk etymology, is that dewclaws brush dew away. 1. A digit, hoof or claw that does not reach the ground.
Word: dewclaws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dewclaw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: limberjack Part of Speech: noun 1. An American folk percussion instrument consisting of a dancing wooden doll and a flexible plank.
Word: limberjacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of limberjack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fantastico Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Italian fantastico (“fantastic”), from Late Latin phantasticus (“imaginary”). Doublet of fantastic and fantastique. 1. fantastic Labels: humorous, informal
Word: downriver Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English down- English rive English -er English river English downriver From down- + river. 1. Closer to the mouth of a river Example: My house is downriver to his.
Word: downriver Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English down- English rive English -er English river English downriver From down- + river. 1. Travelling in the direction of the river current. Example: It is easier to paddle downriver.
Word: decencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decency Labels: form-of, plural 2. The requirements for comfortable living.
Word: separata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of separatum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: duplicando Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of duplicand. Labels: alt-of, alternative