nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: sweet ball Part of Speech: noun 1. A ball of some aromatic substance. Labels: obsolete Example: Let them take heed of Esay's prophecy, that their slippers and attires be not taken from them, sweet balls, bracelets, ear-rings, veils […].
Word: not have a pot to piss in Part of Speech: verb 1. To possess no money or resources. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: When I grew up, my family was so poor we didn't have a pot to piss in, so we pissed in other people's pots. We'd break into people's houses in the dead of night, find people's pots and take a giant piss in them because we had accumulated full bladders from holding down urine all day long from waiting to piss in people's pots.
Word: ergometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ergo- + -metric. 1. Relating to ergometry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ergometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ergo- + -metry. 1. measurement with an ergometer Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: recarpet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + carpet. 1. To replace the carpet of. Labels: transitive Example: We're planning to recarpet the dining room. Example: Compared to the last time they'd tangled with the U.S. Navy's carriers, the antiaircraft fire had been much, much more effective, even if the Wildcats hadn't done particularly well in their intercepts. They couldn't know it, of course, but the officer aboard Enterprise who'd recommended recarpeting the ship with 20-mm Oerlikons had, at least partially, been listened to, and the effect on the Japanese Navy's elite aircrews had been devastating. 2. To resurface (a road). Labels: India, transitive
Word: recarpets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recarpet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: recarpeting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recarpet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recarpeted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recarpet Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: preprandials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preprandial. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toad rush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So named because of its tendency to grow in the same habitat where toads live. 1. Juncus bufonius, a common species of rush found worldwide, growing in moist and muddy places.
Word: sailyards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sailyard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rambly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ramble + -y. 1. Tending to ramble, to wander aimlessly or to make meandering digressions. Example: But the mere mention of garden design is anathema to many people; they love a "rambly" garden. Such a garden is based on rambly ideas. This shrub would "look well" here; a bed of roses would "be just the thing" there; […] Example: Is your writing wordy and rambly? Try these two new products and you may discover that you can be a better, faster writer than you think!
Word: double Gloucester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps because cream from the morning milk was added to the evening milk, because the milk was skimmed twice, or because the cheese was typically twice the height of a single Gloucester. 1. A variety of Gloucester cheese, stronger and aged for longer than single Gloucester. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stone's cast Part of Speech: noun 1. stone's throw Labels: dated
Word: apellai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀπέλλαι (apéllai), plural form of ἀπέλλα (apélla, “fold, fence for animals”); compare Laconian Ancient Greek ἀπελλάζω (apellázō, “to assemble”). 1. An initiation family-festival which was dedicated to Apollo
Word: apellai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀπέλλαι (apéllai), plural form of ἀπέλλα (apélla, “fold, fence for animals”); compare Laconian Ancient Greek ἀπελλάζω (apellázō, “to assemble”). 1. plural of apella Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Abrek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ossetian абрӕг (abræg, “robber”) via Russian абре́к (abrɛ́k). 1. A North Caucasian highlander, a guerrilla fighter during Russian expansion in the North Caucasus in the 19th century. Labels: historical 2. A bandit, thug, a menacing looking man from the North Caucasus, especially if armed. 3. A North Caucasian (person from the North Caucasus). Labels: ethnic, offensive, slur
Word: Abreks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Abrek Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twidiot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Twitter + idiot. 1. Someone who posts stupid remarks on the Twitter microblogging service. Labels: Internet, derogatory, neologism
Word: courtesy call Part of Speech: noun 1. A usually symbolic formal meeting in which a diplomat or representative of a state pays a visit out of courtesy to a head of state or state office holder.
Word: Lunyu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 論語 (Lúnyǔ, "The Analects"). 1. The Analects (collected sayings) of Confucius
Word: Analects Part of Speech: name Etymology: From James Legge's 1861 translation of the work's Mandarin Chinese title 論語 (Lúnyǔ). "Analects" itself is a 1658 Ancient Greek loanword from ἀνάλεκτα (análekta, “things chosen”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + λέγειν (légein, “to gather”). Compare lecture. 1. The collected sayings of Confucius
Word: bar shot Part of Speech: noun 1. A double-headed shot, consisting of a bar, with a ball or half ball at each end; formerly used for destroying the masts or rigging in naval combat. Labels: historical Example: Bar shot and chain shot were primarily used during sea battles to destroy the sails and rigging of enemy vessels. The first mention of bar shot was by the Dutch in 1819.
Word: avahi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Malagasy avahy. Pronunciation: /əˈvɑː.hiː/ 1. woolly lemur
Word: avahis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of avahi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leafeater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leaf + eater. 1. Any organism that consumes leaves. Example: Eliminate just one kind of tree out of hundreds in such a forest, and some of its pollinators, leafeaters, and woodborers will disappear with it, then various of their parasites and key predators […]
Word: leafeaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leafeater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fennelflower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fennel + flower. 1. Nigella sativa, an annual flowering plant native to south and southwest Asia. Labels: uncountable 2. Nigella damascena, ragged lady. Labels: uncountable
Word: strike sail Part of Speech: verb 1. To lower the sails (in preparation for dropping anchor, to salute or signal submission, in sudden gusts of wind, etc.). Labels: archaic Example: […] at the last, famine and other necessities, caused them in the ende to strike sayle and let fall anker. Example: 1627, John Donne, Sermon 24 in Fifty Sermons, London: M.F. et al., Volume 2, 1649, p. 202, […] a ship which hath struck Sail, will yet goe on with the winde it had before, for a while, 2. To acknowledge one's inferiority (to another person); to abate pretension. Labels: figuratively, obsolete Example: (obsolete) Example: O that the living Harry had the temper Of he, the worst of these three gentlemen! How many nobles then should hold their places That must strike sail to spirits of vile sort!
Word: tincture of steel Part of Speech: noun 1. An alcoholic solution of the chloride of iron. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: umbrella tree Part of Speech: noun 1. An umbrella magnolia (Magnolia tripetala). 2. An African corkwood (Musanga cecropioides). 3. An Australian rainforest tree (Polyscias murrayi). 4. An octopus tree (Schefflera actinophylla). 5. An Indian almond (Terminalia catappa). 6. An umbrella thorn (Vachellia tortilis). Example: Virtually all the trees in the home range of the baboons are acacias of just two species: the fever tree, Acacia xanthophloea (18.4% of feeding bouts), and, on somewhat higher, drier ground, the umbrella tree, A. tortilis (5.0%).
Word: Spanish red Part of Speech: noun 1. An ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian red, but slightly yellower and warmer. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a deep red fecula subsides, called safflower, and, from the countries whence it is commonly brought to us, Spanish red and China lake 2. Any red wine of Spanish origin. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cannon pinion Part of Speech: noun 1. The pinion on the minute hand arbor of a watch or clock, which drives the hand but permits it to be moved in setting.
Word: apple of Peru Part of Speech: noun 1. The flowering plant Nicandra physalodes of the nightshade family.
Word: mock lead Part of Speech: noun 1. blende Labels: uncountable
Word: walking gentleman Part of Speech: noun 1. A male actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. Labels: dated, slang
Word: walking leaf Part of Speech: noun 1. leaf insect (Phylliidae family).
Word: leaf insect Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the insects in the family Phylliidae, which mimic leaves.
Word: black manganese Part of Speech: noun 1. The black oxide of manganese, MnO₂. Labels: uncountable
Word: black cattle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any bovine cattle reared for its meat, as opposed to dairy cattle. Labels: UK, dated, plural, plural-only
Word: black draught Part of Speech: noun 1. A cathartic medicine composed of senna and magnesia. Labels: archaic, historical Example: He was taken ill in the night—quite prostrate he was—in consequence of Crab; and after being drugged with black draughts and blue pills, to an extent which Demple (whose father was a doctor) said was enough to undermine a horse's constitution, received a caning and six chapters of Greek Testament for refusing to confess. Example: "You medical gentlemen must consult which sort of black draught you will prescribe, eh, Mr. Lydgate?"
Word: black tin Part of Speech: noun 1. Tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed, stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form of a black powder, like fine sand. Labels: uncountable
Word: leavee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leave + -ee. 1. The person in a relationship who is left by the other. Example: The leavee is the one who may not have been quite ready to give up on the relationship and so may feel still committed in some way to the marriage.
Word: leavees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leavee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: New Jersey tea Part of Speech: noun 1. Ceanothus americanus, a North American shrub whose leaves were once used as a substitute for tea. Labels: uncountable
Word: butyrellite Part of Speech: noun 1. bog butter Labels: uncountable
Word: bog butter Part of Speech: noun 1. An ancient waxy substance found buried in peat bogs, probably the result of an old method of making and preserving butter. Labels: uncountable
Word: bog earth Part of Speech: noun 1. A soil composed mainly of silex and partially decomposed vegetable fiber. Labels: uncountable
Word: wire edge Part of Speech: noun 1. The thin, wire-like thread of metal sometimes formed on the edge of a tool by the stone in sharpening it.
Word: pope's eye Part of Speech: noun 1. The gland surrounded with fat in the middle of the thigh of an ox or sheep. Example: "Our good Annie would cook for you; and you should have the hot new milk, and the pope's eye from the mutton; and every foot of you would become a yard in about a fortnight." 2. A cut of steak from the buttock muscles of a bovine
Word: precibal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin cibus (“food”). 1. Before a meal. Labels: not-comparable Example: In discussing these observations they suggested that the precibal increase in olfactory acuity may be a measure for the intensity of the sensation of satiety afforded by the ingested food. Example: Howe et al. (62) showed that a precibal injection of insulin reduced the postcibal fall in plasma volume at the same time relieving the symptoms.
Word: paper house Part of Speech: noun 1. An audience composed of people who have come in on free passes. Labels: dated, slang
Word: break no squares Part of Speech: verb 1. To do no harm; to make no difference. Labels: obsolete
Word: red fir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the bark colour of the older trees. 1. A fir tree of western North America (Abies magnifica). Example: […]in the ape posse, bent on vengeance, traversing landscapes clothed in snow and bristling with California red fir and silver pine, spooking human stragglers, and running across fresh graves as they search for the nameless colonel and try to piece together why the humans are killing each other.
Word: antisurge Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + surge. 1. Preventing a surge. Labels: not-comparable
Word: red manganese Part of Speech: noun 1. rhodochrosite Labels: uncountable
Word: countersurety Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + surety. 1. A counter bond, or a surety to secure one who has given security. Labels: rare
Word: countersureties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of countersurety Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterindication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + indication. 1. contraindication
Word: counterindications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterindication Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bone oil Part of Speech: noun 1. An oil obtained by heating bones (as in the manufacture of bone black), remarkable for containing the nitrogenous bases, pyridine and quinoline, and their derivatives. Labels: uncountable
Word: under hatches Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Confined below in a vessel. 2. Under arrest, or in slavery, distress, etc.
Word: Sphynxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sphynx Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Minskins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Minskin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Minskin Part of Speech: noun 1. A cat of a breed derived by crossing the Munchkin with the Sphynx.
Word: mountain flax Part of Speech: noun 1. Phormium colensoi, a perennial plant native to New Zealand. Labels: uncountable 2. Polygala senega, Seneca root. Labels: uncountable 3. A fibrous form of asbestos. Labels: uncountable
Word: pilot bread Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So named because of its original popularity with seafarers (pilots) as a long-lasting staple food. 1. hardtack Labels: uncountable
Word: leather carp Part of Speech: noun 1. A scaleless carp.
Word: needle loom Part of Speech: noun 1. A loom in which the weft thread is carried through the shed by a long eye-pointed needle instead of by a shuttle.
Word: needle furze Part of Speech: noun 1. Genista anglica, a shrubby flowering plant of the family Fabaceae. Labels: uncountable
Word: by the eye Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In abundance. Labels: idiomatic, obsolete Example: Assure thyself thou shalt have broth by the eye
Word: Elliott eye Part of Speech: noun 1. A loop in a hemp cable made around a thimble and served.
Word: wheel window Part of Speech: noun 1. A circular window having radiating mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel.
Word: Todd's syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In reference to an influential description of the condition in 1955 by Dr. John Todd (1914-1987). 1. Alice in Wonderland syndrome. Labels: uncountable
Word: pick hammer Part of Speech: noun 1. A pick with one end sharp and the other blunt, used by miners.
Word: nettle cloth Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of nettlecloth. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: sword lily Part of Speech: noun 1. gladiolus (flowering plant)
Word: scrollsaw Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of scroll saw. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: scrollsaws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scrollsaw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: on the shady side of Part of Speech: prep 1. Beyond (a specified age); older than. Example: a man on the shady side of fifty Example: Alice Marriot, a personator of male characters, who was on the shady side of forty at the time of her Galveston visit—and who had lost the “mold of form” of her early years
Word: starting hole Part of Speech: noun 1. A loophole; evasion. Labels: dated 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see starting, hole.
Word: eye agate Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of circle agate, with the central part of deeper tints than the rest of the mass. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If the stripes run together around the centre, it is called the circle agate, and if in the same stone the centre shows more colored spots, it is called the eye agate, or eyestone
Word: Angolar Part of Speech: name 1. A Portuguese-based creole spoken in São Tomé and Príncipe.
Word: Spanish bayonet Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various plants with narrow leaves coming to a sharp point: 2. Any of various plants with narrow leaves coming to a sharp point: 3. Any of various plants with narrow leaves coming to a sharp point: 4. Any of various plants with narrow leaves coming to a sharp point:
Word: turkey's beard Part of Speech: noun 1. Xerophyllum asphodeloides, a plant producing spikes of white flowers.
Word: archeopteryxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of archeopteryx Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stag hog Part of Speech: noun 1. babiroussa Labels: dated
Word: standing cup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English standyng cuppe, standyngcuppes pl, stondyng cuppes pl, stondyng cuppys pl. 1. A tall goblet with a foot and a cover.
Word: saw file Part of Speech: noun 1. A three-cornered file, such as is used for sharpening saw teeth.
Word: king's spear Part of Speech: noun 1. Asphodeline lutea, a perennial plant native to southeastern Europe and Turkey.
Word: king's yellow Part of Speech: noun 1. A yellow pigment, consisting essentially of sulfide and oxide of arsenic. Labels: uncountable Example: Jeremiah found himself indoors, perfecting his Draftsmanship, bending all day over the work-table, grinding and mixing his own Inks,— siftings and splashes ev'rywhere of King's Yellow, Azure, red Orpiment, Indian lake, Verdigris, Indigo, and Umber.
Word: king's cushion Part of Speech: noun 1. A four-handed seat made by two people crossing their hands and holding their own wrist with one hand, and holdin the wrist of the other person with the other hand Labels: UK, dialectal, idiomatic Example: in this garb he was now mounted on the hands of two of the rioters, clasped together, so as to form what is called in Scotland, "The King's Cushion ."
Word: velvet crab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the short hairs on the body, which give the crab a velvety texture. 1. Necora puber, the largest swimming crab found in British coastal waters.
Word: head and ears Part of Speech: adv 1. With the whole person; deeply; completely. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: to be head and ears in debt or in trouble
Word: duneless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dune + -less. 1. Without dunes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: counteropening Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + opening. 1. An aperture or vent on the opposite side, or in a different place.
Word: counteropenings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counteropening Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterapproach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + approach. 1. A trench or work pushed forward from defensive works to meet the approaches of besiegers.
Word: counterapproaches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterapproach Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blister beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the meloid beetles that secrete a blistering agent, cantharidin.
Word: get a pair Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of grow a pair. Labels: US, colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar
Word: nonmarring Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + marring. 1. Not causing damage; unlikely to mar when used properly. Labels: not-comparable Example: nonmarring hammer faces
Word: pipetongs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pipe + tongs. 1. A jawed tool for gripping a pipe, in turning or holding it.
Word: bull pump Part of Speech: noun 1. A direct single-acting pumping engine, in which the steam cylinder is placed above the pump.
Word: bull stag Part of Speech: noun 1. A castrated bull. Labels: obsolete
Word: spoon oar Part of Speech: noun 1. An oar with a curved blade to assist in rowing.
Word: spirit of Mindererus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the Latinized form of Raymund Minderer, a physician of Augsburg. 1. An aqueous solution of acetate of ammonium, once used to treat fever. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: mud sunfish Part of Speech: noun 1. Acantharchus pomotis, a sunfish widely distributed in the fresh waters along the Atlantic coast of North America.
Word: puts to use Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of put to use Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: putting to use Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of put to use Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: balance dock Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of floating dock which is kept level by pumping water out of, or letting it into, the compartments of side chambers.
Word: bond timber Part of Speech: noun 1. A wooden beam integrated into masonry walls in order to strengthen the structure by tying sections together longitudinally.
Word: finger steel Part of Speech: noun 1. A steel instrument for whetting a currier's knife.
Word: corn poppies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corn poppy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: house of call Part of Speech: noun 1. A place, usually a public house, where journeymen connected with a particular trade assembled when out of work, ready for the call of employers. Labels: UK, historical
Word: Rotokas Part of Speech: name 1. An East Papuan language spoken in Bougainville Island.
Word: house wren Part of Speech: noun 1. Troglodytes aedon, a very small songbird of the wren family.
Word: mineral wax Part of Speech: noun 1. ozocerite Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any wax of mineral origin, as opposed to an animal wax (such as beeswax) or a vegetable wax (such as carnauba). Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable
Word: staff tree Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the genus Celastrus of shrubs and vines.
Word: hasanat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic حَسَنَات (ḥasanāt), plural of حَسَنَة (ḥasana, “good deed”). 1. Credit for good deeds, which Allah weighs up against one's bad deeds at the final judgement after death. Example: 2003, Abu Alwafa, A study of the word "love" in the Qur'an Group: alt.religion.islam The muhasneen or those who do good deeds (hasanats). Example: If we see through Islamic point of view, every act we do whether big or small are counted in our good deeds (hasanat), like cooking, cleaning, bringing up kids, serving the family, visiting relatives and neighbors, helping the needy, visiting the sick, even a smile is a sadaqah to be rewarded by Allah.
Word: wheel tree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A cross-section of the trunk resembles a spoked wheel. 1. Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree native to Peru. 2. Trochodendron aralioides, a tree or large shrub native to Japan, Taiwan, and southern Korea.
Word: wolf net Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of fishing net, capable of catching many fish at a time. Labels: historical
Word: blister steel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its blistered surface. 1. Crude steel formed from wrought iron by cementation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: universal chuck Part of Speech: noun 1. A chuck, as for a lathe, having jaws which can be moved simultaneously so as to grasp objects of various sizes.
Word: peasecod Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of peascod. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: peasecods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peasecod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterbond Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + bond. 1. A bond to secure one who has given bond for another.
Word: counterbonds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterbond Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterdeed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + deed. 1. A secret document which invalidates or alters a public deed.
Word: counterdeeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterdeed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterdistinction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + distinction. 1. contradistinction Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Rorem decries our fascination with performers in counterdistinction to the modest interest paid to those who write the music performed.
Word: counterdistinctions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterdistinction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pulse wave Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of non-sinusoidal waveform that is similar to a square wave but lacks the perfectly symmetrical shape. 2. The wave of increased pressure started by the ventricular systole, radiating from the semilunar valves over the arterial system, and gradually disappearing in the smaller branches. Example: H. N. Martin The pulse wave travels over the arterial system at the rate of about 29.5 feet in a second.
Word: hand money Part of Speech: noun 1. Money paid in hand to bind a contract; earnest money. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: salt tree Part of Speech: noun 1. Halimodendron halodendron, a deciduous spiny shrub native to Russia and southern Asia.
Word: pappuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pappus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cut a feather Part of Speech: verb 1. To make the water foam in moving; in allusion to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows. 2. To make oneself conspicuous. Labels: colloquial
Word: Tutankhamen Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Tutankhamun. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unsloppy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + sloppy. 1. Not sloppy.
Word: decrunch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + crunch. 1. To decompress (data) previously compressed by crunching. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Several phone calls and a borrowed Mac later, I found that the single disk sent me wouldn't in any case decrunch (uncompress its data) without a sister disk — which had gone astray across the Atlantic. Such hitches are always irritating […] Example: The executable is still decrunched in memory, so it will _use_ some extra memory but _save_ disk space.
Word: decrunches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of decrunch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: decrunching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of decrunch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: decrunched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of decrunch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: false works Part of Speech: noun 1. Construction works, such as scaffolding, to facilitate the erection of the main work. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: false vampire bat Part of Speech: noun 1. A New World bat, Vampyrum spectrum; spectral bat. 2. Old World bat of the family Megadermatidae.
Word: spectral bat Part of Speech: noun 1. Vampyrum spectrum, the largest carnivorous bat.
Word: false key Part of Speech: noun 1. A picklock.
Word: ajr Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أَجْر (ʔajr). 1. hasanat Labels: uncountable
Word: thawab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic ثَوَاب (ṯawāb, “recompense”) 1. divine reward (for good deeds) Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: thawabs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thawab Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dandy brush Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of hard-bristled brush used in grooming horses.
Word: hippophobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hippo- + -phobe. 1. One who fears or dislikes horses. Example: Nor should hippophobes shrink away; though the story reeks of horses it is not horsy.
Word: hippophobes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hippophobe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hippophobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hippo- + -phobic. 1. Fearing or disliking horses.
Word: make sail Part of Speech: verb 1. To extend an additional quantity of sail (i.e. to spread a sail or sails). 2. To embark; start a voyage. Labels: figuratively
Word: short rib Part of Speech: noun 1. false rib
Word: bioefficacies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bioefficacy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leadplant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lead + plant; its presence was supposed to indicate lead ore. 1. a tall deciduous shrub of species Amorpha canescens, in the pea family, native to North America, with very small purple flowers grouped in racemes.
Word: leadplants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leadplant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hippophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hippo- + -philia. 1. The love of horses. Labels: uncountable
Word: hippophilic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hippo- + -philic. 1. Fond of horses.
Word: enlarge oneself Part of Speech: verb 1. To give free vent to speech. Example: [They] enlarged themselves with as high expressions against the government as at first
Word: universal instrument Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of altitude and azimuth instrument. The object end of the telescope is placed at right angles to the eye end, with a prism of total reflection at the angle, and the eye end constitutes a portion of the horizontal axis of the instrument, having the eyepiece at the pivot and in the center of the altitude circle, so that the eye has convenient access to both at the same time.
Word: lepidopterism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Lepidoptera + -ism. 1. A form of dermatitis caused by irritating caterpillar or moth hairs coming into contact with the skin or mucosa. Labels: uncountable
Word: millipede burn Part of Speech: noun 1. A brownish pigmentation or burn on the skin caused by the toxic liquid secreted by some millipedes.
Word: millipede burns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of millipede burn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unpurifying Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + purifying. 1. Not purifying.
Word: globe thistle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the flowering plants in the genus Echinops, with spiny foliage and blue or white spherical flower heads.
Word: type punning Part of Speech: noun 1. The circumvention of the system of data types in a programming language in order to achieve an effect that would be difficult or impossible to achieve within the bounds of the formal language. Labels: uncountable
Word: manfiction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction English manfiction From man + fiction. 1. Literary fiction which appeals to, or is marketed toward, men, typically written by male authors and centering on male characters. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: He sang the praises of Elmore Leonard, Chabon, Malamud and a host of tough-guy “manfiction” novelists, to use his affectionately satirical term. Example: And current manfiction certainly gives women a better deal than they got in the pulps of yesteryear, when most were presented as barracuda debs in frilly negligees.
Word: dick lit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: dick (“penis”) + lit (“literature”), as a play on chick lit. 1. Literature which appeals to, or is marketed toward, male readers. Labels: informal, uncountable, vulgar Example: "I am really tired of reading about sad women and bad sex, especially in laddish terms - all that dick-lit stuff," she says dismissively. Example: She knew that he read books. Okay, so it was that trendy kind of real-life adventure-tragedy-on-Everest-in-Antarctica-in-Krakatoa-with-sharks-with-fire stuff. Sure, it was Dick Lit (a term Nina had coined in response to Chick Lit), but they were books, for god's sake, and not just the sports or business pages that many men considered "reading."
Word: lapdoggery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lapdog + -ery. 1. Behavior or activity characteristic of a lapdog, such as idleness or submission. Labels: uncountable Example: "They do eat up one's time — " she checks herself again, checks her lapdog's struggles against lapdoggery, and interviewers, and dubious, childless relationships […] Example: Throstle adored Rosie, who had rescued him in the last three months from a life of uninterrupted lapdoggery by bringing him on her stable rounds every morning[…]
Word: Socratic method Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for Socrates, who employs it in Plato's dialogues. 1. A method of teaching through questions rather than lectures.
Word: Adamstown Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔadam- Hebrew אָדָםbor. Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám)bor. Latin Ādāmlbor. Old English Adam Middle English Adam English Adam English -s- Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-nós? Proto-Celtic *dūnombor. Proto-Germanic *tūną Proto-West Germanic *tūn Old English tūn Middle English toun English town ▲ English Adam English -'s English -s English Adams ▲ English town English Adamstown From Adam + -s- + town or Adams + town. The place on Pitcairn is named after John Adams, one of the mutineers who originally settled there. The place in Ireland is named for Adam Devereux, the one in Maryland for Adam Kohlenburg, and the one in Pennsylvania for William Addams. Pronunciation: /ˈædəmzˌtaʊn/ 1. The capital and only settlement of the Pitcairn Islands. 2. A village in County Wexford, Ireland. 3. A census-designated place in Maryland. 4. A borough of Pennsylvania. 5. A suburb of Newcastle in the City of Lake Macquarie and the City of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Word: Edinburgh of the Seven Seas Part of Speech: name 1. The only settlement on the island of Tristan da Cunha.
Word: Sooretama slaty antshrikes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sooretama slaty antshrike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prologuize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From prologue + -ize. 1. To deliver or create a prologue, as for an oration or for a written or musical work. Labels: intransitive Example: The place of the prologuizing minstrel is but ill supplied, indeed, by the epistolary dissertations which are prefixed to each book of the present poem. Example: The duke and his train appear,—the pedagogue prologuizes,—the clowns dance,—and their self-satisfied Coryphaeus apologizes and epiloguizes.
Word: prologuise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From prologue + -ise. 1. Alternative form of prologuize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: prologise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of prologuize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Semnan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Iranian Persian سمنان (semnân). 1. A city in Iran, the seat of Semnan County's Central District and the capital of Semnan Province. 2. A county of Iran, around the city. 3. A province of Iran.
Word: Yazd Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian یزد (yazd), in turn derived from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭲𐭩 (yzdty /⁠yazd⁠/, “god, divinity”), from Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 (yazata, “yazata, (an entity that is) worthy of worship”). Doublet of yazata and yajata. 1. A city in Iran, the seat of Yazd County's Central District and the capital of Yazd Province. 2. A county of Iran, around the city. 3. A province of Iran.
Word: Fars Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Persian فارس (fârs), see it for more. Doublet of Pars. Pronunciation: /fɑːs/, /fɑɹs/ 1. A province of Iran.
Word: Sooretama Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Sooretama. 1. A municipality in Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Word: Springbrook Part of Speech: name 1. A mountain, plateau, town, and locality in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. 2. A hamlet in central Alberta, Canada. 3. A community in the township of Stirling-Rawdon, Ontario, Canada. 4. A community in the township of Lot 21, Prince Edward Island, Canada. 5. A tiny city in Jackson County, Iowa. 6. A tiny city in Williams County, North Dakota. 7. A town with unincorporated community and census-designated place therein, in Washburn County, Wisconsin.
Word: Agawam Part of Speech: noun 1. An Eastern Algonquian tribe, native to northeastern Massachusetts (around Ipswich). Labels: plural, plural-only Example: First cultivated by the Agawam, broadleaf tobacco was soon planted by white settlers as a cash crop after they drove the Natives off the land.
Word: Agawam Part of Speech: name 1. The language of this tribe. 2. A settlement of this tribe. 3. A town in Hampden County, western Massachusetts. 4. A river in Plymouth County, southeastern Massachusetts. 5. Former name of Westfield River in Hampden County, western Massachusetts. 6. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Kentucky. 7. An unincorporated community in Teton County, Montana. 8. A ghost town in Grady County, Oklahoma.
Word: Hartville Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hart + -ville. 1. A city, the county seat of Wright County, Missouri. 2. A village in Ohio. 3. A town in Wyoming.
Word: Wheatland Part of Speech: name Etymology: From wheat + -land. 1. A number of places in the United States: 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: Labels: historical 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States:
Word: Harlowton Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the surname Harlow + -ton. 1. A small city, the county seat of Wheatland County, Montana, United States.
Word: stfcon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of stf (“scientifiction”) + convention. 1. convention of science fiction fans. Labels: dated, slang Example: From the smogbound coast of Calif to the 'tater farms of Maine We will see you-all in Portland when it's stfcon time again! Example: Scene: A street in Eugene, Oregon, site of the 17th World Stfcon
Word: stfcons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stfcon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Trans-Amadi Part of Speech: name 1. A neighborhood of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
Word: iono- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English iono- From ion + -o-. 1. ISV combining form denoting relationship to ions Labels: morpheme
Word: Eatonia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Eaton + -ia. 1. A town in the Rural Municipality of Chesterfield, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Word: Paciolian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Pacioli + -an. 1. Of or relating to Luca Pacioli (1445–1517), Italian mathematician and seminal contributor to the field now known as accounting.
Word: vomitable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vomit + -able. 1. Capable of being vomited. Example: vomitable material in the stomach 2. Repulsive; abhorrent.
Word: overgoaded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + goaded. 1. Goaded too far. Example: Endurance, over-goaded, stretched the hand of fraternity to sedition; the throes of a sort of moral earthquake were felt heaving under the hills of the northern counties.
Word: weatherwear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From weather + -wear. 1. clothing designed to be worn in inclement weather Labels: uncountable
Word: aerogenerator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aero- + generator. 1. A generator powered by wind, a wind turbine. Labels: dated Example: Modern wind machines convert the mechanical energy and are now called aerogenerators. Example: Aerogenerators or wind turbines are modern versions of windmills, making electricity from the energy in moving air.
Word: aerogenerators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aerogenerator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aerogeneration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aero- + generation. 1. Power generation by means of the wind. Labels: uncountable
Word: Amadi Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from Igbo.
Word: Russellian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Russell + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, social critic and political activist. Example: It is sometimes supposed that extensional propositions—in particular Russellian propositions, which are adopted in some neo-Millian views about proper names—are incompatible with intensionalism and presuppositionalism. Example: As Hermione phrases it, sounding convincingly Kantian or even Russellian about something called the Resurrection Stone: […] 2. Of or relating to Ken Russell (1927–2011), English film director known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style.
Word: logicisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of logicism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tom Sawyers Part of Speech: verb 1. present of Tom Sawyer Labels: form-of, present
Word: Tom Sawyering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Tom Sawyer Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Tom Sawyered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of Tom Sawyer Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bell-ringers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bell-ringer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: onsweep Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɒn.swiːp/, /ˈɑn.swip/, /ˈɔn.swip/ 1. A rapid arrival, especially one that is forceful. Example: The last bit of blue sky yielded to the onsweep of clouds.
Word: samjna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit संज्ञा (saṃjñā). 1. perception, cognition, conceptualization. Labels: uncountable
Word: Wakaw Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cree ᐚᑳᐤ (waakaaw, “crooked”). 1. A town and lake in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Word: Ponteix Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈpɒntɛks/ 1. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Word: mafia state Part of Speech: noun 1. A system in which the government is tied with organized crime.
Word: mafia states Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mafia state Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Turtleford Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Turtle + ford. 1. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Word: Turtle Part of Speech: name 1. A river in Saskatchewan, Canada. 2. An extinct town in Dent County, Missouri, United States. 3. A town in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. 4. A surname, thought to be derived from the turtle dove.
Word: Turtle Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles, a drinking club.
Word: Turtle River Part of Speech: name 1. A minor city and township in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. 2. A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Turtle River No. 469) in west Saskatchewan, Canada.
Word: Telangana Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Telugu తెలంగాణ (telaṅgāṇa). Pronunciation: /ˌtɛlənˈɡɑːnə/, [ˌt̪ɛləŋˈɡɑːnə] 1. A state in south-central India, created in 2014 by separation from Andhra Pradesh. Capital: Hyderabad.
Word: Pripyat Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Russian При́пять (Prípjatʹ) or Ukrainian При́п'ять (Prýpʺjatʹ). 1. A river in Eastern Europe, flowing east through Ukraine and Belarus, draining into the Dnieper. 2. An abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus.
Word: proximo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *prokʷe Proto-Indo-European *prokʷism̥mos Latin proximus Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English proximo- From proximal. By surface analysis, proxim- + -o-. 1. ISV combining form denoting proximal location or vector Labels: morpheme
Word: namefellow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From name + fellow. 1. A person with whom one shares a surname or given name, or both. Labels: poetic, rare Example: But by the sea-banks where at morn their foes / Might find them, lay those knightly name-fellows, / One sick with grief of heart and sleepless, one / With heart of hope triumphant as the sun
Word: csars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of csar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ridd Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Schlitt Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Schlitt. 1. A surname from German.
Word: namefellows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of namefellow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flea circuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flea circus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abugidic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From abugida + -ic. 1. Of or relating to an abugida. Labels: rare Example: Seycong or his linguistic consultants could use as a model the alphabetic or abugidic scripts of India and Inner Asia […] Example: […] and the script […] is modeled closely on Tibetan as to shape (though severely squared up) but is written in columns; it retains the abugidic principle, but places all the non-a vowel indicators after (i.e. below) the consonant they follow […]
Word: bekkos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bekko Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wristbanded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wristband + -ed. 1. Wearing a wristband (sleeve cuff) Labels: not-comparable Example: […] the nicest young man that ever was, — daintily gloved, patently booted, oilily curled, snowily wristbanded, with a lovely cambric (prima facie) handkerchief bound about his hyacinthine locks and polished hat. 2. Wearing a wristband (strip of material in sports etc.) Labels: not-comparable
Word: wakeskate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wake + skate. 1. The board used in wakeskating.
Word: wakeskates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wakeskate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: staghorn coral Part of Speech: noun 1. A stony coral (Acropora cervicornis), with cylindrical branches. Example: Stands of staghorn coral were bleaching white.
Word: trolldom Part of Speech: noun 1. black magic; witchcraft Labels: uncountable
Word: trolldom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From troll + -dom. 1. The realm or sphere of trolls (online troublemakers). Labels: Internet, uncountable
Word: antidextrans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antidextran Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kojibiose Part of Speech: noun 1. A disaccharide that is a product of the caramelization of glucose. Labels: uncountable
Word: sophorolipid Part of Speech: noun 1. A surface-active glycolipid compound that can be synthesized by a number of non-pathogenic yeast species.
Word: sophorolipids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sophorolipid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mannobioses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mannobiose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maltulose Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular disaccharide. Labels: uncountable
Word: gentiobiulose Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular disaccharide. Labels: uncountable
Word: rhamnodiastase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Rhamnus and diastase. 1. An enzyme found in Rhamnus dahurica, used in the hydrolysis of flavonoid glycosides. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rhamnodiastases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhamnodiastase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rutinulose Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular disaccharide. Labels: uncountable
Word: melibiulose Part of Speech: noun 1. A disaccharide formed from fructose and galactose, similar to melibiose. Labels: uncountable
Word: waterblommetjiebredie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans waterblommetjiebredie, literally meaning "small water flower stew". 1. A South African stew of meat, typically lamb, with waterblommetjies. Labels: uncountable
Word: waterblommetjie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans waterblommetjie (“small water flower”). 1. The flower of Aponogeton distachyos.
Word: recondites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recondite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recondites Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recondite Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: waterblommetjies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waterblommetjie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reconditing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recondite Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: recondited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recondite Labels: form-of, participle, past