nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: poofta Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of poofter. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: What he said was that he thought it would be a shame to ruin looks like hers, and allowed she might continue working, if it was for him, ‘And your little poofta friend and all. Not that I like that sort of thing. But if he′s working then it has to go through me. I don′t want to hear nothing else.’ Example: /he stared hard at me and for the first time noticed my hair. We both remained staring at one another for a few seconds. Then clasping both his ham-sized hands to his face, the man wheeled round and staggered back into the cell. “They′ve sent ma a bloody poofta!” he howled. “A bloody poofta!” My companions stared at me in wonderment at the reaction my few words had produced.
Word: pooftas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poofta Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baiocchi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baiocco Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stroke order Part of Speech: noun 1. The standard sequence in which a Chinese character is written in Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese or Korean writing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: determinans Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dētermināns, present active participle of dēterminō (“fix the limits of something”), from dē + terminō (“bound, limit”). 1. A modifier; a word that modifies another word. Example: In the noun phrase “noun phrase”, “noun” is the determinans and “phrase” is the determinatum.
Word: solidary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French solidaire. 1. Having community of interests and responsibilities; showing solidarity. Labels: uncommon
Word: antitakeover Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + takeover. 1. Countering a corporate takeover. Labels: not-comparable Example: Taking on large debts was an antitakeover strategy.
Word: battleworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From battle + -worthy. 1. Fit for service in battle. Example: "Oh yes, sir. Seaworthy enough with the weather moderating. And we'll have the holes patched in a brace of shakes." "Seaworthy but not battleworthy," said Krause. Example: The Americans had proved themselves so eminently battleworthy in their first confrontals with the hard-pressing Germans that [Ferdinand] Foch wanted an American regiment attached to each French division as a stiffening element.
Word: pericopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pericope + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to a pericope.
Word: xylemlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From xylem + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a xylem. Example: In the medulla of callus formed in this fashion, a number of lignified cells occurred resembling the xylemlike cells often found in callus tissue.
Word: chuck in Part of Speech: verb 1. To give up, to quit. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Blake shocked everyone by chucking in his job, selling his flat and returning home to take up the flagging reins of the family company. Example: 28 May 2000, St. Petersburg Times - The good and the bad of Spanish travel writing Series: BOOKS Rather he gives a convincing impression of someone who wants to chuck in his old life in England and build a new life, not just a summer villa, 2. To contribute (something) as a bonus; to throw in (something). Labels: slang, transitive
Word: pack in Part of Speech: verb 1. To give up, to quit. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Goodbye, old sleepyhead / I'm packing you in like I said / Take care of everything / I'm leaving my wedding ring Example: I rode 700 miles one day before packing it in for the night, yet after 15 minutes of rest in my hotel room, I realized that I could have gone farther. 2. To include (especially of a large amount). Labels: idiomatic Example: Though co-star Keanu Reeves considered this new trip unnecessary, the "Speed 2" crew has packed in lots of references from the original. Example: An unexpected downside was a new generation of trains where the principal aim was to 'pack them in', leading to a sharp slump in ambience and passenger comfort. 3. To transport to base camp, especially by backpack.
Word: chocolate tree Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of species Theobroma cacao (cacao tree).
Word: Christmas disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Christmas + disease Named for Stephen Christmas, the first patient described with the disease. 1. haemophilia B Labels: uncountable
Word: circuit training Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of exercise involving a variety of different disciplines, each a few minutes long. Labels: uncountable
Word: cissy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɪsi/ 1. Alternative spelling of sissy (“wimp”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cissy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cis(gender) + -y, on the analogy of tranny and punning on sissy. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪsi/ 1. A cisgender or cissexual person. Labels: derogatory, humorous, often, rare, slang, sometimes Example: > Cis- is a Latin prefix meaning "on this side" or, less correctly, "near", as opposed to trans-, Latin for "across" or "through". Gee, I guess that makes most folks cissies! :-) Example: "She could be a straight cissy who just had a bunch of plastic surgery done," Tabitha said. A cissy was a 'cisgendered' person, someone who wasn't transsexual, someone happy with being and dressing like whatever gender they were born as.
Word: citriculture Part of Speech: noun 1. The cultivation of citrus fruits. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: chiliburger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chili + -burger. 1. A burger made with chili con carne.
Word: agnosias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of agnosia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rocketplane Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of rocket plane. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chilidog Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of chili dog. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Chiayi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 嘉義／嘉义 (Jiāyì) Wade-Giles romanization: Chia¹-yi⁴. 1. A city located in the plains of southwestern Taiwan. Example: In Chiayi and Ilan peasant uprisings broke out and could not be put down until the army had taken more than 700 farmers into custody. Example: Since many factories have not been repaired or are operating at low capacity, there is much unemployment. Repatriation of overseas Taiwanese has aggravated the problem, which the government has made no real effort to solve. During the war the Japanese built at Chiayi a large factory for making high-octane gas. Now it is closed, and one-fifth of the town's population are out of work. It is not surprising that at Chiayi last month there was fierce fighting against the mainlanders. 2. A county of Taiwan, surrounding Chiayi City. Example: Under the social security program, the government will expand insurance coverage to include dependents of public functionaries, and establish more clinics in Tainan, Chiayi, and Hsinchu countries^([sic – meaning counties]). Example: In my next move, I sent one of my aides to Chiayi County to sign a contract to lease a landfill.
Word: Balaclava Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Balaklava, from Russian Балакла́ва (Balakláva), from Ottoman Turkish بالقلاوه (balıklava), from بالقلاغه (balıklaga, “fishing ground”) * (Jamaica): From Balaklava or the Battle of Balaclava. Pronunciation: /ˌbæl.əˈklɑːvə/ 1. A town in St. Elizabeth parish, Jamaica. 2. A locality in the Wingecarribee council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia. 3. A suburb of the City of Port Phillip, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 4. Alternative spelling of Balaklava Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Baldassarre Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Baldassarre. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: PAF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Postcode Address File (“the UK Post Office's list of every postal delivery point, which is licensed to most delivery companies and banks, and many retailers”). Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Pakistan Air Force. Labels: Pakistan, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Philippine Air Force. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PAF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of platelet-activating factor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: balista Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ballista. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Olari Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Olari. 1. Various villages and communes of Romania.
Word: palmchat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From palm + chat. 1. Dulus dominicus, a small, long-tailed species of bird native to Hispaniola.
Word: palpigrade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from taxonomic name Palpigradi. 1. A small invertebrate arachnid of the taxonomic order Palpigradi.
Word: pal up Part of Speech: verb 1. To become friends. Labels: Australia, UK, informal, intransitive Example: He'd happened to pal up with a Free French bloke who'd been in the orthopaedic wards, and when this fellow went home with a couple of bone grafts Rushleigh got an invitation to stay at his place down at Nice, buckshee. Example: ... you could make a bit of conversation.' 'I don't want to. I'm on holiday with my family. I don't want to pal up with some bloke from the Pru, just because he's asked me to pass the sauce.' 2. To form an alliance. Example: WHEN union-busting coal operators and the sowers of red philosopies "pal" up together it is the beginning of a situation that affects the entire country. Example: Governmental and/or non-governmental organizations may "pal up" with schools for migrant children to provide assistance — such as contributions, teaching and protecting the students' rights and interests.
Word: suscribe Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of subscribe. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: pan-fry Part of Speech: verb 1. To fry in a pan with minimal oil. Labels: transitive
Word: Closetgate Part of Speech: name Etymology: From closet + -gate; from the name of the South Park television episode "Trapped in the Closet" (referring to the figurative "closet" that homosexuals who have not disclosed their sexual orientation are said to be in). 1. A scandal following the airing of the South Park television episode "Trapped in the Closet", which was a satirical parody of Scientology and Scientologist actor Tom Cruise. Example: Closetgate is heating up! Paramount has joined Tom Cruise's public relations rep in denying reports that the movie star strong-armed the studio into spiking a "South Park" episode that ridicules him and Scientology. Example: The Los Angeles Times dubbed the flap Closetgate. "For Stone and Parker, Closetgate will be the gift that keeps on giving," it said.
Word: pappyshow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Early 20th-century alteration of Scottish dialect puppy show, meaning "puppet show". 1. ridiculous, ludicrous Labels: Caribbean
Word: pappyshow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Early 20th-century alteration of Scottish dialect puppy show, meaning "puppet show". 1. A fool, a buffoon Labels: Caribbean, Jamaica, countable 2. mockery, ridicule Labels: Caribbean, Jamaica, uncountable
Word: pappyshow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Early 20th-century alteration of Scottish dialect puppy show, meaning "puppet show". 1. to mock, to make fun of Labels: Caribbean
Word: paradoxical frog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because it is larger as a tadpole than as an adult frog. Pronunciation: /ˌpæɹəˈdɒksɪkəl fɹɒɡ/, /ˌpɛɹəˈdɑːksɪkəl fɹɑɡ/, /ˌpɛɹəˈdɑːksɪkəl fɹɔɡ/ 1. Pseudis paradoxa, a species of frog unusual because it is larger as a tadpole (up to 25 cm or 10 in. long) than as an adult (about a quarter of that length).
Word: hacendados Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hacendado Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paramatta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So named from Parramatta, in Australia. 1. A light fabric of cotton and worsted, resembling bombazine or merino. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: parcourse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French "parcours du combattant", a military obstacle course, from Latin "percurrere", to move through, influenced by English "course". 1. A path or course, usually public, consisting of various obstacles or areas, designed for exercise purposes.
Word: parbuckle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Earliest forms are parbuncle, parbunkel and parbunkle. Of unknown earlier origin. Influenced by buckle and French boucle (“loop”) 1. A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is fastened aloft, and both ends of the rope are looped under, then over the cylinder and looped back towards the attachment point. The object rests in the loops, and rolls upward in them as the rope ends are hauled up, or downward when the ends are payed out. 2. A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc.
Word: parbuckle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Earliest forms are parbuncle, parbunkel and parbunkle. Of unknown earlier origin. Influenced by buckle and French boucle (“loop”) 1. To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle
Word: sole traders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sole trader Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sole proprietors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sole proprietor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sole proprietorships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sole proprietorship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cui bono Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cicero’s Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino, 84 & 86: Latin cui bonō fuisset (“to whom it would have benefited”), a so-called double dative construction. 1. The principle that the ultimate initiator of an action is likely the person who stands to gain from the action. Labels: uncountable Example: If the principle of cui bono is applied, it is evident that the gainers were the party of the triumvirs, whose popularity would be increased by a belief being created that their opponents the Optimates were prepared to adopt extreme measures to get rid of them.
Word: agnosies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of agnosy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apparats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apparat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aquiline nose Part of Speech: noun 1. A nose with a hooked, bent shape. Example: She was delicately fair, with an aquiline nose, and a mouth the size of which was forgotten in its white teeth and pleasant smile. She wore a peruke of very fair golden hair; and herein was shown the lurking spirit of female vanity: her own tresses had been very beautiful;...
Word: aquiline noses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aquiline nose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Roman nose Part of Speech: noun 1. An aquiline nose. Example: Only we confess, the scar will probably remain and be visible for ever to those who know the principles by which they acted, and until those principles shall be openly renounced; else it must continue to all generations, like the mark set upon Cain, which some authors say descended to all his posterity: Or like the Roman nose and Austrian lip, or like the long bag of flesh hanging down from the gills of the people in Piedmont. Example: Now I know how Joan of Arc felt / As the flames rose to her Roman nose
Word: Roman noses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Roman nose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: AVN Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /eɪ viː ˈɛn/ 1. Adult Video News, an American magazine of the pornographic industry.
Word: AVN Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /eɪ viː ˈɛn/ 1. Initialism of atrioventricular node. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of avascular necrosis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: non-stop Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + stop. 1. Alternative form of nonstop. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: In addition to the non-stop Heathrow Express service, there is a Transport for London stopping service to London Paddington: this is the Heathrow Connect service taken over by TfL in May 2018.
Word: non-stop Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From non- + stop. 1. Alternative form of nonstop. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: The through Moorgate service has been most handsomely speeded up, and suburban trains in both directions now run non-stop between Kings Cross (Underground) and Elstree.
Word: non-stop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + stop. 1. Alternative form of nonstop. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The Victoria-Brighton non-stops, the Victoria-Eastbourne and Hastings, Victoria-Worthing and Littlehampton, Victoria-Bognor and Portsmouth and Victoria-Oxted line services were, with a very few exceptions, all re-routed to and from London Bridge.
Word: nakharar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Armenian նախարար (naxarar). 1. A hereditary title of the highest order given to houses of the ancient and medieval Armenian nobility. Labels: historical
Word: money shots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of money shot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: naxarar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of nakharar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: naxarars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of naxarar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nakharars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nakharar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skaiters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skaiter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pass up Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɑːs ˈʌp/ 1. To refuse (not accept); forgo. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: He passed up my invitation for dinner, saying he was too busy. Example: Everton were, perhaps understandably, deflated at the setback and it was no surprise when Suarez added Liverpool's second after 82 minutes. Distin and Baines were involved in a mix-up as the Uruguayan advanced into the area, and he was not about to pass up the gift to shoot low past Howard. 2. To submit (hand in) items to a person, usually one's teacher. Labels: Malaysia, Singapore, transitive Example: The teacher told us to pass up our English homework. Example: Be punctual and pass up schoolwork on time. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, up. Labels: transitive Example: Can you pass up this box to the guy on the ladder?
Word: patch up Part of Speech: verb 1. To repair by adding a patch. Labels: idiomatic Example: I needed to patch up my trousers after ripping them on the brambles. 2. To mend quickly. Labels: idiomatic, transitive 3. To repair relations; to improve relations. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: You need to patch things up with your sister after that horrible argument. Example: But capital was proving difficult to raise; rumours were in the air that the G.W.R. and L.S.W.R. were about to patch up their quarrel, and the people of Southampton, who twelve months earlier had staged a torch-light procession to celebrate the passing of the D.N.S.R. Act, were increasingly loath to part with their cash. 4. To overlay. Labels: obsolete
Word: MAF Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɛm.eɪ.ɛf/ 1. Initialism of minor allele frequency: the frequency of the less-common allele at a SNP. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of mass airflow. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MAF Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ɛm.eɪ.ɛf/ 1. Initialism of Malaysian Armed Forces. Labels: Malaysia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MAFs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of MAF Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paternity test Part of Speech: noun 1. A test performed to determine the biological father of a child.
Word: paternities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paternity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paternity tests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paternity test Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pattern baldness Part of Speech: noun 1. A gradual loss of hair, common in humans, especially males. Labels: uncountable
Word: peace sign Part of Speech: noun 1. A hand gesture of peace, made with the middle finger and index finger 2. A symbol consisting of three lines within a circle, originally the logo of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
Word: jubés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jubé Labels: form-of, plural
Word: learning diffculty Part of Speech: noun 1. Any medically recognized condition (as opposed to a disease) that inhibits a person's ability to function in the world. Labels: UK
Word: nonlobotomized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + lobotomized. 1. Not lobotomized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: draw bridge Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of drawbridge. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: draw-bridge Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of drawbridge. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: commercium Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional academic feast, known and held at universities in most Central and Northern European countries.
Word: niggerhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nigger + -hood. First use appears c. 1853 in a publication by James Henry Skene. See cite below. 1. The state or period of being a nigger. Labels: offensive, uncountable, usually Example: Slip-shod menials scowled cross-legged on the narrow poops, now pipe-filling automata in cloudy paletots and cloudier Tatar faces, now livery harem-slaves in all the pride of flat-nosed, thick-lipped, wooly niggerhood. Example: But this time, black literature will be pressed to meet also the cry that is abroad for images of a positive niggerhood.
Word: niggerhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of nigger + neighborhood; 1. A neighborhood of primarily African-American residents. Labels: ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Example: He had grown up in the niggerhood. Even now on some calls, white complainants asked him to go around to the back door. Example: The next freeway entrance was Vernon. He'd drive up there and find it. If he didn't run across a decent location on the way, he'd just have to vacate the niggerhood and do it somewhere else.
Word: hyperalgesias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hyperalgesia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antihyperalgesic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + hyperalgesic. 1. Serving to counter hyperalgesia Labels: not-comparable
Word: antihyperalgesic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + hyperalgesic. 1. Such a drug
Word: hypoalgesic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hypoalgesia + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to hypoalgesia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hyperalgesic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyperalgesia + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dyrosaurids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dyrosaurid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unincluded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + included. 1. Not included; excluded. Labels: not-comparable Example: Generally speaking, phase-in plans gradually introduce the costs of the plant into the rate base, with the unincluded portion of the plant accumulating both interest and the allowed return on equity until it enters the rate base.
Word: unincluded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of uninclude Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nonprobabilistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + probabilistic. 1. Not probabilistic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonproven Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + proven. 1. Not proven; unproven. Labels: not-comparable
Word: scrat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English scratten. Origin uncertain; apparently related to Swedish kratta (“to rake”). Also compare German kratzen (“to scratch”). Pronunciation: /skɹæt/ 1. To scratch; to use one's nails or claws. Labels: obsolete Example: Euclio […] as he went from home, seeing a crow scrat upon the muck-hill, returned in all haste, taking it for malum omen, an ill sign […]. 2. To rake; to search. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: He himself had scratted in the thin dust of evangelical tracts.
Word: scrat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Old English scritta (“a hermaphrodite”), which had an earlier sense of "effeminate person, castrated man," presumably related to sċieran (“to cut”). Liberman notes that Germanic glossators, not familiar with Ovid, did not know exactly how to translate Latin hermaphroditus and instead matched it with more native words related to sexual deficiencies. Pronunciation: /skɹæt/ 1. A hermaphrodite. Labels: obsolete Example: three on the right side for males , three on the left side for femals , and one in the midst for Hermophrodices or Scrats
Word: scrat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scrat, from Old English *scrætt, from Proto-Germanic *skrattuz (“troll, forest monster”). Compare German Schratt and Old Norse skratti. Pronunciation: /skɹæt/ 1. A devil. Labels: obsolete
Word: textbooky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From textbook + -y. 1. textbooklike Labels: informal
Word: textbooklike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From textbook + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a textbook; dry and pedagogic in tone, comprehensive in scope, etc.
Word: uniparental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From uni- + parental. 1. From or with only one parent. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonexceptional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin excipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exceptiōder. Old French excepcion Anglo-Norman excepciounbor. Middle English exception English exception English -al English exceptional English nonexceptional From non- + exceptional. 1. Not exceptional; normal, unremarkable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: overdemanding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + demanding. 1. Excessively demanding. Example: overdemanding parents
Word: bamboolike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bamboo + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of bamboo.
Word: unknighted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + knighted. 1. Not knighted. Labels: not-comparable
Word: juniperlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From juniper + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of juniper. Example: juniperlike needles
Word: paranoid personality disorder Part of Speech: noun 1. A mental disorder characterized by paranoia and a pervasive, long-standing suspiciousness and generalized mistrust of others. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: premature ejaculation Part of Speech: noun 1. A medical condition where a man, when initiating sexual intercourse, will experience an orgasm and expel semen after a time period far below the average, generally defined as one minute or less. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: NoCall Part of Speech: noun 1. An SNP (in an individual) for which insufficient information is available to determine genotype. Example: The number of NoCalls was higher in regions where changes from heterozygous to homozygous calls occurred and might therefore indicate LOH[=loss of heterozygosity].
Word: NoCalls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of NoCall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: depressive disorder Part of Speech: noun 1. Either mild depression (the blues; symptoms include sadness and fatigue) or major depressive disorder.
Word: GWAS Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdʒiː.wɒs/, /ˈd͡ʒi.wɑs/ 1. Acronym of genome-wide association study, an analysis of allelic association for genes or genetic markers throughout a genome. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: GWA Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of genome-wide association or genome-wide analysis 1. Allelic association for genes throughout a genome. Labels: uncountable Example: The results of large-scale GWA studies are increasingly populating leading scientific journals and facilitating family-based linkage analysis and disease association studies, she [Debbie Nickerson, Ph.D.] noted.
Word: GWASes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of GWAS Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blue movies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blue movie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loosey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From loose + -y. 1. A single cigarette, especially one sold individually. Labels: US, colloquial Example: Killed Over a Loosey. A 30-year-old man was chased down by four women and stabbed more than 20 times early Sunday after arguing with them over a broken cigarette, sources said. Example: After a few months of sloppy, half-asleep patronage, the Egyptians started calling me “boss” and readily accepted my fifty cents when I asked for a loosie, which I did often. 2. A track that is not part of an album.
Word: loosies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of loosey Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of loosie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loosie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy with loosey, and by back-formation from plural loosies. 1. Alternative spelling of loosey. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Smokers aren’t surprised at the escalating price, reminiscing about recent months gone by when a loosie cost only 25 cents.
Word: chatlog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chat + log. 1. A log of an online chat between users or between a user and one or more chatbots. Labels: Internet
Word: chatlogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chatlog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baltei Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of balteus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mantis crabs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mantis crab Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dracon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Δρᾰ́κων (Drắkōn). Doublet of Draco, dracone, dragon, and dragoon. 1. Alternative form of Draco (“Athenian lawgiver”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The archaic law of Dracon which dealt with unintentional homicide, passed over a century before Cleisthenes, but reaffirmed in 409 as the law of the state, appoints that if the dead man has no close relatives ten members of his phratry shall settle with the killer. Example: A little later, perhaps c.620, Dracon drew up the first published Athenian law code. A probably trustworthy fifth-century BC copy of his homicide law survives, but the account of the ‘Draconian constitution’ given by Aristotle is almost certainly spurious.
Word: learning disabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of learning disability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conger eels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conger eel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shotgun weddings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shotgun wedding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unselectability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + selectability. 1. The inability to be selected. Labels: uncountable
Word: RANSAC Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹænsæk/, /ˈɹænˌsæk/ 1. Acronym of random sample consensus (an iterative method to estimate parameters of a mathematical model from a set of observed data which contains outliers). Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: belluine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin belluīnus, an alternative spelling of bēluīnus (“animal, bestial; brutal”) (whence the English beluine) + -ine (“suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’”). Bēluīnus is derived from bēlua (“(wild) beast; monster; brute”) + -īnus (“suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’”) (from Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos (“suffix forming adjectives”)). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛljuˌaɪn/ 1. Of, characteristic of, or pertaining to beasts; animal, bestial; brutal. Labels: obsolete Example: […] God ſuffereth his Church to be ſo afflicted, and more, eſpecially to be conſidered in ten, a perfect and compleat number, the compleat ripeneſſe of ſinne and impiety in that Belua [beast]; and as an indefinite number ten, being underſtood for many, as ſex centa pro infinito numero, the often aſſaults of his beluine homes and fury: […] Example: [H]ad you ſtaid, you would have taken but little comfort in your life, in regard that ever ſince ther have bin the fearfulleſt diſtractions here that ever happen'd upon any part of the earth, a Beluin kind of immanity never rag'd ſo among men, inſomuch that the whole Countrey might have taken its appellation from the ſmalleſt part thereof, and be call'd the Iſle of Dogs; for all humanity, common honeſty, and that Manſuetude with other Moral Civilities which ſhould diſtinguiſh the rational Creature from other Animals, have been loſt here a good while; […]
Word: beluine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin bēluīnus (“animal, bestial; brutal”): see further at belluine. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːljuˌaɪn/ 1. Alternative spelling of belluine. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […] God ſuffereth his Church to be ſo afflicted, and more, eſpecially to be conſidered in ten, a perfect and compleat number, the compleat ripeneſſe of ſinne and impiety in that Belua (beast); and as an indefinite number ten, being underſtood for many, as ſex centa pro infinito numero, the often aſſaults of his beluine homes and fury: […] Example: When a great truculent, bull-headed man, who has been living in the indulgence of the most beluine parts of his nature, begins to be subdued by home influences, and the little child is able to lead him; when his great strength begins to be brought under the control of his tenderer domestic affections, everbody says, “ How beautiful the sight is!” It is beautiful.
Word: beluin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: As beluine, the final -e (used to lengthen the preceding i, likewise long in the Latin etymon) omitted. 1. Obsolete spelling of belluine . Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: [H]ad you ſtaid, you would have taken but little comfort in your life, in regard that ever ſince ther have bin the fearfulleſt diſtractions here that ever happen'd upon any part of the earth, a Beluin kind of immanity never rag'd ſo among men, inſomuch that the whole Countrey might have taken its appellation from the ſmalleſt part thereof, and be call'd the Iſle of Dogs; for all humanity, common honeſty, and that Manſuetude with other Moral Civilities which ſhould diſtinguiſh the rational Creature from other Animals, have been loſt here a good while; […]
Word: pâté chinois Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pâté chinois. 1. A French-Canadian dish of layered ground beef, sweetcorn and mashed potatoes, similar to shepherd's pie. Labels: Quebec Example: The golden baked pâté chinois, a shepherd's pie, uses a recipe brought back to Quebec by miners working in China, Me.
Word: suretyships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suretyship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quadru- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of quadri- (“four”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: plate appearances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plate appearance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Liebercrats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Liebercrat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bayas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baya Labels: form-of, plural
Word: to hand Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Readily available; within easy reach; nearby. Example: Einhorn had a teaching turn […] And with his son at the university I was the only student he had to hand. Example: Now, faults can be diagnosed remotely and (in many cases) fixed before the train even reaches the depot. "It's our version of Formula 1 telemetry," quips Hinze. "It is similar for us to how a pit crew in Formula 1 can understand an issue as the car is coming into the pits - because it has that data to hand already. You know what's wrong before it arrives."
Word: quadriportico Part of Speech: noun 1. A four-sided portico.
Word: venditate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the participle stem of Latin venditare, frequentative of vendere (“to sell”). 1. To exhibit, as though for sale; to show off. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: We brag and venditate our own works, and scorn all others in respect of us […]
Word: mother-fuckers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mother-fucker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mother fuckers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mother fucker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quadriportici Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quadriporticus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swivelly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From swivel + -y. 1. With a swivelling motion. Labels: informal Example: ...Elvis, the truck driver with the curvy, vampy pout, the lady-killer revered for the kind of swivelly hips that once we admired only in ladies. Example: Restless, he spun the chair around - it was one of those swivelly office chairs that are brilliant for spinning...
Word: rapable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rap(e) + -able. 1. Capable of, or suitable for, being raped. Example: To the Adam in man, woman is no more than a rapable receptacle. Example: His weapons have been destroyed; his body has been or can be penetrated. In other words, he is rapable.
Word: rapeable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of rapable. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […] the nonresistance of the fruit signaling the passive and somatic nature of Stephen's sense of himself as a rapeable body. Example: As I noted in Chapter 7, Sharon Marcus and others have argued that reiterations of representations of women as passive and vulnerable and men as sexually aggressive may in fact actually render women's bodies more rapeable […]
Word: rapeability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rape + -ability. 1. Alternative spelling of rapability. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: rapability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rape + -ability. 1. The state or condition of being rapable. Labels: uncountable
Word: intarsias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of intarsia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tarsias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tarsia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Fair Isle Part of Speech: noun 1. A small island between Shetland and Orkney Labels: uncountable 2. A sea area centred on this island Labels: uncountable 3. A traditional knitting technique used to create patterns with multiple colours. Labels: uncountable
Word: bullyingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From bullying + -ly. 1. In a bullying manner.
Word: gamblerlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gambler + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a gambler. Example: He had risked all his fortune on one cast of the die, and, gamblerlike, had lost everything. Example: I knew that if I failed it would kill my parents, who, gamblerlike, were staking their very existence on my success.
Word: roulettelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From roulette + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of the gambling game of roulette. Example: Indeed, there had always been a roulettelike aspect to the island's sugar business; decline and distress were evident even in the earliest records... Example: Contestants spin a roulettelike wheel that determines how much money they can win (or, sometimes, lose) on a particular turn.
Word: colorwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From color + work. 1. Knitting involving multiple colors. Labels: uncountable
Word: colourwork Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of colorwork. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: nudie-cutie Part of Speech: noun 1. A film in which cute, mischievous young women are portrayed nude, a popular genre of the 1960s. Example: Francis Coppola shot a sixty-eight-minute nudie-cutie called Tonight for Sure! (1962) — even though he now claims the later Dementia 13 (1962) was his debut […] Example: Even the nudie cutie—whose women are typically flattened objects—tends to situate women as higher beings.
Word: nudie-cuties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nudie-cutie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neutralizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neutralize + -able. 1. Capable of being neutralized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonreplicated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + replicated. 1. unreplicated Labels: not-comparable
Word: unreplicated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + replicated. 1. Not replicated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Yorkshire fog Part of Speech: noun 1. A tall, perennial grass, Holcus lanatus, sometimes used as forage. Labels: uncountable
Word: grasscourt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From grass court, from grass + court. 1. Pertaining to a grass tennis court. Labels: not-comparable Example: Roger Federer extended his grasscourt streak to 57 matches with a victory over Marcos Baghdatis and will play Nicolas Kiefer in the semifinals of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany. 2. Skilled at playing on a grass court. Labels: not-comparable Example: He's a grasscourt player.
Word: bambocciante Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian bambocciante. Pronunciation: /bæmbəˈt͡ʃænti/ 1. Any of a group of Dutch painters, from the seventeenth century, who painted scenes from ordinary life; used attributively to describe the style of their paintings
Word: banana boat Part of Speech: noun 1. An inflatable recreational boat meant for towing, often yellow and banana-shaped. 2. A ship designed to transport bananas. 3. A cocktail made from a melon liqueur, a banana liqueur, curacao, and pineapple juice. 4. The group of NBA players Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade. Labels: US, slang 5. A vessel which transports immigrants. Labels: derogatory, figuratively 6. A dessert or campfire snack consisting of an unpeeled banana cut lengthwise and stuffed with marshmallows and chocolate before being cooked.
Word: Banco Part of Speech: name 1. A barangay of Palanas, Masbate, Philippines.
Word: roller towel Part of Speech: noun 1. A continuous loop of towelling attached to a roller. 2. A long length of towelling fed from a device that takes up the used portion.
Word: lexicomane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lexico- + -mane. 1. A lover of dictionaries. Example: The bilingual on this pattern and with these intentions will be enormous. The project is far too great for one person, even a lexicomane. Example: The lexicomane will remain similarly frustrated when he comes to pursue such glosses as those of denationalization, Adabei, and Wulst in the sense of 'bead'.
Word: polynym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + -nym. 1. A name (or term) consisting of multiple words. Example: They agree upon one point, viz., the advantages, other things being equal, of mononyms (single word terms) over polynyms (terms consisting of two or more words). 2. One of multiple names for the same thing. Example: Dyaus, the Bright- Shining-One-in-the-Heavens, or Maruna, the All-Surrounding, All- Enduring-One ; or Agni, the Everywhere-Present-One, became the polynyms for God. Example: The way to avoid term disputes is not to impose mononymy but, rather, to insist that the syn-tags for a given polynym (multinym) be clearly identified. 3. A single word or name with multiple distinct (although possibly related) meanings. Example: A few dictionaries have treated all the meanings sub-meanings of a polynym under one entry. Example: You have to listen for homonyms (sea/see/C, tea/T, et cetera), look for polynyms (letter/letter, degree/degree), and be on the alert for the slightest multiplicity of meaning. 4. A word that is spelled the same as another, but which has a different pronunciation and meaning; homograph. Example: ) We have also furnished a list of polynyms, partly from the same source, and partly from Worcester's Dictionary, in Table IX in the Appendix, but we fear that it is not very complete. Example: By our factious orthography, we argue ad hominem, that confusion is produced; polynyms are as numerous as homonyms.
Word: northern hawk owls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of northern hawk owl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: walkingway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From walking + way. 1. A walkway. Labels: rare Example: The Captain and his Lieutenant discussed the future as Robert Jones laboriously ascended the climbing shaft to the walkingway upon the ship's back, a hundred and fifty feet above his galley.
Word: clutch initiations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clutch initiation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wedge-tailed eagles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wedge-tailed eagle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: little spotted kiwis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of little spotted kiwi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: great spotted kiwis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of great spotted kiwi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: purple swamphens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of purple swamphen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yellow-bellied sapsuckers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yellow-bellied sapsucker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: demoiselle cranes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of demoiselle crane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: white-throated tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of white-throated tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grey tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grey tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: solitary tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of solitary tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: black tinamous Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of black tinamou Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shm- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative spelling of schm-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: palo verde Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish palo verde (“green stick”). 1. Any of a variety of trees in the genus Parkinsonia, with characteristic green bark, found in desert areas of North America. Labels: US
Word: paloverde Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of palo verde. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: grapholect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of grapheme + dialect, coined by linguist Einar Haugen in 1964. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæfəˌlɛkt/ 1. A written variant of a language, analogous to a spoken dialect of a language. Example: The grapholect of Standard English is not the exclusive system that arbiters of cultural purity wish to 'correct' us into believing Example: A grapholect is a transdialectical language formed by deep commitment to writing. An example of grapholect is the (written) Chinese language. Almost any Standard language, such as Standard Dutch or Standard English is a grapholect.
Word: piezoelectrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From piezo- + electrical. 1. piezoelectric
Word: piezomagnetism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From piezo- + magnetism. 1. Magnetism induced by applied mechanical stress. Labels: uncountable
Word: piezomagnetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From piezo- + magnetic. 1. Exhibiting piezomagnetism.
Word: piezometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From piezo- + -metric. 1. Of or pertaining to a piezometer or to piezometry Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to a measurement of water pressure inside an aquifer Labels: not-comparable
Word: piezoresistance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From piezo- + resistance. 1. Electrical resistance induced by applied mechanical stress. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: piezoresistive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From piezo- + resistive. 1. Exhibiting piezoresistance.
Word: piezoresistivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From piezo- + resistivity. 1. piezoresistance Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: charmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of charman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homologous pairs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of homologous pair Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vishap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Armenian վիշապ (višap). 1. a dragon in Armenian mythology closely associated with water Labels: Armenian
Word: višap Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of vishap. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vishaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vishap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antemural Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin antemurale. See mural. 1. An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front of the gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.
Word: fumette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French fumet (“odour of wine or meat”), from Latin fumus (“smoke”). See fume. 1. The unpleasant odour or taste of old game meat. Labels: archaic Example: A haunch of venison made her sweat, / Unless it had the right fumette.
Word: bloode Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of blood. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: subvertable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From subvert + -able. 1. Capable of being subverted. Example: The security at that website is subvertable.
Word: nonforested Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + forested. 1. unforested Labels: not-comparable