nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: cytofluorogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyto- + fluorogram. 1. A two-dimensional scatterplot of the spatial and intensity data from fluorescence microscopy of a biological material that shows molecular colocalisation and interaction
Word: cytomorphological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cyto- + morphological. 1. Of or pertaining to cytomorphology Labels: not-comparable
Word: cytopathological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos)lbor. English cyto- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logie French pathologiebor. English pathology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English pathological English cytopathological From cyto- + pathological. 1. Of or pertaining to cytopathology Labels: not-comparable
Word: deoptimized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From de- + optimized. 1. modified so as not to be optimum Labels: not-comparable
Word: deparaffinised Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of deparaffinized. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: deparaffinized Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing a biological sample from which the paraffin wax used to preserve it has been removed Labels: not-comparable
Word: diethylpyrocarbonate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From diethyl + pyrocarbonate. 1. The diethyl ester of pyrocarbonic acid; it is used in biochemistry to inactivate ribonucleases Labels: uncountable
Word: liquid gas Part of Speech: noun 1. A chemical element or compound which is normally found in gaseous form, but which is in a liquid state due to being pressurised or kept at a low temperature, or both, usually for storage and transport purposes.
Word: liquid gases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of liquid gas Labels: form-of, plural
Word: liquid air Part of Speech: noun 1. Air which is in a liquid state due to being pressurized or kept at a low temperature, or both, usually for storage and transport purposes. Labels: uncountable
Word: unsling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + sling. 1. to take something from a hanging or slung position. Example: The hunter unslung his rifle and took a bead on the hare.
Word: unslings Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unsling Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unslinging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unsling Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: domestical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin domesticus + -al. 1. Domestic. Labels: archaic Example: Our private and domestical matter. Example: It were a kind of treason to do so in our owne affaires and domesticall [translating domestiques] matters, wherein of necessity one must resolve and take a side; but for a man that hath neither charge nor expresse commandement to urge him, not to busie or entermedle himselfe therein, I holde it more excusable […]
Word: domestical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin domesticus + -al. 1. A domestic; a household servant; a member of a household. Labels: archaic
Word: extrinsical Part of Speech: adj 1. Extrinsic. Labels: rare Example: A body cannot move, unless it be moved by some extrinsical agent: we may easily frame a conceit, how absurd it is to think that a body, by a quality in it, can work upon itself. Example: Neither is the atom by any extrinsical impulse diverted from its natural course.
Word: extrinsical Part of Speech: noun 1. Something that is extrinsic. Labels: obsolete
Word: amphitheatrical Part of Speech: adj 1. Having some of the characteristics of an amphitheatre. Example: A new Chapel, of novel design, being of an amphitheatrical form, has been recently completed, from the designs of W. Brooks, architect. Example: The hall was fitted up with an amphitheatrical descent of seats towards a platform, on which stood a desk, two lights, a stool, and a capacious antique chair.
Word: bites the bullet Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bite the bullet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: biting the bullet Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bite the bullet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bit the bullet Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bite the bullet Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: excur Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin excurro. 1. To digress. Labels: rare 2. To pass beyond limits; to go to or towards an extreme. Labels: rare 3. To take an excursion. Labels: rare
Word: schlich Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Schlich. 1. The finer portion of crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: distracters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of distracter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: downmodulated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of downmodulate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: downmodulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From down- + modulate. 1. To modulate to a lower level. Labels: transitive
Word: ductopenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ductopenia + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to ductopenia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ductopenia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ducto- + -penia. 1. A reduction in the number of intrahepatic bile ducts Labels: uncountable
Word: ductular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ductule + -ar. 1. Of or pertaining to a ductule Labels: not-comparable
Word: dyshesive Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪsˈhiːsɪv/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or causing dyshesion
Word: dyshesion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dews-? Proto-Indo-European *dus- Proto-Hellenic *dus- Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dŭs-)der. New Latin dys-der. English dys- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin haereō Latin cohaereō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cohaesiōlbor. French cohésionbor. English cohesion blend English dyshesion Blend of dys- + cohesion. 1. A loss of ordered cohesion between cells. Labels: uncountable
Word: econiche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + niche. 1. An ecological niche
Word: ectocervix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ecto- + cervix. 1. The part of the cervix that extends into the vagina
Word: endocervix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From endo- + cervix. 1. The mucous membrane of the cervical canal.
Word: embryologic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From embryology + -ic. 1. embryological Labels: not-comparable
Word: endometrioid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From endometrium + -oid. By surface analysis, endo- + metr- + -ioid. 1. Resembling endometrial tissue
Word: eotaxin Part of Speech: noun 1. chemokine
Word: extrathymic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extra- + thymic. 1. That originates outside of the thymus gland Labels: not-comparable
Word: wrist rest Part of Speech: noun 1. A padded platform that raises the wrists above a keyboard.
Word: anthypophora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνθυποφορά (anthupophorá); see anti- and hypophora. Pronunciation: /ænθəpəfɔɹə/ 1. A device in which the author poses an opposing argument, then immediately refutes it. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable
Word: bookrest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From book + rest. 1. A support used to maintain a book or sheet when reading.
Word: pocones Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of puccoon. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: rarowcun Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of raccoon. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: bookrests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bookrest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ooft Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of oof. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fibroblastoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fibroblast + -oid. 1. Of or pertaining to a fibroblast. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fibroepithelial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fibro- + epithelial. 1. containing both epithelial and stromal or mesenchymal tissue Labels: not-comparable
Word: geomicrobiologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geo- + microbiologist. 1. A geologist or microbiologist whose speciality is geomicrobiology.
Word: hardlines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hardline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: graylag Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of greylag. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1872, John Cordeaux, Ornithological Notes from North Lincolnshire, Edward Newman (editor), Zoologist: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History, 2nd Series, Volume 7, page 3016, Wild Geese. — February 29th. Saw a skein of ten wild geese flying a few feet above the Humber this morning : from their size and colour I believe them to have been graylags. Example: Eventually a few graylags landed; the Professor dug into his bucket, scattered some barley grain about, and started to scribble notes.
Word: guggulsterone Part of Speech: noun 1. A steroid, present in the resin of the guggul plant, Commiphora mukul, that is used in some medical preparations Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: haemotologist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hematologist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: likish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From like + -ish. 1. alike, similar Labels: dialectal
Word: heterochromatinisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of heterochromatinization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: hypoinsulinaemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypo- + insulinaemia. 1. The presence of an unusually low level of insulin in the bloodstream Labels: uncountable
Word: insulinaemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From insulin + -aemia. 1. The (normal) presence of insulin in the bloodstream Labels: uncountable
Word: immunopeptidomics Part of Speech: noun 1. The branch of molecular biology that studies the set of immunopeptides of an organism Labels: uncountable
Word: immunopeptide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From immuno- + peptide. 1. Any peptide involved in the biochemistry of the immune system
Word: hepar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin hepar (“liver”). Cf. liver of antimony. 1. liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown colour, sometimes used in medicine, formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalis (especially potassium). Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. Any substance resembling hepar in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: Sheremetyevo Part of Speech: name 1. An airport in Moscow, Russia.
Word: Feigenbaum Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Feigenbaum (“fig tree”). 1. A surname.
Word: chomped at the bit Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of chomp at the bit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Proto-Mon-Khmer Part of Speech: name Etymology: From proto- + Mon-Khmer. 1. The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of the Mon-Khmer language group, which includes Khmer and Vietnamese. Labels: uncountable
Word: spirits of salt Part of Speech: noun 1. Hydrochloric acid. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: potash lye Part of Speech: noun 1. Potassium hydroxide. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: milk of lime Part of Speech: noun 1. Limewater (slaked lime plus water). Labels: archaic, uncountable 2. Slaked lime. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: spirit of nitre Part of Speech: noun 1. Nitric acid. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: nitre of potash Part of Speech: noun 1. Potassium nitrate. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: dioxidane Part of Speech: noun 1. Hydrogen peroxide. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable
Word: dioxydanidyl Part of Speech: noun 1. Superoxide. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable
Word: spirits of hartshorn Part of Speech: noun 1. A mixture of ammonia and water. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: nomen ambiguum Part of Speech: noun 1. A name which has lost the ability to clearly identify a species because it has regularly been used by different authors to identify different species.
Word: Ukrainica Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First appears c. 1944, from Ukrainian украї́ніка (ukrajínika), influenced by Latin ukrainica. 1. Literature on the subject of Ukraine or Ukrainian people, especially regarding Ukrainian culture, language, or literature. Labels: uncountable Example: Ukrainica in American Periodicals [section title] Example: Yaroslav Rudnyc’kyj, head of the Department of Slavic Studies at the University of Manitoba, came to the United States in mid-year of 1956 to make a study of the Ukrainian holdings at the Library of Congress and to organize an exhibit of rare Ukrainica in that institution.
Word: fumish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fume + -ish. 1. Pertaining to fumes or smoke. Labels: obsolete Example: Notwithstanding, out of the relicks of our miseries, time and experience had brought that Country to a great happinesse, had they not so much doated on their Tabacco, on whose fumish foundation there is small stability […]
Word: saxefras Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of sassafras. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Proto-Vietic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From proto- + Vietic. 1. The unattested, reconstructed common ancestor of the Vietic languages, including Vietnamese and Mường.
Word: interhuman Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + human. 1. Between humans Labels: not-comparable
Word: nanolevitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nano- + levitation. 1. levitation of nanoscale objects Labels: uncountable
Word: nonsaturating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + saturating. 1. That does not saturate Labels: not-comparable
Word: oligoether Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oligo- + ether. 1. Any oligomer consisting of ether residues
Word: rebit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past of rebite Labels: form-of, past
Word: rebit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + bit? 1. Any of an arbitrary number of quantum mechanical binary states that are maximally entangled with every other one (in the real-vector-space theory).
Word: rebits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rebit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: researchable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From research + -able. 1. That can be researched. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unreconnected Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + reconnected. 1. Not reconnected; still disconnected Labels: not-comparable
Word: agamospermy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- + gamospermy. 1. The asexual production of embryos and seeds. Labels: uncountable
Word: becard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French bécard, bécarde, beccard (“a merganser with a prominent beak”), equivalent to bec (“beak”) + -ard. 1. A South American flycatcher of the genus Pachyramphus.
Word: blackbutt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From black + butt. Pronunciation: /ˈblakbʌt/ 1. Any of several Australian eucalyptus trees with a dark fibrous bark towards the base of the trunk, especially Eucalyptus pilularis, but also Eucalyptus zopherophloia and Eucalyptus todtiana. Labels: Australia Example: Bothered by the conviction of making no impression on her, he pulled up at a strip of road shaded by tall spotted gums, blackbutt, and honeysuckle, and produced a packet of cigarettes. "About time for a smoke-O," he said, "Have a fag, Cora.' Example: I cut new timber with my saw and inhaled the sweet sour smell of blackbutt.
Word: candlefish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From candle + fish. 1. An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians.
Word: cassingle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of cassette + single; originally a trademark. 1. A small cassette containing a single track of popular music on each side
Word: clerkess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clerk + -ess. 1. A female clerk. Labels: dated
Word: crabeater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crab + eater. 1. A cobia or sergeant fish (Rachycentron canadum). 2. A little bittern; a bird of species Ixobrychus minutus. 3. An Antarctic seal (Lobodon carcinophagus) that feeds on krill. Example: Although crabeaters often gather on the ice in large numbers, pupping takes place in small groups. Example: Although few observations have been made of feeding crabeaters, it is assumed that they take bites from a swarm of krill, extracting one or two. Crabeaters sometimes feed collectively, which may increase the efficiency of their hunt.
Word: fenestrate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fenestrātus, perfect passive participle of fenestrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from fenestra (“window”). 1. fenestrated 2. Having numerous openings; irregularly reticulated. Example: fenestrate membranes Example: fenestrate fronds 3. Having transparent spots, like the wings of certain butterflies.
Word: fenestrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fenestrātus, perfect passive participle of fenestrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from fenestra (“window”). 1. To cut an opening into.
Word: fenestrate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from Fenestrata, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). 1. Any extinct bryozoan in the order Fenestrida (also known as Fenestrata).
Word: fireblight Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fire blight. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: gemmulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gemmule + -ation. 1. The production of gemmules; reproduction via gemmules Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The actual formation of gemmule's by fresh-water sponges is so clearly an adaptation to seasonal climatic changes, that at first it was reasonable to believe that seasonal alternation itself induced the gemmulation.
Word: guaiacum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin, from Spanish guayacán. Pronunciation: /ˈɡwaɪəkəm/ 1. Any of a number of species of tree of the genus Guaiacum, native to the West Indies and parts of the Americas. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The wood of such trees Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The resin of such trees. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: clerkesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clerkess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: halesome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Either borrowed from Scots halesome (from Middle Scots halsum, thence Northern Middle English halesum), or formed anew from hale + -some. 1. wholesome, healthy
Word: headage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + -age. 1. The number of stock animals on a farm (for example, how many head of cattle). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hotelling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hotel + -ing. 1. The short-term provision of office space to workers who either are temporary or usually work elsewhere. Labels: uncountable
Word: iceblink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ice + blink. 1. A glare in the sky caused by reflection of light from an ice field. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: iceblock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ice + block. 1. A block of ice. 2. Synonym of popsicle, frozen fruit juice on a stick. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: About this time I′m getting real thirsty and need an iceblock bad so I get on up and go into the dairy and take me a lemonade one, plus an aniseed wheel to keep up my energy. Example: We meet at Robson′s corner for an iceblock — Josh, Elliot, Ryan, Finn, and me — searching for something to do.
Word: instancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From instant + -cy. 1. insistence, insistency Labels: countable, uncountable 2. immediacy, instantaneousness Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: instantaneity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From instantaneous + -ity. By surface analysis, instant + -aneity. 1. The condition of being instantaneous. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: […] an excited gentleman […] pounded with the knocker on the door of No. 9. As someone did not appear with the instantaneity of a jack-in-the-box, he proceeded to repeat the summons, interspersing it with an occasional "I say!" shouted through the letter-box. Example: As No Sense of Place attests, context collapse is something we can understand spatially. But this process has a temporal cousin, which is an analogous collapse into a permanent instantaneity. […] Just as a series of rooms is dissolved into one big “situation”, instantaneity flattens past, present, and future into a constant, amnesiac present.
Word: lophodont Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lopho- + -odont. 1. Having molar teeth that have ridged grinding surfaces. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lophophorate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lophophore + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Having a lophophore. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lophophorate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a substantivation of the above adjective through the associated clade's name. Equivalent to lophophore + -ate (noun-forming suffix). 1. A member of the Lophophorata, a clade of invertebrate animals. Example: The presence of a lophophore, combined with other features including a U-shaped gut, means that hyoliths are also lophophorates, and not molluscs.
Word: mountainy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mountain + -y. 1. Mountainous. Labels: Ireland Example: His girl, who worked on a mountainy farm above Caerphilly, had written to him about a queer cow […]. Example: The mountainy fields rose quietly outside it towards gorse and heather. 2. native to mountainous territory; rustic, backward Labels: Ireland Example: The mountainy children looked at the untidy village women with surprise and the village women looked back with that certain disdain which villagers have for poor mountainy people. Example: "I'm a mountainy man by breeding. If I look up and don't see a mountain, I've nothing to lean against," says actor Joe Lynch of why he has lived in Dundrum for almost 53 years.
Word: oilpaper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oil + paper. 1. A translucent, waterproof paper made by soaking in oil. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ornamentalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ornamental + -ist. 1. An artist who favours an ornamental style.
Word: ornithomimosaur Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several theropod dinosaurs, of the clade Ornithomimosauria, that bore a superficial resemblance to modern ostriches
Word: overfine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + fine. 1. Excessively fine
Word: petrophysics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From petro- + physics. 1. The physics of rock, especially rock that acts as a reservoir for petroleum or other fluids Labels: uncountable
Word: Interregnum Part of Speech: name Etymology: Proprialization from interregnum. 1. Ellipsis of British Interregnum, the period of 1649–1660 when an unmonarchical state ruled Britain; the monarchy was then restored. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Meronyms: Commonwealth; Commonwealth of England; Protectorate; Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
Word: caf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clippings. Pronunciation: /kæf/ 1. A café. Labels: countable, informal Example: Fourth on the list of the businesses my father and his brothers had owned was a caf on the corner of San Ignacio and Lamparilla in Old Havana. 2. A cafeteria. Labels: countable, informal Example: There are plenty of restaurants to choose from when you're sick of the ol’ caf food. Example: Locked, empty classrooms on either side, other halls opening up to go down to the caf, two janitors' closets. Janitors' closets. Great. One was locked. 3. A caffeinated coffee. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If you decide to cut coffee out completely, consider going down half a cup a day, week by week, if your withdrawal symptoms—headaches and irritability—are severe. Or, mix decaf with caf, increasing the quantity of decaf until you are down to all decaf.
Word: oblative Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to oblation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: portably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From portable + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːɹ.tə.bliː/, /ˈpoɹ.tə.bli/, /ˈpoːɹ.tə.bliː/, /ˈpoːɾ.ʈa.bliː/ 1. In a portable manner.
Word: proudhearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English proude-herted, prowd-herted, equivalent to proud + hearted. 1. Very proud Example: This “vicious, corrupt, and debased swarm of outcasts,” Merrick called them, would make an “honest and proudhearted” American freeman “rather die in poverty and want, than dwell among such people.” 2. Arrogant Example: I am afraid I have been proudhearted and arrogant.
Word: relatival Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From relative + -al. 1. relative Labels: not-comparable
Word: retiral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From retire + -al. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈtaɪ(ə)ɹəl/, /ɹəˈtaɪɹəl/, /ɹiˈtaɪɹəl/, /ɹɪˈtaeɾl̩/ 1. Withdrawal, retreat. Labels: Scotland, countable, uncountable 2. Retirement from employment. Labels: Scotland, countable, uncountable Example: By that time I had sold the main business, being past retiral age. 3. The act of taking up a bill when due. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rigorism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rigor + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪɡəˌɹɪzm/ 1. strictness (in interpreting or enforcing a rule) Labels: countable, uncountable 2. In Roman Catholic moral theology, the doctrine that in a case of doubt between right and wrong one should take the safer course, i.e. the one in verbal accordance with the law. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rosemaling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål rosemaling (“rose painting”), from rose (“rose”) + maling (“painting”) (from male (“to paint”) (cognate with Old Danish malæ (Danish male), Old Norse mála, Old Swedish mala (Swedish mala), from Middle Low German mālen (“to paint”)) + -ing (suffix used to form nouns from verbs)). The form rosemåling is borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk rosemåling with unadapted script. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊzəˌmɑːlɪŋ/, /-sə-/, /-ˌmɔː-/, /ˈɹoʊzəˌmɑlɪŋ/ 1. A Norwegian style of stylized floral decoration with scrollwork and geometric elements. Labels: US, uncountable Example: Rosemaling is the most recent of the Norwegian peasant crafts. Example: The recent ethnic and arts and crafts revivals are reflected directly in what has happened among the Norwegians in Minnesota. For them the movement began with rosemaling, which in Minnesota has roots going back to about 1940. No rosemaling was done in Minnesota previously on which to base the movement. It was a direct extension of a slightly earlier rosemaling revival in Wisconsin, […]
Word: routined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From routine + -ed. 1. Controlled or regulated by routine.
Word: routinism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From routine + -ism. 1. prevalence of, or domination by, routine Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lie upon Part of Speech: verb 1. To be incumbent upon; to be up to (someone); to be obligatory upon. Labels: archaic Example: It lies upon the prosecution to prove that the defendant is guilty. 2. To lie on. Example: She was lying upon the bed. 3. To importune; to urge; to solicit. Labels: obsolete Example: The judge in the parable granted the widow's suit merely because she lay upon him, and was troublesome to him.
Word: let me see Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used as a filled pause to indicating thinking or pondering, not inviting hearer to participate. Example: Now, let me see. When did you want the appointment? Example: Let me see. What should I make for dinner tonight? 2. Used when pondering the results of an action one is doing, or to politely ask for permission to do something Example: Let me see if I can find that book for you. Example: Let me see if this microphone works. 3. Used to indicate incredulity; wait a minute; hold on Labels: broadly Example: Let me see if I understood you correctly. Example: Let me see if I have this straight. 4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, me, see. Example: […] Eric stepped in front of Shala, unaware that he was blocking her view. […] “Let me see,” Shala demanded, trying to peer around him.
Word: gists Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gist + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪsts/ 1. A roll reciting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Labels: obsolete, plural, plural-only
Word: gists Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪsts/ 1. plural of gist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sea-pie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sea pie (“food”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative form of sea pie (“bird”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: And the terns hovered over Tom like huge white dragon-flies with black heads, and the gulls laughed like girls at play, and the sea-pies, with their red bills and legs, flew to and fro from shore to shore, and whistled sweet and wild.
Word: scopophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō, “examine, inspect, look to or into, consider”) + -phobia. 1. An unreasonable fear of being seen, or stared at. Labels: uncountable
Word: familar Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of familiar. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: shantyman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shanty + -man. 1. The sailor who sings the main line of a sea shanty (the other sailors singing the responses or choruses)
Word: shantyman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shanty + -man. 1. A lumberjack Labels: Canada
Word: sheeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sheet + -er. 1. An industrial machine (similar in principle to a roller-type pasta machine) that produces a sheet of dough, fondant etc. of a regular thickness. 2. A person who put sheets (tarpaulins) on open railway wagons to keep the loads secure and dry in transit. Example: The Army provided a yard foreman, sheeters, loaders, and checkers to augment the railway staff of two men porters, one lad porter, and a female clerk. 3. Something with a certain number or type of sheets. Example: This test is a four-sheeter Example: A boat is a red-sheeter
Word: shoreweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shore + weed. 1. A small European plantain, Littorella uniflora, that grows in shallow water or mud at the edges of ponds
Word: shorthold Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From short + hold. 1. Describing a tenancy that exists for an agreed term, at the end of which the property may be recovered by the landlord. Labels: UK, not-comparable
Word: shorthold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From short + hold. 1. A tenancy of this kind.
Word: lation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lātiō. 1. Motion of a celestial object from one place to another; local motion. Labels: obsolete Example: Copernicus placed the Sun at the centre of the Universe, exempt from any sort of lation. Example: 17th century, John Donne, Elegy XI: The Autumnal Since such love's natural lation is, may still My love descend, and journey down the hill, Not panting after growing beauties. So, I shall ebb on with them who homeward go.
Word: showband Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From show + band. 1. A band that plays cover versions of popular songs.
Word: soapfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From soap + fish. 1. Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus 2. Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus 3. Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus 4. Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus 5. Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus 6. Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus 7. Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus 8. Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus 9. Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus 10. Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus 11. Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus 12. Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus 13. Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus 14. Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus 15. Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus 16. Any of a number of serranid fish that can secrete a toxic soaplike mucus 17. A species of lizardfish (Synodus foetens)
Word: soaraway Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From soar + away. 1. That achieves rapid or impressive progress; runaway, roaring. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sobersides Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sober + sides. 1. A serious and sedate person Labels: US
Word: squawroot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From squaw + root. 1. Either of two not closely related plants from eastern North America: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Either of two not closely related plants from eastern North America: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stapedial Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the stapes Labels: not-comparable
Word: stigmatist Part of Speech: noun 1. A person whose body is marked by stigmata; a stigmatic
Word: stilboestrol Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /stɪlˈbiː.stɹɒl/ 1. UK spelling of stilbestrol. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stinkwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stink + wood. 1. Any of several not closely related trees whose wood has an unpleasant smell, but especially Ocotea bullata, a south African tree yielding hard, heavy wood. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The wood of such a tree. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stipulator Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who stipulates
Word: suspensive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin suspēnsīvus. First attested in 1557. By surface analysis, suspense + -ive. Pronunciation: /səˈspɛn.sɪv/ 1. That suspends, temporarily stops. Example: Effect of an appeal – In principle, an appeal has a suspensive effect (Art. 51(1) VRP). The term suspensive effect denotes the fact that the legal consequence prescribed by the ruling does not become effective until the conclusion of the appeal procedure. 2. Characterized by suspense; suspenseful.
Word: tallowwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tallow + wood. 1. An Australian eucalyptus, Eucalyptus microcorys, whose wood has a greasy feel when cut Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Ximenia americana, a tree of the tropics bearing cherished fruits. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The tropical fruit-tree genus Ximenia. Labels: broadly, uncommon, uncountable, usually Example: The Tallowwood family numbers about 27 genera and nearly 150 species of trees, shrubs and lianas scattered throughout the tropical forests of the world. […] The tallowwoods Ximenia L. These are a small genus comprising five species of widely distributed tropical trees and shrubs. One of them, X. americana L., extends northward into southern Florida. Tallowwood hog-plum Ximenia americana L.
Word: teaed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tea Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: teaing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tea Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: terminational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From termination + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to termination. Labels: not-comparable 2. That terminates. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tonepad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tone + pad. 1. A form of simple modem that generates tones used to control a device at the other end of a telephone line.
Word: topwater Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From top + water. 1. Describing an angling lure or bait that floats near or on the surface of the water Labels: not-comparable
Word: trapball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trap + ball. 1. A game in which a batsman makes a ball hit a trap (device) that sends the ball into the air, where the batsman has to hit it again. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: truckage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From truck + -age. 1. the carrying of goods by truck Labels: countable, uncountable 2. a charge for this Labels: countable, uncountable 3. exchange; bartering; truck Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The truckage of perishing coin.
Word: tuberculation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tubercule + -ation. 1. The formation of tubercules. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: turkeycock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, turkey + cock. See turkey. 1. A male turkey. 2. A pompous or vainglorious person. Labels: broadly
Word: igneal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French ignel, from Late Latin *ignealis, from Latin igneus (“fiery”), from ignis (“fire”). 1. Fiery; of or pertaining to fire. Labels: archaic
Word: unconsenting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + consenting. 1. Not consenting
Word: unconstricted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + constricted. 1. Not constricted
Word: unconstructed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + constructed. 1. Not (yet) constructed. Labels: not-comparable Example: In 1897 the Lincoln and East Coast Railway and Dock Company obtained an Act to take over the authorised, but unconstructed line of the L.D. & E.C. proposal between Lincoln and Mumby Road, the station between Willoughby and Sutton, [...].
Word: unrested Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + rested. 1. Not rested
Word: unresting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + resting. 1. Not resting; ceaseless
Word: deck out Part of Speech: verb 1. To decorate (something). Labels: transitive Example: They decked the bar out with World Cup paraphernalia for June and July. 2. To dress (someone) in fancy clothes. Labels: transitive Example: He was decked out as a successful pimp. 3. To forfeit by running out of cards in a deck. Labels: intransitive 4. To fall off a mountain or climbing wall and hit the ground. Labels: intransitive
Word: unrequitedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unrequited + -ly. 1. In an unrequited manner Labels: not-comparable Example: A fortyish man meets a twentyish man with whom he'd been unrequitedly in love some years before.
Word: underhung Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + hung. 1. Hung or suspended from above. Labels: not-comparable Example: Slidebars of the three-bar type are provided in conjunction with an underhung crosshead. 2. Having the lower jaw projecting. Labels: not-comparable Example: [H]e was marked with small-pox, had large features, high cheek-bones, deeply set eyes, and a very long chin; and had got the trick which many underhung men have of compressing the upper lip. Example: His jaw was underhung, and when he laughed, two white buck-teeth protruded themselves and glistened savagely in the midst of the grin. 3. Of a sliding door: resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended. Labels: not-comparable Example: Usually, [railroad] car doors slide on the top door-track, being then termed overhung doors; the underhung door being one supported and sliding on a rail below the door.
Word: undersow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From under- + sow. 1. To sow a second crop after a first one (the cover crop) has become established, such that they both develop at the same time
Word: understairs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + stairs. 1. A basement or cellar constructed, or accessed, from underneath the stairs.
Word: understocked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of understock Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: understocked Part of Speech: adj 1. Insufficiently stocked
Word: unrequitedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unrequited + -ness. 1. The condition of being unrequited. Labels: uncountable
Word: unreserve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + reserve. 1. A lack or absence of reserve; frankness; uninhibitedness. Labels: uncountable Example: Kitty, tho' perhaps not authorized to address him with so much familiarity on so short an acquaintance, could not forbear indulging the natural Unreserve and Vivacity of her own Disposition, in speaking to him, as he spoke to her. 2. A forest that is not set aside as a reserve. Labels: India, countable
Word: unreserve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + reserve. 1. To undo or cancel a reservation. Labels: transitive
Word: forcasten Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Originally the past participle of obsolete forcast (“to cast away”); also from Middle English forcasten, a variant of forcast (“rejected, cast away”), past participle of forcasten (“to cast away, reject”), of North Germanic origin, compare Danish forkaste (“to reject”), Swedish förkasta (“to reject”), equivalent to for- + cast. 1. Felled, fallen. Labels: obsolete 2. Cast away, rejected; neglected; not used, cast off. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal Example: I think Christ lieth like an old forcasten castle, forsaken of the inhabitants; all men run away now from Him. 3. Abandoned; forlorn. Labels: Scotland, dialectal Example: They dread full ill I was right poor, By my forcasten company.
Word: kidding aside Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of all kidding aside. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Phyllis Diller used to joke that it is important to be nice to your children because they ultimately decide which nursing home to place you in! Kidding aside, if you don't take the time for children and family […]
Word: the quality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quality (“high social position”). 1. The upper class, the high society, the gentry; the people of quality. Labels: UK, archaic, idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: 20 July 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian I shall appear at the masquerade dressed up in my feathers, that the quality may see how pretty they will look in their travelling habits. Example: The rector kept open house on that day, but by degrees the “quality” gave up going, and the fair, of course, became disreputable, till at last it was put down as a nuisance.
Word: the Quality Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of the quality (the upper class) Labels: alt-of, plural, plural-only Example: I would have spoken further, but before I could get under way the door opened, revealing Ma Cream, and [my manservant Jeeves] shimmered silently from the room. Unless expressly desired to remain, he always shimmers off when what is called the Quality arrive.
Word: decked out Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deck out Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stereoptic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stereo- + optic. 1. Involving the simultaneous use of both eyes, to obtain a three-dimensional image. Labels: not-comparable
Word: forbiddance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From forbid + -ance. 1. An act of forbidding, prohibition; an official edict against something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [T]hat such Shows should be prohibited is very rational & proper—it is however curious to see how little forbiddance is necessary; for these Superstitious Brutalities die away of themselves gradually […].
Word: forbiddances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forbiddance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: underly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈʌndə(ɹ)li/ 1. Poor; inferior. Labels: dialectal
Word: underly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From under + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈʌndə(ɹ)li/ 1. At a lower level. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: The Seed-Branch […] is presently divided into two main Branches, and those two into other less; whereof some underly, others aloft, run along the Coat. 2. In an inferior or inadequate manner; insufficiently (chiefly in opposition to overly). Labels: colloquial Example: In this case, we are not in a position—at least from the perspective of the rules themselves and the values that lie behind them—to say that they are overly or underly inclusive. Example: Overly madeup and underly dressed young women were dancing in a cluster on the floor.
Word: underly Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from underlying. Pronunciation: /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈlaɪ/ 1. Nonstandard spelling of underlie. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard Example: I asked him what principles he felt should underly the care provided during such a voyage.
Word: Kasparian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Gasparyan, from Armenian Գասպարյան (Gasparyan). 1. A surname from Armenian.
Word: counterintuitivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counterintuitive + -ity. 1. The quality of being counterintuitive. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Something counterintuitive. Labels: countable, rare, usually
Word: Gasbarian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Gasparyan, from Armenian Գասպարյան (Gasparyan). 1. A surname from Armenian.
Word: Gasbaryan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Gasparyan, from Armenian Գասպարյան (Gasparyan). 1. A surname from Armenian.
Word: Gasparian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Gasparyan, from Armenian Գասպարյան (Gasparyan). 1. A surname from Armenian.
Word: Gasparyan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Գասպարյան (Gasparyan). 1. A surname from Armenian.
Word: Kasbaryan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Gasparyan, from Armenian Գասպարյան (Gasparyan). 1. A surname from Armenian.
Word: Kasbarian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Gasparyan. 1. A surname from Armenian.
Word: Kasparyan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Gasparyan, from Armenian Գասպարյան (Gasparyan). 1. A surname from Armenian.
Word: Aghayan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Armenian Աղայան (Aġayan). 1. A surname from Armenian.
Word: Abovian Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Abovyan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Abovyan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Armenian Աբովյան (Abovyan). 1. A surname from Armenian. Example: Khachatur Abovyan 2. A town in Kotayk, Armenia. 3. A village in Ararat, Armenia.
Word: Apovian Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Abovyan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Apovyan Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Abovyan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: valonia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Venetan name Valona of the now Albanian city Vlorë around which it grows, unlike in Italy. One of the principal sources of tannin in the English-speaking world in the late 19th century, largely imported from the Ottoman Empire, with Smyrna being the main trading centre for it, whence to Trieste it passed the first time in 1842 to reach the Austro-Hungarian leather industry and become popular in Germany only by the 1880s. Pronunciation: /vəˈləʊ.ni.ə/, /vəˈloʊ.ni.ə/ 1. Any of species Quercus macrolepis, now subspecies Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis or Quercus aegilops of European evergreen oak trees 2. Dried acorn cups of this tree, which are used to make a black dye used in tanning.
Word: valvate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From valve + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Having or resembling valves (that open and close). 2. Meeting at the edges without overlapping. Example: flowers with valvate petals
Word: variationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From variation + -ist. 1. A sociolinguist who studies systematic patterns of variation of linguistic forms.
Word: variationist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From variation + -ist. 1. Focused on systematic patterns of variation of linguistic forms. Labels: not-comparable Example: The central ideas of variationist sociolinguistics are that an understanding of language requires an understanding of variable as well as categorical processes, and that the variation witnessed at all levels of language is not random.
Word: varietist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From variety + -ist. 1. Of, relating to, or practicing sexual varietism. Labels: obsolete Example: We would call it today an "open marriage", at once permissive and varietist