nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: kriegspiel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Kriegspiel, literally war game. 1. A board game used to train military tactics and strategy. Labels: capitalized, often 2. A variant of chess in which the player cannot see their opponent's pieces. Labels: capitalized, often
Word: rachialgia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ῥάχις (rhákhis, “backbone”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”) + -ia. 1. A kind of back pain, especially Pott's disease or (formerly) lead colic. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: can't get enough Part of Speech: verb 1. Greatly enjoys; likes a lot. Labels: idiomatic, no-past-participle, no-present-participle Example: We'll need to bake more of those new chicken and mushroom pies. The customers can't get enough. Example: With so many labels, so much fashion information and incessant celebrity style hype, it seems we all can't get enough of the scene and its material trappings.
Word: megadontia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From megadont + -ia. 1. Malformation of megalodontia Labels: uncountable 2. Macrodontia. Labels: uncountable Example: Dens in dente, peg-shaped lateral incisors, microdontia, megadontia, fusion, gemination and connation, talon cusp, taurodontism, etc. Recognised by their appearance Example: Isolated megadontia in the permanent dentition has been estimated to occur in approximately 1% of patients. The condition may be symmetrical. Generalized megadontia has been reported in association with pituitary gigantism, unilateral facial hyperplasia, and hereditary gingival fibromatosis.
Word: megalodontia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From megal- + -odontia. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛɡələʊˈdɒntɪə/ 1. The condition of having proportionately oversized teeth for the jaw in which they are set. Labels: uncountable Example: Doubtless resulting from continued blending and random mating is the striking example of megalodontia (teeth too large for the jaw) or vice versa — wide spaces occurring between most of the teeth indicating too spacious a jaw for the teeth.
Word: megodontia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meg- + -odontia. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛɡəˈdɒntɪə/ 1. Rare form of megalodontia Labels: form-of, rare, uncountable Example: In what way, if any, might climate change have precipitated the origins of Hominidae and Australopithecus, megodontia in Paranthropus, and encephalization and tool making in earliest Homo?
Word: Late Egyptian Part of Speech: name 1. The Egyptian language as spoken from 1069 to 700 BCE
Word: thers Part of Speech: pron 1. Obsolete form of theirs. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: He had bene instrumentall in promotinge the three persons above mencioned to the Kings favour, and had himselfe in truth so greate an esteeme of them, that he did very frequently upon conference togither departe from his owne inclinations and opinions, and concurred in thers; and very few men of so greate parts are upon all occasyons more councellable then he, so that he would seldome be in daunger of runninge into greate errors, if he would communicate and expose all his owne thoughts and inclinations to such a disquicition, nor is he uninclinable in his nature to such an intire communication in all things which he conceaves to be difficulte; but his fatall infirmity is, that he to often thinkes difficulte things very easy, and doth not consider possible consequences, when the proposition administers somewhat that is delighfull to his fancy, and by pursuinge wherof he imagynes he shall reape some glory to himselfe, of which he is immoderately ambitious, so that if the consultation be upon any action to be done, no man more implicitely enters into that debate, or more cheerefully resignes his owne conceptions to a joynt determination, but when it is once affirmatively resolved, besydes that he may possibly reserve some impertinent circumstance as he thinkes, the impartinge wherof would change the nature of the thinge, if his fancy suggests to him any particular which himselfe might performe in that action, upon the imagination that every body would approove it, if it were proposed to them, he chooses rather to do it, then to communicate, that he may have some signall parte to himselfe in the transaction, in which no other person can clayme a share; and by this unhappy temper, he did often involve himselfe in very unprosperous attempts.
Word: thers Part of Speech: contraction 1. Eye dialect spelling of there's. Labels: alt-of, contraction, pronunciation-spelling Example: They've raised some fine buildings 'at's worth lookin at,-- They're a credit to th' city, thers noa daat o' that; But ther's nowt strikes a stranger soa mich as a seet O'th' craad 'at's i' Briggate at Setterdy neet. Example: Well, Miss Susan, thers plenty for you to eat and drink.
Word: reinstallable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From reinstall + -able. 1. Able to be reinstalled.
Word: travellable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From travel + -able. 1. Able to be travelled.
Word: ischæmiæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ischæmia (alternative spelling of ischemiae) Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural
Word: conquerours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conquerour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: half notes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of half note Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paragramme Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of paragram. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: withereth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: wither + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wither Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hunged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hang Labels: form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Example: 'Are you more content with me for the collar?' 'I am.' 'It restrains me neck like I was to be hunged.'
Word: orthographist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From orthography + -ist. 1. One who is versed in orthography.
Word: microphages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microphage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phagocyting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of phagocyte Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: phagocyted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of phagocyte Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: halazone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally a trade name. 1. p-sulphondichloraminobenzoic acid, a disinfectant used to sterilize water. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In 1919 halazone was still a new compound for water treatment. 2. A tablet of this disinfectant. Labels: countable
Word: hay-asthma Part of Speech: noun 1. A severe form of hay fever in which asthma is one of the distressing symptoms of the later stage. Labels: uncountable
Word: heart-burn Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of heartburn. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: heart-failure Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of heart failure. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: heart-failures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heart-failure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hebetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἡβητικός (hēbētikós), equivalent to ἡβητ(ής) (hēbēt(ḗs)) (“adult”; ἡβη- (hēbē-), variant stem of ἡβᾶν (hēbân, “to reach puberty”), verbal derivative of ἥβη (hḗbē, “youth”) + -τής (-tḗs, agent suffix)) + ικός (ikós, “-ic”). Pronunciation: /hɪˈbɛtɪk/ 1. Of or related to youth or to puberty.
Word: hedonal Part of Speech: noun 1. pentan-2-yl carbamate, used as a mild hypnotic Labels: uncountable 2. acetic acid, used as a pesticide and herbicide Labels: uncountable
Word: myrmecophages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myrmecophage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: helcoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “ulcer”) + -oid. 1. Of or pertaining to an ulcer; ulcerous.
Word: helcology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “open wound, injury”) + -logy. 1. The study, pathology, and treatment of ulcers. Labels: uncountable
Word: helenin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From helenium + -in. 1. A stearoptene from Inula helenium used as an internal and external antiseptic. Labels: uncountable
Word: helicine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, helic- + -ine, or, by surface analysis, helix + -ine. 1. Of, related to, or being a helix. Labels: not-comparable, uncommon Example: Near-synonym: spiral Example: The children's slide had a spirally helicine shape I had never seen before.
Word: scraggliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scraggly + -ness. 1. Roughness, scruffiness, or unkemptness. Labels: uncountable Example: The great thing about mowing is that it is visually satisfying; with each overlapping pass, one more swath is shorn, and where there was once scraggliness and unkemptness, now there is neatness and trimness. Example: Ditto for Uma Thurman, whose loose blonde strands were defiant in their scraggliness. Your mother would have called this kind of hair a bird's nest.
Word: temporary restraining orders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of temporary restraining order Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preliminarily enjoin Part of Speech: verb 1. To impose a preliminary injunction upon; to restrain by court order from engaging in a certain activity after a hearing and before a final resolution of a dispute.
Word: preliminarily enjoins Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of preliminarily enjoin Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: preliminarily enjoining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of preliminarily enjoin Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: preliminarily enjoined Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of preliminarily enjoin Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: inter partes Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin inter partes (“between parties/sides”). 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a proceeding where multiple parties to a dispute are present. Labels: not-comparable
Word: inter partes Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Latin inter partes (“between parties/sides”). 1. In the manner of a proceeding where multiple parties to a dispute are present. Labels: not-comparable
Word: geographist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geography + -ist. 1. One versed in geography; geographer. Example: Now, I'm no geographist, but I don't think Oregon is anywhere near Scandinavia, which seems to be the only place left where death metal will get you any chicks.
Word: unforeseeability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + foreseeability. 1. Inability to be predicted or anticipated. Labels: uncountable Example: An Indiana appellate court, affirming a lower court’s decision, dismissed the suit, for reasons that include the unforeseeability of the accident. Example: No man is responsible for that which no man can control. (The unforeseeability defense).
Word: wedbreak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wedbrek, wedbreke, equivalent to wed + breaker. 1. An adulterer. Labels: obsolete
Word: wedbrek Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wedbreak. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: brey Part of Speech: verb 1. To soften (leather) by twisting, scraping, etc. Labels: South-Africa, transitive
Word: breadcorn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bred corn, brede corne; equivalent to bread + corn. 1. Corn or grain from which bread is made. Labels: uncountable Example: That which I drive at now is this; That Breadcorn, that brings so considerable increase by Tillage and Husbandry, would scarce be at all without it; for that which grows wildly of it self is worth nothing: but it being so wholesom and strengthning a food, that it should yield so plentiful increase, and that this should not be without humane Art and Industry, does plainly insinuate that there is a Divine Providence that intended to exercise the wit of Man in Husbandry and Tillage.
Word: fleak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of flake (noun, verb). Pronunciation: /fliːk/, /flik/ 1. Synonym of flake. Labels: dialectal Example: The uſes indeed of the forenamed Plants are ſo univerſall, and take place ſo in every affaire of Man, that if it vvere lavvfull to be a little merry in ſo ſerious a matter, a man might not unfittingly apply that verſe of the Poet [Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto (Letters from the Black Sea), book IV, 3-35] to this ſo generall a commodity; / Omnia ſunt homini tenui pendentia filo. / That all the buſineſſes of Men do very much depend upon theſe little long fleaks or threds of Hempe and Flaxa. Example: Above that Region the Wind blew at South-weſt by South, as appeared by ſome ſmall Fleaks of Clouds coming from that Quarter. 2. Synonym of flake. Labels: dialectal Example: Plutarke alſo calleth this beaſt a meticulous and fearefull beaſt, and in this cauſe concludeth the change of his colour, not as ſome ſay, to auoyde and deceiue the beholders and to vvorke out his ovvne happineuſſe, but for meere dread and terrour. […] But I for my part doe aſſigne the true cauſe to bee in the thinneſſe of their skinne, and therefore may eaſily take impreſſion of any colour, like to a thin fleake of a horne, vvhich being layde ouer blacke, ſeemeth blacke, and ſo ouer other colours: […] Example: Now, it is very demonſtrable from vvhat has been ſaid, that all ſuch Effects may be produc'd by a Prick of a Nail, a Stub, or a Fleak, when it ſticks in thoſe tender ſenſible Parts, […] [I]f there be any Fleak or Piece of Nail remaining in the Quick, vvhich may be knovvn by examining the Nail you have pull'd out, or by the continued Pain, with a conſtant Diſcharge of matter, you may introduce a Piece of dry Spunge, made in form of a Tent, vvith a Thread dravvn through the End of it: […] 3. Synonym of flake. Labels: dialectal Example: Upon Examination, I found that they [the fat] conſiſted of regular large Laminæ: vvhich vvere eaſily ſeparable from one another, in broad Fleaks; […]
Word: fleak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A variant of flake (noun, verb). Pronunciation: /fliːk/, /flik/ 1. Synonym of flake (“to remove (something) in fleaks or flakes (small chips or pieces)”). Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive Example: [M]any of them made use of flint for knives, […] this flint is of no regular form, and if they can only obtain a part of it, an inch or two in length that will cut they are satisfyed, they renew the edge by fleaking off the flint by means of the point of an Elk's or deer's horn. Example: Whence to flea, or to fleak, i.e. to pull off the skin. A school phrase, to be fleaked off, i.e. to have the skin fetched off by whipping.
Word: fleak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A variant of fleck (verb). Pronunciation: /fliːk/, /flik/ 1. Synonym of fleck. Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete Example: [Edward] Young's Satires have been quite eclipsed by the fame of his Night Thoughts; a work the sublimity and dark splendour of which is fleaked with the wit and fancy which were essential constituents of his mind. Example: [W]hat am I here for? Vividly, but still calmly, he felt this in every nerve; and hope—fleaked, of course, by the gleams of tenderness and regret, which strong men feel as much as weak ones, and know that they must conquer—was burning in him like a central fire, as he turned his pony's head home.
Word: scamble Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈskæmbəl/ 1. To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble. Labels: intransitive Example: Or if you will say, that there may some scambling shift be made without them […] 2. To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble; struggle for place or possession. Labels: intransitive Example: How easy dost thou take all England up! From forth this morsel of dead royalty, The life, the right and truth of all this realm Is fled to heaven; and England now is left To tug and scamble and to part by the teeth The unowed interest of proud-swelling state. 3. To mangle. Labels: transitive Example: finding my Wood cut in Patches , and other parts of it scambled and cut before it was at its Growth 4. To squander. Labels: transitive
Word: prelocalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + localization. 1. The original localization of structures in an unsegmented embryo that become specific organs in the adult
Word: isolects Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isolect Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isolect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Alfred Hudson in his published work on the languages of Borneo: iso- + -lect. 1. A language or dialect; coined as a neutral term between ‘language’ and ‘dialect.’ Example: Dohoi is distinctive among all the Barito isolects[…]. Example: At the same time, the ordering of isolects that is finally chosen must give the right results for (virtually) all the environments.
Word: isophot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See iso- + photo-. 1. A line of equal luminance on a map.
Word: isophots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isophot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foreigns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foreign Labels: form-of, plural
Word: DRY Part of Speech: phrase 1. Acronym of don't repeat yourself (“software development principle aimed at reducing repetition”). Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: The general principle here is DRY: Don't Repeat Yourself (HTOO). If you duplicate information in two or more places, sooner or later, you'll forget to update one of the copies […]
Word: DRY Part of Speech: adj 1. Of code, having the quality of adhering to the principle of DRY; containing as little repetition as possible.
Word: DRY Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause code to become DRY; to remove repetition from code.
Word: prelocalizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prelocalization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: count off Part of Speech: verb 1. To count (a number of things), typically aloud. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: He counted off the children as they entered the coach. Example: He told the children to count off as they entered the coach.
Word: poop out Part of Speech: verb 1. To quit due to tiredness. Labels: Canada, US, intransitive, slang Example: Do you poop out at parties? 2. To make very tired; to exhaust. Labels: Canada, US, slang, transitive Example: Climbing that hill really pooped me out. 3. To defecate. Labels: Canada, US, childish, slang, transitive Example: He pooped out a long, large turd. Example: When trout take cased caddis larvae, they ingest them pebbles or plant stems and all.[…]They take the caddis happily, digest the nutritious parts, poop out the rest with no problems. 4. To give birth. Labels: rare, slang, transitive, vulgar
Word: pootle along Part of Speech: verb 1. To walk, ride, drive etc. at a leisurely pace Labels: informal, intransitive
Word: pour forth Part of Speech: verb 1. To pour or emit in large quantity or large numbers. Labels: transitive Example: He poured forth all the toys he had gathered onto the floor. 2. To pour or appear in large quantity or large numbers. Labels: intransitive Example: Water poured forth from the breach in the hull. Example: She was lost in the crowd of people pouring forth. 3. To be uttered, especially in a long flow of speech. Labels: intransitive Example: Many great ideas poured forth in their discussion.
Word: press ahead Part of Speech: verb 1. To continue towards an objective. Labels: intransitive Example: The decision to press ahead with the rationalisation, while there is still uncertainty about the bank's strategic direction, gives the City some red meat to chew on.
Word: prey on Part of Speech: verb 1. To eat (as prey). Labels: transitive Example: Owls prey on small mammals, such as mice. 2. To exploit or victimize. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Bradford had preyed on Villa's inability to defend set pieces, corners in particular, in their first-leg win and took advantage of the weakness again as Hanson equalised to restore their two-goal aggregate lead. Example: The food industry and its allies in the agricultural and chemical industries prey on the vulnerable by pumping out barely regulated products at low cost and then marketing them with insidious advertising campaigns. 3. To weigh heavily upon (a person's mind). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The past—to me, the dreadful past !—is one eternal present ; and the Promethean vulture of remorse preys on me now, and for ever. Example: He had met with a great trouble, and also he had allowed this story to prey on his imagination, and he was a very imaginative man.
Word: price up Part of Speech: verb 1. To increase the price of. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Simply that when marketers think of pricing up, they need to think of themselves as Icarus. Their objectives may be noble, like improving profitability, being able to give their consumers a better product or experience, or being able to spend more on media, but when they get carried away in pricing up, like Icarus, they get burned. Example: 'Do I take advantage of the technical superiority of my new product and make good profits as quickly as possible by pricing up in the market segments that I know will pay? 2. To calculate the price or cost of, especially when a number of components must be taken into account. Labels: transitive Example: The builder is coming round this afternoon to price up the job. Example: I've priced up new bars to replace the slightly bent examples currently installed, I'll need a new stem too, about ₤50 the pair.
Word: pull on Part of Speech: verb 1. To put on (clothes) by tugging. Labels: transitive Example: I pulled on my winter coat before stepping out into the snow.
Word: genkan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 玄関(げんかん) (genkan), from Middle Chinese 玄關 (MC hwen kwaen, literally “front door”). Pronunciation: [ˈɡɛŋkɑn] 1. The entryway to a Japanese house, where street shoes are removed and houseshoes put on before entering the house, and houseshoes removed and street shoes put on before leaving the house.
Word: sleeky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sleek + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsliːki/ 1. sleek; slick Example: When all is o'er, out to the door they run, With new comb'd sleeky hair, and glist'ning cheeks, Each with some little project in his head. Example: He thought that the moulting season was over, and that he was rejoicing in the fulness of a sleeky plumage, and by his side was a Java sparrowess, chirping and hopping about, rendering the cage as populous to him as though he were the tenant of a bird-fancier's shop. 2. slick; sly; untrustworthy Example: Why, I thought he was a straight-haired, sleeky, canting snake of a man.
Word: sleekier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of sleeky: more sleeky Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: sleekiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of sleeky: most sleeky Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: misturn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English misturnen, mistournen, mistornen, equivalent to mis- + turn. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)n/ 1. To turn wrongly or incorrectly; turn aside wrongly; pervert. Labels: transitive 2. To go wrong; make a wrong turn. Labels: intransitive
Word: misturn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English misturnen, mistournen, mistornen, equivalent to mis- + turn. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)n/, /ˈmɪstɜː(ɹ)n/ 1. A wrong turn. Example: At one of the dim cross-roads they had made a misturn, and were now wandering around without the slightest notion of where they were going. Example: They heroically struggled through the remainder of the figure, but Oh-Pshaw, completely demoralized, made one misturn after the other.
Word: ratine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ratteen. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: Zhuangzi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 莊子 /庄子 (Zhuāngzǐ). 1. An influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period. 2. An ancient Chinese collection of anecdotes and fables, one of the foundational texts of Taoism, traditionally attributed to the philosopher.
Word: jizzy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From jizz + -y. 1. Covered with ejaculate. Labels: slang Example: I threw my jizzy sheets in the washing machine before my mum could find them. 2. Resembling or having the qualities of semen. Labels: slang Example: No offense or anything, but this soup tastes a little jizzy. You'd better not have put any special ingredients in here.
Word: jizzer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jizz + -er. 1. One who ejaculates. Labels: slang
Word: cum-soaked Part of Speech: adj 1. soaked in ejaculate. Labels: rare, slang, vulgar
Word: tangyuan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 湯圓／汤圆 (tāngyuán). 1. A Chinese food made from glutinous rice flour mixed with a small amount of water to form balls and then cooked and served in boiling water. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: graff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Older variant of graft, q.v. Pronunciation: /ɡɹɑːf/, /ɡɹæf/ 1. Alternative form of graft. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic
Word: graff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Older variant of graft, q.v. Pronunciation: /ɡɹɑːf/, /ɡɹæf/ 1. Alternative form of graft. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic Example: Truly, said Pantagruel, if I live to go home--which I hope will be speedily, God willing--I'll set off and graff some in my garden in Touraine, by the banks of the Loire, and will call them bon-Christian or good-Christian pears, for I never saw better Christians than are these good Papimans. Example: For where men look for fruit they graff the tree, And study still the rising plant to train; And artist uses to refine the gold Designed by him the precious gem to hold.
Word: graff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Graf (“count”). Pronunciation: /ɡɹɑːf/, /ɡɹæf/ 1. A steward; an overseer. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: graff Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡɹɑːf/, /ɡɹæf/ 1. Clipping of graffiti. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang, uncountable
Word: graff Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡɹɑːf/, /ɡɹæf/ 1. Clipping of graffiti Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: Just two days ago, I had graffed a piece with my crew and went to Sunrise High School. Example: There’s nothing like heat in this light. There’s only what I’m graffing—the swirls and orbs and flecks and tags, the pictures I’m making for Stefan.
Word: graff Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡɹɑːf/, /ɡɹæf/ 1. Alternative form of graf (“paragraph”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang Example: Were I not hooked-up, and old enough to be her father, I'd be stalking Alyssa Rosenberg because of the following graff:[…]
Word: smoke pole Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsməʊk ˌpəʊl/ 1. The central, vertical pole of a teepee. Example: A little cross stick is tied to the smoke pole of the four-pole tipi where it is secured to the flap to prevent its going through too far. The cover for a four-pole tipi is cut quite differently from that for a three-pole one. Example: To keep the end of the smoke pole from going too far through the hole, a small cross-piece should be lashed to it about two feet from the end. 2. A ridgepole. Example: These rafters are connected at the top by a round bar, the smoke pole, which also serves to take the hooks on which the cooking pots are suspended. Example: The support structure of the arched-post tent consists of two inclined arches joined by three transverse poles, a ridge or smoke-pole at the top and two other poles at about half the height. 3. A firearm. Labels: slang Example: Drawing a deep, steadying breath, Barefoot smelled the machine oil of the well-kept smoke pole. His very first shot put an immediate stop to Swann's barraging of Jessie. Example: When first introduced to the flintlock, Steve and I worked at a State Prison and he made me promise to never utter the words “smoke pole” at work for fear of people getting the wrong idea about us. 4. A long stick or pole with a burning tip, used to repel insects. Example: I separate my swarms with my smoke-pole, holding It near the swarm already settled, which will prevent others from settling. Example: A smoke-pole is quite handy to keep two or more swarms from settling together.
Word: smoke pole Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌsməʊk ˈpəʊl/ 1. To perform fellatio. Labels: rare, slang Example: December 2004, Los Angeles Magazine p. 100http://books.google.es/books?id=ll0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA100&dq=%22smoking+pole%22&hl=es&ei=VDl6TrbtGs34sgbe_dStDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CE8Q6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22smoking%20pole%22&f=false "Can you imagine," says Oddo, "the personal history that a 12-year-old little girl has to come from to start smoking pole 50 times a night for her pimp? It breaks your heart."
Word: clocksucker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clock + sucker, perhaps referencing cocksucker. 1. A time-waster. Labels: derogatory, neologism, rare
Word: jaw away Part of Speech: verb 1. to jabber; to gabble; to ramble Labels: idiomatic, intransitive
Word: smoked pole Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of smoke pole Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: smoking pole Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of smoke pole Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: smoke poles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smoke pole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smokes pole Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of smoke pole Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pole-smoker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pole + smoker. 1. A person who performs fellatio. Labels: slang, vulgar 2. A gay man. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar Example: God once upon a time thought it was appropriate to have pole-smokers like me killed with rocks […]
Word: pole-smokers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pole-smoker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hair pie Part of Speech: noun 1. The external female genitalia with an unshaven mons veneris. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: I don't mind munching on her hair pie except when I have to stop to pull her hairs off my tongue. 2. Cunnilingus. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: hair pies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hair pie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: break bad Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɹeɪk bæd/, /bɹæɪ̯k bæːd/ 1. To go wrong; to go downhill. Labels: colloquial Example: "A woman came out from the East—Vermont, it was—and school-teaching was her line of business, only she hadn't been raised to it, and this was her first clatter at the game; but things had broke bad for her people, and ended in her pulling stakes and coming West all alone. Example: Half the bad men are only coltish cowpunchers gone wrong through rotten whiskey and luck breaking bad for them. 2. To go bad; to turn toward immorality or crime. Labels: Midwestern-US, Southern-US, colloquial, especially Example: But somehow he broke bad when he was just a yearling boy, started running around at night with a bad crowd, drinking beer and wine, and fighting and getting in all kinds of trouble and wouldn't go to school. Example: Nah, come on, man! Some straight like you, giant stick up his ass, all of a sudden at age, what, sixty, he's just gonna break bad?
Word: estated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From estate + -ed. Pronunciation: /ɪˈsteɪtɪd/ 1. having an estate Labels: not-comparable 2. passed or received as an inheritance Labels: not-comparable
Word: sexful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sex + -ful. 1. Full of sexual desire, longing, or activity; sexual. Example: [S]he had heard it sung by two grey-haired men in the Papal choir in Rome, soprano voices of a rarer and more radiant timbre than any woman's sexful voice. Example: Mark's father . . . was an actor. . . . After perishing as a Christian martyr in an epic about the last sexful days of the Roman Empire, he would come back to life only to be killed again halfway through a Western filmed in Spain.
Word: Proto-Inupik Part of Speech: name Etymology: From proto- + Inupik. 1. A hypothetical prehistoric ancestor of all Inuit languages, including Greenlandic, Inuktitut and Inupiak.
Word: mandy Part of Speech: noun 1. The drug MDMA. Labels: UK, slang, uncountable
Word: shitneck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shit + neck. 1. An idiot; an objectionable person. Labels: derogatory, offensive, vulgar
Word: drouthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From drouth + -y. 1. Droughty, dry. Labels: Scotland, US Example: 1951 June, Herman L. Wascher, R. S. Smith, R. T. Odell, Soil Report 74: Iroquois County Soils, U. S. Department of Agriculture, page 13, The drouthy sandy soils are not well adapted to the grain crops that grow throughout the summer but may be used for wheat or rye, the deep-rooting legumes, or timber. Example: 1993, Thomas Foti, The River's Gifts and Curses, Jeannie Whayne, Willard B. Gatewood, The Arkansas Delta: Land of Paradox, page 45, That clay will not allow rainwater to penetrate far and will not give up much water to plants, so the site is a drouthy one for plants. 2. Thirsty. Labels: Scotland, US Example: At parting, they bestowed a cup on him of a miraculous make, for it was ever full of wine, let the drinker be ever so drouthy. Example: A drouthier pair of mortals could not have been found anywhere, and, at the first draught, each emptied his cup to the bottom!
Word: forest green tree frog Part of Speech: noun 1. A tropical lowland frog (Rhacophorus arboreus) whose habitat range is mostly restricted to Japan's Honshū
Word: Els Part of Speech: name 1. plural of El Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Gif Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of GIF. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Rea Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ɹeɪ/ 1. A female given name. 2. A surname. 3. A minor city in Andrew County, Missouri, United States. 4. A river flowing through the city of Birmingham, West Midlands, England, which flows into the River Tame; in full, River Rea. 5. A river in Shropshire and co/Worcestershire, England, which flows into the River Teme; in full, River Rea. 6. A river in Fiordland, Southland region, New Zealand, which flows into Bradshaw Sound; in full, Rea River.
Word: toku Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of tokusatsu. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang, uncountable
Word: periodize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From period + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪəɹɪəˌdaɪz/ 1. To divide (history) into periods. Labels: transitive 2. To split (a training program) into segments of a few weeks or months, so that training begins at lower intensity and is gradually increased to high intensity. 3. To form a periodic function from (a non-periodic function).
Word: renette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin rēnes (“the kidneys, reins”) + -ette (“small”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈnɛt/ 1. A specialized excretory cell in some nematode worms.
Word: reintegrative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From re- + integrate + -ive. 1. Relating to reintegration.
Word: resinata Part of Speech: noun 1. retsina (type of Greek wine) Labels: uncountable
Word: revocative Part of Speech: adj 1. Revocatory; tending to revoke or recall. Labels: not-comparable Example: There is often uncertainty about the date on which the revocative edict was promulgated. Some documents mention October 15, 1685 others October 18 and still others October 22, 1685. The revocative edict itself gives no date but refers only to October 1685.
Word: huffiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of huffy: most huffy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: huffier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of huffy: more huffy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: otherish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From other + -ish. Cognate with Dutch anders (“different”). 1. Pertaining or belonging to another kind; different. Example: This likens the insect to another otherish human―not impossibly cruel this time, but impossibly brilliant. 2. Concerned with or directed toward others; selfless. Example: About the word "altruistic" and the suggestion of "otherish," the real meaning of the difficulty about a word for "regard to others," is that we do not want it.
Word: grass of Parnassus Part of Speech: noun 1. Bog star, any of the genus Parnassia of plants. Labels: uncountable
Word: Sandal Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English sand halh. 1. A suburb of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3418).
Word: obelion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀβελός (obelós) + -ion. 1. A craniometric point on the sagittal suture between the parietal foramina near the lambdoid suture. Example: Obelion is a nearly constant existing anthropological landmark. It is defined as the midpoint between both Foramina parietalia (for typical venous Emissaria connecting veins of galea with Sinus sagittalis sup.). Obelion is located on Suturus sagittalis. Example: The sagittal border usually runs directly posteriorly from the rounded frontal angle for about two-thirds of its length. This is the position of the obelion, and there may be a parietal notch in the bone (Fig. 4.37) after which the serrations on the border become more fringe-like as it slopes away towards the rounded occipital angle at the posterior fontanelle.
Word: obelions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of obelion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: craniometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cranio- + -metry. 1. The practice of taking measurements of the skull. Labels: especially, physical, uncountable, usually Example: But regardless of what they made of phrenology, those who saw craniometry as a means of measuring the relative weight of intelligence and emotion in psychological makeup were generally sceptical as to whether, as Blumenbach and Camper believed, humanity had branched from one ancestral pair into varietal types as a result of colonising different continents. Example: Similarly, some forensic companies have started to engage in “DNA phenotyping” – e.g. predicting skin color and facial features based on DNA data – something that’s best understood as 21st century re-run of long-debunked craniometry.
Word: craniometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cranio- + -metric. 1. Of or relating to craniometry or craniometrics Labels: not-comparable
Word: parietals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parietal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Wake Islander Part of Speech: noun 1. someone from Wake Island. Example: On the other side of the coin is the story of a fluttery lady visitor who glanced at a flag over the air terminal. ‘My goodness!”’ she said. “Isn’t that wonderful—to see flying up there the same tattered flag that the marines refused to surrender to the Japanese?”’ The Wake Islander beside her just smiled. He didn’t trouble to explain that the marines did surrender, flags and all, or that the terminal colors are tattered because the wind blows a lot. This was near the end of the month, almost time for the new flag which goes up every thirty days. Example: On January 20, the Nitta Maru departed Yokohama and headed toward the Japanese-controlled Chinese port at Shanghai. During the voyage, the Japanese committed an atrocity that no Wake Islander learned about until later.
Word: Wake Islanders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Wake Islander Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lambdoid suture Part of Speech: noun 1. A dense, fibrous connective tissue joint on the posterior aspect of the skull that connects the parietal and temporal bones with the occipital bone.
Word: lambdoid sutures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lambdoid suture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crack onto Part of Speech: verb 1. To flirt with; to approach and speak to (someone), seeking romance, love, sex, etc. Labels: Australia, UK, slang, transitive
Word: obeliac Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to, pertaining to, or situated near, the obelion.
Word: ochlesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὄχλος (ókhlos, “multitude, crowd”) + -esis. 1. Crowd-poisoning; a disease occasioned or aggravated by overcrowding, especially due to lack of ventilation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ochleses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ochlesis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crowd-poisoning Part of Speech: noun 1. A disease occasioned or aggravated by overcrowding, especially due to lack of ventilation. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: crowd-poisonings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crowd-poisoning Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kayser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Heinrich Kayser. 1. A unit of wavenumber in the CGS system of units, equivalent to the number of waves in one centimeter.
Word: langley Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named in 1947 after Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906). 1. A unit of heat transmission in the CGS system of units. It is equivalent to 41,840 J/m² in SI units. Symbol: Ly.
Word: carry over Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested since the 17th century; listed for instance in Elisha Coles' 1676 dictionary as a translation of transfer, thereby possibly a calque of Latin transfero; compare Dutch overdragen, German übertragen. 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carry, over. Example: We carried her over the bridge. 2. To transfer (something) to a later point in time. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The rent was carried over to December. 3. To carry; to transfer an excess quantity to the next column of digits. Labels: transitive 4. To continue cooking after being removed from a heat source. Labels: intransitive Example: The chicken will carry over before it is served. 5. To transfer. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Though the idea of placing wacky made-up characters in a real-life context was carried over from Da Ali G Show—wherein Buzz Aldrin was once asked if he was upset that Michael Jackson got all the credit for inventing the moonwalk—Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat felt like something new, an attempt to square an improvised, guerrilla style of underground comedy with reality-TV stunt shows like Jackass or Fear Factor. 6. To induce to join an opposing party or faction.
Word: cart off Part of Speech: verb 1. To transport away. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Los Angeles is under permanent lockdown, and daily health checks are mandatory, the sick carted off to the ominous Q-Zone by armed sanitation workers in yellow hazmat suits.
Word: cash up Part of Speech: verb 1. to count the money taken by a business at the end of the day. Labels: idiomatic 2. to count the cash contents of a cash register, after taking the till, and compare it to the expected amount (calculated by adding the float to the amount of cash received and then subtracting the change given and cash refunds paid out). Labels: broadly, idiomatic 3. to earn money Labels: idiomatic, intransitive
Word: cast aside Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of discard. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: But the row highlighted the fall from grace of the ethnically diverse women Sarkozy once promoted but later cast aside, who are now rebelling. The former young sports minister, Rama Yade, outspoken and hugely popular, has not only quit the government: she has left Sarkozy's party.
Word: cashes out Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cash out Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cashing out Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cash out Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cashed out Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cash out Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: quarter-evil Part of Speech: noun 1. symptomatic anthrax, blackleg Labels: uncountable Example: The increased demand for this preparation within the last few weeks tends to show the intimate connection between the disease quarter-evil and rainfall.
Word: quercin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: quercus (“oak”) + -in 1. A form of tannic acid extracted from acorns and oak-bark. Labels: uncountable
Word: quercins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quercin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tit juice Part of Speech: noun 1. Breast milk. Labels: slang, uncountable, vulgar
Word: kacha Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of kutcha. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kacha Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kutcha. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: free transfer Part of Speech: noun 1. The signing of a player without paying a fee to another club.
Word: naphtol Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of naphthol. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: This was used as a soap with hot water to cleanse the scalp once daily, a small portion of lather being allowed to dry on the scalp. At a later date a solution of naphtol in alcohol, twenty grains to the ounce (4 per cent.), was employed […]
Word: naphtols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of naphtol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: narcism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Syncopic form of narcissism, after German Narzissmus, French narcisme. 1. Alternative form of narcissism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic, uncountable Example: That is why the young man who is madly in love would actually give his life without hesitation for the love object; he has projected his narcism altogether on that person.
Word: nasolacrimal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From naso- + lacrimal. Pronunciation: /ˌneɪ.zə(ʊ)ˈlak.ɹɪm.əl/, /ˌneɪ.zoʊˈlæk.ɹəm.əl/ 1. Pertaining to the nose and the lacrimal apparatus. Labels: not-comparable, relational
Word: lacrimal apparatus Part of Speech: noun 1. The system containing the orbital structures for the production and drainage of tear.
Word: lacrimal apparatuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lacrimal apparatus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: iatraliptic Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to the application of remedies by rubbing, especially by rubbing in oil or balm. Labels: not-comparable
Word: iatrology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iatro- + -logy. 1. Medical science. Labels: uncountable
Word: iamatology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἴαματο- (íamato-), stem of ἴαμα (íama, “remedy”), related to ἰάομαι (iáomai, “to heal”) + -logy. 1. The science of remedies, or of therapeutics. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: ichorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ichor + -ous. 1. Resembling or relating to ichor. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ichthyotic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to or affected with ichthyosis.
Word: Jiminy Cricket Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Euphemistic alteration of Jesus Christ. The cartoon character was named for the minced oath, which is recorded from the early 1800s onwards. 1. An expression of annoyance or surprise.
Word: Simbirsk Part of Speech: name 1. Former name of Ulyanovsk (till 1924), the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin (born Vladimir Ulyanov). Labels: historical
Word: blow me Part of Speech: intj 1. An expression of discontent or aggravation to another party (with a metaphorical connotation of fellatio). Labels: idiomatic, vulgar Example: When she told him to get lost, he said, "Blow me, bitch!" Example: Some things never happen, he reminds himself. But this one always does, says the still small voice of mortality. Blow me, Laney tells it. 2. Ellipsis of blow me tight. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, dated, ellipsis, informal Example: With a look of disdain, he exclaimed: “Blow me, your shirt! Why in 'ell didn't you use mud?”
Word: eat shit Part of Speech: verb 1. To fall and land on one's face. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: The sidewalk was icy, so I ate shit after leaving my house. Example: Finally, for my 13th birthday, I got a skateboard — a Black Knight with those cool black urethane wheels. I cut my teeth on that board — and ate shit on it many, many times. 2. To experience a catastrophic breakdown. Labels: slang, vulgar 3. To do something disgusting or strongly undesirable. Labels: humorous, slang, vulgar 4. To be soundly defeated. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: When he started insulting people's mothers, the bouncer made him eat shit. 5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eat, shit.
Word: eat shit Part of Speech: intj 1. An expression of discontent or aggravation to another party. Labels: idiomatic, vulgar Example: Eat shit! I’m not giving you any more money!
Word: eat shit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Calque of Spanish comer mierda (“to waste time”) in the context of Cuban Spanish 1. To do nothing of importance; to idle. Labels: Florida, US, slang, vulgar