nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: frighty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: from Middle English frighti, frighty, friȝti, equivalent to fright + -y. 1. Afraid. Labels: obsolete
Word: blandiose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of bland + grandiose. 1. Simultaneously dull and overblown; striving to be impressive, but turning out bland or unoriginal. Example: The opening act, Restless Heart, presented a 45-minute set of synthesizer-glossed corn-pop that managed to be schlocky, grandstanding and dull all at once. The five-piece band drew appreciative whoops despite a lackluster performance made up mostly of blandiose romantic ballads in the tradition of such denizens of the pop dustbin as Firefall.
Word: Sesto Part of Speech: name 1. Short for Sesto San Giovanni Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: bleachorexia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bleach + anorexia. 1. An unhealthy obsession with whitening one's teeth. Labels: uncountable Example: People who want teeth whiter than nature intended, reaching repeatedly for the peroxide, suffer from "bleachorexia," a word coined by the American Dental Association.
Word: coinings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɪnɪŋz/ 1. plural of coining Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Girona Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Catalan Girona. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪˈɹoʊnə/ 1. A city in northeastern Catalonia, Spain. 2. A province of Catalonia, Spain.
Word: blizzaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of blizzard + disaster. 1. A usually severe snowstorm or series of snowstorms. Labels: slang Example: Because of a last-minute double-booking with a rescheduled debate sponsored by the Chicago Defender (who had canceled their previous engagement due to the blizzaster earlier in the month), all of the candidates scrambled in their attempts to make both events, with Emanuel, Braun and del Valle ultimately doing so.
Word: frine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Of North Germanic origin, akin to Swedish dialectal fryna (“to wrinkle up one's nose, make a wry face”), Norwegian frøyna (“to wrinkle up one's nose, make a wry face”). Perhaps related to frown. 1. To grumble, whine, or whimper; fret; show discontent; murmur; complain. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive
Word: illicia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of illicium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: illimitableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From illimitable + -ness. 1. The quality of being illimitable; absence of limits. Labels: uncountable
Word: man-tigers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of man-tiger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isopropylamides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isopropylamide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: satrapesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of satrapess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goat rodeos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goat rodeo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: memorial parks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of memorial park Labels: form-of, plural
Word: robustifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of robustify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: robustifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of robustify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: robustified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of robustify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: himatia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of himation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: himations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of himation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Qallunaaqs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Qallunaaq Labels: form-of, plural
Word: octacosanols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of octacosanol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mass-produces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mass-produce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mass-producing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mass-produce Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: yakity-yaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yakity-yak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yakity-yaks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of yakity-yak Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: yakity-yakking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of yakity-yak Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: yakity-yakked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of yakity-yak Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: surplusages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surplusage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: State of Israel Part of Speech: name 1. Official name of Israel: a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East.
Word: frequency modulations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frequency modulation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cardiotoxins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cardiotoxin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 5 o'clock traffic Part of Speech: noun 1. Rush hour traffic. Labels: uncountable
Word: PIPA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Participatory impact pathways analysis, a project management approach. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: PIPA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Personal Information Protection Act, part of Canadian privacy law. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Phoenix Islands Protected Area, a marine protected area located in the Republic of Kiribati. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Program on International Policy Attitudes, an American research institution. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of PROTECT IP Act, a proposed American law. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: nonsignalling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + signalling. 1. Not signalling. Labels: not-comparable
Word: syscall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipped compound of system call. 1. A software request for a service from the operating system kernel. Example: At an assembly code level, when a process wants to make a syscall, it will load the syscall number into the EAX register[…] Example: In addition, the relatively slow scalar CPU of the SX-9 and high cost of context switches (interrupts, syscalls) due to the huge context that needs to be stored away (like vector registers) contribute their part to the very poor UDP performance.
Word: syscalls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of syscall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonice Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + ice. 1. Not of or pertaining to ice. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonimmersed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + immersed. 1. Not immersed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonimmersion Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + immersion. 1. Not of or pertaining to immersion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: wrongish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wrong + -ish. 1. Somewhat wrong. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Grimm's law Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named for Jacob Grimm (1785–1863), German author, linguist and folklorist. 1. A sound change that affected the Proto-Indo-European stop consonants in the development of Proto-Germanic, causing devoicing or change into a fricative. Labels: Indo-European-studies 2. The description of this sound change (as originally formulated by Jacob Grimm), which establishes a set of regular correspondences between early Germanic stops and fricatives, and the consonants of Proto-Indo-European and most other Indo-European languages. Labels: Indo-European-studies
Word: squint-a-pipes Part of Speech: noun 1. One who squints; a person with defective vision. Labels: obsolete
Word: nosegear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nose + gear. 1. An undercarriage or landing gear located underneath the nose of an aircraft. Labels: uncountable
Word: blogebrity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of blog + celebrity. 1. A well-known or popular blogger. Labels: Internet, countable, informal Example: It's been quite a turnaround for Hilton, who said that before becoming a blogebrity he had been in a deep depression and last year filed for bankruptcy and was fired from a job at a celebrity weekly magazine. 2. The state or phenomenon of fame achieved through blogging. Labels: Internet, informal, uncountable Example: Given that there are more than 80 million blogs out there, according to the Web-tracking site Technorati, with roughly 15.5 million of them active, "blogebrity" is quite a bizarre phenomenon anyway.
Word: Shaftesburyan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Shaftesbury + -an. 1. Of or pertaining to the Earl of Shaftesbury.
Word: petauristid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the genus Petaurista, including some flying squirrels.
Word: petauristids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of petauristid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phalangerid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phalanger + -id. 1. Any of the nocturnal marsupials of family Phalangeridae, which includes cuscuses and brushtail possums. Example: Orbital orientation in the slow-moving phalangerid Phalanger maculatus is more primate-like than in other phalangerids, including Pseudocheirus lemuroides, one of the most acrobatic of arboreal marsupials. Example: One of these species, Phalanger gymnotis (ground cuscus), is reported to be the most frugivorous of the eight New Guinean phalangerid species, and is perhaps the most frugivorous of all phalangerids.
Word: phalangerids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phalangerid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anticritical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + critical. 1. Opposing critics or criticism. Example: In a recent conversation with a distinguished critic who chairs a comparative literature program and directs an undergraduate humanities program, I rediscovered an all-too-common anticritical dimension to so-called American pluralism.
Word: blogebrities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blogebrity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anticriminal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + criminal. 1. Opposing or countering criminals.
Word: anticriticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + criticism. 1. Opposition to critical examination and review. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Let me recommend a general Anticriticism, a universal medicine or panacea, to put a stop to all anonymous reviewing, whether it praises the bad or blames the good: Example: A facile resignation, a crude anti-intellectualism and anticriticism is in the air. It can be frankly and grossly Philistine; it can be a blithe defense of amateurism, impressionism, enthusiasm; it can be the skepticism and historical relativism […] 2. Opposition to criticism or criticizing. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: So-called anticriticism clauses or gag rules should be prohibited as a condition of plan participation.
Word: 5 o'clock shadow Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of five o'clock shadow. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: deicings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deicing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electrothermally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From electrothermal + -ly. 1. by electrothermal means Labels: not-comparable
Word: naggin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of noggin. 1. A small measure of spirits; alternative form of noggin. Labels: Ireland, especially Example: a naggin of whisky
Word: naggins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of naggin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: raions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of raion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parasocial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From para- + social, coined by American sociologist Richard Wohl and Donald Horton in 1956. 1. One-sided (especially of a relationship, as for example that between a celebrity and their audience or fans, whom they do not know). Labels: not-comparable Example: a parasocial relationship Example: Donald Horton and R. Richard Wohl coined the term parasocial interaction in 1956 to describe the imaginary interactions between the audience and TV variety show hosts, noting the “seeming face-to-face relationship” that viewers developed […]
Word: astragalotibial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From astragalo- + tibial. 1. Relating to, or connecting, the astragalus and the tibia Labels: not-comparable
Word: astragaloscaphoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From astragalo- + scaphoid. 1. Relating to the knucklebone and scaphoid bone. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pseudosocial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pseudo- + social. 1. Apparently, but not actually, social. Labels: not-comparable Example: In prison, pseudosocial inmates display chameleonic skill in shifting their allegiances from staff members to inmates […] Example: This type of pseudosocial relationship has also been observed within the teleshopping venue from a different scenario.
Word: preformationism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From preformation + -ism. 1. the theory that all organisms start their existence already in a predetermined form upon conception and this form does not change in the course of their lifetime (as opposed to epigenesis) Labels: uncountable
Word: thoroly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Proposed as a phonetic spelling of thoroughly in 1898 by the American National Education Association. 1. Alternative spelling of thoroughly. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare Example: It was also necessary to free the glass surfaces very much more thoroly from gas than had been thought necessary previously. Example: But there are now not a few well-to-do, well-known and influential men and women who thoroly believe that teaching the poor ...
Word: bookling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From book + -ling. 1. A short-length or compact book, typically under one hundred pages. Example: A bit of a bookling of some thirty pages, but one of great utility, inasmuch as it contains Tables by which the value of cattle, grain, &c. &c., may be ascertained at a glance, with the utmost ease and near approach to extreme accuracy. Example: Then the proud, who love to see large octavos and duodecimos in vain bindings on their shelves, may have their fancy's fill, while to every sincere lover of literature shall be given his little light bookling, to be read abed, or lounged with in an easy-chair, or to be unpocketed for a taste of its sweetness in city car or cab, or upon still country by-paths.
Word: booklings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bookling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boomsayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of boom + doomsayer. 1. A person who makes optimistic projections about the future, especially with regard to economic prosperity and growth. Example: The year 1976 began with high hopes. The stock markets took a euphoric upswing on January 1. But by the end of April, uncertainties began to obtrude, and for the rest of the year, it has been a battle between the doomsayers and the boomsayers. Who will win out?
Word: boomsayers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boomsayer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: common lavenders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of common lavender Labels: form-of, plural
Word: defibration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From defibrate + -ion. Pronunciation: /diːfaɪˈbɹeɪʃən/ 1. breakage into fibres
Word: architranseme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From archi- + trans- + -eme. Pronunciation: /ˌɑːkɪˈtɹænziːm/, /ˌɑːkɪˈtɹɑːnziːm/, /ˌɑːɹkɪˈtɹænziːm/ 1. A theoretical common denominator used in the comparison of a source text and its target text.
Word: architransemes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of architranseme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in all honesty Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. honestly; in truth Labels: idiomatic Example: I didn't get a girlfriend, though in all honesty, I'm still undecided whether I really want to have one.
Word: Logroño Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Logroño, of unknown origin, but most likely from Old Spanish lo (definite article) + Celtiberian gronio (“ford”). Pronunciation: /lɒˈɡɹɒnjəʊ/, /ləˈɡɹoʊnjoʊ/ 1. The capital city of La Rioja, in northern Spain, on the river Ebro. 2. A former province of Spain.
Word: La Rioja Part of Speech: name 1. An autonomous community and province in northern Spain. Capital: Logroño. 2. A province of Argentina. 3. The capital of La Rioja province, Argentina.
Word: Gran Canaria Part of Speech: name 1. An island of the Canary Islands, capital city Las Palmas.
Word: Lanzarote Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Lanzarote. Pronunciation: /ˌlænzəˈrɒti/, /ˌlɑnzəˈroʊteɪ/, /-ti/ 1. An island of the Canary Islands, with capital Arrecife.
Word: Kung Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of ǃKung. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Kununurra Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /kʌnəˈnʌɹə/, /kʌnəˈnɑːɹə/ 1. A town in Western Australia, Australia.
Word: Kyasanur forest disease Part of Speech: noun 1. a tick-borne viral hemorrhagic fever endemic to South Asia. Labels: uncountable
Word: lacrimatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lacrimātōrius. By surface analysis, lacrimate + -ory. 1. Alternative form of lachrymatory. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lacrimatory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lacrimātōrium. By surface analysis, lacrimate + -ory. 1. Alternative form of lachrymatory. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: One of the surprises I encountered on a tour I made to the Bible lands were lacrimatories—small vessels used by the ancients for collecting mourners’ tears. […] I especially remember the lacrimatories found in King Tut’s tomb. Example: Cry-Baby and Alison luxuriate in their pain and tears, and the Roman touch with the lacrimatories is supposed to add to the sense of decadent emotion.
Word: lacrimal duct Part of Speech: noun 1. A small channel, the end of which is visible on the margin of each eyelid, that drains the lacrimal fluid from the eye towards the lacrimal sac.
Word: lamper eel Part of Speech: noun 1. lamprey (Petromyzontiformes spp.)
Word: land crab Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the land-based crabs of the family Gecarcinidae. Example: 'No,' said the lad, he was not afraid; he thought they never had seen any sign of his being afraid, or using tricks as the land crabs might do, and he would prove it to them, for now he would go with them in the ship, but on the condition that they bought three cords of birch logs, exactly measured, and that he was to have the command of the ship, as if he was the skipper, on a certain day. 2. Any of various other crabs of terrestrial habits, such as of the families Gecarcinucidae and Sesarmidae.
Word: langlauf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Langlauf. 1. Cross-country skiing. Labels: uncountable Example: Horn's job was to push me down the steepest parts of the langlauf course in the pious hope that a few heavy falls would teach me more respect for Norwegian langlaufs. Example: I'm buying a rowing machine, an exercise bicycle, a langlauf podium, a bullworker. 2. A langlauf run; a trip cross-country skiing. Labels: countable Example: There, overcome by the view and a sense of pure delight, one loses the last vestige of human reason, binds planks to one's feet and rushes downward, over wind-crust and powdered snow, over icy ridges and drifted fences, with jumps, turns, traverses, langlaufs and schuss-runs into the valley. Example: The winter of '98 saw the Sunset Mine kept open by means of what sounds like one of the toughest langlaufs of all time.
Word: langlauf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from German Langlauf. 1. To go cross-country skiing. Example: He who langlaufs last langlaufs longest. Example: ‘Weekends the family make excursions. Romp in the woods, langlauf, play badminton.’
Word: laniary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin laniarium, from lanius (“a butcher”). 1. Lacerating or tearing Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: the laniary canine teeth
Word: laniary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin laniarium, from lanius (“a butcher”). 1. A canine tooth. Labels: archaic
Word: lantern fish Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lanternfish. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: laryngophone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From laryngo- + -phone. 1. A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
Word: lake trout Part of Speech: noun 1. A large species of trout found in lakes in North America, Salvelinus namaycush. 2. Whiting fried in batter and served in a sandwich.
Word: sgraffiato Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sgraffito. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: sgraffiati Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sgraffiato Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shunto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 春闘 (shuntō), literally meaning "spring struggle". Pronunciation: /ˈʃʊn.toʊ/ 1. The annual wage negotiations, between employers and Japanese labor unions aiming to increase wages, occurring in spring. Labels: uncountable
Word: darn well Part of Speech: adv 1. mild form of damn well Labels: not-comparable
Word: sopapilla Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of sopaipilla. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: sopapillas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sopapilla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: valah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of wallah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Loja Part of Speech: name 1. A town and associated province of Ecuador. 2. A city in Spain.
Word: atomic piles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of atomic pile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Zeylan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Dutch pronunciation of Ceylon. 1. An early (Dutch) name for Sri Lanka.
Word: foremath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + math (“a mowing”), by analogy with aftermath. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔɹmæθ/, /ˈfɔːmɑːθ/ 1. A first mowing; that which is gleaned from a first or prior mowing. Example: […] the accidents of itinerary — everything that can be overheard or spied out: everything (in a phrase he used in one of his poems) between the foremath and the aftermath, the early growth and the after growth of the intended harvest. 2. Something preceding or producing a particular outcome; events that have yet to occur, or are in the process of occurring. Example: The aftermath of glory and the foremath of peace would not blend. Example: I shall ask you to view these remarks in the of "foremath" note rather than a preface or introduction, which imply a knowledge of what follows. I am using the word "foremath" to suggest what precedes without the knowledge of what follows.
Word: RST code Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Standing for Readability, Strength and (for nonvoice communication) Tone. 1. A code used to express the quality of a radio signal being received.
Word: center spread Part of Speech: noun 1. In a publication and particularly a magazine, the two central pages, which belong to the same paper and face each other: the most visible part.
Word: centre spread Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of center spread. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: disomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sudano Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Sudano. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: DX Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of deluxe. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: DX Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of double precision. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Long-distance contact with or reception of a distant radio station. 3. Synonym of DevEx (“developer experience”).
Word: DX Part of Speech: verb 1. To receive and identify a long-distance broadcast, such as one by a distant AM, FM, or TV broadcast station. 2. To complete a long-distance two-way radio information exchange, especially on amateur radio bands.
Word: QRH Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of quick reference handbook. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: QRM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of quality risk management. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: Do you get the most from your quality risk management (QRM) program? QRM principles should be integrated into the quality management system,... 2. electromagnetic interference Labels: jargon, uncountable
Word: QRP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of queen retinue pheromone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 2. Initialism of queen's rook's pawn. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 3. Initialism of questionable research practice Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of quote repost Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Word: QRP Part of Speech: verb 1. Initialism of quote repost Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: QRS Part of Speech: noun 1. A QRS complex.
Word: QRT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of quick response team. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of quote retweet. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: QRT Part of Speech: verb 1. Initialism of quote retweet. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: QSD Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: QST Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Quebec sales tax. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: QSU Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Quirino State University. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: QTA Part of Speech: name 1. The station code of Quetta railway station in Pakistan.
Word: nightstool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From night + stool. 1. A chamber pot built into a chair.
Word: Skene's gland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Alexander Skene. 1. A gland of a group of glands in the vagina that drains into the urethra and is related to pleasure during sexual arousal.
Word: Skene's glands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Skene's gland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inactuation Part of Speech: noun 1. Activation; putting into action or use. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: spattle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spatyll, spatyl, spatule, from Old French spatule, espatule, from Late Latin spatula. 1. A spatula. Example: [Mix the] cream with an ice "spattle." When the cream gets to be of a certain consistency, the spattle may be held firmly in the freezer, which is to be spun round by means of the fingers on the rim until the whole becomes frozen hard. A good[…] Example: […] occasionally sprinkle a handful of salt on the ice while freezing, give a few turns and work it down smooth with the spattle; then turn until the cream is frozen even and smooth all through. 2. A tool or implement for mottling pottery with colour.
Word: spattle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English spatyll, spatyl, spatule, from Old French spatule, espatule, from Late Latin spatula. 1. To stir (something, typically ice cream) with a spattle (spatula). Labels: dated Example: Ice Creams. Put your cream in the freezing pot, set it in a tub, beat ice small and mix salt with it, put it round your freezer and turn it round, as it freezes spattle it down, if not hard set it again, serve it up in glasses[…] Example: The mixture is now ready for freezing, and should be poured into the freezer previously set up, and well spattled which it is freezing to give a fine smooth ice.
Word: spattle Part of Speech: noun 1. Spawl; spittle. Example: ... he mingleth earthe and his spattle toguether, and smereth the eyes, eares, and nosethrilles of the childe.
Word: spattle Part of Speech: verb 1. To spit. Labels: uncommon Example: I can worke wyles in battle, If I do ones but spattle Example: I would I had a fountain of spittle to spattle on them : I would my spittle might be of so great virtue against them as the words of St Paul[…]
Word: spattle Part of Speech: noun 1. A small spate; a slight inundation or a sprinkle of rain. Example: The caal^([sic]) or dam of Bankend-Mill, (Fact 12,) pens the water […] consequently, if this were removed, and the channel above widened and deepended, […] the water might be reduced in dry seasons 4 feet within bank, which would render the meadows more firm and dry, and carry off small spattles of rain, without damaging the crops; but in the larger summer floods this improvement would avail but little,[…] Example: Both painters abjure movement—no blustery clouds or spattles of rain, few running or jumping humans. To be sure, dancers and horse-persons people Luke's "The Rehearsal" (1950, commissioned by Hewitt) but they are closer to figures in the mediaeval Bayeux Tapestry,[…]
Word: spattle Part of Speech: verb 1. To sprinkle or spatter; to mottle. Labels: uncommon Example: The windows […] were all shatter'd: about a foot square of the foundation seemed as if ramm'd in with a force that spattled the dirt as high as the Cornish : […] Example: ... spattled with nicotine, and measled with pricks from his hypodermic syringe.
Word: spattles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spattle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spattles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spattle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tympanohyal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tympano- + -hyal, from Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter upsilon”). 1. Of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoid arch. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tympanohyal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tympano- + -hyal, from Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter upsilon”). 1. The proximal segment in the hyoid arch, becoming a part of the styloid process of the temporal bone in the adult human.
Word: tympanohyals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tympanohyal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rewake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + wake. 1. To wake again. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The sun came early, causing him to turn over in protest, but in going to sleep he had learned to vanquish light, and now the light could not rewake him.
Word: rewakes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rewake Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rewaking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rewake Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rewoke Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of rewake Labels: form-of, past
Word: rewoken Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of rewake Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: retrievement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From retrieve + -ment. 1. retrieval Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: retrievements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of retrievement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesometria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mesometrium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesometrium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meso- (“middle”) + Ancient Greek μήτρα (mḗtra, “womb”). 1. The mesentery of the uterus, a major part of the broad ligament.
Word: inobservation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French inobservation. 1. Lack of observation. Labels: uncountable Example: inobservation of laws Example: inobservation of doctrines
Word: facundity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin facunditas. 1. eloquence; loquaciousness Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: instableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From instable + -ness. 1. instability; unstableness Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: bandle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish banlámh (“cubit”), from Middle Irish bannlám, from bann (“a measure”) + lám (“hand, arm”). Pronunciation: /ˈbændl̩/ 1. An Irish measure of two feet (61 cm) in length. Labels: historical
Word: bandles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bandle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: psoric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin psoricus: compare French psorique. 1. Of or pertaining to psora. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: brick it Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Related to shit a brick. 1. To be scared; to be terrified. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: The first time I performed in public I was bricking it. Example: I always replied with a casual and breezy ‘Iʼll be fine,’ but deep down I was bricking it.
Word: atypic Part of Speech: adj 1. atypical Labels: dated
Word: inconsisting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + consisting. 1. inconsistent Labels: obsolete
Word: anthropotomist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anthropotomy + -ist. 1. Someone versed in anthropotomy, or human anatomy. Labels: archaic
Word: anthropotomists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anthropotomist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misluck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + luck. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈlʌk/ 1. Ill luck; misfortune. Labels: uncountable Example: [...] misluck would have it, however, that this emperor reigned no longer than half a year. Example: If Good- for-little had been buried, it had been my Tommy, Who by misluck was placed to drive in.
Word: misluck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + luck. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈlʌk/ 1. To have ill luck; to be unlucky. Labels: archaic, intransitive
Word: lirella Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Diminutive of Latin lira (“a furrow”). 1. An apothecium with the shape of a squiggly line in the middle, found in some lichens.
Word: lirellae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lirella Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pusil Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin pusillus (“very little”). 1. Very small; little; petty. Labels: obsolete Example: a pusil and a thin soft air
Word: deforcement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Old French 1. A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Resistance to an officer in the execution of law. It is similar to resisting arrest or obstruction of justice in modern law. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: There was something in the air and tone of the young soldier, which seemed to argue that his interference was not likely to be confined to mere expostulation; and which, if it promised finally of a process of battery and deforcement, would certainly commence with the unpleasant circumstances necessary for founding such a complaint.
Word: ranz des vaches Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Swiss French ranz des vaches. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒ̃(s)deɪvaʃ/, /ˈɹɑ̃(s)deɪvəʃ/ 1. Any of numerous traditional Swiss melodies played on the alpenhorn, originally to call cows in from the mountains. Example: The herald cries his summons to the lists, But no sound comes to these sequestered valleys; I only hear the melancholy note Of cowbells and the dreary ranz des vaches.
Word: periproctitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peri- + proctitis. 1. Inflammation of the tissues around the rectum or anus. Labels: uncountable
Word: apheliotropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From apo- + heliotropic. 1. Turning away from the sun; said of leaves, etc. Labels: not-comparable Example: But some tendrils are apheliotropic, for instance those of Bignonia capreolata and of Smilax aspera; and the stems of some plants which climb by rootlets, as those of the Ivy and Tecoma radicans, are likewise apheliotropic, and they thus find a support.
Word: outtell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + tell. 1. To surpass in telling, counting, or reckoning. Labels: transitive Example: I have out-told the clock.
Word: outtelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outtell Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outtells Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of outtell Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: outtold Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outtell Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: impetrable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin impetrabilis. Compare French impétrable. See impetrate. 1. Capable of being obtained or influenced by petition. Labels: obsolete Example: Hovv impetrable hee vvas in mollyfying the adamantineſt tiranny of mankinde, […] Example: [These people losing their offices] shall be impetrable by others. And that no man shall or may pretend ignorance herein, we desire & request, […]
Word: incorresponding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + corresponding. 1. Not corresponding; disagreeing. Labels: obsolete Example: Incorresponding veins
Word: nephrostome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nephro- + -stome. 1. The funnel-shaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity.
Word: nephrostomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nephrostome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intertranspicuous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + transpicuous. 1. Transpicuous within or between; able to see through. Labels: archaic, not-comparable, rare Example: every space between Peopled with unimaginable shapes, Such as ghosts dream dwell in the lampless deep, Yet each intertranspicuous.
Word: marone Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of maroon (the colour). Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: opacate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin opācātus, perfect passive participle of opācō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix), from opācus (“dark”). Pronunciation: /ˈəʊpəkeɪt/ 1. To darken; to cloud. Labels: archaic Example: […] when the same corpuscles, upon the unstopping of the glass, were put into a new motion, and disposed after a new manner, they did opacate that part of the air they moved in.
Word: opacated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of opacate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: opacates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of opacate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: opacating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of opacate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: opacating Part of Speech: adj 1. Making or becoming opaque. Example: First, that the substance of it should be made more clear and transparent, Flax retaining in it a kind of opacating brown, or yellow […].
Word: rurigenous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin rurigena, from rus, ruris (“the country”) + genere, gignere (“to bring forth, to be born”). 1. Born in the countryside. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: contemperature Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kənˈtɛmpəɹətjʊə(ɹ)/, /kənˈtɛmpəɹət͡ʃə(ɹ)/ 1. temperedness; a proportionate mixture. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: the different contemperature of the elements
Word: erpetologist Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of herpetologist. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: erpetologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of erpetologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: devocalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + vocalize. 1. To make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality. Labels: transitive Example: If we take a high vowel […] and devocalise it, we obtain a hiss […] 2. To reduce the volume of the vocalizations of (an animal) by surgically removing tissue from its vocal cords. Labels: transitive 3. To remove the vocals of a song with an AI program creating a false instrumental with imperfections (vocal shadows).
Word: devocalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of devocalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: devocalizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of devocalize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: devocalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of devocalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: carnaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carnary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carnary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin carnarium, from caro, carnis (“flesh”). 1. A crypt, a charnel house. Example: The rugged walls, which formed the gateway and part of the ancient monastery, in this supposition, must have been the work of Walkelin; the chapel and carnary are evidently of a later date, by more than a century. Example: Green relates that Bishop de Blois built a carnary chapel at Worcester, that is, a crypt with a chapel over it; in the former were laid all the bodies disinterred during the restoration of the cathedral; in the latter, chaplains said service, and Walter de Cantelupe, bishop in 1265, consecrated it to the honour of God, SS. Mary and Thomas, (Worcester, i. 55).
Word: impen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From im- + pen. 1. To shut up or enclose, as in a pen. Example: Like a sheepe impenn'd in the fold.
Word: impenned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of impen Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: impenning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of impen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: impens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of impen Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: antalkaline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + alkaline. 1. Alternative form of antialkaline. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: besottingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From besotting + -ly. 1. In a besotting manner.
Word: tanrec Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of tenrec. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: tanrecs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tanrec Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trachelipodous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Trachelipoda + -ous Pronunciation: /ˌtɹækəˈlɪpədəs/ 1. of or pertaining to the molluscs of the former order Trachelipoda, that have their foot attached to the neck. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: didynamous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From di- + Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “strength”) + -ous. 1. containing four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length. Labels: not-comparable
Word: obsign Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin obsignō. Doublet of obsignate. Pronunciation: /əbˈsaɪn/ 1. To seal; to confirm, as by a seal or stamp. Labels: obsolete Example: a. 1555, John Bradford, letter to Master Richard Hopkins He willeth us to eat of the bread […] and drink of that cup all, […] that is, take it as the sacrament of his body and blood […] whereby he doth represent, and to our faith give and obsign unto us, himself wholly, with all the merits and glory of his body and blood.
Word: obsigned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of obsign Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: obsigning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of obsign Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: obsigns Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of obsign Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: defensative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin defensare, defensatum (“to defend diligently”), intensive of defendere. See defend. 1. Serving to protect or defend; defensive Labels: archaic
Word: defensatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of defensative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inconcurring Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + concurring. 1. Not concurring; disagreeing. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Hereupon also are grounded the grosse mistakes, in the cure of many diseases; not only from the last medicine, and sympatheticall receits, but amulets, charms, and all incantatory applications; deriving effects not only from inconcurring causes, but things devoid of all efficiencie whatever.
Word: pilidia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pilidium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pilidium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πῑλίδιον (pīlídion, “little cap”), diminutive of πῖλος (pîlos), probably influenced by other formations in -idium, like miracidium, planidium, and coracidium. 1. The free-swimming larva of certain proboscis worms, somewhat resembling a deerstalker hat. It has no resemblance to its parent, and the young worm undergoes development in its interior.
Word: subhyoidean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + hyoidean. 1. subhyoid Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: subhyoidean laryngotomy
Word: attitudinarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From attitudinarian + -ism. 1. pretentiousness, posture-making. Labels: uncountable
Word: doghole Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English doghole. By surface analysis, dog + hole. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒɡhəʊl/, /ˈdɔɡˌhoʊl/, /ˈdɑɡ-/ 1. To work in a doghole mine, especially to manually dig up a vein. Labels: slang Example: Mostly, these activities are restricted to small tunneling, diggings, and dogholing from which the ore is extracted and sent to small cyanidation plants for gold recovery; Example: An' doghole that goddamn seam, too.
Word: dogholes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doghole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dogholes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of doghole Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: entoplastra Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entoplastron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: entoplastron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ento- + plastron. 1. The median plate of the plastron of turtles.
Word: vernile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin vernilis (“servile”). See vernacular. Pronunciation: /ˈvɜː(ɹ)naɪl/, /ˈvɜː(ɹ)nɪl/ 1. Suiting a slave; servile; obsequious. Labels: rare Example: But it is a point very little to the praise of either [the Greeks or the Romans], that no vindictive notice was taken of any possible personalities[.] This has been promoted by the example hourly ringing in their ears of vernile scurrility. Example: This scandal of Roman society was not, undoubtedly, a pure product, from the vernile scurrility of which we hear so much in Roman writers—other causes conspired; but certainly the fluency which men of rank exhibited in this popular accomplishment of Billingsgate had been at all times sustained by the models of this kind resounding for ever in the streets of Rome, and in the purlieus of great mansions.
Word: sashoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. 1. A kind of pad worn on the leg under the boot. Labels: obsolete Example: His Spurs, Sashoons, Gloves, Seal, Comb and Comb-case, […]
Word: sashoons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sashoon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aftward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aft + -ward. 1. by, near, at, or towards, the stern
Word: aftward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From aft + -ward. 1. Toward the stern. Labels: not-comparable
Word: laminiplantar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lamina + Latin planta (“sole of the foot”). 1. Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most songbirds. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: thalamencephalon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thalamo- + encephalon. 1. The segment of the brain next in front of the midbrain, including the thalami, pineal gland, and pituitary body. Labels: archaic
Word: carolitic Part of Speech: adj 1. foliated with sculptured leaves and branches Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: Rechabite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Rechab + -ite. 1. Any of the descendants of Rechab through Jonadab or Jehonadab. They belonged to the Kenites who accompanied the children of Israel into the holy land, and dwelt among them. Labels: historical 2. One who abstains entirely from wine or all alcohol.
Word: Rechabites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Rechabite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: implate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From im- + plate. 1. To cover with plates or plating. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: to implate a ship with iron Example: to implate teeth
Word: implated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of implate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: implates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of implate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: implating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of implate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: siccation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin siccatio. 1. The act or process of drying. Labels: uncountable Example: Siccation is the drying up of excremental humidity in bodies
Word: birse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Scots birse (“bristle, hair”). Pronunciation: /bɜː(ɹ)s/ 1. bristle Labels: Scotland
Word: birses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of birse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lodesman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lodesman, lodesmon, lodysman (“pilot”, literally “lode's or course's man”), alteration of earlier lodeman, from Old English lādmann (“a leader, guide”), equivalent to lode (“way, course”) + -s- + man. Compare to lodemanage. 1. A pilot; navigator. Labels: historical Example: River and harbor pilotage, in English maritime affairs, is called loadmanage, from loadsman or lodesman, a kind of pilot established for the safe conduct of ships and vessels in and out of harbors, or up and down navigable rivers. Example: For much of the Middle Ages, ships had only three ranks of seamen: master, lodesman or navigator, and mariner.