nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: dial in Part of Speech: verb Etymology: dial + in, from tuning in to a radio frequency by changing the dial, or dialling a telephone number (originally on a rotary dial). 1. To configure or set up (particularly a complex machine with many configuration options [especially knobs and dials). Example: Before starting the recording, make sure you've dialled in the right synthesiser settings. 2. To connect (to a system or service) by telephone. Example: I tried dialling in to the server, but I couldn't connect. 3. To join or participate in (a conference call). Example: Did you dial in to that earnings announcement? 4. To apprehend and align oneself (to an idea, circumstance, way of thinking, etc.). Labels: figuratively Example: The company quickly dialled in to the fact that customers wanted greater convenience. Example: Nowadays most people are dialled in to the idea that smoking is bad for you. 5. To reduce (something) to an appropriate level. Labels: figuratively Example: He was pushy, but he dialed that in until they found him tolerable. 6. To achieve a perfect result in brewing coffee by manipulating grind size, water amount, etc.
Word: boreoeutherian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Boreoeutheria + -an 1. Any placental mammal of the clade, magnorder, or superorder Boreoeutheria.
Word: boreoeutherians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boreoeutherian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: revelrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From revelry + -ous. 1. Characterized by or engaged in boisterous merry-making. Example: She was thus quietly occupied in her own apartment, and the festivities of the party that were assembled above, were loud and revelrous. Example: An hour and a half of now-revelrous, now-subdued celebration hummed along with admirable energy.
Word: hoking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hoke Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hoked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hoke Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Kymber Part of Speech: name Etymology: A very rare spelling variant of Kimber. 1. A surname transferred from the given name. Labels: rare 2. A female given name from Old English. Labels: rare
Word: pumps up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pump up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pumping up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pump up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: selfie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From self + -ie. Attested since 2002, originally Australian English. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlfi/ 1. A photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone. Labels: informal Example: take a selfie Example: Um, drunk at a mates^([sic]) 21st, I tripped ofer^([sic]) and landed lip first (with front teeth coming a very close second) on a set of steps. I had a hole about 1cm long right through my bottom lip. And sorry about the focus, it was a selfie.
Word: selfie Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From self + -ie. Attested since 2002, originally Australian English. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlfi/ 1. To take a selfie. Labels: informal, intransitive
Word: lalaland Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of La-La Land. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: selfies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of selfie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: selfies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of selfie Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: blue-plate specials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blue-plate special Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blue plate specials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blue plate special Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gandy dancers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gandy dancer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gandy-dancers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gandy-dancer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: that's all Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see that, is, all. 2. Used to undercut the force of a suggestion, fact, etc.; that is all I want to say; there is no more to it. Example: I just think you should take things slowly, that's all.
Word: BitTorrent Part of Speech: name Etymology: From bit + torrent. 1. A peer-to-peer file sharing protocol.
Word: cavicapture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of cavity + capture. 1. The temporary capture of a small molecule in a cavity of a biological macromolecule. Labels: uncountable
Word: mediocres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mediocre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: codiverged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of codiverge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: codiverge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From co- + diverge. 1. To diverge together
Word: contracept Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from contraception. Attested US 1932, with earlier occasional use as abbreviation for contraceptive in the medical literature; popularized US mid-1960s in the context of the sexual revolution. 1. To use contraception Labels: intransitive Example: Through the wisdom of our legislators, only the intelligent may contracept, while the stupid are commanded to reproduce their kind. Example: … the facile assumption that we may be able to contracept our way to the Great Society. 2. To administer contraception, especially to a population of wild animals Labels: transitive
Word: contracepted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of contracept Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: contracepting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of contracept Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: diphenylcyclopropenone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From diphenyl + cyclopropenone. 1. A diphenyl derivative of cyclopropenone; it is used to treat alopecia areata
Word: cyclopropenone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyclopropene + -one. 1. The cyclic ketone having three carbon atoms and one double bond opposite the carbonyl group. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: disproportionalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disproportionality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eigenpolarizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eigenpolarization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eigenpolarization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eigen- + polarization. 1. A quantum polarization
Word: alopecia areata Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of alopecia in which hair is lost from various areas of the body. Labels: uncountable Example: Pinkett Smith has shared publicly that she has alopecia areata, addressing her and other patients’ experiences during her June 1 episode of “Red Table Talk,” her Facebook Watch show. Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss on the scalp and elsewhere, according to the National Alopecia Areata Foundation. Example: At least 40% of women experience hair loss or alopecia over their lifetimes. This could be alopecia areata (patchy hair loss), traction alopecia (strained hair loss) or another form. The different ways that women’s hair loss has been depicted across art history demonstrates the many different ways it has been interpreted over the years. In 16th and 17th century Britain, for example, women’s alopecia was sometimes interpreted as retribution for sins, including adultery.
Word: exocytosed Part of Speech: adj 1. Produced by exocytosis
Word: geofluids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of geofluid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geofluid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geo- + fluid. 1. Any subsurface fluid, such as groundwater, geothermal fluids, basinal brines, petroleum or magmatic fluid. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gyrotropy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gyro- + -tropy. 1. The helical movement of electromagnetic radiation through a chiral material Labels: uncountable
Word: highstand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From high + stand. 1. An interval during which the sea level was above the edge of a continental shelf
Word: howardites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of howardite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: immunocontraception Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From immuno- + contraception. 1. The use of an immune response to facilitate contraception Labels: uncountable
Word: intraplantar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + plantar. 1. Within the sole of the foot Labels: not-comparable
Word: longheld Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of long-held. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: long-held Part of Speech: adj 1. Held (assumed, proposed, believed etc.) for a long period of time. Example: The illumination was organised by Martin Whyte from events company The Stage Group, fulfilling a long-held ambition of his to light up the 21-arch Scottish structure.
Word: memcapacitance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of memory + capacitance. 1. The capacitance of a memcapacitor.
Word: memcapacitor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of memory + capacitor. 1. A capacitor with memory, whose capacitance depends on past input.
Word: muropeptides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muropeptide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muropeptide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin murus (“wall”) + peptide. 1. Any peptidoglycan associated with a cell wall.
Word: neurokinin Part of Speech: noun 1. A class of tachykinin oligopeptide of the mammalian central nervous system.
Word: neuromedin Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a family of peptides related to bombesin
Word: nonimported Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + imported. 1. Not imported Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonmonotonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + monotonic. 1. Not monotonic Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonresponse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + response. 1. The absence of a response. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Again, nonresistance is not nonresponse but a psychological nondefiance to the present moment, regardless of any given response.
Word: percolative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From percolate + -ive. 1. That percolates Labels: not-comparable
Word: yerba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish yerba. Doublet of herb. 1. Ilex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of this plant, used to make the caffeine-rich beverage maté. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The storehouses at Talcahuano had been burst open, and great bags of cotton, yerba, and other valuable merchandise were scattered on the shore. Example: This was the place at which the leaves and small sprigs of the yerba tree, when brought from the woods, were first scorched--fire being set to the logs of wood within it.
Word: picoeukaryote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pico- + eukaryote. 1. Any eukaryotic organism that ranges in size from 0.2 to 2.0 µm.
Word: precoat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + coat. 1. To coat in advance of another process
Word: precoating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of precoat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: prodynorphin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- + dynorphin. 1. An opioid polypeptide hormone involved with chemical signal transduction and cell communication.
Word: pruritogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pruritus + -genic. 1. That causes pruritus (an itching sensation).
Word: pseudoreplicates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudoreplicate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudoreplicate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + replicate. 1. Any of a group of interdependent data that are mistakenly treated as independent.
Word: pseudoreplicate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pseudo- + replicate. 1. To cause or to undergo pseudoreplication.
Word: radiometrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From radiometric + -ally. 1. By means of radiometry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: reacidifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reacidify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reacidifying Part of Speech: adj 1. That reacidifies. Labels: not-comparable
Word: semipalmated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + palmated. 1. Of birds, having webs between some, but not all, of the toes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: spanwise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From span + -wise. 1. In the direction of a span. Labels: not-comparable
Word: spanwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From span + -wise. 1. In the direction of a span. Labels: not-comparable
Word: spinothalamic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spino- + thalamic. 1. Relating to, or connecting the spinal cord and the thalamus. Labels: not-comparable
Word: submodality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + modality. 1. A subset or distinction within a larger modality
Word: submodel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + model. 1. A distinct part of a larger model. 2. A model within a model (of design). Example: Near-synonym: trim (the usual automotive term for the concept)
Word: submodels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of submodel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subquality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + quality. 1. A distinct part of a larger quality
Word: superphysiological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + physiological. 1. Greater than that found in a normal physiology
Word: tricoated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + coated. 1. Coated on three sides. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: triosephosphate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From triose + phosphate. 1. Any phosphate of a triose, but especially glycerophosphate.
Word: uncambered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + cambered. 1. Not cambered Labels: not-comparable
Word: unquenches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unquench Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unquench Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + quench. 1. To reverse the effects of a previous quenching operation
Word: upwash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From up- + wash. 1. upward air turbulence caused by a propeller or jet Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The upward motion of air as a result of eddies behind a wing or chimney, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There is significant upwash ahead of the wing and even more downwash behind the wing.
Word: uropathogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From uro- + patho- + -genic. 1. That causes uropathy.
Word: wagtails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wagtail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acidergic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From acid + -ergic. 1. activated or produced by a (specific) acid Labels: especially, in-compounds
Word: adipimidate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adipimidic acid + -ate. 1. Any salt or ester of adipimidic acid (hexanediimidic acid)
Word: aneural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + neural. 1. Not neural 2. Having no nervous tissue
Word: archosauromorphs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of archosauromorph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: archosauromorph Part of Speech: noun 1. Any lizard of the extinct infraclass †Archosauromorpha.
Word: asphericity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- + sphericity. 1. The state of being aspherical. Labels: uncountable 2. The degree to which something is aspherical. Labels: countable
Word: aspherical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + spherical. 1. Not spherical or nearly spherical.
Word: bourgeoning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bourgeon Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bourgeoning Part of Speech: noun 1. sprouting or blossoming
Word: bourgeoning Part of Speech: adj 1. That bourgeons
Word: calmative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French calmatif. 1. Calming.
Word: calmative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French calmatif. 1. A drug with calming effects.
Word: cassiopeium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cassiopeia + -ium. Pronunciation: /ˌkæsi.əˈpiːəm/, /ˌkæsi.oʊˈpiːəm/ 1. The original name of the element lutetium. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: chemoradiation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chemo- + radiation. 1. a combination of chemotherapy and radiation Labels: uncountable
Word: cineole Part of Speech: noun 1. The monoterpenoid ether eucalyptol. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: eucalyptol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French eucalyptol. 1. A polycyclic monoterpenoid ether, obtained from eucalyptus oil, used in perfumery and in the production of pharmaceuticals etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: circumbinary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From circum- + binary. 1. Having an orbit around both stars in a binary star system, or relating to such an orbit. Labels: not-comparable Example: The effect of a reduced collision rate at large orbital radii on the formation timescale of planets is possibly explained by Alexander (2012) who suggests that circumbinary planets have more time to form than planets around single stars.
Word: cisgenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cis- + genic. 1. Describing a genetic modification in which genes from other species are not involved Labels: not-comparable
Word: condensable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From condense + -able. 1. That is able to be condensed; that can undergo condensation
Word: diborides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diboride Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crosses one's fingers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cross one's fingers Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: crossing one's fingers Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cross one's fingers Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: crossed one's fingers Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cross one's fingers Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: diboride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + boride. 1. Any boride containing two atoms of boron
Word: dispase Part of Speech: noun 1. A protease that cleaves fibronectin and collagen Labels: uncountable
Word: dysautonomia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dys- + autonomic + -ia. 1. Any of a range of dysfunctions of the autonomic nervous system Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: electrocoalescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From electro- + coalescence. 1. The coalescence of droplets under the influence of a variable electric field Labels: uncountable
Word: electrowetting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From electro- + wetting. 1. The modification of the wetting properties of a (typically hydrophobic) surface by means of an applied electric field. Labels: uncountable
Word: encephalomyopathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From encephalo- + myo- + -pathy. 1. encephalomyelopathy Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: encephalomyelopathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From encephalo- + myelo- + -pathy. Pronunciation: /ɛnˌsɛfələˌmaɪəˈlɒpəθi/ 1. Any disease that affects both the brain and the spinal cord Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: expressers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of expresser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: expresser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From express + -er. 1. One who expresses. Example: an expresser of ideas 2. That which expresses (a particular material)
Word: gigatonne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From giga- + tonne. 1. Alternative spelling of gigaton. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gigatonnes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gigatonne Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glycinergic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From glycine + -ergic. 1. activated by glycine
Word: helitron Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhɛl.ɪˌtɹɒn/, /ˈhɛl.ɪˌtɹɑn/ 1. A tunable form of microwave oscillator. 2. A transposon found in eukaryotes.
Word: helitrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of helitron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hemagglutinating Part of Speech: adj 1. That causes hemagglutination. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hemagglutination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hem- French agglutinationbor. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥ Proto-Italic *gloiten Latin glūten Latin glūtinō Latin agglūtinō Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Latin -iō New Latin agglutinatioder. English agglutination English hemagglutination From hem- + agglutination. 1. The agglutination of red blood cells, especially as a test for the presence of antibodies Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: heteroplasmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From heteroplasmy + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to heteroplasmy
Word: homoplasmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From homoplasmy + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to homoplasmy
Word: heteroplasmy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hetero- + -plasmy. 1. the presence of multiple kinds of mitochondrial or plastid DNA within a single cell or individual Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: homoplasmy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homo- + -plasmy. 1. the presence of the same mutation in all copies of mitochondrial or plastid DNA within a single cell or individual Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hydroperoxy Part of Speech: noun 1. The univalent radical H-O-O- derived from hydrogen peroxide Labels: uncountable
Word: arcadia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Arcadia. Labels: alt-of Example: He had read of the wonderful success which attended the efforts of some of his countrymen who had emigrated to Australia, that arcadia of the agriculturist, and burning with a desire to seek his fortune in the new land of promise, he began to make inquiries of the place, its products, and of the possibilities of successful operations while there. Example: No other development is visible, and the road is free of traffic--a path to freedom through a perfect arcadia.
Word: hydroxypropyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydroxy + propyl. 1. Any of three isomeric univalent radicals in which a hydrogen atom of a propyl radical is replaced with a hydroxy group.
Word: immunolabelled Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of immunolabeled. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: immunophilin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From immuno- + -phile + -in. 1. Any of a class of isomerases active in the immune system.
Word: immunoreactivities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of immunoreactivity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interobserver Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + observer. 1. Between observers. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: interrater, intertester, intercoder Example: interobserver reliability
Word: karyoplasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of karyoplast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arkful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ark + -ful. 1. Enough to fill an ark Labels: usually Example: And there they lived all together, Noah and his arkful of pets, for many weary days, while the waters raged and the winds howled outside, and all the earth was covered fathoms deep out of sight below the waves. Example: "An arkful of nonnative animals and plants have been introduced into the [upper Des Plaines River] basin, often with unintended ecological effects," according to the state Department of Natural Resources publication "Critical Trends in Illinois Ecosystems"(dnr.state.il.us/orep/ctap2/toc1.htm). "
Word: arkfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arkful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kinetin Part of Speech: noun 1. A tricyclic heterocyclic plant hormone that promotes cell division
Word: lepidosauromorphs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lepidosauromorph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lepidosauromorph Part of Speech: noun 1. Any reptile of the infraclass Lepidosauromorpha.
Word: awfulest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of awful: most awful Labels: form-of, superlative Example: It's the awfulest city that ever I saw. Example: The awfulest thing was the silence; there wasn't a sound but the screaking of the saddles, the measured tramplings, and the sneezing of the horses, afflicted by the smothering dust-clouds which they kicked up.
Word: leukemogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leukemia + -o- + -genesis. 1. The induction and development of leukemia in bone marrow. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: liveborn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From live + born. 1. born alive Labels: not-comparable
Word: macrometastases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macrometastasis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: macrometastasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro- + metastasis. 1. A relatively large metastasis
Word: methionyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From methionine + -yl. Pronunciation: /məˈθaɪ.ə.nɪl/ 1. A univalent radical derived from methionine.
Word: microcapillary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + capillary. 1. A microscopic capillary
Word: microcapillary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + capillary. 1. Relating to a microscopic capillary Labels: not-comparable
Word: micrometastatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + metastatic. 1. Of or pertaining to a micrometastasis Labels: not-comparable
Word: mosasauroids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mosasauroid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aways Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of a ways. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Seein' a platter of ice cream down the table aways, I got up onto my feet, and havin' a good long arm, reached for it. Example: "And just down the hill aways another big man is buried.
Word: aways Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of away Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mosasauroid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any extinct aquatic reptile of the superfamily Mosasauroidea, variously interpreted as related to or belonging to the lizards or the snakes.
Word: apposites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apposite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aquaintance Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of acquaintance. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: And you must consider that this auctoritie, is gotten either by nature, or by accidente: and as to nature, it behoveth to provide, that he which is boren in one place, be not apoincted to the men billed in the same, but be made hedde of those places, where he hath not any naturall aquaintance. Example: He entereth young men into aquaintance with debt-books.
Word: nice to meet you Part of Speech: phrase 1. A polite expression used when the speaker is first introduced to someone. Example: Nice to meet you! — You too, Bye.
Word: arrangment Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of arrangement. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: You know that your arrangments for the fight are actually made; that already the British army is commanded by a Franco-British Council of War; that there is no possible honourable retreat for you. Example: Under present social arrangments accumulated property is handed on to heirs.
Word: autodestructive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From auto- + destructive. 1. Self-destroying; self-destructive. Example: […] until 1957 he was a painter. However, as he told Bomberg, he was searching for something 'extremely fast and intense' and in 1960 he began 'painting' with acid on nylon, thus becoming a pioneer of autodestructive art, for which he has remained the chief spokesman. Example: Collectively they conjure up a crazed version of autodestructive white America at its most solipsistic, hankering after its own lost origins.
Word: defendable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French deffendable (French défendable), from défendre + -able. Pronunciation: [dɪˈfɛndəbəɫ] 1. Capable of being defended.
Word: attorny Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of attorney. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete, proscribed Example: The attornies, who are numerous and powerful, very hostile. Example: That "most wonderful woman in the world," Aunt Betsey, for example; or that most laconic of carriers, Mr. Barkis; or, to name yet one other, Uriah Heep, that reddest and most writhing of rascally attornies.
Word: apartmentlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From apartment + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an apartment Example: But as Bronstein points out, students who want an apartmentlike experience won't find anything comparable to Loft-Right for the price in Lincoln Park. Example: The shelter, in the Longwood section of the Bronx, has small apartmentlike units with kitchenettes and tile floors.
Word: arrangments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arrangment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: attila Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈtɪlə/ 1. A short, fringed cape worn as part of traditional Hungarian costume. Example: In the Magyar costume, his heart beating more proudly under the national attila, he passed before the eyes of the peasants who had known him when a child, and had fought under his orders; and he spoke to them by name, recognizing many of his old companions in these poor people with cheeks tanned by the sun, and heads whitened by age. Example: As I gazed at myself in the looking-glass, I found that I should be a handsome boy when I had put on my silver-buttoned attila. 2. Any of the tropical flycatchers of the genus Attila. Example: In the scrubby woods that cover most of the Yucatan, suboscines such as the masked tityra, the bright-rumped attila, and the boat-billed flycatcher are all common.
Word: antipoaching Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + poaching. 1. Seeking to prevent or prohibit poaching Labels: not-comparable Example: The play, about a Rolling Stone reporter who travels to Africa to write a story about antipoaching research, had been in development at the Goodman Theatre for almost two years; shortly before leaving town Cleveland learned from Goodman artistic director Robert Falls that the Goodman would not be giving the play a fully staged production next season. Example: Leakey cleaned house, built a crack force of antipoaching rangers, and brought in new managers and researchers.
Word: atole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish atole, from Classical Nahuatl ātōlli. 1. A sweetened thick drink or thin gruel made from cornmeal, served hot. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: "Pan fino, pan bianco!" screams the baker; and other cries from the vendors of atole, huevos, and leche, are uttered in shrill, discordant voices. Example: Since the days of the Tarascans, the corn-loving folks of Michoacan have enjoyed atole, a maize-based gruel flavored with chocolate, fruit, tamarind, or herbs.
Word: attornies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of attorney Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural 2. plural of attorny Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arni Part of Speech: noun 1. The wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) Example: Besides these three species and the zebu, the yak, the gayal, and the arni (not to mention the buffalo or genus Bubalus) have been domesticated; making altogether seven species of Bos. Example: In the arni of India they are enormously long.
Word: antiurban Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + urban. 1. Showing a negative view of cities or city life Labels: not-comparable Example: When I ask why so much of the humor on National Public Radio is antiurban, Kessler responds with one of Ian Shoales's most quoted lines: "If the city were a nice place to live, nobody would want to live there. Example: The District One headquarters of the Illinois Department of Transportation is about as antiurban as a building can get.
Word: antitheatricality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + theatricality. 1. The quality or state of being antitheatrical Labels: uncountable Example: Like Sanchez's piece, Wash delights in its own banality, its antitheatricality.
Word: antiinflammatory Part of Speech: adj 1. Uncommon spelling of anti-inflammatory. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, uncommon Example: About 20 drugs on the market treat symptoms of multiple sclerosis, among them immunosuppressants to slow the progression of the disease, antiinflammatory drugs to shorten the duration of attacks, and interferon to reduce the frequency of attacks. Example: Development of glucocorticoid receptor agonists with sufficient antiinflammatory action but without detrimental effects on bone that often lead to osteoporosis, would indeed be a major advance.
Word: antiinflammatory Part of Speech: noun 1. Uncommon spelling of anti-inflammatory. Labels: alt-of, uncommon
Word: antiintellectual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + intellectual. 1. Uncommon spelling of anti-intellectual. Labels: alt-of, uncommon Example: This is a traditionally philistine and antiintellectual country. Example: Not to encourage antiintellectual behavior, but if she can't avoid being valedictorian any other way, tell her to take a dive on that last physics quiz.
Word: antitechnology Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + technology. 1. Opposed to technology Labels: not-comparable Example: The reporter told Fear & Favor, "I came to the realization that the effect of the editing was to make the local residents around Ward Valley look like complete kooks, complete antitechnology nuts. Example: Furthermore, Ms. Barenholtz and Mr. Markus said, the ads are not antitechnology, but rather reminders of other forms of connection.
Word: antisodomy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + sodomy. 1. Seeking to prevent or prohibit sodomy Labels: not-comparable Example: Many felt it was the first positive news at the federal level since 1986, when the court affirmed a state's interest in restricting sexual behavior by upholding Georgia's antisodomy law in Bowers v. Hardwick. Example: Doesn't it violate the Texas antisodomy law once backed by President Bush--to say nothing of the FCC's new antismut regulations--for so many U.S. senators to have their heads up their butts on C-SPAN?
Word: antireform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + reform. 1. Opposing reform Example: It was top-down, antireform politics. Example: Russia made good progress on privatization in 1993 despite active opposition from key cabinet members, hard-line legislators, and antireform regional leaders.
Word: antiperformance Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + performance. 1. Opposing or taking a negative view of the performing arts Example: I always thought this antiperformance prejudice was a shame.
Word: antipatronage Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + patronage. 1. Opposing or seeking to prohibit political patronage Labels: not-comparable Example: A series of antipatronage court rulings had loosened his hold over city workers; demographically, his ward was becoming more like a north lakefront district.
Word: antiadministration Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + administration. 1. Opposing a particular administration Example: Alderman Joseph Moore is that rarest of Chicago political creatures, a white antiadministration alderman.
Word: antibusing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + busing. 1. Opposing the use of busing to achieve racial integration in schools. Labels: US Example: In years following, local schools were shaken by angry antibusing protests.
Word: antiincinerator Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + incinerator. 1. Opposing an incinerator; usually opposing the siting of a particular incinerator in a particular community Labels: not-comparable Example: By the time the new combined task force met July 16, Greene had attended three different gatherings of grass-roots antilandfill and antiincinerator groups--in southwest Chicago, south-suburban University Park, and downstate Bloomington--and they had given him his marching orders: No megadeal.
Word: antidisco Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + disco. 1. Opposing or taking a negative view of disco Example: Maybe suburban Sunbelt teens--the shock troops of the antidisco movement--couldn't relate to the disco milieu because they balked at rubbing shoulders with urban blacks or Hispanics in crowded clubs. Example: Gordon argues that antidisco attitudes had a negative impact on black and gay communities.
Word: antiholiday Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + holiday. 1. Opposing or taking a negative view of the holiday season. Example: Originally entitled Hellcab Does Christmas and marketed as a hip antiholiday holiday show, Will Kern's incredibly black comedy about a day in the life of a poor beleaguered cab driver was never, strictly speaking, a holiday show.
Word: antiholiday Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + holiday. 1. A holiday celebrated as a form of opposition to normal or regular holidays. Example: The idea was to celebrate Buy Nothing Day, an antiholiday invented by the Vancouver-based Media Foundation in the early 90s that takes place on what's traditionally one of the busiest shopping days of the year. "
Word: antihuman Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + human. 1. Opposed to humanity. Example: What more fierce than the scorn and more violent than the abuse poured on the member of a trades-union whose sound moral feeling rebels against the iniquities sanctioned by its collective conscience, albeit that conscience be essentially antisocial, if not antihuman? Example: I would like this antihuman woman to know that she has played right into the hands of abusers everywhere by making this claim. 2. Describing an antibody that reacts with any antigen found in (and with some relevant degree of specificity to) humans. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antihuman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + human. 1. A being that opposes, or typifies the opposite of, the human race. Example: The dialectical obverse of this use of opium is the fear that opium will turn humans into nonhumans or antihumans. Wild beasts, addicts, and Orientals are alike feared as antihumans, negations of humans. Example: These witches, the human antihumans, are the most prevalent and present evil in the world. 2. A human being made of antimatter. Example: Heavy antielements such as antigold and antiuranium belong to science fiction and not to science. So do antihumans.
Word: antihumanism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + humanism. 1. Opposition to humanism. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Thus the field moved beyond its early antihumanism, upgrading drivers from unthinking particles to individuals with agendas (and car phones, and tempers, and fast food banquets spread out on the dashboard). Example: In his frigid antihumanism, Sorokin parts company with Russian satirists like Gogol, Bulgakov, Yuri Olesha and, more recently, Viktor Pelevin.
Word: antihumanist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + humanist. 1. Opposing humanism Labels: not-comparable Example: But as in the overrated and similarly antihumanist Memento, every sequence proceeds forward; it's only the order of the sequences that's backward.
Word: antihumanist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + humanist. 1. One who opposes humanism.
Word: anesthetizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anesthetize + -er. 1. A person that administers anesthesia Labels: dated Example: Buller's the best anesthetizer in the state and a splendid fellow besides. 2. A device with an anesthetic effect Example: Aunt Ruth has an "electronic anesthetizer" that controls her chronic back pain but also activates the garage door.
Word: anesthetizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anesthetizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anthro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. Pronunciation: /ˈænθɹoʊ/ 1. Anthropology. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: I gather the phrase is used in lieu of some more practical benefit, e.g., a "job," which, as holders of English lit and anthro degrees can tell you, isn't necessarily part of the program. Example: Unlikely as it seemed, he might somehow return to the Empire, and if that happened, any information he could bring back would be valuable to the socio and anthro specialists. 2. An anthropologist. Labels: countable, informal Example: Workshop anthros often ask Indians of tender age to give their authoritative answers to problems which an entire generation of Indians is just now beginning to solve. Example: While Deloria may have hoped to move anthropologists to be more appreciative, Erdoes simply sets scholars up as straw men for the average non-Indian academic reader to self-servingly scorn. Anthros are responsible for believing reservation Indians are “warriors without weapons” (1972:36-37) 3. An anthropomorphic character, typically used to refer to characters with humanoid forms in contrast with feral characters. Labels: countable, informal, slang Example: Today I cycled down to Westboro Beach and watched the boats on the river/lake for a while. This led me to wonder if anthros would like sailing and why ... I finally decided that it would be something that otters would love to do. Example: Extra animals add complexity, but the benefit is that you're more likely to create a unique new character. There's hundreds of wolf anthros, but how many zebra-striped pig-tigers are there?
Word: anthro Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortening. Pronunciation: /ˈænθɹoʊ/ 1. anthropomorphic Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: They are to anthro cartoonists what Trekkies are to Star Trek, gathering for special conventions that feature anthro cartoons and cartoonists.
Word: antidefamation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + defamation. 1. Opposing the defamation of a particular group. Chiefly in direct or oblique reference to the Anti-Defamation League. Labels: not-comparable Example: Perhaps, in future, you should regard any reference to nonhumans in his writing as a red light and alert the appropriate antidefamation societies. Example: You almost needed an antidefamation league for mathematicians.
Word: interoception Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the senses that detect conditions within the body. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: uncollectible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + collectible. Pronunciation: /ʌn.kəˈlɛktɪbl̩/ 1. That cannot be collected. Labels: not-comparable
Word: uncollectible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + collectible. Pronunciation: /ʌn.kəˈlɛktɪbl̩/ 1. Something, such as a bad debt, that cannot be collected. Labels: plural-normally
Word: amusical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + musical. 1. Not musical. Example: The band alternates male and female lead vocals; when Emily Elizabeth sings she often punctuates whatever needs punctuating with an amusical screech, which gets annoying quick[… 2. Exhibiting amusia. Example: At the meeting, Isabelle Peretz of the University of Montreal reported preliminary results with amusical subjects that may support the hypothesis that the brain contains specific neural pathways for music.
Word: antiholidays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antiholiday Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anticar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + car. 1. Opposed to automobiles or the excessive use of automobiles Example: But in the anticar movement, it is axiomatic that the urban model should be imposed everywhere. Example: But I don't think Eliot expected the kind of anticar sentiment that we're about.
Word: anticar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + car. 1. An automobile that defies the normal idea of a car Example: He considered the Falcon an anticar. He thought it served the puritan bias of the man who made it more than the needs of the customers or the company. Example: It was a virtual anticar.
Word: anticars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anticar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mujahidin Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mujahid Labels: form-of, plural Example: The Soviets also distributed flyers pointing out the mujahidin resistance was financed by the U.S.
Word: sensory receptor Part of Speech: noun 1. A sensory nerve ending that recognizes a stimulus in the internal or external environment of an organism.
Word: holiday season Part of Speech: noun 1. The period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur, such as Halloween, American Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa Labels: Canada, US Example: What are your plans for the holiday season? 2. A period in the summer when people go on holiday (vacation). Labels: British, English Example: Was it deliberate that the first week of October 1961 was chosen to conduct a national survey of passenger usage? Why October of all months, when the holiday season was over and families back at work and at school? Was this a fiddling of the figures to make an unfair case against rail-dependent resorts such as those in the West Country, Norfolk, Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, where previously overloaded summer services would now only have a handful of locals on board?
Word: jossers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of josser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: josses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of joss Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anvilicious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anvil + -licious, the implication being that the message's delivery is as unsubtle as the dropping of an anvil on a person's head (a stock occurrence in cartoons). 1. Conveyed in a heavy-handed, unsubtle way; preachy. Labels: slang Example: When you take something as subtle, ballsy, and downright mythic as Dark Will and turn it into the anvilicious, ambitionless, and dreadfully banal travesty that was the Crack Magick arc, that's not a big hubristic dream that went wrong; that's the utter lack of a dream, the complete failure of imagination. Example: 'Anvilicious'? […] 'Of, or pertaining to, anvils,' is how I'd describe it. Remember in cartoons, when they get dropped on people from a height? It means when an idea is presented on the show with about that much subtlety […]
Word: copypastas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of copypasta Labels: form-of, plural
Word: copypastas Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of copypasta Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: copypastaed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of copypasta Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: copypastaing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of copypasta Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: floppy diskette Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of floppy disk.
Word: exergies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exergy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: floppy diskettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of floppy diskette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: etaoin shrdlus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of etaoin shrdlu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: momos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of momo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: storm petrels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of storm petrel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multidimensionalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of multidimensionality Labels: form-of, plural, rare
Word: kazooing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of kazoo Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: kazooed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of kazoo Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: swingeingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From swingeing + -ly. 1. In a swingeing manner.
Word: nonneutral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + neutral. 1. Not neutral. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonneutral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + neutral. 1. A person or party that is not neutral; a partisan.
Word: nonrental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + rental. 1. Not of or pertaining to rental. Labels: not-comparable
Word: blitz chess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partial calque of German Blitzschach. 1. Chess played at a quick time control, with each side getting about five minutes to make their moves. Blitz chess is played at a variety of time controls, primarily 3+0 (three minutes per side), 3+2 (three minutes per side plus two extra seconds per move), 5+0, and 5+3. Labels: uncountable Example: What I had played was chess. Specially, I knocked out some 2,000 games of speed (or "blitz") chess in the two months leading up to the tournament. In fact, I played so much that I'm currently in the top half-percent of more than 1.3 million of blitz players at an online chess competition site. Example: If there’s still no winner, the players move on two games of blitz chess. There, each player is limited to only five minutes, with three seconds added after each move. If there is no winner, they play a further two games of blitz chess.