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word: alba word_type: noun expansion: alba (plural albas) forms: form: albas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in 1821; borrowed from Occitan alba, ultimately from Latin albus (“white”); compare Spanish alba (“dawn”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A ...
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word: alba word_type: noun expansion: alba (plural albas) forms: form: albas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in 1848; borrowed from Latin alba (the feminine form of albus (“white”)) in the now-disused species name of binomial nomenclature Rosa alba (it is now considered a h...
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word: alba word_type: noun expansion: alba pl forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in 1859; borrowed from Latin alba, the nominative plural form of album (“blank tablet”), whence the English album. senses_examples: text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:alba. senses_categories...
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word: alba word_type: noun expansion: alba (plural albas) forms: form: albas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin alba (“alb”), from Latin alba (as in tunica alba (“white tunic”), vestis alba (“white garment”)), feminine of albus (“white”). Doublet of alb. se...
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word: quiver word_type: noun expansion: quiver (plural quivers) forms: form: quivers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English quiver, from Anglo-Norman quivre, from Old Dutch cocare (source of Dutch koker, and cognate to Old English cocer (“quiver, case”)), from Proto-West Germ...
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word: quiver word_type: adj expansion: quiver (comparative more quiver, superlative most quiver) forms: form: more quiver tags: comparative form: most quiver tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English quiver, cwiver, from Old English *cwifer, probably related to ...
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word: quiver word_type: verb expansion: quiver (third-person singular simple present quivers, present participle quivering, simple past and past participle quivered) forms: form: quivers tags: present singular third-person form: quivering tags: participle present form: qu...
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word: dopehead word_type: noun expansion: dopehead (plural dopeheads) forms: form: dopeheads tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From dope (“drugs”) + -head. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An individual who frequently uses illicit, narcotic, or psychoactive drugs and ...
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word: dope fiend word_type: noun expansion: dope fiend (plural dope fiends) forms: form: dope fiends tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From dope + fiend. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A person who abuses drugs. senses_topics:
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word: east by northeast word_type: noun expansion: east by northeast forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: East northeast, the compass point between northeast and east. senses_topics:
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word: dittohead word_type: noun expansion: dittohead (plural dittoheads) forms: form: dittoheads tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From ditto + -head, coined by callers to Rush Limbaugh's radio show who begin their remarks with "Ditto!" or "Dittoes!" to concur with a previous comment withou...
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word: gentile word_type: adj expansion: gentile (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: gentile etymology_text: Borrowed from French gentil (“gentile”), from Latin gentīlis (“of or belonging to the same people or nation”), a semantic loan from Hebrew גוי, morphologically from gēns (“clan; tribe; people, family”) ...
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word: gentile word_type: noun expansion: gentile (plural gentiles) forms: form: gentiles tags: plural wikipedia: gentile etymology_text: Borrowed from French gentil (“gentile”), from Latin gentīlis (“of or belonging to the same people or nation”), a semantic loan from Hebrew גוי, morphologically f...
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word: north by northeast word_type: noun expansion: north by northeast forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Next go north by northeast to the nose of a beast. ref: 1997, Susan Julio, Great Map Mysteries, page 21 type: quotation text: Ruling out any areas that hav...
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word: select word_type: adj expansion: select (comparative more select, superlative most select) forms: form: more select tags: comparative form: most select tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin sēlēctus, perfect passive participle of sēligō (“choose out, select”), ...
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word: select word_type: verb expansion: select (third-person singular simple present selects, present participle selecting, simple past and past participle selected) forms: form: selects tags: present singular third-person form: selecting tags: participle present form: se...
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word: tachyon word_type: noun expansion: tachyon (plural tachyons) forms: form: tachyons tags: plural wikipedia: tachyon etymology_text: Formed as: tachy- + -on, from ταχύς (takhús, “swift”, “rapid”). Coined by American physicist Gerald Feinberg in 1967. senses_examples: senses_categories: sen...
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word: petrolhead word_type: noun expansion: petrolhead (plural petrolheads) forms: form: petrolheads tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From petrol + -head. senses_examples: text: 2000, Chris Baker, Kokopu Dreams, Huia Publishers, New Zealand, page 87, There were four of them, old-sty...
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word: molinology word_type: noun expansion: molinology (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Latin molina + -ology note on coinage The Portuguese molinologist Dr. João Miguel dos Santos Simões was the first to use and define the term "molinology" as: : "The description and the study of mills or ot...
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word: duce word_type: noun expansion: duce (usually uncountable, plural duci) forms: form: duci tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian duce. Doublet of duke. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: an authoritarian leader, especially Benito Mussolini senses_...
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word: breve word_type: noun expansion: breve (plural breves) forms: form: breves tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English breve, variant of bref, from Old French brieve, breve (feminine form of brief, bref), from Latin brevis (“short”). senses_examples: senses_categories: ...
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word: breve word_type: noun expansion: breve (plural breves) forms: form: breves tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Italian breve. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An equal mix of espresso and half and half cream. senses_topics:
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word: sheeple word_type: noun expansion: sheeple pl (plural only) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Blend of sheep + people. senses_examples: text: War protesters . . . did appear along Mr. Rumsfeld's path carrying signs saying "Bush is a Liar" and "Wake Up, Sheeple". ref: 2005 September 11, Gle...
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word: student word_type: noun expansion: student (plural students) forms: form: students tags: plural wikipedia: student etymology_text: From Middle English student, studient, from Old French estudiant, estudiente, from Latin studēns, present participle of studeō (“dedicate oneself to, study”). Eq...
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word: wilk word_type: noun expansion: wilk (plural wilks) forms: form: wilks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Obsolete form of whelk. senses_topics: biology natural-sciences zoology
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word: DLS word_type: noun expansion: DLS forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of Downloadable Sound Format. Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method senses_topics: ball-games cricket games hobbies lifestyle sports
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word: phone number word_type: noun expansion: phone number (plural phone numbers) forms: form: phone numbers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Clipping of telephone number. senses_topics:
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word: cokehead word_type: noun expansion: cokehead (plural cokeheads) forms: form: cokeheads tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From coke + -head. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A cocaine addict. senses_topics:
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word: Asiaphile word_type: noun expansion: Asiaphile (plural Asiaphiles) forms: form: Asiaphiles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Asia + -phile. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A person interested in Asia or its culture. A Caucasian male with sexual interes...
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word: preverb word_type: noun expansion: preverb (plural preverbs) forms: form: preverbs tags: plural wikipedia: preverb etymology_text: From pre- + verb. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A separable verb prefix or a particle that precedes a verb. Any of a class of wor...
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word: n-dimensional word_type: adj expansion: n-dimensional (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Having an arbitrary number of dimensions. senses_topics: mathematics sciences
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word: stratocracy word_type: noun expansion: stratocracy (plural stratocracies) forms: form: stratocracies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek στρατός (stratós, “army”) + -cracy. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A military government. senses_topics:
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word: portion word_type: noun expansion: portion (plural portions) forms: form: portions tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English porcioun, borrowed from Old French porcion, from Latin portio (“a share, part, portion, relation, proportion”), akin to pars (“part”); see part. Com...
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word: portion word_type: verb expansion: portion (third-person singular simple present portions, present participle portioning, simple past and past participle portioned) forms: form: portions tags: present singular third-person form: portioning tags: participle present form:...
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word: mythos word_type: noun expansion: mythos (countable and uncountable, plural mythoi or mythoses) forms: form: mythoi tags: plural form: mythoses tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Late Latin mȳthos (“myth”), from Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “report, tale, stor...
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word: embiggen word_type: verb expansion: embiggen (third-person singular simple present embiggens, present participle embiggening, simple past and past participle embiggened) forms: form: embiggens tags: present singular third-person form: embiggening tags: participle present ...
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word: giblets word_type: noun expansion: giblets pl (plural only) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old French gibelet. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The internal organs of poultry birds, used as food. senses_topics:
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word: Hannah word_type: name expansion: Hannah (countable and uncountable, plural Hannahs) forms: form: Hannahs tags: plural wikipedia: Hannah Hannah Snell etymology_text: From previous romanizations of Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥanâ), chiefly for the mother of Samuel, from חַנָּה (ḥanâ, “grace, gracious, ...
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word: Hannah word_type: noun expansion: Hannah (plural Hannahs) forms: form: Hannahs tags: plural wikipedia: Hannah Hannah Snell etymology_text: From previous romanizations of Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥanâ), chiefly for the mother of Samuel, from חַנָּה (ḥanâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As a W...
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word: Hannah word_type: name expansion: Hannah forms: wikipedia: Hannah etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An Irish and Scottish surname, a variant of Hanna. senses_topics:
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word: lingam word_type: noun expansion: lingam (plural lingams) forms: form: lingams tags: plural wikipedia: lingam etymology_text: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit लिङ्गम् (liṅgam, nominative singular of लिङ्ग (liṅga, “sign, mark”)). senses_examples: text: Then we have the very numerous ling...
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word: tranter word_type: noun expansion: tranter (plural tranters) forms: form: tranters tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From trant + -er. senses_examples: text: 1879, William Barnes, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect, Dobbin Dead An’ he met wi’ zome yew-twigs the men had a-...
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word: shut up word_type: verb expansion: shut up (third-person singular simple present shuts up, present participle shutting up, simple past and past participle shut up) forms: form: shuts up tags: present singular third-person form: shutting up tags: participle present form:...
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word: shut up word_type: adj expansion: shut up (comparative more shut up, superlative most shut up) forms: form: more shut up tags: comparative form: most shut up tags: superlative wikipedia: shut up etymology_text: senses_examples: text: 2010. Jem (And Sam). Ferdinand Mount. S...
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word: shut up word_type: intj expansion: shut up forms: wikipedia: shut up etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Shut up! We're sick of your whining! type: example text: I got accepted to Yale! —Shut up, really? That's awesome! type: example text: No, I know what home-school i...
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word: onomatopoeic word_type: adj expansion: onomatopoeic (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From onomatopoeia + -ic. senses_examples: text: There are also three ways in which katakana is used for writing Japanese words: 1 to make words stand out, for example, in advertising: トヨタ (Toy...
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word: baked word_type: verb expansion: baked forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of bake senses_topics:
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word: baked word_type: adj expansion: baked (comparative more baked, superlative most baked) forms: form: more baked tags: comparative form: most baked tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: That has been cooked by bakin...
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word: henge word_type: noun expansion: henge (plural henges) forms: form: henges tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Back-formation from Stonehenge, although it is not strictly a henge. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or ...
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word: cabriolet word_type: noun expansion: cabriolet (plural cabriolets) forms: form: cabriolets tags: plural wikipedia: cabriolet etymology_text: Borrowed from French cabriolet. senses_examples: text: Of late years, cabriolets, and English stanhopes, and tilburys, have been introduced into...
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word: occiduous word_type: adj expansion: occiduous (comparative more occiduous, superlative most occiduous) forms: form: more occiduous tags: comparative form: most occiduous tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin occiduus, from. occido (“to go down”). senses_example...
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word: conservationist word_type: noun expansion: conservationist (plural conservationists) forms: form: conservationists tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From conservation + -ist. senses_examples: text: Over the past two years, particularly in 2018, Network Rail has come under fire ...
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word: polytope word_type: noun expansion: polytope (plural polytopes) forms: form: polytopes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From German Polytop, equivalent to poly- (“many”) + -tope (“surface”). Coined by Hoppe in 1882 and introduced to English by Alicia Boole Stott. senses_examples: t...
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word: eques word_type: noun expansion: eques (plural equites) forms: form: equites tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin eques (“horseman, knight; equestrian”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A member of the equestrian order (Latin: ordo equester), the lower ...
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word: pothead word_type: noun expansion: pothead (plural potheads) forms: form: potheads tags: plural wikipedia: Jack Gelber etymology_text: From pot (“marijuana”) + -head. First sense appears c. 1957 in the writings of Jack Gelber. Third sense appears c. 1639. senses_examples: text: That po...
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word: connective word_type: adj expansion: connective (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From connect + -ive, modeled after French connectif, from New Latin connectivus, from connectō (“I connect”); compare connect, connexive, connectivum, connection. senses_examples: text: Society is ...
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word: connective word_type: noun expansion: connective (plural connectives) forms: form: connectives tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From connect + -ive, modeled after French connectif, from New Latin connectivus, from connectō (“I connect”); compare connect, connexive, connectivum, conne...
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word: cult word_type: noun expansion: cult (plural cults) forms: form: cults tags: plural wikipedia: cult (disambiguation) etymology_text: From French culte, from Latin cultus (“care, adoration; cult”), from colō (“cultivate; protect”). senses_examples: text: Two former cult members explain ...
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word: cult word_type: adj expansion: cult (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: cult (disambiguation) etymology_text: From French culte, from Latin cultus (“care, adoration; cult”), from colō (“cultivate; protect”). senses_examples: text: a cult horror movie type: example text: To a certain e...
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word: occision word_type: noun expansion: occision (plural occisions) forms: form: occisions tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A killing; the act of killing. senses_topics:
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word: obtainer word_type: noun expansion: obtainer (plural obtainers) forms: form: obtainers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From obtain + -er. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: One who obtains. senses_topics:
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word: odelet word_type: noun expansion: odelet (plural odelets) forms: form: odelets tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From ode + -let. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A little or short ode. senses_topics:
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word: odist word_type: noun expansion: odist (plural odists) forms: form: odists tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From ode + -ist. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A writer of an ode or odes. senses_topics:
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word: Trekker word_type: noun expansion: Trekker (plural Trekkers) forms: form: Trekkers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: (1970) Trek + -er. From Star Trek. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A fan of the TV science fiction series Star Trek. senses_topics: lifestyle
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word: elixir of life word_type: noun expansion: elixir of life (plural elixirs of life) forms: form: elixirs of life tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A substance which when drunk brings immortality: eternal life, eternal youth senses...
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word: obtundent word_type: noun expansion: obtundent (plural obtundents) forms: form: obtundents tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin obtundens, present participle of obtundere. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A substance which sheathes a part, or blunts ir...
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word: obtunder word_type: noun expansion: obtunder (plural obtunders) forms: form: obtunders tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From obtund + -er. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: That which obtunds or blunts; especially, that which blunts sensibility. An obtundent...
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word: time machine word_type: noun expansion: time machine (plural time machines) forms: form: time machines tags: plural wikipedia: H. G. Wells The Time Machine Time Machine etymology_text: Coined by H. G. Wells in his novel The Time Machine (1895). senses_examples: text: If I had a tim...
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word: duress word_type: noun expansion: duress (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: duress etymology_text: Borrowed into Middle English from Old French duresse, from Latin duritia (“hardness”), from durus (“hard”). senses_examples: text: It is unclear when it was filmed and if she was under duress during f...
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word: duress word_type: verb expansion: duress (third-person singular simple present duresses, present participle duressing, simple past and past participle duressed) forms: form: duresses tags: present singular third-person form: duressing tags: participle present form: ...
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word: odometry word_type: noun expansion: odometry (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From odo- + -metry. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Measurement of distances by the odometer. senses_topics:
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word: omniety word_type: noun expansion: omniety (plural not attested) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: That which is all-pervading or all-comprehensive; hence, God. senses_topics:
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word: facile word_type: adj expansion: facile (comparative more facile, superlative most facile) forms: form: more facile tags: comparative form: most facile tags: superlative wikipedia: William Caxton etymology_text: Borrowed from Middle French facile, from Latin facilis (“easy to do,...
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word: coconut milk word_type: noun expansion: coconut milk (usually uncountable, plural coconut milks) forms: form: coconut milks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A thick white liquid produced by soaking the white inner flesh of the ...
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word: omphalic word_type: adj expansion: omphalic forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: That omphalic cord will pull like rubber over eight thousand miles. I can never be the same again. ref: 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 197...
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word: relative word_type: adj expansion: relative (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French relatif, from Late Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“to carry back, to ascribe”), from re- (“again”) + ferō (“to bear or carry”). senses_examples:...
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word: relative word_type: adv expansion: relative (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French relatif, from Late Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“to carry back, to ascribe”), from re- (“again”) + ferō (“to bear or carry”). senses_examples:...
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word: relative word_type: noun expansion: relative (plural relatives) forms: form: relatives tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French relatif, from Late Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“to carry back, to ascribe”), from re- (“again”) + ...
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word: armiger word_type: noun expansion: armiger (plural armigers) forms: form: armigers tags: plural wikipedia: armiger etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin armiger (“carrying weapons or armour”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An esquire, originally carrying the armour ...
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word: occasionate word_type: verb expansion: occasionate (third-person singular simple present occasionates, present participle occasionating, simple past and past participle occasionated) forms: form: occasionates tags: present singular third-person form: occasionating tags: parti...
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word: hypercube word_type: noun expansion: hypercube (plural hypercubes) forms: form: hypercubes tags: plural wikipedia: hypercube etymology_text: From hyper- + cube. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A geometric figure in four or more dimensions, which is analogous to ...
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word: ornithon word_type: noun expansion: ornithon (plural ornithons) forms: form: ornithons tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An aviary; a poultry house. senses_topics:
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word: omy word_type: adj expansion: omy (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Mellow, as land. senses_topics:
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word: cabesse word_type: noun expansion: cabesse (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The finest kind of silk received from India. senses_topics:
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word: waxy word_type: adj expansion: waxy (comparative waxier or more waxy, superlative waxiest or most waxy) forms: form: waxier tags: comparative form: more waxy tags: comparative form: waxiest tags: superlative form: most waxy tags: superlative wikipedia: etym...
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word: waxy word_type: noun expansion: waxy (plural waxies) forms: form: waxies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English waxi, wexy, equivalent to wax (“soft oily substance”) + -y. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A cobbler (shoe repairer). senses_topics:
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word: waxy word_type: adj expansion: waxy (comparative more waxy, superlative most waxy) forms: form: more waxy tags: comparative form: most waxy tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From wax (“fit of anger”) + -y. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Angry....
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word: transcendentalist word_type: noun expansion: transcendentalist (plural transcendentalists) forms: form: transcendentalists tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From transcendental + -ist. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: One who believes in transcendentalism. A...
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word: byte word_type: noun expansion: byte (plural bytes) forms: form: bytes tags: plural wikipedia: IBM 7030 Stretch etymology_text: An alteration of the word bite so it would not be accidentally misspelled as bit. Coined by Werner Buchholz in 1956, during the early design phase for the IBM 7030 ...
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word: cabezon word_type: noun expansion: cabezon (plural cabezons) forms: form: cabezons tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A California fish (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus), allied to the sculpin. senses_topics:
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word: -head word_type: suffix expansion: -head forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English -hed, -hede, attested from the 12th century, continuing a hypothetical Old English *-hǣdu (“-hood”), from Proto-Germanic *haidį̄ (“state, condition”), related to Proto-Germanic *haiduz (“manner, character, q...
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word: -head word_type: suffix expansion: -head forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Combining form of the noun head. senses_examples: text: motor + -head → motorhead type: example text: pot + -head → pothead type: example text: jazz + -head → jazzhead type: example text: ...
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word: obtund word_type: verb expansion: obtund (third-person singular simple present obtunds, present participle obtunding, simple past and past participle obtunded) forms: form: obtunds tags: present singular third-person form: obtunding tags: participle present form: ob...
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word: purpose word_type: noun expansion: purpose (countable and uncountable, plural purposes) forms: form: purposes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English purpos, from Old French purposer (“to propose”) (with conjugation altered based on poser), from Latin prō- (“forth”) + pō...
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word: purpose word_type: verb expansion: purpose (third-person singular simple present purposes, present participle purposing, simple past and past participle purposed) forms: form: purposes tags: present singular third-person form: purposing tags: participle present form: ...
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word: tesseract word_type: noun expansion: tesseract (plural tesseracts) forms: form: tesseracts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From tessara- (“four-”) + Ancient Greek ἀκτίς (aktís, “ray”). senses_examples: text: Hence the cube determined by these axes is the face of the tesseract ...
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word: cauponize word_type: verb expansion: cauponize (third-person singular simple present cauponizes, present participle cauponizing, simple past and past participle cauponized) forms: form: cauponizes tags: present singular third-person form: cauponizing tags: participle pres...
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word: cacaine word_type: noun expansion: cacaine (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From cacao + -ine. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The essential principle of cacao, now called theobromine. senses_topics: chemistry natural-sciences organic-chemistry physical-s...
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word: trink word_type: noun expansion: trink (plural trinks) forms: form: trinks tags: plural wikipedia: Anglo-Norman etymology_text: From Middle English treinekys or trynk, but earlier origin is unknown. Attested in Anglo-Norman or Middle English legal texts from the 14th century. senses_examples...
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word: cauline word_type: adj expansion: cauline (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Growing immediately on a caulis, the main stem of a plant; of or pertaining to a caulis. senses_topics: biology botany natural-sciences