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23800 | 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 ... |
23801 | 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... |
23802 | 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... |
23803 | 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... |
23804 | 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... |
23805 | 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 ... |
23806 | 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... |
23807 | 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 ... |
23808 | 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:
|
23809 | 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:
|
23810 | 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... |
23811 | 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”) ... |
23812 | 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... |
23813 | 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... |
23814 | 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”), ... |
23815 | 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... |
23816 | 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... |
23817 | 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... |
23818 | 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... |
23819 | 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_... |
23820 | 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:
... |
23821 | 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:
|
23822 | 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... |
23823 | 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... |
23824 | 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 |
23825 | 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 |
23826 | 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:
|
23827 | 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:
|
23828 | 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... |
23829 | 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... |
23830 | 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 |
23831 | 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:
|
23832 | 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... |
23833 | 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:... |
23834 | 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... |
23835 | 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
... |
23836 | 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:
|
23837 | 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, ... |
23838 | 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... |
23839 | 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:
|
23840 | 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... |
23841 | 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-... |
23842 | 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:... |
23843 | 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... |
23844 | 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... |
23845 | 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... |
23846 | 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:
|
23847 | 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... |
23848 | 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 ... |
23849 | 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... |
23850 | 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... |
23851 | 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 ... |
23852 | 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... |
23853 | 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 ... |
23854 | 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... |
23855 | 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 ... |
23856 | 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... |
23857 | 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 ... |
23858 | 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... |
23859 | 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:
|
23860 | 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:
|
23861 | 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:
|
23862 | 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:
|
23863 | 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 |
23864 | 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... |
23865 | 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... |
23866 | 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... |
23867 | 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... |
23868 | 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... |
23869 | 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:
... |
23870 | 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:
|
23871 | 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:
|
23872 | 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,... |
23873 | 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 ... |
23874 | 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... |
23875 | 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:... |
23876 | 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:... |
23877 | 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”) + ... |
23878 | 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 ... |
23879 | 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... |
23880 | 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 ... |
23881 | 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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23882 | word:
omy
word_type:
adj
expansion:
omy (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Mellow, as land.
senses_topics:
|
23883 | 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:
|
23884 | 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... |
23885 | 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:
|
23886 | 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.... |
23887 | 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... |
23888 | 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 ... |
23889 | 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:
|
23890 | 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... |
23891 | 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:
... |
23892 | 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... |
23893 | 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... |
23894 | 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:
... |
23895 | 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 ... |
23896 | 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... |
23897 | 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... |
23898 | 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... |
23899 | 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 |
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