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word: acaleph word_type: noun expansion: acaleph (plural acalephs) forms: form: acalephs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin acalephe, from Ancient Greek ἀκαλήφη (akalḗphē, “stinging nettle”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A member of the former A...
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word: absolvent word_type: adj expansion: absolvent (comparative more absolvent, superlative most absolvent) forms: form: more absolvent tags: comparative form: most absolvent tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: An adaptation of the Latin absolvēns (“absolving”, stem: absolve...
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word: absolvent word_type: noun expansion: absolvent (plural absolvents) forms: form: absolvents tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: An adaptation of the Latin absolvēns (“absolving”, stem: absolvent-), from absolvō (“I absolve”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An abs...
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word: abusage word_type: noun expansion: abusage (countable and uncountable, plural abusages) forms: form: abusages tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abuse + -age. First appeared in Middle English, c. 1450–1475, meaning “sexual misconduct”: cf. abuse (“forcing of undesired sexual activ...
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word: abusion word_type: noun expansion: abusion (countable and uncountable, plural abusions) forms: form: abusions tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abusioun, from Old French abusion, from Latin abūsiō (“abuse, misuse”), from abūtor (“misuse”). Doublet of abusio. senses...
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word: abstractedly word_type: adv expansion: abstractedly (comparative more abstractedly, superlative most abstractedly) forms: form: more abstractedly tags: comparative form: most abstractedly tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From abstracted + -ly. senses_examples: text...
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word: acanthopterous word_type: adj expansion: acanthopterous (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek ἀκανθο- (akantho-, “spine”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Spiny-winged. Acanthopterygious senses_topics: biology na...
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word: acanthopodious word_type: adj expansion: acanthopodious forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek ἀκανθο- (akantho-, “spine”) + Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”) + -ious. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Having spinous petioles. senses_topics: biology botany nat...
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word: acanthopterygious word_type: adj expansion: acanthopterygious forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned. senses_topics: biology natural-sciences zoology
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word: portmanteau word_type: noun expansion: portmanteau (plural portmanteaus or portmanteaux) forms: form: portmanteaus tags: plural form: portmanteaux tags: plural wikipedia: portmanteau etymology_text: table From Middle French portemanteau (“coat stand”), from porte (“carries”, thir...
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word: portmanteau word_type: adj expansion: portmanteau (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Jabberwocky Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-Glass portmanteau etymology_text: table First used by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass to describe the words he coined in “Jabberwocky”. senses_examples: ...
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word: portmanteau word_type: noun expansion: portmanteau (plural portmanteaus or portmanteaux) forms: form: portmanteaus tags: plural form: portmanteaux tags: plural wikipedia: Jabberwocky Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-Glass portmanteau etymology_text: table First used by Lew...
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word: portmanteau word_type: verb expansion: portmanteau (third-person singular simple present portmanteaus, present participle portmanteauing, simple past and past participle portmanteaued) forms: form: portmanteaus tags: present singular third-person form: portmanteauing tags: pa...
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word: abridgment word_type: noun expansion: abridgment (countable and uncountable, plural abridgments) forms: form: abridgments tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in 1494. From Middle English abrygement, from Middle French abrégement. Equivalent to abridge + -ment. senses_exam...
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word: academist word_type: noun expansion: academist (plural academists) forms: form: academists tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French académiste, from académie (“academy”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An academic philosopher. An academician. an a...
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word: acanthocephalous word_type: adj expansion: acanthocephalous forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From translingual Acanthocephala + -ous. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala. senses_topics: biology natural-sciences zoology
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word: patronage word_type: noun expansion: patronage (countable and uncountable, plural patronages) forms: form: patronages tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English patronage, from Old French patronage (modern French patronage). Equivalent to patron + -age. senses_examples: t...
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word: patronage word_type: verb expansion: patronage (third-person singular simple present patronages, present participle patronaging, simple past and past participle patronaged) forms: form: patronages tags: present singular third-person form: patronaging tags: participle pres...
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word: acalycine word_type: adj expansion: acalycine (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From a- + Latin calyx + -ine. By surface analysis, a- + calycine. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope. senses_topics: biology botany natu...
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word: acaridan word_type: noun expansion: acaridan (plural acaridans) forms: form: acaridans tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From translingual Acaridae + -an, from Ancient Greek ἀκαρί (akarí, “mite”). By surface analysis, acarid + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses:...
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word: acanthocarpous word_type: adj expansion: acanthocarpous (comparative more acanthocarpous, superlative most acanthocarpous) forms: form: more acanthocarpous tags: comparative form: most acanthocarpous tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From acantho- (“having thorns”) + ...
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word: acaulous word_type: adj expansion: acaulous (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From a- (“not”) + Latin caulis (“stalk”). See cole. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: acaulescent senses_topics: biology botany natural-sciences
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word: abstractive word_type: adj expansion: abstractive (comparative more abstractive, superlative most abstractive) forms: form: more abstractive tags: comparative form: most abstractive tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abstractif, from Medieval Latin ...
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word: ablation word_type: noun expansion: ablation (countable and uncountable, plural ablations) forms: form: ablations tags: plural wikipedia: ablation etymology_text: From Late Middle English ablacioun (“removal”), from Late Latin ablātiō (“a taking away”), from auferō (“to take away, carry off,...
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word: acaroid word_type: adj expansion: acaroid forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From New Latin acarus (“member of the former inclusive genus of mites”) + -oid (“likeness”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Shaped like or resembling a mite. senses_topics: biology natural-sciences...
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word: accensor word_type: noun expansion: accensor (plural accensors) forms: form: accensors tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin accēnsor, from accendō (“light, kindle”) + -tor (agent noun suffix). Compare accend. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses...
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word: acceptableness word_type: noun expansion: acceptableness (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From acceptable + -ness. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability. senses_topics:
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word: abnormality word_type: noun expansion: abnormality (countable and uncountable, plural abnormalities) forms: form: abnormalities tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abnormal + -ity. senses_examples: text: Taylor said that her fame makes her "sometimes" miss the normality of be...
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word: acapsular word_type: adj expansion: acapsular (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From a- + capsular. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Having no capsule. senses_topics: biology botany natural-sciences
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word: acceptancy word_type: noun expansion: acceptancy (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Here's a proof of gift, But here's no proof, sir, of acceptancy. ref: 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh, book 2 type: quotation senses_categories: se...
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word: acanthaceous word_type: adj expansion: acanthaceous (comparative more acanthaceous, superlative most acanthaceous) forms: form: more acanthaceous tags: comparative form: most acanthaceous tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From translingual Acanthaceae + -ous. senses_e...
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word: abysmally word_type: adv expansion: abysmally (comparative more abysmally, superlative most abysmally) forms: form: more abysmally tags: comparative form: most abysmally tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From abysmal + -ly. senses_examples: text: Abysmally ignor...
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word: hyponym word_type: noun expansion: hyponym (plural hyponyms) forms: form: hyponyms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From hyp- + -onym or hypo- + -nym; from Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma) ("appellation"), a Doric specific dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). sen...
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word: accessarily word_type: adv expansion: accessarily (comparative more accessarily, superlative most accessarily) forms: form: more accessarily tags: comparative form: most accessarily tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From accessary + -ly. senses_examples: senses_categ...
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word: Simplified Chinese word_type: name expansion: Simplified Chinese forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Chinese written using the forms of Chinese characters introduced by the PRC as script reform. The characters are simplified (with a reduced number...
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word: abuttal word_type: noun expansion: abuttal (plural abuttals) forms: form: abuttals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abut + -al. senses_examples: text: The land is set forth by bounds and abuttals. ref: 1596, Francis Bacon, Maxims of the Law type: quotation se...
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word: abuttal word_type: verb expansion: abuttal (third-person singular simple present abuttals, present participle abuttalling or abuttaling, simple past and past participle abuttalled or abuttaled) forms: form: abuttals tags: present singular third-person form: abuttalling tags: ...
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word: accend word_type: verb expansion: accend (third-person singular simple present accends, present participle accending, simple past and past participle accended) forms: form: accends tags: present singular third-person form: accending tags: participle present form: ac...
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word: absurdly word_type: adv expansion: absurdly (comparative more absurdly, superlative most absurdly) forms: form: more absurdly tags: comparative form: most absurdly tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From absurd + -ly. senses_examples: text: He orated absurdly. ...
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word: acanthine word_type: adj expansion: acanthine (comparative more acanthine, superlative most acanthine) forms: form: more acanthine tags: comparative form: most acanthine tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin acanthinus, from acanthus + English -ine (“relating t...
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word: absentee word_type: noun expansion: absentee (plural absentees) forms: form: absentees tags: plural wikipedia: absentee etymology_text: From absent + -ee. senses_examples: text: My trustees are going to lend Earl Blessington sixty thousand pounds (at six per cent.) on a Dublin mortgag...
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word: absentee word_type: adj expansion: absentee (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: absentee etymology_text: From absent + -ee. senses_examples: text: absentee father, absentee landlord, absentee freeholder type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Pertaining to someone who is absent, ...
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word: accessoriness word_type: noun expansion: accessoriness (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From accessory + -ness. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The state of being accessory, or connected subordinately. senses_topics:
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word: abrade word_type: verb expansion: abrade (third-person singular simple present abrades, present participle abrading, simple past and past participle abraded) forms: form: abrades tags: present singular third-person form: abrading tags: participle present form: abrad...
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word: abrade word_type: verb expansion: abrade (third-person singular simple present abrades, present participle abrading, simple past and past participle abraded) forms: form: abrades tags: present singular third-person form: abrading tags: participle present form: abrad...
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word: academian word_type: noun expansion: academian (plural academians) forms: form: academians tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From academia + -n (“belonging to”). senses_examples: text: A Young Academian having run himſelfe into deepe Arerages, inſomuch that his credit began to ...
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word: accessariness word_type: noun expansion: accessariness (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From accessary + -ness. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The state of being accessary. senses_topics:
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word: acantha word_type: noun expansion: acantha (plural acanthas) forms: form: acanthas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “thorn”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”). senses_examples: text: Moreover, all the outgrowths which I ha...
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word: academe word_type: noun expansion: academe (plural academes) forms: form: academes tags: plural wikipedia: Akademos Plato etymology_text: From New Latin academia, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía); Doublet of academy. Academe (frequently capitalized) is a poetic name for the garden or...
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word: acardiac word_type: adj expansion: acardiac (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek ἀκάρδιος (akárdios, “without a heart”) + -ac, after cardiac; by surface analysis, a- + cardi- + -ac. senses_examples: text: The fact of a perfect circulation in acardiac fœtuses and ...
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word: acarine word_type: adj expansion: acarine (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: By surface analysis, acar- + -ine; either coined as such, or perhaps predating the prefix per se; see acarid § Etymology. senses_examples: text: acarine diseases type: example senses_categories: s...
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word: acarine word_type: noun expansion: acarine (plural acarines) forms: form: acarines tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: By surface analysis, acar- + -ine; either coined as such, or perhaps predating the prefix per se; see acarid § Etymology. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_g...
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word: ablative word_type: adj expansion: ablative (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: ablative etymology_text: From Middle English ablative, ablatife, ablatyf, ablatif, from Old French ablatif (“the ablative case”), from Latin ablātīvus (“expressing removal”), from ablātus (“taken away”), from auferō (“I take...
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word: ablative word_type: noun expansion: ablative (plural ablatives) forms: form: ablatives tags: plural wikipedia: ablative etymology_text: From Middle English ablative, ablatife, ablatyf, ablatif, from Old French ablatif (“the ablative case”), from Latin ablātīvus (“expressing removal”), from a...
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word: absorptive word_type: adj expansion: absorptive (comparative more absorptive, superlative most absorptive) forms: form: more absorptive tags: comparative form: most absorptive tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From absorb + -tive. senses_examples: text: In pract...
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word: absorptive word_type: noun expansion: absorptive (plural absorptives) forms: form: absorptives tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From absorb + -tive. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Any substance that absorbs. senses_topics:
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word: academism word_type: noun expansion: academism (plural academisms) forms: form: academisms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From academy + -ism. senses_examples: text: For art, academism is death. Academism is the painting in the manner of some one else, whether that other be G...
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word: acceptedly word_type: adv expansion: acceptedly (comparative more acceptedly, superlative most acceptedly) forms: form: more acceptedly tags: comparative form: most acceptedly tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From accepted + -ly. senses_examples: text: Therefro...
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word: ablution word_type: noun expansion: ablution (countable and uncountable, plural ablutions) forms: form: ablutions tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English ablucioun (“cleansing of impurities”), from Old French ablution, and its source, Late Latin ablūtiō (“a washing away”...
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word: abdal word_type: noun expansion: abdal (plural abdals) forms: form: abdals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Arabic أَبْدَال (ʔabdāl), plural of بَدَل (badal, “a substitute; a good, religious man; saint”), from بَدَلَ (badala, “to replace”). senses_examples: senses_categories: ...
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word: accessional word_type: adj expansion: accessional forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From accession + -al. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Pertaining to accession; additional. senses_topics:
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word: Accadian word_type: adj expansion: Accadian (comparative more Accadian, superlative most Accadian) forms: form: more Accadian tags: comparative form: most Accadian tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Accad (alternative spelling of Akkad) + -ian. senses_examples: s...
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word: Accadian word_type: noun expansion: Accadian (plural Accadians) forms: form: Accadians tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Accad (alternative spelling of Akkad) + -ian. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative spelling of Akkadian senses_topics:
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word: Accadian word_type: name expansion: Accadian forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Accad (alternative spelling of Akkad) + -ian. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative spelling of Akkadian senses_topics:
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word: crude oil word_type: noun expansion: crude oil (usually uncountable, plural crude oils) forms: form: crude oils tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Further west, in Pembrokeshire, the Esso Petroleum Co. refinery at Milford Haven, opened last November, is de...
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word: accessorily word_type: adv expansion: accessorily (comparative more accessorily, superlative most accessorily) forms: form: more accessorily tags: comparative form: most accessorily tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From accessory + -ly. senses_examples: senses_categ...
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word: academically word_type: adv expansion: academically (comparative more academically, superlative most academically) forms: form: more academically tags: comparative form: most academically tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From academical + -ly or academic + -ally. sen...
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word: acceptive word_type: adj expansion: acceptive (comparative more acceptive, superlative most acceptive) forms: form: more acceptive tags: comparative form: most acceptive tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From accept + -ive. senses_examples: senses_categories: se...
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word: abstractionist word_type: adj expansion: abstractionist (comparative more abstractionist, superlative most abstractionist) forms: form: more abstractionist tags: comparative form: most abstractionist tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From abstraction + -ist. senses_ex...
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word: abstractionist word_type: noun expansion: abstractionist (plural abstractionists) forms: form: abstractionists tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abstraction + -ist. senses_examples: text: She punishes abstractionists, and will only forgive an induction which is rare and cas...
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word: acarus word_type: noun expansion: acarus (plural acari or acarina) forms: form: acari tags: plural form: acarina tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Learned borrowing from New Latin acarus, from Ancient Greek ἀκαρί (akarí, “cheese mite, tick”). senses_examples: text: w...
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word: abashed word_type: adj expansion: abashed (comparative more abashed, superlative most abashed) forms: form: more abashed tags: comparative form: most abashed tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Embarrassed, discon...
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word: abashed word_type: verb expansion: abashed forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of abash senses_topics:
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word: accessibly word_type: adv expansion: accessibly (comparative more accessibly, superlative most accessibly) forms: form: more accessibly tags: comparative form: most accessibly tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From accessible + -ly. senses_examples: senses_categories...
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word: acceptilation word_type: noun expansion: acceptilation (countable and uncountable, plural acceptilations) forms: form: acceptilations tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin acceptilatio (“entry of a debt collected, acquittance”), from past participle of accipere (compare accept)...
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word: accommodately word_type: adv expansion: accommodately (comparative more accommodately, superlative most accommodately) forms: form: more accommodately tags: comparative form: most accommodately tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From accommodate + -ly. senses_examples:...
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word: acceptably word_type: adv expansion: acceptably (comparative more acceptably, superlative most acceptably) forms: form: more acceptably tags: comparative form: most acceptably tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From acceptable + -ly. senses_examples: senses_categorie...
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word: accombination word_type: noun expansion: accombination (plural accombinations) forms: form: accombinations tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin; the first part is equivalent to ad; the second part to combination. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A combin...
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word: acclivitous word_type: adj expansion: acclivitous (comparative more acclivitous, superlative most acclivitous) forms: form: more acclivitous tags: comparative form: most acclivitous tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: shut in on both sides ...
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word: acclimature word_type: noun expansion: acclimature (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: From this we must except the attack of fever, denominated acclimature or seasoning, to which they are usually subject in the first or second summer after their arrival. re...
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word: acclivous word_type: adj expansion: acclivous forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Latin acclivis and acclivus. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: sloping upward; rising like a hillside. senses_topics:
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word: academicism word_type: noun expansion: academicism (countable and uncountable, plural academicisms) forms: form: academicisms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From academic + -ism. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The doctrines of Plato's academy; specifi...
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word: accessive word_type: adj expansion: accessive (comparative more accessive, superlative most accessive) forms: form: more accessive tags: comparative form: most accessive tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: addit...
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word: accessive word_type: adj expansion: accessive forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Misspelling of excessive. senses_topics:
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word: accoast word_type: verb expansion: accoast (third-person singular simple present accoasts, present participle accoasting, simple past and past participle accoasted) forms: form: accoasts tags: present singular third-person form: accoasting tags: participle present form:...
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word: accommodateness word_type: noun expansion: accommodateness (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From accommodate + -ness. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Fitness. senses_topics:
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word: acclimatation word_type: noun expansion: acclimatation (countable and uncountable, plural acclimatations) forms: form: acclimatations tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French acclimatation. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Acclimatization. senses_topics:
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word: acception word_type: noun expansion: acception (plural acceptions) forms: form: acceptions tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English accepcioun, from Middle French accepcion (Modern French acception) and Latin acceptiō, acceptiōnis (“acceptance”). By surface analysis, acce...
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word: accordantly word_type: adv expansion: accordantly (comparative more accordantly, superlative most accordantly) forms: form: more accordantly tags: comparative form: most accordantly tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From accordant + -ly. senses_examples: senses_categ...
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word: accordment word_type: noun expansion: accordment (plural accordments) forms: form: accordments tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English accordement, from Old French acordement. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Agreement; reconcilement. senses_topics...
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word: accordancy word_type: noun expansion: accordancy (usually uncountable, plural accordancies) forms: form: accordancies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: This mention of alms and offerings certainly brings the narrative in the Acts nearer to an accordancy w...
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word: accountableness word_type: noun expansion: accountableness (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From accountable + -ness. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The quality or state of being accountable; accountability. senses_topics:
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word: Traditional Chinese word_type: name expansion: Traditional Chinese forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Chinese written using the traditional form of Chinese characters, as opposed to Simplified Chinese (introduced by the PRC as script reform). sen...
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word: aardvark word_type: noun expansion: aardvark (plural aardvarks) forms: form: aardvarks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Afrikaans aardvark (obsolete), erdvark, from aarde (“earth”, from Middle Dutch aerde) + vark (“pig”, from Middle Dutch varken). Early European colonis...
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word: accrementitial word_type: adj expansion: accrementitial forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Pertaining to accrementition. senses_topics: medicine physiology sciences
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word: abolition word_type: noun expansion: abolition (plural abolitions) forms: form: abolitions tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in 1529. Either from Middle French abolition, or directly from Latin abolitiō, from aboleō (“destroy”). Compare French abolition. Equivalent to a...
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word: accessorial word_type: adj expansion: accessorial forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From accessory + -al. senses_examples: text: accessorial agency; accessorial guilt type: example text: The pope sits upon a draped throne chair, robed in full pontificals, holding the keys in one hand...
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word: accessorial word_type: noun expansion: accessorial (plural accessorials) forms: form: accessorials tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From accessory + -al. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An assessorial charge. senses_topics:
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word: aboriginal word_type: adj expansion: aboriginal (comparative more aboriginal, superlative most aboriginal) forms: form: more aboriginal tags: comparative form: most aboriginal tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: See Aboriginal. senses_examples: text: Green in the ...
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word: aboriginal word_type: noun expansion: aboriginal (plural aboriginals) forms: form: aboriginals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: See Aboriginal. senses_examples: text: It may be welldoubted whether this frog is an aboriginal of these islands. ref: 1839, Charles Darwin, Jou...