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word: abhorrency word_type: noun expansion: abhorrency (plural abhorrencies) forms: form: abhorrencies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abhorrence + -y. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Aberrancy. Quality of being abhorrent; feeling of abhorrence. someth...
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word: abandonedly word_type: adv expansion: abandonedly (comparative more abandonedly, superlative most abandonedly) forms: form: more abandonedly tags: comparative form: most abandonedly tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From abandoned + -ly. senses_examples: text: I...
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word: abietene word_type: noun expansion: abietene (plural abietenes) forms: form: abietenes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: * abietic + -ene * From Latin abies (“silver fir (tree)”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam...
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word: ablet word_type: noun expansion: ablet (plural ablets) forms: form: ablets tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French ablet, ablette, a diminutive from Late Latin abula, for albula, diminutive of albus (“white”). Compare abele. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: ...
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word: abdicative word_type: adj expansion: abdicative (comparative more abdicative, superlative most abdicative) forms: form: more abdicative tags: comparative form: most abdicative tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From abdicate + -ive. senses_examples: senses_categories:...
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word: abdicative word_type: noun expansion: abdicative (plural abdicatives) forms: form: abdicatives tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin abdicativus. senses_examples: text: The fourth mood is that which brings together directly a particular abdicative from a particular dedica...
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word: abluvion word_type: noun expansion: abluvion (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Late Latin abluvio. See abluent. senses_examples: text: This interval has been greatly extended towards Hadley since the settlement of this country. Several considerable lots have been washed away f...
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word: ablatitious word_type: adj expansion: ablatitious (comparative more ablatitious, superlative most ablatitious) forms: form: more ablatitious tags: comparative form: most ablatitious tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: the ablatitious force ...
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word: abettal word_type: noun expansion: abettal (plural abettals) forms: form: abettals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abet + -al. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: abetment senses_topics:
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word: aborsement word_type: noun expansion: aborsement (usually uncountable, plural aborsements) forms: form: aborsements tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abortment; abortion senses_topics:
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word: abligate word_type: verb expansion: abligate (third-person singular simple present abligates, present participle abligating, simple past and past participle abligated) forms: form: abligates tags: present singular third-person form: abligating tags: participle present f...
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word: abnet word_type: noun expansion: abnet (plural abnets) forms: form: abnets tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Hebrew אבנט (avnet, “girdle, belt”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer. senses_topics:
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word: abele word_type: noun expansion: abele (plural abeles) forms: form: abeles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abelle, albell, aubel, from Old French aubel, aubiel, from Medieval Latin albellus (“white poplar”), diminutive of Latin albus (“white”). Some forms after M...
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word: aborsive word_type: adj expansion: aborsive (comparative more aborsive, superlative most aborsive) forms: form: more aborsive tags: comparative form: most aborsive tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Besides, most of these designes were abo...
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word: denotation word_type: noun expansion: denotation (countable and uncountable, plural denotations) forms: form: denotations tags: plural wikipedia: denotation etymology_text: From Late Latin dēnotātiō, from Latin dēnotāre (“to denote, mark out”) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns of action), from dē...
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word: abashment word_type: noun expansion: abashment (countable and uncountable, plural abashments) forms: form: abashments tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abaisshment, from Middle French abaissement (“astonishment”) alteration of esbaissement, from esbaiss + -ment. Co...
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word: abandonee word_type: noun expansion: abandonee (plural abandonees) forms: form: abandonees tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abandon + -ee. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: One to whom something is abandoned. senses_topics: law
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word: abdicant word_type: adj expansion: abdicant (comparative more abdicant, superlative most abdicant) forms: form: more abdicant tags: comparative form: most abdicant tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From abdicate + -ant. senses_examples: text: monks abdicant of t...
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word: abdicant word_type: noun expansion: abdicant (plural abdicants) forms: form: abdicants tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abdicate + -ant. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: One who abdicates. senses_topics:
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word: abearance word_type: noun expansion: abearance (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From abear + -ance. senses_examples: text: The other species of recognizance, with sureties, is tor the good abearance or good behaviour. ref: 1769, Sir William Blackstone, Commentaries on the La...
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word: abbacy word_type: noun expansion: abbacy (plural abbacies) forms: form: abbacies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abbathie, from Late Latin abbātia, from abbās, abbātis (“abbot”). Doublet of abbey and Opatija. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: ...
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word: aboriginality word_type: noun expansion: aboriginality (countable and uncountable, plural aboriginalities) forms: form: aboriginalities tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From aboriginal + -ity. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The quality of being aboriginal...
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word: aboding word_type: noun expansion: aboding (plural abodings) forms: form: abodings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From a + bode + ing. senses_examples: text: Why suffer you that ill-aboding vermin To breed so near your bosom? ref: 1625, George Chapman, J. M. R. Margeson...
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word: aboding word_type: verb expansion: aboding forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From a + bode + ing. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and gerund of abode senses_topics:
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word: abominableness word_type: noun expansion: abominableness (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From abominable + -ness. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The characteristic of being abominable; odiousness. senses_topics:
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word: abought word_type: verb expansion: abought forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of aby senses_topics:
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word: abluent word_type: adj expansion: abluent (comparative more abluent, superlative most abluent) forms: form: more abluent tags: comparative form: most abluent tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin abluēns, present active participle of abluō (“I wash off or away;...
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word: abluent word_type: noun expansion: abluent (plural abluents) forms: form: abluents tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin abluēns, present active participle of abluō (“I wash off or away; cleanse, purify”), from ab (“from, away from”) + lavō (“I wash, cleanse”). See lave. senses...
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word: abhorrible word_type: adj expansion: abhorrible (comparative more abhorrible, superlative most abhorrible) forms: form: more abhorrible tags: comparative form: most abhorrible tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From abhor + -ible. senses_examples: senses_categories: ...
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word: abidance word_type: noun expansion: abidance (plural abidances) forms: form: abidances tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abiden, from Old English ābīdan (“wait”), from ā + bīdan (“to bide, remain”) + ance. * abide + -ance. senses_examples: text: No wonder th...
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word: abetter word_type: noun expansion: abetter (plural abetters) forms: form: abetters tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abet + -er. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of abettor senses_topics:
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word: Aaron's rod word_type: noun expansion: Aaron's rod (countable and uncountable, plural Aaron's rods) forms: form: Aaron's rods tags: plural wikipedia: Aaron's rod (disambiguation) etymology_text: A reference to Numbers 17:8, the Authorized / KJV translation of which is "And it came to pass, t...
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word: abortment word_type: noun expansion: abortment (plural abortments) forms: form: abortments tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abort + -ment. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abortion. senses_topics:
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word: about-sledge word_type: noun expansion: about-sledge (plural about-sledges) forms: form: about-sledges tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The largest hammer used by smiths. senses_topics:
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word: abortively word_type: adv expansion: abortively (comparative more abortively, superlative most abortively) forms: form: more abortively tags: comparative form: most abortively tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From abortive + -ly. senses_examples: senses_categories: ...
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word: abdominoscopy word_type: noun expansion: abdominoscopy (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From abdomino- + -scopy. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease, using an endoscope. senses_topics: medicine sciences
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word: abearing word_type: noun expansion: abearing (plural abearings) forms: form: abearings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abear + -ing. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Behaviour. senses_topics:
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word: abearing word_type: verb expansion: abearing forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From abear + -ing. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and gerund of abear senses_topics:
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word: ab- word_type: prefix expansion: ab- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin ab-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“off, away”) (English off, of). See Proto-Indo-European *apo-. Doublet of apo- and off-. senses_examples: text: ab- + sorb → absorb type: example text: ab- + normal...
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word: ab- word_type: prefix expansion: ab- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Abbreviation of absolute. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A unit of electromagnetic charge in the centimeter-gram-second system: the abcoulomb. senses_topics: natural-sciences physical-sciences physics
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word: abjectly word_type: adv expansion: abjectly (comparative more abjectly, superlative most abjectly) forms: form: more abjectly tags: comparative form: most abjectly tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abjectli (“with great humility”), from abject (“ou...
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word: abb word_type: noun expansion: abb (countable and uncountable, plural abbs) forms: form: abbs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English ab, abbe, from Old English āweb, āb, ōweb, from away + web (“warp thread”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A...
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word: polysemic word_type: adj expansion: polysemic (comparative more polysemic, superlative most polysemic) forms: form: more polysemic tags: comparative form: most polysemic tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From polyseme + -ic. senses_examples: text: As a series of...
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word: aberrance word_type: noun expansion: aberrance (countable and uncountable, plural aberrances) forms: form: aberrances tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From aberr (“to stray”), from Latin aberrō (“to wander from the way”) + -ance. senses_examples: text: Like Miller, George Lione...
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word: Pope Julius word_type: noun expansion: Pope Julius (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Unknown. Presumably named after Pope Julius II, the Warrior Pope. senses_examples: text: Of Pope Julius cardys he ys chefe cardynall. ref: 1525, John Skelton, Speke, Parrot type: quotat...
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word: abolisher word_type: noun expansion: abolisher (plural abolishers) forms: form: abolishers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abolish + -er. senses_examples: text: […] I am not come to bee an abolisher of the lawe. ref: 1548, Nicholas Udall, transl., The First Tome or ...
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word: abortional word_type: adj expansion: abortional (comparative more abortional, superlative most abortional) forms: form: more abortional tags: comparative form: most abortional tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From abortion + -al. senses_examples: senses_categories: ...
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word: abbreviature word_type: noun expansion: abbreviature (countable and uncountable, plural abbreviatures) forms: form: abbreviatures tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Medieval Latin abbreviātūra, from Late Latin abbreviō (“shorten, abbreviate”). See also abbreviate. senses_examples:...
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word: abnegative word_type: adj expansion: abnegative (comparative more abnegative, superlative most abnegative) forms: form: more abnegative tags: comparative form: most abnegative tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin abnegativus. senses_examples: text: There...
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word: Abrahamitic word_type: adj expansion: Abrahamitic (comparative more Abrahamitic, superlative most Abrahamitic) forms: form: more Abrahamitic tags: comparative form: most Abrahamitic tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosse...
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word: abjection word_type: noun expansion: abjection (countable and uncountable, plural abjections) forms: form: abjections tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abjeccioun, from either Middle French abjection or Late Latin abiectiōn-, from Latin abiectus (“cast down”). * Se...
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word: abalienation word_type: noun expansion: abalienation (countable and uncountable, plural abalienations) forms: form: abalienations tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin abalienatio. Equivalent to abalienate + -ion. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The ac...
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word: abhominable word_type: adj expansion: abhominable (comparative more abhominable, superlative most abhominable) forms: form: more abhominable tags: comparative form: most abhominable tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in the 1300s, a variant of abominable...
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word: abnormous word_type: adj expansion: abnormous (comparative more abnormous, superlative most abnormous) forms: form: more abnormous tags: comparative form: most abnormous tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin abnormis, from ab- + norma (“rule”), + -ous. For more...
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word: abolishable word_type: adj expansion: abolishable (comparative more abolishable, superlative most abolishable) forms: form: more abolishable tags: comparative form: most abolishable tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From abolish + -able. Compare French abolissable. se...
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word: abricock word_type: noun expansion: abricock (plural abricocks) forms: form: abricocks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: apricot senses_topics:
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word: aband word_type: verb expansion: aband (third-person singular simple present abands, present participle abanding, simple past and past participle abanded) forms: form: abands tags: present singular third-person form: abanding tags: participle present form: abanded ...
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word: abdominous word_type: adj expansion: abdominous (comparative more abdominous, superlative most abdominous) forms: form: more abdominous tags: comparative form: most abdominous tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From abdomin- + -ous. senses_examples: text: Gorgoni...
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word: ablactation word_type: noun expansion: ablactation (countable and uncountable, plural ablactations) forms: form: ablactations tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English ablactacioun from Late Latin ablactatio, ablactō (“to wean”) from ab (“without”) + lacto (“suckle”), from...
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word: above-cited word_type: adj expansion: above-cited (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Cited before, in the preceding part of a text. senses_topics:
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word: abranchial word_type: adj expansion: abranchial (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From a- + branchial. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Lacking gills. senses_topics: biology natural-sciences zoology
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word: aboma word_type: noun expansion: aboma (plural abomas) forms: form: abomas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Sranan Tongo aboma, from Fanti Akan aboma (“large constricting snake”), perhaps via French aboma. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Any of the large ...
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word: abox word_type: adv expansion: abox (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From a- + box (“boxhaul”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Braced aback senses_topics: nautical transport
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word: abox word_type: adj expansion: abox (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From a- + box (“boxhaul”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Braced aback senses_topics: nautical transport
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word: abraum word_type: noun expansion: abraum (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From German abräumen (“to remove”), from ab (“from”) (Old High German aba (“away”)) + raum (“space”) (Old High German rūm). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A red ocher used to darken mahoga...
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word: abbatial word_type: adj expansion: abbatial (comparative more abbatial, superlative most abbatial) forms: form: more abbatial tags: comparative form: most abbatial tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abbacyal, from Middle French abbatial, from Late L...
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word: aborticide word_type: noun expansion: aborticide (countable and uncountable, plural aborticides) forms: form: aborticides tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abortion + -cide (“killing; killer”). senses_examples: text: As physician I frequently find it helpful to express some...
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word: abreption word_type: noun expansion: abreption (plural abreptions) forms: form: abreptions tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin abreptus, perfect passive participle of abripiō (“snatch away”); from ab (“away”) + rapiō (“snatch”). senses_examples: text: Who now and then a...
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word: abed word_type: adv expansion: abed (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abedde, on bedde (“bed”), from Old English bedd (“bed”). Equivalent to a- (“in, on”) + bed. senses_examples: text: Not to be abed after midnight ref: c. 1564–1616, William Shakespeare...
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word: abranchiate word_type: adj expansion: abranchiate (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: * First attested in the 19th century. * a- (“not”) + branchiate (“gills”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Without gills. senses_topics: biology natural-sciences zoology
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word: abranchiate word_type: noun expansion: abranchiate (plural abranchiates) forms: form: abranchiates tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: * First attested in the 19th century. * a- (“not”) + branchiate (“gills”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An organism that does...
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word: abjuration word_type: noun expansion: abjuration (countable and uncountable, plural abjurations) forms: form: abjurations tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested around 1439. From Middle English abjuracioun, from Latin abiūrātiō (“forswearing, abjuration”), from ab (“from, aw...
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word: abrenounce word_type: verb expansion: abrenounce (third-person singular simple present abrenounces, present participle abrenouncing, simple past and past participle abrenounced) forms: form: abrenounces tags: present singular third-person form: abrenouncing tags: participle ...
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word: abraxas word_type: noun expansion: abraxas (plural abraxases) forms: form: abraxases tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Mistaken spelling of Abrasax. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A transcription of Abrasax. senses_topics: Gnosticism lifestyle religion
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word: abit word_type: adv expansion: abit (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of a bit. senses_topics:
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word: current events word_type: noun expansion: current events pl (normally plural, singular current event) forms: form: current event tags: singular wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Current affairs; those events and issues of interest currently ...
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word: abradant word_type: noun expansion: abradant (plural abradants) forms: form: abradants tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abrade + -ant. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.; an abrasive. senses_...
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word: abradant word_type: adj expansion: abradant (comparative more abradant, superlative most abradant) forms: form: more abradant tags: comparative form: most abradant tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From abrade + -ant. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_gloss...
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word: aboriginally word_type: adv expansion: aboriginally (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From aboriginal + -ly. senses_examples: text: […] music, like verse, can do rhythm but it is only poetry that can yoke words together in rhyme (sometimes, of course, and aboriginally, at the se...
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word: abolitionize word_type: verb expansion: abolitionize (third-person singular simple present abolitionizes, present participle abolitionizing, simple past and past participle abolitionized) forms: form: abolitionizes tags: present singular third-person form: abolitionizing tags: ...
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word: Abderite word_type: noun expansion: Abderite (plural Abderites) forms: form: Abderites tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin Abderita, Abderites, from Ancient Greek Ἀβδηρίτης (Abdērítēs). senses_examples: text: To that end they entered the borders of the Abderites in anot...
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word: abear word_type: verb expansion: abear (third-person singular simple present abears, present participle abearing, simple past abore, past participle aborn or aborne) forms: form: abears tags: present singular third-person form: abearing tags: participle present form: ...
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word: abear word_type: noun expansion: abear (plural abears) forms: form: abears tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English aberen, from Old English āberan (“to bear, carry, carry away”), from ā- (“away, out”), a- + beran (“to bear”), from Proto-Germanic *uzberaną (“to bear off, ...
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word: aboveboard word_type: adj expansion: aboveboard (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Facebook, for its part, maintains that the data-collection activity its Research app undertook was aboveboard and not at all duplicitous. ref: 2019 January 31, Ian Bog...
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word: abecedarian word_type: noun expansion: abecedarian (plural abecedarians) forms: form: abecedarians tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Late Latin abecedarius (from the first four letters of the Latin alphabet + -arius). Equivalent to abecedary + -an. Compare abecedary. senses_examp...
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word: abecedarian word_type: adj expansion: abecedarian (comparative more abecedarian, superlative most abecedarian) forms: form: more abecedarian tags: comparative form: most abecedarian tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Late Latin abecedarius (from the first four let...
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word: ablegate word_type: verb expansion: ablegate (third-person singular simple present ablegates, present participle ablegating, simple past and past participle ablegated) forms: form: ablegates tags: present singular third-person form: ablegating tags: participle present f...
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word: ablegate word_type: noun expansion: ablegate (plural ablegates) forms: form: ablegates tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French ablégate, from Latin ablēgātus, perfect passive participle of ablēgō (“I send off or away; banish”), from ab (“from, away from”) + lēgō (“I dis...
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word: false friend word_type: noun expansion: false friend (plural false friends) forms: form: false friends tags: plural wikipedia: false friend etymology_text: Calque of French faux-ami, from the longer phrase faux amis du traducteur (“false friends of a translator”), first used by Maxime Kœssle...
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word: abreuvoir word_type: noun expansion: abreuvoir (plural abreuvoirs) forms: form: abreuvoirs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French abreuvoir (“a watering place”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A cold water drinking fountain (for people) typic...
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word: abatement word_type: noun expansion: abatement (countable and uncountable, plural abatements) forms: form: abatements tags: plural wikipedia: abatement etymology_text: From Middle English abatement, from Anglo-Norman abatre (“to abate”) (from Old French abatre), + -ment; equivalent to abate ...
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word: abrenunciation word_type: noun expansion: abrenunciation (plural abrenunciations) forms: form: abrenunciations tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From either Old French abrenonciation or from Late Latin abrenuntiatio, from Late Latin abrenuntiatiō, from ab + renuntiatiō (“to renounce”)...
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word: abbreviated word_type: adj expansion: abbreviated (comparative more abbreviated, superlative most abbreviated) forms: form: more abbreviated tags: comparative form: most abbreviated tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The abbreviated lesson...
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word: abbreviated word_type: verb expansion: abbreviated forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of abbreviate senses_topics:
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word: abelmosk word_type: noun expansion: abelmosk (countable and uncountable, plural abelmosks) forms: form: abelmosks tags: plural wikipedia: abelmosk etymology_text: From New Latin abelmoschus, from Arabic حَبّ الْمِسْك (ḥabb al-misk, “pills of musk”). senses_examples: text: Egyptian Ketm...
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word: abridger word_type: noun expansion: abridger (plural abridgers) forms: form: abridgers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abridge + -er. senses_examples: text: I am an abridger. When I tell people, at a party for instance, that I am an abridger, their faces cloud with confus...
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word: abscision word_type: noun expansion: abscision (countable and uncountable, plural abscisions) forms: form: abscisions tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin abscisiō. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A cutting away. senses_topics:
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word: abranchiata word_type: noun expansion: abranchiata (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”) + -ata. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An order of annelids, so called because the species compo...
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word: abandoner word_type: noun expansion: abandoner (plural abandoners) forms: form: abandoners tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abandon + -er. senses_examples: text: Sin-hating powers, reformers of all vice, Abandoners of euil and cruell actes, Cease to pursue with weapons of ...
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word: abray word_type: verb expansion: abray (third-person singular simple present abrays, present participle abraying, simple past and past participle abrayed) forms: form: abrays tags: present singular third-person form: abraying tags: participle present form: abrayed ...