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word: ably word_type: adv expansion: ably (comparative more ably, superlative most ably) forms: form: more ably tags: comparative form: most ably tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abeliche, abelyche, abilliche, abliche; equivalent to able + -ly. senses_e...
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word: abortiveness word_type: noun expansion: abortiveness (usually uncountable, plural abortivenesses) forms: form: abortivenesses tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abortive + -ness. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The quality of being abortive. The result ...
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word: abrogative word_type: adj expansion: abrogative (comparative more abrogative, superlative most abrogative) forms: form: more abrogative tags: comparative form: most abrogative tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From abrogate + -ive. senses_examples: text: an abro...
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word: abalienate word_type: verb expansion: abalienate (third-person singular simple present abalienates, present participle abalienating, simple past and past participle abalienated) forms: form: abalienates tags: present singular third-person form: abalienating tags: participle ...
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word: abligurition word_type: noun expansion: abligurition (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *h₂epó Learned borrowing from Late Latin abligurrītiō (“act of devouring; act of spending in feasting”), from abligurriō (“to lick away; (figuratively) to spend or waste indulgently, squander...
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word: abrogator word_type: noun expansion: abrogator (plural abrogators) forms: form: abrogators tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abrogate + -or. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Agent noun of abrogate; one who abrogates. senses_topics:
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word: ableness word_type: noun expansion: ableness (usually uncountable, plural ablenesses) forms: form: ablenesses tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abilnes; equivalent to able + -ness. senses_examples: text: She knew how to do things and make things and even her ...
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word: abhorrence word_type: noun expansion: abhorrence (countable and uncountable, plural abhorrences) forms: form: abhorrences tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abhorrent + -ence. senses_examples: text: My abhorrence of this fiend cannot be conceived. ref: 1818, Mary Shell...
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word: abrook word_type: verb expansion: abrook (third-person singular simple present abrooks, present participle abrooking, simple past and past participle abrooked) forms: form: abrooks tags: present singular third-person form: abrooking tags: participle present form: ab...
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word: abnormally word_type: adv expansion: abnormally (comparative more abnormally, superlative most abnormally) forms: form: more abnormally tags: comparative form: most abnormally tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From abnormal + -ly. senses_examples: text: Living, ...
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word: abnormity word_type: noun expansion: abnormity (countable and uncountable, plural abnormities) forms: form: abnormities tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abnorm(al) + -ity, from Late Latin abnormitas, from Latin abnormis (“irregular, abnormal”), from ab + norm (“rule, pattern”). ...
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word: abominably word_type: adv expansion: abominably (comparative more abominably, superlative most abominably) forms: form: more abominably tags: comparative form: most abominably tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From abominable + -ly. senses_examples: text: He lit...
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word: abeam word_type: adv expansion: abeam (comparative more abeam, superlative most abeam) forms: form: more abeam tags: comparative form: most abeam tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From a- (“in the direction of”) + beam (“keel”). senses_examples: text: […] waves ...
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word: abeam word_type: adj expansion: abeam (comparative more abeam, superlative most abeam) forms: form: more abeam tags: comparative form: most abeam tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From a- (“in the direction of”) + beam (“keel”). senses_examples: text: The sound ...
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word: abeam word_type: prep expansion: abeam forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From a- (“in the direction of”) + beam (“keel”). senses_examples: text: She came abeam the crippled ship. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alongside. senses_topics: nautical transport
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word: abeam word_type: adj expansion: abeam (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From a- + beam (“to emit beams of light”). senses_examples: text: 1876, William Davidson, Sermons on the Parables, Cincinnati: Western Tract Society, Sermon 1, p. 41, […] the hearts of the saints [will] be a...
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word: abiding word_type: adj expansion: abiding (comparative more abiding, superlative most abiding) forms: form: more abiding tags: comparative form: most abiding tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Present participle or participial adjective from abide (verb) + -ing; or, fr...
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word: abiding word_type: verb expansion: abiding forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Present participle or participial adjective from abide (verb) + -ing; or, from Middle English participle form of abiden, abyden (“to abide”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and geru...
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word: abiding word_type: noun expansion: abiding (plural abidings) forms: form: abidings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abydynge, abidynge, -inge [verbal noun of abiden, abyden (“to abide”)], from Old English abīdung; or, verbal noun from abide (verb) + -ing. senses_e...
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word: encyclopaedia word_type: noun expansion: encyclopaedia (plural encyclopaedias or encyclopaediae) forms: form: encyclopaedias tags: plural form: encyclopaediae tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From New Latin encyclopaedia, variant of earlier encyclopedia, q.v. senses_examp...
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word: abscession word_type: noun expansion: abscession (plural abscessions) forms: form: abscessions tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Latin abscessio (“a separation”); from abscedere. See abscess. senses_examples: text: […] neither justly excommunicated out of that particular Church,...
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word: hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia word_type: noun expansion: hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Misspelling of hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. senses_topics:
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word: abnegation word_type: noun expansion: abnegation (countable and uncountable, plural abnegations) forms: form: abnegations tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested before 1398. From Middle English abnegacioun, borrowed from Late Latin abnegātiō, from abnegō (“refuse, deny”), fr...
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word: abloom word_type: adv expansion: abloom (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From a- (“in”) + bloom (“flower”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: In or into bloom; in a blooming state; having flower blooms unfolding. senses_topics:
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word: abloom word_type: adj expansion: abloom (comparative more abloom, superlative most abloom) forms: form: more abloom tags: comparative form: most abloom tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From a- (“in”) + bloom (“flower”). senses_examples: text: [Krazy Kat:] How c...
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word: aboon word_type: prep expansion: aboon forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abone, abowne, from abuven, from Old English abūfan (“above”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Above. senses_topics:
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word: aboon word_type: adv expansion: aboon (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abone, abowne, from abuven, from Old English abūfan (“above”). senses_examples: text: The ceiling fair that rose aboon. ref: 1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay type: q...
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word: aboon word_type: adj expansion: aboon (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abone, abowne, from abuven, from Old English abūfan (“above”). senses_examples: text: The Sun ſhall change, the Moon to change ſhall ceaſe; The Gaits to clim-----the Sheep to yield the Fl...
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word: aboon word_type: noun expansion: aboon (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abone, abowne, from abuven, from Old English abūfan (“above”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Above. senses_topics:
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word: freedom of speech word_type: noun expansion: freedom of speech (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: The concept and the term are ancient; Athens’ democratic ideology of free speech (παρρησία (parrhēsía)) is thought to have emerged in the 5th or 6th century B.C.E. The first occurrence of the...
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word: abolishment word_type: noun expansion: abolishment (countable and uncountable, plural abolishments) forms: form: abolishments tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French abolissement, from aboliss-, stem of some conjugated forms abolir, equivalent to abolish + -ment. senses_e...
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word: abeyant word_type: adj expansion: abeyant (comparative more abeyant, superlative most abeyant) forms: form: more abeyant tags: comparative form: most abeyant tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Back-formation from abeyance + -ant. senses_examples: text: This statu...
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word: abovedeck word_type: adv expansion: abovedeck (comparative more abovedeck, superlative most abovedeck) forms: form: more abovedeck tags: comparative form: most abovedeck tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From above + deck. senses_examples: text: Dress warmly so ...
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word: abovedeck word_type: adj expansion: abovedeck (comparative more abovedeck, superlative most abovedeck) forms: form: more abovedeck tags: comparative form: most abovedeck tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From above + deck. senses_examples: text: These heating el...
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word: abovedeck word_type: noun expansion: abovedeck forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From above + deck. senses_examples: text: It's a good idea to plan these jobs in logical steps, working down from abovedeck to the bilge. ref: 1978, Martin Levin, How to Get from January Through December in Po...
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word: abrogable word_type: adj expansion: abrogable (comparative more abrogable, superlative most abrogable) forms: form: more abrogable tags: comparative form: most abrogable tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin abrogō. Equivalent to abrogate + -able. senses_exampl...
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word: abnegator word_type: noun expansion: abnegator (plural abnegators) forms: form: abnegators tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Late Latin abnegator, from abnegatus. Equivalent to abnegate + -or. senses_examples: text: On the other side, representing a serpentine generation wh...
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word: abovesaid word_type: adj expansion: abovesaid (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From above + said. senses_examples: text: ...which being disagreeable to the animal œconomy, is thrust out by nature, into the glands that separate the oyl abovesaid. ref: 1734, William Stukele...
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word: abhorrent word_type: adj expansion: abhorrent (comparative more abhorrent, superlative most abhorrent) forms: form: more abhorrent tags: comparative form: most abhorrent tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin abhorrēns, abhorrēntis, present active parti...
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word: aberrate word_type: verb expansion: aberrate (third-person singular simple present aberrates, present participle aberrating, simple past and past participle aberrated) forms: form: aberrates tags: present singular third-person form: aberrating tags: participle present f...
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word: Abraham man word_type: noun expansion: Abraham man (plural Abraham men) forms: form: Abraham men tags: plural wikipedia: Abraham-men John Awdely etymology_text: Britain pre-1561. From patients claiming, genuinely or not, to be temporarily discharged from the Abraham ward at Bethlem Royal H...
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word: able-bodied word_type: adj expansion: able-bodied (comparative more able-bodied, superlative most able-bodied) forms: form: more able-bodied tags: comparative form: most able-bodied tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From able body + -ed. senses_examples: text: A...
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word: Fabian word_type: adj expansion: Fabian (comparative more Fabian, superlative most Fabian) forms: form: more Fabian tags: comparative form: most Fabian tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin Fabiānus (“belonging to Fabius”), derived from Fabius + -ānus. senses_e...
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word: Fabian word_type: noun expansion: Fabian (plural Fabians) forms: form: Fabians tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin Fabiānus (“belonging to Fabius”), derived from Fabius + -ānus. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A Fabian socialist, a gradualist socialist...
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word: Fabian word_type: name expansion: Fabian forms: wikipedia: Fabian (name) etymology_text: From Latin Fabiānus (“belonging to Fabius”), derived from Fabius + -ānus. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A male given name from Latin. A surname. senses_topics:
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word: multiculturalism word_type: noun expansion: multiculturalism (countable and uncountable, plural multiculturalisms) forms: form: multiculturalisms tags: plural wikipedia: multiculturalism etymology_text: From multicultural + -ism. senses_examples: text: The truth is that diversity, a ki...
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word: aborted word_type: adj expansion: aborted (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From abort + -ed. senses_examples: text: Spines are aborted branches. type: example text: The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their mature state. ref: 1855, Richard ...
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word: aborted word_type: verb expansion: aborted forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From abort + -ed. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of abort senses_topics:
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word: abrood word_type: adv expansion: abrood (comparative more abrood, superlative most abrood) forms: form: more abrood tags: comparative form: most abrood tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abrod, equivalent to a- + brood. senses_examples: text: ...
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word: abrood word_type: adj expansion: abrood (comparative more abrood, superlative most abrood) forms: form: more abrood tags: comparative form: most abrood tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abrod, equivalent to a- + brood. senses_examples: senses_cat...
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word: abash word_type: verb expansion: abash (third-person singular simple present abashes, present participle abashing, simple past and past participle abashed) forms: form: abashes tags: present singular third-person form: abashing tags: participle present form: abashed...
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word: abruptness word_type: noun expansion: abruptness (usually uncountable, plural abruptnesses) forms: form: abruptnesses tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abrupt + -ness. senses_examples: text: So be neither diffuse with damp and slippery words nor blunt the edge of your disc...
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word: abhorrer word_type: noun expansion: abhorrer (plural abhorrers) forms: form: abhorrers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abhor + -er. senses_examples: text: Be they what they may, the barbarities of the Catholics of those times had their limits: but of this abhorrer of Cath...
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word: abada word_type: noun expansion: abada (plural abadas) forms: form: abadas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Portuguese abada (“female rhinoceros”), from Malay badak (“rhinoceros”). senses_examples: text: It is certain that the unicorn is not to be confounded with the abad...
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word: abditory word_type: noun expansion: abditory (plural abditories) forms: form: abditories tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Medieval Latin abditorium, from abdō (“to hide”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A concealed location used for storage or to hide it...
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word: abdest word_type: noun expansion: abdest (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آبدست (modern Turkish abdest), from Classical Persian آبْدَسْت (ābdast), compound of آب (āb, “water”) and دست (dast, “hand”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: T...
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word: rain cats and dogs word_type: verb expansion: rain cats and dogs (third-person singular simple present rains cats and dogs, present participle raining cats and dogs, simple past and past participle rained cats and dogs) forms: form: rains cats and dogs tags: present singular third-person...
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word: abruption word_type: noun expansion: abruption (plural abruptions) forms: form: abruptions tags: plural wikipedia: abruption etymology_text: From abrupt + -ion. From Latin abruptio, from abrumpo (“to break off”). senses_examples: text: By this abruption posterity lost more instruction...
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word: abroach word_type: verb expansion: abroach (third-person singular simple present abroaches, present participle abroaching, simple past and past participle abroached) forms: form: abroaches tags: present singular third-person form: abroaching tags: participle present for...
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word: abroach word_type: adv expansion: abroach (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abroche, from Norman, from Old French abroche (“to spigot”). Equivalent to a- + broach. senses_examples: text: 1709, Joseph Addison, The Tatler, No. 146, 16 March, 1709, Glasgow: Robe...
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word: abroach word_type: adj expansion: abroach (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abroche, from Norman, from Old French abroche (“to spigot”). Equivalent to a- + broach. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Tapped; broached. Astir; moving about. se...
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word: antidisestablishmentarianism word_type: noun expansion: antidisestablishmentarianism (usually uncountable, plural antidisestablishmentarianisms) forms: form: antidisestablishmentarianisms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From anti- + disestablishmentarian + -ism. senses_examples: t...
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word: abscind word_type: verb expansion: abscind (third-person singular simple present abscinds, present participle abscinding, simple past and past participle abscinded) forms: form: abscinds tags: present singular third-person form: abscinding tags: participle present form:...
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word: abscondence word_type: noun expansion: abscondence (plural abscondences) forms: form: abscondences tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abscond + -ence. senses_examples: text: Security as a result became a thing of the past, and as a corollary, abscondences rose dramatically. ...
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word: portmanteau word word_type: noun expansion: portmanteau word (plural portmanteau words) forms: form: portmanteau words tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: First used by Lewis Carroll in 1871, based on the concept of two words packed together, like a portmanteau (“a travelling case havin...
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word: abjurer word_type: noun expansion: abjurer (plural abjurers) forms: form: abjurers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abjure + -er. senses_examples: text: To thys Iames Morden with other moe abiurers, it was enioyned by Bishoppe Smith, for seuen yeares, to visite the church ...
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word: abactinal word_type: adj expansion: abactinal (comparative more abactinal, superlative most abactinal) forms: form: more abactinal tags: comparative form: most abactinal tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From ab- + actinal. senses_examples: text: The so-called m...
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word: mouse potato word_type: noun expansion: mouse potato (plural mouse potatoes) forms: form: mouse potatoes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Blend of mouse + couch potato. senses_examples: text: Lady Miss Kier is a mouse potato. 'I wake up, I go and turn the computer on before I w...
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word: punkin word_type: noun expansion: punkin (plural punkins) forms: form: punkins tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock[…] ref: 1911, James Whitcomb Riley, When the Frost is on the Punkin type...
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word: absciss word_type: noun expansion: absciss (plural abscisses) forms: form: abscisses tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin abscissa, feminine of abscissus, perfect passive participle of abscindō (“cut asunder”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternativ...
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word: absciss word_type: verb expansion: absciss (third-person singular simple present abscisses, present participle abscissing, simple past and past participle abscissed) forms: form: abscisses tags: present singular third-person form: abscissing tags: participle present for...
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word: Abaddon word_type: name expansion: Abaddon forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From the Middle English Abadon, Abbadon, Labadon, Laabadon, from the Late Latin Abaddōn, from the Ancient Greek Ἀβαδδών (Abaddṓn), from the Biblical Hebrew אבדון (ʾăḇaddōn, literally “destruction, abyss”), from אבד (ʾāḇaḏ, “t...
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word: absinthate word_type: noun expansion: absinthate (plural absinthates) forms: form: absinthates tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From absinth + -ate. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A combination of absinthic acid with a base or positive radical. senses_topics:...
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word: abduce word_type: verb expansion: abduce (third-person singular simple present abduces, present participle abducing, simple past and past participle abduced) forms: form: abduces tags: present singular third-person form: abducing tags: participle present form: abduc...
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word: abay word_type: noun expansion: abay (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abay, a-bay, from Old French abai, aboi, abay (“barking”), from the verb abayer. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Barking or baying of dogs at their prey. senses_topics:
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word: abecedary word_type: noun expansion: abecedary (plural abecedaries) forms: form: abecedaries tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abscedary, from Medieval Latin abecedārium (“alphabet, ABC primer”), from Late Latin abecedārius (“of the alphabet”), formed from the firs...
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word: abecedary word_type: adj expansion: abecedary (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Late Latin abecedārius. Doublet of abecedarius. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Referring to the alphabet; alphabetical; related to or resembling an abecedarius; abecedarian. s...
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word: abasement word_type: noun expansion: abasement (countable and uncountable, plural abasements) forms: form: abasements tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abaissement, from Middle French abaissement (“astonishment”). Equivalent to abase + -ment. Compare French abaisse...
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word: abaca word_type: noun expansion: abaca (countable and uncountable, plural abacas) forms: form: abacas tags: plural wikipedia: Musa textilis etymology_text: From Spanish abacá, from Tagalog abaka. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Musa textilis, a species of banana tre...
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word: abscission word_type: noun expansion: abscission (countable and uncountable, plural abscissions) forms: form: abscissions tags: plural wikipedia: abscission etymology_text: From Latin abscissiō, from abscindō (“I cut, I tear”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Th...
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word: absentment word_type: noun expansion: absentment (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From absent + -ment. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The state of being absent; withdrawal senses_topics:
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word: absinthial word_type: adj expansion: absinthial (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From absinth + -ial. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of or pertaining to wormwood; absinthian. senses_topics:
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word: absentness word_type: noun expansion: absentness (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From absent + -ness. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The quality of being absent-minded. senses_topics:
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word: absistence word_type: noun expansion: absistence (plural absistences) forms: form: absistences tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From absist + -ence. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A standing aloof senses_topics:
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word: absinthic word_type: adj expansion: absinthic (comparative more absinthic, superlative most absinthic) forms: form: more absinthic tags: comparative form: most absinthic tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From absinth + -ic. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses...
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word: wares word_type: noun expansion: wares forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of ware senses_topics:
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word: wares word_type: noun expansion: wares pl (plural only) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The square was filled with booths, with vendors offering their wares. type: example text: I call on the Minister to ensure good regulation is applied to moneylenders and ...
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word: abraid word_type: verb expansion: abraid (third-person singular simple present abraids, present participle abraiding, simple past and past participle abraided or abraid) forms: form: abraids tags: present singular third-person form: abraiding tags: participle present fo...
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word: abraid word_type: adv expansion: abraid (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abrede. More at abread. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of abread senses_topics:
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word: abatis word_type: noun expansion: abatis (plural abatis or abatises) forms: form: abatis tags: plural form: abatises tags: plural wikipedia: abatis etymology_text: From French abatis, abattis (“mass of things beaten or cut down”), from abattre. See abate. senses_examples: sens...
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word: abord word_type: noun expansion: abord (plural abords) forms: form: abords tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French abord, from aborder (“to aboard”). senses_examples: text: He entered with an air so immensely conceited and affected, and, at the same Time, so uncommonly bol...
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word: abord word_type: verb expansion: abord (third-person singular simple present abords, present participle abording, simple past and past participle aborded) forms: form: abords tags: present singular third-person form: abording tags: participle present form: aborded ...
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word: absinthiate word_type: verb expansion: absinthiate (third-person singular simple present absinthiates, present participle absinthiating, simple past and past participle absinthiated) forms: form: absinthiates tags: present singular third-person form: absinthiating tags: parti...
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word: abbreviator word_type: noun expansion: abbreviator (plural abbreviators) forms: form: abbreviators tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātor. Compare French abbréviateur. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A person who abbreviates o...
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word: absey-book word_type: noun expansion: absey-book (plural absey-books) forms: form: absey-books tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: And then comes answer like an Absey book ref: c. 1590s, William Shakespeare, King John, act 1, scene 1 type: quota...
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word: absinthism word_type: noun expansion: absinthism (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From absinthe + -ism. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The condition of being poisoned by the excessive use of absinthe. senses_topics:
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word: bpd word_type: noun expansion: bpd (plural bpd) forms: form: bpd tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: For now, the Dagang refinery processes locally produced crude from the nearby oilfield with the same name. Its crude throughput was steady in 2006 versus 20...
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word: absist word_type: verb expansion: absist (third-person singular simple present absists, present participle absisting, simple past and past participle absisted) forms: form: absists tags: present singular third-person form: absisting tags: participle present form: ab...
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word: absently word_type: adv expansion: absently (comparative more absently, superlative most absently) forms: form: more absently tags: comparative form: most absently tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From absent + -ly. senses_examples: text: When he is in company ...
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word: absinthin word_type: noun expansion: absinthin (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin absinthium. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The principal compound found in wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), having a bitter taste: C₁₅H₂₀O₄ senses_topics: chemistry na...