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200 | 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... |
201 | 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 ... |
202 | 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... |
203 | 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
... |
204 | 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... |
205 | 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:
|
206 | 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 ... |
207 | 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... |
208 | 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... |
209 | 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, ... |
210 | 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”). ... |
211 | 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... |
212 | 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 ... |
213 | 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 ... |
214 | 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 |
215 | 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... |
216 | 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... |
217 | 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... |
218 | 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... |
219 | 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... |
220 | 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,... |
221 | word:
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Misspelling of hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia.
senses_topics:
|
222 | 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... |
223 | 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:
|
224 | 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... |
225 | 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:
|
226 | 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... |
227 | 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... |
228 | 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:
|
229 | 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... |
230 | 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... |
231 | 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... |
232 | 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 ... |
233 | 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... |
234 | 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... |
235 | 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... |
236 | 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... |
237 | 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... |
238 | 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... |
239 | 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... |
240 | 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... |
241 | 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... |
242 | 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... |
243 | 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... |
244 | 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:
|
245 | 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... |
246 | 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 ... |
247 | 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:
|
248 | 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:
... |
249 | 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... |
250 | 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... |
251 | 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... |
252 | 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... |
253 | 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... |
254 | 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... |
255 | 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... |
256 | 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... |
257 | 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... |
258 | 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... |
259 | 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... |
260 | 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... |
261 | 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... |
262 | 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:... |
263 | 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.
... |
264 | 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... |
265 | 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 ... |
266 | 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... |
267 | 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... |
268 | 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... |
269 | 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... |
270 | 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... |
271 | 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... |
272 | 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:... |
273 | 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... |
274 | 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:
|
275 | 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... |
276 | 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... |
277 | 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... |
278 | 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... |
279 | 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... |
280 | 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:
|
281 | 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:
|
282 | 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:
|
283 | 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:
|
284 | 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... |
285 | word:
wares
word_type:
noun
expansion:
wares
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of ware
senses_topics:
|
286 | 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 ... |
287 | 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... |
288 | 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:
|
289 | 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... |
290 | 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... |
291 | 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
... |
292 | 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... |
293 | 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... |
294 | 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... |
295 | 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:
|
296 | 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... |
297 | 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... |
298 | 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 ... |
299 | 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... |
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