nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: slant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late Middle English, from a variant of the earlier form dialectal slent, from Old Norse or another North Germanic source, cognate with Old Norse slent, Swedish slinta (“to slip”), Norwegian slenta (“to fall on the side”), from Proto-Germanic *slintaną. Probably influenced by aslant. Pronunciation: /ˈslɑːnt/, /ˈslant/, /ˈslaːnt/, /ˈslænt/, /ˈslæːnt/ 1. A slope; an incline, inclination. Example: The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level. 2. A sloped surface or line. 3. A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam. 4. Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text. Example: Initial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diagonal mark, and other sources provide the designation oblique. 5. An oblique movement or course. 6. A sloping surface in a culture medium. 7. A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes. 8. A depression on a palette with a sloping bottom for holding and mixing watercolours. 9. A palette or similar container with slants or sloping depressions. 10. A sarcastic remark; shade, an indirect mocking insult. Labels: US, obsolete 11. An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere. Labels: slang 12. A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement. Labels: Australia, slang 13. A point of view, an angle. Example: It was a well written article, but it had a bit of a leftist slant. 14. A look, a glance. Labels: US Example: All batters looked alike to him—I don't believe he ever took a slant at the averages; Example: `What do you want?' `Just a slant at the weapon,' said Fenner. 15. A person with epicanthi, particularly an East Asian. Labels: US, derogatory, ethnic, slur
Word: slant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Late Middle English, from a variant of the earlier form dialectal slent, from Old Norse or another North Germanic source, cognate with Old Norse slent, Swedish slinta (“to slip”), Norwegian slenta (“to fall on the side”), from Proto-Germanic *slintaną. Probably influenced by aslant. Pronunciation: /ˈslɑːnt/, /ˈslant/, /ˈslaːnt/, /ˈslænt/, /ˈslæːnt/ 1. To lean, tilt or incline. Labels: ambitransitive Example: If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster. Example: On the side of yonder slanting hill 2. To bias or skew. Labels: transitive Example: The group tends to slant its policies in favor of the big businesses it serves. Example: a magazine slanted toward the youth market 3. To lie or exaggerate. Labels: Scotland, intransitive
Word: slant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Late Middle English, from a variant of the earlier form dialectal slent, from Old Norse or another North Germanic source, cognate with Old Norse slent, Swedish slinta (“to slip”), Norwegian slenta (“to fall on the side”), from Proto-Germanic *slintaną. Probably influenced by aslant. Pronunciation: /ˈslɑːnt/, /ˈslant/, /ˈslaːnt/, /ˈslænt/, /ˈslæːnt/ 1. Sloping; oblique; slanted. Example: The Laplander beholds the far-off Sun Dart his slant beam on unobeying snows, […] Example: A slant ray of golden sunshine entered the chamber; it drew nearer and nearer as the hour went by, till it fell on Guido's bed.
Word: from the bottom of one's heart Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In earnest; sincerely; with one's full feeling. Example: He told her how much he loved her, and he meant it from the bottom of his heart. Example: From the bottom of my heart, I love you / I can say these words to you without delay
Word: converging Part of Speech: adj 1. approaching each other at a point; convergent. Labels: not-comparable
Word: converging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of converge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: converging Part of Speech: noun 1. convergence Example: the deeper convergings and divergings of our own natures
Word: Garrett Part of Speech: name Etymology: A medieval English and Irish form of the Germanic given names Gerard and Gerald. Of Old High German origin. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæɹɪt/, /ˈɡaɹɪt/, /ˈɡaɾɪt/, /ˈɡɛɹɪt/, /ˈɡɛɹət/ 1. A surname originating as a patronymic. 2. A male given name from the Germanic languages, transferred from an English and an Irish surname, or in Ireland directly from Gerard. 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States:
Word: -safe Part of Speech: suffix 1. Free from danger or problems. Labels: morpheme Example: 2000 September 6, Hadley Stern and David Lehn, Death of the Websafe Color Palette?, Webmonkey But it's been more than three years since Lynda Weinman assembled her "browser safe palette" for Photoshop Example: 2005, Planet Innovation, website attempting to compile a complete list of the most people-safe products
Word: wirehead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wire + -head. 1. A person who has an electronic brain implant. Example: He turns around and looks behind him. The wirehead he saw a few seconds ago is out in the open now, standing all by himself at the edge of a raft. Everyone else has cleared out of there. 2. A hardware hacker. 3. A person who likes to tinker with electronics.
Word: fisheye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fish + eye. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃˌaɪ/ 1. An unfriendly or suspicious glance. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An undesirable effect in paint, particularly automotive finishes, normally caused by oil or other contaminants on the painted surface. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An undesirable dull appearance in the table of a diamond that has been cut too shallow. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Ellipsis of fisheye lens. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: The imaging unit is not without flaws, and it’s not as powerful as a professional hand-held S.L.R. camera. For example, there’s a noticeable fish-eye distortion in the image that comes from the unit’s really wide vision angle, and you can’t zoom the field of view.
Word: fisheye Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fish + eye. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃˌaɪ/ 1. To glance unfriendlily or suspiciously at. Labels: transitive Example: She fisheyed our entrycards, looking to see if we’d remagnetized them to untoward purpose. Example: The director fisheyed me—I strolled to the trailer, nonchalant.
Word: achondroplastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From achondroplasia + -tic. Pronunciation: /eɪkɑndɹəˈplæstɪk/ 1. Of, related to, or suffering from achondroplasia. Labels: not-comparable Example: They didn’t find out I had achondroplastic dwarfism until a few months later. “Achondroplasia” is a word that haunted me in my childhood. I never wanted to hear it. It wasn’t who I was. I was not different.
Word: bewitch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bewicchen, bewycchen, biwicchen, equivalent to be- + witch. Pronunciation: /bəˈwɪt͡ʃ/ 1. To cast a spell upon. Labels: transitive Example: And further, this examinate saith, that she sent both her spirits to Stonesby, to one Willison, a husbandman, and Robert Williman, a husbandman's son, and bade the kitten go to Willison and bewitch him to death, and the moldiwarp to the other and bewitch him to death, which they did, and within ten days they died. Example: Afterwards Jim said the witches bewitched him and put him in a trance,[…] 2. To fascinate or charm. Labels: transitive Example: I was bewitched by the sight of the girl dancing in the forest. Example: A Svveet diſorder in the dreſſe / Kindles in cloathes a vvantonneſſe: / […] / A Cuffe neglectfull, and thereby / Ribbands to flovv confuſedly: / […] / Do more bevvitch me, than vvhen Art / Is too preciſe in every part. 3. To astonish, amaze. Labels: rare, transitive Example: Is it not a fact that the miners of this country are bewildered and bewitched and do not know what is to happen?
Word: blogography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of blog + biography. 1. A biography in blog format. Labels: Internet, rare Example: As the Arabic blogosphere started with people living under the pressures of war, rebellion and persecution, it is no wonder that blogographies have tremendously increased since the beginnings of the 'Arab spring'.
Word: infecundity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + fecundity, from Latin infecunditas. 1. Lack of fecundity or fruitfulness
Word: engram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Engramm which was coined by German evolutionary biologist Richard Semon in 1904. First attested in English in 1921 (see quotation below). Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + γράμμα (grámma, “writing, picture”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛnˌɡɹæm/, /ˈɛŋˌɡɹæm/ 1. A postulated physical or biochemical change in neural tissue that represents a memory. Example: I use the word engram to denote this permanent change wrought by a stimulus; the sum of such engrams in an organism may be called its "engram-store," among which must distinguish inherited from acquired engrams. 2. A painful, negative mental image representing a past event.
Word: fish eye Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fisheye. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fish, eye. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Fish eyes are specially suited for seeing underwater.
Word: carrus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin carrus (“load”). Doublet of car and horse. 1. A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities. Labels: historical, uncommon
Word: Engram Part of Speech: name 1. A surname transferred from the given name, a rare variant of Ingram.
Word: Ingram Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a Middle English given name, from Proto-Germanic *Ingwaz (“a Germanic god”) + *hrabnaz (“raven”). The places are named after persons with the surname. Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋɡɹəm/ 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, in modern use transferred back from the surname. 2. A surname originating as a patronymic. 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States: 7. A small village and large civil parish west of Alnwick, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0116).
Word: ferri- Part of Speech: prefix 1. ferric Labels: morpheme 2. ferric: Labels: morpheme 3. ferric: Labels: morpheme
Word: tram stop Part of Speech: noun 1. a designated point on a tram route where passengers may board or leave the tram Example: When Metrolink services finally began operating on the route, new tram stops were opened at Monsall, Central Park, South Chadderton and Freehold, while the former rail stations at Failsworth, Hollinwood and Dean Lane (renamed Newton Heath and Moston) were put back into service.
Word: tram track Part of Speech: noun 1. The track on which a tram runs; the tramway.
Word: tramway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *ter-? Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ Proto-Germanic *drum Middle Low German trame Low German traambor.? Scotsbor. English tram English way English tramway From tram + way. 1. The track on which a tram (streetcar) runs. Labels: Ireland, UK 2. The system of cables that supports a cable car. Labels: US 3. A lane of a road or street, in which tram tracks are embedded, that is (in normal circumstances) for the exclusive use of trams and public buses. Labels: formal
Word: tranquilizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tranquilize + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæ̞ŋkwɪläɪ̯zə/, /ˈtɹæ̝ŋkwɪlaɪ̯zɚ/, /ˈtɹeɪ̯ŋkwɪlaɪ̯zɚ/, /ˈtɹɛ̃ŋkwɪlaɪ̯zɚ/ 1. That which tranquillizes or soothes. 2. A drug used to reduce anxiety or tension. 3. A drug used to reduce anxiety or tension. Labels: broadly
Word: ferroso- Part of Speech: prefix 1. ferrous Labels: morpheme
Word: adzed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈæd.zəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of adze Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of adz Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: adzing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of adze Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. present participle and gerund of adz Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: adzes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adze Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adzes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of adze Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person 2. third-person singular simple present indicative of adz Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: advokes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of advoke Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: advoking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of advoke Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: advoked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of advoke Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: advises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of advise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: adviewed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of adview Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: adviewing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of adview Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: adviews Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of adview Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: advertises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of advertise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: adverbialized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of adverbialize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: adverbializing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of adverbialize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: adverbializes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of adverbialize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: adverted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of advert Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: adverting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of advert Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: adverts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of advert Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adverts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of advert Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: transcendentally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English transcendental Middle English -ly English -ly English transcendentally From transcendental + -ly. 1. In a transcendental manner.
Word: transfer rate Part of Speech: noun 1. A data transfer rate.
Word: data transfer rate Part of Speech: noun 1. The transmission speed of a communications channel; measured in bits or bytes per second.
Word: cobaltic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cobalt Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English cobaltic From cobalt + -ic. 1. Of or relating to cobalt. 2. Containing cobalt in oxidation state 3.
Word: advoke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin advocare, formed from ad + vocare (“to call”). Doublet of advocate, avouch, and avow. Pronunciation: /ədˈvəʊk/ 1. To summon or call (to a higher tribunal). Labels: transitive
Word: cobaltous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cobalt Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English cobaltous From cobalt + -ous. 1. Containing cobalt in oxidation state 2.
Word: cobalti- Part of Speech: prefix 1. cobaltic Labels: morpheme
Word: adview Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of aview. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: cobalto- Part of Speech: prefix 1. cobaltous Labels: morpheme
Word: adventures Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃəz/, /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚz/, /ædˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚz/ 1. plural of adventure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adventures Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃəz/, /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚz/, /ædˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of adventure Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: adverbialises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of adverbialise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: adventuring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of adventure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: adventuring Part of Speech: noun 1. adventure Example: Shawna has grown up into a sort of Outward Bound explorer of the erotic wilderness, whose adventurings — recounted on a widely read blog — include a stint working at “the Lusty Lady, a peep show in North Beach that recently became the nation’s first worker-owned strip club.”
Word: adverbialising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of adverbialise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: adverbialised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of adverbialise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bumming Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbʌmɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bum Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: adventured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of adventure Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: SADT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of structured analysis and design technique. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually
Word: scrumping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scrump Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scrump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a dialectal variation of scrimp, probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German schrimpen (“to shrivel up, shrink”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną, *skrimbaną (“to shrink”), related to Old English sċrimman (“to shrink, draw up, contract”). Related to dialectal English skrammed (“benumbed, paralysed”), English shrimp. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹʌmp/ 1. Anything small or undersized. Labels: dialectal 2. A withered, shrivelled, or undergrown person. Labels: dialectal 3. A small apple. Labels: dialectal
Word: scrump Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a dialectal variation of scrimp, probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German schrimpen (“to shrivel up, shrink”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną, *skrimbaną (“to shrink”), related to Old English sċrimman (“to shrink, draw up, contract”). Related to dialectal English skrammed (“benumbed, paralysed”), English shrimp. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹʌmp/ 1. To gather windfalls or small apples left on trees. Labels: dialectal 2. To steal fruit, especially apples, from a garden or orchard. Example: (we've all seen trees, and arent Adam and Eve condemned for having gone scrumping?; interestingly a great philosopher recalled Saint Augustine spent a lot of his long life being racked with guilt for having gone scrumping for some pears when he was a boy! ...) 3. To pinch, stint; to beat down in price. Labels: dialectal 4. To have sex. Labels: dated, slang
Word: foreman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English foremon, forman. Compare West Frisian foarman, Dutch voorman, German Vormann, Danish formand, Swedish förman, Icelandic formaður. By surface analysis, fore- + man. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ).mən/ 1. A workplace leader. Example: Since we’re getting too friendly, Ephraim Winslow, tell me, what’s a timber man want with being a wickie? Not enough quiet for ye up north? Sawdust itching yer nethers? Foreman found ye too high-tempered for carrying an axe? 2. A workplace leader. Example: factory foreman 3. The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf. 4. A slave assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands. Labels: US, historical
Word: foremen Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mən/, /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mɛn/ 1. plural of foreman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: naartjie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tamil நாரத்தை (nārattai, “citron”) through Afrikaans. Has been used in South Africa since 1790. Appearing in English as naartje in 1901, in this spelling by Lawrence Green in Tavern of the Seas, 1947. 1. Citrus reticulata (mandarin, satsuma, tangerine); a soft, loose-skinned tangerine. Labels: South-Africa
Word: flagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English flagon, flakon [and other forms], from Middle French flacon, Old French flacon, flascon (“flask”) (modern French flacon (“vial”)), from Medieval Latin flascōnem, the accusative singular of Late Latin flascō (“bottle; glass or earthenware vessel for wine; portable barrel”), from Frankish *flaska (“bottle; flask”), from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“bottle; flask; vessel covered with plaiting”), from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną (“to braid, plait”) (from the practice of plaiting or wrapping bottles in straw casing), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to fold; to plait, weave”). The English word is a doublet of flacon, flask, and fiasco. Cognates * Old English flasce, flaxe (“bottle, flask”) * Old High German flasca, flaska (“bottle, flask”) (German Flasche) * Old Norse flaska (Danish flaske) Pronunciation: /ˈflæɡ(ə)n/, /ˈfleɪ̯ɡ(ə)n/ 1. A large vessel resembling a jug, usually with a handle, lid, and spout, for serving drinks such as cider or wine at a table; specifically (Christianity), such a vessel used to hold the wine for the ritual of Holy Communion. Example: Did they coyn Piss-pots, Bowls, and Flaggons, / Int' Officers of Horse and Dragoons; / And into Pikes and Musqueteers / Stamp Beakers, Cups, and Porringers? Example: He was naturally a thirsty soul, and was soon tempted to repeat the draught. One taste provoked another, and he reiterated his visits to the flagon so often, that at length his senses were overpowered, his eyes swam in his head, his head gradually declined, and he fell into a deep sleep. […] the flagon—"Oh ! that flagon ! that wicked flagon !" thought Rip—"What excuse shall I make to Dame Van Winkle?" 2. A large vessel resembling a jug, usually with a handle, lid, and spout, for serving drinks such as cider or wine at a table; specifically (Christianity), such a vessel used to hold the wine for the ritual of Holy Communion. Example: A peſtilence on him for a madde rogue, a pourd a flagon of Reniſh on my head once; […] Example: [H]e had eaten many a meal, drank many a flagon, and uttered many a reproach; […] [Epitaph of Timocreon of Rhodes.] 3. A large bottle for drinks such as beer, cider, or wine; also, a bottle with a cap used by travellers. Labels: archaic Example: [G]o thou in an hermytage of myn here by⸝ and there ſhalt thow bere with the of my wyn in two flagans of ſiluer⸝ they ar of two galons⸝ and alſo two caſt of brede with fatte veneſon bake and deynte foules⸝ […] Example: Bring forth your Flaggons (fill'd with sparkling Wine) / Whereon swolne Bacchvs, crowned with a Vine, / Is grauen, and fill out, / It well bestowing, / To eu'ry Man about, / In Goblets flowing: […] 4. A large bottle for drinks such as beer, cider, or wine; also, a bottle with a cap used by travellers. Labels: archaic Example: Three Jolly Coachmen sat, all in an English tavern, Three Jolly Coachmen sat, all in an English tavern, And they decided that, and they decided that, And they decided that: they'd have another flagon.
Word: bish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Phonetic modification of bitch, based on black American speech. Pronunciation: /bɪʃ/ 1. A minced oath (as a term of abuse). Labels: slang Example: Kate McKinnon, playing Hillary Rodham Clinton, on a series of cue cards: I know you're an elector / And on December 19ᵗʰ... / You're supposed to vote for Donald Trump / But bish... / ...He crayhttps://www.sbs.com.au/news/but-bish-he-cray-snl-spoofs-love-actually-ahead-of-electoral-college-vote-to-confirm-president-trump
Word: bish Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɪʃ/ 1. A mistake. Labels: UK, dated, slang Example: What on earth was the matter with him? He never made bishes like this during PT! Example: "You — you don't mean you've made a bish of it?" [said Darbishire]
Word: bish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of bishop. Pronunciation: /bɪʃ/ 1. A bishop. Labels: UK, slang Example: 'It's all right, bish,' said Augustine. 'All—all right?' faltered the bishop. Example: BALDRICK: My Lord, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. BISHOP: (enters) The time has come, Blackadder!
Word: bish Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɪʃ/ 1. Synonym of bikh. Labels: uncountable
Word: rooinek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans rooinek, from rooi (“red”) + nek (“neck”). The term refers to South Africans of British descent, who were perceived by Afrikaners to wear headgear (such as solar topees or no hat at all) which was inadequate in protecting them from sunburn, and thus caused them to have red necks. Other theories include the term being a reference to the red collars of 19th-century British military uniforms or to the red markings that British-South African farmers painted on their imported merino sheep. Compare redneck. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɔɪnek/, /ˈɹɔɪnɛk/ 1. An Englishman, or a South African that speaks English as opposed to Afrikaans. Labels: South-Africa, derogatory, ethnic, slur Example: Again and again the surprise was effected, not by the nation of hunters, but by those rooineks whose want of cunning and of veld-craft had for so long been a subject of derision and merriment. Example: “Well,” said she, “if I hadn't killed more Rooineks than that, I'd be ashamed of myself.”
Word: ophthalmitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ophthalmo- + -itis. Pronunciation: /ˌɒfθælˈmaɪtɪs/ 1. Severe conjunctivitis (inflammation of the conjunctiva). Labels: uncountable
Word: damps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of damp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: damps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of damp Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dilutes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dilute Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dilutes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dilute Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diluted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dilute Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: diluted Part of Speech: adj 1. That has had something added in order to dilute it. Example: diluted orange juice
Word: linguaphile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dingua Latin lingua Latin -philalbor. English -phile English linguaphile From Latin lingua + English -phile. 1. A person who loves languages and words.
Word: hurts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hɜːts/, /hɝts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hurt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hurts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hɜːts/, /hɝts/ 1. plural of hurt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hellenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἑλληνικός (Hellēnikós, “of or pertaining to Greece or Greeks”), from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás, “Greece”). By surface analysis, Hellen + -ic. First attested in c. 1640. Pronunciation: /həˈlɛnɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Ancient Greek culture and civilization before the Hellenistic period. 2. Of or pertaining to Hellas (Greece) or the Hellenes (Greeks). 3. Of or derived from Ancient Greek. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Hellenic Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἑλληνικός (Hellēnikós, “of or pertaining to Greece or Greeks”), from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás, “Greece”). By surface analysis, Hellen + -ic. First attested in c. 1640. Pronunciation: /həˈlɛnɪk/ 1. The Greek language and its dialects from the earliest records (Linear B inscriptions, about 1600-1300 B.C.E.) to the present Modern Greek.
Word: hunkering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hunker Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: acclimatises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of acclimatise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: acclimatising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of acclimatise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: acclimatised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of acclimatise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: accloys Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accloy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accloying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of accloy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: accloyed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of accloy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: accoasted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of accoast Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: accoasting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of accoast Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: accoasts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accoast Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accolled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of accoll Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: accolling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of accoll Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: accolls Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accoll Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accoladed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of accolade Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: accoladed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been the subject of accolade(s); having won awards, received honors or been commended.
Word: accolading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of accolade Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: accouched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of accouche Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: accouching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of accouche Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: accouches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accouche Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accompted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of accompt Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past
Word: accompting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of accompt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: accompting Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of accounting. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable
Word: accompts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accompt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: accompts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accompt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ecumenism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ecumene Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English ecumenism From ecumene + -ism. Pronunciation: /iːˈkjuː.mə.nɪzm/, /ˌɛk.jʊˈmɛ.nɪzm/ 1. Ecumenical doctrines and practices, especially as manifested in the ecumenical movement.
Word: ecumenicism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ecumenic + -ism. By surface analysis, ecumene + -icism. Pronunciation: /ˌɛk.jʊˈmɛ.nɪ.sɪzm/ 1. Synonym of ecumenism. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He [Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz] corresponded so heavily that scholars are still sorting through his unpublished papers. In his philosophy he practised an ecumenicism that in a lesser mind would strike us as suspicious or even craven. Leibniz seems never to have met a philosopher or a theologian he didn’t like, and his metaphysics developed out of an effort to harmonise the ancient thinking of (both) Plato and Aristotle with tenets of Christian and Jewish theology and with the ‘mechanical philosophy’ the Royal Society had been created to champion. It is impossible to know precisely what he was thinking without perusing his vast legacy of papers. In effect, Leibniz’s philosophy ceased to exist at the moment he died. Since then, anyone who has wanted to know it has first had to reconstruct it, which is only possible for forensically inclined scholars, fluent in Latin, French and German, and well versed in the history of Western philosophy, Christian theology and Enlightenment science.
Word: ecumenicist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ecumenic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English ecumenicist From ecumenic + -ist. 1. A person who advocates Christian ecumenicity.
Word: ecumenical movement Part of Speech: noun 1. a movement among Protestant groups since the 1800s aimed at achieving universal Christian unity through international or interdenominational organizations. There are also Ecumenical Councils in the Roman Catholic church; since the Great Schism (1054), the Eastern churches have not been involved.
Word: balls-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Balls in this sense refers to testicles. See also the verb, to balls up and go balls up. 1. Something which becomes muddled or botched in some way. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar Example: I was making a cake but when I added too much sugar, it became the balls-up of my cooking career.
Word: DFD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of data flow diagram. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: honours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of honour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: honours Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of honour Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: honors Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɑn.ɚz/, /ˈɒn.əz/ 1. plural of honor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: honors Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɑn.ɚz/, /ˈɒn.əz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of honor Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: honors Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɑn.ɚz/, /ˈɒn.əz/ 1. At an excelling level in academics. Labels: not-comparable Example: I'm taking honors math this year. Example: My son is an honors student.
Word: Gallic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Gallicus (“of or related to Gaul”), from Gallia (“Gaul”) + -icus (“-ic: forming adj.”), used archaically in New Latin and English in reference to modern France. Pronunciation: /ˈɡælɪk/ 1. Of or related to Gaul or the Gauls. Labels: historical 2. Synonym of Frankish, of or related to the medieval Frankish kingdom or the Franks. Labels: historical 3. Synonym of French, of or related to modern France or the French. Example: This dislocation of gender roles in popular entertainment seems to have started with La Cage Aux Folles. This Gallic drag remake of You Can't Take It With You was a huge success at the box office while managing to present gay characters as comic though never foolish.
Word: Gallic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Gallicus (“of or related to Gaul”), from Gallia (“Gaul”) + -icus (“-ic: forming adj.”), used archaically in New Latin and English in reference to modern France. Pronunciation: /ˈɡælɪk/ 1. An epoch from 130.0 ± 1.5 to 89.3 ± 1.0 million years ago, a subdivision of the Cretaceous.
Word: humidified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of humidify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: humidified Part of Speech: adj 1. Modified by humidification Labels: not-comparable
Word: Nguni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Zulu noun stem as in umNguni (“member of Nguni people”), isiNguni (“Nguni language group”). Pronunciation: /(ə)ŋˈɡuːni/ 1. The group of Southern African peoples comprising the Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, Mpondo and Ndebele nations. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Nguni Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Zulu noun stem as in umNguni (“member of Nguni people”), isiNguni (“Nguni language group”). Pronunciation: /(ə)ŋˈɡuːni/ 1. The group of languages of the Nguni people.
Word: homoerotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English homosexualbf. English homo- Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁rém-e-tider.? Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ἐράω (eráō) Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)der. Latin erōticuslbor. French érotiqueder. English erotic English homoerotic From homo- + erotic. Pronunciation: /ˌhoʊmoʊəˈɹɑtɪk/, /ˌhəʊməʊəˈɹɒtɪk/ 1. Arousing a homosexual desire. 2. Pertaining to homosexual love or desire 3. homosexual
Word: lighthouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From light + house. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪthaʊs/ 1. A tower or other structure exhibiting a light or lights to warn or guide sailors. Example: In the history of lighthouses, English civil engineer John Smeaton made a significant contribution to the design of them. Example: Visitors to Maine, arriving with visions of lighthouses and lobsters, often bypass Portland on their way northeast to Acadia National Park or the many picturesque fishing villages of the state’s mid-coast. […] Don’t miss Portland Head Light, an iconic landmark and Maine’s oldest lighthouse, which sits on a rocky point some 5 miles south of Portland. The lighthouse dates to 1791 and was commissioned by George Washington.
Word: Khoisan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Khoi + San, from the pastoral Khoi tribe (formerly also called Hottentots) and the hunter-gatherer San (also known as Bushmen). Coined by Isaac Schapera in 1930, in linguistic usage since the 1950s (following Joseph Greenberg, Studies in African Linguistic Classification, 1955). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɪsɑːn/, /ˈkɔɪˌsɑn/ 1. The group of languages associated with the Khoisan including the Khoi, Kx'a and Tuu families, sometimes to the inclusion of the Hadza and Sandawe language isolates of Tanzania.
Word: Khoisan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Khoi + San, from the pastoral Khoi tribe (formerly also called Hottentots) and the hunter-gatherer San (also known as Bushmen). Coined by Isaac Schapera in 1930, in linguistic usage since the 1950s (following Joseph Greenberg, Studies in African Linguistic Classification, 1955). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɪsɑːn/, /ˈkɔɪˌsɑn/ 1. A member of the group of non-Bantu Southern African indigenous people: the Khoi or San people.
Word: forehand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fore- Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand English forehand From fore- + hand. Pronunciation: /fɔːhænd/, /fɔːɹhænd/ 1. A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke. Example: the devastating speed of her forehand return 2. A throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger. 3. All of the part of a horse which is before the rider. Example: […]those horses which are of a chicke Forehand, short necked 4. The chief or most important part. Labels: archaic Example: The great Achilles, whom opinion crowns / The sinew and the forehand of our host 5. Superiority; advantage; start; precedence. Example: And, but for ceremony such a wretch, Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep, Had the forehand and vantage of a king 6. The hand towards the front of the board.
Word: forehand Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English fore- Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand English forehand From fore- + hand. Pronunciation: /fɔːhænd/, /fɔːɹhænd/ 1. Beforehand; paid in advance. Labels: not-comparable Example: a forehand rent
Word: forehand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English fore- Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand English forehand From fore- + hand. Pronunciation: /fɔːhænd/, /fɔːɹhænd/ 1. To strike with a forehand stroke. Labels: transitive
Word: baying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bay Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: The mob approached the castle, baying for royal blood.
Word: baying Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of baying; a howl. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1877, Charles Cayley (translator), Homer Iliad, book XXI Soon as he hears bayings, and is not alarm'd nor affrighted... Example: ...the distressed bayings of his dogs, ...
Word: zoological name Part of Speech: noun 1. a formal scientific name of an animal, especially as conforming to the ICZN.
Word: ICZN Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The current 4th edition of the ICZN consists of a preamble, a series of 18 chapters comprising 90 articles, recommendations and examples, and a glossary.
Word: Hottentot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Hottentot, its first known use in Dutch being in the 1650s. The third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary concluded in 2008 that hottentot came into English in the seventeenth century. But it finds that no definitive etymology of Dutch hottentot can so far be given: A very large number of different etymologies for the name have been suggested ... The most frequently repeated suggestion ... is that the word was a spec. use of a formally identical Dutch word meaning ‘stammerer, stutterer’, which came to be applied to the Khoekhoe and San people on account of the clicks characteristic of their languages. However, evidence for the earlier general use appears to be lacking. Another frequent suggestion is that the people were so named after one or more words which early European visitors to southern Africa heard in chants accompanying dances of the Khoekhoe or San ... but the alleged chant is rendered in different ways in different 17th-cent. sources, and some of the accounts may be based on hearsay rather than first-hand knowledge. It does seem clear, however, that hottentot was an exonym, that is, not the Khoikhoi's own name for themselves but rather a foreign term applied to them. 1. A member of the Khoekhoe group of peoples. Labels: archaic, offensive Example: 1798-1801, Lady Ann Barnard, Letters and Journals I was told that the Hottentots were uncommonly ugly and disgusting, but I do not think them so bad. Their features are small and their cheekbones immense, but they have a kind expression and countenance. Example: They were called "Bushmen" because they led a nomadic life based on hunting and gathering in bushveld. The first written appearance of the Khoisan people, represented by the Bushmen and the Hottentots, dates back to the tenth century. 2. A member of the broader Khoisan group of peoples. Labels: archaic, broadly, offensive Example: The Hottentots (Khoisan peoples) once an independent nation but whose simple tribal system had disintegrated rapidly as they were relentlessly displaced from their traditional grazing grounds and driven deep into the still uninhabited interior […] Example: The Hottentots (Khoisan) of either sex, young and old, who were in the boor's service, always choose to sleep in the fireplace.
Word: Hottentot Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Hottentot, its first known use in Dutch being in the 1650s. The third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary concluded in 2008 that hottentot came into English in the seventeenth century. But it finds that no definitive etymology of Dutch hottentot can so far be given: A very large number of different etymologies for the name have been suggested ... The most frequently repeated suggestion ... is that the word was a spec. use of a formally identical Dutch word meaning ‘stammerer, stutterer’, which came to be applied to the Khoekhoe and San people on account of the clicks characteristic of their languages. However, evidence for the earlier general use appears to be lacking. Another frequent suggestion is that the people were so named after one or more words which early European visitors to southern Africa heard in chants accompanying dances of the Khoekhoe or San ... but the alleged chant is rendered in different ways in different 17th-cent. sources, and some of the accounts may be based on hearsay rather than first-hand knowledge. It does seem clear, however, that hottentot was an exonym, that is, not the Khoikhoi's own name for themselves but rather a foreign term applied to them. 1. The language of the Khoekhoe, remarkable for its clicks. Example: Ive tried her with every […] possible sort of sound that a human being can make— […] Continental dialects, African dialects, Hottentot […] clicks, things it took me years to get hold of; and […] she picks them up like a shot, right away, as if she had […] been at it all her life.
Word: accumbers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accumber Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accumbering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of accumber Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: accumbered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of accumber Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: accoupled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of accouple Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: accoupling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of accouple Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: accouples Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accouple Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: accouraging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of accourage Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: accouraged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of accourage Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: accourages Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accourage Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English aken, from Old English acan (“to ache”), from Proto-West Germanic *akan, from Proto-Germanic *akaną (“to ache”). More at ache. Pronunciation: /eɪk/ 1. Obsolete spelling of ache. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: ... for let our finger ake, / And it endues our other heathfull members — Othello (Quarto 1), Shakespeare, 1622 Example: And that thing made of ſound and ſhovv / VVhich mortals have miſnamed A Beau, / (But in the language of the ſky / Is call'd a tvvolegg'd butterfly) / VVill make your very heartſtrings ake / VVith loud and everlaſting clack, […]
Word: ake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English aken, from Old English acan (“to ache”), from Proto-West Germanic *akan, from Proto-Germanic *akaną (“to ache”). More at ache. Pronunciation: /eɪk/ 1. Obsolete spelling of ache. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The ake of months of a growing firenlust became a rising queem til at last there was the burst of loosing that almost made his knees buckle.
Word: ake Part of Speech: noun 1. The groove made in a stone forming part of a killock. Labels: Cornwall, obsolete Example: Returning with the timber portions of his anchor, to the stone, he would assemble all together […] The ake would be the slightly hollowed part of the stone that fitted closely to the sides […]