nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: maple sugar Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of sugar made by boiling the sap of the sugar maple. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: MAPLE SUGAR SANDWICH: On thin slices of lightly buttered white bread spread maple sugar, put slices together and cut with a maple leaf cutter. Serve with hot coffee.
Word: sugar alcohol Part of Speech: noun 1. A hydrogenated form of carbohydrate, whose carbonyl group has been reduced to a primary or secondary hydroxyl group; sugar alcohols are commonly used as sugar substitutes in food, often in combination with artificial sweeteners.
Word: maple-sugar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of maple sugar. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: bucking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbʌkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of buck Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bucking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbʌkɪŋ/ 1. The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching. 2. The liquid used in this process. 3. A washing. 4. The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores. 5. The process of cutting a felled and delimbed tree into logs. 6. The act of a quadruped kicking both hind legs upward at once.
Word: binning Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɪnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bin Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: binning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɪnɪŋ/ 1. A data pre-processing technique in which original data values fall into a small interval ("bin") and are replaced by a value representative of that interval, often the central value. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process of grouping reads or contigs and assigning them to operational taxonomic units. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The categorization of finished products based on their characteristics. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The process of combining charge from adjacent pixels of an image sensor during readout. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The process of downscaling a digital image (or any array) by combining blocks of adjacent elements by taking the sum, average, median, minimum, or maximum of each block. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: binned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of bin Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: binned Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bɪnd/ 1. Drunk. Labels: slang Example: They're probably still pre-drinking in Rob's says Lisa. They'll be absolutely binned by the time they get here, says Karen. 2. Placed in a bin (of various kinds). Example: The binned components were later disposed of.
Word: sugarallie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sugar + Scots alicreesh, allacreesh (“liquorice”), earlier alacreische, probably through Dutch lakkeris from Old French licorece, licoresse, whence English licorice, liquorice. 1. liquorice Labels: Scotland, informal, uncountable
Word: sugarally Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sugarallie. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, alternative, informal, uncountable
Word: sugarellie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sugarallie. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, alternative, informal, uncountable
Word: sugarolly Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sugarallie. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, alternative, informal, uncountable
Word: sugar-baker Part of Speech: noun 1. The owner of a sugarhouse. Labels: historical
Word: sugar-cane Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sugar cane. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: sugar-coat Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of sugarcoat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sugarcoated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sugar + coated. 1. Coated with sugar. Labels: literally 2. Made superficially more attractive, possibly to conceal flaws or faults. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic
Word: sugar-coated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sugar-coat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sugar-coated Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of sugarcoated. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: parroting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of parrot Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: parroting Part of Speech: noun 1. mindless repetition of words or ideas Example: The discriminatory sense of moral position denotes a subclass of anthropological morality by contrasting a sincere moral conviction about proper conduct with prejudices, rationalizations, parrotings of others, etc.
Word: parroted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of parrot Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sugar-free Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre English sugar Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English -fre English -free English sugar-free From sugar + -free. 1. Of food, drink, medication, chewing gum, etc: not containing sugar (and usually sweetened with a sugar substitute instead). Labels: not-comparable
Word: sugarhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre English sugar Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English sugarhouse From sugar + house. 1. A factory for the refining of raw sugar from Barbados. Labels: historical 2. A small cabin or shack where sap collected from sugar maples is boiled into maple syrup. Labels: Canada, New-England Example: Holonym: sugarbush
Word: parrot fever Part of Speech: noun 1. An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Chlamydophila psittaci and contracted from many species of bird. Labels: uncountable
Word: sugar-house Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sugarhouse. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sugar house Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sugarhouse. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: parrothouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From parrot + house. 1. An aviary where parrots and similar exotic birds are kept for display. Example: I do not deny that the poet may write an ode to a parrot as well as to a skylark; or for that matter a serenade to a penguin or a pelican. But he will prefer the parrot outside the parrothouse. He will prefer the pelican in the wilderness.
Word: L-bomb Part of Speech: noun 1. The word love, or an expression of love, usually one that provokes a significant change in a relationship. Labels: idiomatic Example: “Then take her on a tour of places that are special to the two of you — the bar where you had your first date, the park where you dropped the L-bomb, [...]”
Word: sugarloaf Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sugar-loaf. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rosella Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps a variant of Rosehill. Pronunciation: /ɹə(ʊ)ˈzɛlə/ 1. A parrot belonging to any of the five to eight species in the genus Platycercus (originally specifically Platycercus eximius) which is native to Australia and nearby islands. Example: Molly […] had glimpsed a future, like a rosella, hardly seen, swooping through the high umbrellas of the bush.
Word: rosella Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹə(ʊ)ˈzɛlə/ 1. Alternative form of roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Rosellas, a fruit, I imagine, not very well known, we grew most successfully, its delicious sub-acid making the most splendid substitute for the English red currant; and we varied its uses by transforming the raw material into jam and jelly, and freshly-stewed fruit. Example: [T]he rosella bush was coming in; the cricket-ball nuts on the baobabs were ripening.
Word: sugar-loaf Part of Speech: noun 1. A block of refined sugar, usually in the form of a truncated cone, in which form it was traditionally exported from the Caribbean and Brazil from the 17th century to the 19th century. Labels: historical 2. A hat shaped like a sugar-loaf. Labels: obsolete Example: why, do not I know you, grannam? and that sugar-loaf? 3. Ellipsis of sugar-loaf chicory, a certain cultivar. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 4. Ellipsis of sugar-loaf cabbage, a certain cultivar. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: sugar loaf Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sugar-loaf. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: parrotfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From parrot + fish. 1. Any of several tropical marine fish of the family Scaridae known for their beak-like mass of teeth used to scrape algae from rocks or coral.
Word: bloodiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of bloody: most bloody Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: bloodier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of bloody: more bloody Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: rosellas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rosella Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parrot fashion Part of Speech: adv 1. In the manner of a parrot; with thoughtless repetition of what others have said. Labels: not-comparable Example: He failed the tests because he could only recite the lessons parrot-fashion.
Word: shimmy-shammy Part of Speech: noun 1. Secretive, illicit activity or favor trading. Labels: uncountable Example: The four-month suspension is, in effect, the result of a little political shimmy-shammy. In return for some high profile Gorecki supporters endorsing Bob Spence, a judicial candidate favored by Thomas, he agreed to the four-month suspension.
Word: beauty spot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beauty (noun) + spot (noun). Some uses of sense 1 (“thing which is beautiful”) are figurative uses of sense 1.2 (“patch on the face to heighten beauty”). Pronunciation: /ˈbjuːtɪ ˌspɒt/, /ˈbjuti ˌspɑt/, [-ɾi-] 1. A thing (especially an aspect of something) which is beautiful. Labels: archaic Example: But if righteounſeſs be ſuch a beauty-ſpot in thine eyes novv, hovv is it that vvickedneſs vvas ſo cloſely ſtuck to by thee before. Example: I need not deſcribe to thee her hand and arm. VVhen thou ſavveſt her, I took notice that thy eyes dvvelt upon them, vvhenever thou couldſt ſpare them from that beauty-ſpot of vvonders, her face. 2. A thing (especially an aspect of something) which is beautiful. Labels: archaic 3. A thing (especially an aspect of something) which is beautiful. Labels: archaic, historical Example: The Deformity, and Filthyneſs of Svvine, make them the Beauty-ſpot of the Animal Creation, and the Emblem of all Vice. 4. A thing (especially an aspect of something) which is beautiful. Labels: archaic 5. A place noted for its beauty, especially its natural scenery. Labels: UK Example: Moreover they [mountains] bestow necessaries not in mere naked sufficiency, but in forms which make hill-streams and waterfalls rank among the beauty-spots of this beautiful world: […] Example: The building of the railway in this notable beauty spot roused the great Victorian writer John Ruskin to fury.
Word: coltsfoot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English coltisfote, coltys fot, equivalent to colt + -s- + foot. 1. An herbaceous plant, species Tussilago farfara, that grows in Europe and the Middle East; yellow coltsfoot. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The russet cliffs are wetted by a beck, and where the water runs, yellow coltsfoot grows. 2. Various flowering plants in the genus Petasites native to Europe or Asia. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Homogyne alpina (alpine coltsfoot or purple colt's-foot). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: under the impression Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Believing or making assumptions, often incorrectly. Labels: idiomatic Example: We opened a store in Beijing under the impression that our product would be popular. Example: Under the impression he was about to be fired, he decided to quit.
Word: Sunday roast Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional roast dinner, eaten on a Sunday, consisting of roast meat and trimmings. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, UK
Word: Girl Scout Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the Girl Scouts, a worldwide youth organization for girls, known as Girl Guides in Commonwealth countries. Labels: US
Word: reef triggerfish Part of Speech: noun 1. Rhinecanthus rectangulus, a species of triggerfish.
Word: transparentness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English transparent Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English transparentness From transparent + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being transparent; transparency. Labels: uncountable
Word: unkeen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English keen English unkeen From un- + keen. 1. Not keen, lacking in enthusiasm or motivation.
Word: Pythagorize Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pəˈθæɡ.əˌɹaɪz/ 1. To speculate in the manner of Pythagoras.
Word: octonary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Latin octōnārius (“containing eight”), from octōnī (“eight at a time”, “by eights”, “eight each”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary). Doublet of octonarius. 1. Of eighth rank or order. Labels: not-comparable 2. Consisting of eight things Labels: not-comparable
Word: octonary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin octōnārius (“containing eight”), from octōnī (“eight at a time”, “by eights”, “eight each”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary). Doublet of octonarius. 1. A group of eight things
Word: dunsh Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of dunch. Labels: Geordie, alt-of, alternative
Word: dunshed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dunsh Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dunshes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dunsh Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dunshin Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle of dunsh Labels: form-of, participle, present
Word: fashous Part of Speech: adj 1. That fashes one; troublesome. Labels: Geordie
Word: realer Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of real: more real Labels: comparative, form-of Example: Even those martyr-women who have stood by him in the long course of his transgressions, and maintained through thick and thin, that he is by all odds the novelist whom they could best trust with the cause of woman in fiction, have liked his anti-heroines more,—I mean, found them realer,—than his heroines. Example: 1956, A. B. Guthrie, These Thousand Hills, Mariner Books (1995), →ISBN, page 180, Those were the eyes remembered, the eyes of Rising Moon, father of Little Runner, who had prayed for his son in a time realer than this one and had seen the prayer answered and gone on his way, friend out of enemy.
Word: realer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From real + -er. 1. A player of real tennis. Labels: dated, slang
Word: iridesces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of iridesce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: iridescing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of iridesce Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: iridesced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of iridesce Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: usurers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of usurer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loan sharks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of loan shark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loan sharks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of loan shark Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fixed set Part of Speech: noun 1. A set which is unchanged by a function or other mapping. Formally: a set, S, is a fixed set of a function, f, if and only if for all x in S, f(x)=x.
Word: pyloric sphincter Part of Speech: noun 1. Muscular valve connecting the stomach to the duodenum and regulating flow of materials out of the stomach.
Word: natural logarithm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin logarithmus nātūrālis, coined in 1668 by Nicholas Mercator in his book Logarithmo-technica. 1. The logarithm in base e: either the function that given x returns y such that eʸ = x, or the value of y given by the function. Example: The natural logarithm can be used to integrate ¹⁄ₓ.
Word: nunnation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nun + -ation, from Arabic نُون (nūn, “the letter ن”). 1. Alternative spelling of nunation. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A stammering speech disorder, in which the /n/ sound is given to other consonants. Labels: dated Example: Not only in formal discourse, but in the ordinary walks of life, a well-modulated, expressive voice is a most valuable asset, whether one’s object be to interest, persuade or convince, to give a command or entreat a favor. The moulding of the voice into finished articulate speech is a mechanism in which the entire oral cavity, including palate, teeth, tongue and lips, take an important part. As a result of either structural defect of these organs, or, as is more often the case, as a consequence of their imperfect innervation, various logopathies may occur, which profoundly affect the social status of the unfortunate individual and seriously embarrass his way to a successful career. Lisping, stuttering, stammering, lallation, nunnation, and sigmatism, paragammacism and paralambdacism are but few of the locutory evils encountered, much too frequently in adolescents and adults. The fact that they are mostly amenable to treatment and may often be completely corrected, with proper attention and training, is something that needs to be more thoroughly impressed upon our educational bodies and sociologic reformers. 3. An inclination of Germanic languages to employ -n in endings. Labels: archaic, rare Example: § 146. The two important exceptions to the rule that the Frisian agrees with the Westsaxon rather than with the Northumbrian are the two connected with its Phonesis; in respect to (1) its Nunnation and (2) its Sigmatismus. It has less of both than the Westsaxon; though the absence of neither is quite so conspicuous as it is in the Norse. § 147. Eschewal of the Nunnation; Change from -an to -a.—This we find in three inflections: a. In the Weak (or Simple) Substantive—A. S.; eágan = eye’s and eyes, &c.; tungan = tongue’s and tongues, &c.; naman = name’s and names &c.—in Frisian ága, tunga, nama, &c. b. In the Definite Adjective—A. S. gódan = boni, bonæ, bono, in the Singular; and boni, bonæ, bona, bonos, &c., in the Plural. In Frisian the form is góda. c. In the Infinitive Mood of Verbs — A. S. deman = judicare, bærnan = urere, &c.; in Frisian, dema, berna, &c. In all these the Northumbrian agrees with the Frisian, and both with the Norse.
Word: ophidism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ophid- + -ism. 1. Poisoning by snake venom. Labels: uncountable
Word: clays Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kleɪz/ 1. plural of clay Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clays Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kleɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clay Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lavatories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lavatory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kroeberian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Kroeber Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Kroeberian From Kroeber + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to theories formulated by American anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber. Example: ...there are languages, in particular Eskimo and Tiwa, in which noun-incorporation of the Kroeberian sort appears. Example: Kroeberian frames of reference...
Word: aq Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of aqueous solution. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, physical
Word: aq Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of as quoted (used on a menu to indicate that the price is not listed because it varies depending on the composition of a dish (as in a charcuterie or cheese platter) or because it is particularly high). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: Penutian Part of Speech: name 1. A proposed grouping of language families that includes many Native American languages of western North America, predominantly spoken at one time in Washington, Oregon, and California. 2. An age from 53 to 51 million years ago, a subdivision of the Eocene.
Word: Miwokan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Miwok + -an. 1. Synonym of Miwok.
Word: Miwokan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Miwok + -an. 1. Synonym of Miwok.
Word: Miwokan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Miwok + -an. 1. Of or relating to the Miwok people. Labels: not-comparable
Word: neurobiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology English neurobiology From neuro- + biology. 1. The scientific study of nerve and brain function in people and animals: the biological extent of neuroscience. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sugar-maple Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sugar maple. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sugar mill Part of Speech: noun 1. A machine for pressing out the juice of the sugar cane. 2. A sugar refinery, a factory that processes sugar cane or sugar beet to produce sugar.
Word: sugar-mill Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sugar mill. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: exemptions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exemption Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sugar off Part of Speech: verb 1. To reduce maple sap by boiling to make maple syrup, maple sugar or maple toffee. Labels: intransitive
Word: jeopardous Part of Speech: adj 1. Marked by jeopardy; dangerous or perilous Example: “I cast Jafar's Jeopardous Journey!”
Word: damsire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dam + sire. 1. The sire (father) of a dam (mother); equivalent to a maternal grandfather Labels: usually
Word: MEB disease Part of Speech: noun 1. muscle-eye-brain disease Labels: uncountable
Word: MEB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of muscle-eye-brain disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of marine expeditionary brigade. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: muscle-eye-brain disease Part of Speech: noun 1. A congenital muscular dystrophy associated with severe myopia or glaucoma and mental retardation or hydrocephalus Labels: uncountable
Word: break one's duck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cricket, where duck means a score of zero. 1. To score one's first run in an innings. 2. To do something for the first time. Labels: UK, broadly, idiomatic Example: Best had come on as a substitute in the 1-0 win at Wigan last weekend and wasted a goalscoring opportunity after stumbling as he was about to shoot, so many of the fans in black and white could have been forgiven for thinking that perhaps the burly forward was destined not to break his duck.
Word: haulm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English halm, from Old English healm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos. Cognate with Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos) and Latin culmus. Doublet of French calame, calamus, culm, helm (Etymology 4, stalk), and qalam. Pronunciation: /hɒm/, /hɔːm/ 1. The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching. Labels: uncountable 2. An individual plant stem. Labels: countable 3. Part of a harness; a hame. Labels: countable
Word: puckered-up Part of Speech: adj 1. Contracted so as to form wrinkles. Labels: attributive Example: puckered-up lips
Word: menisci Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meniscus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French phare. Doublet of Pharos and Hvar. 1. beacon 2. lighthouse
Word: third party processor Part of Speech: noun 1. A company that is contracted, by a bank etc., to conduct some part of a financial transaction process; especially a company that provides software or hardware for such a process
Word: all roads lead to Rome Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Modern wording of medieval sentiment; apparently originally a reference to Roman roads generally and the Milliarium Aureum (Golden Milestone) specifically. Appears in the Latin form mīlle viae dūcunt hominēs per saecula Rōmam (“a thousand roads lead men forever to Rome”) in Liber Parabolarum, 591 (1175), by Alain de Lille. The earliest English form appears to be “right as diverse pathes leden the folk the righte wey to Rome”, in A Treatise on the Astrolabe (Prologue, ll. 39–40), 1391, by Geoffrey Chaucer. Pronunciation: [ɑlː ɹɔʊds liːd̥ tʰɪu̯ː ɹɔʊm] 1. Different paths can take one to the same goal. Labels: idiomatic
Word: vacance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French vacance, from Medieval Latin vacantia. Doublet of vacancy. Pronunciation: /vəˈkæns/, /vəˈkɑns/ 1. A vacation. Labels: obsolete Example: On the petition of the scholars of the grammar school of Cupar, on 6th August 1678, for a vacance, in order that they may 'recreate' themselves, and visit their friends, the council allow them a holiday till 23d September next.
Word: wine glass Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪn ɡlæs/ 1. A glass vessel, normally with a stem, from which wine is drunk.
Word: wine bar Part of Speech: noun 1. A drinking establishment where only wine is served.
Word: extenuates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of extenuate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: extenuating Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin ex (“to delete, to cross out”) and tenuatus, past participle of tenuare (“to make thin”) + Middle English -ing. By surface analysis, ex- + tenuate + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of extenuate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: extenuating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ex (“to delete, to cross out”) and tenuatus, past participle of tenuare (“to make thin”) + Middle English -ing. By surface analysis, ex- + tenuate + -ing. 1. That attenuates or lessens the seriousness of something, , e.g. by providing a mitigating excuse for it. Example: In the instant case, testimony has been offered that there were extenuating circumstances which might have made it impossible for the Hospital to comply with the time limit (Union office closed on April 4, 1974, for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day March).
Word: wine bottle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English wynebotellys pl, equivalent to wine + bottle. 1. A tall bottle with a long neck, normally made of dark or clear glass, for holding and serving wine.
Word: extenuated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English extenuate Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English extenuated From extenuate + -ed. 1. Made slender or thin; emaciated, wasted. Example: To this extenuated spectre, perhaps, a crumb is not thrown once a year; but when ahungered and athirst to famine—when all humanity has forgotten the dying tenant of a decaying house—Divine Mercy remembers the mourner, […]
Word: extenuated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English extenuate Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English extenuated From extenuate + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of extenuate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: wine cooler Part of Speech: noun 1. A drink made from a mixture of wine, fruit juice and soda water. Example: Near-synonym: spritzer (broadly synonymous) 2. Any piece of equipment used to keep wine chilled. Example: Jenny Bridges: I think his killer stole a wine cooler... DCI Tom Barnaby: You or I would have dropped it. DS Gavin Troy: Yeah, but it's 200 years old and weighs in at 40 grand on the insurance.
Word: wine list Part of Speech: noun 1. A list of wines, usually with a short description, available at e.g. a restaurant or bar.
Word: tolerates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tolerate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tolerating Part of Speech: adj 1. tolerant
Word: tolerating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tolerate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: potes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pote Labels: form-of, plural
Word: potes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pote Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: poules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: benda Part of Speech: noun 1. An old Guinean unit of mass, equivalent to 0.0642 kilograms.
Word: padella Part of Speech: noun 1. A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which a wick is placed, used for public illuminations, as at St. Peter's in Rome.
Word: salotto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian salotto. 1. An Italian drawing room. Example: On the other hand exedras or reception rooms, painting galleries, and salottos other than Corinthian, were half-cubes. Example: These included the decision to dismantle and rebuild the stairs at the head of a salotto which led to the room looking onto the cortile segreto, and to dismantle part of a ceiling to accommodate the new vault in the vaulted salotto.
Word: like taking candy from a baby Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Very easy to achieve. Example: Taking the money from the safe will be like taking candy from a baby, since I know the combination.
Word: Hephzibah Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew חֶפְצִי־בָהּ (ḥep̄ṣî-ḇāh, “my delight is in her”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛpzɪbə/, /ˈhɛfzɪbə/ 1. A female given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin. Used by Puritans in the 17th and 18th century. Labels: archaic Example: Thou shalt no more bee termed, Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed, Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land, Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shalbe maried. Example: "My mother's name was Hephzibah," said Silas, "and my little sister was named after her." 2. A town in Richmond County, Georgia, United States.
Word: frontrunner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From front + runner. 1. Alternative form of front runner. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “Republican frontrunner Donald Trump used a campaign stop in Michigan on Monday to make astonishingly sexist attacks against Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton,” the left-leaning ThinkProgress wrote. Example: The Conservative leadership frontrunner, Liz Truss, has rejected “handouts” as a way of helping people affected by the cost of living crisis.
Word: net profit Part of Speech: noun 1. The gross revenue minus all expenses. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Neale Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /niːl/ 1. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] derived from Niall. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. 3. A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage, variant of Neil. 4. A small village in County Mayo, Ireland.
Word: spreeuw Part of Speech: noun 1. A starling. Labels: South-Africa
Word: star jump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Referring to the star-like shape of the person jumping with limbs extended. 1. A form of exercise where one touches one's toes, then jumps up. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland
Word: eff off Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of F off. 1. fuck off. Labels: euphemistic
Word: eff all Part of Speech: intj 1. fuck all. Labels: euphemistic, slang
Word: zufoli Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zufolo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nebs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nebby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English neb Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English nebby From neb (“face, nose, beak”) + -y. 1. Overly inquiring; nosey. Labels: Geordie, Pennsylvania, Scotland, Western
Word: nebbie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neb + -ie. 1. Alternative spelling of nebby. Labels: Geordie, alt-of, alternative
Word: bread-and-butter letter Part of Speech: noun 1. A short, handwritten communication to thank someone who has recently provided the writer with hospitality, usually dinner or an overnight visit.
Word: peed off Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pee off. 1. simple past and past participle of pee off Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: peed off Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Either from the verb sense (above), or directly from pissed off (pee being a euphemism for piss). 1. Annoyed, irritated, angry. Labels: colloquial, euphemistic, idiomatic Example: 1962, John Charles Wahlke, The Legislative System: Explorations in Legislative Behavior, Wiley (1962), page 109, I was in business then. Some guy named Isidore Lubin sent forms all the time wanting to know what I was doing. I was peed off. Example: 1973, George Plimpton et al., Mad Ducks and Bears, Random House (1973), →ISBN, page 311, Sandusky said, "Even if the team wins, Curtis will get peed off because we didn't win big; we just won."
Word: precipitating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of precipitate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: maledictions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of malediction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: two birds with one stone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the phrase kill two birds with one stone. 1. Any two things that were performed or completed at the same time by one action. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: They talk about how 'these places' [pornographic bookstores] are gathering spots for homosexuals. The implication is that if you close down 'these places' you get two birds with one stone. Example: On another occasion, when trying to brainstorm things I could do to make myself feel better despite all the pandemic restrictions, Woebot suggested I “try doing something nice for someone in your life,” like make a calming tea for my housemate or check in with a loved one. I poured my mum some chamomile: Two birds, one stone.
Word: sportscar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sports car. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 巫 (wū, “shaman”). 1. A Chinese shaman. Labels: historical
Word: gentlest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of gentle: most gentle Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: anæmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English anæmia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English anæmic From anæmia + -ic. 1. Dated spelling of anaemic.
Word: nebbier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of nebby: more nebby Labels: Geordie, comparative, form-of
Word: nebbiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of nebby: most nebby Labels: Geordie, form-of, superlative
Word: pernicious anæmia Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of pernicious anaemia.
Word: tippa Part of Speech: contraction 1. Contraction of tip + of. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
Word: homebuilder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From home + builder. 1. A person or company which builds houses
Word: homeownership Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homeowner + -ship or home + ownership. 1. The state of being a homeowner. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: idempotence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin roots, idem (“same”) + potence (“the quality of having power”) – literally, “the quality of having the same power”. Coined by 19th century American mathematician Benjamin Peirce in context of algebra. Pronunciation: /ˌɪdɛmˈpəʊtəns/, /ˈaɪdəmˌpoʊtəns/ 1. A quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on the outcome; the state of being idempotent. Labels: uncountable Example: The proof (Tables 9 and 10) of idempotence for both OR and AND follows from examining the definition of each operation under the constraint that both inputs have the same value.
Word: fit as a lop Part of Speech: adj 1. In good health; very fit. Labels: Geordie, colloquial, not-comparable
Word: Valentinus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Valentīnus (“Valentine”), a patronymic from Valēns (Roman cognomen), itself nominalized from vālens (“strong, healthy”) + -īnus (“-ine”). Doublet of Valentine, Valentino, Valentina, and Valentini. Pronunciation: /ˌvælənˈtaɪ.nəs/, /ˌvælənˈtɪ.nəs/ 1. A Gnostic theologian who lived in Egypt and Rome c. 100 – c. 153. Labels: historical
Word: glaiky Part of Speech: adj 1. Daft; odd; thoughtless; foolish. Labels: Geordie
Word: gowans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gowan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hawkie Part of Speech: noun 1. A cow with a white face and darker body. Labels: Geordie
Word: hawkies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hawkie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: even keel Part of Speech: noun 1. The situation in which a watercraft is floating or proceeding in a smooth and level manner. Example: [T]he rude winds died away; and gradually a light breeze sprang up directly aft, filling out every sail, and wafting us smoothly along on an even keel. 2. Of an emotion or state of mind, the state or characteristic of being under control and balanced. Labels: idiomatic Example: The disease . . . plays havoc with mood, personality, perception and thought, and can require constant adjustments by friends and relatives just to keep life on an even keel. 3. Of a business or other activity, the state or characteristic of being well controlled and running smoothly. Labels: idiomatic Example: Wall Street was on a fairly even keel Tuesday morning but the same could not be said for Best Buy as the company's stock plummeted.
Word: hippin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Scots hippin, hippen; from hip + -ing. 1. Theatre curtain. Labels: Northumbria
Word: sea-parrot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sea parrot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: parroty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From parrot + -y. 1. Pertaining to or having the characteristics of a parrot.
Word: winter break Part of Speech: noun 1. A period of time off during the winter, especially over the Christmas period.
Word: hoond Part of Speech: noun 1. A dog; a hound. Labels: Geordie
Word: hoonds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hoond Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mouthfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mouthful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overprotective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Medieval Latin prōtēctīvusbor. English protective English overprotective From over- + protective. Pronunciation: /ˌoʊvɚpɹəˈtɛktɪv/, /ˌəʊvəpɹəˈtɛktɪv/ 1. Excessively protective, wanting to give too much protection (especially to children). Labels: not-comparable
Word: come back Part of Speech: verb 1. To return to a place. Labels: intransitive Example: But he never knew that it really was his own Bunny, come back to look at the child who had first helped him to be Real. 2. To return to one's possession, especially of memories. Labels: intransitive Example: Suddenly it all came back to him, the tea, the petite madeleines, his mother. 3. To return to a relationship with a former romantic partner. Labels: intransitive Example: […] I don't wanna sit on the pavement while you fly / But I will, I will, oh yes I will / 'Cause maybe, in the future, you're gonna come back, you're gonna come back around / Maybe, in the future, you're gonna come back, you're gonna come back[…] 4. To return to a former state, usually a desirable one; to become fashionable once more. Labels: intransitive Example: Many people counted him out, but he came back better than ever. Example: Paisley is coming back this year. 5. To retort. Labels: intransitive Example: He came back with one of his snide remarks.
Word: dry one's eyes Part of Speech: verb 1. To cease crying. Labels: idiomatic Example: "Be careful!" cried the green girl. "The tears will fall on your green silk gown and spot it." So Dorothy dried her eyes and said, "I suppose we must try it; but I am sure I do not want to kill anybody, even to see Aunt Em again." Example: These two stood in the corridor, waving till the last of the platform was out of sight; then they came into our compartment, and the woman cried a little. Soon she dried her eyes, and went back into the corridor, to have a last glimpse of her native heath.
Word: hogget Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hogget, from Anglo-Norman hoget and an Anglo-Latin hogettus. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒɡɪt/, /ˈhɑɡət/, /ˈhɔɡət/ 1. A young sheep of either gender from about 9 to 18 months of age (until it cuts 2 teeth). Labels: New-Zealand, UK, countable Example: They sent a lorryload of hoggets to the auction mart, and they will keep the rest for their own flock. Example: They were kept in separate flocks; first there were the hoggets, then the oldest of the younger lambs and lastly the very young ones all kept apart from one another […] 2. The meat of a young sheep. Labels: New-Zealand, UK, uncountable Example: They make a delicious dinner special of hogget. It is made with rosemary and mint. Example: The butcher told him he didn’t have any lamb. Bummer, Max thought. Then the butcher told him, “We have hogget.” […] With some prodding, the butcher explained that hogget is meat from a sheep that is older than a lamb and younger than the animals that make mutton. It was delicious, this hogget. 3. A young swine of the second year. Labels: UK, countable, obsolete Example: The monastery's records showed not only how many swine were raised each year but also their disposition, categorized by boars, sows, hoggets, and porklings. Example: When the particulars of livestock endorsed on the Tavistock account rolls of the fourteenth century are compared with those given in the Exon Domesday,¹ the chief difference between them is found to lie in the elaborate subdivisions of the later documents. Bovine stock, for example, is now particularized under no fewer than eight categories: oxen, bulls, cows, heifers, three-year-old steers (bovetti), two-year-old bullocks (boviculi), yearlings, and calves. Sheep are classified as wethers, rams, ewes, hoggasters or two-year-olds, and lambs. For swine there are four categories: boars, sows, hoggets, and porklings or sucking-pigs (porcelli). The list is completed by the affri or draught-horses with their foals, and the capons, geese, and peacocks that were fattened for the lord's table. One animal, the goat, which had been kept in great numbers all over Devon in 1086, has no place in these later records. Behind its disappearance lay some notable but unrecorded change in the technique of dairy farming.² The tedium of the livestock inventories is frequently enlivened by glimpses of rural merry-making. Thus, in one year four calves, one bullock, two hoggets, three ewes, and seven wethers are slaughtered for the harvest festival at Hurdwick, besides the "feasting-wether" to which the farm labourers were entitled by ancient custom. An ox is killed for the servants when they begin to salt the winter meat at Martinmas. After the Easter and Michaelmas law-courts more stock is killed off to regale the tenants with a dinner. The Michaelmas goose is in evidence from the first, and often a lamb is stated to have been "given to St Antony". This gift remains as mysterious as the payment of a penny "to St German's bells" which occurs as a dairy expense in 1332 and 1337.¹
Word: hoggerel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hog + -erel (as a diminutive). 1. A sheep of the second year. Labels: archaic
Word: hogframe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hog + frame. Related to hogging, which it was designed to counter. 1. A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness, formerly used in American river and lake steamboats. Labels: US, historical
Word: hogcote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hog + cote (“building for domesticated animals”). 1. A shed for pigs; a sty.
Word: hogchain Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hog chain. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: steamfitting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From steam + fitting. 1. A part used in the piping for steam. Labels: countable 2. The act or occupation of installing and maintaining piping for steam. Labels: uncountable Example: Steamfitting can be a dangerous task, because the steam is under great pressure.
Word: hodograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hodo- + -graph. 1. A curve described by the moving extremity of a line whose other end is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; used in investigations respecting central forces. Example: The following is Sir W R. Hamilton's theorem of hodographical isochranism: "if two circular hodegraphs having a common chord, which passes through or tends towards a common centre of force, be cut perpendicularly by a third circle, the times of hodographically describing the intercepted arcs will be equal."
Word: hodmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hodman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hodiern Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin hodiernus, from hodie (“today”). Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊdiˌɜː(ɹ)n/, /ˈhɒdiˌɜː(ɹ)n/ 1. Of this day; present-day.
Word: steelyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From steel + yard (“enclosed area, rod”). The sense of “place” is a calque of Dutch staalhof or Middle Low German Stalhof (Modern Dutch staal (“steel”) + hof (“court, yard”)). The sense of “balance” is presumably from the sense of “place”, originally “steelyard beam”, mixed with additional sense of “rod” (hence “rod for weighing steel”), replacing earlier Latin statēra. Pronunciation: /ˈstiːljɑːɹd/, /ˈstiːljɚd/, /ˈstiːljɑːd/, /ˈstiːljəd/, /ˈstɪljəɹd/ 1. A transportable balance with unequal arm lengths. 2. A place where steel (and possibly other metals as well) is stored and sold.
Word: kinks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kink Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kinks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of kink Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: platters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of platter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pretenders Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈtɛndə(ɹ)z/ 1. plural of pretender Labels: form-of, plural
Word: papas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of papa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: starry-eyed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having naively optimistic hopes or outlooks. Example: He was so starry-eyed when he started, but reality ground him down, and he became both more realistic and more practical.
Word: creepers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of creeper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: creepers Part of Speech: intj 1. An expression of surprise, fear, or excitement Example: "Oh, creepers, Mom, that's part of getting to know the gang," Bain said. "Why they used to call Bill 'Cheese,' and he didn't let it bother him."
Word: star-studded Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a large number of celebrities (colloquially stars). Example: It was a star-studded cast, until the money ran out and they all went back to Hollywood. 2. Having a large number of visible celestial stars. Example: The star-studded sky at that latitude was breathtakingly clear and bright.