nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: iracund Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin iracundus. 1. Angry; irritable Labels: rare Example: Dryasdust knows only that these Preussen were a strong-boned, iracund herdsman-and-fisher people; highly averse to be interfered with, in their religion especially. Example: And the 'steal Injun hoss!' iterated and reiterated by a dozen voices, and always with the most iracund emphasis, enabled Roland to form a proper conception of the sense in which his enemies held that offence, as well as of the great merits and wide-spread fame of his new ally, whose voice gad thrown the red-men into such a ferment. 2. Characterized by anger; caused by anger; wrathful Labels: rare Example: Nor does he [Dante] extract any other example of iracund murder or harm from the hundreds of cases available to him from Ajax, Achilles—nay, from Cain—down to his time.
Word: invulnerable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French invulnérable, from Latin invulnerābilis, from vulnerābilis, from vulnerō (“to wound”), from vulnus (“wound”), equivalent to in- + vulnerable. 1. Incapable of being injured; not vulnerable. Labels: not-comparable Example: His gaze went to Hirken, who stood gloating behind invulnerable transparisteel. 2. Unanswerable; irrefutable. Labels: not-comparable Example: an invulnerable argument
Word: invulnerability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French invulnérabilité. 1. The state of being invulnerable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: invulnerably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English invulnerable Middle English -ly English -ly English invulnerably From invulnerable + -ly. 1. In an invulnerable manner.
Word: unanswerable 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 answer Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English answerable English unanswerable From un- + answerable. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈɑːnsəɹəb(ə)l/ 1. Not answerable; impossible to answer. 2. Impossible to dispute or rebut; irrefutable; conclusive. Example: If I have not said much about it before, it was, of course, that the Professor's earnest desire was that no possible rumor of the unanswerable argument which we carried should be allowed to leak out until the moment came when his enemies were to be confuted. Example: The map is never an unanswerable argument in transportation.
Word: unanswerable Part of Speech: noun 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 answer Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English answerable English unanswerable From un- + answerable. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈɑːnsəɹəb(ə)l/ 1. Something that cannot be answered. Example: These unanswerables are left open to the viewer's own construction by the sculptor.
Word: unanswerability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + answerability. 1. The quality of being unanswerable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: unanswerableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + answerableness or unanswerable + -ness. 1. The state of being unanswerable. Labels: uncountable
Word: unanswerably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English unanswerable Middle English -ly English -ly English unanswerably From unanswerable + -ly. 1. In an unanswerable manner; beyond refutation.
Word: inwards Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Germanic *in Proto-West Germanic *in Old English in Middle English in English in English -wards English inwards From in + -wards. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnwɚdz/, /ˈɪnwədz/ 1. Towards the inside. Example: The underframe also carries four bonded-rubber mountings, focused upwards and inwards towards the centre of gravity to suspend the body shell. Example: As well as their obvious novelty value, the Class 313s offered fast acceleration, those power-operated sliding doors, non-opening passenger windows, closed ventilators to prevent any body part, head or limbs reaching out, drivers' and guards' doors opening inwards, and end doors for emergency exit.
Word: inwards Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Germanic *in Proto-West Germanic *in Old English in Middle English in English in English -wards English inwards From in + -wards. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnwɚdz/, /ˈɪnwədz/ 1. Archaic form of innards. Labels: alt-of, archaic, plural, plural-only Example: So I went up and down, and through the street, and down to the harbour-side, like a dog that has lost its master, with a strange gnawing in my inwards, and every now and then a movement of despair. Example: [A]nd the post mortem performed handily and swiftly right at the edge of the grave, so that the inwards which had caused the pig's death preceded him into the ground and he lay at last resting squarely on the cause of his own undoing.
Word: involuntariness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English involuntary 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 involuntariness From involuntary + -ness. 1. The state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism. Labels: uncountable
Word: invitingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English inviting Middle English -ly English -ly English invitingly From inviting + -ly. 1. In an inviting manner; so as to attract; attractively.
Word: invitingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English inviting 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 invitingness From inviting + -ness. 1. The state of being inviting; attractiveness. Labels: uncountable
Word: attractively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English attractive Middle English -ly English -ly English attractively From attractive + -ly. Pronunciation: /əˈtɹæk.tɪv.li/ 1. In an attractive manner; with the power of attracting or drawing to. Example: For the typophiles reading this, the book is attractively designed. It is set in Classic Aldine, a handsome face akin to the more popular Palatino. The designer's work is unfortunately marred by indifferent printing.
Word: attractivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English attractive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English attractivity From attractive + -ity. 1. The quality or degree of attractive power or influence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1841, Zoé de Gatti de Gamond [authoress of French original; English translator unknown], The Phalanstery; or, Attractive Industry and Moral Harmony, introduction, page xxiii This voice, this unity, is the true attractivity which is to redeem man.
Word: enticing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɛnˈtaɪsɪŋ/, /ɪnˈtaɪsɪŋ/ 1. That entices; alluring; attractive; charming Example: The opportunity to extinguish MAGAdom is so enticing that it has purged one of the most self-sabotaging inclinations in the American liberal’s coalition: the fractious adjudication of identity that can too often become a priority over winning elections.
Word: enticing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɛnˈtaɪsɪŋ/, /ɪnˈtaɪsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of entice Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enticing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɛnˈtaɪsɪŋ/, /ɪnˈtaɪsɪŋ/ 1. enticement; temptation Example: On each soft side [of the White Whale]—coincident with the parted swell, that but once leaving him, then flowed so wide away—on each bright side, the whale shed off enticings.
Word: enticement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French enticement. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtaɪsmənt/ 1. The act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Suddenly on the far side of the street Rozsi and her sister passed, with little baskets on their arms. He started up, and at that moment Rozsi looked round--her face was the incarnation of enticement, the chin tilted, the lower lip thrust a little forward, her round neck curving back over her shoulder. Swithin muttered, "Make your own arrangements--leave me out!" and hurried from the room, leaving James beside himself with interest and alarm. 2. That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; an alluring object. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science. Example: In Persia, newly married couples were presented with sheep's trotters steeped in vinegar as a love enticement.
Word: inviolate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English inviolat, inviolate, from Latin inviolātus. By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + violate (adjective). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvaɪ.ə.lət/, /ɪnˈvaɪ.əʊˌleɪt/ 1. Not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment. Example: His fortune of arms was still inviolate. Example: A partner can also, hopefully, be trusted more fully than any other person in our lives. Our courts recognize this by refusing to allow a person to testify against his or her spouse. The sanctity of the home, by which they mean the couple, is inviolate. 2. Incorruptible. Example: inviolate truth Example: There chaste Alceste lives inviolate.
Word: inviolately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English inviolate Middle English -ly English -ly English inviolately From inviolate + -ly. 1. In an inviolate manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: inviolateness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English inviolate 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 inviolateness From inviolate + -ness. 1. The state of being inviolate. Labels: uncountable
Word: skulk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sculke, skulke, skulken, of North Germanic origin; compare Danish skulke (“shirk”), Swedish skolka (“play truant”). Pronunciation: /skʌlk/, /skʊlk/ 1. A group of foxes. Labels: collective Example: A skulk of foxes, a cowardice of curs are tonight’s traffic whispering in the yards and lanes. Example: A skulk of fox padded daintily over a stream-slashed meadow, and a herd of deer like iron ornaments stood stock still in their winter pelage. 2. A group of people seen as being fox-like (e.g. cunning, dishonest, or having nefarious plans). Labels: figuratively Example: […] a skulk of priests flapped out of the Church of San Geronimo, and women kneeling at novena put away their beads […] Example: The law was served by a skulk of informers, who traded their whispers to the royal foresters and woodwards, who gilded their tales for the verderers and regarders, who presented the guilty to the forest Justices. 3. The act of skulking. Example: A part of their company, who had been sent out on a skulk, had not returned, and great anxiety was felt lest they had fallen into an ambush and been captured. Example: There was only the danger that his horse might lame himself in the night; but then he could go back in the hills and make a skulk on foot. 4. The act of skulking. Example: His gait was something between a slouch and a skulk. Example: Romen had developed a kind of strut to replace his former skulk. 5. The act of skulking. Example: [They took] good care […] to swing their hammocks as far abaft as possible, for the twofold purpose of having a skulk in their watch below at night, and to keep clear of the sprays, which usually pour down the gratings […] Example: “This nonsense won’t do for me, you know; if you want a skulk, you had better pack off back to the house.” 6. One who avoids an obligation or responsibility. Labels: obsolete Example: . Example: "I shall do my duty, Mr. Jackson," replied Newton, "and fear no consequences." / "Indeed! you saw how I settled a skulk just now;—beware of his fate!"
Word: skulk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sculke, skulke, skulken, of North Germanic origin; compare Danish skulke (“shirk”), Swedish skolka (“play truant”). Pronunciation: /skʌlk/, /skʊlk/ 1. To stay where one cannot be seen, conceal oneself (often in a cowardly way or with the intent of doing harm). Example: Is whispering nothing? Is leaning cheek to cheek? is meeting noses? Kissing with inside lip? stopping the career Of laughing with a sigh?—a note infallible Of breaking honesty—horsing foot on foot? Skulking in corners? wishing clocks more swift? Example: Discover’d and defeated of your Prey, You sculk’d behind the Fence, and sneak’d away. 2. To move in a stealthy or furtive way; to come or go while trying to avoid detection. Example: The residue like vnto the bare arssed rebels sculked to and fro; but in the end, they and the others were all dispersed, & durst not to appeare. Example: He has been seen with her, by one whom he would not know, at Cuper’s Gardens; dressed like a Sea-officer, and skulking, like a thief, into the privatest walks of the place. 3. To avoid an obligation or responsibility. Example: Let discipline employ her wholesome arts, Let magistrates alert perform their parts, Not skulk or put on a prudential mask, As if their duty were a desp’rate task; Example: They are paid about three shillings a day for ten hours’ work—it is hard work, especially in windy weather, and there is no skulking, for an inspector comes round frequently to see that the men are on their beats.
Word: volubility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin volūbilitās. By surface analysis, voluble + -ity. 1. the state of being voluble Labels: uncountable Example: His volubility had left him at last, and he sank down wearily on my sofa. I felt that no words of condolence availed, and I let him lie there quietly. Example: But there is no help for him — or for us, his readers — no way for him to stop the chattering by which he means to make his meaning clear […] Freddie Greenfield is doomed, then, and we are doomed along with him, victims of his volubility. 2. the degree to which someone is voluble Labels: countable
Word: groupe Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of group. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: He approached several groupes of gentlemen who seemed, by their voice and gesture, to be discoursing upon some important subject; […]
Word: wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer Part of Speech: noun 1. A hygrometer consisting of two thermometers, the bulb of one of which is kept wet and shows a lower temperature; the relative humidity is obtained from the two temperatures using tables.
Word: Norwich Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English norþ (“north”) + wīċ (“hamlet”). Pronunciation: /ˈnɒɹɪdʒ/, /ˈnɒɹɪtʃ/, /ˈnɔːwɪtʃ/, /ˈnɔːɹɪdʒ/, /ˈnɔːɹɪtʃ/ 1. A city and local government district with borough status in and county town of Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TQ2308). 2. A municipality in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. 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: jeté Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jete. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: MK Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Milton Keynes: a borough in Buckinghamshire, England; also the first part of the postcode for the area. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Marland added: "We will look at bidding for the HQ, but the language being used indicates that already-successful places like MK need not apply. 2. Initialism of Mong Kok. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of Mortal Kombat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 4. Initialism of Mario Kart. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 5. Abbreviation of uMkhonto weSizwe. Labels: South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: Another ANC splinter party, the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK), led by former President Jacob Zuma appears to be on course to do well in KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern coastal province where Durban is located. Example: His MK party, named after the ANC’s former armed wing, appears to have achieved just that – formed just five months ago, it is now the third-largest party in South Africa, receiving almost 15% of the vote.
Word: MK Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Member of Knesset. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: A simple majority of 61 MKs will be able to do whatever it wants without any checks and balances. 2. Initialism of mooseknuckle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang 3. Initialism of missionary's kid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: A significant sector of the Global Nomad population is represented by the 'missionary kids' or 'MK's'.
Word: asymmetric warfare Part of Speech: noun 1. Warfare between belligerents who have different strengths and weaknesses. Labels: uncountable
Word: shorthanded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From short + handed. 1. Lacking sufficient staff or people, as for normal or efficient operations. Example: The tiny restaurant usually got by with three workers on that shift, but found itself shorthanded when the tour bus pulled in. Example: "What are you doing out here?" I asked Iris. “We shorthanded?” She smiled. “We're always shorthanded, Miss Lois. 2. Having less than a quorum. Example: Neither the code nor the case law discuss whether or how the power of a shorthanded school board should be curtailed 3. Having, or occurring during an interval with, fewer than a full complement of players, often as the result of a penalty. Example: “Scoring a shorthanded goal gives the team a lift,” Lefley said. “We've been picking our spots and making the most of them. 4. Having fewer than the standard number of players. Example: Some of the ideas discussed in the Omaha eight-or-better section include general concepts, position, low hands, high hands, your starting hand, play on the flop, multi-way versus shorthanded play, scare cards, getting counterfeited, and your playing style.
Word: shorthanded Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From short + handed. 1. In a shorthanded manner. Example: "They were working shorthanded," said one PMA official, "this company's got a policy of releasing gangs working shorthanded." Example: A player may receive a red card any time without the player first receiving a yellow card. When a player gets a red card, they must leave the game and their team must play shorthanded.
Word: shorthanded Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From short + handed. 1. simple past and past participle of shorthand Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: walkies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɔː(ɹ)k.iːz/ 1. plural of walkie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Singlish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Singaporean + English. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋ.lɪʃ/ 1. A highly colloquial or basilectal variety of Singapore English incorporating much Hokkien and Malay lexis. Labels: Singapore, uncountable
Word: Singlish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Sinhala + English, or, Sri Lanka + English Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋ.lɪʃ/ 1. Any of various varieties of English spoken in Sri Lanka. Labels: Sri-Lanka, uncountable
Word: childrens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: children + -s, adding the obsolete genitive or the plural marker to an already plural form. 1. plural of child Labels: form-of, nonstandard, plural Example: 1980, Mary E. Arnold, Mabel Reed, In the Land of the Grasshopper Song According to Essie, “If a man didn’t pay no money for his wife and they just lived together then his childrens got a bad name. It made a man ashamed when his childrens got a bad name.” Example: 2004, Curlee Brazell, I believe These was a consertration of young mothers who became mothers as tean agers, who the majority had mothers and fathers, who was substance abusers, these was their childrens, who had childrens at an early age, they too was substance abusers, until they was exploiting most all of their resources, on substances which could not do them or their childrens any good. 2. genitive of children Labels: form-of, genitive, obsolete Example: In this ſaing S. Auguſtin likeneth the ſacramentes of the olde lavve in reſpect of the ſacramentes of the nevve lavve vnto childrens games, and our ſacramentes he likeneth to the thinges of more profett, vvhich are to be geuen to the ſonnes of God, vvhen they vvaxe of more age, knovvledge, and ripeneſſe. Example: And Moſes ſware on that day, ſaying, Surely the land whereon thy feet haue troden, ſhall be thine inheritance, and thy childꝛens foꝛ euer, becauſe thou haſt wholly followed the Lord my God.
Word: ravelin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ravelin, from Italian rivellino, of unclear origin: perhaps from Latin re- + vallum. 1. An outwork. A fortification outside a castle used to split an attacking force; composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon Example: I think, quoth Corporal Trim, with humble submission to your Honour’s better judgment,——that these ravelins, bastions, curtins, and hornworks, make but a poor, contemptible, fiddle-faddle piece of work of it here upon paper, compared to what your Honour and I could make of it were we in the country by ourselves, and had but a rood, or a rood and a half of ground to do what we pleased with: As summer is coming on, continued Trim, your Honour might sit out of doors, and give me the nography—(Call it ichnography, quoth my uncle,)——of the town or citadel, your Honour was pleased to sit down before,—and I will be shot by your Honour upon the glacis of it, if I did not fortify it to your Honour’s mind. Example: It is about 2,500 yards in circuit, is built of red stone, and, according to Von Orlich, is now " a bastioned quinquangle ; the ancient walls with semicircular bastions face the two streams ; the land side is quite regular, and consists of two bastions, and a half-bastion with three ravelins," and stands higher than any ground in face of it.
Word: low hanging fruit Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of low-hanging fruit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: brownout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A deverbal from brown out, by analogy with blackout. 1. A period of low alternating current line voltage, causing a reduction in illumination. Example: When demand for electricity exceeds the available supply, a brownout occurs. Example: The ancient elevator begins its descent. ... Its motor whines, its cables grind, but between the tenth and ninth stories a gatta-gatta-gatta detonates then dies with a phzzz-zzz-zz-z. ... Luisa manages a smile, just. “We might be here some time. Last month’s brownout lasted seven hours.” Well, at least I’m not confined with a psychopath, a claustrophobe, or Richard Ganga. 2. A temporary dimming of vision, usually with a brown hue and accompanied by loss of peripheral vision or tunnel vision. Example: On rising suddenly from her chair she experienced a brownout and had to sit down again quickly. 3. A temporary closing of a fire station, usually due to budget restrictions. Example: Fire departments across the country have been forced to rely on rolling brownouts because of the recession. 4. A power outage during the day; distinguished from a blackout, which occurs at night. 5. A moment or period where something is weakened, diminished or less effective. Labels: figuratively, uncommon 6. A blackout, regardless of time of day. Labels: Australia, Hong-Kong, Philippines Example: Remember that you can't send or receive a fax if there is a brownout. ... Due to blackouts (the Philippine term is brownout), especially during the dry season, be prepared with a flashlight and don't forget to save your data in your PC.
Word: self-righteous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English righteous English self-righteous From self- + righteous. 1. Piously self-assured and smugly moralistic. Example: Near-synonyms: smug, complacent; sanctimonious Example: And is it not possible, Mr. Hier, that people are reacting (in a contemptible way, certainly) against your self-righteous bawling? 2. Patronizingly moralizing and rebuking.
Word: sightseeing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sight + seeing. 1. The activity of going out looking at things; tourism. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Sightseeing is a frequent reason to visit San Francisco.
Word: sightseeing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sight + seeing. 1. present participle and gerund of sightsee Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: in't Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /ɪnt/ 1. Contraction of in + it. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, contraction Example: O braue new world / That has ſuch people in't. 2. Contraction of isn't. Labels: Northern-England, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal Example: But all of that's what the point is not / The point's that there in't no romance around there
Word: Bau Part of Speech: name Etymology: Various origins: * Borrowed from German Bau, perhaps a short form of compounds with this element, such as Bauhofer or Baumann. * Borrowed from French Bau, perhaps a variant of Beau. * Variant of Bao, a surname of Chinese origin. 1. A surname.
Word: Bau Part of Speech: name 1. A Mesopotamian goddess, initially a life-giving deity sometimes associated with the creation of mankind, later a goddess of healing and medicine.
Word: crip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of cripple. Pronunciation: /kɹɪp/ 1. A cripple. Labels: offensive Example: Alan nodded. "Buster. He's parked in the crip space again. I told him last time I was through warning him about it." 2. A person with a disability.
Word: crip Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of cripple. Pronunciation: /kɹɪp/ 1. To do a Crip Walk. 2. To apply a disability justice perspective to something. Example: In performance, the artists under discussion sometimes use queering and cripping against one another; they “queer the crip” and “crip the queer.” That is, queering critiques and expands notions of what it means to be crippled, and cripping critiques and expands notions of what it means to be queer. Example: In approaching the ISA negatively, we can begin to crip the ways in which it conceptualizes disability, gesturing towards the nonidentical that is concealed through identity and opening up space for the recognition of differences that this putatively universal symbol obfuscates.
Word: Ahn Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 안(安) (An). 1. A surname from Korean.
Word: Crip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally from crib, reflecting the young age of most gang members; later influenced by cripple, referring to the canes they used to carry. 1. A member of Crips, a violent Los Angeles criminal gang who typically wear blue and have an intense and bitter rivalry with the Bloods. Example: My union with the neighborhood kids teaches me Bloods don't say or write words starting with c's. This is how Bloods disrespect Crips. They replace all c's with k's or b's and cross out all remaining c's in the word.
Word: MOCVD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of metalorganic chemical vapour deposition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, physical
Word: joint-stock bank Part of Speech: noun 1. Any bank that is a joint-stock company.
Word: MOVPE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of metalorganic vapour phase epitaxy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, physical
Word: granularity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English granular Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English granularity From granular + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌɡɹæn.jəˈlæɹ.ə.ti/, /ˌɡɹæn.jəˈlɝ.ə.ti/ 1. The condition of being granular. Labels: uncountable Example: By granularity we mean the length of time to execute a multitaskable segment of the original program on a single CPU. Granularity is measured in time units, rather than floating point operations, […] 2. The extent to which something is granular. Labels: countable
Word: joint-stock company Part of Speech: noun 1. A company with transferable ownership interests and limited shareholder liability. Labels: UK 2. A company with transferable ownership interests and unlimited shareholder liability. Labels: US
Word: Milton Keynes Part of Speech: name Etymology: From an earlier "Middleton Caynes" when the village was in the manor of the "de Cahaines" family. Pronunciation: /ˌmɪltən ˈkiːnz/ 1. Originally a village in Buckinghamshire, now a purpose-built city in central England, United Kingdom, containing the towns of Bletchley, Wolverton, Stony Stratford, and many smaller villages. Example: A Milton Keynes is up against a long-term cost disadvantage. Example: Now a Milton Keynes resident knows a concrete cow when he sees one but . . . 2. A unitary authority and borough with city status (City of Milton Keynes) in Buckinghamshire. 3. A civil parish (served by Broughton and Milton Keynes Parish Council) for the village within the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP8839).
Word: footman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fotman, footman, foteman (“foot soldier, running footman”), from Old English *fōtman, *fōtmann (attested only as Old English fēþman, fēþemann (“footman”), equivalent to foot + man. 1. A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier. Labels: archaic 2. A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc. Example: […] on October 29, 1888, the Russian imperial train was derailed at Borki by defective track, and twenty-one persons were killed. Although these did not include the Emperor Alexander III, who escaped with a bruising, a footman serving coffee to him at the critical moment, and his dog, which was lying on the floor beside him, were both killed on the spot. Example: And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott […]: Charles might only have been second footman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred, but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir. 3. A servant who runs in front of his master's carriage. Labels: historical Example: When he travelled by coach the vehicle was accompanied by his liveried footmen running alongside to ensure its smooth passage (footmen would not be indoor servants until a century later). 4. A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire. 5. A moth of the family Arctiidae (or subfamily Arctiinae); so called from its livery-like colors. 6. A moth of the family Arctiidae (or subfamily Arctiinae); so called from its livery-like colors. 7. A bar that connects the treadle of a spinning wheel to the wheel.
Word: philosophic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English philosophik, phylosophyk, from Old French filosofique and Latin philosophicus; equivalent to philosophy + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌfɪləˈsɒfɪk/, /ˌfɪləˈsɑfɪk/, /ˌfɪləˈzɒfɪk/ 1. Synonym of philosophical. Example: ’Tis certain, that, while we aſpire to the magnanimous Firmneſs of the philoſophic Sage, and endeavour to confine our Pleaſures altogether within our own Minds, we may, at laſt, render our Philoſophy, like that of Epictetus and other Stoics, only a more refin’d Syſtem of Selfiſhneſs, and reaſon ourſelves out of all Virtue, as well as ſocial Enjoyment.
Word: inmost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English inmost, from Old English innemest, a double superlative form from inne (“within”), from in (“in”). The modern form is due to confusion with most. 1. superlative form of inner: most inner; the very deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part. Labels: form-of, superlative Example: Courtenaye was at once carried out of himself; he caught the fire of the actor; the splendid voice, the noble gesture, and the exalted sentiment, aided by the pomp of the verse, mastered his inmost soul. Example: Virginia Carteret was finding it a new and singular experience to have a man tell her baldly at their first meeting that he had read her inmost thought of him.
Word: inmost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English inmost, from Old English innemest, a double superlative form from inne (“within”), from in (“in”). The modern form is due to confusion with most. 1. That which is inmost; the core.
Word: briefest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of brief: most brief Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: emphatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English emphatic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English emphatically From emphatic + -ally. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈfætɪkli/ 1. In an emphatic manner; with emphasis. Example: The leaders feel emphatically that each side must prove good faith before they'll will resume their talks. Example: Perhaps, at, another time, Ralph’s obstinacy and dislike would have been proof against any appeal from such a quarter, however emphatically urged; but now, after a moment’s hesitation, he went into the hall for his hat, and returning, got into the coach without speaking a word. 2. Most definitely; truly. Labels: modal Example: He was indeed emphatically a popular writer. 3. Not really, but apparently. Labels: obsolete Example: I must be taken neither really nor emphatically , but only emblematically: for being the Hierogliphick of celerity, and swifter than other animals, men best expreſſed their velocity by incurvity
Word: hillside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hill Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English hillside From hill + side. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪlˌsaɪd/ 1. The side of a hill. Example: When, lo! along the tall Rocky hill-side, a smoke ascends in clouds Like snow-flakes, soaring from the summit up Into the sky. Example: Snowsheds and snow fences protect the line on either side of Semskfjell, but the country soon begins to lose some of its bleakness, and the tree line is regained at Lønsdal (1,680 ft. above sea-level), where the line is high on a hillside, commanding widespread views of the mountains.
Word: bravest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of brave: most brave Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: bravest Part of Speech: noun 1. Firefighters. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only Example: New York's bravest
Word: teaspoonful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From teaspoon + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈtiːspuːnfəl/ 1. A unit of capacity equal to the amount a teaspoon can hold which is taken approximately as 5 ml. Example: “When I say mind,” said the blood relation, “I refer to the quarter-teaspoonful of brain which you might possibly find in her head if you sank an artesian well.”
Word: Ast Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: ast Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of asked, simple past and past participle of ask. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Curley said, "Well, I didn't mean nothing, Slim. I just ast you." Example: I just ast her.
Word: Anglophobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo- + -phobe. Pronunciation: /ˈaŋ.ɡlə(ʊ).fəʊb/ 1. A person who dislikes or fears England, its people or anything English. Example: Not surprisingly, in view of their country's defeat in the Crimean War, they were Anglophobes to a man.
Word: Anglophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo- + -phobia. 1. The hatred or fear of England and anything English (or British). Labels: uncountable
Word: teflon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericization of trademark Teflon. 1. Synonym of polytetrafluoroethylene, PTFE. Labels: uncountable Example: ...tweeting in defiance at all those horrendous scandals that were meant to destroy his campaign. He made teflon look sticky.
Word: teflon Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Genericization of trademark Teflon. 1. Non-stick, slick. Labels: figuratively 2. Able to easily shrug off or deflect criticism or blame. Labels: figuratively Example: the teflon Prime Minister
Word: exsecant Part of Speech: noun 1. The trigonometric function sec(x) − 1. Abbreviation: exsec
Word: exsec Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of exsecant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: excosecant Part of Speech: noun 1. The trigonometric function csc(x) − 1. Abbreviation: excsc
Word: excsc Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of excosecant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Bengel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Bengel. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Biber Part of Speech: name 1. A right tributary of the Danube river in Bavaria, Germany.
Word: Bischof Part of Speech: name Etymology: Occupational surname borrowed from German Bischof (“bishop”). 1. A surname from German.
Word: restaurants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of restaurant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trattorie Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trattoria Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trattoria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian trattoria. Pronunciation: /tɹɑtəˈɹiːə/ 1. A small, informal Italian-style restaurant. Example: La Granita is a new trattoria on the Upper East Side with a charcoal grill, a rotisserie and a wood-burning pizza oven.
Word: pizzerie Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pizzeria Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pizzaiolo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian pizzaiolo. 1. One who makes pizzas; a pizzamaker. Example: The wood-burning ovens and rock-star pizzaioli that seemed exotic not long ago are becoming familiar. Example: Mr. Arena routinely travels to pizzerias, and also responds to questions from pizzaiolos from around the world, including Brazil and China. […] Evel Pie, where Mr. Rotolo was once the head pizzaiolo, has a punk-rock-meets-Evel-Knievel aesthetic, replete with a Knievel-themed pinball machine, ’70s-era bunting and music, and the words “Live Hard, Ride Fast, Eat Pizza” in lights above the bar.
Word: pizzaiola Part of Speech: adj 1. Prepared with an Italian sauce made from tomato and oregano. Labels: not-comparable Example: This restaurant specialises in chicken pizzaiola.
Word: pasta sauce Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of many sauces designed to be served with pasta (and sometimes used on pizza), especially a tomato-based red sauce with herbs and spices. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Tomatoes and basil are popular ingredients in pasta sauces.
Word: chowkidar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chaukidar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: osterie Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of osteria Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inns Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪnz/ 1. plural of inn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inns Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of inn Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Busch Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the German surname, from Busch (“thicket, wood”). 1. A surname.
Word: osteria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian osteria. Doublet of hostry. 1. A small local restaurant in (usually rural) Italy. Example: And though the standard fare at the mountain osterias known as rifugios largely remains slabs of speck and strong local cheese, there are exceptions — most notably Col Alt, a rifugio above Corvara accessible only by ski lift, where meat dishes take the form of succulent venison or rabbit, and bottles of aged Barolo offer a noble complement to the soaring mountain vistas.
Word: Bude Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cornish Bud. Pronunciation: /ˈbjuːd/ 1. A coastal town in Bude-Stratton parish, north Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SS2106).
Word: aperitivo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian aperitivo. Doublet of aperitive and apéritif. 1. An Italian apéritif.
Word: Brauch Part of Speech: name Etymology: South German surname, from the noun Brauch (“custom”) or the related verb, brauchen (“to enjoy, use”). 1. A surname from German.
Word: Brocken Part of Speech: name Etymology: A variant of brooking. 1. A surname.
Word: Brunnen Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality in Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district, Upper Bavaria region, Bavaria, Germany. 2. A resort on Lake Lucerne in Ingenbohl municipality, Schwyz canton, Switzerland.
Word: Degen Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Degen (“boy warrior, hero”). * As a German and Dutch surname, shortened from names like Degenhard, Degenhold, etc., with the same meaning as the above. In isolated cases it can also be from Degen (“rapier”), for someone who made or wore such weapons, and from Middle High German dechen (“dean”, modern German Dechant). 1. A surname from German.
Word: Delle Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name.
Word: Delle Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French, from Middle French Deyle, from Medieval Latin Dadila, from Late Latin Datira. 1. A commune in Territoire de Belfort department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, on the border with Switzerland.
Word: antipasti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antipasto Labels: form-of, plural Example: The short photocopied menu lists only a few antipasti, like mussels in a spicy red sauce[…]
Word: bagna càuda Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bagna cauda. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: anchovies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæn.t͡ʃə.viz/, /ˈæn.t͡ʃəʊ.viz/, /ænˈt͡ʃəʊ.viz/, /ænˈt͡ʃoʊ.viz/ 1. plural of anchovy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: general-purpose Part of Speech: adj 1. For general purposes; all-purpose. Example: It is a general-purpose type, with weight and clearances sufficiently restricted to enable it to have a considerably wider radius of action than the "V2" 2-6-2s and "K3" 2-6-0s, but at the same time, with the help of a working pressure of 225 lb. per sq. in., of considerable power. Example: The omni-tool itself is a combination computer and general-purpose engineering device that fabricates tools and equipment as needed. It acts as a translator, computer, holographic recorder and player, full translation software, and can create lockpicks and any other equipment needed to use a character's skills. An omni-tool can be upgraded with a number of options.
Word: carpaccio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian carpaccio. 1. Thinly sliced raw beef or tuna, usually served as an appetizer. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crostini Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian crostini (“little crusts”). 1. starters of savoury toppings on toasted or fried bread Labels: plural
Word: Edwin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Inherited from Old English Ēadwine, from Proto-West Germanic *Audawini, from Proto-Germanic *Audawiniz. Akin to Old Norse Auðun, Icelandic Auðunn, German Otwin, Norwegian Audun, and the Lombard king's name Audoin (French Ouen). Pronunciation: /ˈɛdwɪn/ 1. A male given name from Old English. Example: Aside from a ticket for driving without a license, for which he paid a fine, Walter Valladares had no criminal record, his brother Edwin Valladares told CNN. 2. Edwin of Northumbria. 3. A surname. 4. An unincorporated community in Henry County, Alabama, United States.
Word: cour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from cours from Japanese クール (kūru), from French cours. Attestable in English among the anime community from at least 2007. Anime News Network's Lexicon Encyclopedia dictates the original cours to be unchanged in singular form, though that has been reanalyzed as a plural form. Pronunciation: /ˈkʊə(ɹ)/ 1. A three-month unit of television broadcasting, corresponding to one of the four seasons. 2. A portion of a television program aired over the course of one such period, usually comprising around 10 to 14 weekly episodes.
Word: parle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English parlen (“to speak”), from Middle French parler, from Old French parler, from Late Latin parabolō. 1. Parley; talk. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Iul[ia]. Of all the faire reſort of Gentlemen, / That euery day with par’le encounter me, / In thy opinion which is worthieſt loue? 2. A nasty encounter. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Hor[atio].[…]So frown’d he once, when in an angry parle / He ſmot the ſledded Pollax on the Ice.
Word: parle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English parlen (“to speak”), from Middle French parler, from Old French parler, from Late Latin parabolō. 1. To talk; to converse; to parley. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: […]Knute finding himſelf too weak, began to parle,[…]
Word: fonduta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian fonduta. 1. A fondue, associated with Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta, made from fontina cheese. Example: Fondutas are silky cheese concoctions differentiated from fondues because they're thickened with egg yolks.
Word: Abanyom Part of Speech: name 1. A Bantoid language of the Ekoid subfamily of Niger-Congo, spoken primarily in Nigeria.
Word: foule Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of foul. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The Patron of true Holinesse foule Errour doth defeate; Hypocrisie him to entrappe doth to his home entreate.
Word: fontina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian fontina. The name likely originates from either the Fontin mountain pasture or the village of Fontinaz in the Aosta Valley, where the cheese is traditionally produced. 1. A pale yellow cheese from Valle d'Aosta in Italy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: coups Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kuːz/ 1. plural of coup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coups Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kuːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of coup Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Abaza Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Abaza абаза (abaza). See Russian абазин (abazin) for more. Pronunciation: /əˈbɑː.zə/, /əˈbɑ.zə/ 1. A Northwest Caucasian language spoken in the Russian autonomous republic of Karachay-Cherkessia, in the Caucasus Mountains, as well as in Turkey.
Word: Abaza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Abaza абаза (abaza). See Russian абазин (abazin) for more. Pronunciation: /əˈbɑː.zə/, /əˈbɑ.zə/ 1. A member of an ethnic group living in the northwest Caucasus. Labels: uncountable
Word: Abaza Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Abaza абаза (abaza). See Russian абазин (abazin) for more. Pronunciation: /əˈbɑː.zə/, /əˈbɑ.zə/ 1. Of or relating to the Abaza people or their language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Jimmie Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name James.
Word: parmigiana Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian parmigiana, shortening of alla parmigiana (“in the Parmesan way”), or, as a noun, of parmigiana di melanzane/melanzane alla parmigiana, the southern Italian dish which is made with eggplant. Pronunciation: /ˌpɑɹməˈʒɑnə/, /ˌpɑːmɪˈdʒɑːnə/ 1. Cooked or served with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce. Labels: not-comparable, postpositional