nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: torpor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin torpor (“numbness”), from torpeō (“to be numb”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːpə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɔɹpɚ/ 1. A state of being inactive or stuporous. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A state of apathy or lethargy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She knew that she was the cause of her husband's utter ruin; and she strung herself to bear the consequences. The reproaches which agony extorted; or worse, cureless, uncomplaining depression, when his mind was sunk in a torpor, not the less painful because it was silent and moveless. 3. A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: enhance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English enhauncen, anhaunsen, from Anglo-Norman anhauncer (“enhance, raise”), from Vulgar Latin *inaltiāre (“raise”), derived from Latin in + altus (“high”). The /h/ in Old French was taken from haut (“high”), where it resulted from Frankish influence. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈhɑːns/, /ɛnˈhɑːns/, /ɪnˈhæns/, /ɛnˈhæns/, /ɪnˈhans/ 1. To lift, raise up. Labels: obsolete Example: nought aghast, his mightie hand enhaunst: / The stroke down from her head vnto her shoulder glaunst. 2. To augment or make something greater. Example: They had no character to preserve, except for courage; and perhaps the reputation of ferocity enhanced the value of their services, in making them feared as well as hated by the people. Example: A hereditary monarch relies on pomp and ceremony, which enhance the respect for the institution 3. To improve something by adding features. Example: A pom-pom to top off a stocking cap, a fringe to feather the edge of a shawl, tassels to define the points of an afghan, these are just a few of the delightful little goodies that enhance handknit things. Example: The only silver lining for businesses and local residents was that there was at least an end in sight, and that the new station, once built, would enhance the area and provide improved east-west access for pedestrians. 4. To be raised up; to grow larger. Labels: intransitive Example: A debt enhances rapidly by compound interest. 5. To take up contrast agent (for an organ, tissue, or lesion).
Word: primal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably partly from Medieval Latin prīmālis, from Latin prīmus (“first”) + -ālis, and partly from prime + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪməl/ 1. Being the first in time or in history. Labels: not-comparable Example: primal man 2. Of greatest importance; primary. Labels: not-comparable Example: The most primal motion of all, of course, is vertical—a steady eternal fall into the infinity of space; speed cannot be ascribed to them, since, given the infinity of space and the absolute steadiness of the fall, no [relative] standard for it exists at all. Example: “We don’t know what life is. We do know what death is. It is change of habitat of ghost. I wish we had some sepate or house of bishops to tabulate these concepts. The law of togetherness and apartness is the most primal concept of life, Hence a crystal belongs as legitimately to the sphere of life as any seraph that blazes before the throne.” And so on for dreary pages. 3. Being one of the pieces of meat initially separated from the carcass during butchering, prior to division into smaller cuts. Labels: not-comparable
Word: primal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably partly from Medieval Latin prīmālis, from Latin prīmus (“first”) + -ālis, and partly from prime + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪməl/ 1. A primal cut (of meat).
Word: primal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably partly from Medieval Latin prīmālis, from Latin prīmus (“first”) + -ālis, and partly from prime + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪməl/ 1. To take part in primal therapy. Labels: intransitive Example: One of my patients told me of an acquaintance who primaled in the shopping center. Janov described a patient who primaled on the tennis court. Apparently, once initiated, patients primal in any place at any time for the rest of their lives. Example: Primaling on the infant level seems so genuinely babyish that the unsophisticated observer may mistake it for psychotic behavior.
Word: willing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: * (adjective): Old English willende, present participle of willan * (noun): Old English willung, from willian By surface analysis, will + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪlɪŋ/ 1. Ready to do something, particularly something that requires change or effort; not objecting. Example: If my boyfriend isn't willing to change his drinking habits, I will split up with him. Example: In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies.
Word: willing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * (adjective): Old English willende, present participle of willan * (noun): Old English willung, from willian By surface analysis, will + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪlɪŋ/ 1. The execution of a will. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: willing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * (adjective): Old English willende, present participle of willan * (noun): Old English willung, from willian By surface analysis, will + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of will Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: heteropathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Latin -ia Old French -ieder. Middle English -ie Middle English -y English -y English -pathy English heteropathy From hetero- + -pathy. 1. Unusual or abnormal sensitivity to stimuli. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The normal method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: heterophemy Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of one word or phrase when another is meant Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pigfucker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pig + fucker. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪɡˌfʌkɚ/ 1. Term of abuse. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar Example: That pigfucker broke my vase! Example: Take that Book of Mormon and shove it so far up your righteous asses that you choke, you soul-soliciting pigfuckers. There. 2. One who has sex with overweight women. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar 3. A police informant. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar
Word: squint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Derived from asquint (“obliquely, with a sidelong glance”). Pronunciation: /skwɪnt/ 1. To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression. Labels: intransitive Example: The children squinted to frighten each other. Example: “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache. 2. To look or glance sideways. Labels: intransitive 3. To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus. Labels: intransitive 4. To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Yet if the following sentence means anything, it is a squinting toward hypnotism. 5. To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely. Labels: Scotland, intransitive 6. To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely. Labels: transitive Example: to squint an eye 7. Look askance. Example: Congress clearly is squinting at the prospect of increased funding for the program.
Word: squint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from asquint (“obliquely, with a sidelong glance”). Pronunciation: /skwɪnt/ 1. An expression in which the eyes are partly closed. 2. The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus. Example: He looks handsome although he's got a slight squint. 3. A quick or sideways glance; a short look; a peep. Labels: informal Example: —And here she is, says Alf, that was giggling over the Police Gazette with Terry on the counter, in all her warpaint. —Give us a squint at her, says I. Example: "Better have a squint yourself," suggested Horace, withdrawing his implement and resigning the position. "Listening posts are more in your line by all accounts, inspector." 4. A hagioscope. 5. The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna. 6. An opening, often arched, through an internal wall of a church, providing an oblique view of the altar.
Word: squint Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Derived from asquint (“obliquely, with a sidelong glance”). Pronunciation: /skwɪnt/ 1. Looking obliquely; having the vision distorted. 2. askew, not level Labels: Scotland
Word: strabismus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin strabismus, from Ancient Greek στραβισμός (strabismós), from στραβίζω (strabízō, “to squint”), from στραβός (strabós, “squinting”) (whence the synonymous Latin strabus). Pronunciation: /stɹəˈbɪzməs/ 1. A defect of vision in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles; a squint. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: hagioscope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hagio- (“saint”) + -scope (“viewing instrument”). 1. A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the high altar. Example: It appears that Drs. Jones and Freeman account for the arch over the hagioscope at St. David's by saying, though without citing authorities, that there was a door there originally.
Word: heterophile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- Latin -philalbor. English -phile English heterophile From hetero- + -phile. 1. Able to react immunologically with material from another species. Labels: not-comparable 2. Heterosexual. Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: heterophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- Latin -philalbor. English -phile English heterophile From hetero- + -phile. 1. A heterophilic antibody. 2. A heterosexual person. Labels: dated
Word: heterophony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἑτεροφωνία (heterophōnía). By surface analysis, hetero- + -phony. Pronunciation: /hɛtəˈɹɒfəni/ 1. The simultaneous performance by a number of singers or musicians of two or more versions of the same melody. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: heterophyllous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English -phyllous English heterophyllous From hetero- + -phyllous. 1. Having leaves of different types upon the same plant Labels: not-comparable
Word: heteroplasm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English plasm English heteroplasm From hetero- + plasm. 1. Tissue growing in a part of the body where it does not normally occur.
Word: heteroplastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)der. Latin plasticusder. English plastic English heteroplastic From hetero- + plastic. 1. Of, or relating to heteroplasm 2. Of a graft between individuals of different species 3. Of cells possessing plastids from two or more parent cells or organisms.
Word: heteroplastide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English plastide English heteroplastide From hetero- + plastide. 1. An organism composed of different types of tissue (as most animals and plants)
Word: heteroplasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English -plasty English heteroplasty From hetero- + -plasty. 1. The grafting of tissue between different individuals of the same or different species
Word: heteroploid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English -ploid English heteroploid From hetero- + -ploid. 1. Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.
Word: heteroploid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English -ploid English heteroploid From hetero- + -ploid. 1. An organism having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.
Word: heteropod Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the Heteropoda (any sense).
Word: heteropod Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to the Heteropoda (any sense).
Word: heteropolar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English polar English heteropolar From hetero- + polar. 1. Of an electric generator that produces alternating current 2. Formed by ions of opposite charge
Word: heterosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hetero- + -osis. 1. The tendency of cross-breeding to produce an animal or plant with a greater hardiness than its parents; hybrid vigour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hybridisation can also result in heterosis - the scientific term for the production of ʽsuper fit’ hybrid individuals - many examples of which come from agriculture. Heterosis can be thought of as the opposite of inbreeding depression, the phenomenon whereby the offspring of individuals that are genetically too similar - for example, brother and sister - can suffer from debilitating maladies.
Word: heterotopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English -topic English heterotopic From hetero- + -topic. 1. Occurring in an abnormal anatomical location. 2. Occurring in different habitats.
Word: heterotroph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English -troph English heterotroph From hetero- (“other”) + -troph (“nutrition”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛt(ə)ɹə(ʊ)tɹəʊf/, /hɛt(ə)ɹə(ʊ)ˈtɹɒf/, /ˈhɛtəɹəˌtɹoʊf/, /-ˌtɹɒf/ 1. An organism which requires an external supply of energy and nutrients under the form of food containing organic carbon as it cannot synthesize its own. Example: Woody detritus is an important component of forested ecosystems. It can reduce erosion and affects soil development, stores nutrients and water, provides a major source of energy and nutrients, and serves as a seedbed for plants and as a major habitat for decomposers and heterotrophs. Example: It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.
Word: idiosyncratic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From idiosyncrasy + -ic. By surface analysis, idio- + syn- + -cratic. Pronunciation: /ˌɪd.i.əʊ.sɪŋˈkɹæt.ɪk/, /-ˌsɪŋ-/, /ˌɪd.i.oʊ.sɪŋˈkɹæt.ɪk/, [ˌɪd.i.oʊ.sɪŋˈkɹæɾ.ɪk], /ˌɪd.i.əʉ.sɪŋˈkɹæt.ɪk/ 1. Peculiar to a specific individual; eccentric. Example: At the time, I set it down to some idiosyncratic, personal distaste […] but I have since had reason to believe the cause to lie much deeper in the nature of man. Example: It was no merely idiosyncratic experience, for the youth had the same: it was love!
Word: heterozygote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hetero- + zygote. Coined by English biologists William Bateson and Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902, in a paper titled "The facts of heredity in the light of Mendel’s discovery". 1. A diploid individual that has different alleles at one or more genetic loci. 2. A bacteriophage that has two different copies of its genetic material and so produces two types of offspring.
Word: heterozygosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English zygosis English heterozygosis From hetero- + zygosis. 1. The fusion of two genetically different gametes
Word: barbette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French barbette. Pronunciation: /bɑːˈbɛt/ 1. A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet. Example: Cleverly camouflaged with grey felt, which exactly matched the colour of the walls, it led upwards to a barbette, or platform, perched beside the gate. 2. The inside fixed trunk of a warship's gun-mounting, on which the turret revolves. It contains the hoists for shells and cordite from the shell-room and magazine. Example: The belted cruiser Pamiat Azova or Remembrance of Azoff, is 377 feet long. She is an improved Dmitri Dontskoi, and carries her two 8-inch guns in sponsoned barbettes on either broadside
Word: psychic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós, “relative to the soul, spirit, mind”). Earlier referred to as "psychical"; or from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul, mind, psyche”). First appeared (as substantive) 1871 and first records 1895. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪkɪk/ 1. A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities such as clairvoyance, precognition, and telepathy, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influences. 2. A person who supposedly contacts the dead; a medium. 3. In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the second type; a person focused on intellectual reality (the other two being hylic and pneumatic).
Word: psychic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós, “relative to the soul, spirit, mind”). Earlier referred to as "psychical"; or from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul, mind, psyche”). First appeared (as substantive) 1871 and first records 1895. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪkɪk/ 1. Relating to or having the abilities of a psychic. Example: You must be psychic—I was just about to say that. Example: She is a psychic person—she hears messages from beyond. 2. Relating to the psyche or mind, or to mental activity in general. Example: In the following pages I shall demonstrate that there is a psychological technique which makes it possible to interpret dreams, and that on the application of this technique every dream will reveal itself as a psychological structure, full of significance, and one which may be assigned to a specific place in the psychic activities of the waking state. Example: A pathological process called 'psychiatrosis' may well be found, by the same methods, to be a delineable entity, with somatic correlates, and psychic mechanisms […]
Word: land line Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of landline. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: credit union Part of Speech: noun 1. A financial cooperative similar to a bank but owned and controlled by its members, often restricted to a local area or sometimes to a single profession.
Word: double-blind test Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of scientific testing in which some information is withheld from two different parties. Most commonly, neither the tester nor the subjects tested know which are the control items and which are the test items.
Word: intangible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French intangible, from Medieval Latin intangibilis, from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tango. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/, [ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒɪ.bl̩], /ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒə.bəl/ 1. Incapable of being perceived by the senses; incorporeal. 2. Difficult to define or describe clearly, but nonetheless perceived. Example: an intangible quality of serenity in the music
Word: intangible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French intangible, from Medieval Latin intangibilis, from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tango. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/, [ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒɪ.bl̩], /ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒə.bəl/ 1. Anything intangible. Example: Diaghilev's love for Nijinsky was as deep and as sincere and reliant as a bond could be, it being based on all those intangibles of love that cannot be enumerated. 2. Incorporeal property that is saleable though not material, such as bank deposits, stocks, bonds, and promissory notes.
Word: hull breach Part of Speech: noun 1. The breaking or puncturing of a ship's surface. Example: The hull breach incapacitated the ship.
Word: hunky dory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: American English, 1860s. From hunky (“in good condition”, “safe and sound”) + dory (origin and meaning unknown). Pronunciation: /ˌhʌŋkiˈdɔːɹi/ 1. Satisfactory, fine. Labels: informal Example: Now that I’ve found my missing book, everything’s hunky-dory again. Example: It was no easy job, I can tell you. We worked like beavers to get the cave the way we wanted it; but when it was done, it was what you may call hunky-dory.
Word: point duty Part of Speech: noun 1. Traffic control by a police officer stationed at an intersection. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: categories Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkæt.ɪ.ɡ(ə.)ɹiz/, /ˈkæt.ɪˌɡɔɹ.iz/, [ˈkæɾ.ɪˌɡɔɹ.iz], /ˈkæt.əˌɡɔɹ.iz/, [ˈkæɾ.əˌɡɔɹ.iz] 1. plural of category Labels: form-of, plural
Word: authors Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.θəz/, /ˈɔ.θɚz/, /ˈɑ.θɚz/ 1. plural of author Labels: form-of, plural
Word: authors Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.θəz/, /ˈɔ.θɚz/, /ˈɑ.θɚz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of author Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: subjects Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See subject (noun). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌb.d͡ʒɛkts/ 1. plural of subject Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subjects Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See subject (verb). Pronunciation: /səbˈd͡ʒɛkts/, /sʌbˈd͡ʒɛkts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of subject Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: machines Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /məˈʃiːnz/, /məˈʃinz/ 1. plural of machine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: machines Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /məˈʃiːnz/, /məˈʃinz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of machine Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sales Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /seɪlz/ 1. plural of sale Labels: form-of, plural, plural-only 2. The activities involved in selling goods or services. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: He's likable and motivated: perfect for a career in sales. Example: We have a sales training program beginning this Monday. 3. The amount or value of goods and services sold. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Sales were up 12% over last year.
Word: sets Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɛts/ 1. plural of set Labels: form-of, plural 2. Set theory. Labels: informal
Word: sets Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sɛts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of set Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: legs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɛɡz/ 1. plural of leg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: legs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɛɡz/ 1. Eleven. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. Viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting. Labels: colloquial, plural, plural-only Example: Wine enthusiasts cherish the ritual of sniffing and swirling, scrutinizing a wine’s “legs” as they sluice down the sides of the glass, before sipping and looking for a wine’s varietal characteristics. 3. The ability of a movie to continue attracting an audience. Labels: figuratively, informal, plural, plural-only Example: That movie is gonna have legs, I think.
Word: legs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /lɛɡz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of leg Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: face lift Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of facelift. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: janizary Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of janissary. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Tom has his Eyes ſtill near a Cloſe, and was going on, when an unlucky horn'd Janizary, obſerving the Court ſomewhat uneaſy under their Indulgence, ran a Needle up to the Head in his moſt fleſhy Part, and made Tom wince, if not like a Mule, yet very much like his graver Sire that gave him his original Name. Example: Here is a Proclamation for a Prince: that proclaims him in whoſe name it is emitted [James II of England], to be the greateſt Tyrant that ever lived in the world, and their Revolt who have diſowned him to be the juſteſt that ever was. For herein that Monſter of Prerogative is […] advanced […] to claim abſolute obedience, without reſerve of Conſcience, Religion, Honour, or Reaſon; not only that which ignorantly is called Paſſive, never to reſiſt him, not only on any Pretence, but for any Cauſe, even tho' he ſhould command his Popiſh Janizaries to murder and maſſacre all Proteſtants, which is the tender mercy and burning fervent charity of Papiſts; […]
Word: voters Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvoʊtɚz/ 1. plural of voter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hero (type of sandwich) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: octan Part of Speech: adj 1. Occurring every eight days. Labels: not-comparable
Word: octan Part of Speech: noun 1. A fever that recurs every eight days.
Word: gods Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ɡɑdz/, /ɡɒdz/ 1. plural of god Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gods Part of Speech: intj Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ɡɑdz/, /ɡɒdz/ 1. Ellipsis of oh gods. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: “My lord, it is past the third hour, and you were to meet Master Colombo on the training ground—” “Gods, yes! I almost forgot,” Jamie exclaimed, and jumped up from the bench he’d been sitting on. Example: She had nothing better to do than bait him. But gods, she was so beautiful—and completely his.
Word: gods Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called from the idea of gods (deities) reigning from on high. Pronunciation: /ɡɑdz/, /ɡɒdz/ 1. The highest platform, or upper circle, in an auditorium.
Word: gods Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called from the idea of gods (deities) reigning from on high. Pronunciation: /ɡɑdz/, /ɡɒdz/ 1. The occupants of the gallery of a theatre. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. The quadrats used by printers in throwing on the imposing stone, similar to the movement in casting dice. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only
Word: gods Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ɡɑdz/, /ɡɒdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of god Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tactics Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtæktɪks/ 1. plural of tactic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tactics Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtæktɪks/ 1. The military science that deals with achieving the objectives set by strategy. Labels: uncountable 2. The employment and ordered arrangement of forces in relation to each other. Labels: uncountable 3. A system of mode or procedure. Labels: uncountable Example: scare tactics
Word: unlawful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unlawful; equivalent to un- + lawful. 1. Prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law; see illegal) Example: He was charged with unlawful use of a car. Example: That year a U.S. appeals court found the program Snowden had exposed was unlawful and that the U.S. intelligence leaders who publicly defended it were not telling the truth.
Word: text message Part of Speech: noun 1. A brief electronic message sent between mobile phones. Example: After the kitten had died, Robins sent a text message to Knutton saying: "Remember the saying: 'What goes around comes around?' It has started already to bite you in the arse. The cat? Karma." Example: A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.
Word: text message Part of Speech: verb 1. To transmit a text message. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: I told him to text message you when he's finished. Example: Please text message the directions to me.
Word: streaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From streak + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹikɚ/ 1. One who runs naked through a public place as a prank. 2. A dolphin of species Stenella coeruleoalba.
Word: scam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: US American carnival slang of uncertain origin. Possibly from scamp (“swindler, cheater”) or Irish cam (“crooked”). Also possibly from Danish skam; if so, it would be a doublet of shame and sham. First use appears c. 1963 in the periodical Time. The word became common use among the US drug culture when in early 1980, after Operation ABSCAM, an FBI sting operation directed at public officials, became public. Pronunciation: /ˈskæm/, [ˈskæm], /ˈskam/, [ˈskam], [ˈskam] ~ [ˈskäm] 1. A fraudulent or dishonest deal. A swindle. Example: That marketing scheme looks like a scam to me. 2. Something that is promoted using scams. Example: That new diet burger is a scam.
Word: scam Part of Speech: verb Etymology: US American carnival slang of uncertain origin. Possibly from scamp (“swindler, cheater”) or Irish cam (“crooked”). Also possibly from Danish skam; if so, it would be a doublet of shame and sham. First use appears c. 1963 in the periodical Time. The word became common use among the US drug culture when in early 1980, after Operation ABSCAM, an FBI sting operation directed at public officials, became public. Pronunciation: /ˈskæm/, [ˈskæm], /ˈskam/, [ˈskam], [ˈskam] ~ [ˈskäm] 1. To defraud or embezzle. Labels: ambitransitive Example: They tried to scam her out of her savings. 2. To seek out a partner for casual sex; to hit on. Labels: slang Example: His friend nudged me. "It's true. JJ only scams black ladies." / "You don't say?" / "J-boy scammed a real live Miss Black Universe once. Met her in a disco down in Honduras. Wearing her title. Since then he's been obsessed."
Word: myxo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪksəʊ/ 1. Myxomatosis. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: ceasefire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin cēdō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin cessōder. Middle French cesserbor. Middle English cesen English cease Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire English ceasefire From cease + fire. 1. In warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose. (Typically only temporary). Example: The rebels agreed to a ceasefire while the peace talks were underway. Example: Negotiators mediated a ceasefire.
Word: AK-47 Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian АК-47 (AK-47), shortened from автома́т Кала́шникова 1947 (avtomát Kalášnikova 1947) (Kalashnikov's automatic rifle), from the name of the designer Mikhail Kalashnikov. Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ.keɪ.fɔː.tiˈsɛv.ən/ 1. The Soviet-built 1947 Kalashnikov assault rifle or any similar rifle built to this design. Example: Here we go. AK-47. The very best there is. When you absolutely, positively got to kill every motherfucker in the room, accept no substitutes. Example: Iraqi security forces will start replacing their AK-47 rifles this year with the M-16s and M-4s used by U.S. troops, which will help track the weapons and cut down on theft, a senior U.S. military official said. […] The AK-47s handed in would then be registered in the database before being redistributed to new units formed as Iraq takes over security control from U.S.-led forces, he said. 2. A large South African sandwich; a kind of gatsby.
Word: assault rifle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Sturmgewehr (literally “storm rifle”). The Maschinenpistole 44 was called the Sturmgewehr by Adolf Hitler, whence it was renamed to represent the separate class of firearm it represented. Pronunciation: /əˈsɒlt ˈɹaɪfəl/, /əˈsɔːlt ˈɹaɪfəl/, /əˈsɔlt ˈɹaɪfəl/, /əˈsɑlt ˈɹaɪfəl/ 1. A military select-fire rifle or carbine that fires an intermediate-power cartridge, from a detachable magazine. Example: A man dressed as a lab tech, his blue scrubs startlingly pale against the vivid red and black chaos, moved into sight from behind the SUV. He carried an assault rifle. 2. Any firearm meeting the definition of an assault weapon, and in the form of a rifle. Labels: colloquial
Word: hunkydory Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of hunky dory. Labels: alt-of, alternative, informal, not-comparable
Word: Maundy Thursday Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Maunde Þursday (“Holy Thursday”), equivalent to maundy + Thursday. Middle English maundy derives from Old French mandé, from Latin mandātum, in reference to the phrase mandātum novum dō vōbīs (“a new commandment I give unto you”). 1. The Thursday before Easter, which commemorates the Last Supper. Example: Holonyms: Holy Week < Eastertime Example: The dialect name for Maundy Thursday, Grie(ner)-Durmerschdawg (Green Thursday, literally), is in very large part responsible for the basic lore that attaches to this day: One must eat something green on this day.[…]Failure to eat something green on Maundy Thursday had dire consequences, according to the folk mind: One would get the itch, one would become lousy, or as a York County informant put it, "Mer iss s gans yawr uff em aisel." (One will be a mule all year long.)
Word: Maundy money Part of Speech: noun 1. A special coinage given to the deserving poor in a religious ceremony performed by Anglicans on Maundy Thursday. Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: Easter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English Ester, from Old English ēastre, seemingly from Ēastre, a proposed Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn whose festival is thought to have been celebrated around the vernal equinox. Further from Proto-West Germanic *Austrā, from Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ, derived from either Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn; east”) or, more semantically plausible, from *austrą, *auzrą, a metathesized form of *wazrą (“spring (season)”), *-ǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”). The English word is cognate with German Low German Oostern (“Easter”), Old High German ōstarūn (modern German Ostern) and is possibly a doublet of east. Despite a modern folk etymology, not related to Ishtar. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈiːstə/, /ˈistəɹ/ 1. A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on the first Sunday (and Monday) following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, ranging in most of Western Christianity (such as Protestantism and Roman Catholicism) from March 22 to April 25, and in Eastern Christianity (such as the Coptic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church) from April 4 to May 8. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We spent each of the past five Easters together as a family. Example: During the Easter season, the Russians are planning “a great battle in Donbas,” the Russian-occupied region in Ukraine’s far east. “This is not Christian behavior at all, as I understand it. On Easter they will kill, and they will be killed.” 2. Eastertide (“the period from Easter to Whitsun”). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Meronyms: Easter Day, Easter Sunday 3. Usually preceded by an inflection of make: the act of receiving the Eucharist during Easter. Labels: countable, dated, figuratively, specifically, uncountable 4. Ellipsis of Easter term. Labels: Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 5. A festival held in honour of the goddess Eostre or Ostara, celebrated at the vernal equinox or within the month of April; Eostre, Ostara. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The Jewish Passover. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: After two dayes folowed eſter⸝ and the dayes of ſwete breed. And the hye preſtꝭ [prestis] and ſcrybꝭ [scrybis] ſought meanes⸝ howe they myght take hym [Jesus] by crafte and putt hym to deeth.
Word: Easter Part of Speech: name Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English Ester, from Old English ēastre, seemingly from Ēastre, a proposed Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn whose festival is thought to have been celebrated around the vernal equinox. Further from Proto-West Germanic *Austrā, from Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ, derived from either Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn; east”) or, more semantically plausible, from *austrą, *auzrą, a metathesized form of *wazrą (“spring (season)”), *-ǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”). The English word is cognate with German Low German Oostern (“Easter”), Old High German ōstarūn (modern German Ostern) and is possibly a doublet of east. Despite a modern folk etymology, not related to Ishtar. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈiːstə/, /ˈistəɹ/ 1. A surname.
Word: Easter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English Ester, from Old English ēastre, seemingly from Ēastre, a proposed Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn whose festival is thought to have been celebrated around the vernal equinox. Further from Proto-West Germanic *Austrā, from Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ, derived from either Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn; east”) or, more semantically plausible, from *austrą, *auzrą, a metathesized form of *wazrą (“spring (season)”), *-ǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”). The English word is cognate with German Low German Oostern (“Easter”), Old High German ōstarūn (modern German Ostern) and is possibly a doublet of east. Despite a modern folk etymology, not related to Ishtar. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈiːstə/, /ˈistəɹ/ 1. To celebrate Easter. Labels: intransitive 2. To spend the Easter season in some place. Labels: intransitive
Word: Passion Sunday Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Passion of Christ, the suffering of Jesus preceding and during his crucifixion, from passio (“suffering”). 1. The fifth Sunday in Lent, the second Sunday before Easter, the first day in Passiontide. Example: near synonym: Sunday of Mary of Egypt, the fifth Sunday of Great Lent by the Byzantine Rite calendar 2. Synonym of Palm Sunday: the sixth Sunday in Lent, the Sunday before Easter, the mid-point of Passiontide. Labels: rare
Word: Easter Monday Part of Speech: name 1. The Monday after Easter Sunday; a bank holiday in Britain and a holiday in many other places. Example: Holonyms: Easter Week < Eastertide < Octave of Easter < Eastertime < calendar
Word: boing Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. The “large breasts” sense is reborrowed from Japanese ボイン, in turn from English boing. Pronunciation: /bɔɪŋ/ 1. A representation of the sound of something bouncing. Example: "Phut." Something whipped into the ground beside him and there was a pinpoint flash from the cabin. "B-o-i-n-g-g-g." There was another flash and the bullet hit the rail and whined off into the night. 2. A representation of the sound of something bouncing. Labels: slang 3. A representation of the sound of something bouncing. Labels: slang
Word: boing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. The “large breasts” sense is reborrowed from Japanese ボイン, in turn from English boing. Pronunciation: /bɔɪŋ/ 1. The sound made by an elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce. 2. Large breasts. Labels: slang
Word: boing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. The “large breasts” sense is reborrowed from Japanese ボイン, in turn from English boing. Pronunciation: /bɔɪŋ/ 1. To make a boing sound or bouncing motion. Labels: transitive Example: At its most extreme it is reminiscent of the boinging and buzzing of a Jew's harp.
Word: conker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: As a term for horse chestnut, derived from the name of the game conkers, which came first. Theories for the original meaning include 19th-century dialect conker (“snail-shell”) (the game of conkers was originally played using snail-shells), from conch + -er, or a variant of conquer. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒŋkə/ 1. A horse chestnut, used in the game of conkers. Labels: UK Example: His bald spot gleams like a burnished conker. Example: Unboxing conkers? What on earth are you talking about? Oh wow, you really are out of the loop, aren’t you? Gen Zers are taking to TikTok to film themselves unpeeling conkers from their spiky capsules.
Word: conker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kankar. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The roads are not exceeded by any throughout India; hard conker pounded, makes them as level as a table.
Word: conkers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, conker + -s, although the game itself came before the modern meaning of conker as "horse chestnut". See conker for more details. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒŋ.kəz/, /ˈkɒŋ.kəɹz/ 1. A game for two players in which the participants each have a horse-chestnut (known as a "conker") suspended from a length of string, and take turns to strike their opponent's conker with their own with the object of destroying the opponent's conker before their own is destroyed. Labels: UK, plural, plural-only
Word: conkers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, conker + -s, although the game itself came before the modern meaning of conker as "horse chestnut". See conker for more details. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒŋ.kəz/, /ˈkɒŋ.kəɹz/ 1. plural of conker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pie chart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its circular shape, resembling a circular pie, of which portions are typically divided by radial cuts. Piecewise doublet of piecard. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪ ˌt͡ʃɑɹt/ 1. A pictorial graph in the shape of a circle, with segments representing related proportions
Word: Kurmanji Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Northern Kurdish kurmancî. Pronunciation: /kɚˈmɑn.dʒi/, /ˈkɚ.mæn.dʒi/ 1. The Kurdish language with the largest number of speakers, spoken in Turkey, Syria, northernmost Iraq, and parts of Iran and Central Asia.
Word: commemorate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1599; borrowed from Latin commemorātus, perfect passive participle of commemorō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Sporadic usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /kəˈmɛməˌɹeɪt/ 1. To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object. Labels: transitive Example: On November 11th we commemorate the fallen with a march. Example: On the anniversary of Korczak's murder, Israel commemorated him with a special postal issue. As a stamp collector and philatelic columnist, it pleased me greatly when other countries followed Israel's example in honoring him. 2. To serve as a memorial to someone or something. Labels: transitive Example: The cenotaph commemorates the fallen.
Word: commemorate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1599; borrowed from Latin commemorātus, perfect passive participle of commemorō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Sporadic usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /kəˈmɛməˌɹeɪt/ 1. Commemorated. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: In almost all the Psalms of praise, we find the preceding distress and afflictions […] first pathetically commemorat.
Word: manslaughter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English manslaȝter, manslauter, equivalent to man + slaughter, or taken as an adaptation of Old English mansliht (“murder; killing of a person”), from mann (“person”) + sliht (“killing”), see manslaught. Cognate with Scots manslauchter (“homicide”). Compare also Old Frisian monslaga (“murder”). Pronunciation: /ˈmænˌslɔːtə/, /ˈmænˌslɔtɚ/ 1. The slaying of a human being. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: For that cause We decreed for the Children of Israel that whosoever killeth a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind. 2. The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger; considered less culpable than murder, but more culpable than justifiable homicide. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: full moon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ful mone, from Old English full mōna, equivalent to full + moon. 1. The phase of the moon when it is in opposition to the sun and its full disc is therefore visible. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is true also that the roosters, especially during full moon, crow all night. 2. The moon when it is in opposition to the sun. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: new moon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English newe moone, newe mone, equivalent to new + moon. Pronunciation: /ˈn(j)uː ˌmuːn/, [ˈn(j)ʊu̯ ˌmʊu̯n] 1. The phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and is therefore obscured. 2. The moon when it is in conjunction with the sun. 3. The phase of the moon when it is waxing. 4. The moon when it is waxing. 5. The day when the new moon is first seen or is expected to appear.
Word: wombmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From womb + -mate. Pronunciation: /ˈwuːm.meɪt/ 1. A sibling with whom an unborn child shares the womb. Example: The chance to meet one's wombmate, possibly for the first time since the umbilical cords were cut, is irresistible.