nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: off-color Part of Speech: adj 1. Of the wrong color. Example: Careful control of mixing at the central point reduces the possibility of off-color paint in some booths, and uniform pressure at the spray guns is easily maintained. Example: Because of his reputable work with off-color and contaminated materials, I have asked Dr. Otto Speck of Colorama Consultants to give us some direction. 2. Dirty, vulgar or obscene, especially in a way that is unpleasant. Labels: idiomatic Example: He told an off-color joke. Example: [T]he equating of the female genitalia with a wound caused by an axe is a very off-colour metaphor. 3. Different from usual. Labels: idiomatic Example: Since Zappa treats subject matter, dialogue, and song as musical material, Permanent Damage has a casual off-color quality. Permanent Damage and An Evening with Wild Man Fischer were works of oddball sociology as much as they were rock and roll records. Example: Even the roadside sights seemed a little off-color and was just beginning to lose some of its summer luster. 4. Feeling mildly unwell. Labels: idiomatic Example: I feel a bit off-color today. Example: Nihal Sheshan, one of our officers, tells me our chief has been a little off-color of late. Kind of disoriented sometimes.
Word: head-in-the-sand Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Attributive form of head in the sand. 1. Exhibiting disregard for, or denial of, a problem or threat. Example: The head-in-the-sand approach to economic problems frequently bankrupts companies.
Word: jump through hoops Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Reminiscent of a circus animal performing tricks by jumping through hoops. 1. To put forth great effort to meet requirements, usually arbitrary, set by someone. Labels: idiomatic Example: They really made the salesman jump through hoops before buying anything. Example: If learning is deemed valuable and important to the student, then the educator doesn't need a scripted curriculum or a fad initiative that has students and the educator jumping through hoops.
Word: ex cathedra Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ex cathedrā (“from the (teacher's) chair”). 1. With authority based on one's rank or office. Example: The best training for style is speech; not monologues, or lectures ex cathedra, like those of the German professors, of whose uninterrupted didacticity their literature bears too many marks Example: Five-star reviews of it [the film Hamnet] could fill one of those posters on Tube platforms. Some come from critics whose views are treated as ex cathedra.
Word: go figure Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Calque of Yiddish גיי װייס (gey veys). Pronunciation: /ɡoʊ ˈfɪɡ(j)ɚ/ 1. Expresses perplexity, puzzlement, or surprise (as if telling somebody to try to make sense of the situation). Example: The car wouldn't start yesterday no matter what I did, but today it works just fine. Go figure. Example: It’s hard for some of us to look at a vicious flogger or a set of restraints used to hang someone upside-down and think of them as toys but kinky people do. Go figure.
Word: tripos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of tripus, as though with a Greek ending. For the examination: the word is supposed to refer to the three-legged stool formerly used at the examinations for these honours, though some derive it from the three brackets formerly printed on the back of the paper. The etymon of tripus is the Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous, “triple-footed”), (from τρι- (tri-, “three”) and πούς (poús, “foot”)). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪpɒs/ 1. A three-legged structure; a tripod. Labels: obsolete Example: Thales sent the golden tripos, which the fishermen found and the oracle commanded to be “given to the wisest”, to Bias, Bias to Solon, etc. Example: Scarce had I said, He shook the holy Ground: / The Lawrels, and the lofty Hills around: / And from the Tripos rush'd a bellowing sound. 2. Any of the final examinations for a BA honours degree. Example: I'm seriously thinking of chucking my tripos and taking up the History Special. Example: It's time you thought. The Tripos is the beginning of life, not the end. In less than two years you will have got your B.A. What are you going to do with it? 3. The list of successful candidates in such an examination.
Word: axles Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæksəlz/ 1. plural of axle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tweenie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tweeny. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A child who is not quite old enough to be a teenager; a tweenager. Labels: informal 3. A shot that is hit between the legs; a tweener. 4. A 650-watt fresnel motion picture lighting instrument first manufactured by the Mole-Richardson Company. Labels: slang
Word: toted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tote Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: demobilisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English mobilisation English demobilisation From de- + mobilisation. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of demobilization. Labels: UK, alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable Example: Army railwaymen from an H.Q. in Switzerland controlled demobilisation traffic all over Europe, including the famous MEDLOC train service.
Word: get the better of Part of Speech: verb 1. To overwhelm or overcome. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Adam said, "My temper got the better of me, and I said things as wasn't true." Example: Though this sort of thing went on every other night or very near it still Stephen's feelings got the better of him in a sense though he knew that Corley's brandnew rigmarole on a par with the others was hardly deserving of much credence. 2. To trick or con. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: I won't let you get the best of me How'd my heart become my enemy? I won't let you get the best of me How'd my heart become my enemy? 3. To gain an advantage over or regarding. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: He got the better of him early in the match, but ended up losing. Example: So long as the intellectual gets the better of the general argument, the most valid objections of the specific issue will be brushed aside.
Word: dimwitted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of dim-witted. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Thelma "Mama" Harper (Vicki Lawrence) is a cantankerous woman who is never without a harsh opinion about something - usually about her dimwitted son Vint (Ken Berry), a locksmith. Example: My memories of high school and college French are mostly negative because I usually felt dimwitted anytime I tried to speak.
Word: crosshatch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross- + hatch. 1. A pattern of crossing lines.
Word: crosshatch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cross- + hatch. 1. To mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern. Example: The Jiet River lay before them, as thick and turgid as a gorged snake, its crosshatched surface reflecting the same ghastly hue that pervaded the Burning Plains.
Word: dilatorily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English dilatory Middle English -ly English -ly English dilatorily From dilatory + -ly. 1. In a dilatory manner.
Word: under the pump Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Unclear. As an idiom, identified only in Australian and New Zealand English. * Originally a sailing term for when the ship is taking in water and the ship is literally being bailed out to stay afloat. In the days of yore, the crew had to work 24 hours a day pumping out the ship until the ship reaches safe harbour for repairs. * Also possibly as a punishment. * Also suggested has been an origin in the construction industry: Workers can be quite literally under the pump if a concrete pour is occurring and the steel reinforcing and form-work is still being finished. The concrete pump would be reaching out above the workers, who would be completing their duties at a frantic pace. Once the concrete has been delivered, the ‘pour′ must occur as soon as possible, or it may begin to set. Hence, being under the pump describes the situation of working at feverish pace to meet a specific deadline. 1. Under pressure to perform, e.g. at work or in a sports contest. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: c. 1970s, Doug Walters, quoted in 2008, Ashley Mallett, One of a Kind: The Doug Walters Story, 2010, ReadHowYouWant, page 219, I think all the Australian batsmen who came back from South Africa felt a bit under the pump. We simply had to perform or not stay in the side. Example: Nick was under the pump. He was underdone, and the selectors wanted to replace him with James Stewart. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see under, pump. Example: The laws of the state relative to the intermarriage of the whites with the coloured population, are also referred to. A case of this kind took place at New York when I was there; and as soon as the ceremony was over, the husband, I believe it was, but either the husband or the wife, was seized by the mob and put under the pump for half an hour. Example: 1863, “Mrs. Lovechild”, The Truant, in The Christmas Tree and Other Stories for the Young, page 48, Now the punishment for playing truant was to have the truant′s head put under the pump, and pumped upon.
Word: under the gun Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Under great pressure to perform. Labels: idiomatic Example: He was under the gun to finish the project quickly. Example: I'm under the gun again / I know I was a 45-percenter then / I know I was a lot of things 2. Of, pertaining to, or in the situation of first player to act on the first round of betting. Example: James will be under the gun for the first hand of the final table. 3. Too close to be subject to artillery fire. Labels: obsolete
Word: quinella Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From American Spanish quiniela (“sporting bet or pool”); US from 1942. 1. A form of bet in which the bettor predicts the first two finishers in a race, without concern for the order of finishing. Example: 1954, Michigan Department of State Compilation Commission, 1954 Michigan Administrative Code, page 38, All tickets on the quinella will be calculated in an entirely separate pool. Example: A few tracks offer exactas and quinallas on the same races.
Word: quinella Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From American Spanish quiniela (“sporting bet or pool”); US from 1942. 1. To have two team members, horses, etc., finish first and second in the same event. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: Smith provided the winner of twenty-one Mares Produce Stakes and quinellaed the event nine times. Example: Gai quinellaed the Doncaster in 1997 with Secret Savings and All Our Mob.
Word: altname Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From alt- + name. 1. An alternative name.
Word: clearness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English clernesse; equivalent to clear + -ness. 1. Brightness, brilliancy. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: Thenne sayd he Fair swete fader Ihesu Cryst yf euer I dyd thyng that pleasyd the lord / for thy pyte ne haue me not in despyte for my synnes done afore tyme / and that thou shewe me some thynge of that I seke / And with that he sawe the chamber dore open and there came oute a grete clerenes / that the hows was as bryghte as all torches of the world had ben there 2. Mental or sensory distinctness; clarity of understanding, perception etc. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The daily press is the evil principle of the modern world, and time will only serve to disclose this fact with greater and greater clearness. 3. The state of being free from obscurities or opacity; distinctness of light, colour etc. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The clearness of the water meant I could still see the key lying on the river-bed. 4. The state of being free from obstruction or interference. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The clearness of the path made for an easy hike.
Word: pony tail Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ponytail. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pony-tail Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ponytail. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Her hair was blonde and shoulderlength, though pulled back into a pony-tail that seemed to accentuate the sharpness of her features.
Word: pliantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English pliant Middle English -ly English -ly English pliantly From pliant + -ly. 1. In a pliant manner. Example: She was tall and pliantly slender, without angularity anywhere.
Word: East-Flanders Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of East Flanders. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: belfry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English belfry, bellfray, belfray, berfrey, barfray, from Old French belfroi, berfroi, berfrey, from Late Latin berfrēdus, from Frankish *bergafriþu, from Proto-Germanic *bergafriþuz, equivalent to barrow + frith. English forms containing bel- as opposed to ber- were preferred due to false association with English bell. Cognate with Middle High German bërcvrit, bërvrit (“defensive tower”) (modern German Bergfried), Middle Dutch bergfrede, bergfert. Doublet of bergfried. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛlfɹi/ 1. A tower or steeple typically containing bells, especially as part of a church. Example: “You know, this house does have a belfry filled with local bats. Maybe Laszlo went up there.” “Oh, so like my darling perverted husband, to sniff out the local bordello immediately upon arrival. [chuckles] Could you take me to the belfry?” 2. A part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells. Example: From the belfries far and near the funereal deathbell tolled unceasingly while all around the gloomy precincts rolled the ominous warning of a hundred muffled drums punctuated by the hollow booming of pieces of ordnance. 3. A shed. Labels: dialectal 4. A movable tower used in sieges. Labels: obsolete 5. An alarm-tower; a watchtower possibly containing an alarm-bell. Labels: obsolete
Word: komi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese こみ (komi). Pronunciation: /koʊmi/ 1. Bonus points given to the white player to compensate for the fact that black plays first. Labels: uncountable
Word: moving walkway Part of Speech: noun 1. A slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator. Labels: US Example: The slope [at Bank station, Waterloo & City] was always resented, especially on Monday morning, and it was supplemented by the installation of the Underground's first Trav-o-lator - or moving walkway - in 1960. Example: Interim London Transport Commissioner Andy Lord and Transport for London Chief Capital Officer Stuart Harvey opened two new 100-metre moving walkways and three new escalators connectting the Northern and Central lines at Bank station on October 28.
Word: craftily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English craftyly, craftily, craftiliche, from Old English cræftiġlīċe (“craftily, skillfully”), equivalent to crafty + -ly. 1. In a crafty manner; slyly. Example: [H]e [Thomas Arundell] by his euill counſaile and prodigious ſuggeſtions, craftilye circumuented the king, inducyng him to graunt his letters of pardon to a great traytour the Erle of Arondell his brother [Richard Fitzalan, 4th Earl of Arundel]. Example: But the most bizarre twist of events was yet to come. That afternoon, Labour tabled a craftily worded motion. It would have guaranteed parliamentary time for a bill to ban fracking.
Word: above-named Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈbʌvˌneɪmd/ 1. Mentioned or named before; aforesaid. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Jewish fires were the heaviest blows we had had; for though the Waddingley Cotton-mills had been burnt in 1822, at a loss to the Company of 80,000£, and though the Patent Erostratus Match Manufactory had exploded in the same year at a charge of 14,000£, there were those who said that the loss had not been near so heavy as was supposed -- nay, that the Company had burnt the above-named establishments as advertisements for themselves.
Word: anankastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναγκαστικός (anankastikós), from ἀναγκάζω (anankázō, “to force, to compel”). Pronunciation: /ænənˈkæstɪk/ 1. Imperative, as in the anankastic conditional. 2. Characterised by compulsion; obsessive-compulsive. Example: 1991: ‘You’re a classic anal-retentive,’ he says, ‘tirelessly absorbed by minutiae, anankastic in the extreme – it’s lucky you have me to deal with the broad sweep of things, to do the abstract thinking.’ — Will Self, ‘Mono-Cellular’, The Quantity Theory of Insanity
Word: anankastic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναγκαστικός (anankastikós), from ἀναγκάζω (anankázō, “to force, to compel”). Pronunciation: /ænənˈkæstɪk/ 1. An anankastic phrase or utterance. 2. An obsessive-compulsive individual. Labels: rare Example: Like many anankastics, he suffers from a disturbance in the capacity to act, which is revealed especially as an impediment to beginning something new and completing something.
Word: carles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: above-stairs Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of above stairs. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: above-stairs Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of above stairs. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: above-stairs Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of above stairs Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: holus-bolus Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Unknown. Possibly of Ancient Greek origin, from ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) and βόλος (bólos, “a throw with a casting net”), or βῶλος (bôlos, “lump”). May have been Latinized (i.e., -us ending as in masculine singular in Latin, as opposed to -os ending for masculine singular in Greek). 1. All together; entirely; without modification. Labels: not-comparable Example: to accept a story holus-bolus. Example: I’ll take it on my shoulders, holus bolus, blame and shame, my boy; but stay here, I cannot let you. Jump! One jump, and you’re out, and we’ll run for it like antelopes.
Word: sticky-backed plastic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: British television show Blue Peter invented the term due to its policy against using commercial terms on-air. The commercial term for the product was Fablon. 1. large sheet of thin, soft, coloured plastic that is sticky on one side Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, uncountable Example: For today's make, you'll need a good sheet of blue sticky-backed plastic, a pen and a washing-up bottle.
Word: kleenex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of brand of tissues trademarked by Cellucotton Products Company (now Kimberly-Clark) in 1924–25. Alteration of clean + -ex. Pronunciation: /ˈkli.nɛks/, /ˈklin.ɛks/ 1. A disposable tissue. Labels: Canada, US Example: Could you hand me a kleenex? My nose is running.
Word: cartoon character Part of Speech: noun 1. A fictional character in a cartoon. Example: Many early cartoon characters were animals.
Word: loo roll Part of Speech: noun 1. A toilet roll. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, countable, informal, uncountable Example: We need to buy some more loo rolls; we've run out.
Word: commoner Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s Proto-Italic *kommoinis Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Anglo-Norman comunbor. Middle English comun English common Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English commoner From common + -er (comparative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.ə.nə(ɹ)/, /ˈkɑ.mə.nɚ/ 1. comparative form of common: more common Labels: comparative, form-of Example: Sunday [train] services were far commoner than in later years.
Word: commoner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English comoner, comyner, cumuner, equivalent to common + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.ə.nə(ɹ)/, /ˈkɑ.mə.nɚ/ 1. A member of the common people who holds no title or rank. 2. Someone who is not of noble rank. Labels: UK Example: All below them [the peers], even their children, were commoners, and in the eye of the law equal to each other. Example: It was revealed on Friday that Mountbatten Windsor is in line to receive a large one-off payment and an annual stipend designed to prevent him overspending in his new life as a commoner after a back-and-forth about where he would go after leaving Royal Lodge. 3. A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: There are to this day fellow-commoners at Queens, and surely such a distinguished commoner as Fuller would have been allowed to remain on that foundation, in which he had spent seven years, in this new capacity. The expense would have been about the same, and the only way in which I can account for his migration is either pique at being passed over, or the friendship of so famed a theologian as Dr. Ward. 4. Someone who has a right over another's land. They hold common rights because of residence or land ownership in a particular manor, especially rights on common land. eg: centuries-old grazing rights Example: Much good land might be gained from forests […] and from other commonable places, so as always there be a due care taken that the poor commoners have no injury. 5. One sharing with another in anything. Labels: obsolete Example: From the Counsell he was carried home to the Prison, and there for many days kept with bread and water, so that had the proudest Anchorite, pretending to the highest abstinence, been Commoner with him, it would have tried his swiftest Devotion to keepe pace with him. 6. A prostitute. Labels: obsolete Example: O behold this ring / Whose high respect and rich validity / Did lack a parallel; yet for all that / He gave it to a commoner o'th' camp, / If I be one. 7. a rankless or average player in Tycoon; not the tycoon, rich, poor, or beggar.
Word: bog roll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bog + roll. 1. Toilet paper. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, countable, informal, uncountable Example: "Aliens used up our bog roll?" "Just because they're aliens, it doesn't mean they don't have to visit the smallest room. Only, they probably do something weird and alienesque; like it comes out of the top of their heads, or something." 2. A roll of toilet paper. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, countable, informal, uncountable Example: This week on The Amazing Prize Giveaway Show, the grand prize is 10,000 bog rolls!
Word: Minsk Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Минск (Minsk) or Belarusian Мінск (Minsk). Pronunciation: /mɪnsk/ 1. The capital city of Belarus.
Word: Kleenex Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kleenex. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: She wipes some drivel from his chin with a Kleenex, which she throws away in the bin, then sits and clasps his hand in hers. Example: James Cameron stood up and asked Céline, “How did you feel about the movie?” Céline held up her Kleenex. And it was completely tattered, because she’d been crying so much.
Word: Guatemala City Part of Speech: name 1. The capital city of Guatemala.
Word: Port Moresby Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after British admiral Fairfax Moresby by his son and the city's explorer Captain John Moresby. Pronunciation: /ˌpoː(ɹ)t ˈmoː(ɹ)zbiː/, /ˌpɔɹt ˈmɔɹzbi/ 1. The capital city of Papua New Guinea.
Word: Honiara Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ghari Naho-ni-ara (literally “place where the southeast winds meet the land”), originally referring to Point Cruz. Pronunciation: /ˌhəʊnɪˈɑːɹə/ 1. The capital city of the Solomon Islands.
Word: Ho Chi Minh City Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Vietnamese Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh. Named after Vietnamese communist revolutionary Ho Chi Minh. Pronunciation: /ˌhəʊ tʃiː ˌmɪn ˈsɪti/ 1. The largest city of Vietnam.
Word: Saigon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Sài Gòn. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪɡɒn/ 1. The former name of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam; the former capital of South Vietnam. Labels: historical, informal Example: But news that the North Vietnamese had launched an invasion more akin to the blitzkrieg of Poland than to a Maoist "people's war," and had overrun my old base camp 30 miles up Thunder Road from Saigon, turned my heart to lead. Example: They met at a bar in Saigon, dated, fell in love, and, a year later, married right there in the city’s central courthouse. 2. A ward of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Word: Taipeh Part of Speech: name Etymology: Postal Romanization of 臺北／台北 (Táiběi). 1. Dated spelling of Taipei. Example: OPIUM SMOKING LICENSES are issued in connection with the Government Laboratory at Taipeh, where the imported opium is refined and put, in three different qualities, into 1-lb. tins for distribution and sale to licence-holders. Example: From his lofty holiday resort on the Sun and Moon Lake in inland Formosa, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek last week scurried back to his forest-cloaked GHQ on Mount Tsao, overlooking Taipeh, the island's capital.
Word: Bandar Seri Begawan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Malay Bandar Seri Begawan. Literally: "Port/City of the Revered Ruler". Pronunciation: /ˌbɑːndəɹ sɪˌɹiː bɪˈɡaʊ.ən/ 1. The capital city of Brunei.
Word: nao Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish nao. Pronunciation: /naʊ/ 1. A Spanish or Portuguese carrack. Labels: historical, rare Example: I got vivid descriptions of the sea battle at Chaul from the Mamluk sailors and the Ottoman gunners so that I could clearly visualise the Mamluk galleys and the Ottoman guns battling the Portuguese naos at the entrance of the Kundalika river.
Word: nao Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /naʊ/ 1. Deliberate misspelling of now. Labels: Internet, alt-of, deliberate, humorous, misspelling
Word: nao Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /naʊ/ 1. Deliberate misspelling of now. Labels: Internet, alt-of, deliberate, humorous, misspelling
Word: Ulaanbaatar Part of Speech: name Etymology: A transliteration of Mongolian Улаанбаатар (Ulaanbaatar), a compound of улаан (ulaan, “red”, adjective) and баатар (baatar, “hero”, cognate to bogatyr). The name was adopted in 1924; before that, the city was known by a number of more prosaic names, including Их Хүрээ (Ix Xüree, “Great Camp”), Даа Хүрээ (Daa Xüree, “Great Camp”) (whence, via Chinese, its English names Kulun and Kuren), and Өргөө (Örgöö, “Residence”) (whence Urga). Pronunciation: /ˌuːlɑːn ˈbɑːtə(ɹ)/ 1. The capital city of Mongolia. Example: Mongolia's capital city of Ulaanbaatar has its share of tourist attractions - Genghis Khan Square, the National Museum, the State Opera and Ballet Theatre. But Ger Community Mapping Center guide Tuguldur Chuluunbaatar wants to highlight a different part of the city; a part that's often ignored. Example: Mongolia will supply critical metals to France needed for its energy transition, President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday during the first ever visit to Ulaanbaatar by a serving French president.
Word: Ulan Bator Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Улан-Ба́тор (Ulan-Bátor), from Mongolian ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ (Ulaɣanbaɣatur). Pronunciation: /ˈuːlɑːn ˈbɑːtɔː(ɹ)/ 1. Alternative form of Ulaanbaatar. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Extensive deposits of copper and molybdenum ore, situated some 200 miles northwest of Ulan Bator between the Selenga and Orkhon Rivers, will eventually be extracted by open‐pit methods and processed at the still unfinished town of Erdenet. Example: Ulan Bator is the world’s coldest capital, and even in early September, snow is not unusual. But we arrived on a crystal-clear day with bright sunshine.
Word: net income Part of Speech: noun 1. Gross profit minus operating expenses and taxes. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Income after tax. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Dacca Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈdækə/ 1. Archaic spelling of Dhaka. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Dhaka Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali ঢাকা (ḍhaka). Pronunciation: /ˈdæ.kə/, /ˈdɑː.kə/, /ˈɖʱɑ.kɑ/, [ɖʱäː.käˑ] 1. The capital city of Bangladesh. 2. A district of Bangladesh, where the capital is located in. 3. A division of Bangladesh, where the district and the capital are located in.
Word: Islamabad Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Urdu اسلام آباد (islām ābād). Equivalent to Islam + -abad. Pronunciation: /ɪzˈlɑːməˌbɑːd/, /ɪsˈlɑːməˌbɑːd/, /ɪzˈlæməˌbæd/ 1. The capital city of Pakistan, located within the Islamabad Capital Territory. 2. The former name of Chittagong, a city in present-day Bangladesh
Word: henchman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hangistaz Proto-West Germanic *hangist Old English henġest Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English *henġestmann Middle English henxman English henchman Inherited from Middle English henxman (“page, attendant”), from Old English *henġestmann, *hengstmann (“groom”, literally “horseman”), from henġest (“stallion, horse, steed, gelding”) + mann (“man”). Akin to archaic German Hengstmann (“groom”) and Icelandic hestamaður (“horseman, groom”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛnt͡ʃ.mən/ 1. A loyal and trusted follower or subordinate. 2. A person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests. Example: The glib sophistries of the special pleader and the verdant gullibility of the public; the ridiculous, now happily fast disappearing partisan bias of the voter and the venal instincts of the political henchman; the lack of proper moral stamina in much of our public press, and the tardiness of practical public appreciation where journals are true to the people's interests the fear of the vengeance; Example: It is madness to commence war against the audacious despots under any leader like Lafayette, the traitor and venal henchman of despotism, against whom the cries of the patriots murdered on July 17 call to Heaven. 3. An assistant member of a criminal gang. Example: Johnny Genaro, chief of staff to Al Capone, was “put on the spot” in a crowded street in Chicago on Saturday night. Example: Most of the carpet joints were run by the mobsters and local henchmen associated with the Mayfield Road Gang, but Peter Schmidt's Playtorium and Glenn Rendezvous were also included. 4. A page to a prince or other person of high rank. Labels: obsolete Example: Henchmen had placed, as was their habit, each warrior's gear and trappings above his pile of skins.
Word: tallat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin tabulātumbor. Old Welsh *tablaut Middle Welsh taflawd Welsh taflodbor. English tallat Borrowed from Welsh taflod, from Middle Welsh taflawd, from Old Welsh *tablaut, borrowed from Latin tabulātum. 1. An attic or loft, notably over a shippen. Labels: UK, West-Country
Word: tallet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tallat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tallot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tallat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Thimphu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dzongkha ཐིམ་ཕུ (thim phu). Pronunciation: /tɪmˈpuː/ 1. The capital city of Bhutan. Example: Bhutan, the tiny 'Land of the Thunder Dragon' in South Asia, is a polar contrast to what one might associate with any of its closest neighbors, China, India, Nepal, or Bangladesh. For instance, Thimphu, its most populous city, is the only capital city in the world without a single traffic light. The city’s busiest intersection is still managed by a traffic policeman directing vehicles using flamboyant hand movements accentuated by his white gloves – apparently all the traffic intervention the 114,000 residents need. 2. A district of Bhutan.
Word: Bishkek Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Kyrgyz Бишкек (Bişkek). Pronunciation: /bɪʃˈkɛk/ 1. The capital city of Kyrgyzstan.
Word: Dushanbe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Tajik Душанбе (Dušanbe). 1. The capital city of Tajikistan.
Word: hoovered Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been cleaned with a vacuum cleaner; vacuum-cleaned. 2. Drunk. Labels: slang Example: 'What!' he roared, 'Listen man I'm hoovered,' and as he looked away he snapped, 'You have had too much to drink, Silent Face - all the people in here look the same to me. Here give me that bottle.'
Word: hoovered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hoover Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Ashgabat Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Turkmen Aşgabat, from Classical Persian عِشْقآبَاد (išq-ābād, literally “city of love”), compound of عِشْق (išq, “love”) + آبَاد (ābād, “city”). Alternatively, some historians believe that the city was originally named after Ashk/Arshk, the founder of the Arsacid Dynasty, and hold that the term عِشْق (išq) was a reinterpretation influenced by folk etymology. 1. The capital and largest city of Turkmenistan.
Word: Baku Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Classical Persian بَاکُو (bākū). For further etymology, see Baku on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Pronunciation: /ˈbækuː/, /ˈbakʉw/, /bɑˈku/, /ˈbakʉ/ 1. The capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Example: COPs have been held in petrostates before. But fossil fuel interests appeared truly unleashed in Baku — potentially emboldened by the imminent arrival of Donald Trump in the White House, a man who has vowed to “drill, baby, drill” and pull the US out of the Paris climate agreement.
Word: Yerevan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Երեւան (Erewan). Pronunciation: /ˌjeɹəˈvæːn/, /ˌjeɹəˈvɑːn/ 1. The capital and largest city of Armenia. Example: Before long Abbas Mirza suffered a succession of defeats, which culminated in the capture of Erivan, today capital of Armenia. Example: Crammed to the gills with history, it nestles in the shadow of Mount Ararat and has a medieval centre but it's Yerevan's religious heritage that is its main claim to fame.
Word: Amman Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عَمَّان (ʕammān). Pronunciation: /əˈmɑːn/, /ɑːˈmɑːn/ 1. The capital city of Jordan. 2. A governorate of Jordan around the capital.
Word: Amman Part of Speech: name 1. A river in Carmarthenshire and Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales, which joins the River Loughor at Pantyffynnon.
Word: Amman Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Tamil அம்மன் (ammaṉ). 1. Synonym of Mariamman (“rain goddess”).
Word: Addis Abeba Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pinus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. Doublet of pine. 1. Any member of the genus Pinus; a pine. Example: I have been invited to see the garden of Baron Zanoli, situated on the high road from Monza to Milan, in which I am told there are fine exotic trees and shrubs, and especially a rich collection of pinuses. Example: As the generality of pinuses grow by nature into magnificent and gigantic forest-trees, they should, I think, be planted in our parks as well as in our flower-gardens, shrubberies, and lawns.
Word: feverishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English feverish Middle English -ly English -ly English feverishly From feverish + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfiː.və.ɹɪʃ.li/, /ˈfi.vɚ.ɪʃ.li/ 1. With excitement and determination. Example: The US believes Israel has significantly weakened Hezbollah in strikes over the last week but is still working feverishly behind the scenes to try to convince it not to escalate further and launch a ground incursion into Lebanon over concerns the intensified fighting could spark a broader conflict engulfing the wider Middle East, officials told CNN. 2. With great energy. 3. With speed; rapidly. Example: In the outer room the two women knitted black wool feverishly. Example: All the way to Styles, Mary talked fast and feverishly. It struck me that in some way she was nervous of Poirot’s eyes.
Word: Santiago Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Santiago, elision of earlier Sant'Iago and Sant Iago, from Latin Sanctus Iācōbus (“Saint James or holy James”), the latter word deriving from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel”) and the Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:26. Piecewise doublet of Saint James. The Guan Yu sense among Chinese Filipinos in the Philippines is due to a syncretic association of the deified Chinese general with St. James, who are both known for their assertiveness and heroism, which non-Chinese and people in the Philippines like Jose Rizal during the 19th century first associated with and/or surmised the Chinese folk deities venerated by Chinese Filipinos on Chinese altars and prints with popular Christian or Muslim figures. Pronunciation: /sæntiˈɑːɡəʊ/, /sɑntiˈɑɡoʊ/ 1. Numerous places: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 2. Numerous places: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 3. Numerous places: 4. Numerous places: Example: On 12 February 1541 Valdivia founded the city of Santiago, but within six months it was destroyed by Araucanian Indians, one of the most bellicose peoples encountered by the Spaniards; […] 5. Numerous places: 6. Numerous places: 7. Numerous places: 8. Numerous places: 9. Numerous places: 10. Numerous places: 11. Numerous places: 12. Numerous places: 13. Numerous places: 14. Numerous places: 15. Numerous places: 16. Numerous places: 17. Numerous places: 18. Numerous places: 19. Numerous places: 20. Numerous places: 21. Numerous places: 22. Numerous places: 23. Numerous places: 24. Numerous places: 25. Numerous places: 26. Numerous places: 27. Numerous places: 28. Numerous places: 29. Numerous places: 30. Numerous places: 31. Numerous places: 32. Numerous places: 33. Numerous places: 34. Numerous places: 35. Numerous places: 36. Numerous places: 37. Numerous places: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 38. Numerous places: 39. Numerous places: 40. Numerous places: 41. Synonym of Guan Yu: a famous 2nd-century Chinese warrior subsequently worshipped as a god of war. Labels: Philippines
Word: Asunción Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Asunción, from asunción (“Assumption”). Pronunciation: /əˌsuːnsiˈɒn/, /əˌsuːnsiˈəʊn/, /ˌæsʊnˈsjɒn/ 1. The capital and largest city of Paraguay.
Word: Sucre Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Sucre, named after Antonio José de Sucre. Pronunciation: /ˈsuːkɹeɪ/ 1. The constitutional capital of Bolivia. Example: La Paz and Sucre dispute which city should be the capital. Santa Cruz, in the east, clamors for autonomy. 2. A department in Colombia. 3. A town and municipality in Sucre department, Colombia. 4. A town and municipality in Cauca department, Colombia. 5. One of 23 states in Venezuela.
Word: San Salvador Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish San Salvador (“Holy Savior”), various places named in honor of Jesus Christ, from Spanish salvador, from Latin salvator, from salvāre (“to save”) + -tor (suffix forming agent nouns). Pronunciation: /sæn ˈsælvədɔɹ/ 1. The capital city of El Salvador. 2. A department of El Salvador. 3. A former province of El Salvador of the Spanish Empire and then of the United Provinces of Central America. Labels: historical 4. Ellipsis of San Salvador Island: the first island discovered on Christopher Columbus's first voyage. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical 5. Ellipsis of San Salvador Island: an island of the Bahamas. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 6. Ellipsis of San Salvador Island, former name of Santiago: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical
Word: Tegucigalpa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Tegucigalpa, from Classical Nahuatl. Pronunciation: /təˌɡuːsəˈɡælpə/, /təˌɡuːsiˈɡælpə/, /tɛˌɡuːsiˈɡælpə/, /teɪˌɡuːsiˈɡælpə/, /tɛˌɡuːsiˈɡɑːlpɑ/ 1. The capital city of Honduras. Example: But on Friday, a U.S. Air Force plane carrying more than 70 deportees arrived around midday in the city of San Pedro Sula, about 100 miles northwest of Tegucigalpa, the capital.
Word: Paramaribo Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /pɑɹəˈmɑːɹɪbəʊ/, /ˌpɑɹəˈmɑɹəˌboʊ/ 1. The capital city of Suriname.
Word: Port of Spain Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Spanish Puerto España. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːt əv ˈspeɪn/ 1. The capital city of Trinidad and Tobago.
Word: Port-au-Prince Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Port-au-Prince. Pronunciation: /ˌpɔːtəʊˈpɹɪns/, /ˌpɔːtəʊˈpɹæ̃s/, /ˌpɔɹtoʊˈpɹɪns/, /ˌpɔɹtoʊˈpɹæ̃s/ 1. The capital city of Haiti. Example: The country’s main airport in Port-au-Prince has been closed periodically and was shuttered again on Tuesday after gunfire hit a commercial passenger airplane flying in from the US.
Word: Kingston Part of Speech: name Etymology: In the case of settlements outside England, from king's + -ton (“town”), in reference to monarchs of the British Empire. In the case of settlements within England, a development from earlier Old English Cinges tūn or Cynges tūn (“king's town or manor”), in reference to various monarchs. Sometimes derived from other places already named Kingston or, particularly in America, from people with the surname King. Doublet of Kingstown, Kingstone, Conington, and Cunnington. Cf. also Kingsville, Kingsburg, Conisbrough, Coniston, Coniston Cold, Queenstown, Queenston, Princeton, Princetown, and Princes Town. In particular, the community founded in New Brunswick in 1783 in the aftermath of the American Revolution may have been named as a sign of loyalty to George III; its parish was named for the community. The village in Nova Scotia was named for its district (Kings County) and the unrealized hope that it would become a town. The surname is derived from the various locations named Kingston. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪŋ.stən/ 1. The capital and largest city of Jamaica; it is also the capital of its eponymous parish. Example: Waking up each day in the sweltering heat of Kingston, hundreds of miles away from his friends and family, “it takes me a while to get a grip on reality,” Thomas said. 2. A parish of Jamaica; named for the city which it comprises the inner part of. 3. Places in Australia: 4. Places in Australia: 5. Places in Australia: 6. Places in Australia: 7. Places in Australia: 8. Places in Australia: 9. Places in Australia: 10. Places in Australia: 11. Places in Canada: 12. Places in Canada: 13. Places in Canada: 14. Places in Canada: Example: (historical) 15. Places in Canada: 16. Places in Canada: 17. Places in England: 18. Places in England: 19. Places in England: 20. Places in England: 21. Places in England: 22. Places in England: 23. Places in England: 24. Places in England: 25. Places in England: 26. Places in England: 27. Places in Scotland: 28. Places in Scotland: 29. Places in Scotland: 30. Places in New Zealand: 31. Places in New Zealand: 32. Places in the United States: 33. Places in the United States: 34. Places in the United States: 35. Places in the United States: 36. Places in the United States: 37. Places in the United States: 38. Places in the United States: 39. Places in the United States: 40. Places in the United States: 41. Places in the United States: 42. Places in the United States: 43. Places in the United States: 44. Places in the United States: 45. Places in the United States: 46. Places in the United States: 47. Places in the United States: 48. Places in the United States: 49. Places in the United States: 50. Places in the United States: 51. Places in the United States: 52. Places in the United States: 53. Places in the United States: 54. Places in the United States: 55. Places in the United States: 56. Places in the United States: 57. Places in the United States: 58. Places in the United States: 59. Places in the United States: 60. Places in the United States: 61. Places in the United States: 62. Places in the United States: 63. A surname.
Word: Santo Domingo Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌsæn.tə dəˈmɪŋ.ɡoʊ/, /ˌsæn.toʊ dəˈmɪŋ.ɡoʊ/, /ˌsæn.tə dəˈmɪŋ.ɡəʊ/, /ˌsæn.təʊ dəˈmɪŋ.ɡəʊ/ 1. The capital city of the Dominican Republic. 2. The Spanish-colonized portion of the island of Hispaniola, which later became the Dominican Republic, especially as contrasted with Saint-Domingue, the French-controlled portion. Labels: historical 3. Synonym of Hispaniola. Labels: obsolete 4. A town in San Vicente department, El Salvador. 5. A federally recognized Pueblo people living in New Mexico.
Word: hell no Part of Speech: intj 1. Expressing firm disagreement. Labels: mildly, slang, vulgar Example: Will you mow the lawn? Hell no! Example: No, no, hell''' no. The true answer is that there is no one answer; […]
Word: San José Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of San Jose: a city in California, United States. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. The capital city of Costa Rica. 3. Places named after Saint Joseph (acquired from Spanish). 4. A town in La Unión department, El Salvador.
Word: San Jose Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish San José (“Saint Joseph”) (Anglicized with removal of accent). Pronunciation: /ˌsæn hoʊˈzeɪ/, /ˌsæn.oʊˈzeɪ/ 1. A large city, the county seat of Santa Clara County, California, United States. Example: San Jose, the county seat, is jokingly referred to as “Man Jose” by the locals, and with good reason: In the 22 to 29 age cohort, Santa Clara County has 37,410 never-married, college-grad men versus 27,147 never-married, college-grad women. Example: At least nine deaths have been reported this year, and more than 900 since 1998 – or 38 per year on average, according to the NHTSA and NoHeatStroke.org, which is run by San Jose University’s Department of Meteorology and Climate Science. 2. A census-designated place in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. 3. A census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. 4. A municipality of Camarines Sur, Philippines. 5. A municipality, the capital of the Dinagat Islands, Caraga, Philippines. 6. Alternative form of San José. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: freakish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English freak Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English freakish From freak + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːkɪʃ/ 1. Resembling a freak. 2. Strange, unusual, abnormal or bizarre. Example: It was a realy freakish accident that claimed many lives. Example: In all this series there is an almost freakish tendency toward the development of characters usually regarded as generic, as a result of which most of the genera have only one known species each. 3. Capricious, unpredictable. Example: What freakish weather we are having lately in these parts.
Word: heckling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of heckle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: heckling Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who heckles. Example: Speeches during parliamentary debates, however, belong to linguistic action patterns in which interruptions and hecklings (Burkhardt 2004) are generally conventionalised and accepted as facultative reactions […] 2. The preparation of flax for spinning using special combs called hackles.
Word: youths Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /juːðz/, /juːθs/ 1. plural of youth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beauty salon Part of Speech: noun 1. A shop that provides hairdressing and beauticians' work.
Word: promontories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of promontory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: too big for one's britches Part of Speech: adj Etymology: US origin, 19th c. 1. Disturbingly confident, unacceptably cocky. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: A diffident, dedicated man, Bradley seemed the personification of rectitude. He never got too big for his britches. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Too large to fit into one's pants. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rainshadow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rain + shadow. 1. Alternative form of rain shadow. Labels: alt-of, alternative