nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tell it to Sweeney Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: "Tell it to Sweeney! (The Stuyvesants will understand.)” was an advertisement for the New York (NY) Daily News, first appearing in August 1922. The Daily News positioned itself as the newspaper of the average working man—such as the Irish “Sweeney.” The name “Stuyvesant” was used to represent blue bloods. Thus, if you advertise in the Daily News and reach the Sweeneys of New York City, the Stuyvesants will also get the message. 1. I do not believe what you said. Labels: colloquial, dated, idiomatic
Word: tell it to the marines Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Unknown, with many apocryphal suggestions. 1. I do not believe what you said. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: William. No palaver! tell it to the marines. What, tacking and double tacking! Come to what you want to say at once. Example: I don’t believe the story you have been telling me, either, and think it far more likely that you are hiding from justice on account of some devil’s work you have been engaged in. Bah! Tell your story to the marines!
Word: tek Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Used to represent a dialectal pronunciation of take. Pronunciation: /tɛk/, /tæk/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of take, representing dialectal English. Labels: Appalachia, Northumbria, alt-of, dated, pronunciation-spelling Example: Doncher know a cud hole yuh an' tek a kiss anytime a'd a mine tuh?
Word: tek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Respelled clipping of technique. Pronunciation: /tɛk/, /tæk/ 1. A method of, or procedure for, extracting, synthesizing, freebasing, or otherwise manufacturing or preparing recreational drugs. Labels: slang Example: This tek yields a crude, semi-pure crystalline extract that can be ingested to produce the full range of effects of psilocybin mushrooms while mitigating some or all of the nausea and bodily discomfort commonly experienced.
Word: tetraiodide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English iodine Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English iodide English tetraiodide From tetra- + iodide. 1. any iodide containing four iodine atoms in each molecule
Word: rhymes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhyme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhymes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rhyme Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: foods Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fuːdz/, /fudz/ 1. plural of food Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carbon trade Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of carbon emissions trading.
Word: rhyming Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪmɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of rhyme Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rhyming Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪmɪŋ/ 1. Rhyme. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: With their internal rhymings and cryptic puns and allusions, Williams's lines of dialogue may tax the actor as well as the audience.
Word: rhyming Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪmɪŋ/ 1. That rhymes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: halogenated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of halogenate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: halogenated Part of Speech: adj 1. Treated or reacted with a halogen. Labels: not-comparable 2. Treated or reacted with a halogen. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vowels Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvaʊəlz/, /ˈvaʊlz/ 1. plural of vowel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contractions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of contraction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carbon transmitter Part of Speech: noun 1. an early form of carbon microphone
Word: nationalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nationality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carburet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in 1788 by the translator of de Morveau, Lavoisier et al.'s 1787 book Méthode de nomenclature chimique James St. John as a translation and partial calque of French carbure, with the original (noun) sense displaced by carbide during the mid-19th century. By surface analysis, carbon + -uret. 1. A carbide. Labels: obsolete
Word: carburet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Coined in 1788 by the translator of de Morveau, Lavoisier et al.'s 1787 book Méthode de nomenclature chimique James St. John as a translation and partial calque of French carbure, with the original (noun) sense displaced by carbide during the mid-19th century. By surface analysis, carbon + -uret. 1. To react with carbon. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To enrich an illuminating gas with carbon-rich fuel. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Where there may be objections to the use or application of the foregoing mode of using peat gas for illuminating purposes, I employ another method of obtaining that object, and which is to carburet the peat gas by means of charred peat, in the same way as I carburet the vapours of sulphur to educe a bisulphuret of carbon. William Benson Stones, an 1850 patent 3. To mix air with hydrocarbons, especially with petroleum, as in an internal combustion engine. Labels: transitive 4. To equip with a carburetor. Labels: transitive Example: Later models were fuel-injected, but the earliest ones were carbureted.
Word: beverages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beverage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gallons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gallon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: headers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhɛ.dəz/, /ˈhɛ.dɚz/ 1. plural of header Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reptiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reptile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chlorocarbon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Hellenic *kʰlōrós Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós) English chloro- Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon English chlorocarbon From chloro- + carbon. 1. An organic compound containing at least one covalently bonded chlorine atom.
Word: reds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ferrocarbon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor. Old Latin *fersom Latin ferrum English ferro- Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon English ferrocarbon From ferro- + carbon. 1. A form of steel with a very high concentration of carbon (approximately 10%).
Word: fluorochlorohydrocarbon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluor Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English fluoro- English chloro- English hydrocarbon English fluorochlorohydrocarbon From fluoro- + chloro- + hydrocarbon. 1. Any compound formally derived from a hydrocarbon by replacing some hydrogen atoms with fluorine and some with chlorine, (More commonly known as hydrochlorofluorocarbon)
Word: glassy carbon Part of Speech: noun 1. a non-graphitic form of carbon used for electrodes and high-temperature crucibles Labels: uncountable
Word: graphitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -itebor. German -it German Graphitbor. English graphite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English graphitic From graphite + -ic. 1. Of, relating to, resembling, or having the structure of graphite. Example: The iron has been analysed at the Manchester College of Technology. It is a cold-blast iron with the following analysis: Silicon, 1.38 per cent.; sulphur, 0.14 per cent.; phosphorus, 0.65 per cent.; manganese, 0.54 per cent.; combined carbon, 0.49 per cent.; graphitic carbon, 2.95 per cent.
Word: phytomining Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phyto- (prefix meaning ‘derived from or pertaining to plants’) + mining. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪtəʊˌmaɪnɪŋ/, /ˈfaɪtoʊˌmaɪnɪŋ/, [-ɾoʊ-] 1. The planting and harvesting of vegetation that selectively concentrates specific metals from the environment into their tissues, for the purpose of commercial exploitation of the extracted metal. Labels: uncountable Example: Cultivation of hyperaccumulators on naturally enriched areas offers the greatest promise for use in phytomining. Phytomining is a more specific form of phytoremediation where the purpose of metal removal from soil is economic gain. Example: The three metals, nickel, thallium and gold were reported as candidates for phytomining in 1999 owing to the relatively high price that each metal commands on international commodity markets.
Word: halocarbon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l Proto-Hellenic *hā́ls Ancient Greek ᾰ̔́λς (hắls)der. English halo- Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon English halocarbon From halo- + carbon. 1. any compound formally derived from a hydrocarbon by replacing at least one hydrogen atom with a halogen, but especially by replacing all hydrogen atoms with halogen(s)
Word: sulfide of carbon Part of Speech: noun 1. carbon disulfide Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: sulphide of carbon Part of Speech: noun 1. carbon disulphide Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: team player Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who can function effectively with others in a group, sharing information and striving towards a common goal. Example: If you’re not seen as a team player, you won’t have the support of your colleagues when problems arise. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see team, player.
Word: shants Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of shorts + pants. 1. An article of clothing too long to be designated as shorts, but too short to be considered pants. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only 2. Synonym of convertible pants. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: cowrie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Mid-17th century, borrowed from Hindi कौड़ी (kauṛī). Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊ.ɹi/ 1. A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell. 2. Any gastropod of the genus Cypraea; its shell. Labels: broadly, dated 3. Any gastropod of the family Cypraeidae; its shell. Labels: broadly
Word: third-grader Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of third grader. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: reveries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reverie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of revery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reveries Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reverie Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: woodies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of woody Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of woodie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: busied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of busy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: intelligences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of intelligence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scrutinised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scrutinise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disillusionment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dis- + illusion + -ment. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒənmənt/, /ˌdɪsɪˈljuːʒənmənt/, /ˌdɪsɪˈluʒənmənt/, /ˌdɪsəˈluʒənmənt/, /ˌdɪsəˈlʉːʒənmənt/ 1. A feeling of disappointment, akin to depression, arising from the realization that something is not what it was expected or believed to be, possibly accompanied by philosophical angst from having one's beliefs challenged. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But till I am thirty, I know that my youth will triumph over everything- every disillusionment, every disgust with life. Example: I catch on your face the old sad smile / Of our ancient disillusionment, / When the ardent crowd tries to beguile / Your world-old soul to impassionment. 2. The act of freeing from an illusion; the state of being freed therefrom. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is a very wholesome and regenerating change which a man undergoes when he "comes to himself." […] It is a process of disillusionment. The scales have fallen away.
Word: nyctinasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nycti- + -nasty. By surface analysis, nycti- + -nast + -y. 1. The movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness; the closing of a flower at night. Labels: uncountable
Word: nyctinastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nyctinasty + -ic. By surface analysis, nycti- + -nast + -ic. 1. Relating to nyctinasty, the movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness. Labels: not-comparable
Word: revolves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of revolve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: revolves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of revolve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: remoter Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of remote: more remote Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: remoter Part of Speech: noun 1. One who participates, attends, or works remotely; a remote worker; a teleworker. Example: We also have companion digital copies available for our remoters who don't have access to the physical office library.
Word: approaches Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃiz/, /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃiz/ 1. Movements to gain favour; advances. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. The covered roads, trenches, or other works made by besiegers or soldiers in their advances toward a place such as a fortress or military post. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: approaches Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃiz/, /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃiz/ 1. plural of approach Labels: form-of, plural
Word: approaches Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃiz/, /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃiz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of approach Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: snowcaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snowcap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snowcap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snow + cap. Pronunciation: /ˈsnoʊˌkæp/ 1. A layer of snow covering a mountain top. 2. A small hummingbird, Microchera albocoronata, which is a resident breeder in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and western Panama.
Word: glimpses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glimpse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glimpses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of glimpse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: wisps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wisp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incredibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English incredible Middle English -ly English -ly English incredibly From incredible + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/ 1. In an incredible manner; not to be believed. Example: With the parental exaggeration which the birth of his various enterprises always induced, O'Sullivan spoke incredibly of eighty-five "enrolled" members. 2. To a great extent; extremely. Example: He was incredibly wealthy. Example: “The AN-TPY/2 radar is essentially the heart of the THAAD battery, enabling the launch of interceptor missiles and contributing to a networked air defense picture,” he said. “It also happens to be an incredibly expensive piece of kit. The loss of even a single radar of this type would be an operationally significant event. It is probable that a replacement unit would have to be redeployed from elsewhere, which will take time and effort.” 3. Used to note the surprising or hard-to-believe nature of what is being said and suggest that it is nevertheless true. Example: Incredibly, when he died they found he had left a million dollars to the Poetry Foundation.
Word: incredibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin incredibilitas, equivalent to incredible + -ity. 1. The quality of being incredible; incredibleness. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. That which is incredible. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But, as to its contents, who would believe such incredibilities as miracles, inspirations, or prophecies, or that God would command the perpetration of crimes like the destruction of the Canaanites? Example: The repressed-memory therapists in Ms. Bikel's earlier documentaries were light on credentials and heavy on incredibility.
Word: incredibleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English incredible Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English incredibleness From incredible + -ness. 1. Incredibility. Labels: uncountable Example: The incredibleness of his win two weeks ago.
Word: brightened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of brighten Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sunward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥der. Proto-Germanic *sunnô Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ Proto-West Germanic *sunnā Old English sunne Middle English sonne English sun Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English sunward From sun + -ward. 1. Directed or turned toward the sun. Example: On some days of autumn you may see the grass full of stringy lines of cobwebs that make a glistening path sunward. Example: His heart trembled; his breath came faster and a wild spirit passed over his limbs as though he were soaring sunward.
Word: sunward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥der. Proto-Germanic *sunnô Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ Proto-West Germanic *sunnā Old English sunne Middle English sonne English sun Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English sunward From sun + -ward. 1. In the direction of the sun. Example: To carry warfare sunward is, indeed, their only escape from the destruction that, generation after generation, creeps upon them. Example: fruits of the flower pushed sun-ward through wide cracks in concrete
Word: unnavigable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English navigable English unnavigable From un- + navigable. 1. Not navigable: difficult or impossible to navigate. Example: Near-synonym: impassible Example: unnavigable website 2. Not navigable: difficult or impossible to navigate. Example: A road journey of 70 miles past unnavigable rapids leads to Juba, from which it is seven days' steaming down river through to Kosti, on the Sudan Railways. Example: Nang county is the name given to the present administrative division of E Dakpo, the principal gateway to the sacred mountain of Tsari, and the region through which the Brahmaputra River cuts its way through an unnavigable 33 km horse-shoe gorge as it flows towards Longpo and Kongpo. 3. Not navigable: difficult or impossible to navigate. Example: The trail was unnavigable since the flood washed it away.
Word: bit of rough Part of Speech: noun 1. A sexual partner (typically male) of a lower social class. Labels: informal
Word: sit in for Part of Speech: verb 1. To substitute; to take somebody's place. Labels: idiomatic Example: Can you sit in for him while he's gone?
Word: by a long shot Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. By a wide margin; indicates a very big difference or disparity. Labels: dated, idiomatic, usually Example: He couldn't keep up with me, not by a long shot. Example: He speaks better than he writes, by a long shot.
Word: sweet potato Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈswiːt pəˈteɪ.təʊ/, /ˈswit pəˈteɪ.toʊ/ 1. A tropical perennial American vine, Ipomoea batatas, having a fleshy tuber. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The tuber of this plant cooked as a vegetable. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The sweet potato is the article referred to as potato by Shakespeare and other English writers, previous to the middle of the seventeenth century. Example: I go back to the kitchen and find a knife, still smeared with sweet potato and bits of pheasant meat. 3. An ocarina. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: antitheism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + theism. 1. The categorical opposition to the belief in any deity. Labels: secular, uncountable 2. Alternative form of misotheism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable 3. Alternative form of maltheism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, secular, uncountable 4. Alternative form of dystheism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable 5. The opposition to the existence and the properties of any deity, or eutheism. Labels: uncountable
Word: DGPS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Differential Global Positioning System, an enhancement to Global Positioning System that uses a network of fixed ground based reference stations to broadcast the difference between the positions indicated by the satellite systems and the known fixed positions. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: eden Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈiː.dən/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Eden (“a paradise”). Labels: alt-of, rare Example: The essential formula of both the John Carter and the Tarzan stories was that of an upperclass hero confronting a challenging, radically exotic environment, a lush jungle eden or an eden of extraplanetary technology, […]
Word: dummy out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Japanese ダミー (damī), which was often used as a placeholder term for the designation of certain things that ended up going unused in a video game. The Japanese term was itself derived from English dummy, and thus tended to be translated in games (even if inaccessible by normal means) as "DUMMY". ダミー may specifically be a derivative of the programming sense of English dummy. 1. To remove (a feature, subplot, item, or character) from a video game.
Word: acidulation Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of acidulating. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: acidulating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of acidulate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: apple-pie bed Part of Speech: noun 1. A shortsheeted bed in which a sheet is folded back on itself halfway down as a practical joke so that the victim cannot get into it. Labels: UK
Word: baby beef Part of Speech: noun 1. Grain-fed cattle (especially Aberdeen Angus) slaughtered while still relatively young. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The meat from such cattle. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: backshift Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + shift. Pronunciation: /ˈbækʃɪft/ 1. The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: backshift Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back + shift. Pronunciation: /ˈbækʃɪft/ 1. To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech. Labels: transitive
Word: reported speech Part of Speech: noun 1. A grammatical construction used to represent another person's words, thoughts, or statements indirectly rather than by quoting them verbatim, often involving a change in tense. Labels: uncountable
Word: indirect speech Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of reported speech. Labels: uncountable
Word: backstairs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + stairs. 1. A staircase at the rear of a building or one normally only used by servants and tradesmen. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Here I diſcovered the ſecret Cauſes of many great Events that have ſurprized the World, how a Whore can govern the Back-ſtairs, the Back-ſtairs a Council, and the Council a Senate. Example: 1905, Ernest William Hornung, “The Spoils of Sacrilege” in A Thief in the Night, Other feet were already in the lower flight of the backstairs; but the upper flight was the one for me, and in an instant we were racing along the upper corridor […] 2. An indirect or furtive means of access or intercourse. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The straight-forward course, they say, would be to proclaim outright, instead of trying to bring it in by the backstairs.
Word: backstairs Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From back + stairs. 1. Secret or furtive. Example: […] if some peers (I am very sorry they are not as many as they ought to be) set themselves, in the great concern of peers and commons, against a back-stairs influence and clandestine government, then the alarm begins; then the constitution is in danger of being forced into an aristocracy. Example: The danger of the situation was increased by the mischievous conduct of Alderman Townshend, who had been brought down to the House, pale and bandaged from a recent surgical operation, in order to pour forth a diatribe against female caprice and backstairs influence; […] 2. Scandalous.
Word: backstair Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From back + stair. 1. clandestine, secret or furtive Labels: not-comparable
Word: backstair Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + stair. 1. The backstairs (stairs at the rear of a building).
Word: complacence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late Middle English complacence, from Medieval Latin complacentia, from Latin complaceō (“to please”). Pronunciation: /kəmˈpleɪsəns/ 1. Being complacent; a feeling of contentment or satisfaction; complacency. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: [T]he inward Complacence we find in acting reaſonably and vertuouſly, and the Diſquiet we feel from vicious Choices and Purſuits, is protracted beyond the Acts themſelves from whence it aroſe, and renewed often upon our Souls, by diſtant Reflections; […] 2. Delight, pleasure. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: O thou, my sole complacence. 3. Complaisance; a willingness to comply with others' wishes. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: He told his sister, if she pleased, the new-born infant should be bred up together with little Tommy; to which she consented, though with some little reluctance: for she had truly a great complacence for her brother […]
Word: sciolto Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian sciolto, from sciogliere (“to set free”). 1. Light, free and easy; without strictness or legato. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sciolto Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian sciolto, from sciogliere (“to set free”). 1. Played in such a manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sciolto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian sciolto, from sciogliere (“to set free”). 1. A directive in a score specifying that the music is to be played in this manner.
Word: lockstitch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lock + stitch. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑkstɪt͡ʃ/ 1. A stitch made by a sewing machine in which two threads are interlocked.
Word: lockstitch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From lock + stitch. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑkstɪt͡ʃ/ 1. To use this kind of stitch.
Word: presser foot Part of Speech: noun 1. The part of a sewing machine which rests on the fabric and presses it down upon the table of the machine and against the feed dog.
Word: spelling bee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spelling + bee (“get-together, (social) gathering, contest”). (The earliest known evidence of the phrase in print dates back to 1850.) 1. A spelling contest or competition where contestants, usually children, are asked to spell out words (orally, letter by letter); the individual or team spelling the most words correctly wins.
Word: kaalgat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans kaalgat. 1. stark naked. Labels: South-Africa, not-comparable
Word: gatvol Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans gatvol. 1. Completely fed up; very upset. Labels: South-Africa, slang Example: I have had it up to here! I am gatvol. If you don't tidy your room, you are grounded. Example: Yoh! I'm so gatvol of this tjoekie and need a zol to handle these moggy people.
Word: just now Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒʌst ˈnaʊ/, /ˈd͡ʒʌst ˌnaʊ/ 1. Very close to the present moment; just a moment ago. Labels: not-comparable Example: I was talking to my friend on the phone just now. Example: I('ve) just now noticed that we're out of bread. 2. At present; now. Labels: not-comparable Example: We do not have that item in stock just now. 3. In a little while. Labels: Caribbean, Scotland, South-Africa, not-comparable Example: I'll be coming just now.
Word: science fair Part of Speech: noun 1. A competition in which contestants, usually children, create science-related projects or demonstrations. Example: Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.”
Word: black slug Part of Speech: noun 1. An omnivorous slug found in Europe and the Pacific Northwest, Arion ater, not always black, despite the name.
Word: LFSR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of linear feedback shift register. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: eina Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans eina, from the Khoekhoe people of the Kalahari Desert: é + ná. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪnə/ 1. Ouch! (an exclamation of pain) Labels: South-Africa Example: Eina! I hit my thumb with the hammer!
Word: buzz off Part of Speech: intj 1. go away. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: The bouncer shouted “Buzz off!” and kicked me out of the establishment.
Word: buzz off Part of Speech: verb 1. To leave with a buzzing sound. Labels: intransitive Example: The bee was flying around my head, but then it buzzed off. 2. To leave (especially busily), take off, go away. Labels: figuratively Example: “Where's Daddy?” Phyllis asked. “He suddenly decided to go to London,” said Bobbie. “To London?” “That's what he said.” “Why?” “He didn't tell me.” “I must go and see him,” said Phyllis, and buzzed off. [...] “He's asking for his dinner, the sweet little angel. All right, darling, Mother's coming,” she fluted, and buzzed off on the errand of mercy. [...] “That's life,” she said, and buzzed off to keep her vigil, leaving me kicking myself because I'd forgotten to say anything about the quality of mercy not being strained. 3. To interrupt and/or disqualify (someone) by means of a buzzer. Labels: transitive Example: He went to this talent show, but they buzzed him off after twenty seconds.
Word: collect dust Part of Speech: verb 1. To remain untouched and unused for a long period of time. Labels: idiomatic Example: The trophies on his wall reminding him of his heyday are now just collecting dust.
Word: third hand Part of Speech: noun 1. A tool used to squeeze caliper brakes against the rim of a wheel, as on a bicycle, thereby allowing adjustments to the brake cable. 2. A source two steps removed from direct communication.
Word: third hand Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been relayed by two intermediate sources. Example: I heard the story from someone who got it from the horse's mouth. You're getting it third hand. Example: So I have to find out my child is alive third-hand from the Alliance brass? Where the hell have you been? 2. Not new, having more than one previous owner. Labels: idiomatic
Word: third leg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Suggesting a penis as long as one's leg. Pronunciation: /θɝd ˈlɛɡ/ 1. A penis; specifically a long one. Labels: humorous, slang
Word: straitjacket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English strait Old French jaque Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French jacquetbor. English jacket English straitjacket From strait (“restrictive”) + jacket. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹeɪtˌd͡ʒækɪt/ 1. A jacketlike garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer from moving their arms; often used in psychiatric hospitals to prevent patients from injuring themselves or others. Example: There’s a couple of people actually wearing duct-tape straitjackets. 2. Any situation seen as confining or restricting. Labels: figuratively Example: our ever-increasing bureaucratic straitjacket of regulations Example: [I]f we remain in one discipline, we remain in a straitjacket; an adequate theory of language evolution requires a lot of interdisciplinary work.
Word: straitjacket Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English strait Old French jaque Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French jacquetbor. English jacket English straitjacket From strait (“restrictive”) + jacket. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹeɪtˌd͡ʒækɪt/ 1. To put someone into a straitjacket. Labels: literally, transitive Example: What he asked himself now was,—could Miss Edge and Miss Baker, in order to get him out of the house, have set Birt onto Elizabeth, be in league with the man to break a poor old fellow down by simply driving his sad girl out of her wits? To have her straitjacketted even, muffled in a padded room? 2. To restrict the freedom of someone or something, either physically or psychologically. Labels: broadly, figuratively, transitive Example: Charles for five whole days in a Victorian topper and tailcoat when he practically had to be straitjacketted to get him into tails for a three-hour wedding? Example: Encouraging, allowing for, and maintaining a plurality of viewpoints concerning public policy, for instance, adaptively (even though partially and incompletely) reduces the chances of a rigidly deterministic and reductionistic mindset maladaptively straitjacketting our abilities to deal with dynamic complexity and to appreciate the benefits of malleability and self-criticality in remaining open to the challenges of our environment.
Word: Scotia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Scotia (Scotland, lit. "Land of the Scots") Pronunciation: /ˈskoʊ.ʃə/, /ˈskəʊ.ʃə/ 1. Scotland, a constituent country of the United Kingdom. Labels: poetic 2. Nova Scotia Example: 1958 - Scotia Plan Loans [...] The Bank of Nova Scotia becomes the first Canadian bank to promote lending to the average consumer. Example: Just listen how the flow sounds / And you gon' learn quick I represent Sco-town (Scotia) / Illville to be exact / Shout out to Uniacke / Straight up to w:North Preston and back 3. A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States. 4. A village in Nebraska. 5. A village in the town of Glenville, Schenectady County, New York. 6. A town in South Carolina. 7. A locality in the Unincorporated Far West Area and the Wentworth council area, western New South Wales, Australia.
Word: endureth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of endure Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Word: goeth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of go Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to Neah
Word: keepeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From keep + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of keep Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul.
Word: knoweth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From know + -eth. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of know Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
Word: loveth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From love + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌv.əθ/, /-ɪθ/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of love Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Word: searchlight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From search + light. Compare West Frisian sykljocht (“searchlight”), Dutch zoeklicht (“searchlight”), Danish søgelys (“searchlight”), Swedish sökarljus (“searchlight”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːtʃˌlaɪt/ 1. A light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction, generally for military use. 2. The light from the above source.
Word: searchlight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From search + light. Compare West Frisian sykljocht (“searchlight”), Dutch zoeklicht (“searchlight”), Danish søgelys (“searchlight”), Swedish sökarljus (“searchlight”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːtʃˌlaɪt/ 1. To scan or sweep across like a searchlight. Labels: transitive Example: A dozen air corps of fireflies searchlighted the spot for an instant.
Word: seeth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of see Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: […]the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart
Word: whereto Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English wherto, equivalent to where + to. 1. To what; to which place, whither? Labels: archaic, interrogative, not-comparable 2. To what end; wherefore? Labels: interrogative, not-comparable, obsolete 3. To which. Labels: archaic, not-comparable, relative Example: According whereto Xenophon describeth his gallant plantation at Sardis, thus rendred by Strebæus.
Word: whoso Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English hoe so, hoo so, hoo-so, from Old English hwā swā; equivalent to who + so. 1. whosoever, whatever person Labels: archaic Example: Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. Example: And whoso findeth by the sea Blown dust of bones will hardly say If this were that Aholibah.
Word: Welshwoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Welsh Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English Welshwoman From Welsh + -woman. 1. A woman who is a native or inhabitant of Wales.
Word: shouldst Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʃʊdst/, /ʃʊtst/, /ʃədst/, /ʃətst/ 1. second-person singular present of should Labels: archaic, form-of, present, second-person, singular Example: Doth it ſeem good to thee that thou ſhouldſt calumniate me, and oppreſs me, the work of thy own hands, and help the counſel of the wicked? 2. second-person singular simple past indicative of shall Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, past, second-person, singular
Word: calumniate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1554; borrowed from Latin calumniātus, perfect passive participle of calumnior (“to blame, cavil at; to accuse falsely”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /kəˈlʌmni.eɪt/ 1. To make hurtful untrue comments about. Labels: transitive Example: Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and calumniate all godly men's doings. Example: I missed her when she was not on the stage, in spite of the absorbing interest of that most calumniated and ill-used person, the Jew. (Speaking of Fanny Kemble as Portia) 2. To levy a false charge against, especially of a vague offense, with the intent to damage someone's reputation or standing. Labels: transitive
Word: platanna Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several clawed frogs of the genus Xenopus which spend most of their time in water and rarely emerge onto land, especially the common platanna, Xenopus laevis. Example: […]leading medical pathologist, Dr Louis P. Bosman, became so concerned at the depletion of the local platanna population that he petitioned the Provincial Administration to introduce protective legislation and to investigate the possibility of the artificial culture of these animals at the Jonkershoek Hatchery.[…]For many years scientists observed that there was only one species of platanna, Xenopus laevis. Dr Walter Rose, who devoted many years of study to the amphibians of the Western Cape, had questioned this, and had eventually became convinced that there was another species, similar in appearance, but smaller, shyer and less aggressive. This he named X. gilli after Dr L. Gill, director of the South African Museum. Example: Some frogs, like the Platanna (Xenopus laevis), are wholly aquatic, living, feeding and breeding under water.
Word: begot Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of beget Labels: form-of, past 2. past participle of beget Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past Example: Good my Lord, You haue begot me, bred me, lou'd me. Example: This day I have begot whom I declare / My onely Son, and on this holy Hill[…]
Word: get to grips with Part of Speech: verb 1. To deal (with something) decisively, or to confront (it) head on. Labels: UK, idiomatic 2. To battle (with something). Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: Estonia were struggling to get to grips with the game while Ireland were showing a composure and guile that demonstrated their experience in play-off ties. 3. To gain an understanding (of something). Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: […] autism is the integral explanation of the phenomenon Kafka in all its expressions, and autism can explain the mystery of Kafka like no other of the interpretations proposed by literary scholars and critics in the history of Kafka research. […] The search by Kafka in his writing was for the unknown perspective in his fellow human beings which could put him at ease but he never managed to find it. He intuited this other state of mind and his writing is a testament of his search for this alien state of mind or self-consciousness which he tried to describe via parables, animal stories, aphorisms and images. His problem was that he could not get to grips with reality, more specifically his own reality, because he could not live with it.
Word: exceptio non numeratae pecuniae Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Latin phrase. exceptio (“an exception”) + non (“not (having)”) + numero - atis ("to count") + pecunia (“money”). 1. An exception whereby a defendant can claim that the plaintiff has not paid the money to him and that therefore the obligation is not owing. Example: In my opinion a defendant in an action for provisional sentence on a mortgage bond who has renounced the benefit of the exceptio non numeratae pecuniae is not debarred either in the provisional case or in the principal case from raising the defence that he did not receive the money in respect of which he had acknowledged his indebtedness. The benefit of the exception is to enable a defendant to place upon the plaintiff the onus of proving that the money was paid; by renouncing the benefit, the defendant takes the onus of proof upon himself.
Word: notched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of notch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: notched Part of Speech: adj 1. Having notches
Word: nonny Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnɒni/ 1. A fool. Labels: obsolete
Word: nonny Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ˈnɒni/ 1. A meaningless word used in refrains, especially in old English ballads and glees. Example: Then sigh not so, But let them go, And be you blithe and bonny, Converting all your sounds of woe Into Hey nonny, nonny.
Word: nonny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Diminutive of anonymous with -y. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒni/ 1. An anon; a user who posts anonymously on the Internet.
Word: newsgroup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From news + group. Pronunciation: /ˈnuzˌɡɹup/ 1. A repository on a computer network where people can post messages, usually about a single subject. Example: “Most of it’s garbage and we’re not even bothering to translate it. There’s also a substantial amount of material downloaded from the alt.anarchy and alt.chaos.communist Internet newsgroups. Interesting reading but not exactly pertinent,” Brognola said. Example: Some of the users are 'old timers'; they have been around in the newsgroup for several years[…]
Word: puna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish puna, from Quechua puna. 1. An alpine biological community in the central portion of the Andes in which short, coarse grass supports a Native American population. Example: The overwhelming majority of maca roots are dried after harvest. In the cold, dry atmosphere of the puna the dried roots remain edible for several years. A minor proportion of the freshly harvested roots are roasted in huatias, earthen ovens […]
Word: virial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin vīs (vīs has a hidden "r" that shows in forms such as the genitive plural, vīrium). 1. Of or pertaining to the interactive forces between molecules or particles. Labels: not-comparable
Word: virial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vīs (vīs has a hidden "r" that shows in forms such as the genitive plural, vīrium). 1. One-half of the product of the stress of attraction or repulsion with the distance between two particles. Example: The quantity 1/2 Rr, or half the product of the attraction into the distance across which the attraction is exerted, is defined by Clausis [Prof. Clausis of Bonn] as the virial of the attraction. (In the case of pressure or repulsion, the virial is negative.)
Word: virial Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of viral. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, not-comparable
Word: discalceation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin discalceatus (“unshod”). 1. The act of removing footwear. Labels: formal, uncountable
Word: Word Part of Speech: name Etymology: Semantic loan from Koine Greek λόγος (lógos). Pronunciation: /wɜːd/, /wɝd/, /wəɹd/, [wɚ(ɹ)d], /wʌrd/ 1. Scripture; the Bible. Example: In one of our first meetings, I explained to President Jiang that faith was a vital part of my life and that I studied the Word every day. I told him I planned to raise freedom of worship in our conversations. "I read the Bible," he replied, "but I don’t trust what it says." Example: Mad Prophet: Repent! Repent and restore your souls to glory before it is too late! This great station has fallen, and all within shall fall with it! Mad Prophet: For the blight that is humanity stains all within its path, and the only chance at redemption lies in the Word! 2. The creative word of God; Logos. Example: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Example: And so the Word had breath, and wrought ⁠With human hands the creed of creeds ⁠In loveliness of perfect deeds, More strong than all poetic thought; […]
Word: Word Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ellipsis of Microsoft Word; from word. Pronunciation: /wɜːd/, /wɝd/, /wəɹd/, [wɚ(ɹ)d], /wʌrd/ 1. Microsoft Word, word processor software developed by Microsoft. Example: You have to type that up in Word.
Word: no thank you Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From earlier no, thank you. Pronunciation: /ˌnəʊ̯ ˈθæŋk ˌju/, /ˌnoʊ̯ ˈθæŋk ˌju/, /ˌnoʊ̯ ˈθeɪ̯ŋk ˌju/, /ˌnoʊ̯ ˈθɛ̃ŋk ˌju/ 1. A polite way of saying no in response to an offer. Example: “Do you want all the strawberries we didn't eat?” “No thank you, I'm full.” Example: ‘Have some tea?’ ‘No, thank you.’
Word: declines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: declines Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of decline Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: time off Part of Speech: noun 1. A period of time where one is not required to work. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: I've got some time off next week, so maybe we could meet up then? Example: Many feel they cannot take time off as this would only serve to make things financially worse, and so they plough on.
Word: tough luck Part of Speech: noun 1. Bad luck. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable