nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: emplotment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From em- + plot + -ment; coined by Paul Ricœur. 1. The assembly of a series of historical events into a narrative with a plot. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1978, Hayden White, "The Historical Text As Literary Artifact", re-printed in Geoffrey Roberts (editor), The History and Narrative Reader, Routledge (2001), →ISBN, page 223, Yet, I would argue, histories gain part of their explanatory effect by their success in making stories out of mere chronicles; and stories in turn are made out of chronicles by an operation which I have elsewhere called “emplotment.” And by emplotment I mean simply the encodation of the facts contained in the chronicle as components of specific kinds of plot structures, in precisely the way that Frye has suggested is the case with “fictions” in general.
Word: ecotherapy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) Latin oeco- French éco- English eco- English therapy English ecotherapy From eco- + therapy. 1. Exposure to nature and the outdoors as a form or component of psychotherapy. Labels: uncountable
Word: matras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of matra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gas tank Part of Speech: noun 1. A fuel tank for gasoline built into equipment, especially vehicles. Labels: US
Word: jank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ostensibly a back-formation from janky (“shoddy, poor quality”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæŋk/, [ˈd͡ʒæŋk], /ˈd͡ʒeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈd͡ʒeɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈd͡ʒɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈd͡ʒɛ̃ŋk] 1. Perceptible pause in the smooth rendering of a software application's user interface due to slow operations or poor interface design. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: This also marks the first time I haven’t felt that Samsung jank on the phone, which deserves its own paragraph in its own right. That weird stuttering and pausing you’ve seen on so many Samsung phones seems to be almost completely gone on the Note 3 […] Example: In cases where you’re concerned about scrolling, the browser can manage the frame rate for you. But if you introduce a large amount of jank, then it won’t be able to do as good a job. 2. Game mechanics of unconventional or flawed design or implementation, and the experience of such mechanics, as to ruin or disrupt play, or break immersion; e.g. bugs and glitches. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Bethesda’s jank made a PvP-centric experience hellish. Players kept finding exploits left and right. Example: Maybe Soulstorm is an ideal tribute to the PlayStation era, considering how much period-specific jank is in the code. 3. A game, or games, with such mechanics. Labels: broadly, slang, uncountable
Word: jank Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ostensibly a back-formation from janky (“shoddy, poor quality”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæŋk/, [ˈd͡ʒæŋk], /ˈd͡ʒeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈd͡ʒeɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈd͡ʒɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈd͡ʒɛ̃ŋk] 1. Janky. Labels: slang Example: Sadly, my new laptop is even more jank than my old one.
Word: run-ups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of run-up Labels: form-of, plural
Word: high jumpers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of high jumper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: high-jumper Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of high jumper. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: high-jumpers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of high-jumper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barathrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin barathrum, from Ancient Greek βάραθρον (bárathron). Pronunciation: /ˈbaɹəθɹəm/ 1. A pit, especially one at Athens into which criminals were thrown. 2. The abyss, hell.
Word: tapet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English teped, tæpped, from Proto-West Germanic *tapped, from Latin tapētum (later influenced by or re-borrowed from Latin). Doublet of tapetum. 1. A decorative wall-hanging; a hanging cloth or piece of tapestry. Labels: obsolete Example: And in thoſe Tapets weren faſhioned / Many faire pourtraicts, and many a faire feate, […]
Word: fossé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French fossé. 1. A fosse or ditch. Labels: Scotland, obsolete Example: —The best engineers call them gazons, Trim, said my uncle Toby.—Whether they are gazons or sods, is not much matter, replied Trim; your Honour knows they are ten times beyond a facing either of brick or stone.——I know they are, Trim in some respects,——quoth my uncle Toby, nodding his head;—for a cannon-ball enters into the gazon right onwards, without bringing any rubbish down with it, which might fill the fossé, (as was the case at St. Nicolas’s gate) and facilitate the passage over it. Example: The Major then went with me and Euphemia (Victoria staying at the inn) and showed us what is called the Ditch, being the fossé and ruinous banks of the old castle […] .
Word: PDCA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of plan-do-check-act or plan-do-check-adjust: a four-step process typically used in quality control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: borinic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ultimately from boron 1. Of or pertaining to the borinic acids or their derivatives Labels: not-comparable
Word: boronic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Middle Persian *bōragbor. Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq)der. Medieval Latin boraxder. Anglo-Norman boreisbor. Middle English boras English borax English boro- Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbonbf. English -on English boron Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English boronic From boron + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to the boronic acids or their derivatives Labels: not-comparable
Word: breeching Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From breech + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiːt͡ʃɪŋ/, /ˈbɹiːt͡ʃiːŋ/, /ˈbɹɪt͡ʃɪŋ/, /ˈbɹɪt͡ʃɪn/ 1. The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: When boys left off skirts at about six or seven to put on breeches this was an occasion of minor ceremony which marked the next stage of growing up. By the 18th century breeching was taking place earlier, when a boy was three or four. 2. A conduit through which exhaust gases are conducted to a chimney. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A rope used to secure a cannon. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The great guns ranged along the deck — each bound fast by its new breechings — with their linstocks and sponges and ladles and rammers, made no idle show of warlike strength. 4. A component of horse harness or tack, enabling the horse to hold back a vehicle. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Beside this, he has to learn to wear a collar, a crupper, and a breeching, and to stand still whilst they are put on; then to have a cart or a chaise fixed behind him, so that he cannot walk or trot without dragging it after him: and he must go fast or slow, just as his driver wishes. 5. A beating or flogging. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: antiquaria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antiquarium. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apostata Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of apostate. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Nifong Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Neufang. 1. A rare surname from German.
Word: Nifong Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * From Mike Nifong, a North Carolina District Attorney who made headlines for a controversial prosecution and his subsequent disbarment while in office for ethics violations. 1. To make a self-serving, politically-motivated accusation or prosecution. Example: I should have expected Nifonging by liberal rags such as the Herald-Sun. I would have expected better from the Times. Example: We're not going away. We're going to seek justice. What happened to her, she was Nifonged. They just rushed to judgment without any notice of who her accusers were, what the accusations were. They fired her in a couple of days.
Word: bite the hand that feeds one Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause harm to a benefactor (especially one that one is dependent on, thus with the idea that this behaviour is self-damaging). Labels: idiomatic Example: Granted that it is not "exquisitely rational" to bite the hand that feeds you, yet that is just what clients and patients do which is one reason they need therapy. Example: And the reality is, for all the talk about lobbying reform, Congress has never been known to bite the hand that feeds it.
Word: overhand knot Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular very simple knot, used e.g. to prevent the end of a rope from unraveling, and as part of other knots. Example: Cut the first 2 warp ends in half and tie each pair together with an overhand knot, snug (but not tight) against the fell.
Word: suicide victim Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who has committed suicide.
Word: suicide victims Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suicide victim Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sanglant Part of Speech: adj 1. Bloodstained. Labels: not-comparable Example: BERSANTER , or BERSAWTER, ar. three boars' heads sanglant, sa. Example: The couchant lion armed and langued, with his paw upon the open book, is indeed, the crest; but what a shield — Tincture upon tincture; azure: a cross sanguine, with a lamb sanglant in the dexter chief!
Word: romero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish romero. 1. pilot fish
Word: down the road, not across the street Part of Speech: adv 1. Of the technique for committing suicide, along the radial artery rather than across the wrist from side to side. Labels: idiomatic, offensive, slang Example: We repeated the words ‘down the road, not across the street’ when discussing the use of knives. […] To cut horizontally was to commit the gravest possible sin for a young woman: to do something for attention.
Word: radial artery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Radial here means “of or pertaining to the radius” (one of the bones of the arm). 1. The main artery of the lateral aspect of the forearm that is one of the two branches of the brachial artery and enters the wrist on the side of the thumb.
Word: captodative Part of Speech: adj 1. Affected by both a captor (electron-withdrawing) and a dative (electron-releasing) substituent
Word: carbonium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carb- + -onium. 1. Any of several organic cations; carbocation or carbenium. Labels: dated, proscribed
Word: carbynium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carbyne + -ium? 1. The radical cation H₂C^(.+) or any organic derivative of it
Word: catalymetric Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing an analysis that involves a catalyst; especially a titration in which the end-point is detected by a sudden change in the rate of reaction Labels: not-comparable
Word: cataphoresis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-) English cata- English -phoresis English cataphoresis From cata- + -phoresis. 1. electrophoresis of cations Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cationotropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cation Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek τροπῐκός (tropĭkós)bor. English -tropic English cationotropic From cation + -o- + -tropic. 1. tautomeric Labels: not-comparable
Word: cationotropy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cation Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -tropy English cationotropy From cation + -o- + -tropy. 1. tautomerism Labels: uncountable
Word: cenosphere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ceno- Ancient Greek σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)bor. Latin sphaera Late Latin sphērader. Old French spherebor. Middle English spere English sphere English -sphere English cenosphere From ceno- + -sphere. 1. A porous or hollow carbonaceous sphere-like particle formed during pyrolysis or in the course of the combustion of coal.
Word: cephem Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several antibiotics including the cephalosporins and cephamycins (cephams)
Word: ecopoiesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Robert Haynes in 1990, from eco- + -poiesis. Pronunciation: /iːkə(ʊ)pɔɪˈiːsɪs/ 1. The artificial creation of a sustainable ecosystem on a lifeless planet. Labels: uncountable
Word: sweer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English swere, sware, from Old English swǣr, swār (“heavy, of great weight, oppressive, grievous, painful, unpleasant, great, sad, feeling or expressing grief, grave, slow, dull, sluggish, slothful, indolent, inactive from weakness, enfeebled, weak”), from Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, *swērijaz (“heavy”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”). Pronunciation: /swɪə(ɹ)/ 1. Heavy. Labels: UK, dialectal 2. Dull; indolent; lazy. Labels: UK, dialectal 3. Reluctant; unwilling; disinclined. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: choucroute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French choucroute. Doublet of sauerkraut. 1. sauerkraut Labels: uncountable
Word: flag of convenience Part of Speech: noun 1. Registration of a ship in a country chosen for its low taxes, permissive regulations, etc. Labels: figuratively Example: The terms of the treaties restricted the Navy's potential actions somewhat, but slavers were beginning to recognise that no flag of convenience was likely to keep them safe for long, especially as the United States began to send a few ships to help out what was now called the Preventative Squadron starting in the 1820s. 2. The flag flown by a ship so registered (corresponding to the country of registration). Labels: literally 3. Use of a particular location or jurisdiction as one's nominal base of operations in order to take advantage of favorable laws and regulations or to avoid restrictions on one's operations. Labels: broadly
Word: Essenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Essene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: farthingdale Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre. Labels: UK, historical
Word: ambidexterous Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of ambidextrous. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: tube steak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A rhyming allusion to cube steak and the item's shape. 1. A frankfurter/hot dog. Labels: Canada, US, humorous, idiomatic Example: She said it's often used in doughnuts and American hot dogs (solving at least a minuscule part of the what's-in-a-tube-steak mystery). 2. A penis. Labels: Australia, Canada, US, slang Example: I want to slip my tube steak into your sister. What'll you take in trade?
Word: tube-steak Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tube steak. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: one side Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably short for "move to one side", that is to one side of a passageway. 1. A place where things are stored or reserved, as in Labels: idiomatic Example: He put next year's reserved seed on one side. Example: He put some money to one side.
Word: one side Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Probably short for "move to one side", that is to one side of a passageway. 1. A direct, somewhat impolite demand to ask someone to move out of the way. Labels: idiomatic Example: […] sign hung from the bronze knob, and it stated without equivocation that the Britannic Museum was "closed for repairs." But the Inspector was made of stern stuff. He closed his right hand and with the resulting fist pounded formidably on the bronze. […] out popped the gargoylish head of a bulb-nosed old man. "Hey!" snapped this apparition. "Can't you read English?" "One side, brother," said the Inspector cheerfully. "We're in a hurry." The doorman did not budge […] Example: “This is no time for sympathy,” I said. “Now one side or flipper off — I gotta go to work.”
Word: recut Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English cut English recut From re- + cut. 1. to cut again. Example: The footage of the first Christopher Street demonstration parade came from Lilli Vencenz. She made a film called Gay and Proud and sent me a release on her footage so that I could recut it for GAY USA.
Word: charlie horse Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of charley horse. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: barathrums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barathrum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: assemblymen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of assemblyman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: with bells on Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Developed by the nineteenth century from earlier literal associations between bells and their lively, attention-drawing presence. 1. With eager anticipation and enthusiasm, especially regarding the acceptance of an invitation. Labels: idiomatic Example: How about a BBQ at our house, Saturday June 14th, 4pm? Example: Great idea! We'll be there with bells on.
Word: arboretums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arboretum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: accelerogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From accelero- + -gram. 1. The graphical output from an accelerograph or seismograph.
Word: yearlies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yearly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seismogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From seismo- + -gram. 1. The graphical output from an accelerograph or seismograph.
Word: warrantied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of warranty Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: warrantying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of warranty Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: weaklier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of weakly: more weakly Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: weakliest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of weakly: most weakly Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: wisterias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wisteria Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wranglers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wrangler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aseismic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + seismic. 1. seismically inactive 2. applied to earth fault slip movement that does not produce any seismic shock.
Word: sullage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare suillage, sulliage. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌlɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The liquid discharges from kitchens, washbasins, toilets etc; sewage. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The streets [were] exceedingly large, well paved, having many vaults and conveyances under them for the sullage. 2. Silt or sediment deposited from flowing water. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. That which sullies or defiles. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: , "The Lineal Descent of Jesus of Nazareth from David by his Blessed Mother the Virgin Mary" It is the privilege of the celestial luminaries to receive no tincture, sullage, or defilement from the most noisome sinks and dunghills here below. 4. The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Essene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἐσσηνοι (Essēnoi); earlier etymology unknown 1. A member of a first-century ascetic Jewish sect in ancient Palestine from the second century BCE to the second century CE. The Essenes are believed to have been the authors of the Dead Sea scrolls. Labels: historical
Word: accretionary wedge Part of Speech: noun 1. The accumulation of surface sediment formed between a subducting oceanic crustal plate and a continental tectonic plate, as it is scraped from off the top of the oceanic crustal plate.
Word: Sadducees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sadducee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sadducee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly, from Hebrew צדוקי (ts'dokí, “Sadducee”), whence also Zadokites or other variants. 1. A member of an ancient Jewish sect possibly formed as a political party in the 2nd century BCE and existing until around the 1st century CE. Labels: historical
Word: set up shop Part of Speech: verb 1. To physically arrange a shop or workplace. Example: He set up shop in his garage every Saturday. 2. To establish a business. Labels: idiomatic Example: They set up shop as venture capitalists on Sand Hill Road. Example: Homer’s entrepreneurial spirit proves altogether overly infectious. Homer gives Barney a pep talk when he encounters him dressed up like a baby handing out fliers (Barney in humiliating costumes=always funny) and it isn’t long until Barney has purchased a truck of his own and set up shop as the Plow King.
Word: Bowery Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unexplained. Perhaps a topographic surname for someone who lived in a small cottage, from Middle English bour (“chamber, cottage”) or, alternatively, an occupational surname for someone who worked there. Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊəɹi/ 1. A surname from Middle English.
Word: Bowery Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Dutch bouwerij (“farm”). Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊəɹi/ 1. A street and a district of New York City, whose residents were traditionally of a low socioeconomic class. Example: We were seen quarrelling this afternoon in a saloon over on the Bowery. Example: […] sewer people, derelicts, bag ladies, undergrounders, and Bowery bums. Whatever the cause of their illness, as in Scanners, homeless people are victims but, more importantly, a threat to be eliminated.
Word: sweat shirt Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sweatshirt. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: After that came off there was just my undershirt, stained with sweat. he smiled at it for a while and then said as he heaved himself out of the chair, "There. You should have worn that all day, just that. That has real taste. The rest of your outfit was just gilding that lily of a sweat shirt."
Word: yellow peril Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of yellow + peril, modeled on earlier French péril jaune. Compare yellow as a racist term for East Asian people. Attested in English from the 1890s. The French cognate is attested from the 1880s. 1. The alleged threat to Western nations by East Asians, especially Chinese or Japanese people, due to their vast population, non-Western cultures, or supposed antagonism to the West. Labels: derogatory, historical, offensive Example: Perhaps the German Emperor is the only man who really believes in the “Yellow Peril,” and what is this “Yellow Peril”? The thought that the Japanese will get control of 500,000,000 Chinamen, arm them, and kill off the white men is so absurd that a child would laugh at it. Example: I cannot, after a survey necessarily crammed with conjecture, conceive that the Yellow Peril will devastate Europe, or endanger the East Indies, though it may change their populations. 2. East Asian nations or peoples, conceived as threatening. Labels: derogatory, historical, offensive Example: It was such a journey as I had taken once before, early in our pursuit of the genius of the Yellow Peril; but this was infinitely more terrible; for now we were utterly in Fu-Manchu’s power.
Word: punctuation marks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of punctuation mark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Katahdin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Abenaki Ktaden, Ktaaden (“great mountain”), from kta-, gita- (“great”) (compare Penobscot kta- (“great”)) + aden (“mountain”) (whence also monadnock). Cognate to Penobscot Ktàtən. Pronunciation: /kəˈtɑdɪn/ 1. Ellipsis of Mount Katahdin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: Katahdin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Abenaki Ktaden, Ktaaden (“great mountain”), from kta-, gita- (“great”) (compare Penobscot kta- (“great”)) + aden (“mountain”) (whence also monadnock). Cognate to Penobscot Ktàtən. Pronunciation: /kəˈtɑdɪn/ 1. A sheep of a particular breed developed in Maine.
Word: Katahdins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Katahdin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cormo Part of Speech: noun 1. A sheep of a particular breed developed in Tasmania by crossing Corriedale rams with superfine Saxon Merino ewes.
Word: triple negative breast cancer Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of breast cancer, affecting African women more than white women, in which the three normal receptors are absent. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reverse mortgage Part of Speech: noun 1. An agreement under which money is borrowed using one's home as collateral, to be repaid from the proceeds of its sale (usually on the owner's death).
Word: reverse mortgages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reverse mortgage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plausible deniability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally CIA jargon from the 1950s, and popularized during the Watergate scandal (1970s). 1. The organization of clandestine activity in such a way that knowledge of its existence may be denied by those in authority. Labels: uncountable Example: Lieut. Col. Oliver L. North may have added a memorable phrase to the lexicon of political obfuscation at the Iran-contra hearings when he referred to his concern for "plausible deniability" as he carried out his covert activities. Example: Americans would stand out in the Laotian jungle, and Washington needed to retain plausible deniability. CIA officials demanded that Laotians on their payroll carry out the mission.
Word: cold blood Part of Speech: noun 1. A state of mild or low emotions, previously understood as a condition whereby the blood has not been appreciably heated by emotional intensity. Labels: uncountable
Word: ensoul Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English soul English ensoul From en- + soul. 1. To give a soul or place in the soul. Labels: transitive Example: Many creation myths tell of a deity who is believed to ensoul humans.
Word: deanthropomorphisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of deanthropomorphization. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: wyd Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative letter-case form of WYD. Labels: Internet, alt-of
Word: vrou Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans vrou. Doublet of frau, frow, and vrouw. 1. A woman. Labels: South-Africa
Word: saad Part of Speech: noun 1. The letter ص in the Arabic script.
Word: lewer Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of lew: more lew Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: knip Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from late Middle English *knippen, from Middle Dutch knippen, whence modern Dutch knippen (“to cut, clip, snip”). Doublet of gnip and nip. 1. Alternative form of nip. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete 2. Alternative form of knep. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dialectal
Word: speel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Early Scots speill (“to climb”), of obscure origin. From or akin to Early Scots spelare (“acrobat, tumbler”). Probably from Middle Dutch spelen (“to play, walk a tight rope, do gymnastic tricks, juggle, perform as an actor or clown”), see spiel. Alternately, representing a continuation of Middle English spilen, from Old English spilian (“to play”). 1. To climb. Labels: Northern-English, Scottish, dialectal Example: 1832 March 5, Memoirs of a Paisley Baillie, The Day: A Journal of Literature, Fine Arts, Fashions, &c., Glasgow, page 218, This I thocht at the time when he was speeling up the ladder before me in the Hie Kirk steeple ; but good breeding, at that particular time, keeped me from taking ony correck view of how things stood in that quarter. Example: They were catched speeling up the lamp-posts and taking oot the cruizes and drinking the ulye, wick and a′.
Word: speel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From English dialectal speel (“talk; lingo; patter”), short for bonspiel. Related to spiel. 1. To talk at length, to spiel. Example: Old Saxon, who was so sweet and gentle despite his long years on the halls, smiled at me and suggested I should do some speeling. Yedo gave me a megaphone. I held it to my mouth but there was silence. Example: 1973, Irene Baird, Waste Heritage, Macmillan of Canada, page 262, “I must close now or I shall go on speeling all night. […] ”
Word: speel Part of Speech: verb 1. To run. Labels: Australia, dialectal
Word: speel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Afrikaans speel. Compare Middle English spel (“a story; tale; narrative”). Doublet of spell and shpiel. 1. A story; a spiel. Labels: South-Africa
Word: speel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly related to spile. 1. A splinter; a strip of wood or metal. Labels: Cumbria
Word: speel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps continuing Middle English spilen (“to revel, play”), from Old English spilian (“to revel, play”), from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn. Cognate with Dutch spelen (“to play”), German spielen (“to play”), Luxembourgish spillen (“to play”), Icelandic spila (“to play”), Faroese spæla (“to play”), Swedish spela (“to play”), Danish spille (“to play”), Norwegian spille (“to play”). 1. A game. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal Example: To play a good speel.
Word: speel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps continuing Middle English spilen (“to revel, play”), from Old English spilian (“to revel, play”), from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn. Cognate with Dutch spelen (“to play”), German spielen (“to play”), Luxembourgish spillen (“to play”), Icelandic spila (“to play”), Faroese spæla (“to play”), Swedish spela (“to play”), Danish spille (“to play”), Norwegian spille (“to play”). 1. To lake, play, sport, take amusement. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal Example: To speel ba'.
Word: moustached Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From moustache + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌstæʃt/, /məˈstɑːʃt/ 1. Having a moustache. Labels: not-comparable Example: British military officers are usually moustached. Example: [T]hey were baffled by tears in moustached sixth-formers, by walls of impassivity in the Lower School, by silent conspiracies which nullified the rules.
Word: sout Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /saʊt/ 1. Obsolete form of soot. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: His head and beard with sout were ill bedight
Word: vrot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans vrot (“rotten”). 1. rotten Labels: South-Africa Example: The mycologist Raper found and isolated one of the very best strains of penicillin-producing fungus happily growing on a vrot spanspek at his local greengrocer[…] Example: The leader who was a bit older than the others - his two front teeth were missing - kicked her legs when she caught him and he said she was a vrot banana also because she was a girl also.
Word: naby Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of nabby. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: extrabellum Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extra- + Latin bellum. 1. Outside of wartime; during peacetime. Labels: not-comparable Example: The 1990s in America were the largest extrabellum economic expansion in the 20th century.
Word: lardon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lardon, lardun, from Old French lardon. 1. Meat strips used for larding, especially salted pork. Labels: uncountable Example: Place three or four slices of lardon on top of the meat and cover it with a sheet of paper smeared with butter. Example: Too-lean meat or poultry can be “marbled” by the cook, with lardon and a larding needle. 2. One of the strips. Labels: countable Example: This is a hearty and satisfying soup that is made even more tempting by the crunch of crispy croutons and salty bacon lardons.
Word: vivat Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Latin vīvat (literally “may s/he live”). Pronunciation: /ˈviːˌvæt/, /ˈvaɪˌvæt/, /ˈviˌvɑt/, /ˈviˌvæt/ 1. A cry wishing someone long life and prosperity. Example: The magistrates were mobbed by vivat-yelling crowds, some 10,000 of whom made their way to the Bastille where they clamoured for Rohan's release.
Word: vivat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vīvat (literally “may s/he live”). Pronunciation: /ˈviːˌvæt/, /ˈvaɪˌvæt/, /ˈviˌvɑt/, /ˈviˌvæt/ 1. An utterance of the interjection vivat. Example: The King swears; and now be the welkin split with vivats[.]
Word: scene kid Part of Speech: noun 1. A young person belonging to a current popular fad or fashion subgenre, often relating to a musical genre. Labels: informal 2. (by extension) A member of the scene subculture which was popular amongst young people in Canada and the United States in the 2000s and early 2010s; typically to describe an adolescent. Labels: informal
Word: triffids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of triffid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scene kids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scene kid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: expirer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English expire Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English expirer From expire + -er. 1. One who or that which expires.
Word: passado Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of passade. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sessional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From session + -al. 1. Pertaining to a period, often an academic term or a sitting of a legislative body. Labels: not-comparable Example: CUPE 3902 is a labour union local representing sessional lecturers and teaching assistants (TAs) at the University of Toronto, Canada.
Word: sessional Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From session + -al. 1. An instructor hired by a college or universities on a temporary basis. Example: The sessionals’ Agreement was ratified on 1 April, 2005.
Word: screwing over Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of screw over Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bustitution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bus + substitution. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌst.ɪ.tjuː.ʃən/ 1. The (temporary or permanent) substitution of a bus service for a rail (train, tram, etc) or trolleybus service. Labels: countable, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable
Word: Lenker Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Marija Part of Speech: name 1. A transliteration of the Macedonian or Serbo-Croatian female given name Марија (Marija), equivalent to Mary
Word: ostomate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ostomy + -ate (noun-forming suffix). 1. A person who has had an ostomy, a surgical operation to create an opening in the body for the discharge of body wastes.
Word: unprovenanced 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 provenanced English unprovenanced From un- + provenanced. 1. Lacking provenance; unknown source. Example: Near-synonym: unprovenienced Example: There are many problems associated with artifacts and objects that lack a secure archaeological context. As Biblical Archaeology Review readers know, we typically describe such objects as “unprovenanced” (or, more accurately, unprovenienced). Since they were not found through controlled scientific excavation and often enter collections through the antiquities market, unprovenanced objects present serious practical, ethical, and even legal issues that scholars must consider when discussing them.
Word: ostomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from colostomy, ileostomy, gastrostomy, and similar terms. 1. A surgical procedure to provide an exit point for the waste of an organism. 2. An exit point created by such surgical procedure.
Word: -stomy Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: See stoma. 1. A surgical procedure forming a hole for access, nutrition, or waste elimination. Labels: morpheme
Word: tech-savvy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tech (“(informal) technology”) + savvy (“perceptive, shrewd, and well-informed”); perhaps a contraction of high-tech savvy, or a variant of techno-savvy. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛkˌsævi/ 1. Proficient in the use of technology, especially computers. Labels: informal Example: The Tofflers have also recruited as executive partners TV producer Al Burton and the tech-savvy film producer and entrepreneur Jeff Apple. Example: But as the railways become increasingly digitised, it is these young tech-savvy individuals with knowledge about coding who may well have the skills the industry needs.
Word: Croato-Serbian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Croato- + Serbian. Pronunciation: /kɹəʊˌeɪtəʊˈsɜː(ɹ)biən/ 1. Serbo-Croatian
Word: Croato-Serbian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Croato- + Serbian. Pronunciation: /kɹəʊˌeɪtəʊˈsɜː(ɹ)biən/ 1. Serbo-Croatian
Word: Muhammadan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Muhammad + -an. 1. Alternative form of Mohammedan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Muhammadan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Muhammad + -an. 1. Alternative form of Mohammedan. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Buddhistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Buddha Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English Buddhist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Buddhistic From Buddhist + -ic. 1. Pertaining to Buddhism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Okie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of Oklahoma, + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈoʊ.ki/ 1. A person from Oklahoma. Labels: US, derogatory, informal, sometimes Example: Will Rogers is considered a famous Okie. Example: [I]n the towns, the storekeepers hated them because they had no money to spend. There is no shorter path to a storekeeper’s contempt, and all his admirations are exactly opposite. The town men, little bankers, hated Okies because there was nothing to gain from them.
Word: PMO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of postmenopausal osteoporosis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of pornography, masturbation, orgasm. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable 3. Initialism of project management office. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Provost Marshall Office Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Abbreviation of prosopometamorphopsia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 6. Initialism of Prime Minister's Office; The Office of the Prime Minister, composed of the prime minister and his or her top political staff. Labels: Australia, Canada, Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: PMO Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of pmo Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: saliva test Part of Speech: noun 1. A medical test in which a sample of saliva is analyzed, often in order to measure a person's hormone levels; such a test administered to an athlete in order to conclusively determine gender. Example: Women competitors in the Olympic Games have to pass a saliva test to prove they are not long-haired men.
Word: bacteriostasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactērium Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English bacterio- English stasis English bacteriostasis From bacterio- + stasis. Pronunciation: /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌsteɪ.sɪs/ 1. A phase in which microbial organisms are prevented from undergoing further cell growth, without being actually killed. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tramcar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tram + car. 1. A streetcar. Example: A style guide of the 1930s for journalists on the Daily Express tried to bring trams upmarket by insisting they be called 'tramcars'. 2. A rail vehicle for carrying loads in a mine; a tram. Example: We arrived at level 15 where we piled into a battery powered tramcar for a ten minute ride to the section of the mine we would be visiting. Packed into the tram we realized why the gigantic cooling and ventilation systems on the surface pumps 550 cubic meters of air into the mine each second.
Word: scenester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English scene Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English scenester From scene + -ster (“agent, person”). Pronunciation: /ˈsiːnstɚ/ 1. A non-musician who is active in a particular musical scene, especially one whose involvement carries social status. Example: One of those nights was recorded and, with production by local scenester Chris D., is now seeing the light of day. Example: Their job is to deny entry to those who don't belong, the wannabe scenester as opposed to the real scenester. 2. A person who associates themselves with a particular trending or fashionable cultural scene. Labels: broadly Example: This is a guide to actually understanding that universe, whether you simply want to sound literate at a dinner party, know the difference between a bitcoin maxi and an NFT scenester, angle for a promotion by showing off more tech fluency than your boss, or leave your PR job to become memer-in-chief at a new coin exchange.
Word: actinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖν- (aktís, aktîn-, “ray”) + -al. The usage was coined by Louis Agassiz (See quotations below.). 1. Pertaining to the side or surface around the mouth in an animal that has radial symmetry such as a starfish. Example: The so-called mouth is always placed at one of these poles, and from it radiate the most prominent organs, in consequence of which I have called this side of the body the oral or actinal area ... 2. Pertaining to the axis of rotational symmetry in radiate animals. Example: [Professor Agassiz] gives the names of two axes of the animals; that around which the motion of the animal occurs is the actinal axis ...
Word: arioso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian arioso. 1. A musical style, in opera and oratorio, that is more melodic than recitative, but less so than aria. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pickler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pickle + -er. 1. One who pickles food products. 2. A cucumber grown for pickling. Example: The slicing cucumbers' production systems are geared to be first on the market, whereas for the picklers this urgency is not so great. 3. A machine that pickles metal. 4. (in the Python programming language) A program or algorithm that performs serialization.
Word: pickler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From (pickleball - ball) + er. 1. A person who enjoys the sport of pickleball, especially one who is obsessed with the game.
Word: picklers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pickler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tugger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tug + -er. 1. Agent noun of tug; one who tugs. Labels: agent, form-of
Word: tuggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tugger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Texel Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈtɛk.səl/ 1. An island of the Netherlands, an island of North Holland.
Word: Texel Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɛk.səl/ 1. A domestic sheep of a heavily-muscled breed originally from the island of Texel.
Word: bepiss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bipissen. Compare Dutch and German bepissen. By surface analysis, be- (“on, upon”) + piss. 1. To urinate on. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: [T]hey never bepiſſe and drench themſelves with this peſtilent excrement, but in extremitie and utter deſpaire: for they cannot abide themſelves their owne urine Example: I ſhall be piſſe my breeches if I cowre thus
Word: momme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 匁(もんめ) (monme). 1. A unit of weight (3.75 grams) used for pearls, paper, and silk.
Word: Noord-Brabant Part of Speech: name 1. North Brabant, a province of the Netherlands.
Word: backarc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + arc. 1. The landward region of a volcanic chain, opposite the subduction zone.
Word: Benioff zone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the discoverer, American seismologist Hugo Benioff 1. Alternative form of Wadati-Benioff zone. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Wadati-Benioff zone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the two independent discoverers: the Japanese seismologist Kiyoo Wadati, and the American seismologist Hugo Benioff 1. A deep-level seismic zone on the line of subduction where earthquakes occur.
Word: aft-most Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of aftmost. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: thrust fault Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by geologist Archibald Geikie in 1884. 1. A type of reverse fault in which the angle that the hanging wall makes with the horizontal is less than 45 degrees.
Word: blind thrust fault Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of thrust fault, which does not appear on the surface, being completely hidden underneath ductile surface rock layers
Word: body wave Part of Speech: noun 1. A seismic wave that travels through the Earth's interior rather than over the surface. P-waves and S-waves are examples of body waves.
Word: compressional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English compression Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English compressional From compression + -al. 1. The quality of compression Example: Sound is transmitted through the air by compressional waves.
Word: S-wave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From "secondary wave" or "shear wave". 1. A transverse, shear wave, such as that produced by an earthquake. Movement is transverse to the direction of propagation and is a body wave.
Word: Jessamine Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from English, variant of Jasmine. Example: Quoth he, 'It is not the jessamine one smells, but a slave-girl named Jessamine, whom my father would not buy for me.'
Word: Judie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Alternative form of Judy. 1. A diminutive of the female given name Judith. Labels: uncommon
Word: equanimities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of equanimity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shakha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit शाखा (śā́khā, “a branch; arm etc.”). 1. Either a school of the Vedas, or the traditional texts followed by a school. Labels: Hinduism Example: It is held that the ancient Rishis or saints, like the Jewish patriarchs, lived far beyond the ordinary span of existence, and hence had time to learn all the Vedas and their commentaries. But this was impossible for their short-lived descendants, and hence each Veda has been divided into a number of Shākhas or branches, and the ordinary Brāhman only learns one Shākha of one Veda.
Word: Shakha Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of shakha. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yadda yadda yadda Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative spelling of yada yada yada. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: treks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trek Labels: form-of, plural
Word: treks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trek Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: trekked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of trek Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: FRL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of fixed red light. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: cup of joe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. * Possibly a shortening of "cup of jamoke", from java + mocha: this origin was given in a military officer's manual from 1931, around when the term first appeared. * Alternatively, perhaps a use of joe (“fellow, guy”), signifying that coffee was the drink of the common man. * Another theory suggests that US soldiers in World War I (1914-1918) referred to a serving of instant coffee made by the G. Washington Coffee Refining Company (founded in 1910) as a "cup of George", and that the common abbreviation of the name "George" ("Geo.") was then read as "Joe". * Another theory derives the term from Josephus Daniels (1862-1948), the Secretary of the U.S. Navy who abolished the officers' wine mess and thus made coffee the strongest drink available on ships. Snopes considers this unlikely because it says there is no attestation of the phrase "cup of joe" until 1930, 16 years after the 1914 order banning the wine mess. Confusingly, some other sources consider the Daniels derivation unlikely for the opposite reason: they say "cup of joe" predates the order. 1. A cup of coffee. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: Pike Place is Starbucks' attempt to address complaints that its regular cup of joe is bitter, overroasted and "burnt." 2. One’s personal preference. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic
Word: cup o' joe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cup of joe. Labels: alt-of, alternative