nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: facete Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ultimately from Latin facētus; perhaps via Italian faceto. Pronunciation: /fəˈsiːt/ 1. Facetious. Labels: archaic Example: Adrian the sixth pope[…]gave command that statue should be demolished and burned, the ashes flung into the River Tiber, and had done it forthwith, had not Lodovicus Suessanus, a facete companion, dissuaded him to the contrary […].
Word: humbugging Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From humbug + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌmbʌɡɪŋ/, /ˈhəmˌbəɡɪŋ/ 1. An act of one who humbugs (in all senses, for example, swindling, fighting, etc.). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Extract from a letter to Horace Walpole, written from Florence, in Horace Walpole's Correspondence with Sir Horace Mann, ed. W. S. Lewis, Warren Hunting Smith, and George L. Lam (1960), p. 446. […] You will laugh at me, I suppose, when I say I don't understand Tristram Shandy, because it was probably the intention of the author that nobody should. It seems to me humbugging, if I have a right notion of an art of talking or writing that has been invented since I left England. Example: My Friends, and Dear Countrymen, do not discard, / The Song and advice of a Patriot Bard, / Who wants you to listen to Cambria's praise, / To keep up old Customs, and walk in old ways, / So sung in Humbugging, and Tomfoolery.
Word: humbugging Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From humbug + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌmbʌɡɪŋ/, /ˈhəmˌbəɡɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of humbug. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: humbuging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of humbug Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: humbuged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of humbug Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: humbugged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of humbug Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: archeon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of archaeon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: body piercing Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of making an opening in part of the flesh and attaching rings, small barbells or varios other decoration through it. Labels: uncountable Example: He finds body piercing to be a satisfying occupation. 2. An opening made in the flesh through the above practice. Labels: countable Example: I have a number of body piercings that would make a nun shiver.
Word: atropia Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈtɹəʊpi.ə/ 1. Dated form of atropine. Labels: alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable
Word: Popescu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Popescu. 1. A surname from Romanian.
Word: dispositifs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dispositif Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unreel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + reel. 1. To remove or uncoil from a reel. Labels: transitive
Word: unsay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English unseyen, unseien, from Old English onseċġan (“to deny, renounce”), from Proto-West Germanic *andasaggjan (“to unsay, renounce, deny”), equivalent to un- + say. Cognate with Dutch ontzeggen (“to deny”), German entsagen (“to renounce, abjure”). 1. To withdraw, retract (something said). Example: And in the first place, you will be so good as to unsay that story about selling his head, which if true I take to be good evidence that this harpooneer is stark mad […] 2. To cause something not to have been said; to make it so that one never said something (since this is physically impossible, usually in the subjunctive). Example: I wish I could unsay that. Example: There are some things I'd like to unsay... to my boss... right before he decided to fire me.
Word: unsearchable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unserchable, equivalent to un- + searchable. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈsəːtʃəb(ə)l/ 1. That cannot be searched or investigated into; inscrutable, unknowable. Labels: archaic Example: He chastiseth and corrects, as to Him seems best, in His deep, unsearchable, and secret judgment, and all for our good. Example: Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and / knowledge of God! / How unsearchable his judgments, / and his paths beyond tracing out! 2. That cannot be sought out or looked for. 3. Not capable of being searched; on which one cannot perform a search. Labels: Internet Example: "Having a band name like that makes me totally unsearchable," says Rhode Island artist Λ, explaining that his name is pronounced "arc", "but I like how using symbols means favouring an aesthetic choice over a more practical one.[…]"
Word: unsearchable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English unserchable, equivalent to un- + searchable. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈsəːtʃəb(ə)l/ 1. That which is unknowable. Example: That there should be two unsearchables in the universe, that God should be one and man the other, would confer great dignity and honour upon us men were it not for the humiliating fact that it is our deceitfulness that renders us an inscrutable problem to all but God.
Word: unsnarl Part of Speech: verb 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 snarl English unsnarl From un- + snarl. 1. To remove or undo a snarl or tangle.
Word: unsparing 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 sparing English unsparing From un- + sparing. 1. Without sparing; liberal; profuse; thorough. Example: Only when one has seen a Control Office at first-hand does one realise the vast amount of unsparing but largely unsung work that is behind the eventual publication, perhaps, of a paragraph in this journal's "Motive Power Miscellany" recording the appearance, within hours of the complete blockage of a main line, of many of its trains, passenger and freight, on routes quite foreign to them; and of effective emergency services either side of the disaster area. 2. Pulling no punches; brutal as opposed to politic. Example: [Giovanni's Room] is clearly written out of interior torment, and is an unsparing account of a man fighting against himself. It is certainly not a pleasant book, and David, the narrator, is not "nice" […] but even in its negative ending, it makes a strong statement in favor of self knowledge and accepting one's sexuality.
Word: unswayed 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 swayed English unswayed From un- + swayed. 1. Without being swayed, unconvinced, not having changed opinion.
Word: unequally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English unequal Middle English -ly English -ly English unequally From unequal + -ly. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈiːkwəli/ 1. Not equally, unevenly, sometimes unfairly. Example: Shee was well borne, and civilly brought up; her ruine was her being unequally Married: not that her Husband was not of good eſteeme amongſt the Citizens, and according to his quality well to live: but for that ſhee being of riper Yeares then hee, the love which uſeth to be betweene equalls was not betweene them; […] Example: Perhaps the widespread attempts in recent years to try to think intersectionally – to understand how multiple factors affect each person’s identity and experience – has equipped us to understand how unequally affected we are by a disease and the measures taken to limit it.
Word: unfrocked Part of Speech: adj 1. Not official or not (yet) uniformed Labels: not-comparable
Word: unfrocked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unfrock Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unequaled 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 equaled English unequaled From un- + equaled. 1. Unmatched, superlative, the best ever done, record setting. Labels: US, not-comparable
Word: unerringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English unerring Middle English -ly English -ly English unerringly From unerring + -ly. 1. Without making a mistake, perfectly, directly Labels: not-comparable Example: His sense of direction leads us unerringly every time. Example: Unerringly impelling this dead, impregnable, uninjurable wall, and this most buoyant thing within; there swims behind it all a mass of tremendous life, only to be adequately estimated as piled wood is—by the cord; and all obedient to one volition, as the smallest insect.
Word: unhampered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + hampered. 1. Not hampered. Example: "The he won't depart," I replied, and approached still nearer. Rough and narrow ledges formed by nature gave access to the upper caves. A man might scale them if unhampered and unhindered, but to clamber upward in the face of a belligerent tribe of half-men and with a girl to assist was beyond my capability. Example: The bare arms and thighs and unhampered breasts of young American womanhood are brushing contentedly against him.
Word: parotitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παρωτῖτις (parōtîtis, “(disease of the) parotid gland”), from παρωτίς (parōtís, “gland behind the ear”). By surface analysis, parot(id) + -itis. 1. Inflammation of one or both parotid glands. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I except the mumps, or parotitis, described below; which is properly an external gland, as its excretory duct opens into the air. Example: Test Purpose 1) to diagnose acute pancreatitis, acute relapse of chronic pancreatitis, 2) to distinguish between acute pancreatitis and other causes of abdominal pain requiring immediate surgery, 3) to evaluate possible pancreatic injury caused by abdominal trauma or surgery, 4) to help in the diagnosis of epidemic and alcoholic parotitides.
Word: parotid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, para- + ot- + -id, literally “near the ear”. 1. Relating to the parotid gland. Labels: not-comparable
Word: parotid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, para- + ot- + -id, literally “near the ear”. 1. The parotid gland.
Word: parities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: elusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin ēlūsiō. 1. The act of eluding. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.
Word: parkinsonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Parkinson Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English parkinsonian From Parkinson + -ian. Pronunciation: /pɑːkɪnˈsəʊnɪ.ən/ 1. Relating to, or appearing to be caused by, Parkinson's syndrome. Labels: not-comparable
Word: parkinsonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Parkinson Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English parkinsonian From Parkinson + -ian. Pronunciation: /pɑːkɪnˈsəʊnɪ.ən/ 1. One who has Parkinson's syndrome.
Word: Parkinson's syndrome Part of Speech: name 1. parkinsonism
Word: postural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From posture + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒstʃəɹəl/, /ˈpɑst͡ʃəɹəl/ 1. Relating to posture. Labels: not-comparable 2. Lying down. Labels: not-comparable Example: Cindy, he's gone postural.
Word: hypokinesia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English -kinesia English hypokinesia From hypo- + -kinesia. 1. Slowed or diminished movement of the body. Labels: uncountable
Word: Dorian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Constructed like the French Doriens. From the Latin root of Dōres + -ian. Compare Ancient Greek Δωριεύς (Dōrieús, “of Doris”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɔːɹiən/ 1. Of or relating to the Dorians. 2. Homosexual, gay; preferring exclusively men as romantic or sexual partners; male counterpart of lesbian. Example: while the [Dorian] love of males for males in Greece obtained moralisation, and reached the high position of a recognised social function, the [Lesbian] love of female for female remained undeveloped and unhonoured Example: All the Spartan kings and generals grew up under the institution of Dorian love. Epameinondas and Alexander were notable lovers; and the names of their comrades are recorded. 3. Of or relating to the oceanid Doris in Greek mythology. 4. Of or relating to the asteroid (48) Doris.
Word: Dorian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Constructed like the French Doriens. From the Latin root of Dōres + -ian. Compare Ancient Greek Δωριεύς (Dōrieús, “of Doris”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɔːɹiən/ 1. A member of the Dorians.
Word: Dorian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Constructed like the French Doriens. From the Latin root of Dōres + -ian. Compare Ancient Greek Δωριεύς (Dōrieús, “of Doris”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɔːɹiən/ 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, famously used by Oscar Wilde in his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891). 2. A female given name.
Word: Dorians Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular ancient Greek tribe. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Dorians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Dorian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: assed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ass + -ed; morphologically parallel with forms such as boned in big-boned, nosed in hard-nosed, and armed in one-armed. Pronunciation: /æst/ 1. Having a particular kind of ass or backside. Labels: US, in-compounds, not-comparable, slang, vulgar Example: a large-assed young woman 2. Adjective intensifier. Labels: US, in-compounds, not-comparable, slang, vulgar 3. bothered; willing to make an effort. Labels: US, not-comparable, slang, vulgar Example: I can’t be assed to get out of bed today. Example: We asked John if he wanted to come down the bar with us, but he couldn’t be assed.
Word: -ass Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Partially from ass, and partially from a corruption or simplification of assed. 1. Used to intensify an adjective. Labels: Canada, US, morpheme, slang, vulgar Example: That's a big-ass wrench you've got there. Example: Wilson: He's right. They endorse Royce, fine, 'the hell else they gonna do? But what they say and don't say from the pulpit the Sunday before the primary we still got a dog in that fight. Carcetti: I do this right, they respect it. Wilson: An' if they don't, at least they get to see a beggin’-ass white man on his knees. Always a feel-good moment for the folks. 2. Used to convert an adjective into a noun for a person who has that trait. Labels: Canada, US, morpheme, slang, vulgar Example: Don't be such a broke-ass—you can afford a fast-food run today! 3. Resembling. Labels: Canada, US, morpheme, slang, vulgar Example: That's some Nixon-ass shit he's pulling. Example: What's that formal-ass language you're using? We're at a party!
Word: get through Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡɛt ˈθɹu/ 1. To overcome; to endure. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Military training was hard, but I got through it. Example: But, while the others took weeks - hell, even months - to get used to everything, myself included, you found your footing in a matter of days. And not just that - you've also become someone they can trust, even if they don't seem receptive. It's times like these they're gonna need someone like that the most. You're very strong, Pomni. And I know you'll be able to get through this. 2. To complete; to finish. Labels: informal, transitive Example: She got through her book this morning! Example: I was so thirsty that I got through three glasses of orange juice. 3. To use up; to expend. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Near-synonyms: burn through, run through Example: With near-daily trips to Houston and back, he really gets through a lot of fuel in one month. 4. To communicate successfully across a barrier; to make contact, or get one's point across; to reach the addressee, possibly with difficulty. Labels: informal, intransitive, transitive Example: Near-synonym: get across Example: He was such a dyed-in-the-wool partisan that I just couldn't get through to him and change his mind.
Word: in-fucking-credible Part of Speech: adj 1. Extremely incredible. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: abso-fucking-lutely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: A tmesis, absolutely + -fucking-. Pronunciation: /ˌæbsəˈfʌkɪŋluːtli/, /ˌæbsəfʌkɪŋˈluːtli/ 1. Alternative spelling of absofuckinglutely. Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang, vulgar Example: Poverty corrupts and absolute poverty corrupts absolutely. Abso-fucking-lutely. Example: Then, in what sounded too embarrassingly familiar, she squealed in her best, worst, most screechingly awful human voice, Down! Down! Down! while she stumbled around as if she was completely, abso-fucking-lutely smashed.
Word: abso-fucking-lutely Part of Speech: intj Etymology: A tmesis, absolutely + -fucking-. Pronunciation: /ˌæbsəˈfʌkɪŋluːtli/, /ˌæbsəfʌkɪŋˈluːtli/ 1. Alternative spelling of absofuckinglutely. Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang, vulgar Example: Except one local who said, "A hundred fifty?" "Abso-fucking-lutely. I need a fucking fix. I’ll smoke it, shoot it, snort it. Shit, I’ll put it up my ass if it gets me high." Example: Abso fucking lutely^([sic]) sir, and make no mistakes about my threat in the least either, Colonel Levy!
Word: unbe-fucking-lievable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From unbelievable + (intensifying infix) -fucking-. 1. Alternative form of unbefuckinglievable. Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang, vulgar
Word: crapload Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crap + load. 1. A large amount, especially of something worthless. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: craploads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crapload Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mukula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from various Bantu languages, where the mu- or m- represents the noun class prefix. 1. Transvaal teak, the timber tree Pterocarpus angolensis, or its substitute of comparable properties Pterocarpus tinctorius syn. Pterocarpus chrysothrix Labels: uncountable
Word: Popocatepetl Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Popocatépetl. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: oughtnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oughtness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: malas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mala Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rabbit food Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of food specially formulated for the feeding of rabbits Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The bunny ate the rabbit food. 2. Salad vegetables, such as carrots, celery or lettuce. Labels: countable, derogatory, informal, uncountable Example: Are you on a diet? Why are you eating that rabbit food?
Word: escape artist Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who is skilled at escaping from confinement, for example from prisons. Example: Whether he is an escape artist, whether he is a known troublemaker and agitator, fights, and one thing or another. All these things are taken into consideration by the committee before a decision is made. Example: They do not mention that if the dog is like Nero, it can be a regular escape artist, pulling out chains or breaking ropes. 2. An entertainer who performs escapes from perilous situations such as cages, coffins, and straitjackets.
Word: escape artists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of escape artist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pivoting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pivot Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pivoting Part of Speech: noun 1. A motion by which something pivots. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The pivot-work in a machine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pivoted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pivot Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pivoted Part of Speech: adj 1. Fitted with a pivot or pivots. Labels: not-comparable
Word: carves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of carve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pentahedron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From penta- + -hedron. Pronunciation: /ˌpɛntaˈhiːdɹən/ 1. A polyhedron with five faces. Example: Their tent was too small for them to stand, a long but low pentahedron, in shape like the triangular glass prism Saeed used to have as a child, with which he would refract sunlight into little rainbows.
Word: pentahedrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pentahedron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pentahedral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From penta- + -hedral. 1. relating to a pentahedron Labels: not-comparable
Word: petrographic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to petrographs. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to petrography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: petrograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin petrader. English petro- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English petrograph From petro- + -graph. 1. Drawing, writing or inscription on stone, as a painting on a cave wall.
Word: 747s Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 747 Labels: form-of, plural
Word: petro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πέτρᾱ (pétrā)bor. Latin petrader. English petro- * From Latin petra (“stone, rock”), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”). * Clipping of petroleum. 1. stone Labels: morpheme 2. petroleum Labels: morpheme 3. oil export, sometimes as a source of funding Labels: morpheme, neologism 4. petrous Labels: morpheme
Word: dog it Part of Speech: verb 1. To underperform; to lag behind; to fail to exert effort. Labels: slang Example: The boss made him do extra cleaning work, because he was caught dogging it on his prior assignment. Example: The coach made him run extra laps, because he was dogging it in practice.
Word: dress form Part of Speech: noun 1. A simple tailor's dummy with no head or limbs
Word: Jingzhe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 惊蛰 (Jīngzhé), from 惊 (jīng, “rouse, startle, stir”) + 蛰 (zhé, “hibernate”), literally “rouse [insects] from [their] hibernation”. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪŋ.d͡ʒʌ/ 1. The “Waking of Insects”; the Chinese third solar term — a “month” lasting from the fifth to the twentieth days of March. Example: In Cenxi county, south of Wuzhou on a tributary flowing into the West River, the local gazetteer even assigned a specific date to the introduction of double cropping of rice: “Planting an early crop of rice first began during the Tianqi reign (1621–27), [and after that] each year two crops were harvested. The early crop is planted at Jingzhe [“Waking of the Insects”, March 5] and harvested in Xiaoshu or Dashu [“Lesser” or “Greater Heat”, July 7–23]. The late crop is planted at Mengzhong [“Grain in the Ear”, June 6] and harvested in the first month of the winter [mid-November].” Example: In Shanghai, popular beliefs such as the idea that a thunderstorm prior to Jingzhe (the Waking of Hibernation, third solar period) foretells a bad year, eating many watermelons after Liqiu (the Beginning of Autumn, thirteenth solar period) may cause typhoid, tonics are most efficacious if taken after Dongzhi (the Winter Solstice, twenty-second solar period), and so on remained powerful in the twentieth century.
Word: carcase Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of carcass. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Oꝛ if a ſoule touch any vncleane thing, whether it be a carcaſe of an vncleane beaſt, oꝛ a carcaſe of vncleane cattell, oꝛ the carcaſe of vncleane creeping things, and if it be hidden from him, he alſo ſhall be vncleane, and guilty: […] Example: So he took for him all these and divided them in halves and placed the halves opposite to one another, but the birds he did not divide; but the birds alighted on the carcases, on the two halves of them, and Abram sat down with them.
Word: Republicans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Republican Labels: form-of, plural 2. The Republican Party Labels: US, informal, often
Word: an Englishman's home is his castle Part of Speech: proverb 1. Synonym of a man's home is his castle. Labels: UK
Word: ladies' man Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lady's man. Labels: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic Example: [S]he told me very frankly that whenever I returned, she would leave her mate and come to me, as she preferred me above all others. I was becoming a ladies' man after a lifetime of bashfulness!
Word: Hooverville Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hoover + -ville, named after Herbert Hoover. 1. Any of many shantytowns established by the homeless in the United States in the Great Depression of the early twentieth century. Labels: historical
Word: pentadactyly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pentadactyl + -y. 1. The condition of having five digits (fingers or toes) on a limb Labels: uncountable
Word: jolly well Part of Speech: adv 1. Certainly, very well. Labels: UK, dated, emphatic, humorous, not-comparable, sometimes Example: You jolly well deserved it. Example: We never had a Christmas in the country before. It was simply ripping. And […] we had games and charades, and hide-and-seek, and Devil in the Dark, which is a game girls pretend to like, and very few do really, and crackers and a Christmas-tree for the village children, and everything you can jolly well think of.
Word: tailor's dummy Part of Speech: noun 1. A simple mannequin used by tailors to fit clothes
Word: Song dynasty Part of Speech: name Etymology: Partial calque from Chinese 宋朝 (Sòngcháo). 1. A Chinese dynasty that lasted from 960–1279 C.E.
Word: doubler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English double 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 doubler From double (verb) + -er. 1. One who doubles. 2. An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope. 3. A metal plate riveted or welded over a preexisting metal structural component to reinforce it and relieve the stress on the preexisting component, or to serve as a patch where part of the original structure has failed or been removed. Example: The mechanics fastened a doubler over the hole where the cracked section of the plane's skin had been cut out. Example: The airworthiness directive called for riveting a reinforcing doubler to the wing midspar web to keep the spar from buckling under flight loads. 4. Part of a distilling apparatus for intercepting the heavier fractions and returning them to be redistilled. 5. A blanket or felt placed between the fabric and the printing table or cylinder. 6. A person employed in a roller mill to fold the hot metal plates in half. 7. A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter. 8. A diaper insert.
Word: doubler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English double 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 doubler From double (adjective) + -er. 1. A tenement house having two families on each floor. Labels: US, dialectal 2. A biplane aeroplane or kite. Labels: colloquial
Word: zoisite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Austrian scientist Baron Sigmund Zois von Edelstein (1747-1819) in 1805. + -ite Pronunciation: /ˈzɔɪˌsaɪt/ 1. A mineral with orthorhombic crystals, Ca₂Al₃(SiO₄)(Si₂O₇)O(OH).
Word: zinkenite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After German mineralogist J. K. L. Zinken (1798-1862), named in 1862. 1. A grey mineral with hexagonal crystals, Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: enterprise service bus Part of Speech: noun 1. A layer in the abstract architecture of the message system of an organization.
Word: double decker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of double-decker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: database engine Part of Speech: noun 1. The underlying component that a database management system uses to create, retrieve, update and delete data.
Word: niello Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian niello, from Latin nigellus (“blackish”). Pronunciation: /niˈɛləʊ/, /niˈɛloʊ/ 1. Any of various black metal alloys, made of sulphur with copper, silver or lead, used to create decorative designs on other metals. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a young woman named Renata, with a gesturing of her dark curls, beckoned him in with a cigarette-case of Russian silver and niello, which sprang open to reveal a collection of “smokes” […] 2. An impression on paper taken from the engraved or incised surface before the niello alloy has been inlaid. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: niello Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Italian niello, from Latin nigellus (“blackish”). Pronunciation: /niˈɛləʊ/, /niˈɛloʊ/ 1. To decorate (a surface) using this technique. Labels: transitive
Word: fasciculation Part of Speech: noun 1. An involuntary muscle twitch, usually localised and temporary, but that may be intensified and prolonged fatally by particular poisons and venoms such as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A cluster of fascicles. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The process of becoming fasciculate, of growing together in clusters of fascicles. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: feeb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of feeble-minded. Etymology tree Anglo-Norman feblebor. Middle English feble English feeble English mind Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English minded English feeble-minded English feeb Pronunciation: /fiːb/ 1. Someone who is feeble-minded; an idiot. Labels: US, slang Example: ‘Everybody that knows anything about me knows that I wouldn't hurt a feeb.’ Example: “Eeeyynnhh, too many feebs to deal with over the years, I guess—oh I'm sorry, hope I'm not offending—”
Word: feeb Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Feeb (“FBI agent”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: I ignored the bait until she said she couldn't understand why Harley had wanted to be a drug agent instead of "a feeb." Example: When Lance was introduced, he held out his hand toward the feeb and said, “Hi, I'm current occupant:” The FBI agent was so nervous about the chopper flight he never noticed.
Word: feeb Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Feeb (“FBI”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: This feeb supervisor here says he's shuttin' this case down at two o'clock, which means putting the dope on the street without the money, even if they can get it together. Example: Your presence is requested in the feeb liaison office by my boss, Agent Jinadu.
Word: cribbage board Part of Speech: noun 1. A board with several tracks of holes, used for scorekeeping in games such as cribbage and dominoes.
Word: twosies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁der. Proto-Germanic *twai Proto-West Germanic *twai-der. Old English twēġen Old English twā Middle English two English two Middle English -es English -s Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y ▲ English -s English -sies English twosies From two + -sies. 1. A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where two actions must be performed.
Word: ombud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of ombudsman. Pronunciation: /ˈɒmbəd/ 1. ombudsman Labels: informal
Word: sūtras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sūtra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: had to Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of have to Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mad as a March hare Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possibly from the boisterous behaviour of hares in their breeding season. 1. Crazy, demented. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: [S]he was with childe in hir huſbande his abſence, or that hir louer vſed hir fondly in open preſence, as the preſumption was not onely vehement, but alſo the fact too too apparent. Hir vnfortunat huſband had not ſooner notice gyuen him vpon his returne of theſe ſorowfull newes, then his fingers began to nibble, hys teeth to grinne, hys eyes to trickle, his eares to dindle, his heade to dezell, in ſomuch as his heart being ſkeared wyth ialouſie, & his wits enſtalde through Phrenſie, he became as madde, as a marche hare. Example: His nephew by marriage—his wife's own blood kin—had gone crackers and killed a man. […] When you added in the fact that the young man in question remained just as mad as a March hare, you could understand why the governor only wanted it to go away, and as soon as possible.
Word: fibbie Part of Speech: noun 1. An FBI agent. Labels: slang Example: You can also rest assured that he will not take that ass chewing from the fibbies setting down. Example: The fibbies would walk in here just like the two of you, wave a gun around, and swear that they weren't fibbies.
Word: abondance Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of abundance Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: with an abondance already declared against him and lacking the top two hearts, West took it as a fair bet that he must have held ten or eleven trumps, leaving a strong possibility of Ace bare in South's hand.
Word: aerosolizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aerosolization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forgi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Forgi. Labels: alt-of
Word: psychological refractory period Part of Speech: noun 1. A delay in the second response to two closely-spaced stimuli.
Word: alternance Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They constituted the very first form of alternance between work and study.
Word: bienséance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bienséance. 1. Propriety, decorum. Labels: uncountable Example: In the evening it was very different; and, bred in a country where much attention is paid, or was at least then paid, to bienseance, I was desirous to think for Miss Vernon concerning those points of propriety where her experience did not afford her the means of thinking for herself.
Word: PRP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of psychological refractory period. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of platelet-rich plasma. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: High-energy extracorporal shock wave therapy and PRP have demonstrated efficacy in some trials compared to standard non-op treatment in the short term. Example: It has two steps: first, he extracts PRP, or platelet-rich plasma, from a woman’s blood (usually taken from her arm). He then re-inserts it into the clitoris and the ceiling of her vagina with a syringe. […] According to Runels, the results of the study suggest that PRP injections decrease inflammation in women with vulvar lichen sclerosus. 3. Initialism of probable prime. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: four-wheeled Part of Speech: adj 1. Having four wheels. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Winchburgh Shale Line is of 2 ft. 6 in. gauge. The surface trucks or tubs are cuboidal metal boxes mounted on unsprung four-wheeled chassis.
Word: ejaculator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ejaculate + -or. Pronunciation: /ɪˈd͡ʒækjəˌleɪtəɹ/ 1. A person or thing that ejaculates. Example: Some experts have described the premature ejaculator as a man who cannot control his ejaculation for at least thirty seconds after penetration. Others have suggested one minute. 2. A device that stimulates the sex organs of a male animal with electric impulses in order to extract semen from an animal.
Word: sharp-pointed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a sharp point
Word: dark-skinned Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a relatively dark skin. Example: "They are only fit for muck, they are; and they smell bad enough for it already." Job, it will be perceived, was no admirer of the manners and customs of our dark-skinned brothers. 2. Of a black person, having relatively dark-colored skin.
Word: causatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English causative Middle English -ly English -ly English causatively From causative + -ly. 1. In a causative manner 2. Regarding causation
Word: pre-ejaculatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English ejaculatory English pre-ejaculatory From pre- + ejaculatory. Pronunciation: /pɹi.ɪˈdʒæ.kjə.ləˌtɔɹ.i/ 1. Before ejaculation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: simple-minded Part of Speech: adj 1. Lacking subtlety or sophistication. 2. Lacking mental capacity; feeble-minded.
Word: sub-discipline Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of subdiscipline. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: a bit Part of Speech: adv 1. To a small extent; in a small amount. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: Could you move that up a bit? 2. Slightly; rather. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: Isn't that hat a bit small for him? 3. Very. Labels: UK, especially, not-comparable Example: That hat seems a bit small for him. 4. A lot. Labels: UK, especially, not-comparable Example: It rained a bit last night.
Word: a bit Part of Speech: pron 1. A small amount. Example: Q: Care for some cake? A: Argh, you've twisted my arm — I'll have just a bit, thank you. 2. A large amount. Labels: UK, especially Example: Q: How much trouble did you stir up last night? A: Just a bit.
Word: bicycle helmet Part of Speech: noun 1. A helmet intended to be worn while riding a bicycle. Example: Make locking up your bike as routine as strapping on a bicycle helmet. Example: Mandatory bicycle helmet laws introduced in New Zealand in 1994 also resulted in large increases in helmet use, and reductions in the number of head injuries[…]
Word: bicycle helmets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bicycle helmet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: opiating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of opiate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: descendance Part of Speech: noun 1. The property of being a descendant; descent. Labels: uncountable Example: The relation of being a descendant is defined as the quasi ordering generated by immediate descendance.
Word: gouvernance Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of governance. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: correspondance Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of correspondence. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: impuissance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French impuissance. 1. Impotence, weakness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: This fault, for a man not to be able to know himselfe betimes, and not to feele the impuissance and extreme alteration, that age doth naturally bring,[…]hath lost the reputation of the most part of the greatest men in the world. Example: [A]ll which things, bring perill to thoſe that know not how to uſe them well; and neither honour and credit, nor puiſſance, but rather argue their feebleneſse and impuiſſance.
Word: persistance Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of persistence. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: vraisemblance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French vraisemblance. Pronunciation: /vɹeɪsɑmˈblɑns/ 1. verisimilitude Labels: uncountable Example: Recognition of this first level of vraisemblance need not depend on the claim that reality is a convention produced by language. Example: Vraisemblance does not entail “realism” in the sense that Ian Watt gives it in The Rise of the Novel. It is not the “realistic particularity” ([1957] 1974, 17) of the processes of experience, as Watt defines his “formal realism.” Rather, vraisemblance takes the guise of “elegant concentration,” not typical of the novel in Watt’s account (30).
Word: prefetching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of prefetch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: prefetch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English fetch English prefetch From pre- + fetch. 1. To load data or instructions in anticipation of their need
Word: prefetch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English fetch English prefetch From pre- + fetch. 1. The operation of loading data or instructions in anticipation of their need.
Word: rug rat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rugrat. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "Now listen, you little rug rat," I said threateningly, "I'm going to wash your hair and that is it. Get it?" Example: "... We'll probably be getting a call some time tonight announcing the arrival of their new rug rat."
Word: décollage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French décollage, influenced by de- + collage. 1. The opposite of collage: the process of cutting, tearing, etc. an original image to produce a new work. Labels: uncountable 2. A work in this style. Labels: countable
Word: emballage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French emballage (“wrapping, packaging”). 1. An artwork having a motif of wrapping or concealment.
Word: drug pusher Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who encourages people to take up illegal drugs, and then supplies that need for a price
Word: twitters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of twitter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twitters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of twitter Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: twittered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of twitter Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: widow's walk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently in reference to the women who would watch for their husbands to return from the sea, but would sometimes learn that they had been killed. 1. A raised platform on the roof of a house, especially one on a coastal house originally used for viewing the arrival of shipping Labels: US
Word: regidor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti Proto-Italic *regō Latin regerelbor. Spanish regir Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Spanish -dor Spanish regidorbor. English regidor Borrowed from Spanish regidor. 1. A position in municipal governments in Spain and Latin America, roughly corresponding to alderman (member of municipal legislative body).
Word: troglobites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of troglobite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semagrams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of semagram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: agricultures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of agriculture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Wachowich Part of Speech: name Etymology: Partial Anglicisation of the Polish surname Wachowicz. 1. A Polish-Canadian surname.
Word: enation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin enatus (ēnātus) (from ēnāscor (“spring forth”)) + English + -ion. 1. A small outgrowth on the surface of a plant organ. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In field infections, the enations are very small and appear as gray streaks on the backs of the leaves. However, conspicuous enations appear on plants inoculated and reared in the glasshouse (Lindsten, 1961a; Catherall, 1970). Example: Irrespective of how the terminal position of sporangia on short lateral branches evolved, we should keep in mind that it was an important step in positioning the developing sporangia so that they could be protected by enations and microphylls. 2. The generation of such an outgrowth. Labels: uncountable Example: Enation is characterized by the formation of very small, leaflike outgrowths — enations — from the lower surface of leaves, usually along the larger veins (fig. 116). Example: Wallace and Drake (1960, 1961) reported that the woody-gall problem found in Peru, South Africa and Australia was related to vein enation. 3. The property of being enate. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: segar Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of cigar. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The first nines segars manufactured from the best Vuelta Abajo tobacco by A.H.A.
Word: cooch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of coochie. Pronunciation: /kuːt͡ʃ/ 1. The hootchy-kootchy, a type of erotic dance. Labels: US, obsolete 2. The vagina or vulva. Labels: US, slang Example: Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset: show the whole world what a slut you are! Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset: let everyone see your cooch!
Word: nikud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration from Hebrew ניקוד / נִקּוּד (nikúd, niqqūd, “dotting, endotment”). 1. The system of optional diacritics attached to Hebrew letters that indicate vowels and consonant variations. Labels: uncountable
Word: niqqud Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of nikud. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: They are also the only texts to feature substantial Hebrew material in the Portuguese portions, and the only texts to make a systematic use of vowel pointing (niqqud).
Word: vocology Part of Speech: noun 1. The science and practice of voice habilitation. Labels: uncountable
Word: distilleries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of distillery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: discontinuance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman, from Old French descontinuer. 1. The occurrence of something being discontinued; a cessation; an incomplete ending. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If any railway official, policeman, or member of the Forces on duty, requests the discontinuance of any particular form of observation or note-taking, it is clearly right to give immediate compliance, especially when it is borne in mind that public authorities now have very wide powers to hold members of the general public in custody while inquiries are being conducted as to their bona fides. Example: The loss I felt when there was nothing in the mail box on Monday morning made me acutely aware how much I looked forward to each new issue! It's discontinuance would certainly leave a deep sense of loss with me.
Word: discontinuances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of discontinuance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: opsonies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of opsony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dysbulic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dysbulia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English dysbulic From dysbulia + -ic. 1. Of or relating to dysbulia Labels: not-comparable
Word: dysbulia Part of Speech: noun 1. Weakness of volition or willpower. Labels: uncountable
Word: nonobservant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + observant. 1. Not observant; not religious; not participating in the observance of religion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: attometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From atto- + meter. 1. US spelling of attometre. Labels: US, alt-of
Word: exameter Part of Speech: noun 1. US spelling of exametre. Labels: US, alt-of
Word: zeptometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zepto- + meter. 1. US spelling of zeptometre. Labels: US, alt-of
Word: zettameter Part of Speech: noun 1. US spelling of zettametre. Labels: US, alt-of Example: On the other extreme, our galaxy (we call it the Milky Way) is about 0.9 Zm (Zettameters, 100 million trillion meters) in diameter. Example: What is the speed of light in Zm (zettameters) per second?
Word: yoctometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yocto- + meter. 1. US spelling of yoctometre. Labels: US, alt-of Example: Sheldon Cooper: My hair is growing at the rate of 4.6 yoctometers per femtosecond.