nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: breacan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic breacan. 1. A tartan.
Word: minaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From min(ium) + -acious. 1. Of the colour of minium. Labels: not-comparable
Word: minaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin mināx (“threatening, menacing, projecting”) + -acious. 1. Menacing, threatening. Labels: not-comparable
Word: minium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Paleo-Hispanicbor. Latin Minius Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin miniumbor. English minium Borrowed from Latin minium. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪnɪəm/ 1. Cinnabar, especially when used as a pigment; vermilion. Labels: historical, uncountable, usually 2. Red lead. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The compounds formed by the combination of the peroxide of lead with the protoxide have received the general name of miniums, and are known in commerce as red lead. Example: [H]e was so overcome by suffering that his face, which had once been of oriental minium, now became like orpiment, and the hams of his lips turned into rancid lard.
Word: red lead Part of Speech: noun 1. A bright red, poisonous oxide of lead, Pb₃O₄, used as a pigment and in glass and ceramics. Labels: uncountable 2. Tomato ketchup. Labels: dated, slang, uncountable Example: Saturday/Wednesday morning breakfast beans were accompanied by corn bread and bowls of "red lead" [catsup for you landlubbers].
Word: shithead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shit + head. Dysphemistically modelled after dickhead. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪt.hɛd/ 1. A stupid or contemptible person. Labels: countable, derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar Example: Unfortunately Todd is a dummy, but what's worse is that Harvey is a shithead. Example: He goes, The world is full of shitheads, Rhea. Don't listen to them—listen to me. And I know that Lou is one of those shitheads. But I listen. 2. A card game, the aim of which is to lose one's cards. Labels: uncountable, vulgar 3. A person who uses the drug cannabis. Labels: countable, slang, vulgar Example: Reynolds tensed his jaw, “we have a lot less shitheads in the LoC than they do over here. You wanna know why? Cuz it's all legal. We got farmers growin' marijuana. Poppies. Coca. Instead of shitheads we got cokeheads and dope heads. […]
Word: whole enchilada Part of Speech: noun 1. All of something or a group of related things taken in totality. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: They need a fall guy for the whole enchilada. Example: "I want the wife, the kids, the house, the dog, the whole enchilada," he said in his rapid-fire way of talking.
Word: rambles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ramble Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rambles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ramble Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: log boat Part of Speech: noun 1. a dugout
Word: jetboat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jet + boat. 1. Alternative spelling of jet boat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: come on Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/, /ˌkʌm ˈɔn/, /ˌkʊm ˈɒn/, /ˌkʌm ˈɑn/ 1. To encounter, discover; to come upon. Labels: transitive Example: Turning the corner, I came on Julia sitting by the riverbank. 2. To appear on a stage or in a performance. Labels: intransitive Example: I think he's coming on too late after my line. 3. To be broadcast (through a device), or (of a broadcast) to begin playing. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: I was going to turn off the TV, but my favorite show came on. Example: A salsa song came on the radio. 4. To progress, to develop; to come along. Labels: intransitive Example: The new garden is coming on nicely. Example: But she looked a lady, Paul declared, as much as Mrs. Major Moreton, and far, far nicer. The family was coming on. Only Morel remained unchanged, or rather, lapsed slowly. 5. To activate; to turn on. Labels: intransitive Example: The light came on as soon as I flicked the switch. Example: She pressed the power button and waited for the screen to come on. 6. To show sexual or relational interest through words or sometimes actions. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: She started coming on to me as soon as my wife left the room. Example: Wait a minute. Are you like coming on to me? Is this a pass? Because, I mean, if it is, sex is like totally out of the question. 7. To get one's period, start menstruating. Labels: UK, colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive Example: Overall, menstrual modernity in the form of a more efficient throwaway technology was seized on and celebrated, as was the opportunity to send your man off to the shop to get it if you came on suddenly. 8. To enter the playing field. Example: Blackburn made their third and final substitution with 25 minutes remaining, with Brett Emerton coming on for Dunn as they looked for ways to stem the Newcastle tide. Example: One of few positives from a Burnley perspective was a first appearance of the season for forward Michael Obafemi, who came on with five minutes remaining after recovering from a long-term hamstring injury 9. Elaboration of come (in the sense of move towards the speaker or other focus), emphasising motion or progress, or conveying a nuance of familiarity or encouragement. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: Don't just stand there on the doorstep. Come on in! Example: Don't leave without coming on round to see the baby. 10. To appear or seem to be a particular. Labels: slang Example: He's coming on strong. Example: They came a trick on me. 11. To begin to feel the effects of a drug; to start causing effects. Labels: intransitive, slang, transitive Example: The coke came on me quickly. 12. To join a job, hobby or other practice. Labels: slang, transitive Example: He came on at the same time as me. 13. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, on.
Word: come on Part of Speech: intj 1. Come along with me; join me in going. Example: I'll show you where the auditorium is. Come on! 2. Synonym of let's go, a cheer or expression of support, encouragement, &c. Example: Come on, George! You can win! 3. An expression of disbelief. Example: Come on! You can't possibly expect me to believe that. 4. An expression of frustration, exasperation, or impatience; hurry up. Example: Aw, come on! Get on with it! Example: Come on, we don't want to miss the train! 5. An expression of defiance or as a challenge; approach; come at me. Example: Come on! I'm not afraid of you. Example: BOX: […] Hark ye, sir—can you fight? COX: No, sir. BOX: No? Then come on—
Word: hermetically sealed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See hermetic 1. simple past and past participle of hermetically seal Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hermetically sealed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See hermetic 1. Sealed with an airtight hermetic seal. Example: Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing. Yet oddly enough I found here a far more unlikely substance, and that was camphor. I found it in a sealed jar, that, by chance, I supposed had been really hermetically sealed. I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable.
Word: motorboat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From motor + boat. Pronunciation: /ˈməʊtəˌbəʊt/, /ˈmoʊtəˌboʊt/ 1. Any vessel driven by an engine (either inboard or outboard), but especially a small one.
Word: motorboat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From motor + boat. Pronunciation: /ˈməʊtəˌbəʊt/, /ˈmoʊtəˌboʊt/ 1. To ride in a motorboat. 2. To press or bury one's face between the breasts of a woman; to press or bury one's face between the breasts of a woman and shake one's head, hum, or vibrate one's lips in imitation of a motorboat engine's sound. Labels: intransitive, slang, transitive Example: ACT on Campus President Peter McCaffrey allegedly motorboated Heather Roy at the ACT Party offices over the newly-passed piece of legislation. Example: Kellie Pickler pretended to motorboat an imaginary pair of breasts to introduce Little Big Town's performance of “Pontoon,” […] 3. To press one's face into or between (something else). Labels: slang, transitive Example: 'And we can fucking smash his dick in. Elliot's coming. And Hattie.' 'Are you lying?' 'I am not lying.' 'If you are lying, I am going to smash your dick in.' ... Amundsen pushes his whole head into the bowl, motorboating his food. Example: Immediately I started to lick, to suck, to kiss, to blow and to motorboat her pussy. 4. To press or envelope someone else's face into or between one's own breasts; to wrap one's breasts around someone's face or head. Labels: slang, transitive Example: She wanted to straddle him and motorboat him right there. She thought about his chest again, and his lips. His dark eyelashes made his dark chocolate eyes so much darker, especially when they softened with desire. Example: A man who was having trouble recalling an important piece of information put his head between his girlfriend's breasts and had her motorboat him. You might say the man was racking his brain trying to remember.
Word: motorsailer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From motor + sailer. 1. A vessel (usually a pleasure craft) that has been designed for both sailing and motor operation.
Word: lochan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic lochan, diminutive of loch (“lake”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɔxən/, /ˈlɒkən/ 1. A small loch (lake) Labels: Scotland Example: The moor is a bare and ancient landscape; the dank mosses studded with a mosaic of tiny lochans, stumps of vanished trees, largely devoid of sustenance for man and beast, an almost mythical emptiness where dragons, outlaws and elves might easily be imagined! Example: The Cairngorms national park has some of Britain’s harshest weather and the heaviest snowfall in Scotland, creating snowfields that stretch to the horizon. Lochs, lochans and waterfalls can be frozen solid.
Word: pratique Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originated 1600–10. Borrowed from Middle French practique, pratique, from Medieval Latin prāctica. Doublet of practice. Pronunciation: /pɹæˈtiːk/, /pɹæˈtik/, /pɹəˈtik/ 1. Permission to use a port given to a ship after compliance with quarantine or on conviction that she is free of contagious disease. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is here a cuſtome ſtrictly obſerued (as alſo elſevvhere vvithin the Streights belonging to the Chriſtians) not to ſuffer any to trafficke or come aſhore before they haue a Pratticke from the Signoirs of Health: vvhich vvill not be granted vntill forty dayes after their arriuall, […] Notvvithſtanding, they vpon requeſt vvill carry you to the Lazaretto (vvhich is in the nature of a Peſt-houſe) there to abide vntill the date be expired. But if any fall ſicke amongſt them in the meane ſeaſon, their Pratticke is accordingly prolonged. A great inconuenience to the Merchants, but at Venice intollerable: vvhere vvhen they haue Pratticke, they are enforced to vnlade at the Lazaretto. 2. Practice; habits. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Whereas in private teaching, their company is either superiors, inferiors, and if equals, but a few, without the liberty and variety of pratique as in a populous school.
Word: outrigger canoe Part of Speech: noun 1. A seagoing canoe having one or more lateral support floats to provide stability. Example: The Sentinelese hunt in the rainforest and fish in the coastal waters using spears, bows and arrows, as well as homemade narrow outrigger canoes, according to Survival International.
Word: Seumas Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Seumas. Doublet of Hamish. 1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, equivalent to English James.
Word: peniche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French péniche. 1. An engine-powered steel ship or vessel, larger than 15 meters, used for inland water transportation, and often modified in order to act as a docked restaurant or hotel. 2. Material inserted between a half-model, often of an airplane, and the wall of a wind tunnel.
Word: troller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From troll + -er. 1. One who fishes by trolling. 2. An engine-powered fishing boat, used for moving slowly while fishing lines drag behind, sometimes able to sail in shallow water. 3. A troll; a user who maliciously provokes others. Labels: Internet, nonstandard Example: Troller is looking for a response...ANY response, and he will chum the waters with complaints, insults, compliments, and inflammatory tidbits hoping that someone...ANYONE, will take the bait.
Word: water taxi Part of Speech: noun 1. A small boat that can transport small groups of passengers for a fee.
Word: Brest Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Breton Brest (via French), from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”), compare Scottish Gaelic bre. Pronunciation: /bɹɛst/ 1. A port city in Brittany, France.
Word: Brest Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Брест (Brest). Pronunciation: /bɹɛst/ 1. A city in Belarus, on the border with Poland.
Word: dira Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic ذِرَاع m (ḏirāʕ, “cubit”), from ذِرَاع f (ḏirāʕ, “arm”). 1. The Arabian cubit, whose value varied by place, time, and item from about 25–75 cm (10 in–2 ft 5½ in). Example: 13·3—This measure does not seem to belong to very early times, and it may probably have originated in Asia Minor... And it may well be the origin of the dirá‘ Stambuli of 26·6, twice 13·3.
Word: maigre Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French maigre. Doublet of meager. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪ.ɡə/, /ˈmeɪ.ɡɚ/ 1. Made without meat (and thus permitted to be eaten on a fast day). Labels: not-comparable 2. Belonging to a fast day or fast. Labels: not-comparable
Word: maigre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French maigre. Doublet of meager. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪ.ɡə/, /ˈmeɪ.ɡɚ/ 1. A kind of fish; the meagre.
Word: Arundel Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English hārhūne (“horehound”) + dell (“small valley”). Pronunciation: /ˈæɹəndəl/ 1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0107). 2. A township municipality in Les Laurentides regional county municipality, Quebec, Canada. 3. A town in York County, Maine, United States. 4. A suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. 5. A small settlement by the Rangitata River, south Canterbury, New Zealand.
Word: chocs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of choc Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mickey D's Part of Speech: name 1. McDonald's (the chain of fast food restaurants). Labels: US, slang Example: For those five days each month when we've been hormonally hijacked, there are women's health clinics to be defended, underpaid amigas at Mickey D's to be organized, and redwood trees to be protected. Example: He looked around. This place wasn't exactly Mickey D's, but it was sure a lot better than some of the places he'd been eating in lately.
Word: punters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of punter Labels: form-of, plural 2. The general public, a body of customers. Labels: slang Example: If there's one thing I've learned in this business, it's that you've got to give the punters what they want.
Word: plagiarized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of plagiarize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: plagiarized Part of Speech: adj 1. produced using plagiarism
Word: plagiarizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of plagiarize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: plagiarizing Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of plagiarism. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Sammie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sam + -ie. 1. Synonym of Samoyed (a breed of dog)
Word: Sammie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sam + -ie. 1. A diminutive of the male given name Samuel, also used as a formal given name. 2. A diminutive of the female given name Samantha, also used as a formal given name.
Word: feigned Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪnd/ 1. Being a pretense, simulation, or counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent. Labels: not-comparable Example: I have discovered that a feigned familiarity in great ones is a note of certain usurpation on the less. For great and popular men feign themselves to be servants to others to make those slaves to them. So the fisher provides bait for the trout, roach, dace, &c., that they may be food to him. Example: "I have passed my word," said Jowl with feigned reluctance, "and I'll keep it. When does this match come off? I wish it was over. -- To-night?"
Word: feigned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of feign Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Aussies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Aussie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dismounted Part of Speech: adj 1. Having gotten off one's horse, or been removed from its usual mounting, as with a statue off its pedestal, a framed picture from a wall, or a chandelier hanging from a ceiling. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dismounted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dismount Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Amalek Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עֲמָלֵק (ʾĂmālēq). Pronunciation: /ˈæm.əˌlɛk/ 1. The biblical grandson of Esau.
Word: Amalek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עֲמָלֵק (ʾĂmālēq). Pronunciation: /ˈæm.əˌlɛk/ 1. The nation said to be descended from him, living mostly in the Negev and some later migrating to Israel. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: jarring Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English jar Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English jarring From jar (“to clash, conflict, disturb”) + -ing. Pronunciation: [d͡ʒɑːrɪŋ] 1. That jars (clashes or disagrees); incongruous, conflictful. Example: The rings of iron that on the doors were hung / Sent out a jarring sound Example: The large cement works nearby are served by sidings, and strike a sudden jarring industrial note in the midst of the rural downland scene.
Word: jarring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English jar Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English jarring From jar + -ing. Pronunciation: [d͡ʒɑːrɪŋ] 1. Storage in jars. Example: The jarring of peaches took place at the end of the season. 2. A feeling or movement that jars or jolts. Example: The striker's job was onerous, too, because there was so little "give" in the metal, and the perpetual jarring was indeed trying to the muscles.
Word: jarring Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: [d͡ʒɑːrɪŋ] 1. present participle and gerund of jar Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: walled Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to a wall; surrounded by a wall Labels: not-comparable Example: a walled garden Example: The town of Ch’u-hsiung is walled, rather long, and possesses about 15,000 inhabitants. In the Han dynasty Ch'u-hsiung belonged to the territory of I Chou. 2. Pertaining to something which has been placed into a wall, i.e., immured. Labels: not-comparable
Word: walled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wall Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nooblet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From noob + -let (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈnuːblɪt/, /ˈnublət/ 1. An especially annoying or inexperienced noob (“newbie”). Labels: Internet, derogatory Example: And all you EVA nublets, watch the series, THEN talk. Example: And, now that we think about it, reanimating the husks of fallen Avatar walkers with engineers and using them to literally rip apart the enemy's tank brigade gets across the fact that your opponent is, in fact, a little "nublet" who needs to "l2p."
Word: cloistered Part of Speech: adj 1. Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary. Example: Cloistered friars and vestal nuns. Example: In cloister'd state let selfish sages dwell, / Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell. 2. Isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence. Example: […]“The Vegan” is a less cloistered book, with bigger, more universal themes. 3. Naive, lacking in worldliness. 4. Furnished with cloisters. Example: both the Greeks and Romans […]had commonly two cloiſtered open Courts, one serving for the Womens ſide, and the other for the Men
Word: cloistered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cloister Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: refs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for refreshments. 1. A scheduled meal break during a shift. Labels: British, slang
Word: refs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ref Labels: form-of, plural
Word: refs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ref Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: peerless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English pereles, perles; equivalent to peer + -less. 1. Without peer or equal; unparalleled, nonpareil. Of the highest quality, best. Example: Let's after him, / Whoſe care is gone before, to bid vs welcome: / It is a peerleſſe Kinſman. Example: Having now seen himself mistaken in supposing Elfride to be peerless, nothing on earth could make him believe she was not so very bad after all.
Word: unparalleled 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 paralleled English unparalleled From un- + paralleled. 1. Having no parallel; without equal; lacking anything similar or worthy of comparison. Example: The candidate experienced unparalleled support in the last election. Example: Experience had taught me, that woman's falsehood was no unparalleled marvel; but it had coupled with this conviction, that nothing in after life can atone for the bitterness of our first rude awakening.
Word: TAFE Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /teɪf/ 1. Initialism of technical and further education. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: TAFE Colleges are organized in Australia on a State or Territory basis, and considerable variation is to be found in the way that TAFE Colleges are linked to the other educational sectors. Example: Going to TAFE is a good option if you want to gain more technical skills or if you don′t get a placement at the university you wanted. TAFE is a great place to build up a portfolio of work in preparation for applying for university, especially in the case of some universities where a portfolio presented at interview determines whether an applicant is accepted. 2. A college offering courses in technical and vocational education. Labels: Australia, countable
Word: starchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English starch Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English starchy From starch + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈstɑɹt͡ʃi/ 1. Of or pertaining to starch. 2. Containing starch. 3. Having the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched. Example: Beds were made, the dinner-table set, and then we got into our very starchiest and most uncomfortable clothes for church. 4. Having a starched personality; stiffly formal.
Word: Immanuel Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל (ʿimanuʾél), from עִמָּנוּ אֵל (ʿimánu ʾél, literally “God is with us”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈmænjuəl/, /ɪˈmænjəl/ 1. A figure whose birth is prophesied in the Book of Isaiah in the Bible. Example: Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. 2. A figure whose birth is prophesied in the Book of Isaiah in the Bible. 3. A male given name from Hebrew: alternative form of Emmanuel.
Word: parentage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French, from Old French parentage. 1. The identity and nature of one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I am a Lord, for so my deedes ſhall prooue, And yet a ſhepheard by my Parentage: […] Example: English gentlemen, after all, do not discriminate against each other on the grounds of parentage, only of breeding. 2. The social quality of one's class in society. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My fortunes parentage — good parentage — To equal mine! — was it not thus? What say you? Example: Mr. Worthington. Second son. We shall find better. He is of dubious parentage. 3. Origin; derivation. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: MPS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Metropolitan Police Service. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Ministry of Public Security. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The CPD also manages China’s massive army of censors and works closely with the Ministry of Public Security (MPS).
Word: MPS Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of methylacetylene propadiene, stabilized stabilized methylacetylene-propadiene mixture. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Initialism of Master of Professional Studies. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of master production schedule. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of myofascial pain syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of muscle protein synthesis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of main propulsion system (of the Space Shuttle). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Abbreviation of mucopolysaccharidosis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: They spent a year in mourning. But the Dants began to wonder whether there was something they could do. Surely, there were other families out there dealing with MPS I.
Word: cossie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From costume + -ie (“diminutive suffix”). 1. A swimming costume. Labels: Australia, UK Example: “Let's not bother with cossies Jack. Let′s pretend it′s years ago.” She remembered the times they had swum at Eleni beach totally naked, the moon and stars lighting the little waves as they rolled slowly to shore. Example: I struck off boldly, but soon found myself unaccountably labouring. The reason became abundantly clear when I stood up, clad only in two three-foot-long shoulder straps, with two stone of waterlogged cossie round my ankles.
Word: hermetic seal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See hermetic. 1. An airtight seal.
Word: outrigger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Modification of earlier outligger after rig (“to fit out”); equivalent to out- + ligger. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtˌɹɪɡə/, /ˈaʊtˌɹɪɡɚ/ 1. Any of various projecting beams or spars that provide support for a sailing ship's mast. 2. A long thin timber, pontoon, or other float attached parallel to a canoe or boat by projecting struts as a means of preventing tipping or capsizing. Example: The Sentinelese hunt in the rainforest and fish in the coastal waters using spears, bows and arrows, as well as homemade narrow outrigger canoes, according to Survival International. 3. An outrigger canoe or boat. 4. An iron bracket or brace for an oarlock projecting from the side of a rowing boat. 5. An extension mechanism, often retractable when not in use, on a boat, vehicle, or structure which helps to stabilize it to keep it from tipping over. Example: From the cowcatcher hung the outrigger of the tricycle, leaping about as though in the grip of death itself, beating against the iron that had shattered it, striking the road, sending the gravel flying. Example: These piles supported long lengths of hard timber (approximately 2-ft. square section) which provided a firm anchorage for the outriggers supporting the cranes. 6. A type of ski pole, with skis attached at the bottom, instead of the spike/pick found on a normal pole. It is used in downhill skiing variants of para-skiing, especially those that use a sit-ski, such as the monoski.
Word: minstrelsy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English minstralcie, from 13th century Anglo-Norman menestralsie, menestralcie, from Old French menestrel (“minstrel”), itself from Medieval Latin ministralis (“servant, jester, singer”), from Late Latin ministerialis (“imperial household officer, one having an official duty”), from the adjective ministerialis (“ministerial, servants”), from Latin ministerium (“service”). 1. The musical and other art and craft of a minstrel. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Orfeo makes his way into this palace, and so charms the king with his minstrelsy, that he gives him back his wife. Example: They, of course, would change, but not again could she; henceforth no music for her in the Bush birds' minstrelsy, no pleasure in rivalry with buttercups for the butterflies' kiss. 2. A group of minstrels. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any similar modern group performing song and verse. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A collection of minstrel ballads. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: misconstruction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English construction English misconstruction From mis- + construction. 1. Mistaken or faulty construction; an instance of it. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Our attention has been called to the possibility of misconstruction in our reply given under the above heading in the December issue concerning track circuit through busy stations normally entered at low speeds. 2. Mistaken or faulty construction; an instance of it. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a misconstruction of the law 3. Mistaken or faulty construction; an instance of it. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Mistaken or faulty construction; an instance of it. Labels: countable, uncommon, uncountable
Word: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Calque of Latin plus valet in manibus avis unica quam dupla silvis (“a single bird in the hands is worth more than two in the forest”), possibly deriving from sources as old as the ancient Middle East, with the 6th century BCE Proverbs of Ahiqar including "a sparrow in thy hand is better than a thousand sparrows flying". 1. A sure thing is preferable to the mere chance at something more. Example: It is more sykyr a bryd in youre fyste Than to have thre in the sky above Example: May. No, but the Sides are going to be changed ; and Sir Harry is to be ſome very great Man ; and as ſoon as he is, I am to be made an Embaſſador of. Mrs. May. Made an Aſs of! Will you never learn of me, that a Bird in the Hand is worth two in the Buſh ?
Word: hydrochronic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of hydroponic + chronic. 1. A very potent type of hydroponically-grown marijuana. Labels: uncountable
Word: widowerhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English widower Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English widowerhood From widower + -hood. 1. The state or period of being a widower. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The poor General was in despair! To fall in love at fifty-five, and with such vehemence, is indeed a misfortune! And add to that his widowerhood, his children, his ruined property, his debts, and the woman with whom he had fallen in love! Though Mlle.
Word: blu Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of blue. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: blu Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of blue. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: boccia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek βοῦττις (boûttis)der. Byzantine Greek βούττια (boúttia)bor. Vulgar Latin *buttia Italian bocciabor. English boccia Borrowed from Italian boccia (“ball”), from Vulgar Latin *buttia, borrowed from Byzantine Greek βούττια (boúttia, plural of βούττιον (boúttion)), from Ancient Greek βοῦττις (boûttis), possibly borrowed from Pre-Greek. Doublet of butt (“wooden cask”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɒt͡ʃə/ 1. A sport, similar to bocce, designed to be played by people with impaired motor skills. Labels: uncountable
Word: scaling ladder Part of Speech: noun 1. A ladder for the purpose of scaling the walls of a besieged fortification. Example: Those who survived were forced to carry the Mongols' long scaling ladders up to the very walls of the fortress, while others were made to erect their siege engines under heavy fire.
Word: specialists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of specialist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pecco Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of pekoe. Labels: alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable
Word: bombé Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French bombé. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒmbeɪ/, /bɒmˈbeɪ/ 1. Featuring a protruding convex bulge. Labels: especially, not-comparable Example: The bombé writing-desk had brass inlay and a marble top, a Bartlett print of Lord Byron's Childe Harold hung above the pristine twin beds.
Word: bonzo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bonze (“Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: snags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snags Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of snag Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: snagging Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of something becoming snagged. Example: Collisions were not often the cause of major disasters for, as in the case of snaggings, the sinking of the boat did not lead to many casualties unless it took place in deep water.
Word: snagging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of snag Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: snagged Part of Speech: adj 1. Full of snags; snaggy.
Word: snagged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of snag Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: documented Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of document Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dominated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdɒm.əˌneɪ.tɪd/, /ˈdɑ.məˌneɪ.tɪd/, [ˈdɑ.məˌneɪ.ɾɪd], /ˈdɔm.əˌnæɪ.tɪd/, [ˈdɔm.əˌnæɪ.ɾɪd] 1. simple past and past participle of dominate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: elided Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of elide Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fielded Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss, not-comparable
Word: fielded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of field Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: filmed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fɪlmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of film Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: filmed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /fɪlmd/ 1. Covered with a film. Labels: not-comparable Example: A gleam burst through his filmed eyes. 2. Covered with a film of (a specified type or substance). Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: No words, that I know of, will say what these mosses are. None are delicate enough, none perfect enough, none rich enough. How is one to tell of the rounded bosses of furred and beaming green,—the starred divisions of rubied bloom, fine-filmed, as if the Rock Spirits could spin porphyry as we do glass,—the traceries of intricate silver, and fringes of amber, lustrous, arborescent, 100 burnished through every fibre into fitful brightness and glossy traverses of silken change, yet all subdued and pensive, and framed for simplest, sweetest offices of grace. Example: White roses and daedal creepers, that Miss Carnot had first adorned the walls with, spread now luxuriantly over the lichen-filmed tiles of the roof, and in slender graceful sprays timidly invaded the ghostly cobweb-draped apartments.
Word: flanked Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /flæŋkt/, [fleɪŋkt] 1. Having a particulary kind of flank.
Word: flanked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /flæŋkt/, [fleɪŋkt] 1. simple past and past participle of flank Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: floundered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of flounder Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: frequented Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of frequent Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: copan Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of koban (“Japanese coin”). Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: functioned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of function Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: urlar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic ùrlar (“floor”). 1. The base theme of a piece of classical bagpipe music. Example: The opening theme of a piobaireachd is called the Urlar, or ‘ground’ – the territory on which the whole composition stands.
Word: juxta- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Representing Latin iuxta (“alongside”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌkstə/ 1. Near, alongside, next to. Labels: morpheme
Word: tubaist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tuba 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 tubaist From tuba + -ist. 1. someone who plays the tuba
Word: cites Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /saɪts/ 1. plural of cite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cites Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /saɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cite Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ligatures Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɪɡət͡ʃɚz/ 1. plural of ligature Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pad thai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Thai ผัดไทย (pàt-tai, “Thai stir-fry”). Pronunciation: /ˌpæd ˈtaɪ/, /ˌpad ˈtʌɪ/, /ˌpɑːd ˈtaɪ/ 1. A Thai dish of stir-fried noodles with egg, tamarind, peanuts and other ingredients. Labels: uncountable
Word: strips Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /stɹɪps/ 1. plural of strip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strips Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stɹɪps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of strip Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dumps Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dʌmps/ 1. plural of dump Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dumps Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dʌmps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dump Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: workable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English workable From work + -able. 1. Capable of functioning. Example: They came up with a workable solution, until they could think of something better. Example: Penrhyn Quarry vertical-boilered 0-4-0 locomotive "George Henry," built by De Winton & Company in 1877. It is the last survivor of its class, and is still in workable condition. 2. Able to be worked or fashioned
Word: borgo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian borgo. Doublet of borough. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔː(ɹ)ɡəʊ/ 1. A small Italian village. Example: The borgo’s five acres and five dilapidated structures were part of an estate once owned by the Borghese family, and overlooked a valley of hills and vineyards.
Word: Britisher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From British + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪtɪʃə/, /bɾɪ.ʈɪ.ʃɐɾ/, /bɾɪ.ʈɪ.ʃəɾ/, /ˈbɾɪ.ʈɪ.ʃəɾ(ə̆)/ 1. A Briton. Labels: Canada, India, US Example: "Why now, I expect," said the American, "you would not shoot me in cold blood, although you are a Britisher, I guess." Example: […] and as he spoke, there was just a soupçon of foreign accent in the pronunciation of the French vowels, a certain drawl of o's and a's, that would have betrayed the Britisher to an observant ear. 2. The British colonial authorities; a European member of the British Raj, especially an officer from the colonial authorities. Labels: India
Word: Britisher Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From British + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪtɪʃə/, /bɾɪ.ʈɪ.ʃɐɾ/, /bɾɪ.ʈɪ.ʃəɾ/, /ˈbɾɪ.ʈɪ.ʃəɾ(ə̆)/ 1. British Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: 'Thought you'd like to hear some Britisher music. What you'd like. Some Beatles or some Rolling Stones maybe? They're Britisher, OK?'
Word: Britisher Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From British + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪtɪʃə/, /bɾɪ.ʈɪ.ʃɐɾ/, /bɾɪ.ʈɪ.ʃəɾ/, /ˈbɾɪ.ʈɪ.ʃəɾ(ə̆)/ 1. comparative form of British: more British Labels: comparative, form-of, rare Example: She took a deep breath and stuck out her chin and said in a voice that was even a little higher and Britisher than she usually uses, “We girls have often cried, ‘Shut the Door!’ But now the Door is jolly well shut for keeps.”
Word: herdsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From herd + -s- + -man. 1. A person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep; especially, the foreman among a group of such farmworkers, usually with more knowledge and experience.
Word: bove Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Probably an apheretic form of above. Alternatively, this word may continue Middle English bove, boven, from Old English bufan, from Proto-West Germanic *biobanā, from *bi (“by”) + *ufanā (“from above”). Compare West Frisian boppe, Dutch boven and Low German baven, boven. Pronunciation: /bʌv/ 1. Above. Labels: colloquial, dialectal Example: Her Sea-god syre she dearely did perswade, T'endow her sonne with threasure and rich store, Boue all the sonnes, that were of earthly wombes ybore.
Word: Umwelt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Umwelt (“environment”). Pronunciation: /ˈʊmvɛlt/ 1. One's surroundings or environment; the outer world as perceived by organisms within it. Example: It seems that these S-E-A-Values are all about what ethnologists call the Umwelt — the area of alarm around members of the brute creation, such as human beings. Example: Still, a pigeon's worldview -- its Umwelt, ...
Word: horsebox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From horse + box. 1. A motor vehicle for transporting horses. Labels: UK 2. A container for transporting horses in, whether by road, rail, or sea. 3. A van-type railway vehicle specially built for the carriage of horses. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: On October 31 [...] Laira "Grange" No. 6871 passed through Wolverhampton with a Holyhead-Didcot horsebox special.
Word: boxe Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of box. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: embers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ember Labels: form-of, plural
Word: embers Part of Speech: noun 1. The smoldering or glowing remains of a fire, smoldering ash. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us / To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Word: stormtrooper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A calque of German Sturmtruppen, from Sturm (“storm”) + Truppen (“troops”), equivalent to storm + trooper. Pronunciation: /ˈstɔːmtɹuːpə/ 1. A soldier trained in special infiltration tactics. Example: Indeed, the infantry battle on the desolate ridgeline above Darwin would probably have seemed remarkably familiar to a World War I stormtrooper. Example: As you'll recall, the idea of the stormtrooper arose from the effort to break out of the trench warfare of World War I. 2. A member of the Sturmabteilung, a Nazi street militia.
Word: Nathu La Part of Speech: name 1. A mountain pass on the border between Yadong, Shigatse, Tibet autonomous region, China and Sikkim, India. Example: "The opening of the border pass at Nathu La after 44 years marks the beginning of a new era in Sino-Indian relations," Phuntsok said. "I hope the border people of these two great nations will benefit from this." Example: Nathu La connects India to Hindu and Buddhist sites in the region and was the site of a fierce border clash between Chinese and Indian troops in 1967.
Word: comprend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English comprenden, from Old French comprendre. Doublet of comprehend. 1. Synonym of comprehend. Labels: obsolete Example: B. The Euangeliſt calleth the Coſins and Kinſemen of our Sauiour, his bꝛethꝛen, accoꝛding to the manner of the ſcriptur. C. Foꝛ by this name the Iewes compꝛended all kinſemen, in what degrée of bloode ſoeuer they bée: as wée haue ſhewed in another place. Example: This ſayd, ſhe peac’d, and his anſwere attends, / In act which ſilent doth both ſpeake and pray: / Godfrey his doubtfull mind toſſing ſuſpends / Twixt diuers thoughts, ne wots which ſide to ſway; / He dreads Barbarians wiles, and well comprends; / Man findes no faith where God receiues a nay: […]
Word: Siberian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Siberia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Siberian From Siberia + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪˈbɪə.ɹi.ən/, /ˌsaɪˈbɪ.ɹi.ən/ 1. Of or relating to Siberia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Siberian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Siberia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Siberian From Siberia + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪˈbɪə.ɹi.ən/, /ˌsaɪˈbɪ.ɹi.ən/ 1. A person from Siberia. 2. A long-haired domestic cat breed.
Word: entrant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French entrant, present participle of entrer. Pronunciation: /ˈɛntɹənt/, /ˈentɹənt/ 1. A participant who enters something, such as a contest. Example: Any attempt by an entrant to influence the result or subvert the contest will lead to immediate disqualification. 2. A newcomer.
Word: pallette Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpælɪt/, /ˈpælət/ 1. Alternative form of palette (“a rounded armor plate over the armpit”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Misspelling of palette (“a set of colors”). Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Houston Part of Speech: name Etymology: Originally from a place near Glasgow, from the Middle English equivalent of "Hugh's town". Analyzable as Hugh + -s- + -ton Pronunciation: /ˈh(j)uːst(ə)n/, /ˈhjustən/, [ˈhj̊uːstɨn], [j̊uːstɨn], /ˈhaʊstən/ 1. A habitational surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mainly American usage. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Spring in Houston is scalding sidewalks and sun-drunk lovebugs. It’s dead grass and midday thunderstorms. It isn’t the beginning or the end of anything, just a prolonged in-between through dead-end traffic on I-45. Example: At least seven people were killed in the Houston area on Thursday as a destructive complex of storms with winds up to 100 mph tore through the area, triggering power outages that could stretch on for weeks amid soaring temperatures. 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 17. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 18. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 19. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 20. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 21. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 22. A placename: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 23. The Johnson Space Center, the NASA Mission Control complex located in Houston, Texas. Labels: countable, metonymically, uncountable Example: Houston, we've had a problem here.
Word: sech Part of Speech: det 1. Pronunciation spelling of such. Labels: Southern-US, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: nus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nu Labels: form-of, plural