nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: trusts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɹʌsts/ 1. plural of trust Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trusts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɹʌsts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trust Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: stipulated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈstɪpjuˌleɪtəd/, /ˈstɪpjəˌleɪtəd/ 1. Required as a condition of a contract or agreement. Labels: not-comparable 2. Specified, promised or guaranteed in an agreement. Labels: not-comparable
Word: stipulated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstɪpjuˌleɪtəd/, /ˈstɪpjəˌleɪtəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of stipulate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Comanche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably borrowed from Spanish comanche, a corruption of Old Ute kɨmantsi *[kɨˈman.tʃi] (“enemy”, “foreigner”) (compare Modern Southern Ute [kɨˈmaːtʃi̥] (“enemy”, “stranger”)). The Comanches’ autonym is Nʉmʉnʉʉ (“the people”). Pronunciation: /kəˈmænt͡ʃi/ 1. A member of a Native American ethnic group residing especially in Texas and Oklahoma. 2. A light single-engine aircraft, the Piper PA-24 Comanche. 3. A military helicopter, the RAH-66 Comanche.
Word: Comanche Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably borrowed from Spanish comanche, a corruption of Old Ute kɨmantsi *[kɨˈman.tʃi] (“enemy”, “foreigner”) (compare Modern Southern Ute [kɨˈmaːtʃi̥] (“enemy”, “stranger”)). The Comanches’ autonym is Nʉmʉnʉʉ (“the people”). Pronunciation: /kəˈmænt͡ʃi/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Comanche people, culture, or language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Comanche Part of Speech: name Etymology: Probably borrowed from Spanish comanche, a corruption of Old Ute kɨmantsi *[kɨˈman.tʃi] (“enemy”, “foreigner”) (compare Modern Southern Ute [kɨˈmaːtʃi̥] (“enemy”, “stranger”)). The Comanches’ autonym is Nʉmʉnʉʉ (“the people”). Pronunciation: /kəˈmænt͡ʃi/ 1. The nation of these people. 2. The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by these people, sometimes classified as a variety of Shoshone. Example: You don’t have to be a member of a tribe to help protect native languages. In Oklahoma, public students can choose to take Indigenous language courses like Bodéwadmimwen, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Comanche and others for school credit — an empowering step toward recognition and respect. Many tribal nations, including CPN, also offer free resources such as language apps, workshops and virtual lessons open to learners of all backgrounds and abilities. 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States: 7. A locality and municipality in Pacajes province, La Paz department, Bolivia.
Word: franco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian franco (“French”). Doublet of franc and frank. 1. A former currency of Lucca in Tuscany, Italy, issued between 1805 and 1808. Labels: historical 2. The CFA franc as used in Equatorial Guinea, worth 4 ekwele.
Word: franco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Franco-. 1. Alternative letter-case form of Franco (“French person”). Labels: alt-of Example: The anglos have seen the whole of the country, and the continent, as hospitable, while the francos have over a long period come to view Quebec as their real homeland. Example: Something similar had occurred in Canada, where first of all the sector is divided between anglos and francos; […]
Word: hometown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz Proto-West Germanic *haim Old English hām Middle English hōm English home Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-nós? Proto-Celtic *dūnombor. Proto-Germanic *tūną Proto-West Germanic *tūn Old English tūn Middle English toun English town English hometown From home + town. Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/ 1. An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence. Example: These vehicles convey Esther from her hometown hospital, then to a city hospital, and finally from the city hospital in another hearselike conveyance […] Example: “It’s not good stewardship. If the guests wanted to walk through a funhouse with guys jumping out of the shadows saying ‘booga-booga,’ they’d go to one of the Halloween Houses in their hometowns. The Mansion’s better than that. I can’t be a part of this plan.” 2. Designating a decision or judgement that is biased, or perceived to be biased, in favour of local preference. Labels: attributive Example: hometown decision, hometown verdict
Word: Rochester Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Rovescester, from Old English Hrofesċeaster (literally “Hrofi's fortified camp”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒt͡ʃɪstə/, /ˈɹɑt͡ʃɛstɚ/ 1. A town in the Shire of Campaspe, northern Victoria, Australia 2. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada. 3. A town and historic city in Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7468). 4. A small village and civil parish (served by Rochester with Byrness Parish Council) in Northumberland, England.The north of the parish borders onto Scotland (OS grid ref NY8398). 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A number of places in the United States: 20. A number of places in the United States: 21. A number of places in the United States: 22. A number of places in the United States: 23. A number of places in the United States: 24. A British surname.
Word: Franco Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Italian or Spanish, equivalent to English Frank or Francis. 2. A surname from Spanish. 3. A surname from Spanish.
Word: Franco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Franco-. 1. A French person. Example: Other Franco-American journalists didn’t see it his way, notably the editor of the Jean-Baptiste a newspaper in Northampton, Massachusetts. A journalistic debate began on the merits of repatriation, some newspapers calling those Francos who returned to Québec traitors while other papers used the same epithet to describe those Francos who remained in New England. Example: As will be demonstrated, it provided very good analytical material for reflection on the relationships between Anglos and Francos in Quebec. […] Firstly, the Francos of Quebec are perceived as being in general agreement on their collective name, which name others are also seen to recognize.
Word: currying Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɝɹi.ɪŋ/, /ˈkʌɹi.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of curry Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: currying Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after American mathematician Haskell Curry. Pronunciation: /ˈkɝɹi.ɪŋ/, /ˈkʌɹi.ɪŋ/ 1. The technique of converting a function that takes multiple arguments into a sequence of functions that each take a single argument. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: man in the moon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From man + in + the + moon. Pronunciation: /ˌmæn ɪn ðə ˈmuːn/, /ˌmæn ən ðə ˈmun/ 1. An image of a man perceived in the dark maria (plains or "seas") and light highlands or other features of the Moon, originally regarded as a man with a burden on his back or accompanied by a small dog, and now more commonly as a man's face in the full moon or his profile in a crescent moon; hence, an imaginary man thought to be living on the Moon. Example: Cal[iban]. Ha'ſt thou not dropt from heauen ? / Ste[phano]. Out o'th Moone I doe aſſure thee. I vvas the Man ith' Moone, vvhen time vvas. / Cal. I haue ſeene thee in her: and I doe adore thee: My Miſtris [Miranda] ſhevv'd me thee, and thy Dog, and thy Buſh. Example: Thy VVife is a Conſtellation of Vertues; ſhe's the Moon, and thou art the Man in the Moon: Nay, ſhe is more Illuſtrious than the Moon; for ſhe has her Chaſtity vvithout her Inconſtancy, 'S'bud I vvas but in Jeſt. 2. An imaginary person; also (UK politics, slang), an unidentified person who illegally pays for election expenditure and electors' expenses, as long as the latter vote as the person wishes. Labels: figuratively, obsolete Example: Non eſt inventus: there's no ſuch man to be found; let them that have the commiſſion for the concealments looke after it, or the man in the moone put for it. Example: 235. To whom did you say that you wanted a ticket for home?—The stranger. / 236. The Man in the Moon?—Yes. / […] / 245. And I may ask you, was it also included as one of the tickets in the amount that the Man in the Moon paid you?—[…]—Yes, it was; the last received by me.
Word: alehouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alehouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rumple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rimplen (“to become wrinkled”). Compare German rumpeln (“to din, to make the welkin ring”) and Dutch rommelen (“to rumble”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌmpəl/ 1. To make wrinkled, particularly fabric. Labels: transitive Example: I'll rumple my bedsheets so it looks like I was here last night. Example: They would not give a dog's ear of their most rumpled and ragged Scotch paper for twenty of your fairest assignats. 2. To muss; to tousle. Labels: transitive
Word: rumple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rimplen (“to become wrinkled”). Compare German rumpeln (“to din, to make the welkin ring”) and Dutch rommelen (“to rumble”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌmpəl/ 1. A wrinkle.
Word: rubberneck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rubber + neck. Coined in the sense of "tourist" in the United States in the late 19th century. A favored Americanism of H.L. Mencken. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌbɚˌnɛk/ 1. Someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring. Example: The uniformed man pointed up at the rubbernecks on the end of the pier. Example: We must have looked gorgeous. And what made it worse, there was at least a hundred rubbernecks that didn't have anything better to do than stand around and watch everyone falling all over themselves. 2. A tourist. Labels: US, obsolete 3. Someone or something with a flexible neck. Example: A suitable washer B1 and rubberneck B2, both of well known description, are provided to form with clapper arm B3 a watertight joint... Example: “‘Hi, rubberneck!’ — he clutched at her pear-like breast jutting from her sweater — ‘how long did you think you'll duck me?’”
Word: rubberneck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rubber + neck. Coined in the sense of "tourist" in the United States in the late 19th century. A favored Americanism of H.L. Mencken. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌbɚˌnɛk/ 1. To watch by craning the neck (as though it were made of rubber), especially if the observer and observed are in motion relative to each other. Labels: transitive Example: The driver was so busy rubbernecking, trying to get a good view of the accident, that he was almost part of another accident. 2. To cause (someone) to watch in fascinated horror, as if rubbernecking to see a roadside accident. Labels: transitive Example: Hoover’s books go down like a T.M.I. Facebook confessional, rubbernecking you in from the first sentence. Certain patterns quickly emerge.
Word: ruefulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hrewwaną Proto-West Germanic *hreuwan Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-West Germanic *-u Proto-West Germanic *hreuwu Old English hrēow Middle English rewe Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful Middle English reuful English rueful Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English ruefulness From rueful + -ness. 1. The property of being rueful. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: This was the second time she had mentioned money, but now there was no trace of ruefulness in her voice, she spoke as if merely stating a fact.
Word: ruinously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ruinous Middle English -ly English -ly English ruinously From ruinous + -ly. 1. in a way that will cause ruin Example: The ruinously high interest we agreed to will bankrupt us in a year if the economy doesn't improve quickly.
Word: to-and-fro Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of to and fro. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: to-and-fro Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of to and fro. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: to-and-fro Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of to and fro. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: to-and-fro Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of to and fro. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tobogganer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Mi'kmaq tepaqanbor.? Abenaki dabôganbor.? French tabagannebor. English toboggan English -er English tobogganer From toboggan + -er. 1. Someone who rides or uses a toboggan.
Word: elephant's teeth Part of Speech: noun 1. ivory Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: reinflate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English inflate English reinflate From re- + inflate. 1. To inflate or fill with air again.
Word: bywoner Part of Speech: noun 1. A poor tenant farmer who labours for the owner and does some farming of his own. Labels: South-Africa
Word: bound morpheme Part of Speech: noun 1. A morpheme that can only occur when bound to a root morpheme. For example: cran- (as in cranberry), -ed, -ing, -ly.
Word: growling Part of Speech: adj 1. Producing a growl. Labels: not-comparable Example: The growling dog frightened him.
Word: growling Part of Speech: noun 1. A sustained instance of growls or guttural noises. Example: The growling from her stomach told us she was hungry. 2. The technique of producing a low-pitched growling or rumbling sound on a wind instrument.
Word: growling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of growl Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: QPC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of quarter-pounder with cheese. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Those QPCs from the burger joint sure are yummy, but they pack pounds on you too!
Word: regressions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of regression Labels: form-of, plural
Word: regression Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin regressio. Equivalent to regress + -ion. The statistics sense comes from regression to the mean. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/, /ɹiːˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/, /ɹəˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/, /ɹəˈɡɹeʃ.ən/, /rɪˈɡre.ʃən/ 1. An action of regressing, a return to a previous state. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Few of these groups or communities that are classed as "savage" show no traces of regression from a more advanced cultural stage. 2. An action of travelling mentally back in time. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I have done past life regressions on my own through self-hypnosis techniques that I learned in Brian Weiss's book Many Lives, Many Masters as well as with past life regression tapes. 3. A psychotherapeutic method whereby healing is facilitated by inducing the patient to act out behaviour typical of an earlier developmental stage. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A social norm hypothesis [of crime] that focuses on the social meaning of order cannot be tested by a single time frame regression of neighborhood disorder and crime. That is simply asking too much of the data. Example: Supervised learning problems are categorized into "regression" and "classification" problems. In a regression problem, we are trying to predict results within a continuous output, meaning that we are trying to map input variables to some continuous function. 5. An equation using specified and associated data for two or more variables such that one variable can be estimated from the remaining variable(s). Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The reappearance of a bug in a piece of software that had previously been fixed. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The diminishing of a cellular mass like a tumor, or of an organ size. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. The making an exercise less straining to perform by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: drugging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdɹʌɡɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of drug Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: drugging Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɹʌɡɪŋ/ 1. The act of giving a dose of drugs (to a person or animal), especially illicitly and improperly. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: alleged druggings of horses Example: In a small handful of cases, courts have held that state horseracing authorities failed to establish that trainers were responsible for alleged druggings of horses while under their care[…] 2. The habit of using drugs; drug use. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: She finally quit all that drinking and drugging that was ruining her life.
Word: drugged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɹʌɡd/ 1. simple past and past participle of drug Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: drugged Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɹʌɡd/ 1. Containing one or more drugs; laced with drugs.
Word: beta blockers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beta blocker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hireling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hirlyng, from Old English hȳrling (“hireling, employee”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūʀijuling. Cognate with West Frisian hierling, Dutch huurling (“hireling, mercenary”), German Low German Hüürling, German Heuerling. By surface analysis, hire + -ling. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.ə.lɪŋ/, /ˈhaɪɹˌlɪŋ/ 1. An employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence. Labels: derogatory, usually Example: Is there not an appointed time to man vpon earth? are not his dayes alſo like the dayes of an hireling? Example: When my poor James was in the small-pox, did I allow any hireling to nurse him? 2. Someone who does a job purely for money, rather than out of interest in the work itself. Labels: derogatory, usually Example: […]it may bee truely affirmed, that no kinde of men loue buſineſſe for it ſelfe, but thoſe that are learned; for other perſons loue it for profite; as an hireling that loues the worke for the wages; Example: These vain bickerings / Are spawn'd in courts by base intrigues and baser / Hirelings, who live by lies on good men's lives. 3. A horse for hire. Example: In the afternoon they went to a neighbouring livery stables to look for hirellings. 4. A prostitute. Labels: obsolete
Word: downwind Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From down- + wind. Pronunciation: /ˌdaʊnˈwɪnd/ 1. in the same direction as the wind is blowing Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: ... the aftermath of the dust-storm came up and caught us both, and drove us downwind like pieces of paper. Example: The six birds on their downwind leg have already started to get their "gear down," meaning they have partially rotated their legs forward in a position that will be vertical by the moment of touch down. 2. positioned relative to something in such a way that it can be smelled in the wind Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: I don't want to live downwind from a pig farm. 3. in the direction opposite that of landing in a traffic pattern Labels: not-comparable, usually
Word: OLPC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of One laptop per child, a charity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Outer Loop Power Control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: interleave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English leave English interleave From inter- + leave. 1. To insert (pages, which are normally blank) between the pages of a book. Labels: transitive Example: 1754, Samuel Johnson, Letter to the Rev. Mr. Thomas Warton, 28 November, 1754, cited in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, edited by Augustine Birrell, New York: Dodge, 1896, Volume 1, p. 225, Let a Servitor transcribe the quotations, and interleave them with references to save time. This will shorten the work and lessen the fatigue. Example: 1794, Robert Burns, Letter to Mr. James Johnson, Dumfries, 1794, in J. Logie Robertson (ed.), The Letters of Robert Burns, Selected and Arranged, with an Introduction, London: Walter Scott, 1887, p. 305, In the meantime, at your leisure, give a copy of the Museum to my worthy friend, Mr. Peter Hill, bookseller, to bind for me, interleaved with blank leaves, exactly as he did the Laird of Glenriddel’s, that I may insert every anecdote I can learn, together with my own criticisms and remarks on the songs. 2. To intersperse (something) at regular intervals between the parts of a thing or between items in a group. Labels: transitive Example: I had the demon’s own time with my armor, and this delayed me a little. It is troublesome to get into, and there is so much detail. First you wrap a layer or two of blanket around your body, […] then you put on your sleeves and shirt of chain mail— […] then you put on your shoes—flat-boats roofed over with interleaving bands of steel—and screw your clumsy spurs into the heels. Example: Then the Tulsi Store became a place of deep romance and endless delights, transformed from the austere emporium it was on other days, dark and silent, its shelves crammed with bolts of cloth that gave off acrid and sometimes unpleasant smells, its tables jumbled with cheap scissors and knives and spoons, towers of dusty blue-rimmed enamel plates interleaved with ragged grey paper, and boxes of hairpins, needles, pins and thread. 3. To allocate (things such as successive segments of memory) to different tasks. Labels: transitive
Word: interleave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English leave English interleave From inter- + leave. 1. An interleaved or interspersed arrangement. Example: the interleave of sectors on a floppy disk
Word: cowpoke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cow + poke. 1. A cowhand (one who tends free-range cattle) Labels: US, slang 2. A 19th-century device used around the necks of cows and other livestock to prevent them from challenging fencing. The action of the device was to poke the cow when the device came into contact with the fence. Labels: US, dated
Word: cozenage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cozen Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English cozenage From cozen + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌzənɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The fact or practice of cozening; cheating, deception. Labels: uncountable Example: They ſay this tovvne is full of coſenage: / As nimble Iuglers that deceiue the eie: […] Example: I ask you, What is human life? Is it not a maimed happiness—care and weariness, weariness and care, with a baseless expectation, the strange cozenage of a brighter tomorrow? 2. An instance of cozening; a scam. Labels: countable Example: When I receive your Lines, my dear Princess, and find there Expressions of a Passion; though Reason and my own Immerit tell me, it must not be for me; yet is the Cozenage so pleasing to me, that I (brib'd by my own Desires) believe them still before the other.
Word: cozening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cozen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cozening Part of Speech: noun 1. fraud; deception; the acts of one who cozens Example: Her lily hand her rosy cheek lies under, / Cozening the pillow of a lawful kiss;
Word: well-spoken Part of Speech: adj 1. Eloquent and able with regards to speech. Example: You give the well-spoken young man the time. The well-spoken young man, keeping well up with you, resumes: "I am aware sir that it is a liberty to intrude a further question on a gentleman walking for his entertainment […] Example: To get a minimum-wage employee, the company settled for a woman barely out of high school who was not well-spoken, and while she didn't cost much, the problem was that she was the first impression callers had of this multimillion dollar company.
Word: crackerjack Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From crack (“highly skilled, excellent”) + -er + jack (“man”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹækɚd͡ʒæk/ 1. Exceptionally fine or excellent; top-notch; high quality. Example: Near-synonym: cracking 2. Expert, top-rated or high-performing. Example: Near-synonym: cracking
Word: crackerjack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crack (“highly skilled, excellent”) + -er + jack (“man”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹækɚd͡ʒæk/ 1. An exceptionally fine or excellent thing or person. 2. An expert or top-rated individual (e.g., a marksman).
Word: crackerjack Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the trademark Cracker Jack popcorn snack featuring a blue sailor-suited man on the box. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹækɚd͡ʒæk/ 1. Referring to clothing items (pants, jersey, collar) that constitute the traditional blue uniform of the enlisted men of the US Navy. Labels: US, not-comparable, slang
Word: crackerjack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the trademark Cracker Jack popcorn snack featuring a blue sailor-suited man on the box. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹækɚd͡ʒæk/ 1. The traditional blue uniforms of the enlisted men of the US Navy. Labels: US, countable, in-plural, slang, uncountable 2. A U.S. Navy sailor. Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable 3. Alternative form of cracker jack; popcorn candied in molasses-flavored caramel and peanuts. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: "Here, here's the popcorn man," Sid said as a vendor passed, pushing a cart. Sid bought a package of crackerjack and opened it while Mickey jumped up and down, unable to wait.
Word: well-meaning Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From well + meaning. 1. With good intentions, often used to reflect positively on a negative outcome or situation. Example: The professor is well-meaning enough, but he usually ruins things one way or another. Example: In the first scene, he bites the arm of a well-meaning counselor at the group home and dashes out of the building, all in a vain attempt to locate the father who abandoned him.
Word: eventuate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: American English, from Latin ēventu(s) (“an event, happening”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), perhaps modeled after actuate. Pronunciation: /ɪˈvɛntjuːeɪt/, /ɪˈvɛntʃuːeɪt/ 1. To have a given result; to turn out (well, badly etc.); to result in. Labels: intransitive Example: Is that to say we are against Free Trade? No, we are for Free Trade, because by Free Trade all economical laws, with their most astounding contradictions, will act upon a larger scale, upon the territory of the whole earth; and because from the uniting of all these contradictions in a single group, where they will stand face to face, will result the struggle which will itself eventuate in the empancipation of the proletariat. Example: Enoch Powell appeared to insult the memory of Dr. King by making a speech warning that “colored” immigration to Britain would eventuate in bloodshed. 2. To happen as a result; to come about. Labels: intransitive Example: Reconciliation cannot eventuate or materialise until the proper legal procedures have been followed, that is without interference from external forces.
Word: well-thought-of Part of Speech: adj 1. Highly esteemed; well regarded. Example: He is a well-thought-of and endearing old fellow.
Word: ravishingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ravishing Middle English -ly English -ly English ravishingly From ravishing + -ly. 1. In a ravishing or beautiful manner.
Word: ravening Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Present participle of the obsolete verb raven (“to prey”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹævənɪŋ/ 1. Voracious and greedy. Example: There is no shortage of ravening friends and relatives on the day one hits the lottery. Example: 1555, Richard Eden (translator), The Decades of the Newe Worlde or West India by Pietro Martire d’Anghiera, London: Edward Sutton, Decade 3, Book 5, p. 116, They eate mans fleshe but seldome, bycause they meete not oftentymes with strangiers, except they goo foorth of theyr owne dominions with a mayne army of purpose to hunt for men, when theyr rauenynge appetite pricketh them forwarde. 2. Subject to the voracity of a predator. Labels: archaic Example: To be the strongers rauening pray the weaker did begin, And might went for oppressed right […] Example: Away with him into the open fields, To be a rauening pray to Crowes and Kites:
Word: ravening Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Present participle of the obsolete verb raven (“to prey”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹævənɪŋ/ 1. Predation (by an animal); voracious eating or consumption. Labels: archaic, literary Example: Some rather deuoure than eate their meate non other wyse than suche as be ledde in to prison. This rauenyng and deuourynge is appropred to theues. Example: Consider whether the lusty person were in foretyme geuen to moche drynkyng, eatyng and rauenyng, tomoch ease, to no exercise or bathinges in his helth, or no. 2. Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion. Example: We must kyll diuelish pryde, furious angre, insatiable couetousnes, filthy lucre, stinking lechery, deadly hatred & malice, foxy wilines, woluish rauening & deuouring, and al other vnreasonable lustes and desires of the fleshe. Example: And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
Word: ert Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English erten, ertin, from Old Norse erta (“to provoke, incite, tease”), from Proto-Germanic *artijaną (“to excite, tease”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erd- (“sharp point, stinger”). Cognate with Icelandic erta (“to irritate”), Norwegian erta (“to taunt”), Swedish ärta (“to tease, jibe”), Old Irish aird (“point, ord, end point”), Ancient Greek ἄρδις (árdis, “arrowhead”). 1. To incite; urge on; encourage. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive 2. To irritate; provoke. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive 3. To be eager; hurry. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete 4. To make as if to strike; argue (with). Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive 5. To strive after; try to obtain. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive 6. To strive onward and upward. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete
Word: crash-land Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of crash land. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: crash land Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from crash landing. 1. To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency, either in an inappropriate place or under dangerous conditions; usually results in damage to the craft and the possibility of loss of life.
Word: crash-landing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of crash landing. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: crash landing Part of Speech: noun 1. The landing of an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency, either in an inappropriate place or under dangerous circumstances, usually with damage to the aircraft.
Word: crematoria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crematorium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crewelwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crewel + -work. 1. embroidery made using a crewel Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: crinoline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French crinoline. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪnəlɪn/ 1. A stiff fabric made from cotton and horsehair. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A stiff petticoat made from this fabric. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: These standards have not just been oppressive but deadly. In the nineteenth century, stiff crinoline petticoats puffed out skirts so far that the cheap materials often brushed against open flames and caught fire. This arbitrary convention of dress caused three thousand women to be burned alive. 3. A skirt stiffened with hoops. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The various articles of a lady's apparel—dresses, skirts, crinolines, etc.—should be hung neatly away in the closet or wardrobe. The underclothing should be folded and placed in an orderly manner in the drawers of the dressing-bureau. 4. Any of the hoops making up the framework used to support cladding over a boiler. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Netting placed around ships to guard against torpedoes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crossfire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cross- Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire English crossfire From cross- + fire. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɒsfaɪə/, /ˈkɹɔːsfaɪɹ/ 1. An arrangement of two or more weapons so each can fire diagonally at something in front of a line between them. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The danger to a third party passing between two belligerents firing at one another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The two factions were either side of the road. A civilian lorry was caught in the crossfire and became collateral damage 3. The danger to a third party passing between a gunman and his target. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A woman who was caught in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting in north London on Tuesday evening was not the intended target, police have said. 4. A heated confrontation between opposing factions. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable
Word: nim Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”), from Proto-West Germanic *neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take one's due”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian nieme (“to take”), West Frisian nimme (“to take”), Dutch nemen (“to take”), Low German nehmen (“to take”), German nehmen (“to take”), Danish nemme (“to learn, grasp”). Related to numb and nimble. Pronunciation: /nɪm/ 1. To take or seize. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Ich cham a Cornysche man, al[e] che can brew; […] Nym me a quart of ale, that iche may it of sup. Example: Then Alfyne to the court Of Syleuma doth come, And Pandauola in her armes Her Alfyne hath up num And kisseth him full ofte […] 2. To filch, steal, pilfer. Labels: archaic, slang, transitive Example: They'll question Mars, and, by his look, Detect who 'twas that nimm'd a cloak; Example: Nimming and niftering whativver he can try his fists on. 3. To walk with short, quick strides; trip along. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive Example: The old lady does nim along. Example: Ah had set myself doon where the aums meet aboon, When Jinny jamp oop, and ganned nimming alang
Word: nim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”), from Proto-West Germanic *neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take one's due”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian nieme (“to take”), West Frisian nimme (“to take”), Dutch nemen (“to take”), Low German nehmen (“to take”), German nehmen (“to take”), Danish nemme (“to learn, grasp”). Related to numb and nimble. Pronunciation: /nɪm/ 1. A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps. Labels: uncountable
Word: nim Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of neem (“Indian tree”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: balrogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of balrog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crosscurrent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross- + current. 1. A turbulent stretch of water caused by multiple currents. 2. A current in a body of water running counter to the main current or direction of travel. 3. A situation in which there are conflicting opinions. Labels: broadly
Word: crosstown Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cross- + town. 1. Extending across a city or town. Labels: US, not-comparable 2. Connecting different areas of a city or town without passing through downtown. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1968 Simon and Garfunkel - "At the Zoo" on "Bookends" But you can take the crosstown bus / If it's raining or it's cold, / And the animals will love it / If you do. 3. Situated at the other end of town. Labels: not-comparable Example: The football team beat our crosstown rivals last night.
Word: crosstown Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From cross- + town. 1. To the other side of a city or town. Labels: not-comparable Example: In 1979, what was to become PBG started as a rap group for Blacks that met regularly at the Gay Community Center, then housed in a modest building just off the artsy-craftsy South Street. […] The white man who ran the center gave the Black group increasingly smaller rooms in which to meet. […] When they gave the group a broom closet, the Blacks moved crosstown to the Friends Center; and PBG, Inc. was born.
Word: crosswind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross- + wind. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɑːs.wɪnd/ 1. A wind blowing across a line of travel, especially perpendicularly. Example: Correlation of the DFDR and CVR recordings disclosed that the flightcrew had set the flaps and stabilizer trim at 10° and about 5° aircraft noseup, respectively, for takeoff. A rolling takeoff was made, takeoff thrust was stabilized at 80 KIAS, and left rudder and right aileron were used to compensate for the right crosswind. The V₁ and V_R callouts were made about 2 sec after these speeds were recorded by the DFDR. Example: As part of its application, Macy's submitted "balloon control plans" describing how handlers, under the direction of a "pilot," were to navigate through intersections, where crosswinds can destabilize the balloons.
Word: crudites Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French crudités. 1. Alternative spelling of crudités. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: crudites Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of crudite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cryosurgery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κρῠ́ος (krŭ́os)lbor. English cryo- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-ōr Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhər Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír) Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Hellenic *wérgon Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon) Ancient Greek -ουργός (-ourgós) Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek χειρουργέω (kheirourgéō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek χειρουργίᾱ̆ (kheirourgíā̆)bor. Latin chīrūrgiader. Old French surgie Old French surgeriebor. Middle English surgerie English surgery English cryosurgery From cryo- + surgery. 1. The use of a probe containing liquid nitrogen to freeze and thus destroy tissue. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: culottes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French culottes f pl. Pronunciation: /kjuːˈlɒts/, /ˈkuːlɑts/ 1. A type of loose shorts which look like a skirt; a divided skirt. Labels: plural, plural-normally
Word: east-northeast Part of Speech: noun 1. The compass point halfway between northeast and east; specifically at a bearing of 67.5°. Labels: uncountable
Word: east-northeast Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, in or pertaining to the east-northeast; east-northeastern. Labels: not-comparable 2. Situated toward or in the direction of the east-northeast; east-northeastward; east-northeasterly. Labels: not-comparable Example: An east-northeast course. 3. Coming from the east-northeast; east-northeasterly. Labels: not-comparable Example: An east-northeast wind.
Word: east-northeast Part of Speech: adv 1. Towards or in the direction of the east-northeast; east-northeastwards. Labels: not-comparable Example: We are travelling east-northeast at the moment.
Word: east-southeast Part of Speech: noun 1. The compass point halfway between east and southeast; specifically at a bearing of 112.5°. Labels: uncountable
Word: east-southeast Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, in or pertaining to the east-southeast; east-southeastern. Labels: not-comparable 2. Situated toward or in the direction of the east-southeast; east-southeastward; east-southeasterly. Labels: not-comparable Example: An east-southeast course. 3. Coming from the east-southeast; east-southeasterly. Labels: not-comparable Example: An east-southeast wind.
Word: east-southeast Part of Speech: adv 1. Towards or in the direction of the east-southeast; east-southeastwards. Labels: not-comparable Example: We are travelling east-southeast at the moment.
Word: south-southeast Part of Speech: noun 1. The compass point halfway between southeast and south; specifically at a bearing of 157.5°. Labels: uncountable
Word: south-southeast Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, in or pertaining to the south-southeast; south-southeastern. Labels: not-comparable 2. Situated toward or in the direction of the south-southeast; south-southeastward; south-southeasterly. Labels: not-comparable Example: A south-southeast course. 3. Coming from the south-southeast; south-southeasterly. Labels: not-comparable Example: A south-southeast wind.
Word: south-southeast Part of Speech: adv 1. Towards or in the direction of the south-southeast; south-southeastwards. Labels: not-comparable Example: We are travelling south-southeast at the moment.
Word: south-southwest Part of Speech: noun 1. The compass point halfway between south and southwest; specifically at a bearing of 202.5°. Labels: uncountable
Word: south-southwest Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, in or pertaining to the south-southwest; south-southwestern. Labels: not-comparable 2. Situated toward or in the direction of the south-southwest; south-southwestward; south-southwesterly. Labels: not-comparable Example: A south-southwest course. 3. Coming from the south-southwest; south-southwesterly. Labels: not-comparable Example: A south-southwest wind.
Word: south-southwest Part of Speech: adv 1. Towards or in the direction of the south-southwest; south-southwestwards. Labels: not-comparable Example: We are travelling south-southwest at the moment.
Word: west-southwest Part of Speech: noun 1. The compass point halfway between southwest and west; specifically at a bearing of 247.5°. Labels: uncountable
Word: west-southwest Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, in or pertaining to the west-southwest; west-southwestern. Labels: not-comparable 2. Situated toward or in the direction of the west-southwest; west-southwestward; west-southwesterly. Labels: not-comparable Example: A west-southwest course. 3. Coming from the west-southwest; west-southwesterly. Labels: not-comparable Example: A west-southwest wind.
Word: west-southwest Part of Speech: adv 1. Towards or in the direction of the west-southwest; west-southwestwards. Labels: not-comparable Example: We are travelling west-southwest at the moment.
Word: west-northwest Part of Speech: noun 1. The compass point halfway between west and northwest; specifically at a bearing of 292.5°. Labels: uncountable
Word: west-northwest Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, in or pertaining to the west-northwest; west-northwestern. Labels: not-comparable 2. Situated toward or in the direction of the west-northwest; west-northwestward; west-northwesterly. Labels: not-comparable Example: A west-northwest course. 3. Coming from the west-northwest; west-northwesterly. Labels: not-comparable Example: A west-northwest wind.
Word: west-northwest Part of Speech: adv 1. Towards or in the direction of the west-northwest; west-northwestwards. Labels: not-comparable Example: We are travelling west-northwest at the moment.
Word: sou'-sou'-east Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of south-southeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: sou'-sou'-east Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of south-southeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: sou'-sou'-east Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of south-southeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: sou'-sou'-west Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of south-southwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: sou'-sou'-west Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of south-southwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: sou'-sou'-west Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of south-southwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: nor'-nor'-east Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of north-northeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: nor'-nor'-east Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of north-northeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: nor'-nor'-east Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of north-northeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: nor'-nor'-west Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of north-northwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: nor'-nor'-west Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of north-northwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: nor'-nor'-west Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of north-northwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: sou'-east Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of southeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sou'-east Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of southeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, usually
Word: sou'-east Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of southeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, usually
Word: nor'-west Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of northwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nor'-west Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of northwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, usually
Word: nor'-west Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of northwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, usually
Word: nor'-east Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of northeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nor'-east Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of northeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, usually
Word: nor'-east Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of northeast. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, usually
Word: sou'-west Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of southwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sou'-west Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of southwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, usually
Word: sou'-west Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of southwest. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, usually
Word: alla marcia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian alla marcia. 1. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in the style of a march, usually with a 2/4 or 4/4 beat with an accent on the downbeat Labels: uncountable 2. A passage having this mark Labels: uncountable
Word: alla marcia Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian alla marcia. 1. played in the style of a march
Word: alla marcia Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian alla marcia. 1. describing a passage having this mark