nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: lineout Part of Speech: noun 1. A set piece where the hooker throws the ball into play between a row of players from each team. Example: Turner looked assured, picking out his men at the lineouts, while Redpath was seeing plenty of the ball and also looked the part as the Scots probed for opening. 2. The lineup of players in a lineout (sense 1). 3. An out produced by catching a line drive.
Word: busta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Non-rhotic pronunciation of buster. 1. Pronunciation spelling of buster. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: fly-half Part of Speech: noun 1. A rugby player who is normally the first receiver of the ball from the scrum half after a scrum; a half-back. Example: Fly-half Holly Aitchison has had a mixed tournament with the boot up until this match, with Mitchell saying in the week he had no concerns over her kicking and being proved correct in Bordeaux.
Word: knock-on Part of Speech: noun 1. A foul in which a player knocks the ball forward, often unintentionally. Example: It took until the 33rd minute for England to get on the scoreboard, Wilkinson finally finding his range from out left, but a knock-on from James Haskell from the re-start put his team straight back under pressure. 2. Resulting as an indirect effect. Labels: UK
Word: pacifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pacify Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English pacifier From pacify + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈpæsɪfaɪə/, /ˈpæsɪfaɪɚ/ 1. Someone or something that pacifies. Example: Many people have failed to see the political significance of the women's music movement, for they categorize all of music as part of the cultural periphery that distracts people from real social injustices. However, far from being a pacifier, women's music has presented an experience which contrasts with the social inequities of our culture's traditionally male-dominated music. 2. A rubber or plastic device imitating a nipple that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby. Labels: Canada, US
Word: rayon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Name chosen by the National Retail Dry Goods Association of America, probably from French rayon (“a beam of light, ray”) and so called because it is shiny; however, the Oxford English Dictionary states that it is apparently a blend of ray + cotton. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪɒn/ 1. A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rayon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French rayon [1539], from Old French rai (whence English ray), from Latin rādius (whence English radius). Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪɒn/, /reɪˈjɔ̃/, /rɛˈjɔ̃/ 1. A ray or beam of light. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Nor brick, nor marble was the wall in view, But ſhining Chriſtall, which from top to baſe Out of her womb a thouſand rayons threw, […] Example: The rayons of the Sunne we see, Diminish in their strength. 2. A circular area whose extent is measured by the length of the radius of the circle which bounds it. Example: Within a rayon of a certain number of miles. Example: I found myself within his rayon at Newcastle, which is one of his bases of supply.
Word: rayon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. Alternative spelling of raion. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rosser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rozzer (“police officer”). Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, slang
Word: trainers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪnə(ɹ)z/ 1. plural of trainer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chthonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn, “ground, soil”) + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈkθɒnɪk/, /ˈθɒnɪk/, /ˈθɑnɪk/ 1. Dwelling within the underworld. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: The young pantheon had remanded their elders to the role of smouldering, chthonic gods; to inhabiting dark, deep places, hidden from mortal eyes and influence. Example: In this ceremony the Olympian Gods are placed in opposition to the Chthonic genii, the divinities of death and the dark side of nature, in which class the heroes are also reckoned; but Zeus Soter is conceived as a third and lord over both worlds.
Word: muid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French muid, from Latin modius. Doublet of modius and mud. 1. An old French liquid measure of approximately 274.2 litres.
Word: effulgent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin effulgēns (“flashing, glittering”), present participle of effulgeō (“to shine or gleam forth, flash, glitter”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘out; away’)) + fulgeō (“to flash, gleam, glisten, glitter, shine”) (from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny; white”)). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin fulg(ere) + -ent. Pronunciation: /ɪˈfʌldʒ(ə)nt/, /ɛ-/, /ɪˈfʌld͡ʒənt/ 1. Radiant, resplendent, shining. Labels: also, figuratively, literary Example: Thus all day long the full-diſtended clouds / Indulge their genial ſtores, and well-ſhower'd earth / Is deep enrich'd with vegetable life; / Till, in the weſtern ſky, the downward ſun / Looks out, effulgent, from amid the fluſh / Of broken clouds, gay-ſhifting to his beam. Example: That effulgent power, which governs our intellects, is the primitive element of water, the luſtre of gems and other glittering ſubſtances, the favour of trees and herbs, the thinking ſoul of living beings; [...] The ſupreme Brahme, ſo manifeſted, illumines the ſeven worlds; may he unite my ſoul to his own radiance (that is, to his own ſoul, which reſides effulgent in the ſeventh world, or manſion of truth).
Word: conjunctive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin coniunctivus (“serving to connect”), from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere; compare conjoin. From late 15th c; grammatical sense from 1660s. Pronunciation: /kənˈdʒʌŋktɪv/ 1. Connective: tending to join, unite, connect. Labels: not-comparable 2. Connected: being joined, united, connected. Labels: not-comparable 3. Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude). Labels: not-comparable 4. Relating to a conjunction (part of speech). Labels: not-comparable 5. Relating to the conjunctive mood. Labels: not-comparable 6. Of a personal pronoun, used only in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject, such as French je or Irish sé Labels: not-comparable 7. Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact. Labels: not-comparable 8. Of or relating to logical conjunction. Labels: not-comparable 9. Closely united. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: She is so conjunctive to my life and soul / That, as the star moves not but in his sphere, / I could not but by her.
Word: conjunctive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin coniunctivus (“serving to connect”), from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere; compare conjoin. From late 15th c; grammatical sense from 1660s. Pronunciation: /kənˈdʒʌŋktɪv/ 1. A conjunction. 2. The subjunctive. 3. A conjunction.
Word: disjunctive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English disjunctief, disjunctyf, from Middle French disjunctif and Latin disjunctīvus (“placed in opposition”). Pronunciation: /dɪsˈdʒʌŋktɪv/, /dɪsˈdʒʊŋktɪv/, /dɪsˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/ 1. Not connected; separated. Example: That broken comb exemplifies the apparently inexhaustible strength of the novel's flotsam, its disjunctive detail which makes nevertheless for tonal coherence. 2. Not used in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject. 3. Tending to join (two clauses), but in a way that conveys a disjunct within the conjoined relationship. Example: The words "but" and "or" are disjunctive conjunctions. 4. Tending to disjoin; separating. 5. Relating to disjunct tetrachords. Example: […] that the phrase should be articulated in one breath; failing this, Quantz recommends that breath should be taken wherever possible on tied notes, between disjunctive notes of continuous semiquavers or at other equivalent moments. 6. Of or related to a disjunction. Example: An opposition of contrariety is not of purely logical concernment; and a disjunctive syllogism with characters opposed in contrariety, in fact, consists of as many pure disjunctive syllogisms as there are opposing predicates.
Word: disjunctive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English disjunctief, disjunctyf, from Middle French disjunctif and Latin disjunctīvus (“placed in opposition”). Pronunciation: /dɪsˈdʒʌŋktɪv/, /dɪsˈdʒʊŋktɪv/, /dɪsˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/ 1. A disjunction. Example: L. H. Atwater Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals. 2. A disjunct.
Word: engaged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒd/, /ɛnˈɡeɪd͡ʒd/ 1. simple past and past participle of engage Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: engaged Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒd/, /ɛnˈɡeɪd͡ʒd/ 1. Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other. Labels: not-comparable 2. Busy or employed. Labels: not-comparable Example: Dig if you will the picture / Of you and I engaged in a kiss / The sweat of your body covers me / Can you my darling / Can you picture this? 3. Greatly interested. Labels: not-comparable 4. (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls. Labels: UK, not-comparable Example: I tried calling, but she (or her phone) was engaged. 5. attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway Labels: not-comparable 6. in contact and in operation Labels: not-comparable 7. being attacked or attacking Labels: not-comparable 8. Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet. Labels: not-comparable 9. Synonym of engagé (“passionately committed to a cause”). Labels: not-comparable Example: Black and white women writers assumed their mantle as engaged writers, as cultural and political critics.
Word: bitter end Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The figurative usage is influenced by bitter (“unpleasant, arduous”). Indeed, the phrase has been reinterpreted by most today as bitter + end—compare bitter cold. 1. That part of an anchor cable which is abaft the bitts and thus remains inboard when a ship is riding at anchor. Example: pay out a rope to the bitter end (pay out all of the rope) 2. The final six fathoms (11 m) of anchor chain before the point of attachment in the chain locker of modern US naval vessels. 3. The end of a long and difficult process. Labels: idiomatic
Word: bitts Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, probably of Low German or North Germanic origin, and the English form a corruption or contraction, from Old Norse biti, probably ultimately from a variant of Proto-Germanic *bitiz. Compare Swedish beting and Danish beding. 1. A frame composed of two strong oak timbers (bitt-heads) fixed vertically in the fore part of a ship, bolted to the deck beams to which are secured the cables when the ship rides to anchor Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: necrology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From necro- + -logy. Pronunciation: /nɛˈkɹɒlədʒi/ 1. A church register containing the names of those connected with the church who have died. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A listing of people who have died during a specific period of time. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Voltaire and Rousseau died in 1778, d'Alembert in 1783, and Diderot in 1784, while leading salonnières Mesdames du Deffand and d'Épinay passed away in 1780 and 1783. Beneath this sombre necrology, important shifts were occurring in the workings of the public sphere and in the sites in which opinion was constructed. Example: 2006 Marc Fisher; We Loved That Airline To Death; Washington Post The fare structure is one reason Independence Air has joined a necrology of low-cost carriers that stretches over four decades. 3. A notice of death. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hershel Weinshenk-Tausik in Prague, who 1655 wrote a necrology on the chazzan Lippman Popper 4. The study of death or the dead. Labels: uncountable
Word: funerary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin fūnerārius, from Latin funus. Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːn(ə)ɹəɹi/, /ˈfjunəˌɹɛɹi/ 1. Of or relating to a funeral. Example: The team says it has uncovered Bronze Age burnt mounds which heated water from the River Cole, Iron Age houses and funerary remains, plus evidence of Roman salt processing.
Word: crapulence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crapulent + -ence, from Latin crapula (“excessive drinking, intoxication”). 1. Sickness or indisposition caused by excessive eating or drinking. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Intemperance; debauchery; excessive indulgence. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crapula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin crāpula (“intoxication”), from Ancient Greek κραιπάλη (kraipálē, “intoxication, hangover”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹapjʊlə/ 1. Sickness or indisposition caused by excessive eating or drinking. Labels: countable, literary, obsolete, uncountable Example: If it be not of long standing, and the griping be tolerable; if the effect of crapulas; if habitual, and the patient feeds well, and suffers no considerable loss of strength; or if it be critica, and proceed from an obstructed perspiration, 'tis seldom dangerous […] Example: Perhaps the tonic medicines which have been mentioned, render the bowels a more quiet and comfortable asylum for them, and thereby provide the system with the means of obviating the effects of crapulas, to which all children are disposed.
Word: crapulent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin crāpulentus (“very intoxicated”), from crāpula (“excessive drinking”). 1. Exhibiting or relating to crapulence.
Word: crapulentall Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to crapulence. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: impunity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French impunité, from Latin impunitas, from impunis (“without punishment”). Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpjuːnɪti/ 1. Exemption from punishment. Labels: countable 2. Freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc. Labels: uncountable Example: Maternus, a private ſoldier, of a daring boldneſs above his ſtation,[…] plundered with impunity the rich and defenceleſs cities of Gaul and Spain. Example: I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser.
Word: black jack Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of certain species of Caranx of gamefish, including C. latus and C. crysos, but especially Caranx lugubris. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Certain beggarticks (Bidens spp.), especially Bidens pilosa. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Larva of a turnip sawfly (Athalia rosae) Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: There is a sort of black caterpillar called a black jack, which is seldom seen; but when they do come, they make terrible havock. 4. Sphalerite. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A tufted or ring-necked scaup duck (Aythya collaris). Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Alternative form of blackjack. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable 7. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, jack. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: brahmin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French bramine, from obsolete Portuguese bramine, from Sanskrit ब्राह्मण (brā́hmaṇa); modern French brahmane, Portuguese brâmane are readjusted after Sanskrit. Doublet of Brahmana. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɑːmɪn/ 1. A member of the Hindu priestly caste, one of the four varnas or social groups based on occupation in ancient Hindu society. 2. One who has realized or attempts to realize Brahman, i.e. God or supreme knowledge. 3. A scholar, teacher, priest, intellectual, researcher, scientist, knowledge-seeker, or knowledge worker. 4. A member of a social and cultural elite, especially in the New England region of the USA. Labels: New-England, US, capitalized, especially Example: Branching from the root of it all was New England Society. The original Nelson [W. Aldrich] became remembered as a patrician, a Brahmin. Example: In Iran-Contra, the independent counsel investigating the scandal, Lawrence Walsh, was a deadly serious Brahmin lawyer with a sterling Republican pedigree; he nevertheless faced withering criticism from members of his own party, just as special counsel Robert Mueller has as he investigates Trump and his circle. 5. A learned person of refined taste and mild manners.
Word: brahmin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French bramine, from obsolete Portuguese bramine, from Sanskrit ब्राह्मण (brā́hmaṇa); modern French brahmane, Portuguese brâmane are readjusted after Sanskrit. Doublet of Brahmana. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɑːmɪn/ 1. Scholarly. Labels: not-comparable
Word: graduated Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a university degree; having completed training. Labels: not-comparable 2. Marked with graduations. Labels: not-comparable 3. Arranged by grade, level, or degree. Labels: not-comparable Example: The graduated slope of the Upper Test Valley on the east, and its more abrupt embankment on the west, under which the present stream tends to cling, point clearly to river action. 4. Increasing in rate with the taxable base. Labels: not-comparable 5. Of a tail, having successively longer feathers towards the middle. Labels: not-comparable 6. In steps. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: graduated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of graduate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: transformers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of transformer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: menopause Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s Proto-Hellenic *méns Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn) French méno- Ancient Greek παύω (paúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis)der. Latin pausabor. French -pause French ménopause English menopause From French ménopause, from Latin menopausis, from Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn, “month”) + παῦσις (paûsis, “pause”). Equivalent to meno- + -pause. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛnəpɔːz/, /ˈmɛnoʊpɔːz/ 1. The period in a woman's life when menstruation becomes irregular and less frequent before eventually stopping altogether, usually accompanied by a range of unpleasant symptoms; the period spanning perimenopause up to postmenopause. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The encounter soured Thomas's relationship with Jessa, who had founded the mobile payments company, with the chief executive eventually attributing the 51-year-old's behavior to the menopause, an employment tribunal was told. Example: The council is proposing to include guidance to magistrates and judges to consider the impact of the menopause on the behaviour of women typically aged between 45 and 55.[…]Earlier this year an employment tribunal took account of a woman’s menopause symptoms in her claim of discrimination by her employers. Maria Rooney, 52, claimed her anxiety and depression from the menopause meant she took extended periods of sick leave leading to her resignation. 2. The final menstrual period of a woman after which ovulation no longer occurs. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: menopause Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s Proto-Hellenic *méns Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn) French méno- Ancient Greek παύω (paúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis)der. Latin pausabor. French -pause French ménopause English menopause From French ménopause, from Latin menopausis, from Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn, “month”) + παῦσις (paûsis, “pause”). Equivalent to meno- + -pause. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛnəpɔːz/, /ˈmɛnoʊpɔːz/ 1. To undergo menopause. Labels: intransitive, rare
Word: Misesian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree German (von) Mises Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Misesian From German (von) Mises + English -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌmiˈzɛs.i.ən/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or advocating the praxeological or economic theories of Ludwig von Mises. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Misesian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree German (von) Mises Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Misesian From German (von) Mises + English -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌmiˈzɛs.i.ən/ 1. A proponent of the praxeological or economic theories of Ludwig von Mises.
Word: neta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi नेता (netā, “leader”). 1. A politician. Labels: Hinglish
Word: neta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese ネタ (neta). 1. The ingredient that tops the mound of rice on a piece of nigiri sushi.
Word: campout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from camp out. Pronunciation: /ˈkæmp(ˌ)aʊt/ 1. A gathering or event at which people sleep outdoors or camp. Example: The Degree of Three Years' Service may be conferred on any one who has been a member of a Woodcraft Tribe for three years, never missing a tribal campout in that time, attending half of the tribal meetings at other times, and having a clear record for law and order. Example: Circle the words that would be good to use in a story titled "The Scariest Campout Ever!"
Word: schizocoelous Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to schizocoely Labels: not-comparable
Word: yolk plug Part of Speech: noun 1. The large edible endothermal cells surrounded by the blastopore of an amphibian gastrula during its later stages
Word: incomplete flower Part of Speech: noun 1. A flower lacking sepals, petals, stamens, or carpels.
Word: dead end Part of Speech: noun 1. A street or path or tunnel that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end. Labels: idiomatic Example: That road comes to a dead end at the lake. 2. The inner end of a drift or tunnel. Example: The ventilation of dead ends — always a serious problem — has in some mines been an absolute necessity. At the Oriental Consols Gold Mine a crosscut at a depth of 2,600 ft. has been continued to over 1,400 ft. from the shaft, and at the No. 2 South Great Eastern Gold Mine crosscutting and driving has been carried on at depths of 1,750 ft. and 2,000 ft. In order to ventilate these dead ends blowers have been used to force air into the faces through lines of pipes. 3. A position that offers no hope of change or progress. Labels: figuratively Example: Her father suggested that she decline the job because it was a dead end. 4. A split end in the hair. Example: Cut the ends of the hair once a month certain — no matter if you do cut but just the tips of a fourth of an inch, cut it. Cut off the dead ends every month as regularly as the new moon comes round.
Word: have a cow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown. Popularized by the TV show The Simpsons where it was one of the catchphrases of Bart Simpson. 1. To get angry; have a fit. Labels: colloquial Example: My mom had a cow when I came in late. Example: Dad says I'm too young to go steady and seems to think I'm going to drag a girl up the aisle instead of to a school dance. He won't let me watch rock 'n' roll shows, and he'd "have a cow" if he knew I watched 77 Sunset Strip. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, a, cow.
Word: dieses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diesis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: act up Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ækt ˈʌp/, [ækˈtɐʔp], [ækˈtʌp̚], /ækt ˈap/, [ækˈtäp] 1. To misbehave; to cause trouble. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: My allergies act up during hay fever season. Example: Children may act up in class in an effort to get attention. 2. To perform the duties of an appointment senior to that actually held; to deputise for a superior. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Acting up is always recommended when you find yourself under a new boss. Example: A few months through my contract, my clinical supervisor said that a registrar was leaving the post early for a research job, and asked if I’d be interested in acting up on the rota.
Word: chode Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Formed in 16th–17th century by analogy with other strong verbs. Pronunciation: /tʃəʊd/, /tʃoʊd/ 1. simple past of chide Labels: archaic, form-of, past Example: And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? Example: And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
Word: chode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See choda. Pronunciation: /tʃəʊd/, /tʃoʊd/ 1. Alternative spelling of choad. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: misbehave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English misbehaven, equivalent to mis- + behave. 1. To act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner. Labels: intransitive, reflexive Example: He doesn't mean to misbehave; he just doesn't know better.
Word: dort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dort (found in compound cankerdort), of unknown origin. 1. A sulky or sullen mood; the sulks. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
Word: dort Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dort (found in compound cankerdort), of unknown origin. 1. To become pettish; sulk. Labels: intransitive
Word: wo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Variant of who. 1. A falconer's call to a hawk. 2. A call to cause a horse to slow down or stop; whoa.
Word: wo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of woe. 1. Obsolete spelling of woe. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Such feeble arms, to work internal wo! Example: They dance around them by night, and wo to the belated peasant who, passing by, is forced to join in their roundel; he usually dies of exhaustion.
Word: wo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wough, woh, wouh, from Old English wāh, wāg (“a wall, partition”), from Proto-West Germanic *waig, from Proto-Germanic *waigaz (“wall”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to bend, twist”). Cognate with Scots wauch, vauch. Pronunciation: /wo/, /wɔː/ 1. A wall. Labels: Derbyshire, Northern-England, dialectal Example: He stands ahint our wo. Example: Yo may turn up yor noses at me an' th' owd dame, An thrutch us like dogs agen th' wo : Bo as lung 's aw con nayger, aw'll ne'er be a beggar, So aw care no a cuss for yo o-o'.
Word: wo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wough, woh, wouh, from Old English wāh, wāg (“a wall, partition”), from Proto-West Germanic *waig, from Proto-Germanic *waigaz (“wall”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to bend, twist”). Cognate with Scots wauch, vauch. Pronunciation: /wo/, /wɔː/ 1. To wall (to build a wall, or build a wall around). Labels: Northern-England, dialectal, obsolete, possibly Example: […] “Theer was anudder time, teu, 'at I saw t Park Boggle, in anudder form; bit I wassent seah nart that time, as I was when I'd been fetchen t hogs. I'd been wo-en a gap 'at hed fawn ower o' tudder side o' to Park; […] Example: It's a varra lang while—a caant tell ya hoo lang—sen it wes bilt, lang afooar Borradal fooak woet kucku in, er t' first cooach ran throo Dent, […]
Word: water down Part of Speech: verb 1. To dilute with water; to add water to. Example: You need to water down the lemonade a bit more to make it less sweet, dear. 2. To make weaker, less effective. Labels: idiomatic Example: "Scaling back its ambition further, at this stage, will just mean the economic and social benefit of HS2 for communities across the UK is further watered down. Our national infrastructure should not become a political football." Example: For example, Tory ministers are looking to water down key climate policies such as the ban on petrol and diesel cars by 2030, phasing out gas boilers by 2035, and low traffic neighbourhoods. 3. To simplify or oversimplify; to make easier; to make less difficult. Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonym: dumb down Example: If you plan to teach this material to children, you may need to water it down. 4. To make less restrictive; to make more lenient. Labels: idiomatic
Word: dilute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin dīlūtus, from dīluere (“to wash away, dissolve, cause to melt, dilute”), from dī-, dis- (“away, apart”) + luere (“to wash”). See lave, and compare deluge. Pronunciation: /daɪˈljuːt/, /daɪˈlut/, /dɪˈlut/, /dɑeˈlʉt/, [dɑe̯ˈlʉt] 1. To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water. Labels: transitive Example: Mix their watery store / With the chyle's current, and dilute it more. 2. To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance. Labels: transitive Example: For if these Colours be diluted and weakened by the Mixture of any adventitious light, the distance between the places of the Paper will not be so great. Example: “Stay a little.” “Not another second: language and discussion dilute thought; I will say no more.” 3. To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares. Labels: transitive 4. To become attenuated, thin, or weak. Labels: intransitive Example: It dilutes easily.
Word: dilute Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin dīlūtus, from dīluere (“to wash away, dissolve, cause to melt, dilute”), from dī-, dis- (“away, apart”) + luere (“to wash”). See lave, and compare deluge. Pronunciation: /daɪˈljuːt/, /daɪˈlut/, /dɪˈlut/, /dɑeˈlʉt/, [dɑe̯ˈlʉt] 1. Having a low concentration. Example: Clean the panel with a dilute, neutral cleaner. 2. Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted. 3. Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual. Example: a dilute calico Example: a cat with a dilute tortoiseshell coat
Word: dilute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dīlūtus, from dīluere (“to wash away, dissolve, cause to melt, dilute”), from dī-, dis- (“away, apart”) + luere (“to wash”). See lave, and compare deluge. Pronunciation: /daɪˈljuːt/, /daɪˈlut/, /dɪˈlut/, /dɑeˈlʉt/, [dɑe̯ˈlʉt] 1. An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual. Example: On average, blues and other dilutes have weaker coats and skin problems seem more prevalent in the dilutes.
Word: solvent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French solvent, from Latin solventem, accusative singular of solvens, present participle of solvō. By surface analysis, solv(e) + -ent. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒlvənt/, /ˈsɔlvənt/, /ˈsɑlvənt/ 1. A fluid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution. Example: Holonym: solution Example: Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer. 2. That which resolves. Example: It explains. And explanation is the true solvent of mystery.
Word: solvent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French solvent, from Latin solventem, accusative singular of solvens, present participle of solvō. By surface analysis, solv(e) + -ent. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒlvənt/, /ˈsɔlvənt/, /ˈsɑlvənt/ 1. Able to pay all debts as they become due, and having no more liabilities than assets. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: above water, in the black 2. Having the power of dissolving; causing solution. Labels: not-comparable Example: Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident.
Word: watered-down Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Adjectivized past participle of water down. 1. Containing extra water. Example: Nobody likes watered-down scotch. 2. Weakened or simplified. Labels: colloquial, figuratively Example: They teach a watered-down calculus class for non-majors.
Word: software engineering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1965 in service listings (in “systems software engineering”), partly popularized by American computer scientists Anthony Oettinger and Margaret Hamilton later in the decade. In a 1966 letter to the members of the Association for Computing Machinery, listed by the Oxford English Dictionary as the term’s first attestation, Oettinger wrote, “We must recognize ourselves […] as members of an engineering profession, be it hardware engineering or software engineering […]”. 1. The subfield of engineering concerned with applying a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. Labels: uncountable
Word: lang Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlæŋ/, /ˈleɪ̯ŋ/, /ˈlɛ̃ŋ/ 1. Abbreviation of language Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: lang Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Northern Middle English lang (“long”) (southern long). Pronunciation: /ˈlæŋ/, /ˈleɪ̯ŋ/, /ˈlɛ̃ŋ/ 1. long Labels: obsolete, outside-Northumbria
Word: mechanical engineering Part of Speech: noun 1. The subfield of engineering concerned with designing and building machines and mechanical systems. Labels: uncountable
Word: chthonophagia Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌθɑn.oʊˈfeɪ.d͡ʒi.ə/ 1. A disease characterized by the impulsive consumption of dirt, observed in some parts of the southern United States as well as the West Indies. Labels: uncountable
Word: schwer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From schwa + -er. Pronunciation: /ʃwə(ɹ)/, /ʃwɜː(ɹ)/ 1. Alternative spelling of schwar. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: ASME Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of American Society of Magazine Editors. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: collective noun Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kəˌlɛk.tɪv ˈnaʊn/ 1. A noun which, though singular, refers to a group of things or animals. Example: A hundred, a thousand, few, many, are to be considered as collective nouns, and distinguished as such, by the singular article. Example: British English tends more than American English to have plural agreement with collective nouns.
Word: Vater Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Vater. 1. A surname from German.
Word: dangle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain, but likely of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish dingle, dangle, Swedish dangla (“to swing about”), Norwegian dangla, perhaps via North Frisian dangeln; all possibly related to Old Norse dengja (“to hit”). Pronunciation: /ˈdæŋ.ɡəl/, [ˈdæŋ.ɡl̩], /ˈdeɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl/, [ˈdeɪ̯ŋ.ɡl̩], /ˈdɛ̃ŋ.ɡəl/ 1. To hang loosely with the ability to swing. Labels: intransitive Example: His feet are dangling in the water. Example: He'd rather on a gibbet dangle / Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle. 2. The action of performing a move or deke with the puck in order to get past a defender or goalie; perhaps because of the resemblance to dangling the puck on a string. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: He dangled around three players and the goalie to score. 3. To hang or trail something loosely. Labels: transitive Example: I like to sit on the edge and dangle my feet in the water. 4. To put forth as a possibility. Labels: broadly, figuratively, transitive Example: That it happens to have been produced under the imprimatur of Michael Bay dangles the possibility of poor taste, but unfortunately, bombast and conspicuous consumption are nowhere to be found. 5. To trail or follow around. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: To dangle at the elbow of a wench who can't make up her mind to accept the common title of wife, till she has been courted a certain number of weeks — so the old blinker, her father, says. 6. Of a patient: to be positioned with the legs hanging over the edge of the bed. Labels: intransitive Example: Record the time and duration of dangling, patient's pulse and respirations and patient's general tolerance of the procedure. […] The next step usually in getting the patient out of bed is sitting […] Example: [P]ivot to bring the patient's legs over the side of the bed. Be Smart! Stay with the patient as he dangles. 7. To position (a patient) in this way. Labels: transitive Example: Using proper body mechanics for dangling a patient at the side of the bed.
Word: dangle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain, but likely of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish dingle, dangle, Swedish dangla (“to swing about”), Norwegian dangla, perhaps via North Frisian dangeln; all possibly related to Old Norse dengja (“to hit”). Pronunciation: /ˈdæŋ.ɡəl/, [ˈdæŋ.ɡl̩], /ˈdeɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl/, [ˈdeɪ̯ŋ.ɡl̩], /ˈdɛ̃ŋ.ɡəl/ 1. An agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group. Example: The example of Oswald will show how the different operations of a dangle and a barium meal would work more efficiently together. 2. The action of dangling; a series of complex stick tricks and fakes in order to defeat the defender in style. Labels: slang Example: That was a sick dangle for a great goal! 3. A dangling ornament or decoration. Example: So her father wrote to Mrs. Herring, and one day she arrived and turned out to be a little, lean old lady with a dark brown mole on one leathery cheek and wearing a black bonnet decorated with jet dangles, like tiny fishing rods.
Word: feel one's oats Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally American English, an allusion to the behavior of a horse that has been well fed on oats. 1. To feel energetic or frisky; to behave in a vigorous or bold manner; to feel empowered and important. Example: In fact, precisely as a rash, restive horse is said to feel his oats, so Turkey felt his coat. Example: Next to the officer is a shabby-looking boy, whose seat is by the right jamb of the jail door. Of all boys just old enough to feel their oats, this boy is the most commonplace.
Word: Vogel Part of Speech: name Etymology: (crater): Named after German astrophysicist Hermann Carl Vogel (1841–1907). 1. A surname. Example: "It's almost too realistic, too digital and computery," complains Alexis Vogel, a veteran celebrity makeup artist who recently worked on "Stacked," a high-def show starring Pamela Anderson. […] High-def is, in essence, a medium peculiarly unsuited to dissembling. "It's harder to change people from their natural form," Vogel adds. 2. A lunar crater.
Word: about-turn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the imperative phrase used in the military. Pronunciation: /əˈbaʊt tɚn/ 1. A turn of 180 degrees, typically in a military formation . Labels: UK 2. Total reversal of opinion or attitude . Example: A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward. Example: When Francis visited Chile in 2018, he dismissed the protesters and accused them of “calumny” in the full gaze of the world’s press. It caused the head of the Vatican’s own sex abuse commission to rebuke his boss publicly. Back in Rome, Francis responded by dispatching an envoy to look into the case. When his report came back siding with the protesters, Francis did a swift about-turn and described what he said on his visit to Chile as “the lowest moment” of his papacy.
Word: about-turn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the imperative phrase used in the military. Pronunciation: /əˈbaʊt tɚn/ 1. To turn 180 degrees, typically in a military formation. Labels: intransitive
Word: Schlangen Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Schlangen. 1. A surname from German.
Word: contraband Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish contrabanda (modern spelling contrabando), from Italian contrabando (modern spelling contrabbando), from contra (“against”) + bando (“ban”), and reinforced by French contrebande. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.tɹəˌbænd/, /ˈkɑn.tɹəˌbænd/ 1. Any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces. Labels: US, countable, historical, usually Example: While some Yanks treated contrabands with a degree of equity or benevolence, the more typical response was indifference, contempt, or cruelty.
Word: contraband Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Spanish contrabanda (modern spelling contrabando), from Italian contrabando (modern spelling contrabbando), from contra (“against”) + bando (“ban”), and reinforced by French contrebande. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.tɹəˌbænd/, /ˈkɑn.tɹəˌbænd/ 1. Prohibited from being traded. Example: … when the seizure is made in connection with a violation involving a contraband article covered by section 1 (b) (1) of the said Act; … Example: The exclusion of mandatory payment of moieties for seizures of contraband controlled substances is accomplished through Section 17 of the bill, …
Word: contraband Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Spanish contrabanda (modern spelling contrabando), from Italian contrabando (modern spelling contrabbando), from contra (“against”) + bando (“ban”), and reinforced by French contrebande. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.tɹəˌbænd/, /ˈkɑn.tɹəˌbænd/ 1. To import illegally; to smuggle. Labels: obsolete Example: there are also searched for concealed Slaves, and goods contrabanded 2. To declare prohibited; to forbid. Labels: obsolete Example: The law severely contrabands / Our taking business off men's hands.
Word: prohibit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English prohibiten, from Latin prohibeō (“to fend off, prevent, prohibit”) (through past participle prohibitus). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈhɪbɪt/, /pɹəʊˈhɪbɪt/, /pɹoʊˈhɪbɪt/, /pɹəˈhɪbət/ 1. To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit. Labels: transitive Example: The restaurant prohibits smoking on the patio. Example: I was prohibited to come.
Word: prohibition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman and Old French prohibicion, from Latin prohibitiō. By surface analysis, prohibit + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹəʊ(h)ɪˈbɪʃən/, /ˌpɹoʊ(h)ɪˈbɪʃən/ 1. An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: By its terms, the Twenty-Second Amendment bars only the election of two-term Presidents, and this prohibition would not prevent someone who had twice been elected President from succeeding to the office after having been elected or appointed Vice President. Broader language providing that no such person "shall be chosen or serve as President . . . or be eligible to hold the office" was rejected in favor of the Twenty-Second Amendment’s ban merely on election. (Amdt22.1 Overview of Twenty-Second Amendment, Presidential Term Limits, The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation) Example: But the prohibition on active advocacy and participation left a wide margin of allowable activity and was open to interpretation. 2. A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: First, some persons might consider my advocacy of prohibition rather odd for a congressman coming from the state which produces the finest bourbon whiskey in the world. While this is true, it is also true that prior to the Eighteenth Amendment a large majority of the counties of Kentucky had voted against the sale of liquor under what was known as the county unit plan. Since repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment a substantial majority of Kentucky counties have voted under local option to outlaw liquor. My stand on the question, first in voting for the submission of the Eighteenth Amendment, and later for an amendment to appeal it, was a matter of principle and not of expediency. 3. A period of time when specific socially disapproved consumables are considered controlled substances. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: blow-by Part of Speech: noun 1. In an internal combustion engine, any burnt or unburnt matter escaping from the cylinder, past the (worn) rings on the piston, and into the crankcase. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: flight path Part of Speech: noun 1. A trajectory, the traveled path of a projectile, rocket or aircraft through the air. 2. An airway, the predefined route of travel for an aircraft or spacecraft. Example: Twitter has suspended an account that monitors the flight paths of a private jet owned by the social media giant’s new boss, Elon Musk.
Word: by-blow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English by- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *blēaną Proto-West Germanic *blāan Old English blāwan Middle English blowen English blow English by-blow From by- + blow. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌɪbləʊ/ 1. A blow struck to the side or from the side, as in swordplay; a secondary or incidental strike of any sort. Example: Either commander took speedy advantage of it—Hopton to make a swift diversion into Sussex and capture Arundel Castle (which was but a by-blow, for in a few weeks he had lost it again). Example: As a by-blow in the course of his relentless campaigns against Louis, Willem gained the three thrones of Britain in 1699 – but what a by-blow this proved! 2. An illegitimate child; a child of an unknown or unmarried father. Labels: slang Example: ‘Nay,’ said the landlady, ‘if I thought he was a gentleman's son, thof he was a bye-blow, I should behave to him in another guess manner; for many of these bye-blows come to be great men, and, as my poor first husband used to say, never affront any customer that's a gentleman.’ Example: c. 1892, Herman Melville, "Billy Budd, Foretopman" (novella), in Herman Melville: Selected Tales and Poems, Holt, Rinehart & Winston (1950), p. 298, Yes, Billy was a foundling, a presumable bye-blow, and, evidently, no ignoble one.
Word: blow-by-blow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably suggesting a detailed description of a fight or boxing match, where blow means a hit or a landed punch. 1. Detailing every action or occurrence completely. Labels: not-comparable Example: He gave a blow-by-blow account of the entire trip. Example: In a lapidary style, Qiu Dongping clearly and forcefully describes battlefield actions with simple sentences, giving a blow-by-blow account of successive events with neither understatement nor exaggeration.
Word: blow-by-blow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably suggesting a detailed description of a fight or boxing match, where blow means a hit or a landed punch. 1. An account, description, or commentary including every detail of the action or event. Example: The media published a blow-by-blow of the trial as it happened.
Word: highchair Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kewk- Proto-Indo-European *kówk-o-s Proto-Germanic *hauhaz Proto-West Germanic *hauh Old English hēah Middle English heigh English high Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair English highchair From high + chair. 1. An elevated chair, often including a built-in tray, used for feeding babies and toddlers.
Word: interloper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + loper (“runner, rover”), as in landloper (“vagrant”) (from lope (“to leap, to jump”) (originally dialectal)). Originally spelt enterloper and used in specific sense, “unauthorized trader trespassing on privileges of chartered companies”, later general sense of “self-interested intruder” from 1630s. Pronunciation: /ˌɪntəˈləʊ̯pə/, /ˌɪntɚˈloʊ̯pɚ/, /ˌɪntəˈlæɔ̯pə/ 1. One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder. Example: They disliked the interloper, and forced him to leave. Example: In a button-up plaid shirt with an unwieldly suitcase, he is an interloper from another world – one whose first social faux pas is to make his way slowly through the various gates and arrive at the imposing front door on foot, rather than wait to be picked up from the train station by a servant. 2. An unlicensed or illegitimate trader. Labels: obsolete