nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: transwoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trans- + woman or trans + woman. 1. Alternative spelling of trans woman. Labels: alt-of, alternative, derogatory, offensive, often Example: She had been attracted to Sharon from the time they met, but had not felt comfortable with the idea of dating a transwoman. Example: A transwoman is thus required to fashion her own body as a blank in order to gain a document that is not itself a blank; the document will not speak her sex until her body fails to.
Word: coöperate Part of Speech: verb 1. Dated spelling of cooperate. Example: The best progress is made by combining the practice of coöperation with the science of coöperation. They are one and inseparable to the fullest benefit. But the real way to coöperate is to coöperate. Example: Other bodies of Federal troops had advanced into Virginia to coöperate with the main force on the Peninsula. [...] This would completely insure the communications of his army from interruption; and it was no doubt expected that Generals Fremont and Banks would coöperate in the movement also.
Word: coöpt Part of Speech: verb 1. Dated spelling of co-opt.
Word: reëxamine Part of Speech: verb 1. Rare spelling of reexamine. Labels: alt-of, rare
Word: reëlect Part of Speech: verb 1. Dated spelling of reelect. Example: All judges are elected, and there is a strong tendency to reëlect indefinitely.
Word: reënter Part of Speech: verb 1. Dated spelling of reenter. Example: To my gratification he told me I could reënter the institution, and that he would trust me to pay the debt when I could. Example: It consists chiefly of intersegmental fibres which arise from cells in the gray substance, and, after a longer or shorter course, reënter the gray substance and ramify in it.
Word: reëducate Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of reeducate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zoölogy Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of zoology.
Word: overdose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + dose. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌdəʊs/, /ˈəʊvɚˌdəʊs/, /ˈʌo̞vɚˌdʌo̞s/, /ˈʌo̞vɐˌdʌo̞s/ 1. An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug. Example: to die of a heroin overdose Example: It works for a while, but when Spider-Man maneuvers him ouside the hospital room where Harry is recovering from his overdose, some part of the Goblin's brain that's still the loving father surfaces, drives him unconscious, and when next he wakes up, all memory of his being a super-villain is conveniently wiped clean.
Word: overdose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + dose. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈdəʊs/ 1. To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to someone. Labels: transitive 2. To dose excessively, to take an overdose. Labels: intransitive Example: Be careful not to overdose on those pills. Example: She overdosed on cocaine. 3. To indulge in something excessively. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: They still had Sergio Agüero to bring off the bench and the Etihad was overdosing on optimism. For the game to finish with an aggregate 5-1 score distorts the fact the occasion was full of drama and suspense until Salah’s goal conclusively changed the complexion of the evening. Example: Claude overdosed on smack in a Chicago flophouse three years later.
Word: banister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of earlier barrester, ballester, corruptions of baluster. Pronunciation: /ˈbænɪstɚ/ 1. The rail on the side of a staircase that a person's hand holds onto. Example: wooden banister Example: polished banister 2. One of the vertical supports of such a handrail.
Word: banister Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of earlier barrester, ballester, corruptions of baluster. Pronunciation: /ˈbænɪstɚ/ 1. To construct a banister. Labels: transitive 2. To act as a banister. Labels: transitive
Word: OD Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌoʊˈdiː/ 1. Initialism of overdose. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, informal, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of Doctor of Optometry. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of overdrive. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of overdraft. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of optical density. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. (of a pipe, tube, or shaft) Initialism of outer diameter or outside diameter. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Initialism of olive drab (“color of clothing, uniforms, tools, and equipment”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, especially, initialism, uncountable Example: “He went to’ds de back, ma’am.” The negro opened the door and slid his legs, clad in army O.D. and a pair of linoleum putties, to the ground. “‘I’ll go git ’im.”’ 8. Initialism of over dimension, used on route numbers for large vehicles, and normally followed by a numeral, e.g. OD5. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of organization development. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: OD Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌoʊˈdiː/ 1. Abbreviation of overdose (to take an overdose). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal Example: She told me she'd love me and I told her I'd do the same / Then I OD'd in Denver and I just can't remember her name Example: ‘My brother,[…], is at Radley, on account of my parents thinking it a bad idea to have us both at the same school.’ ‘On account of your being twins?’ said Adrian. ‘Right, on account of my mother OD-ing on fertility drugs.[…]’
Word: OD Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌoʊˈdiː/ 1. Abbreviation of Odisha: a state of India. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: OD's Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of OD Labels: form-of, nonstandard, plural
Word: OD's Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of OD Labels: form-of, indicative, nonstandard, present, singular, third-person
Word: OD'ing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of OD Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: snood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English snod, from Old English snōd (“headdress, fillet, snood”), from Proto-West Germanic *snōdu, from Proto-Germanic *snōdō (“rope, string”), from Proto-Indo-European *snoh₁téh₂ (“yarn, thread”), from *sneh₁(i)- (“to twist, wind, weave, plait”). Cognate with Scots snuid (“snood”), Swedish snod, snodd (“twist, twine”). Compare also Old Saxon snōva (“necklace”), Old Norse snúa (“to turn, twist”), snúðr (“a twist, twirl”), English needle. Pronunciation: /snuːd/ 1. A band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place, including the hair-band formerly worn in Scotland and northern England by young unmarried women. Example: “Frida [...] tied her hair in the Grecian snood which her lover used to admire so.” 2. A small hairnet or cap worn by women to keep their hair in place. Example: And seldom was a snood amid / Such wild, luxuriant ringlets hid. Example: serious girls with their hair in snoods entered numbers into logbooks […] 3. The flap of erectile red skin on the beak of a male turkey. Example: A fingerlike projection called a snood hangs over the front of the beak. When the tom is alert, the snood constricts and projects vertically as a fleshy bump at the top rear of the beak. 4. A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line; a snell. Example: The baits are [...] dropped on the snood, as I have seen done by many unthinking persons who have only been accustomed to chopstick lines, a foul is the natural result. 5. A piece of clothing to keep the neck warm; neckwarmer.
Word: snood Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English snod, from Old English snōd (“headdress, fillet, snood”), from Proto-West Germanic *snōdu, from Proto-Germanic *snōdō (“rope, string”), from Proto-Indo-European *snoh₁téh₂ (“yarn, thread”), from *sneh₁(i)- (“to twist, wind, weave, plait”). Cognate with Scots snuid (“snood”), Swedish snod, snodd (“twist, twine”). Compare also Old Saxon snōva (“necklace”), Old Norse snúa (“to turn, twist”), snúðr (“a twist, twirl”), English needle. Pronunciation: /snuːd/ 1. To keep the hair in place with a snood. Example: Janet has kilted her green kirtle A little aboon her knee, And she has snooded her yellow hair
Word: zacate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Philippine Spanish zacate, from Mexican Spanish zacate, from Classical Nahuatl zacatl (“dry weeds or grass; fodder, forage”), from Uto-Aztecan *saka-t. Pronunciation: /zəˈkɑːteɪ/ 1. Swamp ricegrass, Leersia hexandra, a grass cultivated for green forage. Labels: uncountable
Word: polylemma Part of Speech: noun 1. A circumstance in which a choice must be made between multiple options that seem equally undesirable
Word: whittle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English whittel (“large knife”), an alteration of thwitel, itself from thwiten (“to whittle”), from Old English þwītan (“to strike down, whittle”), from Proto-Germanic *þwītaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *twey- (“to shake, hurl, toss”). Compare Old Norse þveita (“to hurl”), Ancient Greek σείω (seíō, “I shake”). Related to thwite and thwaite. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪtəl/, [ˈwɪtʰl̩], /ˈʍɪtəl/, [ˈw̥ɪtʰl̩], /ˈwɪɾl̩/ 1. A knife; especially, a clasp-knife, pocket knife, or sheath knife. Example: Novv if any man can be ſo unkind to his ovvn Body, for I meddle not vvith your Souls, as to ſtand ſtill like a good Chriſtian, and offer his VVeeſon to a Butcher's VVhittle, I ſay no more but that he may be ſav'd, and that's the beſt can come on him. Example: Rude whittles.
Word: whittle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English whittel (“large knife”), an alteration of thwitel, itself from thwiten (“to whittle”), from Old English þwītan (“to strike down, whittle”), from Proto-Germanic *þwītaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *twey- (“to shake, hurl, toss”). Compare Old Norse þveita (“to hurl”), Ancient Greek σείω (seíō, “I shake”). Related to thwite and thwaite. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪtəl/, [ˈwɪtʰl̩], /ˈʍɪtəl/, [ˈw̥ɪtʰl̩], /ˈwɪɾl̩/ 1. To cut or shape wood with a knife. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: He was sitting on a bench before the fire, with his feet on the stove hearth, and in one hand was holding close up to his face that little negro idol of his; peering hard into its face, and with a jack-knife gently whittling away at its nose, meanwhile humming to himself in his heathenish way. 2. To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt). Labels: transitive 3. To make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: When men are well whitled, their toungs run at randome
Word: whittle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English whytel, from Old English hwītel (“cloak, blanket”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwītil, from Proto-Germanic *hwītilaz, equivalent to white + -le; akin to Icelandic hvítill (“white bedcover, sheet, linen”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪtəl/, [ˈwɪtʰl̩], /ˈʍɪtəl/, [ˈw̥ɪtʰl̩], /ˈwɪɾl̩/ 1. A covering for a bed; sheet. Labels: archaic 2. A coarse greyish double blanket worn over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl. Labels: archaic Example: Her figure is tall, graceful, and slight; the severity of its outlines suiting well with the severity of her dress, with the brown stuff gown, and plain gray whittle 3. A kind of fine woollen shawl, originally and especially a white one. Labels: archaic 4. A baby's flannel; a baby's woollen napkin; a flannel petticoat. Labels: archaic, dialectal
Word: prithee Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Contraction of I + pray + thee. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪði/ 1. please; used to make a question or request more polite or more forceful. Labels: archaic Example: What tidings send our scouts? I prithee, speak. Example: But tell me, stranger, I prithee say, does my old master's heir Still breathe this vital air?
Word: cigaret Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of cigarette. Labels: US Example: He praised your cigaret, cursed feebly because his fresh milk tasted sour to him, and quietly went west. Example: Cigaret Taxes Cost Smokers $3.5 Billion Annually
Word: utilitarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From utility + -arian. Coined by English philosopher Jeremy Bentham as early as 1781, and popularized by his student John Stuart Mill, who mistakenly attributed the term to John Galt. Pronunciation: /juːˌtɪlɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /juˌtɪləˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. Of or relating to utility. 2. Pertaining to utilitarianism. 3. Practical and functional, present for use, not just for show. Example: The semi-streamlined contour of the earlier G.W.R. railcars has been given up in favour of a more utilitarian blunt-nose end, and effective floor space gained thereby. Example: These have helped develop a recognition in the industry that bland utilitarian stations do not provide an attractive welcome to the railway, that passengers value stations of character as well as convenience, and that these qualities encourage greater use of trains.
Word: utilitarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From utility + -arian. Coined by English philosopher Jeremy Bentham as early as 1781, and popularized by his student John Stuart Mill, who mistakenly attributed the term to John Galt. Pronunciation: /juːˌtɪlɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /juˌtɪləˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. Someone who practices or advocates utilitarianism. Example: Before his companies collapsed, Mr. Bankman-Fried often described himself as a utilitarian — meaning that he made decisions designed to advance the greater good.
Word: ancilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ancilla (“maid, slave-girl”). Pronunciation: /ænˈsɪ.lə/ 1. A maid. Labels: rare Example: ‘And pass me that towel,’ added Ada, but the ancilla was picking up coins she had dropped in her haste […] 2. An auxiliary or accessory Example: The filter achieves this two-qubit filtering effect by using two ancilla photons as probes that detect whether or not the two input photons are in the desired states. 3. An ancilla bit Example: The circuit uses a single ancilla for each stabilizer generator.
Word: doth Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dʌθ/, /dʊθ/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of do Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Our Sovereign Lady the Queen doth strictly charge and command all manner of persons here assembled immediately to disperse themselves and peaceably depart to their own homes
Word: googlebomb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Google + bomb. 1. To fill a web page with links or words in order to gain a high Google page ranking. Labels: Internet
Word: boding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bode Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English boding From bode + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊdɪŋ/, /ˈboʊdɪŋ/ 1. foreboding, ominous, portending. Example: [E]very sound of nature, at that witching hour, fluttered his excited imagination: the moan of the whip-poor-will from the hill side; the boding cry of the tree-toad, that harbinger of storm; […]
Word: boding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bode Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English boding From bode + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊdɪŋ/, /ˈboʊdɪŋ/ 1. gerund of bode: a prediction of disaster; an omen, a portent. Labels: form-of, gerund
Word: boding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English bode Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English boding From bode + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊdɪŋ/, /ˈboʊdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bode Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: conceptual inverse Part of Speech: noun 1. Either concept, the inverse of the other, of a conceptual pair.
Word: repose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English pose English repose From re- + pose. 1. To pose (oneself or someone, or something) again. Labels: reflexive, transitive
Word: besmirch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English besmorchen (attested in besmorchid). Compare Middle English bismotered (“bespattered, soiled”). By surface analysis, be- + smirch. Pronunciation: /bɪˈsmɜːtʃ/, /bɪˈsmɝːt͡ʃ/ 1. To make dirty. Labels: literary, transitive 2. To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation. Labels: transitive Example: The newspaper was on a campaign to besmirch the actor. Example: Our gayness and our gilt are all besmirch'd With rainy marching in the painful field
Word: resonant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French résonnant or Latin resonantem. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛzənənt/ 1. Resounding, echoing. Example: From across the valley came the resonant sound of a distant church bell. Example: strike a resonant note 2. Adjusted as to dimensions so that currents or electric surgings are produced by the passage of electric waves of a given frequency.
Word: resonant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French résonnant or Latin resonantem. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛzənənt/ 1. A sonorant vowel or consonant. 2. A sonorant vowel or consonant. Labels: Indo-European-studies
Word: T3 Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌtiːˈθɹiː/, /ˌtiˈθɹi/ 1. Abbreviation of triiodothyronine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. A tax reporting form used by estates and trusts. Labels: Canada 3. A transit lane restricted to vehicles with a minimum of three occupants. Labels: Australia
Word: T3 Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌtiːˈθɹiː/, /ˌtiˈθɹi/ 1. A proprietary network protocol. 2. A network backbone connection equivalent to 28 T1 lines, typically fiber optic.
Word: homeslice Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of home slice (Someone from one's home town.) Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A close friend from the neighborhood Labels: slang
Word: progenitiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English progenitive 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 progenitiveness From progenitive + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being progenitive (able to produce offspring). Labels: uncountable Example: The Crèche is the place where the poor mothers leave their children in the morning, in the care of some kind women who have a large philo-progenitiveness and no other means of gratifying it than by pet cats or dogs, or other people's children, and go off to their work until night. Example: There is another difficulty in the way of accepting metaphysical peculiarity or progenitiveness as isolating species.
Word: shvitz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שוויצן (shvitsn), from Old High German swizzen (Modern German schwitzen), from Proto-Germanic *swait- (English sweat), from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”). Doublet of sweat. Pronunciation: /ʃvɪts/ 1. Sweat. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A traditional Jewish steambath of Eastern European origin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was not, or not only, the heat and ripeness of the shvitz that were making Litvak’s pulse thrum and his head spin. 3. A sauna or sauna session. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: “Hey, hey, Jimmy Brogan. Thanks for meeting me.” “Welcome to the schvitz, kid. The most comfortable place on Earth. It's like crawling back into your mother.” “Is that something people wanna do?”
Word: shvitz Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שוויצן (shvitsn), from Old High German swizzen (Modern German schwitzen), from Proto-Germanic *swait- (English sweat), from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”). Doublet of sweat. Pronunciation: /ʃvɪts/ 1. To sweat. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: Soon, the '80s and '90s guy was finding drums to pound and sweat lodges in which to shvitz out rivulets of shame.
Word: zanja Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish zanja. Pronunciation: /ˈzɑn.hə/ 1. An irrigation canal in Latin America.
Word: zar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic زَار (zār). 1. A religious set of beliefs and practices in parts of northern Africa and the Middle East, involving the possession of an individual (usually female) by a type of spirit. Labels: uncountable
Word: zorrillo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of zorillo (“striped skunk”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zopilote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish zopilote, from Classical Nahuatl tzopīlōtl. 1. A New World vulture of the family Cathartidae, especially the black vulture (Coragyps atratus). Example: I was laying absolutely still in the cab of the wrecked truck —I had the crazy idea that if I did not move, I would bleed less—and I looked out of the hole where the windshield had been and saw a zopilote perched on the hood of the truck.
Word: zombi Part of Speech: noun 1. Uncommon spelling of zombie. Labels: alt-of, uncommon Example: The spirit zombi, or the zombi of the ti bon ange alone, is carefully stored in a jar and may later be magically transmuted into insects, animals, or humans in order to accomplish the particular work of the bokor.
Word: benedict Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Benedicke (normalized to the usual spelling, Benedict), a character in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (1598). 1. A newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor. Labels: rare Example: The benedict, drearily superfluous to the festivities, had hardly been noticed by her as he lurked about the walls and sought what entertainment was possible to one under the social disabilities of matrimony. Example: A quarter of a mile inland we came upon the holluschickie -- sleek young bulls, living out the loneliness of their bachelorhood and gathering strength against the day when they would fight their way into the ranks of the benedicts
Word: benedict Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin benedictus, past participle of benedicere (“to bless”). See benison. Doublet of bennet. 1. Having mild and salubrious qualities. Labels: obsolete Example: And it is not a ſmall thing won in Phyſick, if you can make rhubarb, and other medicines that are benedict, as ſtrong purgers, as thoſe that are not without ſome malignity.
Word: benedict Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin benedictus, past participle of benedicere (“to bless”). See benison. Doublet of bennet. 1. to bless. Labels: rare Example: Now, dis explanation o' de rose dance ain't on my own account, for I des' now tol' yer dat, so far as I'm concerned, it wouldn't make no diff'ence to me if I'd 'a' been requi'ed to go to hell for her — I'd 'a' went — in joy — for de fulfilment o' de love which Gord A'mighty done benedicted my heart wid. Example: Rukmini, the goddess of fortune, was already personally obliged to stay as a guest in the brahmana's house in order to benedict him with great fortune. 2. To poach and serve on an English muffin with ham or bacon and hollandaise sauce. Example: His pancakes were never just ordinary pancakes: they were airy creations mushroomed in sauce, or they were crepes suzette. Eggs were shirred, mornayed or benedicted. Example: I love thee raw, baked, soft-boiled, hard-boiled, poached, scrambled, sauteed, fried, shirred, deviled, creamed, curried, coddled, glazed, pickled, Benedicted, or Scotched . . . in omelets and souffle/s and quiches of infinite variety ...in mayonnaise and hollandaise and be/arnaise. . .
Word: Amish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pennsylvania German Amisch or German Amische, after the name of the Swiss preacher Jakob Amman (1645-1730). The surname is a contraction of Old High German ambahtman. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.mɪʃ/, /ˈæ.mɪʃ/, /ˈeɪ.mɪʃ/ 1. A strict Anabaptist sect living mainly in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Amish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Pennsylvania German Amisch or German Amische, after the name of the Swiss preacher Jakob Amman (1645-1730). The surname is a contraction of Old High German ambahtman. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.mɪʃ/, /ˈæ.mɪʃ/, /ˈeɪ.mɪʃ/ 1. Relating to this sect. Labels: not-comparable Example: U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker gestures to the National Mall while showing a group of Amish men from Quarryville and Paradise the House speaker's balcony at the U.S. Capitol to on Sept. 26, 2018. Smucker is running for re-election to represent the 11th Congressional District.
Word: vodcast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videōbor. English audioinflu. English video Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Middle English on English on Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Proto-Italic *manuðō Latin mandō Latin dēmandō Old French demanderbor. Middle English demaunden English demand English VoD Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English broadcast English -cast English vodcast From VoD (“video on demand”) + -cast or a blend of video + podcast. 1. To deliver video on demand via a podcast.
Word: vodcast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videōbor. English audioinflu. English video Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Middle English on English on Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Proto-Italic *manuðō Latin mandō Latin dēmandō Old French demanderbor. Middle English demaunden English demand English VoD Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English broadcast English -cast English vodcast From VoD (“video on demand”) + -cast or a blend of video + podcast. 1. A podcast consisting of video recordings, instead of solely audio. Example: The BBC is to launch its first "vodcasts"—the video version of podcasts—with a weekly roundup from shows including the Ten O'Clock News, Newsnight and Question Time. […] A third vodcast, called STORYFix, takes a tongue-in-cheek, high-speed look at the last week's news on the BBC. Example: After the singer was diagnosed with lupus, she tells the vodcast “Giving Back Generation” that she discovered the disease has a direct impact on her weight, which made her struggle privately.
Word: Hanyu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 漢語／汉语 (Hànyǔ). 1. Chinese; the Chinese language(s)
Word: Hanyu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 羽生 (Hanyū). 1. A surname from Japanese.
Word: coffee liqueur Part of Speech: noun 1. A liqueur with coffee, such as Tia Maria or Kahlua
Word: inscription Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin inscrībō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin īnscrīptiōbor. English inscription Borrowed from Latin īnscrīptiō. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈskɹɪpʃən/ 1. The act of inscribing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The inscription of the Temple of Preah Vihear on the World Heritage list shall be without prejudice to the rights of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Kingdom of Thailand on the demarcation works of the Joint Commission for Land Boundary (JBC) of the two countries; 2. Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He had battled like a man, and gotten a man's reward — no silver tea-pots or salvers, with flowery inscriptions setting forth his virtues and the appreciation of a genteel parish; […] 3. The text on a coin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The coin bears an inscription in Latin. 4. Words written in the front of a book as a dedication. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: residential Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to a place of personal residence or to a location for such places. Example: They live in a residential neighborhood. 2. Used as a residence or by residents. 3. Of or pertaining to residency. Example: There is a residential requirement for obtaining a marriage license here.
Word: residential Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/ 1. A trip during which people temporarily live together. Example: The youth group organises annual residentials.
Word: zelkova Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin (genus name) from Russian дзе́льква (dzélʹkva, “tree, wood”), from Georgian ძელქვა (ʒelkva), from Old Georgian ძელქვაჲ (ʒelkvay), from ძელი (ʒeli, “beam”) + ქვაჲ (kvay, “stone”). Pronunciation: /ˈzɛlkəvə/ 1. A kind of tree in the elm family (genus Zelkova). Example: While she waits for the doctor to come down from the consultation room, she turns to look at the zelkova tree which stands in the hospital's front garden.
Word: gollywog Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of golliwog. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jumper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English jump 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 jumper From jump + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌmpə/, /ˈd͡ʒʌmpɚ/, /ˈd͡ʒʊmpə/ 1. Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing. 2. A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height. Example: Field: Be advised we have jumpers, K, jumpers. Dispatch: Alright, Division 1, be advised, Battalion 2 advised we have jumpers from the World Trade Center, K. Example: Significantly more cervical spine injuries were seen in fallers as opposed to jumpers. 3. A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection. Example: . 4. An electrical connection between the vehicles of a train, usually a passenger train; a jumper cable. Example: For coupling between the cars of a three-car set 19 core jumpers are provided for control and auxiliary train cables, a positive bus line, and an auxiliary power jumper for heating circuits. 5. A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board. 6. A long drilling tool used by masons and quarry workers, consisting of an iron bar with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with each blow. 7. A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills. Labels: US Example: a jumper was found prepared to receive Mrs. Willoughby ; and the horse being led by the Captain himself , a passage through the forest was effected as far as the head of the Otsego 8. A jumping spider. Labels: informal 9. The larva of the cheese fly. 10. One of certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions. Labels: historical, obsolete 11. A spring to impel the starwheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece. 12. A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot. Example: [Markieff] Morris isn’t quite the post-up threat that [Enes] Kanter is, and he can play both the 4 spot and 5 spot instead of just center, like Kanter. He is capable of playing a similar way, backing defenders down in the post. He prefers getting his buckets there with a bevy of fade-aways and jumpers. He’s a heat checker. And he can get hot on the block. 13. A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation. Example: In nuclear plants, robots toil for hours at a time in highly radioactive areas in place of hundreds of employees, called jumpers or glowboys, who worked in short relays so as to minimize their exposure. 14. A platform game based around jumping. Example: This is an extremely hard to find platform jumper centered around everyone's favorite dot eating hero. 15. Ellipsis of smokejumper. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: jumper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English jump 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 jumper From jump + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌmpə/, /ˈd͡ʒʌmpɚ/, /ˈd͡ʒʊmpə/ 1. To connect with an electrical jumper. Labels: transitive
Word: jumper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the term jump (“short coat”) + -er, originally in sailors' jargon, ultimately of uncertain origin. Jump is possibly from Scottish English jupe (“man's loose jacket or tunic”), from Middle English juype, gype, joupe, from Old French jupe, juppe, from Arabic جُبَّة (jubba); see also jibba. Cognate with Middle Low German jōpe, gōpe (“waistcoat, jacket”), German Joppe (“jacket”). Alternatively, perhaps derived from jump. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌmpə/, /ˈd͡ʒʌmpɚ/, /ˈd͡ʒʊmpə/ 1. A woollen sweater or pullover. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK Example: The hideous holiday jumper became a big trend in the 1980s, influenced as we were by the TV-am gang, Gordon the Gopher and memories of Andy Williams singing to girls as they walked by on his Christmas specials. (Can't blame 'em, given he was wearing one of his knitted monstrosities.) 2. A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors. 3. A one-piece, sleeveless dress, or a skirt with straps and a complete or partial bodice, usually worn over a blouse by women and children; pinafore. Labels: US 4. Rompers. Labels: plural, usually 5. The shirt worn by the players; a guernsey.
Word: syllabic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin syllabicus, from Ancient Greek συλλαβικός (sullabikós), from συλλαβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”). Pronunciation: /sɪˈlæb.ɪk/, /sɪˈlɑːbɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables. Example: Most final consonants have been lost, resulting in a tonal language with a rich consonantal and vocalic inventory, but with a relatively simple syllabic structure.. 2. Pronounced with every syllable distinct. 3. Designating a sound that is or can be the most sonorant segment of a syllable, as a vowel or a resonant. In the word riddle ([ɹɪdl̩]), the two syllabic sounds are [ɪ] and [l̩]. 4. Of, or being a form of verse, based on the number of syllables in a line rather than on the arrangement of accents or quantities.
Word: syllabic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin syllabicus, from Ancient Greek συλλαβικός (sullabikós), from συλλαβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”). Pronunciation: /sɪˈlæb.ɪk/, /sɪˈlɑːbɪk/ 1. A syllabic sound.
Word: Julian date Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Julian day.
Word: Darlington Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Dearnington, Derlinton, from Old English Dēornōþingtūn, supposedly “the settlement of Dēornōþ's people”, from an unclear root + -ing + tūn. Compare Old English dīerling. The transistor configuration is named for its inventor, Sidney Darlington. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːlɪŋtən/ 1. A large market town in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2814). 2. A unitary authority and borough in County Durham, the Borough of Darlington, which includes the town. 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 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 power station and former township in Clarington municipality, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada. 17. A community and rural municipality in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. 18. A number of places in Australia: 19. A number of places in Australia: 20. A number of places in Australia: 21. A number of places in Australia: 22. A number of places in Australia: 23. A habitational surname from Old English. 24. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: Africa, rare
Word: Darlington Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Dearnington, Derlinton, from Old English Dēornōþingtūn, supposedly “the settlement of Dēornōþ's people”, from an unclear root + -ing + tūn. Compare Old English dīerling. The transistor configuration is named for its inventor, Sidney Darlington. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːlɪŋtən/ 1. Ellipsis of Darlington pair. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: circular definition Part of Speech: noun 1. A definition relying directly or indirectly on the term being defined. Example: Saying that obscenity is indecent and then saying something is indecent if it's obscene is a circular definition.
Word: reflexive statement Part of Speech: noun 1. A statement which refers to itself. Example: Reflexive statements like "this sentence is false" present interesting problems in the study of logic.
Word: self-referential meaning Part of Speech: noun 1. Meaning that relies on self-reference in the text being understood. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: polysynthetic twinning Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of contact twinning, typically observed in plagioclase, in which the composition surfaces are parallel to one another Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: sea-gull Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of seagull. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: progenitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin prōgenitus (past participle of prōgignō) + -ive. 1. Being able to produce offspring; reproductive.
Word: yate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ȝate, yate, ȝeat, alternative forms of gate, gat, from Old English ġeat (“a gate, door”), from Proto-Germanic *gatą (“hole, opening”). 1. Obsolete form of gate. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Syn he of helthe hath opned me the yate Example: For thy my Kiddie, be ruled by me, And never give trust to his trechery: And if he chance come when I am abroad, Spar the yate fast, for fear of fraud.
Word: yate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown 1. Any of several species of Eucalyptus.
Word: milpa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish milpa, from Classical Nahuatl. 1. A cyclical crop-growing system used throughout Mesoamerica. Labels: uncountable Example: Milpa is based on seed crops, particularly the uniquely productive combination of maize, beans and squash, and in the past its techniques were normally those of swidden cultivation. 2. A small field, especially in Mexico or Central America, that is cleared from the jungle, cropped for a few seasons, and then abandoned for a fresh clearing. Labels: countable Example: These three plants are often grown together in a single field called a milpa, the beans creeping up the corn stalks while the squash plants catch along the lower leaves of the corn plants. Example: That means that no one can get rich or make someone else rich by farming a milpa. Since it works against capital accumulation, it is antithetical to entrepreneurship. In short, planting a milpa optimizes resources in a very particular way.
Word: cornfield Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corn + field. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːnfiːld/, /ˈkɔɹnˌfild/ 1. A field of corn: maize, wheat, or other cereal crop. 2. A field of corn: maize, wheat, or other cereal crop. Example: "Your Silver Shoes will carry you over the desert," replied Glinda. "If you had known their power you could have gone back to your Aunt Em the very first day you came to this country." "But then I should not have had my wonderful brains!" cried the Scarecrow. "I might have passed my whole life in the farmer's cornfield."
Word: paloma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish paloma (“dove”). 1. A cocktail made with tequila, lime juice, and grapefruit soda. Example: Martini, Bellini, Negroni, Baileys, Kahlúa, sambuca Soju, paloma, mojito, gimlet, Frangelico, Guinness Tequila, Manhattan, a margarita, old-fashioned Dry vermouth and something I can't taste 'cause I'm so trashed
Word: rancho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish rancho (“mess, mess room”). Compare ranch. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑːnt͡ʃoʊ/ 1. A simple hut, such as one with posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm workers would lodge at night. Labels: US, archaic, regional 2. A large grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised; distinguished from hacienda, a cultivated farm or plantation. Labels: US, archaic, regional Example: The nearest house, they told us, was a rancho, or cattle-farm, about three miles off.
Word: vaquero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish vaquero (“cowherd”), from vaca (“cow”). Doublet of buckaroo. Pronunciation: /vɑˈkɛɹoʊ/ 1. A cowboy; a herdsman. Labels: Southwestern, US Example: A day or two before a number of vaqueroes set out for the Santa Cruz Mountains and lassoed a very big grizzly. Example: Voices from the Wild Horse Desert is the story of vaquero families who have lived and worked on the prominent King and Kenedy Ranches of South Texas for six generations. Vaqueros (Mexican cowboys) are the highly skilled work force that cares for and works the cattle day by day.
Word: oso Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈoːsoː/, [ˈoː˧.soː˦] 1. Pronunciation spelling of also, representing Singapore English. Labels: Manglish, Singlish, alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling Example: u watch 0:44 why they children oso wanna torture and kill??? Example: Even the newspaper recommendation oso anyhow one.
Word: yola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Northern California slang, said to be from a blend of Spanish yo and hola. 1. cocaine Labels: California, Multicultural-London-English, US, slang, uncountable Example: From servin' yola and mobbin' in drop tops to gangsta tales and flat-out Westside anthems, it doesn't take much thought as to whom the target audience is […] Example: We yayo experts, we been whippin' the yola / Since the crackas decided to take the coke from Coca-Cola.
Word: yoyo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark. Likely from Ilocano yóyo or another Philippine cognate. 1. Alternative spelling of yo-yo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yoyo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Genericized trademark. Likely from Ilocano yóyo or another Philippine cognate. 1. Alternative spelling of yo-yo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yuca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via Spanish yuca (also historically juca), frequently said to be of Taíno origin. While the word is almost certainly from an indigenous American language, the source is not known. Perhaps from Kari'na yuca (“cassava”) , but this appears to be a ghost word. Doublet of yucca. 1. cassava Labels: countable, uncountable 2. cassava root Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the equatorial regions of South America, starch is abundantly prepared from the Yuca (Jatropha manihot), and from several species of palm. Example: She spooned out yuca into what I assume was my plate, and chorizo from a red frying pan.
Word: diety Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English diet Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English diety From diet + -y. 1. Having the quality of a diet. Labels: rare Example: If the meal looks too small, then you should add more food to the plate. If the meal feels too “diety,” then you should adjust it to look more balanced. Example: I suggested easing into some changes very slowly by following the least 'diety' approach, and part-day fasting for just a few days of the week to get a feel for it.
Word: diety Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of deity. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: yungas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yunga. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From youth. 1. A youth, a young person, often a young black person. Labels: Jamaica, Multicultural-London-English, derogatory, slang Example: you know I got something for a paigon yute (skang) Hmm, I'm very important So I never beg endorsement Example: 2024, Ceechynaa, Peggy I got an Asian yute from West tryna pick me up in a Lambo truck
Word: ranch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded since 1808, farm sense since 1831. From American Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), in Spanish originally “group of people who eat together." Cognate with English rank. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑːnt͡ʃ/, /ˈɹænt͡ʃ/, [ˈɹʷænt͡ʃ], /ˈɹeə̯nt͡ʃ/, [ˈɹʷeə̯nt͡ʃ] 1. A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].” 2. A small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A house or property on a plot of ranch land. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A ranch-style house. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Ranch dressing. Labels: uncountable
Word: ranch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Recorded since 1808, farm sense since 1831. From American Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), in Spanish originally “group of people who eat together." Cognate with English rank. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑːnt͡ʃ/, /ˈɹænt͡ʃ/, [ˈɹʷænt͡ʃ], /ˈɹeə̯nt͡ʃ/, [ˈɹʷeə̯nt͡ʃ] 1. To operate a ranch; to engage in ranching. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman. 2. To work on a ranch. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman.
Word: cowgirl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cow + girl. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊˌɡɝl/ 1. A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West. 2. A woman who identifies with cowboy culture, including clothing such as the cowboy hat. 3. A playing card of queen rank. Labels: slang 4. A sex position where the receptive partner is on top; the cowgirl position. 5. The receptive partner in the cowgirl position.
Word: cowgirl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cow + girl. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊˌɡɝl/ 1. To work as a cowgirl, herding cattle. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: She also cowgirled and hired out to do ranch and timber work. Example: Only 250 miles down the road a reclusive beauty named Joann Brebner was living the bucolic life, cowgirling, helping out at her family's remote ranch-based resort. 2. To mount someone and have sexual intercourse in the cowgirl position. Labels: rare, transitive Example: Once recovered I cowgirled him to a torturously slow climax, having him begging for release as I took him to the edge […]
Word: victrola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the brand name Victrola. 1. Any upright or console model phonograph from the early 1900s, usually with a wooden cabinet body and an interior horn for the projection of sound, that plays 78 rpm records using a steel needle.