nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tootle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From toot + -le, frequentative. Pronunciation: /ˈtuːtəl/ 1. To make a soft toot sound. Labels: intransitive Example: Now the scythe the morn salutes, In the meadow tinkling soon; While on mellow-tootling flutes Sweetly breathes the shepherd’s tune. Example: We know the old lady is upstairs and that she is quite alone in the house and therefore it would be perfectly useless for her to tootle on her bedroom bell. 2. To play (a musical instrument) making such a sound. Labels: transitive Example: A young, fresh-faced man, sitting by the driver, tootled a tandem horn. Example: […] Cecil can tootle a pretty fair sax, at that, if the play happens to come up. 3. To go (somewhere); to amble aimlessly. Labels: colloquial, intransitive Example: I suppose we’d better tootle back to the ballroom. Example: ‘When my old bike comes I shall tootle up and down the drive! Some swank!’ 4. To transport (someone somewhere). Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: […] he would just see if his shover had enough in the tank to tootle them down to Warborough […] Example: Say I pick you up and tootle you over with your hens.
Word: tootle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toot + -le, frequentative. Pronunciation: /ˈtuːtəl/ 1. A soft toot sound. Example: 1891, Thirteen Essays on Education, London: Percival & Co., E. W. Howson, “The Teaching of Music in Public Schools,” p. 37, No one, least of all those with a musical ear, can take a form or even read a book in close proximity to the ineffectual tootle of a flute, the maddening squeaks of a raw fiddler, or the spasmodic grunts of a euphonium. Example: The glamour of the sawdust world, the cheers of the crowd, the smell of hot dogs and cotton candy, the blare and tootle of the midway—he envied the gypsy family, here today and gone tomorrow. 2. A trip or excursion. Labels: colloquial Example: In between, is Granny May’s only daughter Juliet. A wonderful character who still joins me on the odd tootle. Example: On weekends you can take a short tootle over to itsy-bitsy Pelican Island on a free ferry […]
Word: aboundingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English abounding Middle English -ly English -ly English aboundingly From abounding + -ly. 1. In an abounding manner; in a manner that abounds. Example: Hereby you may perceive, although my future Wife were as unsatiable and gluttonous in her Voluptuousness, and the Delights of Venery, as ever was the Empress Messalina, or yet the Marchioness in England; and I desire thee to give Credit to it, that I lack not for what is requisite to overlay the Stomach of her Lust, but have wherewith aboundingly to please her. Example: How it was that they [the crew] so aboundingly responded to the old man’s ire—by what evil magic their souls were possessed, that at times his hate seemed almost theirs […] all this to explain, would be to dive deeper than Ishmael can go. 2. To an abounding degree. Example: 1859, John Ruskin, letter to Charles Eliot Norton dated 10 December, 1859, in Letters of John Ruskin and Charles Eliot Norton, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1904, Volume 1, p. 91, I have your kind letter with Lowell’s—both quite aboundingly helpful to me. Example: 1908, Henry James, letter to Edith Wharton dated 13 October, 1908, in Percy Lubbock (ed.), The Letters of Henry James, London: Macmillan, 1920, Volume 2, p. 108, Believe meanwhile and always in the aboundingly tender friendship […] of yours more than ever, Henry James.
Word: top-drawer Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of top drawer. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: top-dress Part of Speech: verb 1. To cover a surface with loose material; especially to cover newly-sown seeds with a light dressing of soil or fertilizer
Word: topicality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English topical Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English topicality From topical + -ity. 1. The condition of being topical. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: With the return to monthly publication it is our intention to extend the variety of subjects dealt with, and it will also be possible to attain greater topicality. Example: A documentary about gun violence that has its premiere on HBO on Monday has been given extra topicality by the massacre in Charleston, S.C.
Word: top-ranking Part of Speech: adj 1. Of the highest rank Labels: not-comparable
Word: top-secret Part of Speech: adj 1. Having one of the highest secrecy classifications, "top secret". Labels: not-comparable
Word: topspin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From top + spin. 1. A rotational motion, especially that given to a ball, in which the upper surface spins in the direction of motion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The tennis star was famed for her topspin. 2. An edgy, quirky or otherwise engaging quality that holds the interest of the audience. Labels: uncountable Example: Well remembered as a visual comedienne, she also had the verbal knack of putting all sorts of topspin on a line. Example: Flashdance had a quality known as top spin, in which the casting, the concept and the look and sound of the movie all come together.
Word: topspin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From top + spin. 1. To spin (a ball) with this motion. Labels: transitive Example: He could keep winning through attrition, with a relentless barrage of topspinning ground strokes and a tireless defense of his own side, where would-be winners go to die.
Word: Glenna Part of Speech: name Etymology: From male given name Glen, from Scottish glen (“secluded valley”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɛnə/ 1. A female given name originating as a coinage, in quiet use since the 19th century.
Word: torchbearer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From torch + bearer. 1. A person who carries a torch (flaming brand). 2. The leader of a campaign, or one who gives inspiration to others. Labels: broadly 3. One who carries on a movement or organization from someone else. Labels: figuratively Example: The Roman Empire could be considered the torchbearer of Ancient Greek knowledge and wisdom.
Word: torsi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of torso Labels: form-of, plural
Word: torsional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From torsion + -al. 1. Of, pertaining to, or achieved using torsion Labels: not-comparable
Word: tortoni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from the Italian surname Tortoni; the dessert is usually regarded as named after Giuseppe Tortoni, a native of Naples, Italy, who was the proprietor of the famous Café Tortoni in Paris, France, in the early 19th century. Pronunciation: /tɔːˈtəʊni/, /tɔɹˈtoʊni/ 1. Any of several sorts of ice-cream flavoured with rum or sherry, often containing chopped cherries and topped with almonds, crumbled macaroons, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Nevertheless, the municipal band still played three evenings a week to great crowds on the Punta and in Central Park, the theatres were full of gayety, and the most zealous revellers continued to eat tortonis and sip ices every evening in the pretty cafés that are half outdoors and almost on the sidewalk. Example: Soul Kiss / On a small fancy platter place a quarter of a brick of nesselrode or tortoni ice cream; on top of this put some stiff whipped cream in which lay some slices of banana; put a cherry at either end and also in the center, and sprinkle with nuts, if desired.
Word: touchable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English touchable, toucheable, equivalent to touch + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌt͡ʃəbəl/ 1. Capable of being touched; tangible or palpable.
Word: toughly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English toughli, touȝly, equivalent to tough + -ly. 1. In a tough manner. Example: Christina and Mark Rotondo of Camillus started the court proceedings this month and filed evidence of five toughly worded notices they served their son, starting in February.
Word: trackball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From track + ball. 1. A pointing device consisting of a ball housed in a socket
Word: tragicomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of tragic + comic. Pronunciation: /ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɒmɪk/, /ˌtɹædʒɪˈkɑmɪk/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling tragicomedy; having both tragic and comic aspects. Example: The pirates threatened to kill Captain Phillips if attacked, and the result was tragicomic: the world’s most powerful navy vs. a lifeboat.
Word: abusefully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English abuseful Middle English -ly English -ly English abusefully From abuseful + -ly. Pronunciation: /əˈbjuːsfəli/ 1. In an abuseful manner; in a manner that abuses.
Word: trailblazing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trail + blazing. 1. Resembling a trailblazer; innovative or pioneering. Example: One can only wonder what led Rothstein to claim that Neville was such a trail-blazing pornographer. Example: The trailblazing Oaxacan chef Alejandro Ruiz […] has spiked this black-bean sauce with a hidden depth charge of flavor: patches of foliage from a local avocado tree. The leaves electrify the sauce with an unexpected thrum of black licorice.
Word: trailblazing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From trail + blazing. 1. present participle and gerund of trailblaze Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: trainman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? Latin trahere Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre Old French traïnerder. Old French trainder. Middle English trayne English train Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English trainman From train + -man. 1. A person who works on trains on a railway / railroad. Example: Fourth, if there is a shortage of motive power or of trainmen, it is generally the lower orders of freight train which have to be curtailed or cancelled altogether. 2. A brakeman. Labels: US
Word: transactor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin trānsāctor. By surface analysis, transact + -or. 1. A person who transacts business.
Word: abusefulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English abuseful 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 abusefulness From abuseful + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being abuseful. Labels: uncountable
Word: transgendered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English gendered English transgendered From trans- + gendered (adjective). Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈd͡ʒɛndə(ɹ)d/, /tɹæns-/, /tɹænzˈd͡ʒɛndəɹd/, /tɹæn(t)s-/ 1. Transgender; denoting or relating to a person whose gender identity does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth. Labels: offensive, often, proscribed, uncommon Example: RAQUEL WELCH (left), moviedom's sex queen soon to be seen as the heroine/hero of Gore Vidal's transgendered "Myra Breckinridge," will be featured in her first television special at 8 p.m. today on CBS. Example: There are many reasons why transgendered people enter psychotherapy. One is to meet the requirements of the medical profession and obtain the procedures they seek. The desire for sex reassignment is a powerful motivator to individuals convinced that only a major physical modification of their body will relieve feelings of gender dysphoria.
Word: transgendered Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English gendered English transgendered From trans- + gendered (adjective). Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈd͡ʒɛndə(ɹ)d/, /tɹæns-/, /tɹænzˈd͡ʒɛndəɹd/, /tɹæn(t)s-/ 1. A transgender person. Labels: nonstandard, offensive, rare, usually Example: In determining how to accommodate the employee, both attorneys said it is important to take your "cue" from the employee, but also to examine what medical criteria says about transgendereds. Example: In addition to ex-convicts and drug addicts, stigmas are also applied to lesbians, gays, transgendereds, and people who have been hospitalized for mental illness, even after they leave the hospital.
Word: transgendered Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English gendered English transgendered From trans- + gendered (adjective). Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈd͡ʒɛndə(ɹ)d/, /tɹæns-/, /tɹænzˈd͡ʒɛndəɹd/, /tɹæn(t)s-/ 1. simple past and past participle of transgender Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: transvestism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English transvest(ite) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English transvestism From transvest(ite) + -ism. 1. The condition of being a transvestite. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Transexualism. Where the compulsive urge reaches beyond female vestments, and becomes an urge for gender ("sex") change, transvestism becomes "transexualism." The term is misleading; actually, "transgenderism" is meant, because sexuality is not a major factor in primary transvestism. Psychologically, the transexual often differs from the simple cross-dresser; he is conscious at all times of a strong desire to be a woman, and the urge can be truly consuming. 2. A paraphilia typically found in heterosexual males characterized by compulsively seeking and deriving sexual arousal from cross-dressing, especially if the urges and behavior cause the patient distress or social impairment. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. sexual mimicry Labels: dated, uncountable, usually
Word: tribalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tribal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English tribalism From tribal + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪ.bə.lɪ.zəm/, /ˈtɹɑɪ.bə.lɪ.zəm/ 1. The condition of being tribal. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A feeling of identity and loyalty to one's tribe. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The tendency among human beings to form socially cohesive groups within which there exists social pressure upon the individual to conform to either common behaviors, customs, habits, mores and/or norms, and which groups exhibit greater or lesser degrees of exclusivism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If we put an end to regionalism and normalize the flow of great energies in the body of Kyrgyzstan, then there will be a very rapid healing of the whole country and people, who have been vegetating in a semi-paralyzed state for many decades due to the grave illness of tribalism and regionalism.
Word: trickily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English tricky Middle English -ly English -ly English trickily From tricky + -ly. 1. In a tricky manner
Word: trickle-down Part of Speech: adj 1. That flows, especially in limited quantity, from the highly placed to others. Labels: not-comparable Example: His name is Harry E Thompson and his Trickle-Down solar heating system is the basis for this book. 2. Describing the theory that financial benefits given to the wealthy will somehow be passed down to the poor. Labels: not-comparable Example: In addition, it examines the trickle-down effects of economic development as espoused by market theorists in the urban economic development literature. Policymakers in Rockford used the trickle-down logic of market theory to justify a […] Example: While the trickle-down mechanism is based on market optimism (in a well-functioning economy, the poor will benefit automatically from any growth), proponents of direct and indirect policies targeting the poor are market-pessimists, in which […] 3. Describing a model of product adoption that flows vertically from the upper classes to the lower classes within society. Labels: not-comparable Example: Trickle-down patterns are very common for technological innovations, especially when new gadgets come to market with high price tags. The first black-and-white televisions cost more than some automobiles.
Word: trigonometrical Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to, or obtained using trigonometry Labels: not-comparable
Word: tripodal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + -podal. 1. Having three feet or legs. Labels: not-comparable 2. Describing any compound in which three (of the same) functional groups are on three separate chains. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tripper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trip + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪpə/, /ˈtɹɪpɚ/ 1. One who trips or stumbles. Example: Most trippers and fallers I know fall forward, but it could have happened. He could have gone out for a midnight walk, he could have wanted to commune with the moon from the middle of the log, he could have tripped and fallen backward […] 2. A person experiencing a hallucinogenic trip. 3. Gonorrhea. 4. A tourist. Labels: UK 5. Synonym of tripman. Labels: historical
Word: leucoxene Part of Speech: noun 1. A mineral, mostly composed of rutile, occurring in igneous rocks, often by alteration of ilmenite or other titanium minerals Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ring game Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various children's games where participants form a ring or circle, often with hands joined. 2. A game where the chips directly represent money and players are free to leave at any time, in contrast to a poker tournament.
Word: evidenced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of evidence Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cash game Part of Speech: noun 1. A game where the chips directly represent money and players are free to leave at any time, in contrast to a poker tournament.
Word: honoree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From honor + -ee. Pronunciation: /ˌɑn.ɚˈi/, /ˌɒn.əˈiː/ 1. One who receives an honor or award. Example: It was perhaps the most public example of the “manterruption” – that is, a man interrupting a woman while she’s trying to speak (in this case, on stage, by herself, as an award honoree) and taking over the floor. Example: The 18 honorees included some of the Democratic Party’s best-known leaders and boosters: Hillary Clinton, the philanthropist and major Democratic donor George Soros, and Robert F. Kennedy, who was given the recognition posthumously.
Word: unconvincingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English unconvincing Middle English -ly English -ly English unconvincingly From unconvincing + -ly. 1. In an unconvincing manner. Example: The speaker argued unconvincingly.
Word: gadolinite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the Finnish chemist Johan Gadolin (1760-1852), + -ite. 1. A dark, vitreous mineral that is a complex mixture of silicates of cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, yttrium, beryllium, and iron, with the chemical formula (Ce,La,Nd,Y)₂FeBe₂Si₂O₁₀. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mazza Part of Speech: noun 1. Madness; something that is mad; a crazy situation. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, countable, uncountable Example: Must have thought I was one of the paigons / Left a trace and my yard got raided / It's a mazza / He was talking tough 'till I chased man down with a ladder
Word: mazza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See meze. 1. Alternative form of meze. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: theophanies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of theophany Labels: form-of, plural
Word: agri-business Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of agribusiness. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Plans are underway to open a chain of huge, agri-business farm centers that could be a far greater threat to rural America than anything the big chains or the federal government have caused in the last 50 years. [...] Financial backing for the building of these 40-acre, agri-business, all-engulfing raids on rural America was announced by Litton Industries, now involved in an antitrust suit. Example: These county reports were distributed to farmers, assessors, credit agencies, county planning groups, agri-business personnel, Extension agents, vocational agriculture teachers, administrators and individuals with an interest in the land market.
Word: mazze Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of meze. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: controverse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French controverse. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒntɹəvɜː(ɹ)s/ 1. Controversy. Labels: obsolete Example: So fitly now here commeth next in place, After the proofe of prowesse ended well, The controverse of beauties soveraine grace […]
Word: controverse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French controverse. Pronunciation: /kɒntɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)s/ 1. to controvert Labels: obsolete
Word: mellite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin mell-, stem of mel (“honey”) + -ite. 1. A mineral that is the aluminium salt of mellitic acid; honeystone. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: analoga Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of analogon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conservancies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conservancy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pillories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pillory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pillories Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pillory Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Soja Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Soja. 1. A surname from Polish.
Word: tenuti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tenuto Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tenga Part of Speech: noun 1. The currency of Bukhara before 1920, divided into 10 falus. Labels: historical
Word: Braintree Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Old English personal name *Branca + trēow (“tree”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪntɹi/ 1. A town in Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7623). 2. A local government district in Essex, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town. 3. A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Example: ‘I love that name, Braintree. I’ve been there. Pure irony.’ 4. A town in Orange County, Vermont, United States.
Word: sited Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: sited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of site Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sit-and-go Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of poker tournament which has no scheduled start time and begins once a set number of players have entered the tournament. Example: This sit-and-go starts once 14 people have entered the tournament. The money is awarded to the last 3 players.
Word: deuce-to-seven lowball Part of Speech: noun 1. A version of lowball poker where the ace is the high card and straights and flushes count, making the best hand 2-3-4-5-7 (with at least two different suits). Labels: uncountable
Word: seven card stud Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of seven-card stud. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: estadio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese estádio, from Latin stadium (“stadium, Roman stade”), from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion, “stadium for footraces, stadion”). Doublet of stade, stadium, and stadion. 1. A traditional Portuguese unit of distance, variously equivalent to about 185.2, 231.5, or 257.2 m depending on the number of leagues per equatorial degree. Labels: historical
Word: walking sticks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of walking stick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: up and down straight draws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of up and down straight draw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: up-and-down straight draws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of up-and-down straight draw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: humanness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From human + -ness. Piecewise doublet of humaneness. 1. The condition or quality of being human. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Too often, children become an "it" in their homes and their humanness is devalued. Example: Though he had no hard data, his intuition was that increasing humanness in a robot was positive only up to a certain point.
Word: stockage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *stokk Old English stocc Middle English stok English stock Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English stockage From stock + -age. 1. stock; a supply of goods stored for later use Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sergeant first class Part of Speech: noun 1. A non-commissioned officer in the United States Army, ranking above a staff sergeant and below a master sergeant or first sergeant. Labels: US
Word: sergeants major Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sergeant major Labels: form-of, plural
Word: private first class Part of Speech: noun 1. An enlisted rank in the United States Army, of rank E-3, ranking above a private and below a corporal or specialist. Labels: US 2. An enlisted rank in the United States Marine Corps, of rank E-2, ranking above a private and below a lance corporal. Labels: US
Word: draw poker Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of poker where players can trade in cards for new ones and their cards are not shown until the showdown. Labels: uncountable Example: The Egyptologist, seeking for new light, will discover within the parchmental pages of this little papyrus roll, many facts of interest which have not been recorded elsewhere, for instance, the astonishing revelation that even the crowned heads of the ancient lands are just as susceptible to the seductive blandishments and fascinations of that elusive game of chance, known to the initiated as “draw poker,” as are the rulers of our own Republic, who are said to semi-occasionally indulge in this pernicious pastime within the precincts of our own country’s capitol.
Word: sit-and-goes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sit-and-go Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bottrop Part of Speech: name 1. A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Word: financer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From finance + -er. 1. An entity that provides financing Example: And only a select few borrowers with pristine credit can secure the most attractive rates: for the week that ended Jan. 15, rates on a 30-year fixed mortgage sank to 5.12 percent, the 11th consecutive weekly drop and the lowest rate since the big mortgage financer Freddie Mac began tracking them in 1971.
Word: semi-bluffs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of semi-bluff Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semi-bluffs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of semi-bluff Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: semi-bluffing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of semi-bluff Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Westerland Part of Speech: name 1. A town, seaside resort and former municipality on the island of Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Word: semi-bluffed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of semi-bluff Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Sylt Part of Speech: name 1. An island of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany in the North Sea.
Word: bluffed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /blʌft/ 1. simple past and past participle of bluff Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Helgoland Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Heligoland. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rivering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of river Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rivered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪvəd/, /ˈɹɪvɚd/ 1. simple past and past participle of river Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rivered Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪvəd/, /ˈɹɪvɚd/ 1. Supplied with rivers. Labels: not-comparable Example: a well rivered country
Word: ring games Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ring game Labels: form-of, plural
Word: razzes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of razz Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: razzing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of razz Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: razzing Part of Speech: noun 1. Teasing or heckling. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: The stand-up comedian was able to deal with any insults and razzings that came his way.
Word: razzed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of razz Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: razzed Part of Speech: adj 1. Full of energy or enthusiasm. Labels: slang
Word: Adria Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Adria, Hadria. Compare Adriatic. 1. A town and comune of Rovigo, Veneto, Italy, situated on the site of an Etruscan city of the same name. 2. A female given name, a feminine form of Adrian.
Word: Omaha hold 'em Part of Speech: name 1. A variant of poker where individuals each receive four private cards of which exactly two can be used to form a five-card hand, and five other cards are shared between them.
Word: Hold 'em Part of Speech: name 1. Texas hold 'em
Word: Braunschweig Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Braunschweig. 1. A city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A habitational surname from German. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Kaiserslautern Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Kaiserslautern. Pronunciation: /ˌkaɪzɚsˈlaʊtɚn/, /ˌkaɪzəsˈlaʊtən/ 1. An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, in southwestern Germany. 2. A rural district of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Word: Aschaffenburg Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Aschaffenburg. 1. A large independent town in the Lower Franconia region, Bavaria, Germany. 2. A rural district of the Lower Franconia region, Bavaria, partially surrounding but not including the town of Aschaffenburg, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat.
Word: Danzig Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Danzig. Doublet of Gdańsk. Pronunciation: /ˈdæntsɪɡ/, /ˈdænzɪɡ/, /ˈdantsɪç/ 1. Gdańsk (especially in reference to the times when it was part of a German-speaking state such as Prussia or Germany). Example: Early on that Friday morning (September 1) it was announced by the Nazi Government of the Free City of Danzig that the territory desired incorporation in the German Reich, and almost immediately afterwards the German Chancellor accepted such inclusion forthwith. 2. Free City of Danzig 3. A surname.
Word: post oak bluffs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of post oak bluff Labels: form-of, plural
Word: discerner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From discern + -er. 1. One who, or that which, discerns, distinguishes, or judges. Example: a discerner of truth, of right and wrong Example: A great observer and discerner of men's natures.
Word: Glückstadt Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Glückstadt. 1. A town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Word: Weser Part of Speech: name 1. A river in northwestern Germany, the longest entirely in the country, flowing north from south Lower Saxony into the North Sea.
Word: Mosel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Mosel. 1. A surname from German. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A village in Zwickau municipality, Saxony, Germany. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Havel Part of Speech: name 1. A river in Germany.
Word: critiquer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From critique + -er. 1. One who critiques.
Word: jugement Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of judgment. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Serpens Caput Part of Speech: name Etymology: Pseudo-Latin from Latin serpēns (“snake”) + caput (“head”). As genitive is often mentioned Serpentis Capitis and as translation is mentioned Serpent's Head (rarely Head of the Snake). 1. The western half of the northern constellation Serpens, said to resemble a snake. It is said to represent the head end of the snake.
Word: Serpens Cauda Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin serpēns (“snake”) + cauda (“tail”). 1. The eastern half of the northern constellation Serpens, said to resemble a snake. It is said to represent the tail end of the snake.
Word: second grade Part of Speech: noun 1. The period in school that comes after first grade and before third grade. Labels: US
Word: third grade Part of Speech: noun 1. The period in school that comes after second grade and before fourth grade. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: fourth grade Part of Speech: noun 1. The period in school that comes after third grade and before fifth grade. Labels: US
Word: fifth grade Part of Speech: noun 1. The period in school that comes after fourth grade and before sixth grade. Labels: US Example: 4) The Psychology Research Institute of the China Academy of Sciences carried out an experiment in teaching arithmetic in coordination with algebra in two classes of the fifth grade in the No. 2 experimental elementary school in Peking with good results. At a unified examination in arithmetic held among all elementary schools in Hsicheng ch’ü, Peking, the grades of the students in these two classes averaged better that 94.
Word: sixth grade Part of Speech: noun 1. The period in school that comes after fifth grade and before seventh grade. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: seventh grade Part of Speech: noun 1. The period in school that comes after sixth grade and before eighth grade. Labels: US
Word: eighth grade Part of Speech: noun 1. The period in school that comes after seventh grade and before ninth grade. Labels: US
Word: ninth grade Part of Speech: noun 1. The period in school that comes after eighth grade and before tenth grade. Labels: US Example: Ever since El Martinez started asking to be called by the gender-neutral pronouns “they/them” in the ninth grade, they have fielded skepticism in a variety of forms and from a multitude of sources about what it means to identify as nonbinary.
Word: tenth grade Part of Speech: noun 1. The period in school that comes after ninth grade and before eleventh grade. Labels: US
Word: eleventh grade Part of Speech: noun 1. The period in school that comes after tenth grade and before twelfth grade. Labels: US
Word: twelfth grade Part of Speech: noun 1. The period in school that comes after eleventh grade and, rarely in the US, before thirteenth grade. Labels: US
Word: 1st grade Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of first grade. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: 2nd grade Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of second grade. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: 3rd grade Part of Speech: noun 1. Third grade. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: 4th grade Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fourth grade. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: 5th grade Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fifth grade. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: 6th grade Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sixth grade. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: 7th grade Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of seventh grade. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: 8th grade Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of eighth grade. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: 9th grade Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ninth grade. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: 10th grade Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tenth grade. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: 11th grade Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of eleventh grade. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: 12th grade Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of twelfth grade. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: blow dryer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of blow-dryer. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: hand dryer Part of Speech: noun 1. An electric-powered device in a restroom to dry hands with a stream of warm air. Example: There is no automatic hand dryer, which is no great loss as I've yet to find one that works well on a train - they are either pathetically weak or wildly over-enthusiastic.
Word: double-cross Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First recorded in 1834 from thieves' slang cross (or on the cross) to refer to something dishonest, a play on straight or square: a crook going back on his partners would therefore be crossing the crossers, or double-crossing. 1. To betray or go back on; to deceive someone after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were being aided. Labels: transitive Example: If you double-cross us, we'll track you down and kill you. Example: I've been double crossed / By a double dealin', double winnin' / Looks like I'm the one who lost. 2. Of breeding, to cross twice in hybridization, as (A × B) × (C × D); for example, in commercial hybrid seed corn, A through D are classically inbreds, and their grandoffspring is the seed for sale. Labels: transitive
Word: double-cross Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First recorded in 1834 from thieves' slang cross (or on the cross) to refer to something dishonest, a play on straight or square: a crook going back on his partners would therefore be crossing the crossers, or double-crossing. 1. An act or instance of deliberate betrayal or deceit, especially in which one party violates a prior agreement or trust with a collaborator. Example: The only problem is that Cosmo accidentally double-crosses the double-cross: By sheer luck he succeeds at the murder and gets away, which leaves the mob in the uncomfortable position of having to do the dirty work of rubbing him out themselves. 2. Of a breeding, the hybrid product of double-crossing.
Word: offer affordances Part of Speech: verb 1. To give elbow room or leeway (for something to happen). Labels: idiomatic Example: The two sides, the political and the erotic, necessarily obscure and misrepresent each other - but in ways that offer important and shifting affordances to all parties in historical gender and class struggle.
Word: multiculturally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English multicultural Middle English -ly English -ly English multiculturally From multicultural + -ly. 1. In a multicultural manner.
Word: irreclaimably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English irreclaimable Middle English -ly English -ly English irreclaimably From irreclaimable + -ly. 1. In an irreclaimable manner.
Word: connotatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English connotative Middle English -ly English -ly English connotatively From connotative + -ly. 1. In a way that connotes; concerning connotation. Example: We use words either denotatively or connotatively; denotatively when a word is used as a mere mark or sign to point out which thing of all possible things we mean to speak of, and connotatively when it is used to point out a supposed characteristic of the thing denoted.
Word: academically disadvantaged Part of Speech: adj 1. Uneducated; lacking access to an education; lacking resources required to receive an education.
Word: grading Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of grade Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: grading Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪdɪŋ/ 1. A rank or grade. Example: He had no fear of Keefer's higher military rank. He was sure the communicator laughed at such gradings. Example: No matter how dubious, or even fictitious, examination gradings may sometimes be, they make judgements possible on educational progress and on the maintenance of standards. 2. Gradation. 3. The act of reshaping the contour of the landscape so as to provide rainwater drainage around buildings, create lawns and gardens, prepare roadbeds, and so on. 4. Ellipsis of grading period. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Today is my first grading exam.
Word: Geo. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of George. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, archaic
Word: motorcycler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From motorcycle + -er. 1. A motorcyclist. Labels: nonstandard, rare
Word: motorcyclers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of motorcycler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abyssopelagic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From abyss (“abyss”) + pelagic (“open ocean”). Pronunciation: /əˌbɪs.oʊ.pəˈlæ.d͡ʒɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to the depths of the ocean; of the open waters of the abyssal zone. Labels: not-comparable
Word: monohull Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English hull English monohull From mono- + hull. 1. A boat that has a single hull.
Word: choo choo train Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of choo-choo train. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: choo-choo train Part of Speech: noun 1. A railway train. Labels: childish 2. A spoonful of food (when encouraging a spoon-fed child to eat). Labels: childish Example: Near-synonym: airplane Example: Here comes the choo-choo train! Open wide!
Word: choo choo trains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of choo choo train Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acrologic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the naming of hieroglyphic symbols by the first phonetic sound of the picture they represent Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to acronyms Labels: not-comparable
Word: choo-choo trains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of choo-choo train Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aeropleustic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to aerial navigation. Labels: humorous, not-comparable
Word: aeruginous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French erugineux, from Latin aerūginōsus (“rusty”). 1. Pertaining to copper rust; in particular, resembling the (bluish-)greenish colour of copper rust. Example: There was definitely some aeruginous material on that door handle. Example: It is not possible to adequately discuss aeruginous (copper rust) corrosion products without introducing several principles of corrosion and descriptions of minerals.
Word: agravic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English gravic English agravic From a- + gravic. 1. Of or pertaining to the condition of zero gravity. Labels: not-comparable Example: Astronauts frequently recount their agravic experiences. Example: Spherical shaped agravic and oval shaped hypogravic forms of burning fuel, (n-heptane) droplets created in a falling chamber as gravitational gradient effects on natural convection.
Word: soccer field Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of soccer + field. 1. A playing field on which the game of soccer is played.
Word: agrestic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin agrestis (“rustic, boorish, wild”) (from ager (“a field, a farm”)) + -ic Pronunciation: /əˈɡresˈtɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to the fields; rural; rustic, unpolished Example: The author's early days were filled with agrestic surroundings. Example: With agrestic charm / It’s humid in the midwest
Word: alaudine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Alauda + -ine 1. Of or pertaining to skylarks. Labels: not-comparable
Word: basketball court Part of Speech: noun 1. An outdoor or indoor area on which the game of basketball is played.
Word: atrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin āter (“dark, black”) + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪtɹəs/ 1. Jet-black in color. Example: Male atrous leadcolourd^([sic]) on the upper side, under side a mixture of whitish and ferruginous with cuspidate fasciae ; Example: Head atrous, viridescent on lateral frontal spaces and occiput, gulae, basal part of mentum on each side of median tooth brightly viridescent; prothorax atrous, with viridescent tints on disc and wide brassy-green basal and lateral margins.
Word: atrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French à trous (“with holes”). Pronunciation: /əˈtɹuː/ 1. Dilated (used when describing convolutions). Labels: not-comparable, uncommon Example: Atrous convolution allows us to explicitly control the resolution. Example: The new approach is executed by using atrous and gabor wavelets that work effectively on image and video.
Word: aurulent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin aurulentus (“golden”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔː(ɹ).jʊ.lənt/, /-jə-/, /ˈoɹ.jʊ.lənt/ 1. Gold in color.
Word: cutting off one's nose to spite one's face Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cut off one's nose to spite one's face Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: propertied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From property + -ed. 1. Owning property, especially land or real estate that yields an income. Example: The Bolsheviks organized unity and class solidarity of the workers and peasants in the oppressed and oppressing nations to fight the propertied classes that exploited their labor.
Word: prophesier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prophesy + -er. 1. A person who makes prophecies or foretells the future; a prophet. Example: […] the Welshemen gat firste the West hill, hopyng to haue recouered the East hil: whiche if thei had obteined, the victory had been theirs, as their vnwise Prophesiers promised them before. Example: Come, bring forth this counterfeit module, he has deceived me, like a double-meaning prophesier.
Word: prophetical Part of Speech: adj 1. prophetic Example: Why la; I knew't, this Propheticall tongue of mine never faild me; my mother was halfe a witch, never any thing that ſhe foreſpake, but came to paſſe: […]
Word: pro-lifer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro-life + -er. 1. A person with pro-life views, or who advocates such policies
Word: prolapse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin prolapsus. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹoʊlæps/ 1. To move out of place; especially for an internal organ to protrude beyond its normal position. Labels: intransitive
Word: prolapse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin prolapsus. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹoʊlæps/ 1. A moving out of place, especially a protrusion of an internal organ. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: internal organ Part of Speech: noun 1. An organ, such as the heart or colon, that is entirely within the confines of the body. Example: The salarians at first thought the krogan were confused about the nature of Kruban's environment; the planet is named for a krogan mythological paradise in which honorable warriors feast on the internal organs of their enemies. In fact, krogan astronomers had correctly deduced the nature of Kruban in the years before the global holocaust.
Word: projectionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English projection Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English projectionist From projection + -ist. 1. A person who operates a film projector, especially one who does so as an occupation at a movie theatre or drive-in theatre. 2. One who subscribes to the philosophy of projectionism.
Word: prohibitory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English prohibit Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory English prohibitory From prohibit + -ory. 1. That serves to prohibit or forbid