nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pass out Part of Speech: verb 1. To faint; to become unconscious. Labels: intransitive Example: I pass out at the sight of blood. Example: I passed out on the train after drinking a bottle of vodka. 2. To fall asleep irrespective of wilful action, as a result of the consumption of alcohol or other drugs or another form of physiological exhaustion. Labels: slang 3. To distribute. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonyms: hand out, give out Example: We'll pass out copies of the agenda. 4. To graduate, usually marked by a ceremony at the end of training. Labels: usually Example: He wasn't allowed to finish his training to go to France; but was sent to England on a Physical Training Course and passed out First Class. Example: "She had asked at Paddington for a return to Lympstone on the Exmouth branch, where her son was due to pass out as a Royal Marine that afternoon, at the local training camp. "Presumably, the booking clerk had misheard her and sold her a ticket to Leominster, and other helpful staff had unwittingly helped her on her way. 5. To become proficient in a particular job or task. Labels: broadly Example: "It took me about a month to pass out on this box," he adds. "It's easy to be daunted by all the levers and bell codes and Absolute Block, but it's all the usual rules of anywhere else. You can't just come up here from the street though, and I thought I'd never be able to work this SB [signal box], but you just get on with it until it becomes second nature." 6. To graduate from university. Labels: India Example: He passed out of the Madras University in 1990. 7. To end (a round) by having passes as the first four bids. Labels: transitive 8. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, out. Example: “You speak of terms,” she said. “These are mine. Stand aside and let me pass.” […] “So you accede to my terms?” she said. “I am to pass out?”
Word: pater familias Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of paterfamilias. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: spellchecker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of spell checker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: grammar checker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grammar + checker. 1. A software application, like a spell checker, that attempts to verify the grammar in a document. Example: I ran the grammar checker on my novel, but the strange names confused it.
Word: siphoning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of siphon Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: siphoning Part of Speech: noun 1. The operation of a siphon. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sniggle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From an alteration (perhaps due to giggle) of snigger, itself a variant of snicker. Pronunciation: /ˈsnɪ.ɡəl/ 1. To chortle or chuckle; snicker. Labels: intransitive Example: Ay! you see you'll laugh at the bare thought on it — and I'll be bound th' minister, though he's not a laughing man, would ha' sniggled at th' notion of falling in love wi' the child.
Word: sniggle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See snig (“a kind of eel”) + -le (frequentative verbal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈsnɪ.ɡəl/ 1. To fish for eels by thrusting a baited needle or hook into their dens. Labels: intransitive Example: But rampant poaching (the correct term for catching a grown-up eel with bait is to “sniggle”, though elvers are caught with something more like a giant sieve) is now prompting authorities to crack down well in advance of next year’s season. 2. To catch by this means. Labels: transitive 3. To ensnare. Labels: figuratively, transitive
Word: sniggle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From snig or an alteration of snag + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈsnɪ.ɡəl/ 1. To steal something of little value. Labels: obsolete
Word: sniggler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sniggle + -er. 1. A person who catches eels by hand, one who sniggles.
Word: hereditarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hereditary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English hereditarian From hereditary + -an. Pronunciation: /həˌɹɛdɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /həˌɹɛdɪˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. One who advocates hereditarianism.
Word: hereditarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hereditary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English hereditarian From hereditary + -an. Pronunciation: /həˌɹɛdɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /həˌɹɛdɪˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. Pertaining to hereditarianism. Example: When it reported in 1908, it took a strongly hereditarian view of mental deficiency, which was not surprising given that many of its members were paid-up eugenists. Example: Since Francis Galton coined the phrase “nature versus nurture” 150 years ago, the debate about what makes us who we are has dominated the human sciences. Do genes determine our destiny, as the hereditarians would say? Or do we enter the world as blank slates, formed only by what we encounter in our homes and beyond? What started as an intellectual debate quickly expanded to whatever anyone wanted it to mean, invoked in arguments about everything from free will to race to inequality to whether public policy can, or should, level the playing field. Today, however, a new realm of science is poised to upend the debate — not by declaring victory for one side or the other, nor even by calling a tie, but rather by revealing they were never in opposition in the first place. Through this new vantage, nature and nurture are not even entirely distinguishable, because genes and environment don’t operate in isolation; they influence each other and to a very real degree even create each other. The new field is called sociogenomics, a fusion of behavioral science and genetics that I have been closely involved with for over a decade. Though the field is still in its infancy, its philosophical implications are staggering. It has the potential to rewrite a great deal of what we think we know about who we are and how we got that way.
Word: hopelessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *tōhopōnder. Old English tōhopa Old English hopa Middle English hope English hope Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English hopeless Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English hopelessly From hopeless + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊplɪsli/, /ˈhəʊplɪsli/ 1. In a manner showing no hope Example: The whole covey of victims was thus netted; the household ruin was thus full and orbicular; and in that proportion the tendency of men and women, flutter as they might, would be helplessly and hopelessly to sink into the all-conquering hands of the mighty murderer. Example: Crouch had earlier hopelessly miskicked an excellent volleyed chance from eight yards out after a delightful Pennant cross.
Word: temporalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of temporality Labels: form-of, plural 2. the temporal or worldly possessions of the clergy Example: The profits of my living, which amounted to but thirty-five pounds a year, I made over to the orphans and widows of the clergy of our diocese; for having a sufficient fortune of my own, I was careless of temporalities, and felt a secret pleasure in doing my duty without reward
Word: hereditarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hereditary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English hereditarian 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 hereditarianism From hereditarian + -ism. 1. The school of thought that heredity is more important than factors such as environment in determining intelligence and behaviour. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: glad-handing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of glad-hand Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: glad-handing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who glad-hands.
Word: glad-hand Part of Speech: verb 1. To be overly friendly with (a stranger) in order to gain an advantage. Labels: transitive Example: Not in many a moon had he glad-handed so many people. […] The President, in fact, behaved noticeably like a candidate for reelection. Example: Whenever I wasn’t glad-handing NTOC [National Threat Operations Center] leadership at headquarters, I spent my time learning everything I could—“hot-desking” with analysts who worked different programs and different types of targets, so as to be able to teach my fellow team members back in Hawaii the newest ways the agency’s tools might be used. 2. To extend a glad hand (to someone); to welcome warmly.
Word: glad hand Part of Speech: noun 1. A warm welcome offered to a guest by a host. Example: And with that he gave me the "glad hand" and a pat on the shoulder. Example: The young men who will get the corporate glad hand are some of the most sought after graduates of the class of '64. 2. A coupling device used on semi-trailer trucks for attaching air brake lines from the tractor to the trailer.
Word: selected Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /sɪˈlɛktɪd/ 1. That have been selected or chosen. Example: Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, […]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.
Word: selected Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sɪˈlɛktɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of select Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: seeking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From seek + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.kɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something. Example: […] the Company contemplated having their works at Esher—for they have had long and anxious seekings for a location—to store our gun-cotton in unlimited quantity […]
Word: seeking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From seek + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.kɪŋ/ 1. That seeks something specified. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable
Word: seeking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From seek + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.kɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of seek Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Word: protected Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɹəˈtɛktɪd/ 1. defended 2. Having the protected access modifier, indicating that a program element is accessible to subclasses but not to the program in general. Labels: usually
Word: protected Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹəˈtɛktɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of protect Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lyrics Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɪɹ.ɪks/ 1. plural of lyric Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lyrics Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɪɹ.ɪks/ 1. The words to a song (or other vocal music). Labels: plural, plural-only Example: song lyrics Example: write lyrics 2. A text transcription of any piece of audio, or the words in it. Labels: Internet, plural, plural-only
Word: surroundings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /səˈɹaʊndɪŋz/ 1. plural of surrounding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: surroundings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /səˈɹaʊndɪŋz/ 1. The area surrounding someone or something, together with the objects and circumstances in the vicinity; the environment or ambiance. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: His tall, gaunt, stringy figure is insensible to fatigue, and his dry, half-sarcastic, and often wholly unsympathetic manner is uninfluenced by any change in his surroundings. Example: We like the way they live, in their penthouselike surroundings filled with fake ferns and goldfish. 2. All parts of the universe that are not within the thermodynamic system of interest. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: navel-gazing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Ancient Greek ὀμφαλοσκοπία (omphaloskopía). By surface analysis, navel + gazing. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪvəlˌɡeɪzɪŋ/ 1. The contemplation of one's navel as an aid to meditation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Forget incense and the lotus position, forget notions of "getting rid of thoughts" or "navel gazing," meditation is, more broadly and more helpfully for most people, getting to know our minds and hearts. 2. An excessive focus on oneself; self-indulgent introspection. Labels: countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: To whom, except to the author, could these narcissistic navel-gazings be of interest? Example: I believe that the Opposition, devoid of any argument of any weight in the debate, determined to have Parliament engage in a trivial navel-gazing exercise regarding who said what to whom, rather than to focus on the issue of whether or not members accept the sworn evidence of an honourable member of the House. 3. A (disproportionate) concentration on a single issue. Labels: countable, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable Example: In spite of efforts by the government to focus public attention on the economy and to turn Canadians away from constitutional navel gazing to the outward challenges of the global economy, it was the election of Bill Clinton to the American presidency that set the mood for political change at home.
Word: navel-gazing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Calque of Ancient Greek ὀμφαλοσκοπία (omphaloskopía). By surface analysis, navel + gazing. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪvəlˌɡeɪzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of navel-gaze Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hailstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hailston, haylestone, hawelston, hawleston, from Old English hagolstān (“hailstone”), from Proto-West Germanic *haglastain, from Proto-Germanic *haglastainaz, equivalent to hail + stone. Cognate with West Frisian heilstien (“hailstone”), Saterland Frisian Hailsteen (“hailstone”), Dutch hagelsteen (“hailstone”), German Low German Hagelsteen (“hailstone”), German Hagelstein (“hailstone”), Swedish hagelsten (“hailstone”), Icelandic haglsteinn (“hailstone”). Pronunciation: /ˈheɪlstoʊn/ 1. A single ball of hail, or solid precipitation
Word: integrated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪtəd/ 1. composed and coordinated to form a whole Example: So what is it that makes SBB (Swiss national railways) tick? In my humble opinion, two things. Firstly, a comprehensive and set-in-stone integrated timetable (incorporating trains, ferries, cable cars and buses, including the world-famous yellow 'post-autos'), compiled four years in advance and which gets tested twice before it becomes operational. 2. characterized by racial integration Labels: US
Word: integrated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪtəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of integrate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: kisser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Agent noun of kiss: from kiss + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪsɚ/, /ˈkɪsə(ɹ)/ 1. One who kisses. Example: She's a great kisser! Example: I went to bed that night totally and completely in love with my Mary. What a kisser. She dropped me the next day. 2. The mouth. Labels: slang Example: Get yore handkerchief ready, an' run out an' cram it into his kisser an' choke th' —— if he starts in to holler. 3. The face. Labels: slang Example: Not a pretty kisser, but so mobile those drawn-on brows, bulging peepers green as dill, cock-eyed grin, the It Girls lost it beside her. 4. The kissing gourami. 5. A button on a bowstring that indicates consistent height when drawing a bow, for example by being placed against the archer's mouth .
Word: Bruxelles Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Bruxelles. 1. Synonym of Brussels. Example: Bruſſels or Bruxelles, Lat. Bruxellæ, one of the greateſt, beautifulleſt, and beſt peopled City of the Spaniſh Netherlands, is the Capital of the Dutchy of Brabant; […] Bruxelles is a Trading Town, and has ſeveral Manufactures. Example: Charles and Hawley I left at Paris; but they purpose visiting Bruxelles on their return homewards and I shall therefore probably see them again.
Word: hypergamy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English -gamy English hypergamy From hyper- + -gamy. Pronunciation: /haɪˈpɚɡəmi/ 1. Act or practice of seeking a spouse of higher socioeconomic status or caste status than oneself. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: From 1940 to the mid-1970s, the tendency for men to marry down educationally became more pronounced and the cultural ideal of hypergamy — that women must marry up — became more insistent. Example: A lawsuit against David Geffen mentions a website where hypergamy — dating above your station — is celebrated. But the word carries darker intonations.
Word: propulsion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin propulsio, propulsionis, from the past participle of Latin propello (“to drive forward, drive forth, drive away, drive out”). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈpʌlʃən/ 1. The process of propelling, driving, or pushing, typically forward or onward; a propulsive force or impulse. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. That which propels. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: However, nuclear propulsion provides a very high specific impulse and consistent, long duration energy source. Example: This propulsion provides an initial velocity for the vehicle in a short time span.
Word: man-at-arms Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌmæn‿ət‿ˈɑː(ɹ)mz/ 1. A heavily-armed mounted member of medieval cavalry. Labels: historical Example: But if they offer word or violence, Weele fight fiue hundred men at armes to one, Before we part with our poſſeſſion: […]
Word: intolerable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English intolerable, borrowed from Middle French intolerable, from Latin intolerābilis. By surface analysis, in- + tolerable. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɑləɹəbl̩/, /ɪnˈtɒləɹəbl̩/ 1. Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured. 2. Extremely offensive or insulting. Example: It is an intolerable sound that sets spoons tinkling in saucers and windowpanes vibrating. Example: “I call on all citizens of Berlin and across Germany to wear the yarmulke (as the skullcap is known in Yiddish) next Saturday if there are new, intolerable attacks targeting Israel and Jews on the occasion of Al-Quds Day in Berlin,” said Felix Klein in a statement. 3. Extremely worn and degraded, to the point of being unsafe. Example: o take apart an ageing nuclear facility, you have to put a lot of other things together first. New technologies, for instance, and new buildings to replace the intolerable ones, and new reserves of money.
Word: opinions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈpɪn.jənz/ 1. plural of opinion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: opinions Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈpɪn.jənz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of opinion Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: marker Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English mark 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 marker From mark + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/ 1. To mark or write on (something) using a marker Example: On one page someone has markered: "Remember, you are your own best thing."
Word: parched Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɑɹt͡ʃt/, /pɑːtʃt/ 1. Dry. Example: In the morning I went to the court; my lips and throat were parched. I dared not ask the fatal question, but I was known, and the officer guessed the cause of my visit. Example: Played acoustically, glacially paced and sung in Kristofferson’s parched, age-weathered voice, even his more lighthearted songs – Jesus Was a Capricorn, Best Of All Possible Worlds – were leant an eerie gravitas, while Me and Bobby McGee and Sunday Morning Coming Down sounded heartbreakingly careworn and poignant. 2. Very thirsty. Example: I'm quite parched.
Word: parched Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɑɹt͡ʃt/, /pɑːtʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of parch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: RAFO Part of Speech: phrase 1. Acronym of read and find out. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, slang
Word: RAFO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Royal Air Force of Oman. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: transitivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French transitivité. Morphologically transitive + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌtɹænzɪˈtɪvɪti/ 1. The degree in which any one verb can take or govern objects. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There are 3 cardinal degrees of transitivity of any one verb: intransitive, monotransitive and ditransitive. 2. The property of being transitive. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The hypothetical syllogism inference rule states the transitivity of implication.
Word: Golden Gate Bridge Part of Speech: name 1. A 1.7-mile-long suspension bridge linking Marin County, California, to San Francisco, California. Example: Petaluma is also well-positioned as a base for the current riches of the region. Think of this town as the hub of a pioneer’s wagon wheel, spokes stretching out in all directions to day trip points of interest. West to Point Reyes National Seashore and Bodega Bay, north to the redwoods around Guerneville, east to wine country, and south for hiking on Mount Tamalpais or the houseboats and dockside fun of Sausalito, then just over Golden Gate bridge to the big city — all reachable within an hour, traffic-willing.
Word: art school Part of Speech: noun 1. A school that specializes in the study of art.
Word: shows Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ʃəʊz/, /ʃoʊz/ 1. plural of show Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shows Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʃəʊz/, /ʃoʊz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of show Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: granted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæntɪd/, /ˈɡɹɑːntɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of grant Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: He was granted a patent on his invention.
Word: granted Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæntɪd/, /ˈɡɹɑːntɪd/ 1. Used to concede a point or to express acknowledgment or awareness, often before stating some contrasting or competing information; used as an expression of respect to the point in question. Labels: not-comparable Example: He's a good student and usually does well. Granted, he did fail that one test, but I think there were good reasons for that. Example: "You haven't been a very good father." "Granted."
Word: granted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæntɪd/, /ˈɡɹɑːntɪd/ 1. used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argument Labels: not-comparable Example: Granted that he has done nothing wrong, he should be set free. Example: Granted the lack of evidence, we can make no such conclusion.
Word: feverish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English fever Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English feverish From fever + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈfiː.və.ɹɪʃ/, /ˈfi.vɚ.ɪʃ/ 1. Having a fever, an elevated body temperature. Example: The illness made him feverish, so they applied cold compresses. Example: People who feel warm or provide a history of feeling feverish may also be determined to have a fever. 2. Filled with excess energy. Example: He worked with feverish excitement. 3. Morbidly eager. Example: a feverish desire to see her again
Word: emblem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French embleme, from Latin emblēma (“raised ornaments on vessels, tessellated work, mosaic”), from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (émblēma, “an insertion”), from ἐμβάλλειν (embállein, “to put in, to lay on”). Doublet of emblema. Pronunciation: /ˈɛmbləm/ 1. A representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo. Example: The medical trucks were emblazoned with the emblem of the Red Cross. Example: His ſicatrice, with an Embleme of warre, heere on his ſiniſter cheeke; 2. Something that represents a larger whole. Example: The rampant poverty in the ethnic slums was just an emblem of the group's disenfranchisement by the society as a whole. Example: Yes, there were instances of grandstanding and obsessive behaviour, but many were concealed at the time to help protect an aggressively peddled narrative of Pistorius the paragon, the emblem, the trailblazer. 3. Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface. Example: Broider'd the ground, more color'd than with stone Of costliest emblem 4. A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation. Example: An Emblem is but a ſilent Parable: 5. A picture placed on the field of the escutcheon. Example: Near-synonym: charge
Word: emblem Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French embleme, from Latin emblēma (“raised ornaments on vessels, tessellated work, mosaic”), from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (émblēma, “an insertion”), from ἐμβάλλειν (embállein, “to put in, to lay on”). Doublet of emblema. Pronunciation: /ˈɛmbləm/ 1. To symbolize. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: senseless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English senseless From sense + -less. Compare Saterland Frisian sinloos (“senseless, foolish”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnsləs/ 1. Without feeling or desire to work; deprived of sensation. Example: The blow to his head rendered him senseless; he didn’t awaken until he was in the ambulance. Example: That hoary man had spent his livelong age / In converse with the dead, who leave the stamp / Of ever-burning thoughts on many a page, / When they are gone into the senseless damp / Of graves; […] 2. Lacking meaning or purpose; without common sense. Example: What a senseless waste of money. 3. Without a discernible meaning or purpose, especially of a violent or evil act. Example: The school shooting was a senseless act of violence. Example: Addressing the nation on Thursday, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala called the shooting “a senseless attack” and said “this Christmas will be unimaginably sad.” 4. Without consideration, awareness or sound judgement Example: He took senseless risks, not even aware of the danger he was in. Example: [T]he King vvas obliged to qualify his grant, by eſtabliſhing betvveen the contending parties a rotation of ſeniority, each to take place alternately for a year, the ſurvivor to precede for his life the heir of the other, and ſo in perpetuum. A ſenſeleſs jumble, ſoon liquidated by a more egregious act of folly, the King vvith his ovvn hand crovvning the young Duke of VVarvvick King of the Iſle of VVight— […]
Word: ova Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ōva (“eggs”), plural of ōvum (“egg”). Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ̯.və/, /ˈoʊ̯.və/, /ˈɐʉ̯.və/, /ˈəʉ̯.və/, /ˈo.və/ 1. plural of ovum (“gamete”) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ova Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Used to represent a non-rhotic pronunciation of over. 1. Pronunciation spelling of over. Labels: alt-of, dialectal, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling Example: OK, get in dat pirogue ova dere, en be still. Don't move hombre!!! We don't you and larry to flip!
Word: ovarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: c 1840 ovary + -an Pronunciation: /oʊˈvɛɹi.ən/ 1. Relating to the ovaries. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ovaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ovary Labels: form-of, plural 2. Synonym of balls (“courage”) (said of women) Labels: humorous
Word: ovaritis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ovary Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English ovaritis From ovary + -itis. 1. inflammation of the ovary Labels: uncountable
Word: progesterone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pro- Latin gestāre German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English progesterone From pro- + Latin gestāre (“to bear, to carry”) + English -one. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛstəɹəʊn/, /pɹoʊˈd͡ʒɛstəˌɹoʊn/ 1. A steroid hormone, secreted by the ovaries, whose function is to prepare the uterus for the implantation of a fertilized ovum and to maintain pregnancy. Labels: uncountable 2. A synthetic version of the compound, used in contraceptive pills and other pharmaceutical products. Labels: countable
Word: paired Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɛəd/, /pɛɹd/, /peːd/, /peəd/, /piəd/ 1. That occurs as a pair.
Word: paired Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɛəd/, /pɛɹd/, /peːd/, /peəd/, /piəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of pair Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lodged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /lɑd͡ʒd/, /lɒd͡ʒd/ 1. simple past and past participle of lodge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lodged Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /lɑd͡ʒd/, /lɒd͡ʒd/ 1. Lying down, with head raised; used of beasts of the chase (deer, etc), as couchant is used of beasts of prey (lions, etc). Labels: not-comparable
Word: lodges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lodge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lodges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lodge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: entities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: go to the dogs Part of Speech: verb 1. To decline or deteriorate shockingly. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: "[T]he merry old ways of good life have gone to the dogs—upon my carcase, they have!" Example: Poor devil, he's gone to the dogs altogether. He's got some twopenny-halfpenny job in the medical at Alexandria—sanitary officer or something like that. I'm told he lives with an ugly old Greek woman and has half a dozen scrofulous kids.
Word: pranks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pranks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prank Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: doughy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dough Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English doughy From dough + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊˌi/, /ˈdoʊi/ 1. Having the characteristics of dough especially in appearance or consistency: as 2. Having the characteristics of dough especially in appearance or consistency: as Example: Sweat bee life begins as an egg laid on or near its doughy pollen mass.
Word: doughy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dough Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English doughy From dough + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊˌi/, /ˈdoʊi/ 1. A baker. Labels: archaic, slang Example: The manufactory of sugar is generally in German hands. An attempt has, I believe, been made by Parisian “doughies” to establish a footing in London; […]
Word: wooer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From woo + -er; from Middle English wowere, from Old English wōgere, from wōgian (“to woo”). Pronunciation: /ˈwuːə/, /ˈwuəɹ/ 1. Someone who woos or courts. Example: Penelope for her Vliſſes ſake, / Deuiz'd a VVeb her vvooers to deceaue: / in vvhich the vvorke that ſhe all day did make / the ſame at night ſhe did againe vnreaue, […] Example: Whiles we shut the gate upon one wooer, another knocks at the door.
Word: on the nose Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Exact; precise; appropriate. Labels: idiomatic Example: His estimate that they would consume 23 boxes was on the nose. Example: His choice of decor was on the nose, considering the theme of the party. 2. Unimaginative; overliteral; lacking nuance; unsophisticated. Labels: idiomatic Example: Wearing that floral dress to a garden party was a little on the nose, wouldn't you say? Example: Susan: Barbara, I really like these red Christmas bulbs. Barbara: You think next year we should do the whole Christmas tree in them? Susan: Don't you think that's a bit on the nose? 3. Smelly; malodorous. Labels: Australia, figuratively, often, slang Example: That bucket of raw prawns you left in the sun is a bit on the nose. Example: Now the process has been reversed; it is doubtful if there has ever been a time when politicians and politics have been more on the nose than the period of the first Fraser government, and this is not only unfunny, but unhealthy. 4. Being a bet on a horse to finish first. Labels: slang Example: It was three o'clock. They were running the third race at Santa Anita and he had ten bucks on the nose. Example: I once knew a fag dip into the till—not the whole two thousand at once on the nose win or Sing Sing.[…] 5. On the lookout. Labels: obsolete, slang 6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, nose.
Word: on the button Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Exactly, precisely. Labels: idiomatic Example: They arrived at 3:30, on the button. Example: Her landing was right on the button.
Word: extravagantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English extravagant Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English extravagantly From extravagant + -ly. 1. With lavish expenditure or behaviour; in an extravagant manner. Example: Perhaps nowhere else in insectdom is such an extravagantly flamboyant display of systemized pattern on parade.
Word: extravaganza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian stravaganza under influence from English extravagance. Pronunciation: /ɪkˌstɹæv.əˈɡæn.zə/ 1. An extravagant or eccentric piece of music, literature, or drama, originally associated with Victorian England. Example: The ingenious method was hit upon of dove-tailing extravaganza and pantomime. A long burlesque, the characters in which have nothing to do with the harlequinade, terminates with one of those elaborate and gorgeous displays which have acquired the name of “Transformation Scenes.” Example: It grew out of the Victorian “extravaganza” style, which took serious opera and literature and applied broad comic satire (usually with music) that played to the masses. 2. An instance of fantastical, unrestrained, lavish, or chaotic behaviour or conduct. Labels: broadly Example: The bride had her heart set on a simple wedding, but her parents insisted on a three-hundred-guest extravaganza. Example: I find myself on Christmas day with people who are so tedious that a trip to the john appears an extravaganza by comparison.
Word: α-Centauri Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Translingual α (“brightest”) + Centauri (“a star in that constellation”). 1. The brightest star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus.
Word: kalakand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi कलाकंद (kalākand). 1. an Indian form of cheesecake made from sweetened milk with chopped nuts and, sometimes, saffron and edible silver foil Labels: uncountable
Word: tiramisu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian tiramisù (literally “pick-me-up”). Pronunciation: /ˌtɪɹəmɪˈsuː/, /ˌtɪɹəˈmisu/, /ˌtɪɹəmɪˈsu/, /ˌtɝəməˈsu/ 1. An Italian semifreddo dessert, originally from Veneto, made from ladyfinger biscuits, cocoa, mascarpone cheese, Marsala wine, eggs (or sometimes cream), sugar and espresso coffee. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Numerous variations of tiramisu exist. Some chefs use other cakes such as panettone. Although the original recipe – certified by the Italian Academy of Cuisine in 2010 – was alcohol-free, variants include alcohol such as rum or marsala.
Word: brightest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaɪtɪst/ 1. superlative form of bright: most bright Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: brightest Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaɪtɪst/ 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of bright Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: endoskeleton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm Proto-Hellenic *éndon Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon)der. English endo- English skeleton English endoskeleton From endo- + skeleton. 1. The internal skeleton of an animal, which in vertebrates is composed of bone and cartilage. Example: This is the case not only with all forms provided with exoskeleta and endoskeleta, into the composition of which lime largely enters, but also with those which exercise the precipitating effect on the calcium salts they absorb from sea water, the precipitation rarely going so far as to form a distinct deposit in the cells or tissues of the organism. Example: Endoskeleta have the advantage that they can be flexibly “restructured” when the situation demands.
Word: ideational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ideation Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English ideational From ideation + -al. Pronunciation: /ʌɪdɪˈeɪʃən(ə)l/ 1. Pertaining to the formation of ideas or thoughts of objects not immediately present to the senses. Labels: not-comparable Example: An immoral dream would demonstrate nothing further of the dreamer's inner life than that he had at some time acquired knowledge of its ideational content [translating Vorstellungsinhalt], but certainly not that it revealed an impulse of his own psyche. Example: Ideational culture, which Sorokin counterposes to the sensate, is generated through more ethereal forms of engagement with the world. Ideational culture also abounds in religious communities.
Word: dog whelk Part of Speech: noun 1. A carnivorous European mollusc, Nucella lapillus, found on rocky coasts. Example: 1971 January 14, Graham Chedd, Peter Stubbs, Gerald Wick (section editors), Monitor: Starving dog whelks grow teeth in the estuary, New Scientist, Volume 49, Number 734, page 57, A recent study of shell-shape in the dog whelk Nucella lapillus along the Bristol Channel suggests - that in progressively less saline conditions the species lives in a colonising situation, where periodic food shortages, rather than physiological limitations, decimate populations and sometimes lead to local extinction. Example: Evidently the dog whelks perceive the chemicals released by the crabs and their prey.[…]Dog whelks are believed to have evolved in the Pacific, and to have spread into the North Atlantic in the Pliocene, during a warm period when it was possible to pass along the coast of the Arctic Ocean.
Word: nautilus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nautilus, from Ancient Greek ναυτίλος (nautílos, “paper nautilus, sailor”). Pronunciation: /ˈnɔː.tɪ.ləs/, /ˈnɔ.tɪ.ləs/, /ˈnɑ.tɪ.ləs/ 1. A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus. Example: He was still prepared to go on collecting all that life could offer, like a chambered nautilus patiently adding new cells to its slowly expanding spiral. Example: Nautilidan cephalopods, represented today by the six living species of nautilus are thought to have diverged from other nautiloids in the Devonian period. 2. A kind of diving bell that sinks or rises by means of compressed air. 3. A paper nautilus (actually an octopus).
Word: paper nautilus Part of Speech: noun 1. A pelagic octopus of genus Argonauta, found in warm seas, whose females produce a paper-thin egg case resembling a shell into which she deposits her eggs.
Word: Silicon Valley Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Silicon Valley USA, the title of a series of articles appearing in 1971 in Electronic News by the journalist Don Hoefler, from silicon, an important element in semiconductor manufacturing + valley from Santa Clara Valley, the area where many of these industries are located. 1. Originally, the region of the San Francisco Bay Area in which there were a high number of industries producing silicon chips; later extended to mean the entire concentration of high-tech businesses in this area. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: The community of radio amateurs—trespassing fiddlers on the cutting edge of technological possibilities—prefigured the geek community that was to inhabit Silicon Valley 50 years later. Example: Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete. 2. The tech industry, especially the American tech industry specifically. Labels: countable, metonymically, uncountable 3. A tech industry cluster in another country, developed as a competitor to the original Silicon Valley. Labels: countable Example: The belief in the early 1980s among many European pundits that a series of European Silicon Valleys could be developed before the end of the decade flew in the face of all the United States evidence.
Word: Silicone Valley Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of silicone + Silicon Valley. 1. San Fernando Valley, in particular in reference to its large porn industry. Labels: humorous, slang Example: And so I went to the San Fernando Valley, aka Silicone Valley, on the other side of the Hollywood Hills, to talk with the suits of the adult business. 2. Misspelling of Silicon Valley. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: Remember, be cool. There's no faster way to tip off everyone to the fact that you're not reading Behind The Screens than to say “Silicone Valley” when you mean “silicon”. Example: Joan had returned from San Francisco, that fucking town of overrated nightlife, hippies, and silicone valley yuppies breeding like cockroaches, and I dialed her number as soon as I heard she had gotten back.
Word: semifreddo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Italian semi- Italian freddo Italian semifreddobor. English semifreddo Borrowed from Italian semifreddo. 1. Any of various desserts eaten cold but not frozen, having egg yolks, sugar and cream as main ingredients. Example: Apart from the semifreddi and granite they have coffee spongato; […] Example: To serve, invert the semifreddi onto a platter and remove the plastic wrap. Drizzle some of the chocolate syrup over the tops. Using a knife dipped in hot water (and dried thoroughly), slice the semifreddi into 1-inch slices.
Word: silico- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Latin silex Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium New Latin siliciumlbor. English silicium English -on English silicon Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English silico- From silicon + -o-. 1. silicon, silicone Labels: morpheme
Word: pick-me-up Part of Speech: noun 1. A drink, often an alcoholic one, taken as a stimulant or sometimes as a hangover cure; a restorative, tonic or bracer. Labels: informal Example: Strong tea is just the pick-me-up that I need right now. Example: He brought a hip flask along, just in case he needs a little pick-me-up later. 2. Something that improves one's mood. Example: A trip into town for lunch with my friend was a nice pick-me-up today. Example: A month or so of winter sport seemed a desirable pick-me-up after the strenuous work and crowning discomfiture of the election.
Word: silici- Part of Speech: prefix 1. silex Labels: morpheme 2. silica Labels: morpheme
Word: tiramisù Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tiramisu. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: draw back Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɹɔː ˈbæk/ 1. to retreat from a position 2. to move backwards 3. to withdraw from an undertaking 4. to pull something back or apart
Word: Cantabria Part of Speech: name Etymology: Possibly a Celtic name, such as Proto-Celtic *kantos (“rim, corner”) or *cant- (“rock”). Pronunciation: /kænˈtæbɹiə/ 1. An autonomous community and province in northern Spain. Capital: Santander.
Word: reflexive verb Part of Speech: noun 1. A verb whose subject and direct object are the same. Example: The verb 'ask' in 'ask yourself' is a reflexive verb.
Word: performed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pəˈfɔːmd/, /pɚˈfɔɹmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of perform Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: noted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊtɪd/, /ˈnoʊtɪd/, [ˈnoʊɾɪd], /ˈnəʉtɪd/, [ˈnəʉɾɪd] 1. Well known because of one's reputation; famous, celebrated.
Word: noted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊtɪd/, /ˈnoʊtɪd/, [ˈnoʊɾɪd], /ˈnəʉtɪd/, [ˈnəʉɾɪd] 1. simple past and past participle of note Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores, were being widely used.
Word: kinds Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kaɪndz/ 1. plural of kind Labels: form-of, plural
Word: detailed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈteɪld/, /ˈdiːteɪld/ 1. Characterized by attention to detail and thoroughness of treatment. Example: highly detailed Example: detailed report
Word: detailed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈteɪld/, /ˈdiːteɪld/ 1. simple past and past participle of detail Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: creating Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɹiːˈeɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of create Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].
Word: creating Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɹiːˈeɪtɪŋ/ 1. creation Example: Because, also, although cosmic creatings and geogonic creatings are historic facts, Moses does not specify one single development of either kind, not even (as we expect to show) of primal light.
Word: communications Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃənz/, /kəˌmju.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃənz/, /kəˌmjʉː.nɪˈkæɪ.ʃənz/, /kəˌmjʉː.nəˈkæɪ.ʃənz/ 1. plural of communication Labels: form-of, plural
Word: communications Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃənz/, /kəˌmju.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃənz/, /kəˌmjʉː.nɪˈkæɪ.ʃənz/, /kəˌmjʉː.nəˈkæɪ.ʃənz/ 1. Telecommunications, the science and technology of communicating, especially by electronic means. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: David Cameron insists that his latest communications data bill is “vital to counter terrorism”. Yet terror is mayhem. It is no threat to freedom. That threat is from counter-terror, from ministers capitulating to securocrats. 2. Organizational or corporate communication. Labels: plural, plural-only 3. Systems for communicating (e.g. postal and telephone networks) Labels: plural, plural-only Example: cell phones and other communications equipment
Word: causes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːzɪz/, /ˈkɔzɪz/, /ˈkɑzɪz/, /ˈkoːzɪz/ 1. plural of cause Labels: form-of, plural
Word: causes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːzɪz/, /ˈkɔzɪz/, /ˈkɑzɪz/, /ˈkoːzɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cause Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person