nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: sellable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sell Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English sellable From sell + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛləbəl/ 1. Something that can be sold. Example: I have been doing my best to overcome jitters after two Whittingehame Court burglaries, one next door and one in the flat above me, both too near for comfort, done in mid-afternoon by the total non-finesse of smashing the door open, stuffing videos and other portable sellables into a large holdall, and making off into the May sunshine apparently unnoticed by anyone. Example: The cobblestone block of Fulton Street is home to more upscale shops and restaurants, but the old wooden pier is where you’ll find food stands, clothing kiosks, and more random sellables like balloon animal crafts.
Word: secret Santas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of secret Santa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yuletides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yuletide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: New Years Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of New Year Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hanukkahs Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Hanukkah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Frosty Part of Speech: name 1. A generic name for a snowman.
Word: credentialed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of credential Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: credentialing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of credential Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: misanalyzed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of misanalyze Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: -rrhea Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Ancient Greek ῥοία (rhoía, “flow, flux”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪə/, /ɹiə/ 1. flowing. Labels: US, morpheme
Word: sooted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From soot + -ed. 1. Stained or marked with soot Example: His coat was sooted from sliding down the chimney.
Word: stenciled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of stencil Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unamplified Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English amplified English unamplified From un- + amplified. 1. Not amplified Example: Their music was acoustic and unamplified.
Word: stenciling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stencil Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stenciling Part of Speech: noun 1. A work produced using a stencil.
Word: misanalyze Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English analyze English misanalyze From mis- + analyze. 1. To analyze incorrectly Example: I misanalyzed the problem at first.
Word: misanalyzes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misanalyze Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: misanalyzing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misanalyze Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: prophesized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of prophesize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: prophesize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English prophesy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English prophesize From prophesy + -ize. 1. To prophesy Labels: proscribed Example: Come writers and critics // Who prophesize with your pen // And keep your eyes wide // The chance won’t come again
Word: prophesizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prophesize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: prophesizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of prophesize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: multisectioned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + section + -ed. 1. Having multiple sections Labels: not-comparable Example: a multisectioned book
Word: nonuniformed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + uniform + -ed. 1. Not wearing a uniform in the course of one's duties Labels: not-comparable Example: The pension plan for nonuniformed employees is separate from the pension plan for firefighters and police.
Word: matter of course Part of Speech: noun 1. A natural or logical outcome; perforce. Labels: idiomatic 2. An expected or customary outcome. Labels: idiomatic Example: On some occasions standing ovations may be given to political leaders as a matter of course, rather than as a special honour. Example: York might have known, and very likely did know, how that rein harassed me; but I suppose he took it as a matter of course that could not be helped; at any rate nothing was done to relieve me.
Word: zikat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Zikat; alternative spelling of zakat. Labels: alt-of
Word: sticklike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English stick Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English sticklike From stick + -like. 1. Resembling a stick in form Example: a sticklike object, possibly a stick
Word: castlelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English castellike; equivalent to castle + -like. 1. Resembling a castle Example: They lived in a huge, castlelike mansion.
Word: hymnlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hymn Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English hymnlike From hymn + -like. 1. Resembling a hymn in form or sound Example: a hymnlike composition
Word: Zikat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of zakat. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Services given by the Sayyids are supposed to be free, but they should receive the Zikat, or one tenth of the fruits of the earth.
Word: wheelhorse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós? Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-? Proto-Indo-European *wers- Proto-Indo-European *-ḗn Proto-Indo-European *wérsēn Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šā Proto-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šāder.? Proto-Germanic *hrussą Proto-West Germanic *hross Old English hors Middle English hors English horse English wheelhorse From wheel + horse. Sense 2 (“person who labors heavily for a cause”) is from the fact that a horse nearest to the wheels of a carriage that it is drawing does much of the pulling work. Pronunciation: /ˈʍiːlhɔː(ɹ)s/, /ˈʍiːlhɔɹs/, /ˈwiːl-/ 1. One of a team of horses which is nearest to the wheels of a carriage, as opposed to a leader or forward horse. Labels: US, dated Example: The off wheel-horſe a grey, named Single Peeper, ſold for 50 [guineas] […] The near wheel-horſe cheſnut, named Chance. Example: The driver […] neither knew any thing, said any thing, or did any thing but watch a dozen equine ears, and keep six reins taut in his hands, and coax the off wheel[-]horse with the belly of his whip-lash every two minutes, invariably accompanying the stroke with a tremendous solitary cluck. 2. A person who labors heavily for a particular cause, without being concerned about recognition. Labels: US, figuratively Example: [F]rom his [Benjamin Ruggles'] well-known habits of industry and constant devotion to the interests of his constituents, he was called "The Wheelhorse of the Senate." Example: A medical journal, it seems to the writer, should be a medium for the propagation of useful knowledge, the instruction of the profession in the best and most scientific methods of fighting disease; and who is so well qualified for the work as the old wheelhorses, the men who have grown gray in the fight? 3. A foot-propelled vehicle; a bicycle. Labels: historical, obsolete Example: In 1830 a bold and vigorous attempt was made to utilize the wheel-horse. A French post-office official, M. Dreuze by name, brought forward an improvement on the old two-wheel velocipede, which bid fair to be successful. […] A number of the country letter-carriers were mounted on the wheel-horse, and whilst the roads continued dry and hard M. Dreuze could congratulate himself on the success of his invention; but with wet weather came bad roads, and to the wet succeeded frost and snow. A little extra labour was all that was required to overcome the extra friction of the bad roads, but the wheels refused to progress on the slippy frozen surface. Example: As in most other accomplishments, practice alone can make a skilful rider of velocipedes. The tyro can, however, profit by the experience of others, and I give a few rules for his guidance, as well as directions for his practice. The first point is to gain confidence in, and familiarity with, his wheel horse.
Word: wheelhorses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wheelhorse. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: halophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of halophile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: imprisonments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of imprisonment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: martyrologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of martyrology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: matchgirl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From match + girl. 1. A girl who sold matches on the streets. Labels: historical
Word: matchgirls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of matchgirl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tortive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin torquere (“to twist”). Sometimes attributed to Shakespeare. 1. Twisted; wreathed. Example: [K]nots, by the conflux of meeting sap, Infect the sound pine, and divert his grain Tortive and errant from his course of growth.
Word: roadsides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roadside Labels: form-of, plural
Word: resinates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of resinate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: resinating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of resinate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: resinated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of resinate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: repealable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English repeal Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English repealable From repeal + -able. 1. Capable of being repealed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: reoffer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English offer English reoffer From re- + offer. 1. An offer that has been made before. Example: The reoffer was only good for a limited time, the same as the original offer had been.
Word: reoffer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English offer English reoffer From re- + offer. 1. To offer again. Example: For nostalgia, the maker decided to reoffer the product the way it had been in the 1930s. 2. To campaign for elected office on a second or subsequent occasion, esp. in the context of declining to do so. Labels: Canada Example: "I am announcing that I will not be reoffering as the candidate in the riding of Malpeque in the next federal election." Example: Meanwhile, in the riding of Cape Breton-Canso, Rodger Cuzner also plans to reoffer.
Word: reoffers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reoffer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reoffers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reoffer Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reoffering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reoffer Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reoffered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reoffer Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: resultless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English result 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 resultless From result + -less. 1. Without result; lacking effect, success or accomplishment; fruitless. Labels: not-comparable Example: The search was resultless. Not only were no bodies or wreckage recovered but no trace was ever found. Example: Here in the narrow passage and the pitiless north, perpetual / Betrayals, relentless resultless fighting.
Word: rejoicings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rejoicing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: repeat offender Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who has previously offended against the law, often someone who may be deemed incorrigible. 2. One who performs a specific (often undesirable) action on multiple occasions. Example: At the risk of being branded a repeat offender. I must admit that this chapter is a reprise, in miniature, of an earlier book of mine with the same title.
Word: repeat offenders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of repeat offender Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kott Part of Speech: name 1. A Yeniseian language which was spoken in Siberia and has been extinct for 150 years. Example: Assan is considered to have been a dialect of Kott (Werner 1998). Glottolog lists Assan and Kott as belonging to the same language (https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/kott1239).
Word: Franco-Provençal Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Franco- + Provençal. 1. A Romance language spoken in east-central France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy.
Word: Arpitan Part of Speech: name Etymology: A neologism coined by Joseph Henriet, a word meaning "mountaineer" or "shepherd" deliberately chosen to "sound like Occitan," based on a local derivative of Latin Alpes (“the Alps, mountain highlands”). Aligned with Franco-Provençal arpetan, New Latin arpitanus. Also see Arpitania and Franco-Provençal. Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹ.pɪ.tən/, /ˈɑː.pɪˌtæn/ 1. Franco-Provençal.
Word: getting even Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of get even Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unilingually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English unilingual Middle English -ly English -ly English unilingually From unilingual + -ly. 1. With only one language. Labels: not-comparable Example: The municipality of Uurainen is unilingually Finnish. 2. With only one tongue. Labels: not-comparable
Word: viewscreen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: c. 1945 view + screen 1. A display screen for a device such as a computer, a camera, or a video recorder. Example: Kazorr, the weapons officer, sat with his slobbery mouth gaping open at the main view-screen.
Word: viewscreens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of viewscreen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unrhymed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English rhymed English unrhymed From un- + rhymed. 1. Having no rhyme.
Word: unrhymed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unrhyme Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unreached Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + reached. 1. Not reached. 2. not yet reached by the Christian gospel Example: to evangelize all the yet unreached tribes of the earth Example: The majority of the unreached are found in Asia.
Word: water glass Part of Speech: noun 1. A drinking vessel intended or used for water. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She asked the server to refill her water glass. 2. Any of various water-soluble silicate compounds, especially when occurring in dissolved, jelly-like form. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: No; what I felt was a sort of glazed numbness, as if I were suspended in some thin, transparent stuff, like one of the eggs my mother used to preserve in waterglass when I was a child. 3. A water gauge for a steam boiler. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An instrument consisting of an open box or tube with a glass bottom, used for examining objects in the water, as upon the sea bottom in shallow places. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A water clock. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: liquid glass Part of Speech: noun 1. water glass Labels: uncountable
Word: Orangemen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Orangeman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jolly Rogers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Jolly Roger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flamberges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flamberge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flambergs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flamberg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dillies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dilly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shell-suit Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of shell suit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shell-suits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shell-suit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Serbian salads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Serbian salad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sageness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sage 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 sageness From sage + -ness. 1. The property of being sage. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: sedentariness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sedentary 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 sedentariness From sedentary + -ness. 1. The property of being sedentary. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonym: sedentarism (usually synonymous) Example: But the ongoing dip they describe is far more modest than people fearmongering about a T crisis make it out to be, and likely due to lifestyle factors like sedentariness and environmental pollutants messing with our bodies. 2. The property of being sedentary. Labels: uncountable
Word: macrobursts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macroburst Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microbursts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microburst Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kobza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian ко́бза (kóbza), itself from Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ. Doublet of komuz and cobza. 1. A lute-like stringed instrument traditionally made from a single block of wood, with a medium-length neck, originating in Ukrainian folk music. 2. Synonym of bandura. Labels: dated
Word: sick puppy Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who is sick (mentally disturbed) in a morbid or gruesome way. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: If these reports are true, this God is one sick puppy, and dangerous. He solves all his ultimate impasses with ultimate violence.
Word: sick puppies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sick puppy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tribute bands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tribute band Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unfossilised Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of unfossilized. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: unfossilized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English fossilized English unfossilized From un- + fossilized. 1. Not fossilized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dillio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the slang phrase "what's the deal, yo?" meaning "what's going on?". 1. The deal; that which is current, relevant, or taking place. Labels: US, slang, uncountable Example: I am having an incredibly time getting my sound recorder to work and would appreciate any possible insight available. Here's the dillio, the microphone is properly hooked up to the sound card. I can hear the sound through the PC speakers and the microphone volume is up just loud enough to fend off the steady stream of feedback. Example: "That's the dillio." Tosha, sensing that this version of the story would take too long, cut her off.
Word: Soundex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of sound + index. 1. A phonetic algorithm for indexing names by their English pronunciation, based on the most probably significant consonants, so that a search for a misspelled name may find the desired one. Example: Basically, the Soundex algorithm converts each string into an alphanumeric code that begins with the first letter of the string.
Word: Soundex Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of sound + index. 1. To index using the phonetic Soundex algorithm. Labels: transitive
Word: Soundexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Soundex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Soundexes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Soundex Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cinquedea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian cinquedea (literally “five fingers”), named after its width. Pronunciation: /ˌt͡ʃɪŋkwɪˈdi.ə/, /ˌt͡ʃɪŋkwɪˈdeɪə/ 1. A short sword with a heavy blade developed in northeastern Italy during the Renaissance, often richly ornamented.
Word: soundalike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sound + alike, perhaps modelled on lookalike. 1. A sound that audibly resembles another. Example: See chapter 5, section 2.1 regarding soundalike cases. With respect to the copyright in the sound recording, however, it would not be infringement... Example: In recent years there has been an increase in the number of soundalike recordings... 2. A sound that audibly resembles another. Example: Tall-man lettering is sometimes used to reduce risk around soundalikes and lookalikes [medication names]. Example: Somewhat more problematic for a theory of written transmission are errors where a word is replaced not by a synonym but by a soundalike.
Word: soundalikes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of soundalike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jeofail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French j'ai failli (“I have failed”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛfeɪl/ 1. An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight.
Word: jughandle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jug + handle. 1. The handle of a jug. Example: Informants said that this gulch was so named because the old road made a turn shaped like a jughandle in order to get down into the gulch and across it. Example: […] only the first joints of his fingers would rest on the tiny ledge, pulling on it would weaken his grasp on the jughandle. 2. A ramp or slip road on the right-hand side of the road, used for making left turns. Labels: US Example: A jughandle is the Jersey way of making a left turn without creating gridlock... 3. A large ear. Labels: in-plural, slang Example: A waiter appeared with ears that stuck out far enough to have held ten pens instead of just the one, […] He nodded and walked away, shouting our order to the old guy who, going by the size of the jug handles each side of his head, must have been his dad. Example: "[…] I'd stake my—" he almost said "I'd stake my career on it," but since his career was long since dust and ashes, he swallowed the words and finished, "my ears on it, sir." "That's a considerable wager, Jem, as you've got the biggest jug-handles I've ever seen in all my days," said Captain Flynn.
Word: jughandles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jughandle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: half- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Middle English half-, from Old English healf-, from Proto-Germanic *halba- (“half-”), from *halbaz (“half”). Cognate with Dutch half- (“half-”), German halb- (“half-”), Swedish halv- (“half-”), Icelandic hálf- (“half-”). More at half. 1. half or partial; not complete Labels: morpheme 2. Used before brother, sister, uncle, aunt, and so forth, to indicate that the person being identified is related only through one parent, grandparent, and so forth, rather than two. Labels: morpheme
Word: consanguineal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥der. Proto-Italic *sangwens Latin sanguis Latin -eus Latin cōnsanguineus English -al English consanguineal From Latin cōnsanguineus + English -al. 1. Related by bloodline; consanguineous. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the family law of very early society descent is in the female line, the control of the children belongs to the mother and her consanguineal kindred. Example: Social structure and organization within the Nuristani communities of Waigal . . . is based primarily on relations of consanguineal or fictive kinship.
Word: cross products Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cross product Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dot products Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dot product Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scalar products Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scalar product Labels: form-of, plural
Word: killer applications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of killer application Labels: form-of, plural
Word: draining boards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of draining board Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dish rack Part of Speech: noun 1. A perforated rack on which washed dishes, etc. may be placed in order to dry.
Word: dish racks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dish rack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xyzzy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the seminal text adventure game Adventure (c.1975), where it served as a "magic word"; possibly originated as a mnemonic for the subscripts of the cross product in mathematics. Pronunciation: /ˈzɪzi/ 1. Used as a placeholder word or metasyntactic variable. Labels: uncountable Example: Especially bad are "magic words" from computer games, such as xyzzy. These magic words look secret and unguessable, but in fact they are widely known. Example: Suppose stock xyzzy is selling at $100.00 on January 1, 2002. The classic call option is to pay a fixed amount per share (say $10) for the option to buy...
Word: Turing machines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Turing machine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dollar stores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dollar store Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dime stores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dime store Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mop heads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mop head Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bowl cut Part of Speech: noun 1. A haircut featuring a straight fringe across the front and the hair of even length around the rest of the head, resembling the shape created by trimming around an inverted bowl placed on the head.
Word: bowl cuts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bowl cut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: talent-spotter Part of Speech: noun 1. An agent who seeks out potential talent for the entertainment industry. Labels: UK
Word: talent-spotters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of talent-spotter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: open floor plan Part of Speech: noun 1. An interior of a building constructed with few walls or obstructions, giving a communal aspect.
Word: snarkish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English snark Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English snarkish From snark + -ish. 1. Acting similarly to a snark; being snide. Example: His response to my letter was very snarkish.
Word: first-hand Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of firsthand. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: In order to gain first-hand experience of the operation of the new services I made a footplate journey on the only down two-hour train in the current timetable, the 8.30 a.m. Paddington [to Birmingham], a new express put on to offset the withdrawal of the 8.40 a.m. from Euston. Example: from MTV's The Real World, and AIDS activist Jennifer Jako, who presented valuable insight and first-hand accounts on living with HIV.
Word: first-hand Part of Speech: adv 1. Directly or from personal experience. Labels: not-comparable Example: Its primary role is to enable Network Rail's engineers, management and stakeholders to see the condition of the infrastructure and track first-hand - in the warm and dry, and in a position of safety.
Word: washer-upper Part of Speech: noun 1. One who does the washing up. Labels: humorous Example: […] the young man or woman who serves us in the fast food outlet, the washer-upper, the supervisor and the manager. Example: As my new mother-in-law said, she is not losing a daughter but gaining a washer-upper.
Word: washer-uppers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of washer-upper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Land of the Dragon Part of Speech: name Etymology: The dragon, or long (龍 /龙 (lóng)), is a sacred animal in Chinese culture. 1. China. Labels: poetic
Word: mismark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mismarken, equivalent to mis- + mark. 1. To mark incorrectly; err in noting or marking. Labels: transitive
Word: misgrade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English grade English misgrade From mis- + grade. 1. To grade incorrectly. Labels: transitive
Word: mismarks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mismark Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mismarking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mismark Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mismarking Part of Speech: noun 1. An incorrect marking. Example: The mismarkings were detected during such a cross-check, D. Wilson Ervin, chief risk officer at Credit Suisse, said Tuesday.
Word: mismarked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mismark Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: misgrading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misgrade Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: misgrades Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misgrade Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: misgraded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of misgrade Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nannyism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English nanny 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 nannyism From nanny + -ism. 1. The behaviour of a nanny state. Labels: uncountable
Word: takehome pay Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of take-home pay. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: practician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-k-yé-ti Proto-Hellenic *prā́ťťō Ancient Greek πρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō)der. Ancient Greek πρᾱγ- (prāg-) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós)der. Latin prācticusder. Middle French practique Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānus Old French -ien Middle French -ien Middle French practicienbor. English practician Borrowed from Middle French practicien. By surface analysis, practice + -ian. 1. A practitioner; someone who practises a particular profession, especially medicine.
Word: throw in at the deep end Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From allusion to an actual swimming pool with a shallow end and deep end. In the shallow end, a person can stand on the bottom. In the deep end, the water is too deep to do this, so a person must be able to swim or at least tread water or drown. 1. To introduce (someone) to a new situation without adequate preparation. Labels: idiomatic
Word: refactorization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English factorization English refactorization From re- + factorization. 1. A split into constituent parts after a previous combination. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A false etymology derived from rebracketing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The word burger is part of a refactorization of Hamburger (originally Hamburg + er). 3. A rewriting of computer code to improve its readability or structure without affecting its meaning or behaviour, thus making it easier to maintain; a refactoring. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An objective of refactorization is to clear up the global scope of all the library variables, functions and objects. Example: Another objective of refactorization is to factor out repeated coding patterns into new abstractions and thus avoid their repetition resulting in less code to maintain. 4. A second or subsequent factorization. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: refactorisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English factorisation English refactorisation From re- + factorisation. 1. Alternative form of refactorization. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: refactorisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of refactorisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: refactorizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of refactorization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laundrymat Part of Speech: noun 1. Eggcorn of laundromat.
Word: certs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cert Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boulevarde Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of boulevard. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Christmas puddings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Christmas pudding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Christmas cards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Christmas card Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Christianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin chrīstiānismus; compare French christianisme, equivalent to Christian + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪʃ.t͡ʃən.ɪzm̩/, /ˈkɹɪs.tjən.ɪzm̩/, /ˈkɹɪs.t͡ʃən.ɪzm̩/ 1. The Christian religion. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The Christian world. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A political ideology centered around Christian fundamentalism. Labels: US, countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: Christianism is an ideology, politics, an ism. The distinction between Christian and Christianist echoes the distinction we make between Muslim and Islamist. Muslims are those who follow Islam. Islamists are those who want to wield Islam as a political force and conflate state and mosque. Example: At its extreme, as in the Christian identity movement, Christianism merges with white supremacy.
Word: swansong Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of swan song. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unattributable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English attributable English unattributable From un- + attributable. 1. Not able to be ascribed or attributed to a particular source Labels: not-comparable Example: The source of the story is an unattributable leak from the government. Example: There is a great deal of unattributable pollution of the water supply.
Word: undebated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English undebated; equivalent to un- + debated. 1. Not having been debated or disputed Labels: not-comparable Example: an undebated amendment
Word: victimhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der. Latin victima Middle French victimebor. English victim Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English victimhood From victim + -hood. 1. The state or perception of being a victim. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Some can surmount their victimhood, and some can't. Example: the Nazis were the great artists of victimhood fiction., Timothy Snyder, The New York Times, June 14, 2018, How Did the Nazis Gain Power in Germany?
Word: waterboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English water boarde, waterbord, equivalent to water + board. Compare West Frisian wetterboard (“waterboard”), Dutch waterbord (“waterboard”), German Wassertafel (“waterboard”), Danish vandbræt (“waterboard”), Swedish vattenbräda (“waterboard”), Icelandic vatnsbretti (“waterboard”). 1. A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water. 2. A public commission charged with overseeing water quality in a particular area. Example: The waterboard argued that the quality of the water was good […]
Word: waterboard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English water boarde, waterbord, equivalent to water + board. Compare West Frisian wetterboard (“waterboard”), Dutch waterbord (“waterboard”), German Wassertafel (“waterboard”), Danish vandbræt (“waterboard”), Swedish vattenbräda (“waterboard”), Icelandic vatnsbretti (“waterboard”). 1. To subject to waterboarding, to pour water over a cloth covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized captive. Labels: transitive Example: We waterboarded the suspect, but he refused to confess.
Word: waterboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waterboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: waterboards Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of waterboard Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: waterboarded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of waterboard Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: anelaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anelace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doloires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doloire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: voulges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of voulge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ear daggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ear dagger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parrying daggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parrying dagger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deglaze Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English glaze English deglaze From de- (“to remove from”) + glaze. Pronunciation: /diːˈɡleɪz/ 1. To remove glaze from. Labels: transitive 2. To abrade the cylinders of an engine to ensure a tight seal. Labels: transitive
Word: deglaze Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French déglacer (literally “de-ice”), influenced by glaze. Pronunciation: /diːˈɡleɪz/ 1. To detach small pieces of cooked food from a pan by adding liquid, so that they can be used in further cooking. Labels: transitive
Word: deglazes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deglaze Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deglazing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of deglaze Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deglazing Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of deglazed food from a pan. Labels: plural-normally 2. The process by which a pan is deglazed. Example: The pan overheated, the heat was too high, the heat was too low, the onions refused to caramelize or burned immediately and stuck; […] and inevitably the meat got tough and stringy, the sauce lost its complexity in the repeated dilutions and deglazings […]
Word: deglazed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deglaze Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hypotheticals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypothetical Labels: form-of, plural
Word: launchings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of launching Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reversers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reverser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reverser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reverse + -er. 1. Something which reverses a particular action or condition. Example: a polarity reverser Example: The down grade would give her a start, and then, if Mitchell got his reverser over smartly, he might catch her on the right angle, and she would come back. Mitchell reversed, and moved forward, but to the horror of the fireman, he didn't stop! 2. Something which reverses a particular action or condition. 3. A mortgager of land. 4. A reverse-engineer. Labels: slang Example: Antidebugger techniques are particularly effective when combined with code encryption because encrypting the program forces reversers to run it inside a debugger in order to allow the program to decrypt itself.
Word: annus horribilis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin annus (“year”) + horribilis (“of horrors”), on the model of annus mirabilis. Pronunciation: /ˈænəs həˈɹɪbɪlɪs/ 1. A horrible year Example: It is now a full year since the treaty with Spain was ratified, and the ignoble and bloody war in the Philippines began — a true annus horribilis. Example: As the year 1934, an annus horribilis of political murder and bankrupt statesmanship, drew toward a close, Europe had the jitters.
Word: Proto-Yeniseian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English Yenisei Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Yeniseian English Proto-Yeniseian From proto- + Yeniseian. 1. The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Yeniseian languages spoken in central Siberia. Labels: uncountable
Word: Proto-Yeniseian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English Yenisei Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Yeniseian English Proto-Yeniseian From proto- + Yeniseian. 1. A person who spoke the Proto-Yeniseian language.
Word: Proto-Yeniseian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English Yenisei Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Yeniseian English Proto-Yeniseian From proto- + Yeniseian. 1. Of or pertaining to the Proto-Yeniseian language, or the people who spoke it. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Yeniseian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Yenisei + -an. 1. A family of languages spoken in central Siberia. 2. Proto-Yeniseian: the hypothetical parent language of the Yeniseian language family.
Word: Yeniseian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yenisei + -an. 1. A member of the original ethnolinguistic group hypothesized to have spoken Proto-Yeniseian.
Word: Yeniseian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Yenisei + -an. 1. Of or relating to the languages comprising the Yeniseian language family, or their speakers. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to the hypothetical parent language of the Yeniseian language family. Labels: not-comparable
Word: stamp hinge Part of Speech: noun 1. A small gummed strip of folded glassine paper, used to mount stamps on an album page.
Word: raspings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rasping Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jeweller's Part of Speech: noun 1. A shop that sells jewellery. Labels: Canada, UK
Word: watchmaker's Part of Speech: noun 1. The shop or workshop of a watchmaker.
Word: notaphily Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nota + English -phily. 1. The study or collecting of paper money or banknotes Labels: uncountable
Word: notaphilist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nota + English -philist. 1. Someone who studies or collects paper money or banknotes.
Word: pie-chucker Part of Speech: noun 1. A bowler who has no control over the movement of the ball Labels: informal
Word: ethnogamy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ethno- + -gamy. 1. Endogamy specific to ethnicity; the social practice of marriage restricted to one's own ethnicity. Labels: uncountable Example: For convenience, this plane and the mode of marriage defining it may, in special allusion to the correlative race-sense, be styled ethnogamy; and the more systematic characters of this mode and plane of marriage may be outlined briefly: Example: The marriage pattern in Holland Marsh may be described as ethnic endogamy, or ethnogamy.
Word: balloonlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English balloon Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English balloonlike From balloon + -like. 1. Resembling a balloon in form Example: The balloonlike object moved across the sky.
Word: caffeinelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English caffeine Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English caffeinelike From caffeine + -like. 1. Resembling caffeine Example: This stimulant has a caffeinelike effect.
Word: vaultlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English vault Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English vaultlike From vault + -like. 1. Having characteristics of a vault Example: a vaultlike hallway Example: Lissy shuddered in the stale smells and vaultlike chill of the kitchen.
Word: sievelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sieve Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English sievelike From sieve + -like. 1. Resembling a sieve; thus, having holes through which fluids can pass Example: a sievelike membrane
Word: patchlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English patch Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English patchlike From patch + -like. 1. Resembling a patch or patchwork Example: The fish has patchlike coloration.
Word: demonlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English demon Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English demonlike From demon + -like. 1. Resembling a demon in form or action Example: A demonlike monster chased them down the tunnel. Example: A demonlike compulsion drove him to destroy his life's work.
Word: sacralizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sacralization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sabots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sabot Labels: form-of, plural