nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: clouding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈklaʊdɪŋ/ 1. A cloudy appearance. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A diversity of colours in yarn, recurring at regular intervals. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: clouded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cloud + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈklaʊdɪd/, /ˈklaʊdəd/ 1. Filled with clouds; cloudy. 2. Unclear; surrounded in mystery. Labels: figuratively Example: Oh, Mimi, can you tell me there's an issue? / I've seen it clouded all around you 3. Dim or blurry. Example: the clouded eyes of the sick man 4. Variegated with spots. Example: a clouded cane
Word: clouded Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cloud + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈklaʊdɪd/, /ˈklaʊdəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of cloud Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: candyfloss Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of candy floss. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: coxswain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cokswain, equivalent to cock (“small boat”) + swain (“boy, servant”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒk.s(ə)n/, /ˈkɒkˌsweɪn/, /ˈkɑk.s(ə)n/ 1. In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew. 2. The member of a crew who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers. 3. The second or third mate of a vessel, in charge of the master's barge. Labels: archaic 4. A rank or position. Example: Canadian Navy Coxswain (or Capitaine d'Armes) is the senior non-commissioned officer aboard a ship Example: British Royal Navy Cadets Cadet Coxswain is the highest normal rank which may be achieved.
Word: coxswain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cokswain, equivalent to cock (“small boat”) + swain (“boy, servant”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒk.s(ə)n/, /ˈkɒkˌsweɪn/, /ˈkɑk.s(ə)n/ 1. To act as coxswain for. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: to coxswain for a college rowing team Example: to coxswain a boat
Word: talk someone's ear off Part of Speech: verb 1. To talk to someone excessively, or far more than is wanted or appreciated. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: Near-synonyms: talk the ears off a donkey, talk the hind leg off a donkey, talk the legs off a pot, talk the leg off the Lamb of God Example: If he can get you on the phone, he'll talk your ear off, every time.
Word: tamest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of tame: most tame Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: H2H Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of human-to-human. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Example: Epidemiologists worry about H2H transmission of avian influenza. 2. Initialism of head-to-head. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: in the making Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In development; in the process of being made or evolving. Labels: idiomatic Example: You're witnessing a great reference work in the making. Example: A year in the making, the following is the definitive documentary on the issue.
Word: Classical Sanskrit Part of Speech: name 1. A codified form of Sanskrit spoken in ancient India.
Word: citationality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English citational Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English citationality From citational + -ity. 1. A measure of the relative number of citations in a work. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A Derridan idea of "signatures" within a work that have recognizable form and can be repeated. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And the citationality of these acts—and the calibration of such citationalities to each other—materializes as the very media forms in question. Example: Yet the old guard continues to admit new heirs in the ongoing popular and scholarly formations of competing Comanche citationalities, in which the same dated literature serves as an unmatched model and inspiration for “new” work that rehashes old anti-Indigenous ideology.
Word: citybound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From city + -bound. 1. Moving towards a city. Labels: not-comparable Example: citybound traffic
Word: consolized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English console 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 -ed English consolized From console + -ize + -ed. 1. Converted to run on a games console. Labels: not-comparable
Word: delegitimate 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 legitimate English delegitimate From de- + legitimate. Pronunciation: /ˌdiːlɨˈdʒɪtɨmeɪt/ 1. To cause (something) not to be legitimate; to make illegitimate, to illegitimize. Labels: transitive Example: Equally, the arguments delegitimate rival claims both from insiders […] and from outsiders seeking hegemony over the ‘national’ territory.
Word: delegitimation Part of Speech: noun 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 legitimation English delegitimation From de- + legitimation. Pronunciation: /ˌdiːlɪˌd͡ʒɪtɪˈmeɪʃən/ 1. The act of removing the legitimacy from something, or of making something illegitimate. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Vedic Sanskrit Part of Speech: name 1. The earliest and most archaic form of Sanskrit, as used in the Vedas.
Word: etatism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From état (“state”) + -ism, equivalent to a borrowing of French étatisme but coined by Ludwig von Mises's 1944 Omnipotent Government to emphasize statism's longer history in France and other Continental governments than in the Anglosphere. Doublet of statism. Pronunciation: /ɛˈtɑt.ɪzm/, /ɛˈtɑːtɪzəm/ 1. Synonym of statism, sometimes (derogatory) with specific distinctions derived from Mises's political theories. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Etatism is inherently oppressive and expansionist, breeding monism, intolerance, and hostility. Example: The right and true state, under etatism, is the state in which I or my friends, speaking my language and sharing my opinions, are supreme. All other states are spurious. One cannot deny that they too exist in this imperfect world. But they are enemies of my state, of the only righteous state, even if this state does not yet exist outside of my dreams and wishes.
Word: étatisme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Hypercorrect form of etatism, based on misunderstanding it as a borrowing of French étatisme. Pronunciation: /ɛˈtɑt.ɪzm/, /ɛˈtɑːtɪzəm/, /eɪtɑːtiːzm/ 1. Alternative form of etatism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, hypercorrect, uncountable
Word: cobblestones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cobblestone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: get off one's high horse Part of Speech: verb 1. To stop acting in an imperious, overbearing or bossy manner. Labels: idiomatic Example: I can't get off my high horse / And I can't let you go / You are the one who / You are the one who makes me feel / So real, yeah, yeah, yeah
Word: helplessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From helpless + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlplɪsnɪs/ 1. The state of being helpless. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Near-synonyms: powerlessness, impotence Example: From the most ancient times to the present, in the crudest primitive tribe or the most magnificently ornamented civilization, man has found himself in a state of awed helplessness when confronted by the phenomena of strange illnesses or aberrations. 2. A feeling of inadequacy or impotence. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile ; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
Word: arancini Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arancino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arancini Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of arancino. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: arancino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian arancino, taken from Sicilian arancinu/arancina. Pronunciation: /ˌæɹənˈt͡ʃiːnəʊ/, /ˌɑɹənˈt͡ʃinoʊ/ 1. A baked rice ball, filled with cheese or other sauce, originally from Sicily.
Word: Hecke Part of Speech: name Etymology: A variant of German Hecke. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Hecke Part of Speech: name Etymology: A shortening of Van Hecke. 1. A surname.
Word: whereunto Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From where + unto. Pronunciation: /wɛːɹʌnˈtuː/ 1. Unto what or which; to what purpose. Labels: archaic, formal, interrogative, not-comparable, sometimes Example: I will retire as soon as you have told Whereunto leadeth this lost thread of gold. Example: […] for that they were content somewhat to unwrest the sovereignty from the height whereunto he had strained it; which brought the state to a better proportion of harmony.
Word: whereunto Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From where + unto. Pronunciation: /wɛːɹʌnˈtuː/ 1. unto which Labels: archaic, formal
Word: Hengst Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hangistaz Proto-West Germanic *hangist Old High German hengist Middle High German hengest German Hengstbor. English Hengst Borrowed from German Hengst. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Henkel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Henkel. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Highway Code Part of Speech: name 1. The official road safety manual for the United Kingdom, covering pedestrians, animals, cyclists, motorcyclists and drivers. 2. The rules set forth in the Highway Code.
Word: Hering Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Hering, from Middle High German hærinc, both meaning herring. 1. A surname from German.
Word: highlighting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of highlight Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: highlighting Part of Speech: noun 1. The visual emphasis of text by means of a highlight. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An area of the skin or hair containing highlights. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: highlighting Part of Speech: adj 1. Causing emphasis, drawing attention; revealing. Example: Uplights have a more highlighting effect. Example: The most highlighting part of the case study is research, collection and analysis of data.
Word: round-robin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of round robin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: professional foul Part of Speech: noun 1. An intentional foul, usually committed to prevent a scoring opportunity.
Word: penalty arc Part of Speech: noun 1. An arc whose center is the penalty spot, extending from the top of the penalty area.
Word: out-swinger Part of Speech: noun 1. A ball that curves away from the goal.
Word: in-swinger Part of Speech: noun 1. A ball that curves towards the goal. 2. A delivery that curves towards the batsman.
Word: goalmouth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From goal + mouth. 1. The area in front of the goal. Example: There were still 20 minutes remaining but the pace refused to relent. Kalou should have scored his second of the night after he was released by Anelka but his side-foot effort from inside the area struck both posts before spinning away from the goalmouth. 2. The space between the goalposts through which the ball, puck, etc has to pass in order to score
Word: onside Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From on + side. 1. Not in an offside position; In the part of the playing area where one can legally play the ball, puck, etc. Labels: not-comparable Example: The goal was allowed because the attacker was onside. Example: After passing the puck, the center immediately breaks to the front of the net, making certain to stay onside. 2. Within bounds. Labels: broadly, not-comparable, slang Example: [Verse 2:Kano]:On-sight, thought he was onside, innit. Saw them guys, no shots fired innit. If you ain't real then don't ride, innit. That postcode, that's offside, innit. 3. On the side of a vehicle from which the driver, paddler, etc. propels it. Labels: not-comparable Example: The toll plaza will consist of an administration building and 16 onside modern barrier-type toll boths, with provision for four additional toll booths should future traffic demand require them. Example: No, there's no way I call up just for a chat, like 'Hi, Nigel, you've left your rear onside winker on!' 4. Favourably located, from the point of view of the player taking a finesse. Labels: not-comparable Example: With A-Q-10 opposite x-x-x, you have a 24% chance of three tricks, both missing honors being onside. You have a 52% chance of two tricks, with one honor onside and the other offside. FInally, you have a 24% chance of making only one trick, when both the king and the jack are offside. 5. In agreement or support; on board. Labels: not-comparable Example: There was a very delicate balancing act the whole time about measures that would keep the Unionists onside without upsetting the Nationalist-Republican community too much.
Word: onside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From on + side. 1. The portion of the playing area where one can legally play the ball, puck, etc. 2. The side of a vehicle on which the driver primarily propels it. Example: The cross-bow rudder uses the offside blade on the onside of the kayak.
Word: ceruse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French céruse, from Latin cērusa, variant of cērussa, q.v. Pronunciation: /sɪˈɹuːs/ 1. Synonym of white lead, a hydrate of lead mixed with carbonate, particularly as used to whiten skin or in early medicine. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Galen hath taken exceptions at such waters which run through leaden pipes, ob cerussam quæ in iis generatur, for that unctuous ceruse, which causeth dysenteries and fluxes […].
Word: offside trap Part of Speech: noun 1. A defensive play intended to catch the attacking team offside, generally in such a way that the defense line suddenly and simultaneously moves forward. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He managed to beat the offside trap and clinch the winner. Example: But the visitors started the game in stunning fashion when Morten Gamst Pedersen dinked forward a clever looping pass and Kalinic beat the offside trap, surged into the box and beautifully placed the ball past goalkeeper Scott Carson.
Word: midfielder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English field English midfield 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 midfielder From midfield + -er. 1. A player who operates behind the attackers and in front of the defence. Example: The game was engulfed in controversy when Rodwell appeared to win the ball cleanly in a midfield challenge with Suarez. The tackle drew an angry response from Liverpool's players- Lucas in particular as Suarez writhed in agony - but it was an obvious injustice when the England Under-21 midfielder was shown the red card. Example: Serie A club Inter Milan – whom Eriksen had been contracted to at the time of the incident – let the midfielder move abroad as he was unable to play in Italy unless the ICD device was removed.
Word: digital video Part of Speech: noun 1. An inexpensive, high-quality video format used by both consumers and professionals. Labels: uncountable
Word: man on Part of Speech: intj 1. An outcry warning a teammate of an approaching opponent, usually from the rear.
Word: slide tackle Part of Speech: noun 1. a tackle to get the ball by sliding on the ground feet-first Example: Christian Karembeu almost broke his supermodel wife's leg with a slide tackle during a football game in their back garden.
Word: loir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French. Pronunciation: /ˈlɔɪə(ɹ)/ 1. dormouse Labels: dated
Word: Cruyff turn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Dutch football player Johan Cruyff (1947–2016). 1. A piece of footwork where, instead of passing or crossing the ball directly by kicking it, the player drags the ball behind his planted foot with the inside of his crossing foot, turns through 180 degrees, and accelerates away from the defender.
Word: diving header Part of Speech: noun 1. A ball struck near ground level by the head of a diving player. Example: To that end, the home supporters were in good voice to begin with, but it was Newcastle who started the game in the ascendancy, with Barton putting a diving header over the top from Jose Enrique's cross.
Word: drop-ball Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of restarting play in a game where the referee drops the ball between two players of opposing teams.
Word: hean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English hene, from Old English hēan (“lowly, despised, poor, mean, bare, abject”), from Proto-Germanic *hauniz (“low, lowly”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw- (“to degrade, humiliate”). Cognate with German höhn (“jeering, demeaning, bad”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃 (hauns, “contemptible, base, humble”), Dutch hoon (“scorn, insult”), Latvian kauns (“shame, disgrace, dishonour”), Ancient Greek καυνός (kaunós, “bad”). Pronunciation: /hiːn/ 1. Mean; abject; poor; humble; lowly. Labels: obsolete
Word: hean Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English henen, from Old English hīenan (“to fell, prostrate, overcome, weaken, crush, afflict, injure, oppress, abase, humble, insult, accuse, condemn”), from Proto-West Germanic *haunijan, from Proto-Germanic *haunijaną (“to humiliate”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw- (“to degrade, humiliate”). Cognate with North Frisian huynjen (“to wound, abuse, hurt”), German höhnen (“to mock, jeer, scoff”) Swedish hån (“heckle, mocking”). Pronunciation: /hiːn/ 1. To treat with contumely; insult; humiliate; debase; lower. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: backheel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + heel. 1. A kick played by the heel which typically travels in the opposite direction from which the player is facing. Example: [Bendtner was central to it at all, firstly firing home, via a deflection off Gareth McAuley, after being teed up by Sebastien Larsson's neat backheel, and then a minute later crossing for Elmohamady to head in an equaliser. 2. A method of tripping or throwing by getting the leg back of the opponent's heel on the outside and pulling forward while pushing his body back.
Word: backheel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back + heel. 1. To perform such a kick. Example: Mount’s low cross deflected, Olivier Giroud backheeled for Pulisic and Arsenal’s defenders seemed to react in slow motion. 2. To perform such a trip or throw.
Word: one-two Part of Speech: noun 1. A quick one-touch play between two players. Example: A Ricketts and Stuart Holden one-two around the box then created a decent chance for an almost instant equaliser - but Welsh full-back Ricketts blasted over when a calmer finish could have been rewarded. Example: Kane had dropped off to spread the play with a diagonal and, when he darted for the far post, Saka curled the ball back towards him – call it a long-range one-two. 2. A one-two punch; two punches delivered in rapid succession 3. Two things in short succession Example: Smalling’s quick one-two of yellow cards towards the end of the first half had left an air of inevitability about what would follow and, if anything, it was probably a surprise that City restricted themselves to Sergio Agüero’s goal bearing in mind another of United’s defenders, Marcos Rojo, was taken off on a stretcher early in the second half with a dislocated shoulder. 4. A race victory such that two (often both) cars of a constructor or team finish first and second in the race.
Word: T-bone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Elliptical form of T-bone steak. Pronunciation: /ˈtiːbəʊn/ 1. A T-bone steak. Example: The barbecue was over. It had been a good one; drinks, charcoaled T-bones, rare, a green salad and Meg's special dressing.
Word: T-bone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the ⊤ shape produced by the vehicles involved in such a collision, with allusion to T-bone ¹. Pronunciation: /ˈtiːbəʊn/ 1. To collide perpendicularly with the side of another vehicle. Labels: Canada, US, slang, transitive Example: Holmes, who was a lap ahead and in 6th spot, couldn’t avoid T-boning him and in the coming together they were both out. Example: Its hood had already been accordioned from T-boning somebody else[.]
Word: T-bone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the ⊤ shape produced by the vehicles involved in such a collision, with allusion to T-bone ¹. Pronunciation: /ˈtiːbəʊn/ 1. A vehicular collision of this kind.
Word: Jäger Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈjeɪɡə/, /ˈjeɪ.ɡɚ/ 1. Alternative form of jaeger. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Jäger Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈjeɪɡə/, /ˈjeɪ.ɡɚ/ 1. Clipping of Jägermeister. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
Word: beef bourguignon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partial calque of French bœuf bourguignon. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːf ˌbʊə(ɹ)ɡɪnˈjɒn/ 1. A French stew dish, consisting of beef, red wine, garlic and vegetables. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: baldy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *bʰḗlH-o-m Proto-Germanic *bēlą Proto-West Germanic *bāl Old English bæl? Middle English balled English bald Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English baldy From bald + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːl.di/, /ˈbɔl.di/ 1. Someone who is bald. Labels: derogatory, informal, often Example: Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, "Go up, you baldy; go up, you baldhead!"
Word: baldie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bald + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːl.di/, /ˈbɔl.di/ 1. Somebody who is bald. Labels: derogatory, informal, often 2. A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). Labels: slang Example: The bald eagle is the national bird of the United States. Plus the bird is endangered. So, yeah, I'd probably have a problem with sitting down to a plate of baldie for dinner. Example: They are almost always accompanied by immature bald eagles that, although about the same size as a mature baldie, have a darkened head and mottled feathers. 3. The baldchin groper (Choerodon rubescens). Labels: slang Example: "Baldies. Baldchin gropers. Tastiest fish I've caught this week," I replied.
Word: kabeljauw Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Atlantic cod (“Gadus morhua”) Labels: South-Africa
Word: Hokkaido Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 北(ほっ)海(かい)道(どう) (Hokkaidō, “North Sea Circuit”), from Middle Chinese 北海 (pək-hʌi˧˥, “Northern sea”) + 道 (dáu, “Circuit”, a province-like administrative unit from Tang dynasty China). Pronunciation: /hɒˈkaɪdəʊ/, /həˈkaɪdəʊ/, /hɑˈkaɪdoʊ/, /həˈkaɪdoʊ/ 1. The second largest island of Japan, capital Sapporo. Example: In the past, the Ainu (their selfname meaning 'person'), traditionally huntergatherers, occupied not only Hokkaido but also a considerable part of the island of Honshu until the middle the eighteenth century, […] Example: Ms. Kato, 38, was born in Hokkaido, Japan, and has worked as a pastry chef in French and Japanese restaurants.
Word: Hokkaido Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 北(ほっ)海(かい)道(どう) (Hokkaidō, “North Sea Circuit”), from Middle Chinese 北海 (pək-hʌi˧˥, “Northern sea”) + 道 (dáu, “Circuit”, a province-like administrative unit from Tang dynasty China). Pronunciation: /hɒˈkaɪdəʊ/, /həˈkaɪdəʊ/, /hɑˈkaɪdoʊ/, /həˈkaɪdoʊ/ 1. A breed of dog originating from Japan, resembling a spitz dog breed, although not officially ranked as a spitz dog breed. Example: […] Hokkaidos or Ainus (smaller versions of the Akita); Akitas, Japanese Spitz, Japanese Chin, Nippon Terriers and Kai Ken.
Word: Kyushu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Japanese 九(きゅう)州(しゅう) (Kyūshū, literally “Nine States”), from Middle Chinese 九 (kjúw, “nine”) + 州 (t͡ʃjuw, “province, prefecture”). Pronunciation: /ˈkjuːʃuː/ 1. The third-largest of Japan's islands and the southwesternmost of its four main islands.
Word: Shikoku Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Japanese 四国 (しこく, Shikoku, “four provinces”), from Middle Chinese 四 (sìj, “four”) + 國 (kwok, “state”, “country”). (dog): < Japanese 四国犬 (shikoku-inu, “Shikoku dog”), named after the island where they originated. Pronunciation: /ʃɪˈkəʊkuː/ 1. The fourth-largest of Japan's islands.
Word: Shikoku Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 四国 (しこく, Shikoku, “four provinces”), from Middle Chinese 四 (sìj, “four”) + 國 (kwok, “state”, “country”). (dog): < Japanese 四国犬 (shikoku-inu, “Shikoku dog”), named after the island where they originated. Pronunciation: /ʃɪˈkəʊkuː/ 1. A dog of a particular breed of Japanese origin.
Word: waders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wader Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kachel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Kachel, metonymic occupational surname for a potter. 1. A surname from German.
Word: hatbox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hat + box. 1. A piece of luggage for a hat; a case or box for a hat. Example: A green and pink plaid hat box contains eight more hatboxes that can be stacked like a set of Russian nesting dolls. Example: Get a whiff of the models that served our grandfathers well: They now combine the must of a midcentury hatbox with the musk of 21st-­century body spray.
Word: hot-blooded Part of Speech: adj 1. Easily angered or excited. Example: So much stronger and hotter-blooded than the motive of gain is that other motive, that we call racial arrogance and lust of domination when displayed in Europe, but describe more indulgently when our countrymen act upon it in Africa. Example: Amphitryon said finally: “Creon says that he was the unwitting cause of Menoeceus’ death. I had this from Heniocha, in whom he confided his secret.” / “How could that be?” Heracles asked. / “Creon was then about the same age that you are now, and hot-blooded. At least, hotter-blooded than he is now.” 2. Having strong sexual urges; easily aroused. Example: Anyway, Vincent admired the monks for their apparently cheerful stoicism; and, in an abstract, theoretical fashion, he envied them, even as he almost immediately instinctively realized that he could never become one of them. Or could he? Many of the monks, quite obviously, were younger and presumably hotter-blooded than he. / The basic difficulty, the possibly insuperable impediment, as in some other artificially contrived bizarrely heroic situations, Vincent decided, was sex – or, to be exact, no sex. Example: The copper widow was the most hot-blooded woman I have ever known. She openly rejected all our women. She would scarcely speak to them. She lived only for our men. She talked easily and intelligently with them or rubbed up against them. A few men were almost always near her. She drew them to her like a bitch in heat. 3. Light-bodied and lively in temperament, with high speed and endurance. 4. Synonym of warm-blooded. Example: For my own part, judging from experiments ranging from the cold-blooded to the hottest-blooded animals—from the alligator to the common fowl—I am constrained to say, that after decapitation, the sensational phenomena and voluntary motion are far more strongly indicated in the headless body, than in the separated head. Example: By taking little or no exercise, in passing most of the time in sleep, and residing in a tropical climate, or in a temperate one during the hottest summer months, while the experiment lasts, it will be found that the system needs but little food, the waste of the tissues being reduced to a minimum, and there being but little need for the heat produced on account of the high temperature of the surroundings. By living in this way, man can transform himself almost into a cold-blooded or hot-blooded hibernating animal.
Word: paranasal sinus Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a number of air-filled spaces, or sinuses, within the bones of the skull and face.
Word: powerboat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From power + boat. 1. A small, fast motorboat.
Word: Kahn Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a north German surname, from Low German Kane (“small boat”), from Middle Low German kāne, from Old Saxon *kano, from Proto-West Germanic *kanō, from Proto-Germanic *kanô (“vessel, boat”). * Also as a north German surname, from a short form of Kahnert, a variant of Konrad. * Among Jews, a Germanicised form of Cohen. 1. A surname from German.
Word: FCK Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of FC København (“FC Copenhagen”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: It came down to the penultimate game of the year, FCK away at Brondby, and Brondby blew it. Example: This did not deter Flemming Østergaard, a charismatic businessman that led the takeover of FC Copenhagen (FCK) in 1997, from embarking on a similar diversification strategy (Storm, 2009). FCK went on to purchase the Danish national stadium, Parken, took up property investments, a bought a chain of fitness centres (fitness.dk) and two large vactations resorts, one of them close to the LEGOLAND Theme Park in Billund. 2. Initialism of 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Sportarztebund Rheinland/Pfalz (chmn. since 1964), assn. and team med. doctor for 1st FCK Kaiserslautern (football club). Example: This was my first opportunity to meet FCK supporters, and I was intoxicated by their merch table before I even entered the stadium.
Word: Kalk Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch and German Kalk. 1. A surname.
Word: talcum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From talc + -um, from Medieval Latin talcum, from Arabic طَلْق (ṭalq). Pronunciation: /ˈtælkəm/ 1. Powdered and perfumed talc for toilet use. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: talcum Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From talc + -um, from Medieval Latin talcum, from Arabic طَلْق (ṭalq). Pronunciation: /ˈtælkəm/ 1. To perfume with talcum powder. Labels: transitive
Word: free market Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌfɹi ˈmɑɹkət/, /ˈfɹi ˈmɑɹkət/ 1. Any market in which trade is unregulated by government; an economic system free from government intervention. Example: The very notion of 'integrated transport' has always appalled the free market instincts of the Conservatives, and still does.
Word: free-market Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, related to or characteristic of a free market. Lacking wealth redistribution and government regulation.
Word: free trade Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌfɹi ˈtreɪd/, /ˈfɹi ˈtreɪd/ 1. International trade without government interference, especially from tariffs or duties on imports. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: freedom of trade, economic freedom Example: Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe.[…]The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.
Word: Kante Part of Speech: name Etymology: A common surname in West Africa, especially in Mali and Guinea. 1. A surname.
Word: Jared Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Iared, from Ancient Greek Ἰαρέδ (Iaréd), from Biblical Hebrew יֶרֶד (yéred). Often explained as deriving from the root י־ר־ד (y-r-d), which forms words relating to descending (see Jordan and ירדן for more); some interpret the Book of Enoch as suggesting that the Jared in the Bible was so named because it was in his time that two hundred angels descended from Heaven to Mount Hermon. Alternatively, sometimes explained as deriving from the root ר־ד־ה (r-d-), which forms words relating to ruling. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæɹəd/, /ˈd͡ʒɪɚɪd/ 1. A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some experts, such as geographer Jared Diamond in his 2005 book, “Collapse,” used Easter Island as a cautionary tale of how the exploitation of limited resources can result in catastrophic population decline, ecological devastation and the destruction of a society through infighting. 2. A man mentioned in the Book of Genesis, a descendant of Adam and of Seth, the father of Enoch, an ancestor of Noah. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 3. The ancestor of the Jaredites in the Book of Mormon. Labels: Mormonism, countable, uncountable
Word: Kegel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of kegel. Labels: alt-of
Word: Keller Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a German surname, from Keller (“storehouse”). * As an English surname, from queller (“hangman, executioner, killer”). * As a Scottish Gaelic surname, spelling variant of Keillor, from gu leòr (“plenty, enough, sufficient”) (comparable to galore). 1. A surname.
Word: Kerl Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Kerl (“freeman of non-aristocratic descent”). 1. A surname from German.
Word: Kiel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Kiel, named after Kiel Fjord of the Baltic Sea, from Old Norse kill (“gulf, bay”), from Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ, ultimately related to the verb *kīnaną (“to crack, split”). Doublet of kill (“creek”). 1. The capital city of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Example: An international research team led by materials scientists from Kiel University (CAU) has now taken a major step toward practical applications. 2. A city in Calumet County and Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
Word: sing-song Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of singsong. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: As Jürgen Klopp took Sadio Mané in his arms and spun him like a beloved ballroom partner, there was a moment of sing-song communion with the Kop. They love these big fat emotional notes here.
Word: sing-song Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of singsong. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: [S]he put on a kind of sing-song voice whenever she was pissed, it was one of the signs that she was really gone […] Example: Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
Word: Kitt Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname, from Kit, a pet form of Christopher; also from kit (“vessel of hooped staves”). * As a German surname, from kit (“sprout, offshoot”), from Middle High German kīde, from Old High German *chīdi, from Proto-Germanic *kīþą (“sprout, seedling”). Compare Alemannic German chiide. 1. A surname. 2. An unincorporated community in Jay County, Indiana, United States. 3. Alternative spelling of Kit (the diminutive of Christopher) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Kittel Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Klamm Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Klamm. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Klang Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish or German Klang. 1. A surname.
Word: Klang Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Malay Kelang. 1. A city in Klang District, Selangor, Malaysia.
Word: Klapper Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Klapper. 1. A surname from German.
Word: send down Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause something or someone to pass from a higher to a lower place. Labels: transitive 2. To bowl. 3. To commit (someone) to a prison term. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Eventually she was caught, and sent down for twelve years. Example: Crypto king or conman: is Sam Bankman-Fried about to be sent down for a century? [title] 4. To demote a player within the levels of professional baseball. Labels: US Example: After performing poorly for the first month of the season, he was sent down to the minor leagues. 5. To suspend or expel (an undergraduate) from university. Labels: Ireland, UK, dated, transitive Example: He was sent down from Oxford for theft. Example: You climbed the wall, for which you ought to be gated; and finally, you came in blotto, for which you ought to be sent down. 6. To send a person to the countryside to become a peasant-farmer for re-education; to get in touch with the fundamental values of peasant-based communism (as opposed to urban worker-class proletariat-based communism).
Word: inviolability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French inviolabilité, from Latin inviolabilitas. 1. The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Presidential acts of forgiveness in America seldom rattle confidence in the integrity of the judicial system or the inviolability of the rule of law.
Word: inviolably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English inviolable Middle English -ly English -ly English inviolably From inviolable + -ly. 1. In an inviolable manner; without violation or violence of any kind.
Word: inviolableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English inviolable 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 inviolableness From inviolable + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being inviolable. Labels: uncountable
Word: canella Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kəˈnɛlə/ 1. The aromatic inner bark of Canella winterana, used as a spice with properties similar to cinnamon. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: violable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin violābilis. Compare Middle English violable (“destructive”), a hapax legomenon. 1. Capable of being violated, broken, or injured.
Word: Frenchification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Frenchify + -ation, from French + -ify. 1. The act or process of making French or more French-like, especially in informal contexts. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Frenchification of the shopping district is complete: every shop has been redone in a Haussmannian style and baguettes, wine, and accordion music are inescapable. 2. Something that has been made more French or French-like. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: The ubiquitous café is just a Frenchification of the old English coffeehouse, providing the ambiance of peaceful al fresco dining without actually moving any chairs outdoors. 3. Synonym of Gallicization, translation into French or a French translation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fretfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fretful Middle English -ly English -ly English fretfully From fretful + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛt.fə.li/ 1. In a fretful manner. Example: “I am not going to run away, Papa,” said Kitty, fretfully; “if I should ever go to Brighton, I would behave better than Lydia.” “You go to Brighton!—I would not trust you so near it as East Bourne, for fifty pounds![…]” Example: […] rain squalled fretfully against the schoolhouse roof. Although it had stopped by the time the afternoon recess was due, Miss Willie decided that it was too cold and raw for the children to be out a full half hour, so she sent them[…]
Word: fretful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fret + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛtfəl/ 1. Given to fretting. 2. Given to fretting. Example: Near-synonyms: fractious, petulant, waspish, impatient, angry, annoyed Example: I could a Tale vnfold, vvhoſe lighteſt vvord / VVould harrovv vp thy ſoule, freeze thy young blood, / Make thy tvvo eyes like Starres, ſtart from their Spheres, / Thy knotty and combined locks to part, / And each particular haire to ſtand an end, / Like Quilles vpon the fretfull Porpentine: […]
Word: fuel up Part of Speech: verb 1. To eat hurriedly in order to do something more interesting. Labels: intransitive
Word: fun-loving Part of Speech: adj 1. That enjoys the pleasures of life; that seeks out and revels in fun. Example: How different is the young, fun-loving, comical, quizzing, gallanting Captain Arthur Wellesley, when residing in his shooting lodge between Summerhill and Dangan, from the stern, cautious, careworn Fabius of the Peninsular war[.] Example: A few months later I went to see Meg at a local folk club […] where she played to a small audience of about 150. As always, she was vibrant, giving, funloving, but the political content was diminished and hopelessly subtle.
Word: exemple Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of example. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Bak Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Korean 박 (bak, “朴”). 1. A surname from Korean
Word: gaffrigger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gaff rig + -er. 1. A ship with a gaff rig.
Word: Wassermann Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Wasserman. 1. A surname from German, variant of Wasserman, equivalent to English Waterman
Word: gaff rig Part of Speech: noun 1. A sailing rig that has a fore-and-aft sail supported by a spar called a gaff.
Word: Krebs Part of Speech: name Etymology: As a German, Alemannic German, and occasionally Danish surname, from the noun Krebs (“crab”). 1. A surname from German. Labels: countable 2. A city in Oklahoma, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: galloon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French galon, from galonner (“to braid”). Pronunciation: /ɡəˈluːn/ 1. A braided trimming with bullion thread, used on men's coats in the eighteenth century, on women's apparel in the nineteenth, and on such furnishings as draperies or cushions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And when the "Atlantis" had finally entered the port and all its many-decked mass leaned against the quay, and the gang-plank began to rattle heavily, — what a crowd of porters, with their assistants, in caps with golden galloons, what a crowd of various boys and husky ragamuffins with pads of colored postal cards attacked the Gentleman from San Francisco, offering their services! Example: His hair is tied back with a bit of silver galloon, and he is dressed with panache in a blue velvet jacket, white silk hose, buckled pumps.
Word: gamming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gam Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gemeinschaftsgefuhl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Gemeinschaftsgefühl, from Gemeinschaft (“community, neighborship”) + Gefühl (“feeling”). 1. "Community feeling" or "social interest"; used by Adlerian psychologists to describe the state of social connectedness and interest in the well-being of others that characterizes psychological health. Labels: literally, uncountable Example: Lazarsfeld postulated that the "neurotic" is convinced that he cannot compete with others and this leads to fear and avoidance of gemeinschaftgefuhl^([sic]) …
Word: gene cassette Part of Speech: noun 1. A DNA sequence which can exist by itself in circular form, or can be integrated into an integron.
Word: gennel Part of Speech: noun 1. A ginnel. Labels: Sheffield, Yorkshire, dialectal
Word: poke borax Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From poke borak or poke borack, probably by substitution of the unfamiliar word, by the law of Hobson-Jobson. 1. To ridicule. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, intransitive, often Example: Maybe the geezer was a major really. Or maybe he was poking borax. That was the trouble with toffs from outside the area – you didn't know where you were with them. Example: ‘Your mother didn′t have any call to go slinging off about me moey, anyway,’ complained Hughie suddenly, and from thirty years ago steamed up a resentment that had never really gone off the boil. ‘She always did have a tongue in her head that would scare the hair off a coconut.’ ‘Don′t go poking borax at the dead,’ remonstrated Mumma, then she added softly, ‘It was that nice, too, all black and silky.’
Word: poke borack Part of Speech: verb 1. To impart false information in an attempt to mislead. Labels: Australia, intransitive, often Example: […]and say, “Come on, Towball old boy, you′re old ′partment′s a waitin′ for you, sheets aired, and everything right.” Oh! he′s a awful cove for to poke borack at a feller, that old O'Neil. 2. To ridicule. Labels: Australia, intransitive, often Example: The Thames people have earned among the members of the House of Representatives a reputation of the champion cadgers of New Zealand, and it was too bad of their member, who knows it very well, to poke "borak" at them in that unfeeling way. Example: One toff, who fancied himself, still kept poking borack; but Steve stopped his chyacking pretty quick, for he hauled off and let him have it.
Word: girlhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English girl Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English girlhood From girl + -hood. 1. The state or condition of being a girl. Labels: uncountable 2. The childhood of a girl. Labels: countable
Word: glanders Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English glandres, glaundres, from Old French glandres, plural of Old French glandre, from Latin glandula. Doublet of glandule. 1. An infectious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans. Labels: uncountable Example: Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell): What is it? / William Crandall (Dylan Baker): It's Burkholderia mallei. Causes a disease called glanders. / Phillip Jennings (Matthew Rhys): The innoculation we got was against a kind of meningitis. / William: This is to meningitis what bubonic plague is to a runny nose.
Word: goniometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu Proto-Hellenic *gónu Ancient Greek γόνῠ (gónŭ)der. Ancient Greek γωνίᾱ (gōníā)der. English gonio- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English goniometer Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English goniometric From goniometer + -ic. 1. Of, relating to, or determined by a goniometer. Labels: not-comparable
Word: goniometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu Proto-Hellenic *gónu Ancient Greek γόνῠ (gónŭ)der. Ancient Greek γωνίᾱ (gōníā)der. English gonio- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English goniometer From gonio- + -meter. Pronunciation: /ˌɡoʊ.niˈɔ.mə.tɚ/, /ˌɡoʊ.niˈɑ.mə.tɚ/, /ˈɡɑ.niˌɑ.mə.tɚ/ 1. A device used to measure angles. 2. A device used to measure angles. 3. A device used to measure angles. 4. A radio direction finder.
Word: Mendoza line Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After shortstop Mario Mendoza, whose lifetime batting average is taken to define the threshold of minimally competent hitting. 1. A .200 batting average, which is around the minimum batting average a player with strong defensive skills can have and still stay in the major leagues. Named for Mario Mendoza. Example: His recent slump has put him perilously close to the Mendoza line; he may be headed to AAA soon. 2. The line dividing acceptable mediocrity from unacceptable mediocrity Example: I don’t think you could find any other figure in politics who has run this far below the Mendoza line and still managed to get taken seriously. Example: A sub-$2,000 per theater average... is the Mendoza Line of box office numbers.
Word: goober bean Part of Speech: noun 1. A peanut. Labels: US
Word: Gooniyandi Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊnijʌndi/ 1. An alternate name for Gunian (a Bunaban Australian Aboriginal prefixing language spoken at Fitzroy Crossing in the north of Western Australia).
Word: pinch runner Part of Speech: noun 1. A substitute runner, usually brought in to replace a slow runner to increase the chance of that runner scoring.