nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: draggle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English drag Proto-Germanic *-lōną Old English -lian Middle English -len English -le English draggle From drag + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹæɡəl/ 1. To make, or to become, wet and muddy by dragging along the ground. Example: […] with draggled nets down-hanging to the tide […] Example: The rain drove into the bride and bridegroom's faces as they passed to the chariot. The postilions' favours draggled on their dripping jackets.
Word: dry mouth Part of Speech: noun 1. Abnormal dryness of the mouth Labels: uncountable 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dry, mouth. Labels: countable
Word: xerostomia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English xero- English stoma Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English xerostomia From xero- + stoma + -ia. 1. Abnormal dryness of the mouth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Craig Welzbacher (actor) (2013), 6:02 from the start, in "First Days" (Modern Family), season 5, episode 2: “Claire (Julie Bowen): Amazing! You guys are actually hanging out by the water cooler. / Office worker (Craig Welzbacher): I have xerostomia. It's chronic dry mouth.”
Word: foraminifera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin Foraminifera (subphylum name), from French foraminifère (“foraminifer, foraminifera”), from French Foraminifères, coined by the French naturalist Alcide d’Orbigny (1802–1857) in an 1826 article. Foraminifère is derived from Latin forāmina (“apertures, holes”) + -fer (“-bearing”). Pronunciation: /ˌfɒɹəmɪˈnɪfəɹə/, /ˌfɒɹəmɪˈnɪfɹə/, /fəˌɹæmɪˈnɪf(ə)ɹə/, /fəˌɹæməˈnɪf(ə)ɹə/ 1. Synonym of foraminifer (“any of a large group of aquatic amoeboid protists of the subphylum Foraminifera, characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm that among other things is used for catching food, often with a calcareous shell with many holes through which pseudopodia protrude”). Example: This elegant Foraminifera has long been one of the best known of recent species; in its young state it is one of the most abundant organisms in the Cuban sand: in this immature form it appears a Foraminifera of the ordinary spiral type; […] Example: By the slow accumulation of dead shells, corals, &c., cemented by the smaller tests of foraminifera, the Coralline Crag eventually attained a thickness of fifty feet.
Word: foraminifera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin Foraminifera (subphylum name), from French foraminifère (“foraminifer, foraminifera”), from French Foraminifères, coined by the French naturalist Alcide d’Orbigny (1802–1857) in an 1826 article. Foraminifère is derived from Latin forāmina (“apertures, holes”) + -fer (“-bearing”). Pronunciation: /ˌfɒɹəmɪˈnɪfəɹə/, /ˌfɒɹəmɪˈnɪfɹə/, /fəˌɹæmɪˈnɪf(ə)ɹə/, /fəˌɹæməˈnɪf(ə)ɹə/ 1. plural of foraminiferon Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of foraminiferum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scrimple Part of Speech: verb 1. To save money. 2. To scorch. 3. To crumple or crinkle.
Word: balanda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hultą Proto-West Germanic *holt Old Dutch holt Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Frankish *land Old Dutch lant Old Dutch holt lantder. Portuguese Holandabor. Javanese Walandader. Malay Belandader. Makasar Balandabor. Dhuwal balandabor. English balanda From Dhuwal balanda, from Makasar Balanda, from Malay Belanda, from Portuguese Holanda. Doublet of Holland. 1. A white person, a European. Example: They knew the white people of Victoria, and called them Balanda, which is nothing more than ‘Hollanders’; a name used by the Malays, from whom they received it. Example: The blacks rushed up to the house calling ‘Ballanda, Ballanda’—white man—and the Boss and Missus ran out.
Word: turn around Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of turnaround. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: turn around Part of Speech: verb 1. To physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for a half turn (180 degrees), a whole turn (360 degrees), or an indefinite amount. Labels: ergative Example: At the end of the road, we turned around and walked back to the hotel. Example: The world turns around once every twenty-four hours. 2. To change drastically in a fundamental way, often for the better; to change to the opposite (opinion or position). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: She turned her position around and now she is in favor of the merger. Example: Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around. 3. To reverse an expected outcome (of a game, etc.), usually from a losing outcome to a winning one; to return (a business, department, etc.) to effectiveness, profitability, etc. Labels: transitive Example: The new management team has really turned the company around 180 degrees, and they expect a good profit next year. Example: The team really turned it around in the second half for a great win. 4. To convert (an agent) to work for one's own side. Labels: transitive Example: Some months ago, the Captain had come to the FBI with a story that he had been contacted by Soviet agents, and the FBI had “turned him around” and used him to plant false and specially made up classified material of no importance on the Soviets. 5. To suddenly change or reverse one's opinion, point of view, stated position, behaviour, etc. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive Example: You can't just turn around and say that it was all my fault. 6. To consider from a different viewpoint. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Let's turn that around and look at it from another angle. 7. (often with a unit of time) To produce; to output; to generate. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic, transitive Example: We can turn around 500 units by next week. Example: Typically, this meant that the teams were turning around two sets a week, with a train rolling into the depot on a Sunday for what Hinze describes as a "big strip-out". This would pull the carriages back almost to the bare bones.
Word: paperclip Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of paper clip. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: paperclip Part of Speech: verb 1. To fasten with a paper clip.
Word: dirty magazine Part of Speech: noun 1. A morally unclean, indecent or sexually provocative magazine; a pornographic periodical. Labels: informal 2. Any magazine with sex-related content and other features of interest for an adult audience; often targeting an adult male audience and containing nude or semi-nude photographs of women. Labels: informal
Word: constricts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of constrict Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: constricting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of constrict Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sex change Part of Speech: noun 1. A change in sex, either natural or artificial.
Word: clept Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /klɛpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of clepe Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: ecclesiocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ecclesio- Proto-Indo-European *kret- Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)bor. English -cracy English ecclesiocracy From ecclesio- + -cracy. 1. government by church leaders Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: engageable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English engage Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English engageable From engage + -able. 1. able to be engaged
Word: eponymously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English eponymous Middle English -ly English -ly English eponymously From eponymous + -ly. 1. in an eponymous manner; as the title character of a book, etc. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ergative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐργᾰ́της (ergắtēs, “labourer, worker”) + English -ive (suffix meaning ‘belong or relating to; of the nature of; serving to; tending to’ forming adjectives). Pronunciation: /ˈɜːɡətɪv/, /ˈɝɡətɪv/, [-ɾɪv] 1. With the subject of a transitive construction having grammatical cases or thematic relations different from those of an intransitive construction. Labels: not-comparable Example: The case systems of ergative languages are counter-intuitive to speakers of many Indo-European languages. Example: The most common situation is for nouns to inflect according to a nominative-ergative pattern, while pronouns at least superficially follow a nominative-accusative pattern. That is, nouns have a single case (nominative) marking intransitive subject and transitive object functions, and another case (ergative) for transitive subject function.
Word: ergative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐργᾰ́της (ergắtēs, “labourer, worker”) + English -ive (suffix meaning ‘belong or relating to; of the nature of; serving to; tending to’ forming adjectives). Pronunciation: /ˈɜːɡətɪv/, /ˈɝɡətɪv/, [-ɾɪv] 1. Ellipsis of ergative case (“a grammatical case used to indicate the agent of a transitive verb in ergative-absolutive languages”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Samoan, for example, differs from the usual pattern displayed by split ergative languages in that the appearance of the ergative is grounded in sociolinguistic factors as well as syntactic ones. The more formal register of Samoan requires the ergative on all postverbal transitive subjects. The less formal register allows the ergative not to be expressed at all. 2. An ergative verb or other expression. Example: Unlike those with subjectivized ergatives, such locative clauses naturally do not allow for imperatives (*Contain the apples). Example: Woodbury (1975) does argue, however, that absolutives are more relativisable in Greenlandic than are ergatives, on the grounds that (1) RCs [Relative Clauses] formed on ergatives are somewhat more restricted in the distribution in matrix clauses (p. 21) than are those formed on absolutives, and (2) for certain verb classes ergatives cannot be relativised out of the active participle (p. 27).
Word: complot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French complot (“crowd-, plot”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmˌplɒt/ 1. A plot (involving more than one person), conspiracy Labels: archaic Example: LOR. Now to confirme the complot thou hast cast Of all these practices, Ile spread the watch, Vpon precise commandement from the king Strongly to guard the place where Pedringano This night shall murder haples Serberine. Example: AARON: […] / For I must talk of murders, rapes, and massacres, Acts of black night, abominable deeds, Complots of mischief, treason, villainies, Ruthful to hear, yet piteously perform'd: / […]
Word: complot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French complot (“crowd-, plot”). Pronunciation: /kəmˈplɒt/ 1. To plot together; conspire. Labels: ambitransitive, archaic Example: BOLINGBROKE. […] Besides, I say and will in battle prove, Or here, or elsewhere to the furthest verge That ever was survey'd by English eye, That all the treasons for these eighteen years Complotted and contrived in this land, Fetch from false Mowbray their first head and spring.
Word: highwater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From high + water. 1. Synonym of high water. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: commonty Part of Speech: noun 1. A right to own land that is held in common between two or more people and under some servitudes. Labels: uncountable 2. Land. Labels: uncountable
Word: composture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French composture (“compost”), from late Old French composture, possibly from Latin compositūra, compostūra (“composition”); equivalent to compost + -ure. Compare Portuguese compostura, Spanish compostura. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɒst͡ʃə/, /kəmˈpɑst͡ʃɚ/ 1. Compost, composted manure. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears; the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen From general excrement, each thing's a thief. 2. Composition, makeup, formation. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 3. A kind of plaster. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: kentledge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French quintelage (“ballast”). 1. Weights (often scrap or pig iron) used as permanent ballast on ships. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A system of weights (usually concrete or cast-iron blocks) used for load-testing piled foundations. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A kentledge of scrap chairs was placed in the bottom booms of the girders at the south end to counterbalance the weight of the rail rolling track fixed under the north half, and to increase stability.
Word: fornicators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fornicator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: compunctious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the stem of compunction + -ous; compare factious. Apparently taken up in modern use from Macbeth by William Shakespeare (see quotation). 1. Exhibiting compunctions, scruples, feelings of guilt. Example: Come you Spirits, That tend on mortall thoughts, vnſex me here, And fill me from the Crowne to the Toe, top-full Of direſt Crueltie: make thick my blood, Stop vp th’acceſſe, and paſſage to Remorſe, That no compunctious viſitings of Nature Shake my fell purpoſe, nor keepe peace betweene Th’effect, and hit. Example: Nothing can be conceived more hard than the heart of a thoroughbred metaphysician. It comes nearer to the cold malignity of a wicked spirit than to the frailty and passion of a man. It is like that of the principle of evil himself, incorporeal, pure, unmixed, dephlegmated, defecated evil. It is no easy operation to eradicate humanity from the human breast. What Shakspeare calls “the compunctious visitings of nature” will sometimes knock at their hearts, and protest against their murderous speculations. But they have a means of compounding with their nature. Their humanity is not dissolved. They only give it a long prorogation.
Word: concupiscible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English concupiscibill, concupiscibl, concupiscible, concupyscyble, concupyssible, from Middle French concupiscible and its etymon, Latin concupīscibilis. Pronunciation: /kənˈkjuːpɪsɪbəl/ 1. Greatly to be desired or lusted after; exciting concupiscence. Labels: archaic Example: For never did thy eyes behold, or thy concupiscence covet, anything in this world more concupiscible than widow Wadman. 2. Pertaining to concupiscence or lust; characterized by strong desire. Labels: archaic Example: He would not, but by gift of my chaste body / To his concupiscible intemperate lust, / Release my brother […] Example: Perturbations and passions, which trouble the fantasy, though they dwell between the confines of sense and reason, yet they rather follow sense than reason because they are drowned in corporeal organs of sense. They are commonly reduced into two inclinations, irascible and concupiscible. 3. Relating to the concupiscible passions. Example: The irascible and concupiscible appetites are distinguished by different aspects of their objects. The object of the concupiscible faculty "is sensible good or evil, simply apprehended as such" while good and evil considered as "arduous or difficult … is the object of the irascible faculty."
Word: abbaye Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of abbey. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: […] his coronation robes, &c. were deposited in the Abbaye; […]
Word: morne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French morne, morné, etc. Pronunciation: /moɹn/, [mo̞ɹn], /mɔːn/, /mɔːɹn/ 1. The blunt head of a jousting-lance. 2. A small, rounded hill.
Word: morne Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French morne, morné, etc. Pronunciation: /moɹn/, [mo̞ɹn], /mɔːn/, /mɔːɹn/ 1. Alternative form of morné. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: morne Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /moɹn/, [mo̞ɹn], /mɔːn/, /mɔːɹn/ 1. Obsolete spelling of morn. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: morne Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /moɹn/, [mo̞ɹn], /mɔːn/, /mɔːɹn/ 1. Obsolete spelling of mourn. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: morne Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /moɹn/, [mo̞ɹn], /mɔːn/, /mɔːɹn/ 1. Obsolete spelling of mourn. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: venger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English venger, vengere, vengeour, vengeur, from Old French vengeor, vengeur. By surface analysis, venge + -er. 1. Obsolete form of avenger. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: His bleeding hart is in the vengers hand, / VVho ſtreight him rent in thouſand peeces ſmall, […] Example: And the hand of the venger shall never be stayed / Till his race, faith, and speech are a dream of the past
Word: conjoined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From conjoin + -ed. 1. Of persons (conjoined twins) or things: joined together physically. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1580s, Ovid, Elegia VI, Book I, translated by Christopher Marlowe, in Christopher Marlowe: The Complete Poems and Translations, Stephen Orgel (ed.), Penguin, 1971, p. 110, And farewell cruel posts, rough threshold's block, / And doors conjoined with an hard iron lock! Example: Now envy and antipathy, passions irreconcilable in reason, nevertheless in fact may spring conjoined like Chang and Eng in one birth. 2. Joined or bound together; united (in a relationship). Labels: not-comparable Example: If either of you know any inward impediment why you ſhould not be conioyned, I charge you on your ſoules to vtter it. Example: O my lord / The glory of whose new state is hidden from us, / Pray for us of your charity; now in the sight of God / Conjoined with all the saints and martyrs gone before you, / Remember us. 3. Combined. Labels: not-comparable Example: Their garb and stillness conjoined, present an uniformity, tranquil and herd-like—as in the pasture—"forty feeding like one." Example: I have seen another woman who, from taste and necessity conjoined, has gone into practical affairs, carries on a mechanical business, partly works at it herself, […]
Word: conjoined Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From conjoin + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of conjoin Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: slaveholder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slave + holder. 1. Someone who owns slaves.
Word: tombé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French tombé. 1. A movement in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other while flexing the knee.
Word: gouty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English gowty; equivalent to gout + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡaʊti/, [ˈɡaʊ̯ɾi] 1. Suffering from gout. Example: When days and years proclaim you’re old — A dottle, cripple, gouty fellow, Then for support you can lay hold O’ the upright of your umberella. Example: He helped Crabbe along to the rough landing-stage, a groaning Crabbe sorry for himself, a Crabbe with a bandaged foot, looking like a gouty uncle[.]
Word: Dermot Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish Diarmaid. Doublet of Jeremy. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛɹmət/, /ˈdɜːmət/, /ˈdɝmət/ 1. A male given name from Irish. Example: Look, I was Dermot “Duster” Hoggins’s editor, not his shrink or his ruddy astrologer, so how could I have known what lay in store for Sir Felix Finch on that infamous night?
Word: steersman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English steer English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English steersman From steer + -s- + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈstɪəz.mən/, /ˈstiɹz.mən/, /ˈstɪɹz.mən/ 1. One who steers a ship or other vessel; the helmsman. Example: And as for a tiller, the whale-boat never admits of any such effeminacy; and therefore as in gamming a complete boat’s crew must leave the ship, and hence as the boat steerer or harpooneer is of the number, that subordinate is the steersman upon the occasion, and the captain, having no place to sit in, is pulled off to his visit all standing like a pine tree. Example: The Indian canoe races were the most exciting of all the Regatta. Ten paddles dipped as one paddle, ten men bent as one man, while the steersman kept time for them with grunting bows.
Word: Brennschlüsse Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Brennschluss Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Aileen Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Irish, variant of Eileen. Example: Though her name was Aileen the minister drafted in continually referred to her as Eileen, but neither Louise nor the ramshackle bunch of people who regarded themselves as her mother's friends had bothered to correct him. Louise liked the way 'Eileen' made her mother seem like someone else altogether, a stranger and not her mother.
Word: broadcloth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From broad + cloth. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɔːdˌklɒθ/, /ˈbɹɔdˌklɔθ/, /ˈbɹɑdˌklɑθ/, /ˈbrodklot/ 1. A dense, plain woven cloth, usually made of cotton or a cotton blend. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men’s garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: Her fingers tightened slightly on his broadcloth sleeve. Example: The look of hurt fury which she hurled at the Bishop's back might have singed his clerical broadcloth.
Word: selfsame Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *swé From Middle English self sam, self same, selve same (“the very same, selfsame”) [and other forms], from self (“that specific (person mentioned), herself, himself, itself, themselves”, pronoun) (from Old English self, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”)) + sam, same (“(adjective) equal, identical; unchanging; referred to earlier, abovenamed, aforementioned; (adverb) again, repeatedly”) (from Old Norse samr (“same; agreeing, of one mind”), ultimately probably from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, together”)). The English word is analysable as self + same. Cognates * Danish selvsamme (“identical, selfsame”) * Old High German selbsama (“identical, selfsame”) Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlfseɪm/, /ˌsɛlfˈseɪm/, /ˈsɛlfˌseɪm/ 1. Chiefly preceded by the: precisely the same; the very same; the same not only in being similar but in being identical. Labels: not-comparable Example: For both of you are Birds of ſelfe-ſame Feather. Example: In my ſchoole dayes, vvhen I had loſt one ſhaft [i.e., arrow], / I ſhot his fellovv of the ſelfe-ſame flight / The ſelfe-ſame vvay, vvith more aduiſed vvatch / To finde the other foorth, and by aduentring both, / I oft found both. I vrge this child-hoode proofe, / Becauſe vvhat follovves, is pure innocence.
Word: selfsame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *swé From Middle English self sam, self same, selve same (“the very same, selfsame”) [and other forms], from self (“that specific (person mentioned), herself, himself, itself, themselves”, pronoun) (from Old English self, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”)) + sam, same (“(adjective) equal, identical; unchanging; referred to earlier, abovenamed, aforementioned; (adverb) again, repeatedly”) (from Old Norse samr (“same; agreeing, of one mind”), ultimately probably from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, together”)). The English word is analysable as self + same. Cognates * Danish selvsamme (“identical, selfsame”) * Old High German selbsama (“identical, selfsame”) Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlfseɪm/, /ˌsɛlfˈseɪm/, /ˈsɛlfˌseɪm/ 1. Chiefly preceded by the: precisely the same person or thing. Labels: archaic Example: I preſent vvhat here is to you, vvherein you ſhall receive but the ſelfeſame by Number and by Meaſure; vvhich, before, you had by VVeight. Example: So ſtrictly is the Specific Nature preſerv'd in the Individuals of the ſame kind, vvho all equally partake of it, and are ſo very reſembling and uniform in it, that they ſeem but as ſo many Self-ſames, ſo many Reproductions of one thing, like the Image of the ſame Face repeated by a Multiplying Glaſs. Thus for Inſtance, in Men, there is the ſame common Human Nature in all of them vvithout Intenſion or Remiſſion, the ſame Intellectual Frame, the ſame thinking Principle, the ſame rational Faculties, the ſame Radical Deſires and Inclinations, the ſame Natural Affections, the ſame Springs of Paſſion, &c.
Word: ugliest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of ugly: most ugly Labels: form-of, superlative Example: She is the ugliest thing I've ever seen. Example: "Perry Barr was probably the ugliest station across the whole of the West Midlands, [...]" says West Midlands Mayor Andy Street.
Word: indistinguishable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English distinguish 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 distinguishable English indistinguishable From in- + distinguishable. Pronunciation: [ˌɪn.dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪ.ʃə.bl̩] 1. Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct Example: The banks of the old railway are now so thickly overgrown with trees as to be almost indistinguishable from the surrounding countryside, and the most obvious landmarks are the walls of a bridge over a lane, and stone bridge, still intact, where a cart road crosses the cutting, close to the site of the former Clifton South Junction. Example: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic 2. Not capable of being perceived or known.
Word: indistinguishable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English distinguish 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 distinguishable English indistinguishable From in- + distinguishable. Pronunciation: [ˌɪn.dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪ.ʃə.bl̩] 1. Any of a set of things that cannot be distinguished.
Word: naturalness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English naturalnes, naturalnez, equivalent to natural + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being natural. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Of a picture or recording, likeness to the original. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: grandsons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grandson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ylang ylang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via Early Modern Spanish, from Tagalog ilang-ilang, from either ilang (“wilderness”) or ilang-ilan (“rare”). 1. The fragrant flower of a tropical tree (Cananga odorata) native to southeast Asia. Labels: countable 2. An essential oil derived from this flower used in aromatherapy and perfumes. Labels: uncountable Example: Essential oils such as jasmine, rose, vetiver, ilang-ilang, iris, vanilla, sandalwood or lavender cannot be synthesised in the laboratory. 3. The tree (Cananga odorata) on which ylang ylang flowers grow. Labels: countable
Word: stateliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English stately 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 stateliness From stately + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being stately Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: sourd Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English sourden, from Old French sourdre, from Latin surgō, contraction of earlier subrigō. Compare source. Doublet of surge. Pronunciation: /suːrd/ 1. To arise, issue or emerge; to give rise. Labels: Early, Modern Example: […]wherby at the last shuld have sourded discention amonge the people, they beinge seperately enclined towarde theyr naturall souerayne lorde[…] Example: Foꝛ with the only be theſe welles of lyfe, / Of frayle men ſpring but podels of myꝛe, / From whom ſourdeth errour ⁊ croked ſtrife[…]
Word: Barbadoes Part of Speech: name 1. Archaic spelling of Barbados. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: After having resided thirteen years in Barbadoes, he came to Philadelphia in 1731.
Word: Cal Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /kæl/ 1. A short form of the male given names Caleb, Calum or Calvin. 2. A diminutive of the female given name Caroline. 3. University of California, Berkeley Labels: informal 4. California. Labels: informal, uncommon
Word: Cal Part of Speech: name Etymology: Various origins: * Borrowed from Spanish Cal. This surname is mostly found in Guatemala. * Borrowed from Polish Cal. * Borrowed from Turkish Çal. 1. A surname.
Word: Estelle Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Estelle, from Occitan estela (“star”), from Latin stēlla. Doublet of étoile, estoile, stella, and stelo. Name of a third century martyr. Pronunciation: /ɛˈstɛl/ 1. A female given name from French
Word: prophetess 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 προ- (pro-) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek φημί (phēmí) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs)bor. Latin prophēta Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)bor. Latin -issa Latin prophētissa Old French prophetessebor. Middle English prophetesse English prophetess From Middle English prophetesse, from Old French prophetesse, from Late Latin prophetissa. By surface analysis, prophet + -ess. Pronunciation: /pɹɒfɪˈtɛs/ 1. A female prophet. Example: What made matters worse was that Montanus was accompanied by female prophetesses who spoke in states of ecstasy.
Word: Tooting Part of Speech: name Etymology: Disputed. It appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Totinges. Pronunciation: /tuːtiŋ/ 1. A suburban area in the borough of Wandsworth and borough of Merton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2771).
Word: Ariadne Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀριάδνη (Ariádnē). Pronunciation: /ˈæ.ɹiˌæd.ni/, /ˌæ.ɹiˈæd.ni/ 1. The daughter of King Minos of Crete and his queen, Pasiphae. Labels: Greek, countable, uncountable 2. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Labels: countable, rare 3. 43 Ariadne, a main belt asteroid. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: howsoever Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English howsoevere, how-so-evere, how so evere. By surface analysis, how + so + ever. Pronunciation: /ˌhaʊsoʊˈɛvəɹ/ 1. Regardless of the way in which. Example: Howsoever they pleaded, their pleas went unheard. 2. In any manner whatsoever. Example: The party to this agreement may use the property whensoever and howsoever he or she pleases. 3. To whatever degree or extent. Example: Their evidence, howsoever true it may have been, was not believed.
Word: unpunished 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 punished English unpunished From un- + punished. 1. Not punished Labels: not-comparable Example: Villa full-back Alan Hutton was perhaps fortunate to stay on the field when his two-footed challenge on Shane Long went unpunished by referee Phil Dowd.
Word: unreserved Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + reserved. 1. Not reserved: not otherwise or already committed. Labels: not-comparable Example: an unreserved forest 2. Not booked in advance: with no reservation. Labels: not-comparable Example: an unreserved table Example: For the steam services, passengers with reserved seats are assembled behind the appropriate notice boards in the centre cab road, which is barred to motor traffic on summer Saturdays. Unreserved passengers line up behind other boards, which merely display destinations and not departure times. 3. Without reserve: unrestrained, unconstrained. Labels: not-comparable Example: an unreserved demeanor
Word: unreserved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unreserve. Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cwt Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cwt. (“hundredweight”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: blades Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bleɪdz/ 1. plural of blade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blades Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bleɪdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blade Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: banners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of banner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: banners Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of banner Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: calculations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calculation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: publications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of publication Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sole Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of sol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sole Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: misses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsɪz/, /ˈmɪsəz/ 1. plural of miss Labels: form-of, plural 2. A range of clothing sizes for women of average height and build.
Word: misses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsɪz/, /ˈmɪsəz/ 1. Alternative spelling of missus (“Mrs; wife”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 2025, JEZBON, Real Aussies: John's Heartbreak "Kay, maybe you've got a point. Why's he always smiling, anyway?" "Dunno. Maybe being a dung puncher's a recipe for smiles?" I snap my head to Colin. "What?" "Yeah, apparently. Seen him get picked up by his, er, misses? Man?" Colin squints. "Bum chum? Gay lord? Wooly woofter?"
Word: misses Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsɪz/, /ˈmɪsəz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of miss Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: meters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: meters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of meter Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: estimates Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛstəməts/, /ˈɛstəmɪts/ 1. plural of estimate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: estimates Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɛstəˌmeɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of estimate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: decks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɛks/ 1. plural of deck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɛks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deck Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mornings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of morning Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mornings Part of Speech: adv 1. Every morning. Labels: not-comparable Example: We are closed mornings.
Word: mounds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mound Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mounds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mound Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: marriages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marriage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: manuscripts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of manuscript Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enterprises Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛntɚˌpɹaɪzɪz/ 1. plural of enterprise Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enterprises Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɛntɚˌpɹaɪzɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of enterprise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: elbows Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛl.bəʊz/, /ˈɛl.boʊz/ 1. plural of elbow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: elbows Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɛl.bəʊz/, /ˈɛl.boʊz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of elbow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fortifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fortification Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miseries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of misery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: journeys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of journey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: journeys Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of journey Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: The team journeys to the Arctic Circle.
Word: aspirations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aspiration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: traitors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of traitor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: traitors Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of traitor Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sheaves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sheave Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of sheaf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: realms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of realm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pioneers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pioneer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pioneers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pioneer Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pens Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɛnz/, /pɪnz/ 1. plural of pen Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of penny Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural
Word: pens Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɛnz/, /pɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pen Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: paws Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /pɔːz/, /pɑːz/ 1. plural of paw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paws Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /pɔːz/, /pɑːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of paw Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: paws Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Pun on pause sounding identical to paws (plural of paw). Pronunciation: /pɔːz/, /pɑːz/ 1. pause, used in contexts of animals with paws Labels: humorous, informal Example: You fine folks here, particularly Joanne (mom to 14 rats) and Paghat, posted very passionate and informative articles, which gave me paws (pun intended) to think twice about the "advice" my vet had given me about pine shavings being safe for rattie's bedding. Example: Watch a cat named Milo sabotage a purrfectly peaceful yoga routine in a video posted by a user named "jahzyoga" a "yoga teacher" and "jazz vocalist." Dare we suggest, maybe he was trying to hit the "paws" button?
Word: paws Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Pun on pause sounding identical to paws (plural of paw). Pronunciation: /pɔːz/, /pɑːz/ 1. to pause, used in contexts of animals with paws Labels: humorous, informal Example: If you paws the game at a right moemnt you ger really interesting ScarSimba position results ;)^([sic]) Example: The Amazing Puppy Wizard has pawsed to think of EVERY THING, abHOWET dogs and behavior.
Word: murders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of murder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: murders Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of murder Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: investigations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of investigation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adventurers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adventurer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prizes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪzɪz/ 1. plural of prize Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prizes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪzɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ambitions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ambition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alterations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alteration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ponies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pony Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of poney Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ponies Part of Speech: noun 1. Horsepower. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: I wanted that car. Also, these things are crazy on the road. Front wheel suspension, tons of ponies, but best of all, it has a tape deck. 2. Horse racing or racehorses. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang, with-definite-article Example: My husband is forever throwing away money on the ponies. Example: Around here, back then, the mob ran both the ponies and the numbers. [two forms of gambling]
Word: Protestants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Protestant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: merging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of merge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: merging Part of Speech: noun 1. The act, or the result, of being merged.
Word: multiplying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of multiply Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: multiplying Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of multiplication.
Word: reciting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of recite Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reciting Part of Speech: noun 1. A recitation. Example: During these public recitings (and performances) of verse, an audience (sometimes a jury of experts and a lay audience) judges the performers.
Word: repelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of repel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: repelling Part of Speech: noun 1. An act by which something is repelled; repulsion.
Word: requesting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of request Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: restoring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of restore Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: selecting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of select Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: selecting Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of selection. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] selectings and rejectings of a few founders. Example: 'He had gained the most privileged access to Stratford-on-Avon church under unique conditions. […] The portions under repair may be screened off if he requires it, and there is no reason to suppose that he cannot introduce workmen of his own selecting.
Word: sharpening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sharpen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sharpening Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is sharpened. Example: There are flourishes and coloratura passages in this art, heightenings and sharpenings of the line that serve only to give the needy linear system a value of its own in confrontation with nature. 2. The debris produced when a pencil is sharpened. Labels: in-plural
Word: slaughtering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of slaughter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: slaughtering Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of slaughter; a killing. Example: Towards the end of each trial (approximately July), when the Hock had been markedly depleted by mortalities and the successive group slaughterings, the remaining animals were confined to one paddock.
Word: squeaking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of squeak Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: squeaking Part of Speech: noun 1. A sound that squeaks. Example: Then he paused a while, and Adrian seemed to hear certain strange squeakings proceeding from the walls.
Word: homing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊmɪŋ/, /ˈhəʊmɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of home Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: homing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊmɪŋ/, /ˈhəʊmɪŋ/ 1. That self-adjusts its trajectory to home in on a target; (of a weapon) shooting such projectiles. Example: Watch out for the boss's last attack — the blue bullets are homing. 2. Fitted with a guiding electronic device that allows it to find and hit a target.
Word: homing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊmɪŋ/, /ˈhəʊmɪŋ/ Labels: no-gloss
Word: outsourcing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtˌsɔː.sɪŋ/, /ˈaʊtˌsɔː(ɹ).sɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of outsource Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outsourcing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtˌsɔː.sɪŋ/, /ˈaʊtˌsɔː(ɹ).sɪŋ/ 1. The transfer of a business function to an external service provider. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: witnessing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of witness Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: witnessing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of bearing witness. Example: false witnessings
Word: lessening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of lessen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lessening Part of Speech: noun 1. A growing lesser; reduction or decrease.
Word: amounting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈmaʊntɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of amount Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: grappling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæp(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. An act in which something is grappled or grappled with. Labels: gerund Example: […] the Schoenberg is irresistible to young hearts in their initial grapplings with great questions of life, death, love and suffering. 2. A grappling hook or grappling iron. 3. A small anchor; a grapnel.
Word: grappling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæp(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of grapple Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deviating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of deviate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: watering Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of watering, that is, pouring water on something, or diluting a liquid. Example: The plants receive regular waterings. 2. The art or process of giving a wavy, ornamental appearance to something.
Word: watering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of water Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: intersecting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of intersect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: conferring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of confer Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: conferring Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who confers. Example: His critics ask him if he expects to prevent the conferees in the Conference from talking to one another in the Metropolitan Club and from then coming to the Conference's open sessions merely to register the results of their secret conferrings.
Word: heaping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhiːpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of heap Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: heaping Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈhiːpɪŋ/ 1. Containing a heap (of something). (Compare heaped.) Labels: Canada, US, especially, not-comparable Example: a heaping teaspoon of sugar Example: a heaping big bowl of ice cream; a heaping bowl of rice
Word: heaping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhiːpɪŋ/ Labels: no-gloss
Word: aggravating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of aggravate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: aggravating Part of Speech: adj 1. That makes something worse. Example: aggravating circumstances 2. Annoying. Labels: informal
Word: virent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin virens, present participle of virere (“to be green”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɪɹənt/ 1. green in color, or unwithered Labels: obsolete Example: the roots of Canes, Bryony and other plants: for in these yet fresh and virent
Word: Freddy Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Fred + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛdi/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Frederick. 2. The city of Fredericton.