nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: greasiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English greasy 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 greasiness From greasy + -ness. 1. The state of being greasy. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: greenness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English grennesse, from Old English grennes; equivalent to green + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹiːn.nəs/ 1. The state or quality of being green; green colour. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Her crimson dress inflames grey corridors, or flaring in a sunshaft through high branches makes of the deep green shadows a greenness darker yet, and a darkness greener. 2. Vitality, freshness. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually 3. Inexperience. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The chances were that, sooner or later, such greenness would inevitably lead to a graver disaster. 4. The fact of being environmentally or ecologically conscious; commitment to environmental conservation. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: gregariousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gregarious Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 gregariousness From gregarious + -ness. Pronunciation: /ɡɹɪˈɡɛə.ɹɪ.əs.nəs/ 1. The state of being gregarious. Labels: uncountable
Word: gradate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from gradation. 1. To change imperceptibly from one gradation of tone etc. to another. Labels: ambitransitive 2. To arrange in order of grades. Labels: transitive 3. To bring to a certain strength or grade of concentration. Labels: transitive Example: to gradate a saline solution
Word: grained Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From grain + -ed. Piecewise doublet of corned. 1. Having a grain or grains. Labels: not-comparable 2. Stained with an imitation wood grain. Labels: not-comparable 3. Having a specified type of grain. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: close-grained Example: long-grained rice
Word: grained Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From grain + -ed. Piecewise doublet of corned. 1. simple past and past participle of grain Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: granddaddy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English grand- English dad Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English daddy English granddaddy From grand- + daddy. 1. A grandfather. Labels: informal 2. Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. Labels: informal Example: The nature of this gas enables it to absorb the majority of the sun's ultraviolet rays, thus saving the human race from the granddaddy of all sunburns. Example: In the far corner, representing the twentieth century, is the granddaddy of all common stocks, AT&T. Here is a company that earned its place in the pantheon of great stocks simply by increasing its dividend for an absurdly long period of time.
Word: grandaddy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of granddaddy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Shrewsbury, which is home to the grandaddy of all railway signal boxes - Severn Bridge Junction, which I admire as my train swings on to the Hereford line.
Word: grandfatherly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English grandfather Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English grandfatherly From grandfather + -ly. 1. In the manner of a grandfather. 2. Having the characteristics of a grandfather. Example: No one among the 25 wealthiest avoided as much tax as Buffett, the grandfatherly centibillionaire.
Word: grandmotherly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English grandmother Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English grandmotherly From grandmother + -ly. 1. In the manner of a grandmother. Example: “Mr. Norton, your head!” he cried, a strange grandmotherly concern in his voice. 2. Having the characteristics of a grandmother. Example: One of the maids introduced me to Miss Clifford, the housekeeper, a grandmotherly yet somehow youthful woman who offered me a cup of tea I was too nervous to accept. She gave it to me anyway, calling me “love.” Example: Then grandmotherly, trust-inspiring 63-year-old Gertrude Pruett stopped sending out the lovely checks and it became harder and harder to get in touch with her or her son Harold.
Word: grandly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English grand Middle English -ly English -ly English grandly From grand + -ly. 1. In a grand manner. Example: This slight way of treating both his book and his ancestors nettled little Puddock – who never himself took a liberty, and expected similar treatment – but he knew Sturk, the nature of the beast, and he only bowed grandly […] Example: “Take the Concorde. Spend a lot of money. Get yourself there in the most expensive way possible, take pictures over ten times if you need to. Do it all grandly!” 2. To the greatest extent. Labels: rare Example: But whether or not Sumner was the most typical man of his native commonwealth, he certainly does take a representative place on the bede-roll of her great sons. And on a wider field he does especially and grandly represent the Puritan spirit and the Pilgrim idea, and so the peculiar ethical and political idea of our whole nation. Example: The world had appreciated what he had done, and had put much to his credit, and he was prepared to draw upon this grandly.
Word: grandniece Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grand- + niece. 1. A granddaughter of one's sibling; a daughter of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's granddaughter: fraternal grandniece. Sister's granddaughter: sororal grandniece.) Example: Then come […] the Duchess’s grandnieces Zwile and her little sister Gloria.
Word: granter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English graunter, grauntar, from Anglo-French grantour. 1. One who grants.
Word: grantsmanship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English grantsman Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English grantsmanship From grantsman + -ship. 1. The art of obtaining grants-in-aid. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: granulated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of granulate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: granulated Part of Speech: adj 1. Formed into, or composed of granules
Word: graphologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English graphology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English graphologist From graphology + -ist. 1. A practitioner of graphology. Example: While one can find lots of individual astrologers and graphologists, as well as an occasional palmist, psycho metrist or those astute in the reading of tarot cards or I Ching—Psychic Dimensions, Inc., has got it all together. Example: Dorothy Sara, a graphologist, author, former editor and faculty member for many years of the Henry George School of Social Science, died Tuesday in Columbus Hospital in New York City after a heart attack.
Word: graspable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English grasp 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 graspable From grasp + -able. 1. Able to be grasped 2. Able to be understood or comprehended; understandable Example: After one clears away all the rhetoric theorizing, politics ultimately concern people, and Vogl never loses sight of this. Eschewing the abstract and intangible slogan, she writes songs about believable people, breaking the political down into a graspable, digestible form.
Word: gratingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English grating Middle English -ly English -ly English gratingly From grating + -ly. 1. With a grating sound. 2. So as to grate or jar; in a tiresome or irritating manner. Example: User pages in general tend to be gratingly cute.
Word: gravamina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin gravāmina, from Late Latin gravāmen (“physical inconvenience”) and Medieval Latin gravāmen (“grievance”) + -mina (plural form of the suffix -men); see further at gravamen. Pronunciation: /ɡɹəˈveɪmɪnə/ 1. plural of gravamen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: graveside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English grave Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English -side English graveside From grave + -side. 1. The area immediately around a grave.
Word: grazer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *grasą Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *grasōną Proto-West Germanic *grasōn Old English grasian Middle English grasen English graze 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 grazer From graze + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪz.ə(ɹ)/ 1. One who or that which grazes, in any sense. Example: It seems likely that parents are free to respond in these different ways because they have no fear of their child growing into a chronic, adult knee-grazer. 2. An animal that grazes. Example: There were large hippolike grazers (Teleoceras, Brachypotherium, and Peraceras superciliosum)[…] Example: For instance, the little bush moa fed nearly exclusively on forest vegetation, whereas the heavy-footed moa was a grazer in open vegetation habitats. 3. A television viewer with a short attention span who switches between channels regularly. Example: Grazers have a lower level of involvement and view only when "something is happening."
Word: greasily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English greasy Middle English -ly English -ly English greasily From greasy + -ly. 1. In a greasy manner.
Word: greathearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English gret-herted, equivalent to great + hearted. 1. Nobly courageous, bighearted. 2. Magnanimous.
Word: greenbelt Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of green belt. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: green belt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From green (adjective) + belt (“band worn around the waist; thing resembling a belt, a strip or stripe”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡriːn bɛlt/, /ˈɡrin ˌbɛlt/ 1. Senses relating to an area of land with plants on it. Labels: also, attributive 2. Senses relating to an area of land with plants on it. Labels: also, attributive 3. Senses relating to an area of land with plants on it. Labels: also, attributive 4. Senses relating to an area of land with plants on it. Labels: UK, also, attributive Example: The LCC [London County Council] would initiate the campaign for the Green Belt, which the men at the top of London Transport would support. 5. A belt which is green in colour worn by a person who has achieved a certain (usually intermediate) level of skill in a martial art, especially judo or karate; also, the level of skill represented by this belt. Labels: also, attributive Example: When the club is fully developed and has a reasonable spectrum of ranks in it, the training schedule should be stable to encourage the habit of training. […] The advanced (above green belt) class meets for an additional hour, three times per week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday). Example: He estimates it was around 1964 when the Japanese stylists of karate brought in the green belt to bridge the gap between white and brown. 6. A person who has earned the rank of green belt in a martial art. Labels: also, attributive Example: After a month I distinctly remember one of the ‘green belts’ giving me a thorough but gentle working over in one of the sparring sessions, I was impressed not just with his ability to defeat me, but with the ease with which he did it. Example: Develop a career progression ladder for black belts and green belts.
Word: NOx Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From N (“nitrogen”) + O (“oxygen”) + x (“x substitution value”). Pronunciation: /ɛn əʊ ˈɛks/ 1. Any of the various nitrogen oxides produced during combustion. Example: "The NOx and particulate reductions provide clean air in the cities and communities we serve. [...]"
Word: NOx Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From N (“nitrous”) + Ox (“oxygen”). Pronunciation: /ɛn əʊ ˈɛks/ 1. Alternative form of nox (“nitrous oxide”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: greenroom Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of green room. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Behind the stage, which occupied a quarter of the whole hall,⁴ was a curtain divided in the middle, and behind that again was the greenroom (nepathya) whence the actors came on the stage.
Word: greeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English greter, gretter, equivalent to greet + -er. 1. A person who greets people on their arrival. Example: Walmart greeter Example: The greeter is standing most or all of the time, and the weather may be unpleasant at that time of the year. If the greeter can bring a folding chair to sit on in slow periods, so much the better. 2. A volunteer who shows tourists around their home city or region for free. Example: Visitors are matched with a volunteer Greeter according to shared interests and languages spoken, and their 3-4 hours together is a combination of what the Greeter has to offer and the visitor wants to know. Example: The greeter system — a free service provided by volunteers — is popular in several cities throughout the world.
Word: griddlecake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English griddle Proto-Germanic *kakǭ Old Norse kakabor. Middle English cake English cake English griddlecake From griddle + cake. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɪdəlˌkeɪk/ 1. Any of various forms of small pancake made from a spoonful of batter cooked on a griddle.
Word: gridlocked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gridlock Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gridlocked Part of Speech: adj 1. Stationary in a gridlock. 2. In a state of gridlock or paralysis. Labels: figuratively
Word: griever Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grieve + -er. 1. One who grieves.
Word: groomer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English groom 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 groomer From groom + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹuː.mə/, /ˈɡɹu.məɹ/ 1. One that grooms; that attends to apperance of a person or animal. Example: Does he or she have any certifications or accreditations as a dog groomer? Are there any breeds or types of dogs he or she specializes in? 2. One that grooms; that attends to apperance of a person or animal. 3. One that grooms; that attends to apperance of a person or animal. Labels: uncommon Example: I wonder what her pubic hair looks like. Perfectly manicured? A strip. She seems like a groomer. I down the glass as if it's a shot. The wine floats through my chest, warming me. Must stop imagining Kimmy's pubic hair. Brown pubic hair. Example: Now even though I am the quickest groomer/pooper in the family, I'm the one who spends the most time in the bathroom. Why? Because apparently I am the only one who notices the dried shit, snot, toothpaste, pubic hair, dog hair,[…] 4. A tool used for grooming. 5. A tool used for grooming. Example: Later, his face close to the mirror, he ran the electric groomer he'd found beside the sink over his beard until it was cropped close, and then with a razor and milled soap he shaved it into the semblance of a style he remembered. Example: Instead, she retrieved an electric men's all-in-one groomer from the bag of supplies from the drugstore and proceeded to give him a military buzz cut. 6. One who cleans the inside of an airplane between flights. Example: On board, groomers, commissary, and flight attendants work diligently. Example: In a letter to Harrison, Kief described the job definition and pay scale of "groomers" versus other employees. 7. A piste serviced by snow groomers. Labels: slang 8. One who attempts to gain the trust of a child or vulnerable person in order to take advantage of or exploit them, especially sexually. Labels: colloquial Example: Police called Douglas Lindsell, 64, of Twickenham, "the most prolific internet groomer ever caught" and said his conversations with the girls were "overtly sexual in nature". Example: But later, at a separate meeting, I encountered Suju, the wife of another jailed groomer. She was afraid of him but she, too, thinks white girls are: 'Filthy. How they dress. They have no shame, no fear of Allah.'
Word: groomsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English groom English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English groomsman From groom + -s- + man. 1. A man who serves as one of a number of attendants to a bridegroom at a wedding, one of whom is the best man. Example: The Scotchman, who assisted as groomsman, was of course the only one present, beyond the chief actors, who knew the true situation of the contracting parties. Example: 1888, Horatio Alger, The Errand Boy, Chapter XIV: Consulting the Oracle, "Philip," said Mr. Wilbur, "when I marry, I want you to stand up with me--to be my groomsman."
Word: grooved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of groove Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: grooved Part of Speech: adj 1. Having one or more grooves. Example: The line from Nyon to La Cure (17½ miles) was opened in 1916, and is on independent track throughout, leaving the road immediately after passing under the Swiss Federal line from Lausanne to Geneva, where grooved tramrails with tie-bars give place to steel-sleepered track.
Word: groper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English grope 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 groper From grope + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹoʊpɚ/, /ˈɡɹoʊpə/ 1. Agent noun of grope: one who gropes. Labels: agent, form-of Example: [T]he Hand muſt likevviſe act its part, and concur therein [with the eye], tho' not to touch it [the fruit] roughly upon the Tree (nothing is more offenſive to me than thoſe Gropers, vvho, to gather one according to their Mind, vvill ſpoil a hundred by the violent impreſſion of their Unskillful Thumb) but I vvould have the Hand play its part in the manner I ſhall explain hereafter. 2. An employee of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), especially one who performs inspections on passengers. Labels: US
Word: groper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of grouper. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹoʊpɚ/, /ˈɡɹoʊpə/ 1. Any of several marine fish, especially the Queensland groper or giant grouper, Epinephelus lanceolatus, of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Labels: Australia Example: Everybody knows that there are big groper in the Gulf of Carpentaria, but those that joined Norm Phantom on his journeys were the ones nobody else had ever seen. 2. hapuku wreckfish (Polyprion oxygeneios) Labels: New-Zealand
Word: grosbeak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A partial calque of French gros-bec, gros (“big”) + bec (“beak”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹoʊz.biːk/, /ˈɡɹoʊs.biːk/, /ˈɡɹoʊz.bɪk/, /ˈɡɹɑːz.biːk/, /ˈɡɹəʊz.biːk/ 1. Any of several finches and cardinals that have a large, powerful bill
Word: grouser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grouse + -er. 1. A person who grouses; a grumbler.
Word: grouser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. 1. A temporary pile driven into the bottom of a river to hold a boat in position; a spud. 2. A protrusion on the surface of a wheel or continuous track segment, intended to increase traction in soil, snow, or other loose material.
Word: groveler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grovel + -er. 1. A person who grovels. Labels: US
Word: groveller Part of Speech: noun 1. British standard spelling of groveler.
Word: grudging Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌ.dʒɪŋ/, /ˈɡɹʌ.d͡ʒiŋ/ 1. Unwilling or with reluctance. Example: her grudging acceptance that her rival deserved the award Example: A terse account, with no further explanation or detail, an indication perhaps of a grudging heart behind the offering.
Word: grudging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌ.dʒɪŋ/, /ˈɡɹʌ.d͡ʒiŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of grudge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: grudging Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌ.dʒɪŋ/, /ˈɡɹʌ.d͡ʒiŋ/ 1. The state of bearing a grudge. Example: Fretfulness and discontent expose us to the just judgment of God; and we bring more calamities upon ourselves, by our murmuring, distrustful, envious groans and grudgings against one another, than we are aware of […]
Word: speedballs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speedball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: saber-toothed tiger Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sabre-toothed tiger. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: creodont Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From κρέας (kréas, “flesh”) + οδοντ- (odont-, “tooth”). 1. A member of the extinct Creodonta order of mammals that lived from the Paleocene to the Pliocene epoch.
Word: catechine Part of Speech: noun 1. A polyphenolic antioxidant plant metabolite.
Word: pygidium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin pygidium, By surface analysis, pygo- + -idium. 1. The caudal plate of trilobites, crustacea, and certain insects.
Word: cephalon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”). Probably influenced by compounds like encephalon. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛfələn/, /ˈsɛfəlɒn/ 1. The head of a trilobite.
Word: pygidial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pygidium Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English pygidial From pygidium + -al. 1. Of, or pertaining to, the pygidium Labels: not-comparable
Word: Parthenon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Παρθενών (Parthenṓn), from παρθενών (parthenṓn, “women's chamber”), from παρθένος (parthénos, “virgin; young woman”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːθənən/, /ˈpɑːɹθənɑːn/ 1. An ancient temple to Athena and monument in the city of Athens. It is a symbol of Greek achievement in the arts and of Athenian democracy.
Word: Paykan Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪkɒn/, /ˈpeɪkɑːn/ 1. An automobile very popular in Iran from the late 1960s to the late 1990s.
Word: imperviousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English impervious 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 imperviousness From impervious + -ness. 1. The state of being impervious. Labels: uncountable 2. The state of being impervious. Labels: uncountable
Word: funnier Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfʊn.ɪə/, /ˈfʌniə/, /ˈfʌn.ɪə/, /ˈfʌn.iɚ/ 1. comparative form of funny: more funny Labels: comparative, form-of Example: The film was funnier than I thought it would be.
Word: funnier Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈfʊn.ɪə/, /ˈfʌniə/, /ˈfʌn.ɪə/, /ˈfʌn.iɚ/ 1. comparative form of funny: more funny Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: sunnier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of sunny: more sunny Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: sunniest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of sunny: most sunny Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: drowsier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of drowsy: more drowsy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: drowsiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of drowsy: most drowsy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: pondian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pond + -ian, in reference to the Atlantic Ocean, which separates the United States and Canada from the United Kingdom. 1. Pertaining to differences between English as spoken in the United Kingdom and the United States and or Canada. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lower class Part of Speech: noun 1. A class of people in a society characterized by low incomes, low level of education, high unemployment and, as a result of these, a low social status. Example: The only language of the lower class is pidgin-English—quite incomprehensible to the newcomer from Great Britain, —but a large proportion of the inhabitants are highly educated men who excel as lawyers, clergymen, clerks and traders.
Word: puckered up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pucker up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: echelons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of echelon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exoskeletons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exoskeleton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exfoliants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exfoliant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exaltations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exaltation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: globe-trotting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From globe + trotting. 1. That globetrots.
Word: globe-trotting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From globe + trotting. 1. Alternative form of globetrotting. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: go-getting Part of Speech: adj 1. enterprising, like a go-getter Example: What matters is what is happening now, with worldwide communications, new trains, and go-getting, on-the-ball private enterprise.
Word: going-over Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of going over. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I turned to Atticus, but Atticus had gone to the jail and was leaning against it with his face to the wall. I went to him and pulled his sleeve. “Can we go home now?” He nodded, produced his handkerchief, gave his face a going-over and blew his nose violently.
Word: good-heartedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English good-hearted Middle English -ly English -ly English good-heartedly From good-hearted + -ly. 1. Alternative spelling of goodheartedly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: good-heartedness Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of goodheartedness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: good-humoredly Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of goodhumoredly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: good-naturedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English good-natured Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English good-naturedly From good-natured + -ly. 1. In a good-natured manner. Example: [H]ere the woman ſav’d me: I pretended a violent diſorder of my head, and a feveriſh heat, that indiſpos’d me too much to receive his embraces. He gave into this, and good-naturedly deſiſted. Example: Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”
Word: goody-two-shoes Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of goody two shoes. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: grass-roots Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of grassroots. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Another Bush — George W.’s brother Jeb — is likely to be a big player in the Republican Party’s future. And the most powerful grass-roots force in America, the Tea Party, derives its energy mostly from the same older, white voters who once vilified Bill Clinton.
Word: tillerman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tiller + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪləmən/, /ˈtɪlɚmən/ 1. A person who steers the rear wheels of a fire truck (a tiller truck) or controls its ladder Labels: US Example: That function was reserved for the tillerman (the man that sits at the top steering position at the rear of the aerial ladder). Example: The driver in the back is called the tillerman. The tillerman steers the rear wheels, allowing the truck to turn onto narrow streets and alleys.
Word: swatches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swatch Labels: form-of, plural Example: “Aisha, access the Pupa's informational color swatches. Okay, royal blue means the Pupa has kennel cough, cornflower blue means one of us just had a sex dream about the other one, navy blue means his Hulu plan is expiring, robin's egg blue means we get a free Xbox, Pacific blue means we all die at midnight!” [all gasp] “We were so close to gettin' that Xbox!”
Word: swatches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of swatch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ambar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Some uses are directly from Persian انبار (anbâr), others are via Turkish ambar, Serbo-Croatian а̏мба̄р, Russian амба́р (ambár), Volga German Ambar, etc. Doublet of sambar. 1. Any of various kinds of subterranean or barn-like granary, depending on context, in Iran, Turkey, Russia or the Balkans. Labels: rare Example: Generally the small granary (which the colonists referred to by its russian name, ambar), [existed. ... The oven's] auxiliary structure was as common to a home site as the principal abode, the barn, and the ambar. Example: 57. Shortly after the coming of the American administrators it was found that one of the Tehran ambars had through lack of proper disinfection and ventilation become infected with weevils. [...] 58. The chief of the ambar had also previously requested authority to issue in small quantities 5,000 kharvars of grain which contained bitter seeds of which had been damaged by insect pests. Had his recommendation been approved when submitted early in the last year this grain could have been disposed of […]
Word: automatonophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English automaton Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English automatonophobia From automaton + -o- + -phobia. 1. Fear of humanlike figures, such as mannequins, wax figures, statues, dummies, animatronics, or robots. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The plot involved angel statues that came alive with demonic faces the instant their victims stopped looking at them. Can I say for certain it gave some kid automatonophobia? No, but I’m glad I didn’t see it when I was six.
Word: caddywompus Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of cattywampus (“crooked, skewed, slanted, off”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: parvo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Latin parvus (“small”). 1. small Labels: morpheme
Word: storm trooper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Based on, but not quite a calque of, German Sturmtruppen (literally “storm troops”). 1. A German soldier trained in special infiltration tactics, introduced around the end of World War I. Labels: historical
Word: theophylline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Translingual Thea Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English theophylline From Translingual Thea (“former genus name for the tea plant”) + Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) + English -ine. Pronunciation: /θi.əˈfɪl.iːn/, /θi.əˈfɪl.ɪn/, /θiˈɑf.əl.ɪn/ 1. A bitter crystalline compound present in small quantities in tea leaves, isomeric with theobromine; used as a drug in therapy for respiratory diseases. Labels: uncountable
Word: retardant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French retardant, equivalent to retard (“to slow down”) + -ant. 1. Serving to impede (slow down) the action of something Labels: in-compounds, often
Word: retardant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French retardant, equivalent to retard (“to slow down”) + -ant. 1. Something that serves to retard (slow down) the action of something. Labels: in-compounds, often Example: It took until last year for mattresses and furniture containing the highly toxic retardant deca-BDE to be banned, under European law, from sale. […] To make matters worse, far from saving us from fires, flame retardants appear to increase the risk.
Word: theanine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Thea (“genus of tea”) + -anine 1. amino acid commonly found in tea Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fallboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fall + board. 1. The hinged cover which protects the keyboard of a piano when not in use
Word: top-flight Part of Speech: adj 1. Of the highest rank, or peak of excellence. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: As the search continued, I developed five criteria for the selection process. The next Chief Justice must have a top-flight legal mind; he must be young enough to serve at least ten years; he should, if possible, have experience both as a practicing lawyer and as an appeals court judge; he must generally share my view that the Court should interpret the Constitution rather than amend it by judicial fiat; and he must have a special quality of leadership that would enable him to resolve differences among his colleagues so that, as often as possible, the Court would speak decisively on major cases with one voice or at least with a strong voice for the majority opinion. Example: Whether the band might have developed into a top-flight act is unknown, for in 1972 most of the group's original core members departed. 2. In the highest division. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: However, despite their wretched record of not having won a top-flight away game in their last 26 attempts, Fulham showed no signs of travel sickness against Stoke.
Word: etui Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of étui. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: étui Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French étui. Pronunciation: /eɪˈtwiː/ 1. A small, ornamental bag or rigid container used for holding articles such as needles. Example: From the inn she is taken to the house of the procuress, divested of her home-spun garb, and dressed in the gayest style of the day; her pincushion and scissars discarded for an etwee and watch, and the tender native hue of her complexion incrusted with paint, and disguised by patches. Example: Secondly, glass bottles are useless: the drugs should be stowed away in tin or wooden boxes, such as the natives of the country use, and when a phial is required, it must be fitted into an étui of some kind.
Word: seigniorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English seignior Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English seigniorial From seignior + -ial. 1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a seignior. Example: And be it further ordained and enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Right and Title of the said Ecclesiastics of the Seminary of Saint Sulpice of Montreal, in and to all and singular the said Fiefs and Seigniories of the Island of Montreal, of the Lake of the Two Mountains, and of Saint Sulpice, and their several Dependencies, and in and to all Seigniorial and Feudal Rights, Privileges, Dues, and Duties arising out of and from the same, and in and to all and every the Domains, Lands, Reservations, Buildings, Messuages, Tenements, and Hereditaments within the said several Fiefs and Seigniories now held and possessed by them as Proprietors thereof, […] shall be and they are hereby confirmed and declared good, valid, and effectual in the Law; […]
Word: seismically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English seismic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English seismically From seismic + -ally. 1. In a seismic manner; with the qualities of an earthquake. Example: Nabby Adams crumpled and crashed off his chair. The house rumbled seismically at the heavy fall.
Word: self-confidently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English self-confident Middle English -ly English -ly English self-confidently From self-confident + -ly. 1. In a self-confident manner
Word: self-consciously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English self-conscious Middle English -ly English -ly English self-consciously From self-conscious + -ly. 1. In a self-conscious manner. Example: That’s why self-consciously Anglo-catholic churches which are a mile high up the paschal candle can do reasonably well in the current climate.
Word: self-evidently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English self-evident Middle English -ly English -ly English self-evidently From self-evident + -ly. 1. In a self-evident manner. Example: When explicated in Augustine’s On Christian Teaching or in Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae, the ordo amoris emerges as a concept that is both cogent on its own terms—reciprocal obligations incurred through birth and upbringing are, after all, self-evidently stronger than those we freely undertake through choice or circumstance—and entirely consistent with the moral grammar of the scriptural witness.
Word: self-righteously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English self-righteous Middle English -ly English -ly English self-righteously From self-righteous + -ly. 1. In a self-righteous manner.
Word: signally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English signal Middle English -ly English -ly English signally From signal + -ly. 1. In a signal manner; conspicuously Example: She would have given anything to have kept her colour, but the more she tried to do so the more signally she failed. Example: In another direction Mr Nogg has found what I imagine has been signally lacking in his life hereto—amusement.
Word: incomer Part of Speech: noun 1. One who comes in. 2. An outsider who moves to a community or a place; (used by those who consider themselves to be its original inhabitants).
Word: timple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish timple, from tiple, of uncertain etymology. 1. A traditional musical instrument of the Canary Islands and Murcia, having four or more commonly five strings, and similar in size to a ukulele but with a distinctive semi-round back.
Word: selvedge Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of selvage. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: selvedge Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of selvage. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sentimentalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin sentimentumder. Old French sentementder. English sentiment English -al English sentimental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English sentimentalism From sentimental + -ism. 1. A liking for sentimental things. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An overly sentimental thing or condition; bathos or sentimentality. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A view according to which morality is somehow grounded in moral sentiments or emotions. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: separatism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English separate Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English separatism From separate + -ism. 1. A theory or doctrine which supports a state of separation between organizations, institutions, or other societal groups (e.g. between church and state) or between different political jurisdictions (e.g. a country and its former colony). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She wrote an essay expounding the tenets of Scottish separatism. 2. The practice of treating members of different societal groups in a politically, legally, or economically different manner. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Apartheid was a government-enforced form of separatism in which people received unequal social benefits based on race.
Word: clock paradox Part of Speech: noun 1. The phenomenon in which two observers who start together with identical clocks, follow different timelines, and then rejoin can have different elapsed times on their clocks, especially if one travels at a relativistic speed.
Word: twin paradox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the thought experiment conducted by Albert Einstein, in which one of a pair of twins sets off in a spaceship on a trip at high speed, and due to the effects of relativity, his effective clock ticks slower than the twin who remains at home, not encountering relativistic effects, so that when the spacetraveller twin returns home to compare clocks, the spacetraveller will have experienced less elapsed time than the homebody, thus having aged less than the homebody twin and being younger. 1. The clock paradox.
Word: coal ball Part of Speech: noun 1. A nodule of plant material permeated with minerals found mostly in bituminous and anthracite coal seams
Word: coalbed methane Part of Speech: noun 1. natural gas extracted from an underground coal formation Labels: uncountable
Word: cobaltite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cobalt Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English cobaltite From cobalt + -ite. 1. A rare gray mineral, a mixed sulfide and arsenide of cobalt and iron with chemical formula CoAsS; it is an ore of cobalt. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: racoon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of raccoon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: coccolith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from coccolithophore. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”) + Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”), due to the shape of the organism's exoskeleton. 1. A microscopic skeletal plate of calcite on the surface of certain marine phytoplankton; it forms chalk and limestone when fossilized
Word: coccolith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “kernel”) + -lith. 1. Alternative form of coccolite (“diopside”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Supreme Leaders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Supreme Leader Labels: form-of, plural
Word: groundsill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English groundselle, ground sille, equivalent to ground + sill. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹaʊndsəl/ 1. A timber beam used as the foundation for a building. Labels: rare 2. The lowest beam of a door-frame; the threshold.
Word: grunsel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gronsell, grounsel, grownsel, variant of groundselle. More at groundsill. 1. Obsolete spelling of groundsill (“threshold”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Next came one Who mourn'd in earnest, when the Captive Ark Maim'd his brute Image, head and hands lopt off In his own Temple, on the grunsel edge, Where he fell flat […] Example: South beside the altar's ledge Fair Zenild drew her knife North upon the grunsel edge Sir Schinnild lost his life.
Word: grunsel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English grundeswülie. More at groundsel. 1. Alternative form of groundsel (“any of several species of Senecio, a genus of the daisy family”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Basked in the sun, or plunged into thy stream's [1.20] Alternate, all a summer's day, or coursed Over the sandy fields, and dashed the flowers Of yellow grunsel […] Example: Travelled for some miles along the open country, which was all without hedgerows, sometimes arable, sometimes moorish, and often whole tracts covered with grunsel.
Word: big wig Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bigwig. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: postocular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English ocular English postocular From post- + ocular. 1. Situated behind the eyes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: postocular Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English ocular English postocular From post- + ocular. 1. Any of the scales lying directly behind and in contact with the eye of a reptile.
Word: cloudier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of cloudy: more cloudy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: Connor Part of Speech: name Etymology: The first name is from Irish Conchúr, Conchobhar, from Old Irish Conchobar (“lover of hounds”). The surname is from Irish Ó Conchúir (“descendant of Conchúr”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnə(ɹ)/ 1. A male given name from Irish. 2. A surname from Irish. 3. A village near Kells, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. 4. An unorganized territory in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.
Word: sex symbols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sex symbol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disdainfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English disdainful Middle English -ly English -ly English disdainfully From disdainful + -ly. 1. In a disdainful manner. Example: "There are other people coming besides the Princess Ziska, are there not, Mr. Murray?" inquired Sir Chetwynd Lyle, with an obtrusively bantering air. Denzil Murray glanced him over disdainfully. Example: In what the antistock Carbon County Journal referred to disdainfully as "another of those farcical cattle cases," he was charged with running his own Staircase brand over a neighboring L 7 […], a charge which if true was not farcical at all.
Word: discursively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English discursive Middle English -ly English -ly English discursively From discursive + -ly. 1. In a discursive manner. Example: If then I seem to step somewhat too discursively from point to point of my topic, let me suggest that I do so in the hope of thus the better keeping unbroken that chain of graduated impression by which alone the intellect of Man can expect to encompass the grandeurs of which I speak, and, in their majestic totality, to comprehend them. Example: There were certain things […] that pricked him to talk discursively and incautiously; but now he realized that he had only been talking like a character in a novel, and not a very good novel.
Word: discourteously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English discourteous Middle English -ly English -ly English discourteously From discourteous + -ly. 1. In a discourteous manner. Example: Alas my loue, ye do me wrong, to cast me off discurteously: And I haue loued you so long, Delighting in your companie. Example: Had he acted discourteously to his bedmaker or his gyp, he would have minded just as much … .