nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: unpredictability Part of Speech: noun 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 predictability English unpredictability From un- + predictability. 1. The quality of being unpredictable. Labels: uncountable Example: The unpredictability of Gemini was then contrasted with examples of human spontaneity, like the splatter technique of Jackson Pollock. 2. Something which is unpredictable. Labels: countable
Word: congratulations Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, /-t͡ʃʊ-/, /-d͡ʒə-/, /-d͡ʒʊ-/, /kənˌɡɹat͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/ 1. Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation. Example: Warm congratulations on your newborn boy! Example: Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?
Word: congratulations Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, /-t͡ʃʊ-/, /-d͡ʒə-/, /-d͡ʒʊ-/, /kənˌɡɹat͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/ 1. plural of congratulation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twin crystal Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of two separate crystals that share crystal lattice points in a symmetrical manner and intergrow.
Word: unpredictableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English unpredictable 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 unpredictableness From unpredictable + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being unpredictable. Labels: uncountable
Word: unpredictably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English unpredictable Middle English -ly English -ly English unpredictably From unpredictable + -ly. 1. In an unpredictable way.
Word: crystal twinning Part of Speech: noun 1. The intergrowth of two twin crystals. Labels: uncountable
Word: commercially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree French commercialbor. English commercial Middle English -ly English -ly English commercially From commercial + -ly. 1. In a commercial manner: a manner pertaining to commerce. Example: Bart, who incidentally has designed an excellent diaphragm‐type call for geese and turkeys, once spearfished commercially in the British West Indies.
Word: dual carriageway Part of Speech: noun 1. A road in which the two directions of traffic are separated by a central barrier or strip of land, known as a central reservation or median. Labels: Philippines, UK
Word: central reservation Part of Speech: noun 1. The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a motorway or dual carriageway. Labels: Ireland, UK Example: The driver of one of the cars had come through the windscreen. He was lying on his back on the central reservation like the effigy on an old church tomb. Example: (UK)
Word: conceivable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English conceyvable, equivalent to conceive + -able. Pronunciation: /kənˈsiːvəbl̩/ 1. Capable of being conceived or imagined. Labels: not-comparable Example: But asked by “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan whether parents can send their kids to summer camp without vaccines, Fauci said, “It is conceivable that that will be possible.”
Word: biparous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + -parous. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪp.ə.ɹəs/ 1. producing two offspring from one pregnancy; twinning Labels: not-comparable
Word: micronation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor. English micro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tisder. Proto-Italic *gnātiō Latin nātiōbor. Old French nacionbor. Middle English nacioun English nation English micronation From micro- (“very small”) + nation (“a sovereign state; country”). Compare microcountry, mini-nation, mini-country and ministate. The first sense was coined on 11 March 1973 by the editors of the Lansing State Journal (see quotations) in a republication of an article by Philip J. Hilts, originally writing for Potomac Magazine (Sunday supplement to The Washington Post), and so-called because most micronations are small in size. The article was referring to the unrecognised political entities listed in the Ephemeral States file, a collection of physical micronational records maintained by the Office of the Geographer of the United States Department of State, launched in 1933. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊ.neɪ̯.ʃən/, /ˈmaɪ.kɹoʊˌneɪ.ʃən/ 1. A non-autonomous entity that claims to be a sovereign state and mimics the actions of a state (with varying degrees of seriousness), but lacks any legal recognition and exists only on paper or in the mind of its creator; a micronational entity. Example: For every dreamer there is somewhere a doer, and in the realm [of] the strange micro-nations, the Republic of Minerva has plunged a bit ahead of the nebulous status of most others. Example: Oceanus ... This is the world's largest micronation, taking up all the seas of the world beyond national 3-mi. limits. 2. Synonym of microstate (“a country that has a very small population and land area”). Example: Also, since Nigeria is the cornerstone of the economy of West Africa, many countries around its perimeter will suffer, including many of the "micro-nations" of the U.N. which were the biggest supporters of the actions in The Congo and Rhodesia. Example: The concept of an independent Bougainville is sometimes denounced because such a micronation would necessarily restrict the scope of employment opportunities while increasing the frustrations of educated Bougainvilleans.
Word: micronation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor. English micro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tisder. Proto-Italic *gnātiō Latin nātiōbor. Old French nacionbor. Middle English nacioun English nation English micronation From micro- (“very small”) + nation (“a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life or ethnicity”). Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊ.neɪ̯.ʃən/, /ˈmaɪ.kɹoʊˌneɪ.ʃən/ 1. A small nation (“historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and manifested in a common culture”). Labels: uncommon Example: Careful groundwork had given Germany a highly unified micronation within the boundaries of Argentina, in many ways better prepared and better organized than the Argentine nation itself. Example: We are faced with micronationalisms that need be tamed, micronations that will have to be organized.
Word: thinkable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *þankijan Old English þenċan Middle English thinken English think 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 thinkable From think + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈθɪŋkəbəl/ 1. Able to be thought or imagined; conceivable. Example: “Nothing can separate us; not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not threats, not even sin, not the thinkable or unthinkable can get between us,” it reads. 2. Morally acceptable or legal. Labels: rare
Word: town twinning Part of Speech: noun 1. The pairing of towns or cities from geographically distinct areas, in order to foster human contact and cultural links. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: concurrence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French concurrence. Pronunciation: /kənˈkʌɹ.əns/, /kənˈkɜː.ɹəns/, /kənˈkɝ.əns/ 1. Agreement; concurring. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An instance of simultaneous occurrence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The time came when they ceased to cry and began to think; by the way, if Georgiana had not, from a concurrence of circumstances, been enabled to eat her breakfast, this operation of the mind could not have been engaged in without further injury, for she was, indeed, weak and exhausted;... Example: This book owes its existence to a concurrence of accidents.
Word: conclusive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French conclusif, from Late Latin conclusivus, from Latin conclūsīvē (“conclusively”), from past participle of concludere. Pronunciation: /kənˈkluːsɪv/, /kəŋˈkluːsɪv/ 1. Pertaining to a conclusion. 2. Providing an end to something; decisive. Example: The set of premises of a valid argument is conclusive in the sense that no further evidence could possibly be added to the set of premises which would make the argument invalid. Example: conclusive evidence
Word: microstate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English microstate From micro- + state. 1. A country that has a very small population and land area. 2. The specific detailed microscopic configuration of a system. Example: However, the number of microstates in which the excess of molecules in one bulb over the number in the other bulb is sufficient to permit the measurement of a pressure difference is a quite discountably small fraction of the total number of microstates.
Word: geographically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From geographic + -ally or geographical + -ly. 1. In terms of geography. Labels: not-comparable Example: I don’t like geostates (I don’t think many people truly do), but I think geographically localized governance is effective because it reduces interaction by people with contradictory conceptions about good behavior and so reduces conflict while supporting order. Example: South West London and Surrey may be geographically close to the airport, but there is no way of reaching Heathrow by rail, short of travelling via central London.
Word: shitatedashinage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 下手出し投げ, literally pulling underarm throw. 1. A kimarite in which the attacker turns away from his opponent and pulls him forward and down.
Word: shitatehineri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 下手捻り, literally twisting underarm throw. 1. A kimarite in which the attacker twists his opponent down with an inside grip.
Word: shitatenage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 下手投げ, literally underarm throw. 1. A kimarite in which the attacker pulls his opponent straight down with his inside arm as he twists away.
Word: sump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sompe, either from Middle Dutch somp, sump or Middle Low German sump from Old Saxon *sump, from Proto-West Germanic *sump, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sumpaz. Doublet of swamp. Pronunciation: /sʌmp/ 1. A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink. 2. The lowest part of a mineshaft into which water drains. 3. A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving. 4. The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine. 5. The pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (FM 55-501). 6. An intentional depression around a drain or scupper that promotes drainage. 7. A sudden or heavy fall of rain; a deluge. Labels: Scotland Example: then, seating himself thus, he replied to him of the east.—'Sounding sump o' rain Saunders Creeshmeloof—saw ye ever a drap o' rain for eight and forty hours after the bonnie sinking sun that sat sae red and sae lang on the summit of Blackwood hills this blessed afternoon? That starry plow o' thine is […]' Example: "Me and the lads did it this morn." "It was pouring!" Brody said. "If I was tae stop an activity because of a sump o' rain, I'd never get anythin' done," Finn remarked with a twinkle in his eye.
Word: sump Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sompe, either from Middle Dutch somp, sump or Middle Low German sump from Old Saxon *sump, from Proto-West Germanic *sump, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sumpaz. Doublet of swamp. Pronunciation: /sʌmp/ 1. Of a cave passage, to end in a sump, or to fill completely with water on occasion. Labels: intransitive Example: We discovered a new passage, but it sumped after 100 metres. Example: This low passage sumps quickly after moderate rainfall.
Word: shumokuzori Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 撞木反り, literally "bell hammer backwards body drop". 1. A kimarite in which the attacker ducks under his opponent's arm and lifts him up and takes him over backwards.
Word: sokubiotoshi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 素首落とし, literally head chop down. 1. A kimarite in which the attacker chops down on his opponent's neck, forcing him to touch down.
Word: sotogake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 外掛け, literally "outside leg trip". 1. A kimarite in which the attacker pulls his opponent towards him, hooks his leg, and drives him over backwards.
Word: trashy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trash + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæʃi/ 1. Like trash; having low quality and a perceived lack of depth, especially of books and films. Example: a trashy novel Example: It was nonsense this being in love; there wasn't such a thing as love outside of trashy novelettes. 2. Indecent or lacking class. 3. Having or generating a lot of trash. 4. Having a sound like white noise. Example: trashy cymbals Example: I needed to have a cymbal setup that allowed me the flexibility to play with a clean or trashy sound at any time.
Word: strath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish srath and Scottish Gaelic srath (“wide, flat river valley, strath; floor of river valley; river meadow”), both from Old Irish srath (“grass, sward; river valley; floor of river valley; river meadow”), from Proto-Celtic *stratos (“valley”), from Proto-Indo-European *str̥h₃tós (“spread; stretched”, adjective), from *sterh₃- (“to extend, spread, stretch out”). The meaning was likely influenced by a Cumbric/Pictish cognate; compare Welsh ystrad. Doublet of stratus. Pronunciation: /stɹæθ/, /stræh/ 1. A wide, flat river valley. Labels: Ireland, Scotland Example: [T]hoſe fair Straths that vvater’d are / VVith Tay and Tvveed’s ſmooth Streams, / VVhich gentily and daintily / Eat dovvn the flovvry Braes; / As greatly and quietly / They vvimple to the Seas. Example: [T]he other stream, which had its source among the mountains on the left hand of the strath, seemed to issue from a very narrow and dark opening betwixt two large rocks. 2. A piece of flat land beside a body of water. Labels: Ireland, Scotland Example: [T]he place is pretty pleasant, close by Forth waterside, att the foot of Craigmor, betwixt which and the watar there is a strath very proper for walking: […]
Word: traumatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Latin traumaticus, from the Ancient Greek τραυματικός (traumatikós), from τραῦμα (traûma). By surface analysis, trauma + -tic. Pronunciation: /tɹɔːˈmætɪk/, /tɹɔˈmætɪk/, /tɹɑˈmætɪk/, [tɹɑˈmæɾɪk], /tɹɒmˈætɪk/ 1. Of, caused by, or causing trauma. Example: It's a sort of disease. There's a scientific name for it. Trau- something. Traumatic symplegia, that's it. This cat has traumatic symplegia. In other words, putting it in simple language adapted to the lay mind, where other cats are content to get their eight hours, Augustus wants his twenty-four. Example: "I've seen more patients, but never this many patients with this number of severe injuries," said Dr. Michael Morkin, chief of Renown's emergency department[…]. "It was traumatic." 2. Of or relating to wounds; applied to wounds. Labels: dated 3. Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary. Labels: dated Example: traumatick Decoctions 4. Produced by wounds, especially as opposed to disease or other process. Example: traumatic tetanus; traumatic brain injury Example: Repeated trauma or shaking to the brain can be even worse, leading to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
Word: traumatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin [medicāmentum] traumaticum, from traumaticus. Pronunciation: /tɹɔːˈmætɪk/, /tɹɔˈmætɪk/, /tɹɑˈmætɪk/, [tɹɑˈmæɾɪk], /tɹɒmˈætɪk/ 1. A medicine for wounds; a vulnerary. Labels: dated
Word: travel agency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From travel + agency. 1. A company that arranges travel and accommodation for travellers.
Word: foodism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *fōdô Old English fōda Middle English fode English food 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 foodism From food + -ism. 1. An exaggerated interest in the preparation, presentation and consumption of food. Labels: uncountable
Word: foodist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From food + -ist. Piecewise doublet of foodista. Sense 3 is a reappropriation of the term by an internet subculture founded by the user "Foodistzen." 1. A person who is very interested in food; a foodie. Example: But questions remain... Is it, genuinely, the foodist's supermarket? 2. A person who discriminates against other people because of the food they eat. 3. A member of an extremist online subculture and harassment network known for doxxing, swatting, and the glorification of violence and shock content. Labels: Internet Example: John: So only through Discord you found a group called Foodists. Was that a turning point for you? / Ollie: Yes... I'd gone from my being semi extremist... I encountered a lot more gore like gory videos, military videos. I encountered a lot more offensive videos targeting vulnerable people. Example: In addition to the Incel or true crime communities, this also includes subcultures such as foodists, Skibbidi Farms, gore networks, Larpercore...
Word: succour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English socour, interpreted as the singular form of socours (“help; encouragement; remedy; protection; helper, protector”), which is from Anglo-Norman socurs, sucurs and Old French secors, secours (modern French secours), from Medieval Latin succursus (participle), from Latin succurrēre (“to run to the help of”), from Latin sub- (“from below”) + Latin currere (“run”). The verb is derived from Middle English socouren (“to help”), from Anglo-Norman socure (compare modern French secourir), also from Latin succurrēre. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌkə/, /ˈsʌkɚ/ 1. Aid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress; ministration. Labels: uncountable Example: Now ſtands the Brere like a Lord alone, / Puffed up with pryde and vaine pleaſaunce: / But all this glee had no continuaunce. / For eftſoones Winter gan to approche, / The bluſtring Boreas did encroche, / And beate upon the ſolitarie Brere: / For nowe no ſuccour was ſeene him neere. Example: His hand, that oft the enemy did lame, / He reach't to thoſe whoſe ſuccors were diſmayde; [...] 2. Aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers, especially reinforcements sent to support military action. Labels: uncountable Example: Then Diocleſian, / Calling aloud for Succour to the Guard, / Soon gave 'em the Alarm, and made 'em fly / With all the Wings of Speed, to reſcue 'em; [...] Example: [T]he Allies having raiſed the Siege of Barcelona, penetrated as far as Madrid, which King Philip abandon'd and went to Head the Succours ſent him by France, as he declared in his Manifeſto: which Succours were ſo conſiderable, that being join'd with the Troops that had been compell'd to raiſe the Siege of Barcelona, and had marched through Navarre into Caſtile; his Army was ſtronger than that of the Allies, [...] 3. Protection, refuge, shelter; (countable) a place providing such protection, refuge or shelter. Labels: uncountable Example: The gilleflower also, the skilful doe knowe, / doe looke to be couered, in frost and in snowe. / The knot, and the border, and rosemarie gaie, / do craue the like succour for dieng awaie.
Word: succour Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English socour, interpreted as the singular form of socours (“help; encouragement; remedy; protection; helper, protector”), which is from Anglo-Norman socurs, sucurs and Old French secors, secours (modern French secours), from Medieval Latin succursus (participle), from Latin succurrēre (“to run to the help of”), from Latin sub- (“from below”) + Latin currere (“run”). The verb is derived from Middle English socouren (“to help”), from Anglo-Norman socure (compare modern French secourir), also from Latin succurrēre. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌkə/, /ˈsʌkɚ/ 1. To give aid, assistance, or help. Labels: transitive Example: [M]y maystres / Of whome I thinke / With pen and ynke / For to compyle / Some goodly stile / For thys moste goodly floure / The blossom of fresh colour / So Jupiter me succour Example: [A]s that famous Queene / Of Amazons, whom Pyrrhus did deſtroy, / The day that firſt of Priame ſhe was ſeene, / Did ſhew her ſelfe in great triumphant ioy, / To ſuccour the weake ſtate of ſad afflicted Troy. 2. To provide aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers; in particular, for helping a place under siege. Labels: transitive Example: Shortlie after, Algar Earle of Cheſter, being conuicted of treaſon againſt the king, fled to Gruffyth king or prince of VVales, who gathered his power to reuenge the often wrongs, which he had receiued at the Engliſhmens hands, who euer ſuccoured his enimies againſt him. Example: Mr. Pitt [i.e., William Pitt the Younger] presented, by his Majesty's command, a copy of the defensive alliance between his Majesty and the States General of the United Provinces, signed at the Hague, the 15th of April 1788; and translation. [...] Art 2. In case either of the high contracting parties should be hostilely attacked by any European Power in any part of the world whatsoever, the other contracting party engages to succour its ally as well by sea as by land, [...] 3. To protect, to shelter; to provide a refuge. Labels: transitive Example: By this River ſide in the medovv, there vvere Cotes and Folds for Sheep, […] [B]y theſe VVaters they might be houſed, harboured, ſuckered, and nouriſhed, […]
Word: analgesic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From analgesia (“absence of pain”) + -ic, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ἄλγησις (álgēsis, “sense of pain”), from ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). Compare -algia. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.l̩ˈd͡ʒiː.zɪk/, /ˌæn.l̩ˈd͡ʒiː.sɪk/ 1. Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.) Example: I am taking an analgesic. Is it safe to drink alcoholic beverages? Example: 2010, Associated Press staff, Cadence signs option to buy Incline (original copy), Bloomberg Businessweek
Word: analgesic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From analgesia (“absence of pain”) + -ic, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ἄλγησις (álgēsis, “sense of pain”), from ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). Compare -algia. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.l̩ˈd͡ʒiː.zɪk/, /ˌæn.l̩ˈd͡ʒiː.sɪk/ 1. Of or relating to analgesia. 2. Of or relating to analgesia. Example: With the exception of the foot and a small area over the malar bone, the entire left side of the body is analgesic and anaesthetic. This extends to the exact median line of the body, including the left half of the tongue, nose and chin, […] Example: (I find that he is analgesic and anaesthetic; evidently he is in a state of passive somnambulism.) E. A. Did you feel anybody touch you? K. No. There's no one near me. (He continues laughing and talking. […])
Word: foodways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foodway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rule on Part of Speech: verb 1. To make a decision in an official capacity regarding some matter. Labels: transitive Example: The judge hasn't ruled on the case yet.
Word: Hesperian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Hesperius + -ian. 1. Of or relating to the land where the sun sets; western Example: the parting Sun/ Beyond the Earth’s green Cape and verdant Isles/ Hesperian sets 2. Of or relating to the Hesperides nymphs Example: Always the same old taste, just new injury / Well, I'll wear the claws if you'd like that / Yeah, if you'd like that, we can ride on a black horse / A great new wave Hesperian death horse / I can call you when I get back / Yeah, when I get back I will call 3. Of or relating to the Martian geological period between Noachian and Amazonian
Word: Hesperian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Hesperius + -ian. 1. An inhabitant of the western lands Example: Our wild Hesperians humanize at last 2. The Hesperian geological time period of Mars
Word: Noachian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Noach Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Noachian From Noach (“variant of Noah”) + -ian. Pronunciation: /nəʊˈeɪkɪən/ 1. Pertaining to Noah or his time. Labels: not-comparable Example: At the next meeting he was back on a geological topic illustrated by maps, diagrams and specimens, and the following year he spoke on "The Noachian Deluge, universal with regard to man, but very restricted with regard to the earth"[.] Example: The victims of the Noachian flood would add another 20 million or so to the total.
Word: Noachian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Noachis + -ian (after Etymology 1, above). Pronunciation: /nəʊˈeɪkɪən/ 1. Pertaining to the earliest Martian geological time period characterized by large craters. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Noachian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Noachis + -ian (after Etymology 1, above). Pronunciation: /nəʊˈeɪkɪən/ 1. The Noachian geological period.
Word: head-the-ball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the supposed effect of repeatedly heading a football. 1. a stupid person; a nutcase Labels: Ireland, Scotland, idiomatic, slang
Word: coating Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊtɪŋ/, /ˈkoʊtɪŋ/, [ˈkʰoʊ̯ɾɪŋ] 1. A thin outer layer. Example: They painted on a coating to protect it from the weather. Example: "Chocolate and cream," the standard colours of G.W.R. rolling stock for 21 years, are now being replaced by an all-over utility coating of reddish-brown. This is the third time that a uniform brown has been adopted as the standard livery of G.W.R. carriages. 2. Cloth for making coats. Labels: archaic 3. A telling-off; a reprimand. Labels: slang Example: The bogey gave him a right coating.
Word: coating Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊtɪŋ/, /ˈkoʊtɪŋ/, [ˈkʰoʊ̯ɾɪŋ] 1. present participle and gerund of coat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: We spent hours coating the truffles with cocoa powder so they wouldn't be sticky.
Word: It boy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy with It girl. 1. A sexually attractive male celebrity, such as a film star with sex symbol status.
Word: appearing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈpɪəɹ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of appear Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: appearing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈpɪəɹ.ɪŋ/ 1. appearance; act of coming into view Example: Sudden and extensive disappearings and fresh appearings would startle and confound us, and if continued, would shatter our sense of personality out of us.
Word: kissy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From kiss (noun and verb) + -y (adjectival suffix). 1. Sentimentally affectionate. 2. Tending to kiss. Labels: informal Example: "Oh, and one of the kissy girls was Prom King and Queen! I know they said it was a mistake, but I'm still so confused!" 3. Tending to kiss frequently. Labels: informal Example: We sat behind an obnoxiously kissy couple in the cinema. 4. Suited to kissing; resembling or relating to kissing. Labels: informal Example: kissy lips Example: Kissy face, kissy face / Sent to your phone, but / I'm tryna kiss your lips for real (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Word: kissy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kw(e)s-der. Proto-Germanic *kussaz Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *kussijaną Proto-West Germanic *kussijan Old English cyssan Middle English kissen English kiss Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English kissy From kiss (noun) + -y (diminutive suffix). 1. Diminutive of kiss. Labels: diminutive, form-of, informal Example: “You can't tell anyone about this.” “Oh, I won't tell anyone, Sarah, as long as I can get a kissy.” “What?” “If I can get a kissy, I won't tell a soul what happened here today. But if I don't, who knows what I'll do...?” “OK, fine. One kiss.”
Word: Riojan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Rioja + -an. Pronunciation: /ɹiˈɒxən/ 1. of or relating to Rioja in Spain, or to its wine Labels: not-comparable
Word: Riojan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Rioja + -an. Pronunciation: /ɹiˈɒxən/ 1. a native or inhabitant of this region Labels: countable 2. the dialect of Spanish spoken there Labels: uncountable
Word: Rioja Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ɹiˈɒxə/, /ɹiːˈɒxə/, /ɹiːˈɒkə/, /ɹiˈoʊhə/ 1. La Rioja: An autonomous community and province in northern Spain.
Word: Rioja Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹiˈɒxə/, /ɹiːˈɒxə/, /ɹiːˈɒkə/, /ɹiˈoʊhə/ 1. The wine (mostly red) of that region.
Word: rubbisher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rubbish + -er. 1. Someone who criticizes, ridicules, or belittles.
Word: rubbisher Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. comparative form of rubbish: more rubbish Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: problems Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒbləmz/, /ˈpɹɑbləmz/ 1. plural of problem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: problems Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒbləmz/, /ˈpɹɑbləmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of problem Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: prickly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From prickle + -y. 1. Covered with sharp points. Example: The prickly pear is a cactus; you have to peel it before eating it to remove the spines and the tough skin. 2. Easily irritated. Labels: figuratively Example: He has a prickly personality. He doesn't get along with people because he is easily set off. 3. Difficult; complicated; hairy or thorny. Labels: figuratively Example: It was a prickly situation. Example: People who are prickly can’t be hurt any more. They’ve had it. So we just have to be prickly to make sure nobody’s going to come in and grab us.
Word: prickly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From prickle + -y. 1. In a prickly manner. Example: Striding across stage in his bright white jacket, his voice soaring and cracking – like Charlie Parker’s – he was nervous but prickly eloquent, caustic yet encouraging.
Word: prickly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prickle + -y. 1. Something that gives a pricking sensation; a sharp object. Labels: colloquial Example: Below, way out on the flat, Blue had seen a light green that could be graze but up here was nothing 'cept all kinds of prickly bushes, and too many of them. Ground-spreading pricklies that reached out to jump at a horse's belly […] Example: Dad, I need to ride on your shoulders because the pricklies hurt my feet. 2. A person who favours formal, structured, organized settings. Labels: US Example: Planned variation was based on systematically applying different educational approaches developed by academic experts, each of whom was to become a "sponsor" of a single type of program – from highly structured classroom models, sometimes called "pricklies," to open classrooms and more exploratory environments, dubbed "gooeys." Example: Alan Watts says that these two types may be named the "prickly" people and the "gooey" people. The pricklies, he says, the Marthas, are tough-minded, rigorous, and precise and like to stress differences and divisions between things. The gooeys, the Marys, are tender-minded romanticists who love wide generalizations and grand syntheses.
Word: esthetic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of aesthetic. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: sud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a variation of sod, itself a shortening of sodden. Related to seethe. Pronunciation: /sʌd/ 1. A bubble of lather or foam (the singular of suds). Labels: informal Example: There is a beer sud parked on her upper lip.
Word: Roberts Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kreH-der. Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *bʰer(H)ǵ-tó-s Proto-Germanic *berhtaz Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiberhtaz Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiberhtder. Frankishder. Anglo-Norman Robertder. English Robert English -'s English -s English Roberts From Robert + -s. 1. An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic from the given name Robert. Labels: countable Example: Owain Roberts, from Anglesey, was sent a bill for £4,300 by Vodafone. Roberts had logged on to his Vodafone account to report his phone as stolen, but was later told he had only managed to order a replacement phone as an upgrade. Example: At a subsequent meeting on Oct. 24, Wei Wai Kum Elected Chief Coun. Chris Roberts appeared as part of a delegation alongside We Wai Kai Elected Chief Coun. Ronnie Chickite, and said the comments were "worrisome." 2. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Ellipsis of Roberts County. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: Roberts Part of Speech: name Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of Robert Labels: form-of, plural
Word: resides Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reside Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Probert Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Welsh ap + Roppert (“son of Robert”). 1. A Welsh surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: get around Part of Speech: verb 1. To move to the other side of (something, such as an obstruction) by deviating from a direct course or following a curved path. Example: The tide was too high, and we couldn't get around the rocks. Example: There's no trail going through. We can't get around to the lake. 2. To avoid or bypass an obstacle. Labels: figuratively Example: Tax consultants look for ways to get around the law. 3. To circumvent the obligation and performance of a chore; to get out of. Example: How did you get around having to write the executive report? Example: My brother always gets around cleaning his room himself. 4. To transport oneself from place to place. Example: How's he gonna get around without a car? Example: Granny uses a wheelchair to get around. 5. To visit numerous different places. Example: From town to town (get around round round I get around) 6. To be sexually promiscuous. Labels: slang Example: Wow, she really gets around. 7. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, around.
Word: copied Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɑpid/, /ˈkɒpid/ 1. simple past and past participle of copy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: detached Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈtæt͡ʃt/, /dəˈtæt͡ʃt/ 1. Not physically attached; separated from something to which it could connect. 2. Of a house: not joined to another house on either side. Example: "That field is their football ground and the detached house is their library and recreation room." Example: Located on the northbound platform, the detached, timber-clad waiting room (a period Furness Railway structure) has been adapted into a pet-friendly, self-catering, two-bedroom holiday home complete with sun lounge and garden for those sunny Cumbrian days. 3. Having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested. 4. Not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial.
Word: detached Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈtæt͡ʃt/, /dəˈtæt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of detach Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Edwards Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *audaz Proto-Indo-European *wer- Proto-Indo-European *wor-tús Proto-Germanic *warduz Proto-Germanic *Audawarduz Proto-West Germanic *Audawardu Old English Ēadweard Middle English Edward English Edward English -'s English -s English Edwards From Edward + -s. Pronunciation: /ˈɛdwədz/, /ˈɛdwɚdz/ 1. An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Vodafone has also dropped its claim against one of Rhys Edwards’s travelling companions – who had been at the same reunion and had his phone pickpocketed two hours later in almost identical circumstances to Rhys Edwards. Example: The group has dramatically raised the stakes, too, in Maryland, ahead of its July 19 primary, already spending more than $4 million to defeat former Rep. Donna Edwards in the 4th Congressional District. J Street’s super PAC recently invested there to defend Edwards with a $500,000 television buy, complementing more than $150,000 in digital and direct mail advertising. 2. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Edwards Part of Speech: name Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈɛdwədz/, /ˈɛdwɚdz/ 1. plural of Edward Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Edwards Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈɛdwədz/, /ˈɛdwɚdz/ 1. plural of Edward Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semi-detached Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English detached English semi-detached From semi- + detached. 1. Of a house: joined to another one on one side, having one shared wall. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the smaller plans of a "Mansionette near Wimbledon Park," "Semi-detached Houses," and "The Compact House built near Blackheath," we are not favoured with any scale. Example: The murderer should be a little man of the professional class — a dentist or a solicitor, say — living an intensely respectable life somewhere in the suburbs, and preferably in a semi-detached house, which will allow the neighbours to hear suspicious sounds through the wall.
Word: semi-detached Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English detached English semi-detached From semi- + detached. 1. Such a house.
Word: distorted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪsˈtɔɹtɪd/, /dɪsˈtɔːtɪd/ 1. Unnatural in shape or size; abnormal. Example: distorted image Example: distorted perception
Word: distorted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪsˈtɔɹtɪd/, /dɪsˈtɔːtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of distort Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: earnestness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English earnest 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 earnestness From earnest + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈɝnɪstnəs/, /ˈɜːnɪstnəs/ 1. The quality of being earnest; sincerity; seriousness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ She’s joined, on the boys’ side, by Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), a baker’s son whose earnestness masks a gift for strategy that Katniss lacks. Example: She spoke with great earnestness about the issue.
Word: be able to Part of Speech: verb 1. Can, to have the ability to.
Word: speed skating Part of Speech: noun 1. The sport of racing around an oval course, on ice skates. Labels: uncountable
Word: quill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late Middle English quyl, which is first attested in the early 15th century with the meanings "fragment of reed" and "shaft of a feather", probably from Low German and Middle Low German quiele, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to pierce, stick”). Compare Middle High German kil (“large feather, quill”), which is derived from the Low German term. Pronunciation: /kwɪl/, [kʰw̥ɪl] 1. The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs. 2. A pen made from a feather. Example: The note was written in a delicate hand with a crow-quill, on primrose-coloured paper, with a lilac seal—the motto "tout à vous;" and the whole with just a faint perfume of jasmine. 3. Any pen. Labels: broadly Example: He picked up his quill and wrote a poem. 4. A sharply pointed, barbed, and easily detached needle-like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine or hedgehog as a defense against predators. Example: I could a Tale vnfold, vvhoſe lighteſt vvord / VVould harrovv vp thy ſoule, freeze thy young blood, / Make thy tvvo eyes like Starres, ſtart from their Spheres, / Thy knotty and combined locks to part, / And each particular haire to ſtand an end, / Like Quilles vpon the fretfull Porpentine: […] 5. A thin piece of bark, especially of cinnamon or cinchona, curled up into a tube. 6. The pen of a squid. 7. The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments. 8. The tube of a musical instrument. Example: He touched the tender stops of various quills. 9. Something having the form of a quill, such as the fold or plain of a ruff, or (weaving) a spindle, or spool, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle. Example: His hair still stood up in punk-rock quills and spikes. 10. A quill drive, having a hollow shaft with another movable shaft inside it. Example: The motors are attached to the bogie frames so as to be fully springborne, and drive through quills and flexible couplings to the wheels.
Word: quill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From late Middle English quyl, which is first attested in the early 15th century with the meanings "fragment of reed" and "shaft of a feather", probably from Low German and Middle Low German quiele, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to pierce, stick”). Compare Middle High German kil (“large feather, quill”), which is derived from the Low German term. Pronunciation: /kwɪl/, [kʰw̥ɪl] 1. To pierce with quills. (Usually in the passive voice, as be quilled or get quilled.) Example: Coyotes, bears, and mountain lions which occasionally kill porcupines are sometimes quilled. Example: Then one of my dogs got quilled, and it happened again a month later. After putting the dog in a headlock, yanking out several dozen quills, and spurting blood all over myself and the decking of the back porch, I at least understood his antiporcupine venom. 2. To write. Labels: figuratively Example: Nibs never would have quilled a seriph to sheepskin. Example: One has only to recall that Coleridge and Wordsworth one day were lounging by the sea shore, while nearby sat an English police agent on snitch patrol prepared to rush to headquarters to quill a report about the conversation. 3. To form fabric into small, rounded folds. 4. To decorate with quillwork. Example: Another characteristic of Plains Indians was the fairly strict division between art made and used by men and art made and used by women. Although men and women sometimes cooperated, women usually painted or quilled very balanced, controlled geometric designs on dresses, moccasins, robes, bags, and containers. 5. To subject (a woman who is giving birth) to the practice of quilling (blowing pepper into her nose to induce or hasten labor). Labels: Canada, US, transitive Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:quill.
Word: oxygen tank Part of Speech: noun 1. A metal cylinder holding compressed oxygen.
Word: aforethought Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English a- English fore- English afore- Proto-Indo-European *teng-der. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht Old English þōht Middle English thought English thought English aforethought From afore- + thought. Pronunciation: /əˈfɔː.θɔːt/, /əˈfɔɹ.θɔt/, /əˈfɔɹ.θɑt/ 1. Premeditated; planned ahead of time. Labels: not-comparable, postpositional Example: This act was not merely wrong; it was clearly done with malice aforethought.
Word: aforethought Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English a- English fore- English afore- Proto-Indo-European *teng-der. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht Old English þōht Middle English thought English thought English aforethought From afore- + thought. Pronunciation: /əˈfɔː.θɔːt/, /əˈfɔɹ.θɔt/, /əˈfɔɹ.θɑt/ Labels: no-gloss
Word: honorific Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From honor + -ific. Pronunciation: /ˌɒnəˈɹɪfɪk/, /ˌɑːnəˈɹɪfɪk/ 1. A person's title, such as "Mrs" or "Doctor". 2. A term of respect; respectful language. 3. A word or word form expressing the speaker's respect for the hearer or the referent.
Word: honorific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From honor + -ific. Pronunciation: /ˌɒnəˈɹɪfɪk/, /ˌɑːnəˈɹɪfɪk/ 1. Showing or conferring honour and respect. Example: According to Pliny, the custom of setting up honorific statues on columns was a comparably ancient one. 2. Based on or valuing honor Example: In the honorific cultural process, individuals (especially men) are extremely sensitive to real or perceived insults, and […]
Word: identified Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /aɪˈdɛn.tɪ.faɪd/, /ɪˈdɛn.tɪ.faɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of identify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: improved Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹuːvd/ 1. That has been made better; enhanced. Example: The second is to develop a new generation of further improved contrast agent that can yield more intense myocardial contrast after intravenous injection. Example: "When we're finished in 2024, this upgrade programme will provide a much-improved railway between London Waterloo and Portsmouth," said NR's Wessex Route Director Mark Killick.
Word: improved Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹuːvd/ 1. simple past and past participle of improve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: casually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English casually, casuelly, casuali, casuely, equivalent to casual + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkæʒuəli/, /ˈkæʒwəli/, /ˈkæʒ(j)ʊəli/, /ˈkæzjuəli/ 1. In a casual manner. Example: A small minority, mainly strangers, would look long at her in casually passing by, and grow momentarily fascinated by her freshness, and wonder if they would ever see her again: but to almost everybody she was a fine and picturesque country girl, and no more. Example: "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day.[…]A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless." ¶ "Of what party is he?" she inquired, as though casually.