nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: legitimization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English legitimate Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English legitimize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English legitimization From legitimize + -ation. 1. The process of legitimizing, of making legitimate and/or legal. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Lempira Part of Speech: name 1. A department of Honduras.
Word: lempira Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Spanish, from the name of an Indian chief. 1. The currency of Honduras, divided into 100 centavos.
Word: Vauxhall Part of Speech: name Etymology: Generally thought to have originated in the late 13th century, from the name of Falkes de Breauté, the head of King John's mercenaries, who owned a large house in the area, known as Faulke's Hall, later Foxhall, and eventually Vauxhall. Pronunciation: /ˈvɒks.ɔːl/ 1. An inner city area of London in the borough of Lambeth, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3077). 2. An inner city area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3492). 3. A neighbourhood and holiday park in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG5108). 4. An inner city area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0988). 5. An unincorporated community in Union County, New Jersey, United States. 6. A town in southern Alberta, Canada. 7. A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, on the North Shore. 8. A suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
Word: Vauxhall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Generally thought to have originated in the late 13th century, from the name of Falkes de Breauté, the head of King John's mercenaries, who owned a large house in the area, known as Faulke's Hall, later Foxhall, and eventually Vauxhall. Pronunciation: /ˈvɒks.ɔːl/ 1. A make of British motor car, first manufactured in Vauxhall in London.
Word: beshrew Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English beschrewen (“to curse, pervert”). By surface analysis, be- + shrew. 1. To invoke or wish evil upon; to curse. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Beshrew me, but you have a quick wit. Example: I had expected to freeze her young – or, rather, middle-aged – blood and have her perm stand on end like quills upon the fretful porpentine, and she hadn't moved a muscle. “Beshrew me,” I said, “you take it pretty calmly.” 2. An imperative uttered as a mildly imprecatory or merely expletive introductory exclamation. Labels: transitive Example: Beshrew your heart, fair daughter! Example: R[oderico] D[’Avolos]. Beſhrevv my heart, but that’s not ſo good. / Duke [Phillippo Caraffa, Duke of Pavy]. Ha, vvhat’s that thou miſlik’ſt D'auolos?
Word: calcite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin calx + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈkælˌsaɪt/ 1. A very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO₃, found as limestone, chalk and marble. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; possibly from Middle French nid (modern French nid (“nest”)), or its etymon Latin nīdus (“nest”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”)). Doublet of nest. Pronunciation: /naɪd/ 1. A nest of pheasants. Labels: archaic Example: [A] nide of pheasants are sometimes collected in a very small space, and in the middle of the day conceal themselves very close. Example: [W]e were highly entertained with the antics of two stoats, who had left their hiding places to commence nocturnal depredations; [...] in the course of a few minutes the whirring of a nide of pheasants convinced us these little vermin had marked them as prey.
Word: Nide Part of Speech: name 1. a Polynesian language spoken in Vanuatu.
Word: mixtape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mix + tape; originally mix tape. Originally referring to a homemade compilation recorded onto a cassette tape and circulated informally, especially within hip-hop culture, mixtape has broadened in sense. In contemporary usage it often denotes a musical project released outside the conventional album framework, typically characterized by looser structure, experimental material, or informal distribution, even when no physical tape medium is involved. 1. A compilation of songs assembled into a single sequence, usually encompassing many different artists and assembled by fans; often curated around a theme, mood, or personal taste; traditionally without legal permission. Example: I wasn't performing with Pimp and Smoove that much no more, but I had a solo deal with Ruthless Rap and a brand new mixtape that was creating a big buzz. 2. A compilation of songs assembled into a single sequence, usually encompassing many different artists and assembled by fans; often curated around a theme, mood, or personal taste; traditionally without legal permission. Labels: historical 3. A compilation of songs assembled into a single sequence, usually encompassing many different artists and assembled by fans; often curated around a theme, mood, or personal taste; traditionally without legal permission. Labels: broadly 4. A compilation of songs assembled into a single sequence, usually encompassing many different artists and assembled by fans; often curated around a theme, mood, or personal taste; traditionally without legal permission. Labels: figuratively 5. A musical project released under the designation; often characterized by looser artistic, commercial, or legal constraints than a formal studio album. 6. A musical project released under the designation; often characterized by looser artistic, commercial, or legal constraints than a formal studio album. Example: See also: unofficial 7. A musical project released under the designation; often characterized by looser artistic, commercial, or legal constraints than a formal studio album. Example: Welcome to the New Administration was a mixtape released by American rock band Fall Out Boy and featured tracks by fellow artists from their label.
Word: mixtapes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mixtape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sesquiannual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sesqui- + annual. 1. Occurring once every one and a half years (i.e. once every 18 months). Labels: not-comparable Example: 1979, R. E. Meyer, Sesquiannual Report – April 1977-September 1978, Fossil Energy Division/DOE (DOE/W-7405-eng–26-1; cited in Surface Phenomena in Enhanced Oil Recovery (2013, →ISBN, page 718) Example: 1990, Sesquiannual Meeting of the American Society for Rickettsiology and Rickettsial Diseases; 8 (the society holds meetings roughly every 1.5 years, e.g. September 1989, May 1991, and September 1992)
Word: court costs Part of Speech: noun 1. Expenses other than attorney's fees associated with the prosecution or defense of a lawsuit for which, in some jurisdictions, the prevailing party may demand repayment. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: dob Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from Middle English dobben. Pronunciation: /dɑb/, /dɒb/ 1. To report a person to someone in authority for a wrongdoing. (For transitive forms see dob in, dob on.) Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, intransitive, slang Example: Students often claimed that an act of informing was just ‘dobbing as a joke’ and therefore ‘not really dobbing’. Example: Alex was concerned that if others thought he had dobbed, things would get even worse for him. Dobbing was the worst thing a student could do. 2. To play truant. Labels: Northern-Ireland, ambitransitive, slang Example: Parents were taken to court 189 times in the Western region over the past five years because their children were ‘dobbing’ school.¶ The Education Minister John O’Dowd revealed the number of parents taken to court due to children being absent from school […]
Word: dob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably variation of dab. Pronunciation: /dɑb/, /dɒb/ 1. A small amount of something, especially paste. Example: Put a dob of butter on the potato, please. Example: 1903, Rudyard Kipling, The Tabu Tale, in Just So Stories (in the U.S. Scribner edition, but omitted from most British editions), ‘Consequence will be, O Tegumai,’ said the Head Chief, ‘that we will make them understand it with sticks and stinging-nettles and dobs of mud; and if that doesn't teach them, we'll draw fine, freehand Tribal patterns on their backs with the cutty edges of mussel-shells. […] ’
Word: dob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initialism. Pronunciation: /dɑb/, /dɒb/ 1. Initialism of date of birth. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: dob Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Short for do our best. dyb (or dib) and dob were used as abbreviated forms of do your best and do our best in certain Scout chants. Pronunciation: /dɑb/, /dɒb/ 1. In the scouting movement, to chant dob to indicate that one will do one's best to follow the scouting laws. Labels: humorous, intransitive, sometimes Example: I used to get through the dibbing and dobbing all right but during the howling I usually rolled over backwards. Example: Why were there 212 fatalities at the first boy scout camp? There wasn't much dybbing and dobbing at Robert Baden-Powell's first scout camp as the camp in question was in Mafeking and took place during a particularly nasty siege[…]
Word: penge Part of Speech: noun 1. (typically penge flaw or penge error) a printing flaw on early Australian stamps where the c in pence appeared like the letter g. Labels: uncountable Example: The ‘PENGE’ flaw which is caused by a white defect on letter ‘C’ of PENCE giving the effect of a ‘G’. This is at # 116 on Plate I.
Word: shalwar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi शलवार (śalvār)/सलवार (salvār) or Urdu شَلْوار (śalvār)/سَلْوار (salvār), from Classical Persian شَلْوَار (šalwār). Pronunciation: /ˈʃʌlwɑɹ/ 1. Loose trousers worn in some South Asian or Islamic countries, especially by women but also by men, especially with a kamees. Labels: plural, singular Example: How I longed to have him (my gardener, not my landlord) wear a great big turban, and shalwars, and an ankle bracelet.
Word: shalwar-kameez Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shalwar kameez. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: kamees Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hamô Proto-West Germanic *hamō Proto-West Germanic *-iþi Proto-West Germanic *hamiþibor. Latin camisiabor.? Arabic قَمِيص (qamīṣ)bor. English kamees Borrowed from Arabic قَمِيص (qamīṣ). Doublet of chemise. Pronunciation: /kəˈmiːz/ 1. A long, loose shirt or blouse worn in some South Asian and Islamic countries. Example: Komal caresses the edge of her kameez with her fingers.
Word: enslave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- substrateder.? Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.? Proto-Slavic *slov- Proto-Slavic *-ǫta Proto-Slavic *Slov-? Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Proto-Slavic *slověninъder. Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der. Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor. Late Latin Sclavus Medieval Latin sclavusbor. Old French esclavebor. Middle English sclave English slave English enslave From en- + slave. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsleɪv/ 1. To make subservient; to strip one of freedom; enthrall. Labels: transitive Example: The migrants will be enslaved once they're no longer useful to the oligarchs; make no mistake about that. Example: He and his polite friends would dress themselves out with as much care in order to go and dine at each other’s rooms, as other folks would who were going to enslave a mistress.
Word: peng Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 鵬 /鹏 (péng). Pronunciation: /pɛŋ/ 1. A legendary enormous bird. Labels: Chinese
Word: peng Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hokkien 冰 (peng, “ice”). Pronunciation: [p˭eŋ(˦)], [p˭ɪŋ(˦)] 1. Iced; with ice added. Labels: Manglish, Singlish, attributive, not-comparable Example: Gimme two laksa, one milo peng! Example: Mamak, give me a "capati", extra large, bawang banyak-banyak; one ice kacang, two milo peng, tiga teh tarik...
Word: peng Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology unknown, attested in the UK c. 2000. Documented possibilities include: * From Jamaican Creole kushempeng (“high-quality marijuana”). * From a clipping of penguin (“flightless sea bird”), deemed quintessentially cute. * From Cantonese 又平又靚 /又平又靓 (jau⁶ peng⁴ jau⁶ leng³, “cheap and also good quality”), see also 平靚正 /平靓正 (peng⁴ leng³ zeng³, “low cost, high quality”), often heard from hawkers in major Chinatowns. Pronunciation: /pɛŋ/ 1. Physically or sexually attractive. Labels: Multicultural-London-English Example: Spread your chick like a centrefold / 'Cause she's penger than a scented rose. Example: I link for the peng, then I go link for the mud / I just stepped on the ends, sideman don't give me no spud 2. Of the highest quality; excellent; splendid. Labels: Multicultural-London-English Example: It caught me off guard because it was hench. My mind was like, ‘right, this burger’s hench’. I looked at it, right, ‘that look peng’, and it hit me two thirds of the way in, I clocked that the burger was not peng at all, it was just hench. Example: I'm not usually on African food, but the smell of that jollof is peng right now my dawg!
Word: zeng Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of zhng. Labels: Singapore, Singlish, alt-of, alternative
Word: cleanskin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clean + skin. Pronunciation: /ˈkliːnskɪn/ 1. An unbranded animal. Labels: Australia Example: No one had any clear notion of how many head might be collected, but we counted on something over four hundred--possibly up to five hundred and fifty, including calves and cleanskins. Example: For here was an unoccupied area where cleanskins had made their home. 2. A person who does not have any tattoos. Example: If you're under 18 in Victoria you must now remain a cleanskin. The Government has just passed a bill that minors must not be tattooed with or without their parent's consent. Example: Both men and women are tattooed, and so important are tattoos for traditional Samoans that it is impossible to serve or be apprenticed to a village leader if you are a cleanskin. 3. Someone with no prior criminal record, a person with no previous convictions; loosely, someone who has not done anything wrong before, an unblemished character. Example: Ryan′s natural father was a cleanskin – a police term for a person with no criminal history – who found himself caught up in the world of career criminals when he married into The Clan. Example: So the only strategy likely to hurt Clegg in those circumstances involves arguing that the Lib Dems are part of the mould too – not cleanskins, but a party with 60-plus MPs in that last discredited parliament. 4. An unlabelled bottle of wine. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: Mr McKenzie said that two years ago a decent bottle of sauvignon blanc sold for $15 to $20, but today prices were down to $10 a bottle. "More cleanskins entering the market is the first indication there is too much SB out there," he said. Example: In 2009, Back Label commissioned Voice to design a label for its cleanskin. 5. An undercover police officer who has not done a particular task before. 6. A cricket bat with no maker's logo
Word: she'll be right Part of Speech: phrase Pronunciation: /ʃɪəl bi ɹʌɪt/ 1. OK, no problem, everything will be all right. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, idiomatic Example: So there’s shuffling, like, and a bit o’ coughing and spitting, and someone else says: ‘She’ll be right, mate. She’s on her way if you’ll hang on a tick. You’re at the party.’ Example: “Nah, she’ll be right. You go.” “You’ll have to start mixing with the others at some point, you know.” “It’s not just that, I got homework to do. Gotta catch up.”
Word: seat cushion Part of Speech: noun 1. Something you can sit on, or an integral part of a seat (e.g. on a bus or train). Example: He places the seat cushion on the seat and sits on it. Example: The seat cushions are only 5cm thick.
Word: icthyoid Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of ichthyoid. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: ideaphoria Part of Speech: noun 1. An experience where one feels a constant onslaught of new ideas; creativity. Labels: uncountable
Word: IDK Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of I don't know. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: IDK what you're talking about. Example: Pretty sure you’re wondering what Braxton Berrios has been up to since his split from Alix Earle, so here’s an update—the footballer was spotted on a date with a model, who may or may not be a literal doppelganger for Alix. But IDK, I’ll let you decide on that one.
Word: immunogenicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English immunogenic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English immunogenicity From immunogenic + -ity. 1. The ability of a particular substance to provoke an immune response. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One of the first examples of the immunogenicity of recombinantly derived antibodies was with murine anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (OKT3) used in the induction of immunosupression after organ transplantation. Example: Drug-Interactions: Several anti-malaria drugs, such as mefloquine, chloroquine and proguanil (not approved for use in US) possess antibacterial activity which may interfere with the immunogenicity of Vivotif.
Word: immurement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English immure Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English immurement From immure + -ment. 1. Capital punishment, human sacrifice or life imprisonment by entombing for life or sealing behind walls. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: in character Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Acting as the character, not as oneself. Labels: idiomatic Example: It was difficult to stay in character, because I kept wanting to laugh.
Word: in character Part of Speech: adj 1. Consistent with one's personality, or the typical behavior one is known for. Labels: idiomatic Example: That kind of shouting wasn't very in character for her.
Word: indicia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin indicia, plural of indicium (“a notice, information, discovery, sign, mark, token”), from index (“index”); see index. 1. plural of indicium Labels: form-of, plural 2. Indications or signs. Labels: formal Example: This document has none of the indicia of a contract of adhesion. Example: Anna looked at the soul of New York and recognized that if you distract people with shiny objects, with large wads of cash, with the indicia of wealth, if you show them the money, they will be virtually unable to see anything else. 3. Distinctive markings. Example: Spiderman,^([sic]) The Thing, The Hulk, The Fantastic Four, the distinctive names and likenesses thereof, and all related indicia are trademarks of Marvel Characters, Inc.
Word: indicia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin indicia, plural of indicium (“a notice, information, discovery, sign, mark, token”), from index (“index”); see index. 1. A preprinted marking on a mailpiece which shows that postage has been paid by the sender.
Word: individual sport Part of Speech: noun 1. A sport which is practiced by two opposing individuals or one individual, rather than a team.
Word: Indophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Indo- + -phile. 1. Someone who loves India, Indian culture, its cuisine, religions, its history or its people.
Word: instinctive drift Part of Speech: noun 1. The tendency of an organism to revert to instinctive behaviors that can interfere with the conditioned response.
Word: integrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Integr- (the root of integr(ity)) + -ous (adjectival suffix: “full of, characterised by, possessing”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛɡɹəs/ 1. Having or characterized by integrity. Labels: rare Example: No doubt hard, no doubt proud, unpleasant in self-esteem, and singularly blind to much of what was going on, and yet such a high-minded and integrous woman, […] Example: And Smiths of Policie shall invent, To cast new Molds of Government; While vulgar Birds, of weakest wing, Grow stout against the Eagle King, Whose just integrous heart shall prove The Adamant of Subjects love.
Word: intramedullary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder. Latin *interus Latin intrābor. English intra- English medullary English intramedullary From intra- + medullary. 1. Inside the medulla Labels: not-comparable
Word: Irish confetti Part of Speech: noun 1. Bricks or stones used as weapons. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: iron bloom Part of Speech: noun 1. A mixture of fine iron particles, unreacted iron oxide (ore), slag and charcoal residue.
Word: isocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + -cracy. 1. A form of government where all citizens have equal political power. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: jack of all trades Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jack (“typical man, fellow”) + of + all + trades. Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒæk‿əv‿ɔːl ˈtɹeɪdz/, /ˌd͡ʒæk‿əv‿ɔl ˈtɹeɪdz/, /-ɑl-/ 1. One competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them. Labels: idiomatic Example: Novv for the moſt part your Porter is either ſome broken Cittizen, vvho hath plaid Iack of all trades, ſome Pander, Broker, or Hangman, that hath plaid the knaue vvith all men, and for the more certainty his Embleme is a red Beard, to vvhich Sacke hath made his Noſe couſin German. Example: Printer, postmaster, almanac maker, essayist, chemist, orator, tinker, statesman, humorist, philosopher, parlor man, political economist, professor of housewifery, ambassador, projector, maxim-monger, herb-doctor, wit:—Jack of all trades, master of each and mastered by none—the type and genius of his land.
Word: Jack of all trades Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of jack of all trades. Labels: alt-of
Word: Penge Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /pɛnd͡ʒ/ 1. A suburb in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3570).
Word: jewel-neck Part of Speech: noun 1. A round neckline that follows the base of the neck.
Word: jimador Part of Speech: noun 1. A field worker who harvests agave plants for mezcal and tequila production using a coa.
Word: joss stick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From joss (“Chinese idol”) + stick. 1. A stick of incense, especially (Taoism, Buddhism, etc.) those burned as an offering before a Chinese shrine. Example: For instance, Hawkins, Lewis, Hankin and Sengupta all cover the word agarbatti, an incense stick or joss stick, but there is no way of knowing when this term was first used in Indian English, nor whether it is now current or obsolete.
Word: verruciform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English verruca English -i- Latin fōrma Latin -fōrmisder. English -form English -iform English verruciform From verruca + -iform. 1. Having a shape like a wart or warts.
Word: stricture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin strictūra, from Latin strictus. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɪkt͡ʃəː/, [ˈstɹ̝̊ɪkt͡ʃəː], /ˈstɹɪkt͡ʃɚ/, [ˈstɹ̝̊ɪkt͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈstɹ̝̊ɪkt͡ʃɹ̩] 1. A rule restricting behaviour or action. Labels: countable, plural-normally, uncountable Example: To his eyes it had no attraction; it savoured of simony, and was likely to bring down upon him harder and more deserved strictures than any he had yet received: he positively declined to become vicar of Puddingdale under any circumstances. Example: 1931 Edgar Wallace: Again Sanders "That is a matter for you to discuss with the Government," said Sanders, in his iciest tone. "I am only authorized to collect twenty-eight thousand. I will note your strictures and report them to Whitehall." "I'm passing no strictures said the Major, hastily. He had been warned against Sanders... 2. A general state of restrictiveness on behavior, action, or ideology. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I just couldn't take the stricture of that place a single day more. Example: For many young people throughout Britain in the 1970s, Northern Soul became a truly alternative lifestyle with the rites and values of the scene replacing many of the traditional strictures of society. 3. A sternly critical remark or review. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When he read the poem to his parents, upon its conclusion, both were much impressed by it, though his father made severe strictures upon its lack of polish, its terminal inconcision, and its vagueness of thought. 4. Abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Even in the brief moment of his entrance into the magnificence of Anthony Harding's home he had felt a strange little stricture of the throat—a choking, half-suffocating sensation. 5. Strictness. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: a man of stricture and firm abstinence 6. A stroke; a glance; a touch. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: But whatever may be said of other matters , certainly the first draughts and strictures of Natural Religion and Morality are naturally in the Mind 7. The degree of contact, in consonants. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lanai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian lānai. Pronunciation: /ləˈnaɪ/, /lɑːˈnaɪ/ 1. A Hawaiian-style roofed patio. Labels: Florida, Hawaii Example: ‘If they vomit in the lanai, that's for the butler to handle.’ Example: In Honolulu, Nancy Peacock, an architect, said her clients increasingly requested “punees,” as daybeds are known in Hawaii — sometimes on the lanai, the covered porch of the house.
Word: prevailing party Part of Speech: noun 1. The party in a civil lawsuit whom the factfinder determines to be right, and who, in some jurisdictions, may recover attorney's fees and other expenses associated with the prosecution or defense of the lawsuit.
Word: attorney's fee Part of Speech: noun 1. The fee charged by an attorney for work done in relation to a lawsuit or other work done by an attorney. 2. An amount set by a court to be awarded to a prevailing party based on the reasonable fee that their attorney should have charged, based on the length and complexity of the case. Example: In March 2017, the judge appointed a special master — the former federal judge Gerald E. Rosen — to look into the appropriateness of the fee package, including the issues of double-counting attorney hours spent on the case and the reasonableness of the rates charged by the lawyers. But during a 14-month investigation, Mr. Rosen made a startling discovery: Labaton had paid a lawyer in Texas a finder’s fee equal to 20 percent of the attorneys’ fee it received in the litigation.
Word: attorneys fees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of attorneys fee (alternative spelling of attorney's fees). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mass grave Part of Speech: noun 1. A grave (in any of the countable senses) containing many corpses. Example: Amid yellow pagodas pointing heavenward, Mr. Peng and a small group of volunteers built memorial arches across the park’s steep roads and paths lined with riotous subtropical vegetation. The site, in the Chenghai district of Shantou, was an appropriate place for memory — Buddhist pagodas are associated with the dead, and many local victims of the Cultural Revolution lie here, many buried in mass graves. Example: Udo found it unsettlingly easy not to think about the mass grave she and Imrich were leaving far behind them. She had laughed away the stress of almost dying — her companion was still shooting her concerned glances over that — and the euphoria was still real to her in a way the increasingly-distant dismal scene was not. It hadn't happened in her lifetime, not the version she'd been living. She hadn't experienced it. She'd been late to the tragedy. If she stopped to think about it, it would overwhelm her, so...
Word: natural disaster Part of Speech: noun 1. Any natural phenomenon that causes great damage and loss of life. 2. The emergency situation that is the consequence of such an event.
Word: eye for an eye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Hebrew עין תחת עין (ayin tahat ayin), in reference to Exodus 21:23-25: "And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe" (King James Version; spelling modernized). 1. Compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting an identical injury on that person. Labels: idiomatic
Word: striped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stripe + -ed. Pronunciation: /stɹaɪpt/ 1. Having stripes, decorated or marked with bands differing in color. Labels: not-comparable Example: Jim is the boy in the striped polo.
Word: striped Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From stripe + -ed. Pronunciation: /stɹaɪpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of stripe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rudeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rudenesse, equivalent to rude + -ness. 1. The property of being rude. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His rudeness was inexcusable. Example: The rudeness of the cabin gave it a rustic charm but little comfort. 2. A rude remark or behaviour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I'm sick of his rudenesses.
Word: slanted Part of Speech: adj 1. Placed at an angle, on a slant. 2. Biased. Example: The news report was slanted in favor of the nationalists.
Word: slanted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of slant Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: steering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of steer Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: steering Part of Speech: noun 1. Equipment used to control direction; something used to steer. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I hit a rock with my car and broke the steering.
Word: lynx-eyed Part of Speech: adj 1. Possessing particularly good vision. Example: Hetty and Mrs. Piper watched them with a lynx-eyed understanding[.] Example: It was hardly to be expected that the maximum speed of 100 m.p.h. claimed for the Great Western locomotive Builth Castle, in my February article would escape the lynx-eyed scrutiny of readers.
Word: luridness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lurid 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 luridness From lurid + -ness. 1. The property of being lurid. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The luridness of the author's descriptions turned off the critics.
Word: lushly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English lush Middle English -ly English -ly English lushly From lush + -ly. 1. In a lush way. Example: The lushly verdant jungle harbored many plants unknown to outsiders.
Word: lysogeny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lyso- + -geny. 1. The incorporation of the nucleic acid of a bacteriophage into that of a host bacterium; sometimes transmitted to daughter cells following lysis Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lysogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lyso- + -genic. 1. Of, relating to, or causing lysis. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of, or relating to lysogeny. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lysosome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lyso- + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪsəˌsoʊm/ 1. An organelle found in all types of animal cells which contains a large range of digestive enzymes capable of splitting most biological macromolecules.
Word: lysozyme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-der. Ancient Greek λύω (lúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)bor. English lyso- English enzyme English lysozyme From lyso- + enzyme. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪsəzaɪm/ 1. A bacteriolytic (or antibiotic) enzyme found in many animal secretions, and in egg white. Example: [Alexander Fleming] had in 1923 discovered lysozyme, an antimicrobial enzyme found in saliva, mucus and tears as part of the body’s first line of defence against invading pathogens.
Word: bacteriolytic Part of Speech: adj 1. of, relating to, or causing bacteriolysis 2. antibiotic
Word: bacteriolysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactērium Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English bacterio- Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)der. English -lysis English bacteriolysis From bacterio- + -lysis. 1. The destruction of bacteria by lysis Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: lytic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lysis + -tic or lysin + -tic. 1. Of, relating to, or causing lysis. Example: […] a preliminary step in any paleopathological analysis is to distinguish in vivo lesions from post-depositional damage. […] generally the problem is distinguishing holes or breaks in bone that represent disease or injury from taphonomic damage. In practice, making this distinction in skeletal remains almost always relies on macroscopy. ¶ In distinguishing lytic lesions from taphonomic damage, it is the macroscopic morphology of the margins that is key. 2. Of or relating to lysin.
Word: lytic infection Part of Speech: noun 1. The infection of a bacterium by a bacteriophage with subsequent production of more phage particles, and lysis of the cell. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: macrocyclic compound Part of Speech: noun 1. a macrocycle
Word: macrocyclic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From macro- + cyclic. 1. Of an organic compound: having a closed ring of more than about twelve atoms. 2. Of or relating to a macrocycle. 3. Pertaining to a rust fungus whose life cycle includes all five spore stages: pycniospore (spermatium), aeciospore, urediniospore, teliospore, and basidiospore. Example: Almost all the rusts occurring on the ferns are both heteroecious and macrocyclic; so also are most of those occurring on the conifers.
Word: Carly Part of Speech: name Etymology: A feminine form of Carl, taken to use in the latter half of the 20th century; also a pet form of Carla, Carlene and Carlotta. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑɹli/ 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages. Example: She introduced herself. I said, 'Where'd you get a name like Carly?' and she said, from her aunt.
Word: crown ether Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because its structure is shaped like a crown (the royal headgear). 1. any of a class of macrocyclic compounds containing repeat units of -CH₂CH₂O- 2. any similar compound containing atoms of nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus or silicon instead of, or as well as, oxygen
Word: repeat unit Part of Speech: noun 1. A specific arrangement of atoms that repeats within a macromolecule 2. A specific sequence of bases that repeats within a nucleic acid (or of amino acids within a protein)
Word: zebra finch Part of Speech: noun 1. A small Australasian weaverbird of the genus Taeniopygia that has markings similar to a zebra.
Word: cryptand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crypt- + -and. 1. any of a class of polycyclic compounds related to the crown ethers, having three chains attached at two nitrogen atoms
Word: abstention doctrine Part of Speech: noun 1. A rule under which a federal court in the United States will decline to exercise jurisdiction over a lawsuit because the suit could or should instead be heard by a state court.
Word: acyclic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic English acyclic From a- + cyclic. Pronunciation: /eɪˈsaɪklɪk/, /eɪˈsɪklɪk/ 1. Not cyclic; having an open chain structure. Labels: physical 2. Containing no cycles. 3. Of a flower, having its parts inserted spirally on the receptacle.
Word: weaverbird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From weaver + bird. 1. Any of various Old World passerine birds in either of two families known for building nests of intricately woven vegetation. 2. Any of various Old World passerine birds in either of two families known for building nests of intricately woven vegetation.
Word: lariat ether Part of Speech: noun 1. A crown ether having a side chain of similar structure.
Word: no man's land Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally from Middle English Nomanneslond, which first appears c. 1350. Revived with new senses in a dispatch printed in the Times newspaper by Colonel Ernest Dunlop Swinton writing as "Eyewitness". Pronunciation: /ˈnoʊˌmænzˌlænd/ 1. The ground between trenches where a soldier from either side would be easily targeted. Example: Near-synonym: kill zone 2. A space amidships used to keep blocks, ropes, etc.; a space on a ship belonging to no one in particular for which to care. 3. The part of a prison, hospital complex, etc. where individuals are not normally allowed to enter. 4. A place where no one can or should be present. Labels: figuratively Example: Today Qingshan district is a patchwork of tiny fields, polluted streams and roadside markets selling building materials. But the city government is in the process of transforming this no-man’s-land into a sparkling new suburb. Example: There’s a 137-square-mile chunk of Franklin County […] referred to as "no man’s land" because it isn’t protected by any of the county’s four fire districts. 5. The area between the backcourt and the space close to the net, from which it is difficult to return the ball. 6. An area of the field where a fielder cannot save a single, nor stop a boundary. 7. Territory that is often disputed, and that cannot be inhabited because of fear of conflict, especially: Labels: historical 8. Territory that is often disputed, and that cannot be inhabited because of fear of conflict, especially: Example: At the last Polish station all train officials left, except the locomotive crew, and we slowly trundled over a strongly fortified no man's land for a few hundred yards until we drew in to the first station in Russia. 9. Territory that is often disputed, and that cannot be inhabited because of fear of conflict, especially: 10. The fibrous sheath of the flexor tendons of the hand, specifically in the zone from the distal palmar crease to the proximal interphalangeal joint.
Word: forum shopping Part of Speech: noun 1. An attempt to file a lawsuit in (or have it transferred to) the jurisdiction most favorable to the party filing the suit. Labels: uncountable
Word: shaughraun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish seachrán. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑːxɹɑː/, /ˈʃɑːxɹɑːn/ 1. A wanderer; a vagabond. Labels: Canada, Ireland 2. A state of travelling or wandering. Labels: Canada, Ireland Example: We’ll paralyse Europe as Ignatius Gallaher used to say when he was on the shaughraun, doing billiardmaking in the Clarence.
Word: swearing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English swerynge; equivalent to swear + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of swear Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.
Word: swearing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English swerynge; equivalent to swear + -ing. 1. The act of swearing, or making an oath. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: No man is believed a jot the more for all the asseverations, damnings, and swearings he makes.
Word: drunkest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of drunk: most drunk Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: drunkest Part of Speech: verb 1. second-person singular simple past indicative of drink Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, past, second-person, singular
Word: fascinated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfæsɪneɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of fascinate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fascinated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfæsɪneɪtɪd/ 1. extremely interested Example: utterly fascinated Example: deeply fascinated
Word: spring to mind Part of Speech: verb 1. To appear suddenly in one's thoughts, often as an example of something. Labels: idiomatic Example: Two good reasons spring to mind at once.
Word: shawm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English shalmuse, from Old French chalemel (modern French chalumeau), from Late Latin calamellus, from Latin calamus (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos). Doublet of caramel, chalumeau, and qalam, as well as related to calame, calamus, culm, and haulm. Pronunciation: /ʃɔːm/ 1. A mediaeval double-reed wind instrument with a conical wooden body. Example: And all the field is thick with companies Of fair-clothed men that play on shawms and lutes And gather honey of the yellow fruits Between the branches waxen soft and wide Example: There are four flutes, a harp of twenty strings, a mournful shawm, and a number of drums of oxhide, some to be struck, others spanked.
Word: take a dive Part of Speech: verb 1. To decline rapidly. Example: Other broad market gauges took even steeper dives, with the Standard & Poor's 500, which includes financial stocks, falling 9.93%. 2. To feign a knockout in order to lose intentionally. Labels: idiomatic Example: I decided there could be a nice bit of irony in a situation where a boxer, with a crown his for the taking, deliberately takes a dive to get revenge on the man he hates, who is betting everything on the boxer's victory. Example: "You got a fight next weekend. You take a dive in the fourth round, understand?" 3. To lose or fail intentionally. Labels: idiomatic
Word: take lying down Part of Speech: verb 1. To endure without complaint or protest. Labels: transitive Example: I don't know what they expect, but I am certainly not going to take this lying down. Example: Thai police prevented a commemoration on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre from taking place outside the Chinese embassy in Bangkok. Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, the event's young organizer, didn't take it lying down, though.
Word: take the wind out of someone's sails Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Referring to the idea of a ship that intercepts the wind of another, causing it to slow or stop. 1. To discourage someone greatly; to cause someone to lose hope or the will to continue; to thwart or minimize someone's ambitions. Labels: idiomatic Example: "I tell you Van Bahr Lamb is a fool." […] But Polly […] completely took the wind out of her sails, by coolly remarking,— "I like fools." Example: Could he have some elderly idea of wanting a youngster for a wife? Occasionally an old chap did. Serve him right if some young chap took the wind out of his sails.
Word: take the field Part of Speech: verb 1. To go out onto the playing field. Labels: figuratively, literally Example: The national anthem having been played, both teams took the field and prepared for play. 2. To begin military operations. Labels: figuratively 3. To stake one's money against the favourite, taking the chances of the field against the chance of one horse.
Word: take kindly Part of Speech: verb 1. To like, accept, or condone. Labels: idiomatic Example: An English passenger, taking kindly to me, drew me into conversation. He was older than I. He asked me what I ate, what I was, where I was going, why I was shy, and so on. He also advised me to come to table. He laughed at my insistence on abjuring meat, […] Example: My correspondent, who was riding in the first coach, comments that the small standard tender did not take kindly to this gay progress, and signified its disapproval from time to time by bombarding the train with lumps of coal!
Word: connotate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1596; borrowed from Medieval Latin connotātus, perfect passive participle of connotō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Doublet of connote. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnəteɪt/ 1. To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional or representative; to imply. Example: George stared at her curiously. To his mind the word rompers connotated a garment extraneously smeared, as this one. Example: A symbol, for Claudel, was a word, a picture, or an action which connotates a higher meaning.
Word: connotate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1596; borrowed from Medieval Latin connotātus, perfect passive participle of connotō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Doublet of connote. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnəteɪt/ 1. A meaning or thing connotated. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: take effect Part of Speech: verb 1. To become active; to become effective. Labels: informal, usually Example: The medication won't begin to take effect for 3-4 hours. 2. To come into force, to come into effect, to inure. Labels: informal, usually Example: The new regulations will take effect once they are approved by the Office of Administrative Law.
Word: sheeny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Seems to have originated in 1820s London. Could be a mockery of Yiddish שיין (sheyn, “beautiful, nice”), much used in praising wares. Pronunciation: /ˈʃiːni/ 1. A Jew. Labels: ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Example: May I never get groggy, if I shall ever forget the joke between you and the old Sheenie, when you threatened to throw him overboard for selling you a dumb time-keeper. ‘Blesh ma heart,’ said the Jew, while his under works shook like a cutter’s foresail going about, ‘how could you expect de vatch to go well, ven de ship vas all in confusion?’ an excuse that saved him from sailing ashore in a skuttle-bucket. Example: O, solomon Levi! Levi! tra la la la! Poor sheeny Levi, Tra la la la la la la la la la My name is Solomon Levi At my store on Salem street That’s where you’ll buy your coats and vests And everything else that’s neat (tra la la) Second-handed Ulsterettes And everything else that’s fine For all the boys they trade with me At a hundred and forty nine 2. A cheat or fraudster. Labels: slang
Word: sheeny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sheen + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈʃiːni/ 1. Having a sheen; glossy. 2. Bright; radiant; shining. Example: And many a sheeny summer-morn, / Adown the Tigris I was borne, / By Bagdat's shrines of fretted gold, / High-walled gardens green and old; […]
Word: bust one's chops Part of Speech: verb 1. To exert oneself. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: I've been busting my chops to get this out by end of day.