nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bellows Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English belwes, plural of belu, belwe, a northern form of beli, from Old English bæliġ, northern form of bielġ, from Proto-Germanic *balgiz. Compare German Balg. See also belly. For the pronunciation /ˈbɛl.əs/, compare bodice, gallows. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛl.oʊz/, /ˈbɛl.əʊz/, /ˈbɛl.əs/ 1. To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: […] I was recommended to the place as a man who could give another man as good as he brought, and I took it. It’s easier than bellowsing and hammering. Example: So bellowsed, all the kindled soul of Hugh Became a still white hell of brooding ire, And through his veins regenerating fire Ran, driving out the lethargy of pain. 2. To expand and contract like a bellows. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: […] [the dogs] sprang up, and, with a grand spraying of the crisp snow as they fleetly clambered up the steep side, they were with us in an incredibly short time, with pink tongues protruding, sides bellowsing, and sterns wagging. Example: The pony still lay on his side and the wound in his throat bellowsed in and out. 3. To fold up like a bellows; to accordion. Labels: transitive Example: Without being tight […] the boot leg should fit close. The ankle should be supple as a stocking, and “bellowsed” to make sure of suppleness. Example: […] the chairman of the gathered scholars […] [shushed] the black waiters preparing to feed us a hefty lunch behind the bellowsed dividing wall with the impatient yell, “You’re disturbing our meeting,” while we discussed their plight on our side of the wall.
Word: bellows Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See bellow Pronunciation: /ˈbɛl.oʊz/, /ˈbɛl.əʊz/, /ˈbɛl.əs/ 1. plural of bellow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bellows Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See bellow Pronunciation: /ˈbɛl.oʊz/, /ˈbɛl.əʊz/, /ˈbɛl.əs/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bellow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nichonage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 二丁投げ, literally "body drop throw". 1. a kimarite in which the attacker places a leg in front of his opponent's leg, at the knee, then sweeps back with his leg and pulls the opponent forward over the leg.
Word: PowerPoint Part of Speech: name 1. A software package from Microsoft used to make slideshow presentations. Example: Proficiency in PowerPoint continues to be required for almost every office job. Example: Can I be candid? I think I am on this group because none of you can do PowerPoint. I am literally going to draw some rectangle shapes for the pillars. We won’t be having feathers or whatever. And there’s a limit to how many pillars will fit on a single slide.
Word: PowerPoint Part of Speech: noun 1. An electronic slide presentation created using the program Microsoft PowerPoint. Example: PowerPoint presentation Example: Sitting through his PowerPoints is a dull, but necessary, requisite for the job. 2. Any electronic slide presentation. Labels: broadly Example: She's asked James to prepare a PowerPoint for tomorrow's lesson.
Word: PowerPoint Part of Speech: verb 1. To communicate using electronic slides. Labels: intransitive Example: A recent editorial and tips in this journal have extolled the virtues of making clear presentations using computer presentation software, in particular the commercial software PowerPoint (Microsoft, Redmond, WA). AJR readers may be interested to know that free software packages are available that can create professional presentations without furthering our national dependence on a software monopoly. Example: Levi seems to be able to do all the slide shows and videos and PowerPointing his teachers ask of him -- as long as he's patient with its slow pace 2. To present (a topic) by means of electronic slides. Labels: transitive Example: Do they tell a person (as happens in one corporation) that they won't look at any report unless it is “PowerPointed”? Example: In one poignant moment, Hanks is sitting in on an executive meeting at a major toy company, and one vice president is PowerPointing his way through a presentation about a new toy 3. To communicate to (an audience) by electronic slides. Labels: transitive Example: She says the audience has had a long day and has been "PowerPointed out" with one presentation after another from other Oracle executives Example: Now it is time to take your tired-as-hell, PowerPointed-to-death brain and shake things up so that you have the ideas, energy,
Word: fash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From early modern French fascher (now fâcher), from Latin fastus (“disdain”). Pronunciation: /fæʃ/ 1. To worry; to bother, annoy. Labels: Geordie, Northern-England, Scotland, transitive Example: "I wouldn't fash masel' about them, miss. Them things be all wore out." 2. To trouble oneself; to take pains. Labels: Geordie, Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive Example: “They,” said he, meaning the collops, “are such as I gave his Royal Highness in this very house; bating the lemon juice, for at that time we were glad to get the meat and never fashed for kitchen. Indeed, there were mair dragoons than lemons in my country in the year forty-six.” 3. To ignore or forget about someone or something. Labels: Nigeria, slang
Word: fash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From early modern French fascher (now fâcher), from Latin fastus (“disdain”). Pronunciation: /fæʃ/ 1. A worry; trouble; bother. Labels: Geordie, Northern-England, Scotland
Word: fash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin fascis Italian fascio Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. Italian -ista Italian fascistabor. English fascistclip. English fash Clipping of fascist, borrowed from Italian fascista, from fascio + -ista. 1. A fascist, a member of the far-right. Labels: UK, derogatory, especially, slang Example: The Butchers Here is an old Munich policeman — Wilhelm Frick with eyes like those of a fash. Example: It is not they, with their comfortable middle class speaking-tour and festival-circuit lives, who will put on the black and go punch a Nazi or bash a fash. No. It will be the vulnerable, overwhelmingly queer, poor youth [...] 2. The far-right, especially violent far-right demonstrators, collectively. Labels: UK, derogatory, especially, in-plural, slang Example: Used to go down to London on bash-the-fash awaydays; turn up at National Front marches and give them a toeing. Example: Five of our lads had just watched the riot police go into the Wellington and give the fash a kicking.
Word: fash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin fascis Italian fascio Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. Italian -ista Italian fascistabor. English fascistclip. English fash Clipping of fascist, borrowed from Italian fascista, from fascio + -ista. 1. To make something fascist. Labels: slang
Word: fash Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of fashionable. 1. Fashionable. Labels: slang Example: Dan Valentine works as a bartender in a pissy and discreet Boston Village gay bar called "Bonaparte's". Clarisse is a chi-chi phruit phly who occasionally puts in time pushing real estate in fash Back Bay and the South End.
Word: rattlers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rattler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Canada Dry Part of Speech: name Etymology: Trademark. 1. A brand of ginger ale.
Word: crossover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from cross over. 1. A place where one thing crosses over another. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The means by which the crossing is made. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A blend of multiple styles of music or multiple film genres, intended to appeal to a wider audience. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. An SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform, e.g. the Buick Enclave. Labels: countable, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable 6. A pair of switches and a short, diagonal length of track which together connect two parallel tracks and allow passage between them. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The passenger train was signalled from one of the west end bay platforms along the Down South Line; as it passed through a crossover to the Up South Line the freight train, which had been travelling slowly to the Up South Line, over-ran the signal protecting the crossover and came into sidelong collision with it. Example: Network Rail developed and delivered the new crossover in just ten months - "phenomenally quickly", Mands says - and the work is included in the £20m build cost. 7. A piece of fiction that borrows elements from two or more fictional universes. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. An athlete or swimmer who has competed in more than one of open water swimming, pool swimming, triathlon, and endurance sports. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A crossover dribble. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A move in sports that involves crossing one hand or foot in front of another, as in ice skating. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. The point at which the relative humidity is less than, or equal to, the ambient air temperature. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. Meeting of various characters. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crossover Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from cross over. 1. Of an electrical cable, having connector pins at one end wired to different pins at the other; for example, pin 1 to pin 2, pin 2 to pin 4 etc.; contrasted with straight-through. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of an electrical cable, having connector pins at one end wired to different pins at the other; for example, pin 1 to pin 2, pin 2 to pin 4 etc.; contrasted with straight-through. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr Latin quattuor ▲ Latin quadrus Latin quadrōbf.? Latin quadrus Vulgar Latin *exquadrō Italian squadraredeverb. Italian squadra French escouadebor. English squad From French escouade, from Italian squadra (“square”) (whence also French escadre). Doublet of squadra and square. Pronunciation: /ˈskwɒd/, /ˈskwɑd/ 1. A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members. Example: He assembled a squad of ten to take on the assassin. 2. A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members. Example: A squad of soldiers ordered them to disperse but instead of doing so they commenced throwing ice and rocks. 3. A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members. 4. A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members. Labels: informal Example: At one point, the 400-ton Calypso was brought to a standstill by a squad of squid which clogged the engines and caused a power failure. Other, highlights included an attack by predatory blue sharks, […] Example: The Sea Life Centre retains a squad of squid and such. 5. Ellipsis of squad truck. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 6. One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps. Labels: slang Example: anyway, sheʼs resigned herself to hanging out with the squad at uni rather than going manhunting
Word: squad Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr Latin quattuor ▲ Latin quadrus Latin quadrōbf.? Latin quadrus Vulgar Latin *exquadrō Italian squadraredeverb. Italian squadra French escouadebor. English squad From French escouade, from Italian squadra (“square”) (whence also French escadre). Doublet of squadra and square. Pronunciation: /ˈskwɒd/, /ˈskwɑd/ 1. To act as part of, or on behalf of, a squad. Labels: intransitive Example: We squad on the fifth of the month. 2. To transport by ambulance. Labels: US, transitive
Word: squad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Compare squick (“disgust”), squalid (“dirty”) with similar initial sounds. Pronunciation: /ˈskwæd/ 1. Sloppy mud. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: The lass ran all among the muck and squad. Example: An' she did n't not solidly mean I wur / gawin' that waäy to the bad, Fur the gell was as howry a trollope as / iver traäpes'd i' the squad.
Word: cloudburst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cloud + burst. Pronunciation: /ˈklaʊdˌbɝst/, /ˈklaʊdˌbɜːst/ 1. A sudden heavy rainstorm. Example: [B]ut the sound . . . expressed an utter abandonment to grief; not the cloud-burst of some passing emotion, but the slow down-pour of a whole heaven of sorrow. Example: A cloudburst in the China Creek district followed by continued heavy rains was responsible for the increased water.
Word: booties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of booty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: booties Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of booty Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: chia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish chía, from Classical Nahuatl chiyan (“seed of the chia plant”). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiː.ə/ 1. A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Salvia columbariae, a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: plutocratic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pluto- + -cratic, after plutocracy. 1. Of, relating to, or being a plutocracy.
Word: taxonomic system Part of Speech: noun 1. A coherent system of taxonomic judgements on circumscription and placement of the considered taxa. A taxonomic system is restricted to a large but limited part of the living world.
Word: bootees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bootee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bootee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Frankish *bautander.? Old French botebor. Middle English bote English boot English -ee English bootee From boot + -ee (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈbuːti/ 1. A soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet. Example: Take off the baby's bootees before you put her in the crib. Example: ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’ 2. A thick sock worn under a wetsuit. 3. An overshoe or sock worn to cover dirty shoes or feet. Example: Surgeons often slip on bootees before entering the operating room. Example: Just above the Sunset Strip, construction workers in white bootees were putting the final touches on another home — a 14,000-square-foot house that Mr. Niami is building for himself.
Word: juvenilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin iuvenīlia, neuter plural of iuvenīlis (“of or pertaining to youth”). By surface analysis, juvenile + -ia Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒuːvəˈnɪliə/, /ˌd͡ʒuvəˈnɪliə/, /ˌd͡ʒuvəˈnɪljə/ 1. Works produced during an artist's or author's youth. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: ...rhyme was not his [Milton's] talent; he had neither the ease of doing it, nor the graces of it: which is manifest in his "Juvenilia" or verses written in his youth, where his rhyme is always constrained and forced,... Example: Lewis’s juvenilia is childlike, and the way it has been handled is childish.
Word: alpha taxonomy Part of Speech: noun 1. The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming living things. Labels: uncountable
Word: cycloserine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle ▲ 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 cyclo- Old Chinese 絲 (*sə)der.? Ancient Greek σήρ (sḗr) ▲ Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek σηρῐκός (sērĭkós)bor. Latin sēricusder. English serine English cycloserine From cyclo- + serine. Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪ.kləˈˈsɛɹˌin/, /ˌsaɪ.kləˈsɪɹˌin/ 1. A broad-spectrum antibiotic C₃H₆N₂O₂ produced by an actinomycete (Streptomyces orchidaceus) and used especially in the treatment of tuberculosis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cyclosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyclo- + -osis. Pronunciation: /sī-ˈklō-səs/ 1. The circulation of protoplasm within a cell. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cyclosporine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ciclosporin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: cyclostome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Cyclostomata, confer French cyclostome. 1. Any of various primitive jawless fish of the class Cyclostomata, such as the lamprey or hagfish. Example: Except the cyclostomes, as the lampreys and sphagobranchiæ, which are not real fishes, as I shall show elsewhere. Example: The Cyclostomes, or suckers, with regard to their skeletons, are the most imperfect of all the Vertebrates,
Word: negotiorum gestio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin negotiōrum gestiō (literally “management of business”). 1. A quasi-contract imposing a duty to reimburse an intervenor (gestor) who has seen to, managed, or looked after the affairs, property, or interests of another (dominus), but without the latter’s consent Labels: uncountable Example: MT ARGUN; SHERIFF OF CAPE TOWN AND ANOTHER v MT ARGUN, HER OWNERS AND ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN HER AND ANOTHER 2000 (4) SA 857 (C) @ 685. The gestor is only entitled to reimbursement of expenses and not to remuneration, the underlying principle being that negotiorum gestio arises from an act of generosity and friendship and is not aimed at allowing the gestor to make a profit out of his administration.
Word: cyclothymia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Internationalism. By surface analysis, cyclo- + -thymia. 1. A chronic mental disturbance characterized by mood swings and depression. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A study using the BAR assessment tool criteria found that cyclothymia had the best overall clinical utility for case finding and screening when focusing on depressed youths with an early transition to bipolar.
Word: conservatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin cōnservātōrius directly and via French conservatoire, from cōnservāre (“to conserve, to preserve”) + -torius (“-atory: forming related adjectives”) and/or conservator (“conservator, preserver, protector”) + -ius (“-y: forming related adjectives”). Pronunciation: /kənˈsɜː.və.tɹi/, /kənˈsɝ.vəˌt(ɔ.)ɹi/ 1. Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury. 2. Relating to conservation. Labels: rare
Word: conservatory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin cōnservātōrium directly and via French conservatoire and Italian conservatorio, from cōnservātus (“conserved, preserved”) + -ōrium (“-ory: forming related nouns”). Pronunciation: /kənˈsɜː.və.tɹi/, /kənˈsɝ.vəˌt(ɔ.)ɹi/ 1. A medicine, especially a magical preservative. Labels: obsolete Example: The auncient Catholyke fathers... were not afrayde to call this Supper... the foode of immortalitie... and the conseruatory to euerlastyng lyfe. Example: ...a tree appointed to be the cure of diseases and a conservatory of life... 2. A school or clinic for orphans. 3. A music school. Labels: US 4. A storehouse, a repository. Labels: archaic 5. An icehouse, a warehouse for ice. Labels: obsolete 6. A cistern, an artificially collected body of water. Labels: obsolete 7. A reservoir, an artificially maintained body of water. Labels: obsolete 8. A greenhouse, a glass-walled building for cultivating delicate plants. Labels: uncommon 9. A solarium, a glass-walled and glass-roofed room in a house. Labels: Ireland, UK Example: Joyce Barnaby: It's a lovely cottage in Badger's Drift. It's got two bedrooms, two living rooms and a conservatory. DCI Tom Barnaby: Conservatory? Sounds like something out of Cluedo. 10. A drama school.
Word: dear Sir Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used as the salutation at the beginning of a formal letter when addressing persons – assumed to be male – of unknown names. Labels: dated Example: Dear Sir, You will recently have received...
Word: fade in Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of transition used in visual media, in which the transition is at first black, fading to a visual image.
Word: fade in Part of Speech: verb 1. To fade from black to a visual image in a film or other visual media. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Fade in and out of a daydream / Our waking life torn at the seam / I am the match / You're the gasoline 2. To commence with silence in a song and then slowly increase the volume of the music until the intro of the song is over. Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: fade out Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of transition used in film, usually at the end of a scene, involving a fade to black from the cut.
Word: fade out Part of Speech: verb 1. To slowly disappear; to wither away. Labels: idiomatic 2. To sneak away. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive 3. To fade from a cut to black in a movie. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Fade in and out of a daydream / Our waking life torn at the seam / I am the match / You're the gasoline 4. To decrease in volume, such as at the end of a song, until there is only silence. Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: pococurante Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French pococurante, itself - from Pococurante, a nonchalant Venetian senator in Candide, coined by Voltaire based on Italian poco (“little”) + curante (“caring”). Pronunciation: /ˌpəʊ.kəʊ.kjʊəˈɹæn.ti/, /ˌpoʊ.koʊ.kjuːˈɹɑːn.ti/ 1. Apathetic, indifferent or nonchalant. Example: The Treasury was entrusted to the pococurante capacity of Grafton, the Exchequer to the erratic genius of Charles Townshend.
Word: pococurante Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pococurante, itself - from Pococurante, a nonchalant Venetian senator in Candide, coined by Voltaire based on Italian poco (“little”) + curante (“caring”). Pronunciation: /ˌpəʊ.kəʊ.kjʊəˈɹæn.ti/, /ˌpoʊ.koʊ.kjuːˈɹɑːn.ti/ 1. An apathetic, indifferent or nonchalant person.
Word: yowl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English youlen, goulen, from Old Norse gaula (“to low, bellow, howl, scream”), related to Icelandic gaula (“to yell, howl, roar”), Faroese geyla (“to bawl, squall, shout, yell, bellow”), Norwegian gaule (“to roar, howl, whine, weep noisily”), dialectal Swedish gjöla, Scots gowl (“to howl, yell, roar”), Shetlandic Scots gjol. Initial y- possibly influenced by Middle English yollen, yellen (“to yell”). Pronunciation: /jaʊl/ 1. A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.
Word: yowl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English youlen, goulen, from Old Norse gaula (“to low, bellow, howl, scream”), related to Icelandic gaula (“to yell, howl, roar”), Faroese geyla (“to bawl, squall, shout, yell, bellow”), Norwegian gaule (“to roar, howl, whine, weep noisily”), dialectal Swedish gjöla, Scots gowl (“to howl, yell, roar”), Shetlandic Scots gjol. Initial y- possibly influenced by Middle English yollen, yellen (“to yell”). Pronunciation: /jaʊl/ 1. Utter a yowl. Labels: intransitive 2. Express by yowling; utter with a yowl. Labels: transitive
Word: yowler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yowl + -er. 1. Someone who or something which yowls.
Word: volumetric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of volume + -metric. 1. Pertaining to measurement by volume. Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to a sphere of equivalent volume as an object, as in the "volumetric radius" of an irregular shape. Labels: not-comparable
Word: -metric Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μετρῐκός (metrĭkós)bor. ▲ Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)der. Latin metrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin metricusder. French -métriquebor. English -metric Borrowed from French -métrique, from Latin metricus. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛt.ɹɪk/ 1. Forming adjectives corresponding to nouns in -meter. Labels: morpheme 2. Of or relating to measurement. Labels: morpheme
Word: vacatur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vacātūrus (“about to be void”). 1. An announcement in court that something is cancelled or set aside; an annulment.
Word: urbacity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown, but claimed to be a coinage of Percy Adolphus Vaile in the early 20th century (see quote below). Compare urban, -ity, city. Not to be confused with urbanity. 1. An extreme or exaggerated pride in one's city; an insular view of one's city. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: The Englishman has quite justly been accused of insularity. That in itself is bad, but there is a compound insularity for which no word of English exists, because the state of mind is not realised. It is the citified insularity of London, London’s “urbacity.” I had to coin a word for it. Example: England has suffered cruelly because she would not think, because she was case-armoured in her insular conceit and the urbacity of her politicians. Insularity would be a term too complimentary and too all-embracing to use of them
Word: limescale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lime + scale. 1. A white, chalky deposit of calcium carbonate found in kettles, washing machines etc., especially in a hard water area. Labels: uncountable
Word: typographical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin typographicus + -al. Pronunciation: /taɪpəˈɡɹæfɪk(ə)l/ 1. Pertaining to typography or printing. Labels: not-comparable 2. Produced by typography; printed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: typographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English typography Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English typographic From typography + -ic. 1. Relating to typography Labels: not-comparable
Word: typographically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English typographical Middle English -ly English -ly English typographically From typographical + -ly. 1. In a typographical manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: Typographically the tables are pleasing and easy to read.
Word: typographica Part of Speech: noun 1. Examples of fine printing (as in a collection). Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: typographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From typography + -er. 1. A person skilled in typography, a typesetter. 2. A typewriter. 3. A kind of bark beetle, Ips typographus.
Word: tulipomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tulip Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -mania English tulipomania From tulip + -o- + -mania. 1. Hyperenthusiasm for tulips. Labels: uncountable 2. Such enthusiasm (or the period of its duration) during the Dutch Golden Age when contract prices for bulbs of the recently introduced tulip reached extraordinarily high levels and then suddenly collapsed (1634–1637); it is widely considered the first speculative bubble (asset bubble). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Certainly one of the best illustrations of the fantastic in the motley variety of items that avarice might seize for its own is the tulipomania that swept over the Netherlands in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Example: [I]n 1646, during the phenomenon known as "Tulipomania", a tulip like the red and white 'Admirael van der Eijck', or the purple-splashed 'Generalen van Gouda' would sell for more than 1,000 Dutch florins, at a time when the average annual income of a skilled worker was about 300 florins.
Word: normalcy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From normal + -cy. The original sense was mathematical. The broader sense was popularized in the United States by its use by President Warren G. Harding.https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=normalcy Pronunciation: /ˈnɔɹməlsi/ 1. The state of being geometrically normal, at a right angle. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being normal; the fact of being normal; normality. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment; not surgery, but serenity; not the dramatic, but the dispassionate; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality but sustainment in triumphant nationality. Example: When so I ponder, here apart, / What shallow boons suffice my heart, / What dust-bound trivia capture me, / I marvel at my normalcy.
Word: tulipomaniac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tulip Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -maniac English tulipomaniac From tulip + -o- + -maniac. 1. Someone who suffers from tulipomania; someone who is extremely fond of tulips.
Word: Tutania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Trade name. Named after William Tutin, an English manufacturer. 1. An alloy of copper, antimony, zinc and tin patented in 1770 by William Tutin, whose firm used it in commercial production of housewares. Labels: uncountable
Word: tufaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tufa + -aceous. 1. Of the nature or texture of tufa.
Word: tuffaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tuff + -aceous. 1. Of the nature or texture of tuff.
Word: boy in blue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From their blue uniforms. 1. A policeman. Labels: UK, US, in-plural, slang 2. A member of the air force. Labels: UK, dated Example: Air force personnel used to distinguish airmen (blue jobs or boys in blue) from army personnel (brown jobs or boys in brown).
Word: truckled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of truckle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tropical year Part of Speech: noun 1. The time that it takes for the Sun to return to the same position along the ecliptic, as viewed from the Earth, especially, completing a full cycle of seasons. 2. A vernal equinox year; the time between two successive vernal equinoxes. 3. The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star, taking into account orbital precession. Labels: broadly
Word: caravansary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Anglicization of caravanserai, influenced by -ary, -ery (suffix denoting ‘place of’), as if meaning “place of caravans” by reanalysis as caravan + -s- (interfix) + -ary, -ery. Cognates * German Karawanserei Pronunciation: /ˌkæɹəˈvænsəɹi/, /ˌkɛɹəˈvænsəɹi/ 1. Alternative spelling of caravanserai. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A dervise travelling through Tartary, being arrived at the town of Balk, went into the king's palace by mistake, as thinking it to be a public inn, or caravansary. […] It happened that the king himself passed through the gallery during this debate, and, smiling at the mistake of the dervise, asked him how he could possibly be so dull as not to distinguish a palace from a caravansary? […] 'Ah, Sir,' said the dervise, a house that changes its inhabitants so often, and receives such a perpetual succession of guests, is not a palace, but a caravansary.' Example: But not in sumptuous Caravansary / The adventurer idles there, / Nor satiates wonder with her pomp and wealth; […]
Word: 8 ball Part of Speech: noun 1. The eighth numbered ball. Labels: literally Example: The 8 ball was buried behind the 10 and the 15. 2. A cocktail made with vodka and V8 vegetable juice. 3. An eighth of an ounce, especially as a drug quantity. Labels: slang 4. 3.5 grams of cocaine. Labels: slang 5. A 40 ounce bottle of malt liquor Labels: slang 6. The alliance of the Folks and Crips (two gangs). Labels: slang
Word: stunt double Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of body double: a skilled stand-in used for dangerous film or video sequences such as jumping out of a building, leaping from vehicle to vehicle, and fight sequences.
Word: backshish Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of baksheesh. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: backshish Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of baksheesh. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bacteriophobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bacterio- + -phobic. 1. Afflicted with bacteriophobia.
Word: baiter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bait Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English baiter From bait + -er. 1. Agent noun of bait; one who baits, as a fishhook. Labels: agent, form-of Example: The baiter stands amidships, with the bait-box outside the rail: with a tin pint nailed to a long handle he begins throwing out bait, while every man stands to his berth. Example: The hook is easily big enough to pass through a man's hand, and if it catches some part of the baiter's body or clothing, he goes over the side with it. 2. A troll who deliberately posts aggravating messages on a message board to elicit responses. Labels: Internet, slang
Word: bakchoi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek βάκχοι (bákkhoi), from Βάκχος (Bákkhos). 1. In the Eleusinian Mysteries, the branches that initiates swung along the ground along the Sacred Way, the 22-kilometer pilgrimage from Athens to Eleusis. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: bake sale Part of Speech: noun 1. A fundraising activity where baked goods are sold, with profits going to charity or some other good cause. Example: We try to do our part, and whenever there is a bake sale, we try to participate. Example: Funds were also raised through LNER staff volunteering their time to participate in a range of activities, including sporting events, bake sales and raffles. 2. A session of smoking marijuana. Labels: slang
Word: bakla Part of Speech: noun 1. Effeminate man. Labels: Philippines
Word: come-over Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from come over. 1. Synonym of comeover.
Word: barrier method Part of Speech: noun 1. A means of contraception involving an impenetrable barrier, such as a diaphragm or condom, between sexual partners.
Word: bass note Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪsnəʊt/ 1. The lowest note played or notated.
Word: bibcock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bib + cock; thus ultimately traceable to the idea of drinking (e.g., water, wine, beer). 1. An appliance (typically a valve with a threaded outlet) allowing the provision of hose connections outside of buildings. Example: Holonym: plumbing
Word: bicentenary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English centenary English bicentenary From bi- + centenary. 1. Synonym of bicentennial (“a 200th anniversary”). Example: Original stone Stockton & Darlington Railway sleepers, thought to be 195 years old, have been installed as close as possible to the route's original starting point. They carry replica fishbelly rails, and the project [...] was part of an initiative by the Brusselton Incline Group to mark the start of the five-year countdown to the S&D bicentenary celebrations in 2025.
Word: bigfeet Part of Speech: noun 1. snowblades; a smaller version of skis. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: bigfeet Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bigfoot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: black eye Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌblæk ˈaɪ/ 1. A periorbital hematoma; a visible bruise surrounding a person's eye; an assault causing such a bruise; the eye involved. Example: "You got a black eye out of him, and that's for publication. We can't have this reign of terror, Mr. Malone." 2. A defeat. Labels: figuratively 3. Damage to a reputation. Labels: figuratively Example: He looked downward in mournful gloom at the skeet-shooting range he had ordered built for the officers on his headquarters staff, and he recalled the mortifying afternoon General Dreedle had tongue-lashed him ruthlessly in front of Colonel Korn and Major Danby and ordered him to throw open the range to all the enlisted men and officers on combat duty. The skeet-shooting range had been a real black eye for him, Colonel Cathcart was forced to conclude. 4. An eye having a dark iris, regarded as a point of beauty. Labels: dated 5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, eye.
Word: blepharoptosis Part of Speech: noun 1. The drooping of the upper eyelid. Labels: uncountable
Word: bobet Part of Speech: noun 1. A flag which monitors which way the wind is blowing
Word: bookend Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From book + end. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊkɛnd/, /ˈbɵkɛnd/, /ˈbʊkend/, /ˈbʉkɛnd/ 1. A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright. 2. Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else. Labels: figuratively Example: The cabinet minister's appearance served as something of a bookend to her grilling by the Home Affairs select committee in April this year[…] Example: In both Episode 1 and Episode 9, which serve as bookends, Burns found fascinating footage of a 1938 event at which President Franklin Roosevelt spoke to living veterans who wore the Blue and the Gray; […]
Word: bookend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From book + end. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊkɛnd/, /ˈbɵkɛnd/, /ˈbʊkend/, /ˈbʉkɛnd/ 1. To come before and after, or at both sides of. Labels: figuratively, often, transitive Example: Side one has good songs bookended by better songs. Example: The tale is bookended by battles – faces meatily pummelled, bones crunchily broken and throats spurtingly sliced as offstage conflicts are placed centre-screen.
Word: bouffant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French bouffant, from Middle French; present participle of bouffer (“to puff”). Doublet of buffont. Pronunciation: /ˈbuːfɑ̃/, /buˈfɑːnt/, /ˈbufɑːnt/ 1. Of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed out away from head or body. Example: Her bouffant suit made her seem much heavier than her petite figure actually was.
Word: bouffant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French bouffant, from Middle French; present participle of bouffer (“to puff”). Doublet of buffont. Pronunciation: /ˈbuːfɑ̃/, /buˈfɑːnt/, /ˈbufɑːnt/ 1. A puffy, round hairstyle, popular in the mid-to-late 16th century, characterized by hair raised high on the head and usually covering the ears or hanging down on the sides. Example: Mother went a little pale. “Preposterous!” she said. “I don’t know what’s got into you!” She fiddled with her bouffant, almost as if she was nervous. Example: But by the early 1980s the energy had largely drained from the punk movement, giving way to the synthesizers, eyeliner and bouffants of so-called New Romantic bands like Duran Duran and Adam and the Ants.
Word: bourrelet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bourrelet. 1. An accurately machined portion around the diameter of a shell of a gun, which acts to increase accuracy of projectile fit to the barrel. Example: The bourrelet is a slightly raised surface on the rocket designed to maintain a light contact with the inside of the launching tube to center the rocket when fired. 2. An escoffion. 3. A raised rim around a footprint consisting of sediment displaced by the pressure of the step.
Word: buck naked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The earlier of two similar references to the unclothed state, the later version being the reverse bowdlerization butt-naked. First evidenced in early twentieth century literature and, some say, in the British lexicon. It is possible the phrase was originally based on the racist usage of "buck" to refer to Black people or Native Americans, who when enslaved were often presented naked at auctions. 1. Completely naked. Labels: not-comparable
Word: buddy store Part of Speech: noun 1. An external fuel tank that is loaded on the bomb rack on military aircraft, having hose-and-drogue equipment for aerial refuelling.
Word: bushbash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bush + bash. 1. To travel or build a route straight across country rather than following an established track, typically involving forcing one's way through forest and/or undergrowth. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: Today she and husband Murray “bushbash” regularly, going camping in remote gorges and creeks. Example: 2008, George Dunford, Matthew D. Firestone, Anthony Ham, The Big Trip: Your Ultimate Guide to Gap Years and Overseas Adventures, Lonely Planet, page 215, Experienced bushbashing motorcyclists prize the rough roads of Cambodia, Laos and northern Thailand.
Word: calade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French calade. 1. A slope or declivity in a manège ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to its haunches. Example: Work your horse in a calade, after the Italian way; ride him straight, and then you make good use of the calade.
Word: gayest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of gay: most gay Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: versify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English versifien, from Old French versifier, learned borrowing from Latin versificāre (“versify”), from versus (see verse) + faciō (“make”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪfaɪ/ 1. to make or compose verses Labels: ambitransitive Example: I'll versify in spite, and do my best. 2. to tell in verse; deal with in verse form Labels: transitive 3. to turn (prose) into poetry; rewrite in verse form Labels: transitive
Word: rapping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹæp.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of rap Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rapping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹæp.ɪŋ/ 1. The sound of a rap or knock. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: During the séance, we heard mysterious rappings on the table. 2. Musical speech accompanied by a rhythm, most commonly as part of hip-hop music. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rapping Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɹæp.ɪŋ/ 1. Remarkably large; whopping. Labels: colloquial, dated
Word: blix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bleach + fixer. 1. In color photography, a combination of bleach and fixer, which removes both the silver crystals and silver halides, leaving behind the color dyes, which form the negative image. Labels: uncountable
Word: blix Part of Speech: noun 1. Deliberate misspelling of blicks (“gun”). Labels: alt-of, deliberate, misspelling, plural, plural-only Example: See all these blix?
Word: Roth Part of Speech: name Etymology: The surname reflects several origins; see Roth. 1. A surname. Example: Having long represented Cobain’s widow, Courtney Love, United Talent Agency gained representation of the estate last year for what Mr. Roth describes as an “agencywide collaboration.” 2. A surname. 3. A surname.
Word: dead space Part of Speech: noun 1. The portion of the respiratory tract that is ventilated but not perfused by pulmonary circulation. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Picture information that is either masked off or cropped out of viewing area, whether at the top or bottom, or to the sides. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An unusable space. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: deterr Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of deter. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: dichlor- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of dichloro- used mainly before a vowel. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: chloric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chlor- + -ic. 1. Of a compound, containing chlorine with a higher oxidation number than equivalent chlorous compounds; especially having an oxidation number of 5. Labels: not-comparable
Word: chlorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chlor- + -ous. 1. Of a compound, containing chlorine with a lower oxidation number than equivalent chloric compounds; especially having an oxidation number of 3. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to, or resembling, the electronegative character of chlorine; hence, electronegative; opposed to basylous or zincous. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: Old Slavonic Part of Speech: name 1. Old Church Slavonic language 2. Proto-Slavic language 3. Old East Slavic language
Word: revenooer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of revenuer. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dialectal Example: Federal revenooers recognize two kinds of cigarettes[…]
Word: choosable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *chosable, chesable, cheseable, equivalent to choose + -able. 1. Able to be chosen or selected.
Word: choosable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *chosable, chesable, cheseable, equivalent to choose + -able. 1. Something that may be chosen; an option or alternative.
Word: frabjous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Originally a nonce word in Lewis Carroll's poem “Jabberwocky” (see the quotation); probably a blend of fair + fabulous + joyous. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæbd͡ʒəs/ 1. Fabulous, joyous; great, wonderful. Example: “[…] O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!” He chortled in his joy. Example: Stalks! Frabjous stalks! Bottled ’em! all four!
Word: columbarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin columbārium, from columba (“pigeon”) + -ārium (“place for”). Pronunciation: /ˌkɒləmˈbɛəɹi.əm/, /ˌkɑləmˈbɛri.əm/ 1. A columbary, especially a large and architecturally impressive one for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, such as those in ancien régime France. Labels: historical Example: Meronym: pigeonhole Example: Near-synonyms: dovecote, pigeon loft 2. A pigeonhole in such a dovecote. 3. A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains. Example: We have seen how it is originally language which works on the construction of concepts, a labor taken over in later ages by science. Just as the bee simultaneously constructs cells and fills them with honey, so science works unceasingly on this great columbarium of concepts, the graveyard of perceptions. Example: The columbarium (vaults lined with recesses for cinerary urns) in the form of a grotto (a cave-like structure) is the centerpiece of the Elks plot. 4. A niche in such a building for housing urns.
Word: Aalenian Part of Speech: name Etymology: After Aalen (in Germany) + -ian 1. A subdivision of the Middle Jurassic epoch or series.
Word: Aalenian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: After Aalen (in Germany) + -ian 1. Of or pertaining to the Aalenian epoch. Labels: not-comparable
Word: chooseable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English choose Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English chooseable From choose + -able. 1. Alternative spelling of choosable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: spectrophotometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Italic *spekjō Latin speciō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Latin -trum Latin spectrumbor. English spectrum English spectro- English photometry English spectrophotometry From spectro- + photometry. 1. the quantitative analysis of electromagnetic spectra by use of a spectrophotometer; especially in order to determine the structure or quantity of a substance Labels: uncountable
Word: binary star Part of Speech: noun 1. A stellar system in which two stars orbit around their common center of mass; double star.
Word: all the more Part of Speech: adv 1. Even more; notably, but even more notably in light of additional information, either preceding or following the statement. Labels: not-comparable Example: Lytle’s progress as a boxer is all the more remarkable when taking into account his unique circumstances. Example: I had to work all the harder with two people off sick.