nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: 9-1-1 Part of Speech: name Etymology: The official form of the service's name in regulations and materials from the United States National Emergency Number Association and Federal Communication Commission. 1. Alternative spelling of 911. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 9-1-1 is a phone number everyone knows growing up; its mention is associated with fear and disaster. If you’re dialing 9-1-1, something’s wrong. Using it in conjunction with another terrible event, then, isn’t a huge leap. If the events took place on March 11 (like the public information phone number 3-1-1), perhaps the metonym wouldn’t be “3/11,” since it isn’t similarly visceral. (It’s worth noting that the Madrid train bombings, which took place on March 11, are known in Spain as “11-M” due to the country’s use of the date-before-month method of date formatting.) (This connection between “9/11” and 9-1-1 is made evident in the story of its initial usage.
Word: 9-1-1 Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The official form of the service's name in regulations and materials from the United States National Emergency Number Association and Federal Communication Commission. 1. Alternative spelling of 911. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncommon, uncountable
Word: 9-1-1 Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The official form of the service's name in regulations and materials from the United States National Emergency Number Association and Federal Communication Commission. 1. Alternative spelling of 911. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: nine-one-one Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of 9-1-1. Labels: Canada, US, alt-of, alternative
Word: nine-one-one Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of 9-1-1. Labels: Canada, US, alt-of, alternative
Word: claytonia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. Pronunciation: /kleɪˈtəʊ.ni.ə/, /kleɪˈtoʊ.ni.ə/ 1. Any plant in the taxonomic genus Claytonia. Example: We may harvest a salad of mache, endive hearts, and claytonia.
Word: add-ins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of add-in Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shoeshop Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shoe shop. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shoeshops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shoeshop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rorty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 19th century UK. Unknown etymology. Farmer (1903) categorises the term as costermongers' slang. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɔː(ɹ)ti/ 1. Boisterous, rowdy, saucy, dissipated, or risqué. Labels: UK, informal Example: "Tell us a good story, Rodney — one of your rorty ones." / Mr. Rodney shrivelled. / "I fear," he murmured — "I fear I am scarcely in the — er — rorty vein to-night." Example: But compared with the heavy, muffling darkness of the night in which the countryside was sunk, the lights looked positively rorty
Word: tadger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scots tadger (“penis”). Compare English todger (“penis”). 1. A penis. Labels: Scotland Example: 2005, Liz Rettig, My Desperate Love Diary: by Kelly Ann, Corgi Books, UK, page 302, G says just the thought of trying to bonk in my house was enough to shrivel his tadger and that he′d rather have sex in Argyle Street in the rush hour than try to do it at my place. Example: I mean childhood doesn′t last long anyway, by the time you realise you are a child ten years later you′re tugging at yer tadger.
Word: tumble dryers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tumble dryer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dummy spits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dummy spit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ministeria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ministerium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Milky Way Galaxy Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Milky Way + galaxy. 1. The galaxy in which Earth and the rest of the Solar System is located. Example: Holonyms: Local Group < Virgo Supercluster < Laniakea < Universe Example: Meronyms: Earth < Solar System < Orion Arm
Word: mundans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mundan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Great Sky River Part of Speech: name Etymology: Translation of the name of the night sky phenomenon in several Native American cultures. 1. The Milky Way, the night sky visual phenomenon caused by dense regions of the Milky Way Galaxy appearing nebulous. (Used especially in Native American contexts.)
Word: Silvery River Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Literary Chinese 銀河 (yínhé). 1. the Milky Way, the night sky visual phenomenon caused by dense regions of the Milky Way Galaxy appearing nebulous (generally found when referring to East Asians in a historical context, situated in East Asia)
Word: Andromeda Galaxy Part of Speech: name 1. A spiral galaxy in the Local Group and closest to the Milky Way, visible to the naked eye in the constellation of Andromeda, the brightest of the Messier objects and often referred to by its designation M31. Example: After a 600-year voyage, the good news is we're exactly where we're supposed to be: We have arrived in the Heleus Cluster, Andromeda Galaxy, year 2819.
Word: Great Nebula in Andromeda Part of Speech: name 1. The Andromeda Galaxy, a term that was used before it was known to be a spiral galaxy. Labels: obsolete
Word: white nebula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: white + nebula 1. a nebula that appears white in colouration through a high-powered telescope (nebulae often appear to have some hint of colour through a powerful telescope, but white when not using a powerful instrument); these nebulae were generally to be determined to be galaxies in the 20th century Labels: obsolete
Word: spiral nebula Part of Speech: noun 1. a spiral-shaped nebula 2. a spiral-shaped white nebula; these were generally determined to be spiral galaxies in the 20th century Labels: obsolete
Word: Dreyers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Dreyer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dobsonian Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɒbˈsəʊ.ni.ən/, /dɑbˈsoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. A Dobsonian telescope.
Word: Dobsonian telescope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dobson + -ian + telescope From John Dobson, its inventor. 1. An alt-azimuth mounted Newtonian telescope; a type of reflecting telescope.
Word: Galilean telescope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Galileo + -an + telescope. From Galileo, who was the first to use this type of telescope for astronomy. 1. a type of refracting telescope (refractor) similar to the one used by Galileo Galilei.
Word: toss around Part of Speech: verb 1. To offer for suggestion. Labels: transitive Example: "We’ve also tossed around increasing the gate admission from $5 to $7 or $8, but we really want to avoid impacting the fairgoer, so we’re keeping admission at $5," Jensen said. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To toss (throw) from one person to another.. Labels: transitive Example: We tossed around the football in the park.
Word: wretche Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of wretch. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: playnt Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of plaint. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: suddain Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of sudden. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: suddain Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete spelling of sudden. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: grownd Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of ground. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: playnts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of playnt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grownds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grownd Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unterrified Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + terrified. 1. Not terrified. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unebbing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + ebbing. 1. Not ebbing; not tending to ebb. Labels: figuratively, literally, not-comparable
Word: unwincing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + wincing. 1. Not wincing, showing no sign of pain or discomfort. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: So she sat almost motionless for hours in the drawing-room, going over the bitterness of every remembrance with an unwincing resolution. Example: There the man sat, straight as a totem pole and as unwincing, while rain-squalls belabored his bare head and sweatered body.
Word: ginsing Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of ginseng. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: The district of Song-do, about fifty-five miles from Seoul, is the centre of the ginsing industry
Word: biophoton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + photon. 1. A low-energy photon emitted from a biological source (but not by bioluminescence)
Word: biophotons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biophoton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: correctability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From correct + -ability or correctable + -ity. 1. The condition of being correctable. Labels: uncountable
Word: ergosurface Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ergo- + surface. 1. The outer surface of the ergosphere.
Word: magnetocentrifugally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From magnetocentrifugal + -ly. 1. In a magnetocentrifugal manner Labels: not-comparable
Word: initial objects Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of initial object Labels: form-of, plural
Word: initial points Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of initial point Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whar Part of Speech: adv 1. Appalachia form of where. Labels: Appalachia, alt-of
Word: whar Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Due to the proximity of the r key to the t key on QWERTY keyboards standard in English-speaking countries. 1. Deliberate misspelling of what. Labels: alt-of, deliberate, humorous, misspelling
Word: pekid Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈpiːkɪd/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of peaked (“sickly-looking, peaky”). Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Don't whip Ralph while I'm gone — the poor boy aint well — he looks right pekid Example: Like everybody who had the flu in those days, I was pretty run-down and pekid.
Word: noncompulsory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + compulsory. 1. Not compulsory. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noninitiative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + initiative. 1. In which voter initiatives cannot be brought to the ballot. Labels: not-comparable Example: The second row shows that initiative states fill more constitutional offices by election than noninitiative states, and the difference is statistically significant after controlling for region and population.
Word: constitutive ablation Part of Speech: noun 1. A gene expression that results in cell death. Labels: uncountable
Word: science center Part of Speech: noun 1. An organization, location, or virtual location where science is done or exhibited, either professionally or educationally. Example: Founded in 1967 as a private, nonprofit science center, Talcott attracts thousands of students from the region to its daylong and weekend sessions to supplement their regular science curriculum Example: Intel's hands-on science centers were so successful with students that the New Mexico State Department of Education adopted them as a model for schools.
Word: faulcon Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of falcon. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: On Felony for ſtealing a Faulcon. Every perſon that findeth any Falcon ... that is loſt of his Lords,...forthwith he ſhall bring to the Sherif of the County[.]
Word: low cost carrier Part of Speech: noun 1. An airline that sells very inexpensive tickets but which does not provide (or charges for) typical services like meals or the carriage of baggage.
Word: rufie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of roofie. Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang Example: The drug in question is Rohipnol, also called Rufinol ("rufies"). It is a prescription drug given to people who have difficulty sleeping. [...] I know several people who have experienced the effects of this drug. Two of them are close friends of mine who intentionally took rufies after having drunk one beer each; [...] Example: He had come to ditch his rufies and stash of filth in a bid for salvation. I gave him all the unction I could, but there's a problem with ditching your rufies and porn: you can always go out and buy some more tomorrow.
Word: rufie Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of roofie. Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang Example: I think all of you are right, this rookie guy's a jerk. My girlfriend's best friend got rufied last year, and it wasn't very pleasant for her. That kind of behavior is sociopathic. Example: It was after I had been "rufied" and passed out. I only remember a trapeze, a turkey baster, and a sharp pain emanating from my rectum...
Word: teach grandma to suck eggs Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of teach grandma how to suck eggs. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: don't try to teach grandma how to suck eggs Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: From a 1707 translation by John Stevens of comical works of Francisco de Quevedo (1580 – 1645). "You would have me teach my Grandame to suck Eggs" 1. Don't presume to give advice to those who are more experienced.
Word: 3-dimensional Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of three-dimensional. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: 4-dimensional Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of four-dimensional. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: 2-dimensional Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of two-dimensional. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: predicative case Part of Speech: noun 1. A term that may sometimes be used to describe the case marking a predicative noun (a noun that renames the subject often following a linking verb), or for the adjective that agrees with it (predicative adjective). Example: Hjelmslev also notes that in Tabassaran, a Daghestan language of the Caucasus, a language with a very large case system (see section 5.6), there is a predicative case marked by -u-, -ä- or -ö-. Example: The conclusion could be formulated as follows: in Common Baltic, there was probably a certain marginal use of the instrumental as a marked predicative case alongside the nominative.
Word: yester- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Middle English yester-, yister-, from Old English ġeostran-, ġiestran- (“previous day, prior day”), from Proto-West Germanic *gesteran, from Proto-Germanic *gesteraz (“yesterday”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyés (“yesterday”). Compare Dutch gisteren, German gestern (“yesterday”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 (gistradagis, “tomorrow”), Latin hesternus (“of yesterday”), Ancient Greek χθές (khthés, “yesterday”), Sanskrit ह्यस् (hyás, “yesterday”). More at yesterday. Pronunciation: /ˈjɛstə(ɹ)/ 1. Belonging to the day preceding the present; next before the present. Labels: morpheme, rare 2. Of former, earlier, or previous times. Labels: morpheme
Word: yester-year Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of yesteryear. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: beeyatch Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of biatch. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: She'd bonded with Madison last summer, and this year the child was a little beeyatch. Example: Knock my ambition all you want, but two restaurants in my hospitality group have Grand Award status, which is more than you can say for your places, beeyatch!
Word: beeyatches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beeyatch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fremds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fremd Labels: form-of, plural
Word: garden centres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of garden centre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fitness models Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fitness model Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fitness centers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fitness center Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: JUs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of JU Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aërian Part of Speech: adj 1. Dated form of aerian. Labels: alt-of, dated, not-comparable
Word: navettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of navette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: solar tracker Part of Speech: noun 1. A device that moves so as to aim a payload, such as a collector of solar energy, at the sun as it crosses the sky.
Word: neomenia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin neomēnia. Pronunciation: / niːə(ʊ)ˈmiːniə / 1. The time of the new moon; the beginning of the month in the lunar calendar. Labels: obsolete Example: The ſecond, Neomenia, or new moon, in which day they alwaies beganne the moneth; and twelue ſuch monethes made a yeare, by the courſe of the moone; for by the courſe of the ſunne, the yeare conteineth eleuven dayes more, which in three yeares make abouve a moneth.
Word: snowgirl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snow + girl, modelled on snowman. 1. A kind of snowman with female features, intended to represent a girl.
Word: snowdog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snow + dog. 1. A visual representation of a dog made from snow. Example: Jeremy Fisher, 13, spent a good part of the afternoon building four snowmen and a snowdog outside his home on Main Street in the Broad Brook section of East Windsor. Example: They then build a giant snowdog together and the ending builds up gradually as the snowdog slowly melts over the weeks.
Word: snow out Part of Speech: verb 1. To cover with snow. Labels: idiomatic Example: The drift was becoming prodigiously deep; landmarks were getting snowed out; the road and the fields were all one: 2. To prevent (an event) from occurring because of snow. Labels: passive, regional Example: It snowed during the second week of February, snowed Thursday and Friday, snowed out the Friday night basketball game with Bethel Christian Academy, snowed until Saturday morning, then turned extremely cold
Word: snowfighter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snow + fighter. 1. Someone charged with removing snow from roads. Labels: US
Word: snowflakey Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of snowflaky. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: snowstormy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From snowstorm + -y. 1. Of or pertaining to a snowstorm.
Word: snow down Part of Speech: verb 1. to fall from the sky, as snow Labels: intransitive
Word: mincepie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mince pie. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: pull back Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, back. Example: Her nightgown was thin, and she felt chilly as she stepped across the hall, pulling back the curtain that shielded Gabriel's room. Example: What's more, I pull back the sheets to take a quick but suspicious gander at Bunny, and she's wearing a pair of my briefs. 2. To retreat. Example: Central African armed forces (FACA) troops were forced to pull back from the town and were planning an operation to retake it, the source said. 3. To pass (the ball) into a position further from the attacking goal line. Labels: transitive Example: December 1 2010, Paul Fletcher, BBC News, Ipswich 1-0 West Brom Jason Scotland should have scored after Tamas advanced purposefully down the right before pulling the ball back into the path of his team-mate, who shot straight at Myhill. 4. To score when the team is losing. Labels: transitive Example: Feb 19 2007, Al-Jazeera, Stylish Sevilla pull level with faltering Barcelona Ronaldinho pulled back a goal for Barca in injury time with a classy free-kick, but it was clearly too little too late to prevent their third Liga defeat.
Word: PSPO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of public space protection order. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of professional scrum product owner. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PSM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of professional scrum master. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of phono-semantic matching. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of permanent-magnet synchronous motor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: hit back Part of Speech: verb 1. To retaliate Labels: intransitive Example: The Baggies almost hit back instantly when Graham Dorrans broke from midfield and pulled the trigger from 15 yards but Paul Robinson did superbly to tip the Scot's drive around the post. 2. To return a missed phone call with (someone). Labels: slang, transitive
Word: cut back Part of Speech: verb 1. To reduce the amount of (something). Labels: intransitive, transitive, with-on Example: The foliage is out of control and needs to be cut back. Example: Some U.S. banks are cutting back their dealings with embassies and other foreign institutions in the United States because of the difficulty of complying with money-laundering rules, the Wall Street Journal reported. 2. To reduce spending. Labels: intransitive, with-on Example: We need to cut back heavily on office supplies. Is there another vendor we can use? 3. To reduce consumption. Labels: intransitive, often, with-on Example: He needs to cut back on doughnuts. He weighs 289 pounds! Example: I've cut back to one pack of cigarettes a week. 4. To perform the cutback maneuver. Labels: intransitive Example: I cut back again myself and went over the top of the wave. 5. To use a short cut; to move to a location to block someone; to cut someone off Labels: intransitive, often Example: He almost scored but the defender cut back to him.
Word: naufragous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin naufragium (“shipwreck”) + -ous. 1. Of or pertaining to a shipwreck. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, rare Example: It is the most dangerous shipwreck, that this naufragous world can give, the shipwreck of faith.
Word: froust Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of frowst. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: frousts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of froust Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: frousting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of froust Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: frousted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of froust Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: flightcraft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flight + -craft (skill). 1. The ability, skill, or art of flying. Labels: uncountable Example: In other words, we must hone our skills of flightcraft to a new level of efficiency.
Word: flightcraft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flight + -craft (vehicle). 1. An aircraft, especially one in motion or flight. Labels: rare Example: I use the phrase " flightcraft " rather than " aircraft," because flightcraft implies motion. Our structures are commonly known as... flightcraft.
Word: Det Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of detective. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: primitia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin primitiae (“first fruits”). Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈmɪʃə/ 1. The first fruits. Labels: obsolete 2. The first year's whole profit of an ecclesiastical preferment. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: the primitias of your parsonage
Word: primitiae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of primitia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: primitias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of primitia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frenchise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From french + -ise. 1. Obsolete spelling of franchise. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] the clerk of the Sebastian Circuit Court issued a writ of quo warranto, against the appellee, Raphael M. Johnson, requiring him to show by what authority or warrant, he exercises the office and frenchise of Mayor of the City of Fort Smith, in the county of Sebastian, in this State. Example: Meetings of Freemen legally & peaceably assembled to Petition Congress for the Elective Frenchise not to be taken away by law, […]
Word: supercrescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin supercrescens, present participle of supercrescere. 1. Growing on some other growing thing. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: consume or diminish the supercrescent or overgrown Flesh
Word: reverse-commute Part of Speech: verb 1. To travel to a more urban area in the evening and from it in the morning.
Word: reverse commute Part of Speech: noun 1. A trip to a more urban area in the evening, or from it in the morning.
Word: reverse-commutes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reverse-commute Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reverse-commuting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reverse-commute Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reverse-commuted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reverse-commute Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reverse commutes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reverse commute Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zac Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of zack. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Coated with black crumbs and custard, the zac streaked out of his mouth like a dum-dum and ricocheted off a tureen. Example: 'You're very fortunate.' 'I worked for it, every zac and deener.'
Word: blood rule Part of Speech: noun 1. A rule requiring that a player receive medical attention before continuing to play if he is bleeding or there is blood on him or his clothes.
Word: blood rules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blood rule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reverse commuter Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who travels to a more urban area in the evening and from it in the morning.
Word: reverse commuters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reverse commuter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bennies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Benny Labels: form-of, plural
Word: butter curler Part of Speech: noun 1. A kitchen tool designed to produce decorative butter shapes for use in food decoration.
Word: frenchises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frenchise Labels: form-of, plural
Word: X-bar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Pronunciation of its text representation: a letter X with overbar (X̄). 1. A phrase, or, equivalently, a node in a syntax tree, which consists either of: (1) an adjunct and another X-bar phrase, (2) a head, X, and an optional complement, or (3) a conjunction sandwiched between two other X-bars. The X is a "pro-letter" which can be substituted by letters such as N for noun, V for verb, P for preposition, I for inflectional, etc. Example: For example, the fact that give must occur as the leftmost constituent of the V-bar containing it follows from two conditions. The first is a putatively universal linearisation (i.e. word-order) principle proposed by Stowell (1981, p. 68) which we might call the PERIPHERY PRINCIPLE: this can be outlined informally as in (33) below: (33) PERIPHERY PRINCIPLE (33) The head term of a Phrase appears at the periphery of X-bar What (33) says is that the Head must be the leftmost or rightmost immediate constituent of X-bar.
Word: give suck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From give + suck (verb) (bare infinitive, though now generally felt as a noun). 1. To suckle; to give milk from the breast (to). Labels: archaic Example: Wo be in those dayes to them that are with chylde, and to them that geve sucke. Example: "She brought forth the earth from her belly. She gave suck. The earth brought forth woman and the woman brought forth the first man out of her belly."
Word: UAR Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of United Arab Republic: a former country composed of modern Egypt and Syria. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: United Arab Republic Part of Speech: name 1. Former (1958-61) country in the Middle East composed of the modern states of Egypt and Syria. 2. Former (1961-71) official name of Egypt after Syria left the union.
Word: red chip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Red China + blue chip. 1. A stock or other investment in a perceived high-value and reliable company of the People's Republic of China.
Word: Red China Part of Speech: name Etymology: From red + China; see red (“communist”). 1. The People's Republic of China. Example: The highest military body in Red China, the People’s Revolutionary Military Council, is made up of 22 of these 52 Red generals, and three-fifths of them are on the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Example: Kennedy said that he was opposed to recognition of Red China. He indicated, however, that strong arguments had been presented to him in favor of the so-called “two Chinas policy.” Under this policy, Nationalist China would retain its seat on the Security Council, and Red China would have only a seat in the Assembly. This would mean that Red China would have only one vote out of about a hundred in the Assembly and would not be able to block UN action by veto. Kennedy said that proponents of this policy were contending that Red China could not do any damage in the UN under such circumstances.
Word: monosuit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mono- + suit. 1. Any of several forms of one-piece clothing that covers all or most of the body
Word: monosuits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monosuit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: testificate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin testificātus. 1. A certificate of good character that was required to allow travel between parishes in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Labels: Scotland, historical Example: The statutory part is, " that no tenant or servant be received without testificate of their carriage, agreeable to the bond annexed," upon the pain of arbitrary punishment ; Example: ...and the same day a proclamation was issued, requiring all heritors, and in their absence, their factors and chamberlains, to convocate all the inhabitants on their lands, and to bring them before any of the privy councillors or commissioners appointed by the counil, and cause them to swear the abjuration-oath, and receive a testificate to serve as a free pass, without which any person who should adventure to travel should be holden and used as a communer with the said execrable rebels ; 2. A Minecraft villager. Labels: informal Example: Villagers have the name "TESTIFICATE" displayed over their heads as player names are displayed in multiplayer. Example: Welcome back. When we last left off I was in the process of duplicating all of my villagers to prepare for emerald farm upgrades. [...] Right now my job is to put together a bunch of new cages for [the villagers. ...] After a good deal of testificate wrangling it is done now.
Word: wriggle out of Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wriggle, out of. Example: The worm wriggled out of the man's pocket. 2. To avoid performing a duty or fulfilling an obligation, by sneaky means. Labels: transitive Example: RMT General Secretary Eddie Dempsey claimed the operator was trying to "wriggle out of its agreements and block fair pay for its members".
Word: seatwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From seat + work. 1. The schoolwork done by students sitting at their desks during schooltime. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: wanker's cramp Part of Speech: noun 1. An ache in the wrist caused by repetitive movements. Labels: idiomatic, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: I was just amazed the poor boy didn't get wanker's cramp having to count out fifteen thousand pounds in cash. Example: It's amazing how you can get wanker's cramp from frantically squeezing a brake lever
Word: wrong-foot Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause a competitor to move or put weight on the wrong foot, as by making an unexpected move. Example: Johnson hesitated with his back to goal and was dispossessed by Mulumbu, who instantly played Odemwingie through on goal. The Nigerian kept his composure to wrong-foot Reina. 2. To cause a competitor to move or put weight on the wrong foot, as by making an unexpected move. Labels: transitive 3. To catch (someone) off balance, off guard; to surprise. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: The Swedish academy had defied bookies’ predictions and wrongfooted critics too many times in the past, and if there was one consensus in the run-up, it was that the prize would not go to Europe, where six of the last ten winners had come from. Example: He is cast as a master of brinkmanship who uses shock and chaos to wrongfoot opponents before settling, in the end, for more sober outcomes. 4. To place (someone) at a tactical disadvantage. Labels: broadly, transitive
Word: yule log Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Yule log. Labels: alt-of
Word: zip-up Part of Speech: adj 1. Fastened by means of a zip. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ever since actor and WH cover star Alexandra Daddario slow-mo jogged onto our screens in the Baywatch reboot, we’ve been wondering what she did to look that fit in a red zip-up swimsuit.
Word: zip down Part of Speech: verb 1. To unzip. Labels: transitive Example: "Naughty cat," she said, but less fiercely, while she zipped down her jacket and made a warm pocket for the kittens in the crook of her arm. Example: And the man, another Jamaican, says him don't buy puss in a bag so open the bag and make me see the goodies, and I zip down my pants and take it out, and then he asks me to jack off and I'm feeling weird […]
Word: varroatosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Varroa + -osis 1. A disease of honeybees caused by parasitic mites of species Varroa destructor. Labels: uncountable
Word: gantas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ganta Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Issue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Free (“not enslaved”) Issue (“progeny”), "an antiquated designation for descendants of enslaved people who were freed before the Civil War", later applied to Monacans because Virginia laws for a time required births to be registered as either "White" or "Colored", erasing Indians, and clerks later haphazardly classified Monacans (even from the same mother and father) as "Mixed Indian", "Negro", or "Issue". Pronunciation: /ˈɪʃ(j)u/, /ˈɪʃ(j)ə/ 1. A Monacan Indian; a member of a Mestee group originating in Amherst County, Virginia. Labels: derogatory
Word: Latinist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin + -ist. 1. A scholar who studies the Latin language. Example: As the best plan will be to allow it to speak for itself, I here give the black-letter fac-simile, together with the original Latin without the contractions, from which it will be seen that the writer was a fair mediæval Latinist.
Word: Latinists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Latinist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: criminator Part of Speech: noun 1. One who criminates.
Word: deliber Part of Speech: verb 1. To deliberate. Labels: obsolete
Word: Santa sack Part of Speech: noun 1. A sack used for transporting Christmas presents.
Word: Santa sacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Santa sack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fanless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fan + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈfæn.ləs/, /ˈfɛən.ləs/ 1. Having no fan. Example: fanless video card Example: It was a good solid house, fanless but airy. 2. Having no fans (supporters).
Word: genitrices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of genitrix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sandre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French sandre, from German Zander. Doublet of zander. 1. zander, pikeperch (fish) Labels: dated
Word: here you go Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of here you are. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: augusts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of august Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: augusts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of august Labels: form-of, plural
Word: platin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of platen. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: platin Part of Speech: noun 1. Any platinum-based antineoplastic, of which class cisplatin is the archetypal member.
Word: Itali Part of Speech: noun 1. An ancient Italic tribe. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only
Word: checkered flag Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of chequered flag. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Legundi Part of Speech: name 1. an island in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra
Word: Bunguran Part of Speech: name 1. A small archipelago of Indonesia, located in the South China Sea
Word: Banggai Part of Speech: name 1. an archipelago located at the far eastern end of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Word: Karakelong Part of Speech: name 1. the chief island of the Talaud Islands north east of Sulawesi, Indonesia
Word: jinkiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of jinky: most jinky Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: jinkier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of jinky: more jinky Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: tichel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish טיכל (tikhl), compare German Tuch (“cloth”). 1. A headscarf often worn by married orthodox Jewish women in compliance with the code of modesty known as tzniut, though individuals from other sects of Judaism also wear them depending on personal choice. Example: She knew that even with the formless skirts extending to her ankles, the billowing blouses with sleeves reaching her wrists, and her hair covered by the tichel, men turned when they passed her on the street. Example: The tichel was compared to hijab with suggestions of how Muslim women might adapt it. The contributor ‘mama-star’ was enthusiastic about her discovery, pointing out how the Muslim blogger had talked about her ‘orthodox Jewish sisters’.
Word: tichels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tichel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dislimned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dislimn Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dislimned Part of Speech: adj 1. Deprived of an outline; made indistinct, hazy. Example: the scent dried away like water, dislimned like a far-off small thing when the tears of effort drown it.
Word: close-stools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of close-stool Labels: form-of, plural
Word: at gaze Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Gazing; standing so as to stare (especially of deer); statant guardant. (Compare at bay.) Example: When he wished to draw Harvey's attention to the peak-halyards, he dug his knuckles into the back of the boy's neck and kept him at gaze for half a minute. Example: Lord John was standing at gaze with his finger on the trigger of his elephant-gun, his eager hunter's soul shining from his fierce eyes.
Word: human year Part of Speech: noun 1. A regular calendar year, as opposed to a dog year or the "year" of any other animal species. Labels: informal 2. A unit of age relative to the species being considered, defined such that an animal's age in "human years" is the equivalent age of a human being in calendar years.
Word: human years Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of human year Labels: form-of, plural
Word: VLSI Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of very large scale integration. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: ULSI Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of ultra large scale integration. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Tamagotchi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A genericization of Tamagotchi, the name of a virtual pet series: the word is a Japanese blend of 卵 (たまご, tamago, “egg”) + ウオッチ (uotchi, from English watch). Pronunciation: /ˌtaməˈɡɒtʃɪ/, /ˌtɑməˈɡoʊt͡ʃi/, /ˌtɑməˈɡɑt͡ʃi/ 1. A toy consisting of a small electronic virtual pet, a cyberpet. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Tamagotchi.
Word: peccans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peccan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: presbyterium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin presbyterium. Doublet of presbytery. 1. A presbytery. Example: Many stuccos and paintings were also found on the mosaic floor of the presbyterium and choir; most of these are now in the Bardo Museum in Tunis. 2. A college of priests in active ministry of a particular Catholic church; a diocese, eparchy, or similar group of priests.
Word: presbyteria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of presbyterium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hosels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hosel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: duck soups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of duck soup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pruritis Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of pruritus. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: resipiscent Part of Speech: adj 1. Showing resipiscence; right-minded; repentant.
Word: Ladislaus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin Ladislaus, Latinization of a Slavic royal name *Voldislavъ, from the elements Proto-Slavic *voldь (“power”) (see *volděti) and Proto-Slavic *slava (“glory”). Doublet of Laszlo and Vladislav. 1. A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Word: Ktulu Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Cthulhu. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: triturator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From triturate + -or. 1. A mechanical device for triturating.
Word: Adrians Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Adrian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: runcation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin runcātus, from runcō. 1. The act of weeding by hand. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Then, having given it a second stirring, immediately before you sow; cast and disperse it into rills, or small narrow trenches, of four or five inches deep, and in even lines, at two foot interval, for the more commodious runcation, hawing, and dressing the trees: […] Example: The object of this harrowing or raking was simply in order that the weeds might be more easily eradicated ; but it is a question whether the good it did in facilitating the "runcation" (or hand-weeding) was greater than the injury it inflicted by bruising and tearing the corn.
Word: dillisk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dulse. Labels: Ireland, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: ethic datives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ethic dative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: makeunder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Wordplay blend of makeover + under, replacing over with its opposite. 1. A makeover in which the quality, flashiness or value of something is downgraded. Example: While some women need a makeover to add makeup, some women need a makeunder to take it down a notch. Example: The typical candidate for a makeunder is a woman who applies her makeup with too liberal a hand, styles her hair in a distracting or unattractive manner, or wears clothes that could be described as unflattering or over the top. The ideal candidate for a makeunder does all three of these simultaneously, mostly likely while upending a bottle of perfume into her cleavage.
Word: makeunders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of makeunder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: draw live Part of Speech: verb 1. After the flop or turn, to be able to win a particular hand, depending on the remaining community cards.
Word: osteogenesis imperfecta Part of Speech: noun 1. A hereditary disease characterized by brittle bones that easily fracture. Labels: uncountable
Word: reverse jinxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reverse jinx Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yestertide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yester- + tide (“time, season, period”). 1. A time period previous to the present; the past. Labels: uncountable
Word: yestertide Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From yester- + tide (“time, season, period”). 1. In times past, at a prior time; in the past. Labels: not-comparable Example: And loudly to her lovers called, to leap To arms for her sore sake, that yestertide In her delight delighted, and drank deep Of her lascivious wine-cups, […] Example: Fair cooling spray, oh, lovely sea! / How maiden coy thy changing mood; / To-night thou'rt sweet with smiles for me, / Scarce yestertide I vainly wooed / Thy fretful features for a smile, / Naught could for me one thought beguile.
Word: at someone's service Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Fully available to help or to be of use to someone, or some organisation. Example: John will be at our service for the duration of the visit. 2. By way of introduction on first meeting another person. Labels: formal Example: James Bond. At your service.
Word: at your service Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Used as a polite introduction on first meeting another person. Labels: formal Example: 'My name, Madame, is Hercule Poirot - at your service.' Example: “Thorin Oakenshield, at your service! Dori at your service!” said the two dwarves bowing again. 2. Available for assisting you or for you to use. Example: "But senors," added he, smiling, "if you think a residence there so desirable, my apartments in the Alhambra are at your service." Example: How you laughed when you admitted your lies to me, and I promised to make you sit one day and I would pretend to be your lover, bring you tea while you soaked in the bath, lightly scented raspberry candles at your feet, and declare in my deepest voice, My darling, your every wish, your every command is mine. I am at your service eternally.
Word: belligerati Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of belligerent + literati which is also the plural of belligerātus. 1. Literary people, authors — literati — who promote wars of aggression. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: I am not, in this instance, referring to the belligerati - Salman Rushdie, Martin Amis and chums - ever-present in the liberal press on both sides of the Atlantic. Example: They are the belligerati who are given opinion columns and radio talkback programs; who are accorded the status of minor celebrities; and there can at times seem no end to the uniquely Australian cross of their public bullying
Word: yestertime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yester- + time. 1. Time previous to the present; the past.
Word: yestertime Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From yester- + time. 1. In times past, at a prior time; in the past. Labels: not-comparable Example: And at last I came back to me, after sailing on surgeful waves; at this moment, between the Present and the Future, the Past and the Present, — forgetting what the world was, yestertime,—forgetting what I was, yestertime.
Word: service area Part of Speech: noun 1. A place built alongside a limited-access road where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on. Example: The sign says that the next service area is 12 miles on.
Word: service areas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of service area Labels: form-of, plural
Word: service charge Part of Speech: noun 1. An amount added to a bill in a restaurant, or other similar establishment, which is normally paid to the waiter or waitress. 2. A fee charged for a service, typically to cover administration or processing costs.
Word: service charges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of service charge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: service industry Part of Speech: noun 1. An industry that does not produce any goods, but only provides a service, such as banking or insurance.
Word: service industries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of service industry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seek out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English seken out, sechen out (“to seek out”), dissimilated from Middle English *outseken, outsechen (“to seek out”). More at outseek. 1. To try to locate; to search for. Labels: transitive Example: At the head of the fiord, and along its sides, can still be seen the hulks of German destroyers and submarines. These sought shelter in this secluded spot, but the British Navy sought them out and sank them. Example: Some of us order far more than we need online. Some of us are so deep in the countryside that delivery vans must divert their routes to seek us out.
Word: yesterfang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yester- + fang (“catch”). 1. That which was captured or caught on the previous day or former occasion; a previous day's catch. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: Although milians and infinite numbers of them [fish] be taken, yet on the next [day] their losse will be so supplied with new store that nothing shall be missing of the yesterfang.
Word: see over Part of Speech: verb 1. To inspect something fully. Labels: transitive
Word: sell on Part of Speech: verb 1. To resell (goods or services). Labels: transitive Example: Rather than sell the company's products on commission they, like distributors, buy stock from head office and sell it on for profit. 2. To convince (a person) of something; used with on. Labels: transitive Example: I was opposed to his ideas, but he sold me on them. Example: I have indeed been sold on renewable energy!
Word: yestermorning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yester- + morning. 1. Yesterday morning. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Where do the favourites delay? Nay, where is yestermorning's rose?