nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: unwanted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English wanted English unwanted From un- + wanted. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈwɒntɪd/ 1. Not wanted; unwelcome. Example: I rebuffed his unwanted advances. Example: Once finances are stabilised, getting Crossrail finished is Byford's most obvious task. Late and over budget, it is causing unwanted headlines and friction between the London Mayor and the Department for Transport that both sides would rather live without.
Word: unwanted Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English wanted English unwanted From un- + wanted. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈwɒntɪd/ 1. One who or that is not wanted; an undesirable. Example: What slaves they had bought to carry the goods of the interior back to the coast were the unwanteds of the villages — the persons convicted of crime who would normally have been killed or banished from their communities […] Example: There were no thoughts of hydrogen bombs or CBW or contraceptives or removing unwanteds. It was the old America, the old order restored, and the President saw that it was Good.
Word: maltose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English malt Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English maltose From malt + -ose. Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːltəʊz/ 1. A disaccharide, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase; it is an isomer of trehalose Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: toyon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish tollón. 1. A chiefly Californian ornamental evergreen shrub (Photinia arbutifolia, syn. Heteromeles arbutifolia) of the rose family having white flowers succeeded by red berries. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: touse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tousen, tusen, from Old English *tūsian, from Proto-West Germanic *tūsōn. Cognate with German zausen (“to tousle”). Related also to English tease and toase. (a noisy disturbance): Compare typologically Russian раздра́й (razdráj) (<… драть (dratʹ)). 1. To rumple, tousle. Labels: transitive 2. To pull to pieces. Labels: transitive Example: His tongue troules like a Mill-clack: a towzes the Lady ſiſters, as a tumbling Dog does young Rabets; […] Example: How did he like it when the live creatures Tickled and toused and browsed him all over, And worm, slug, eft, with serious features Came in, each one, for his right of trover?
Word: touse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tousen, tusen, from Old English *tūsian, from Proto-West Germanic *tūsōn. Cognate with German zausen (“to tousle”). Related also to English tease and toase. (a noisy disturbance): Compare typologically Russian раздра́й (razdráj) (<… драть (dratʹ)). 1. a noisy disturbance
Word: gribble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Compare grub, from Proto-Germanic *grub- (“to dig”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɪ.bəl/, /ˈɡɹɪ.bl̩/ 1. Any of various wood-boring marine crustaceans of the genus Limnoria, especially Limnoria lignorum, which cause damage to underwater wooden structures.
Word: gribble Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possibly related to grumble. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɪ.bəl/, /ˈɡɹɪ.bl̩/ 1. Tending to grumble; grumpy, irascible. Example: You're always gribble first thing in the morning.
Word: gribble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɪ.bəl/, /ˈɡɹɪ.bl̩/ 1. A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips. Labels: Devon, UK, in-plural Example: The study also reveals that Wigan likely calls excess batter bits ‘Scraps’ or ‘Bits’, compared to the south west and east of the UK who are more likely to order ‘Gribbles’ or ‘Scrumps’. Example: Margaret also played her part in filling our hungry mouths by working at the local fish and chip shop in the village and by bringing home all the leftovers which we devoured ravenously—gribbles, the odd faggot etc. etc.—delicious.
Word: ard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian ard (“plough”), from Old Norse arðr, from Proto-Germanic *arþrą (“plough”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃trom (“plough”), whence also Latin aratrum. Pronunciation: /ɑɹd/, /ɑːd/ 1. A simple plough consisting of a spike dragged through the soil.
Word: ard Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Contraction of all right, possibly influenced by regional Philadelphia English pronunciation. Pronunciation: /ɑɹd/ 1. Contraction of all right. Labels: Philadelphia, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, not-comparable, slang 2. Okay; average; nothing special. Labels: Philadelphia, not-comparable, slang
Word: ard Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Contraction of all right, possibly influenced by regional Philadelphia English pronunciation. Pronunciation: /ɑɹd/ 1. Contraction of all right. Labels: Philadelphia, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, not-comparable, slang
Word: ard Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Contraction of all right, possibly influenced by regional Philadelphia English pronunciation. Pronunciation: /ɑɹd/ 1. Contraction of all right. Labels: Philadelphia, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, slang
Word: deas Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdiːəs/, /ˈdeɪəs/ 1. Alternative form of dais. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, alternative Example: I could never think of a King but what I supposed him sitting under the high deas, and feasting amid his high vassals and Paladins, eating blanc-manger, with a great gold crown upon his head, or else charging at the head of his troops like Charlemagne in the romaunts, or like Robert Bruce or William Wallace in our own true histories.
Word: flag day Part of Speech: noun 1. A day on which a registered charity raises money, usually by selling small lapel flags. Labels: Ireland, UK 2. A day on which a registered charity raises money, usually by selling small stickers. Labels: Hong-Kong 3. A day designated for changing to an incompatible system. 4. A change which is neither forward nor backward compatible.
Word: amylase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From amyl- + -ase. Pronunciation: /ˈæmɪleɪs/ 1. Any of a class of digestive enzymes, present in saliva and also contributed to the gut by the exocrine pancreas, that break down complex carbohydrates such as starch into simpler sugars such as glucose. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: egg yolk amylase Example: Egg yolks contain a starch-digesting enzyme, amylase, that is remarkably resistant to heat. Unless a starch-egg mix is brought to a full boil, the yolk amylase will survive, digest the starch, and turn the stiff cream into a pourable one.
Word: forward compatible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Back-formation from forward compatibility. 1. Capable of interoperating with anticipated future systems. Example: In order to be forward compatible, we keep a configurable list of valid keywords that we don't understand.
Word: backward compatible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Back-formation from backward compatibility. Pronunciation: /ˌbækwɚdkəmˈpætəb(ə)l/, [ˌbækwɚdkəmˈpæɾəb(ə)l] 1. Capable of interoperating with older systems. Example: The new editor is backward compatible with all versions later than 1.17.
Word: interoperate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English operate English interoperate From inter- (“between, mutual”) + operate (“work”). 1. To work reliably with another system. Labels: intransitive Example: It took weeks to get the two email systems to interoperate.
Word: coexistence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English existence English coexistence From co- + existence. Pronunciation: /ˌkəʊ.ɪɡˈzɪs.təns/, /ˌkəʊ.əɡˈzɪs.təns/ 1. The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Cadieux agreed peaceful coexistence was possible. Example: The day of horror Israel has just experienced signals the end of the Netanyahu experiment in violent coexistence.
Word: spacial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin spatiumbor. Old French espace Anglo-Norman spacebor. Middle English space English space Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English spacial From space + -ial. 1. Alternative spelling of spatial. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: The spacial depths between the glittering threads of the web and the chef seemed abysmic and prodigious. He might have belonged to another realm.
Word: runt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The OED classifies this word as "of obscure origin". Some see a connection to Middle Dutch runt (“ox”), but the OED considers this to be unlikely. Possibly connected to Icelandic hrotti meaning "brute". Pronunciation: /ɹʌnt/, /ɹʊnt/ 1. The smallest animal of a litter. Example: Sometimes, as we have seen, one member of a litter is a runt, much smaller than the rest. He is unable to fight for food as strongly as the rest, and runts often die. We have considered the conditions under which it would actually pay a mother to let a runt die. 2. The smallest child in the family. Labels: broadly Example: the runt of the family 3. Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person. 4. An uninfluential or unimportant person; a nobody. Labels: slang 5. An Ethernet packet that does not meet the medium's minimum packet size of 64 bytes. 6. A single word (or portion of a hyphenated word) that appears as the last line of a paragraph. 7. A breed of pigeon related to the carrier pigeon. 8. A hardened stem or stalk of a plant. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: Neither young poles nor old runts are durable 9. A bow.
Word: sola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi सोला (solā, “the plant Aeschynomene aspera”), from Bengali শোলা (śōla). 1. Alternative form of shola. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sempre Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian sempre (“always, still”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛm(ˌ)pɹeɪ/ 1. always, still; maintaining the same style Labels: not-comparable
Word: conditional assembly language Part of Speech: noun 1. The section of an assembly language that is used to write macros. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: macro Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English macro From macro-, from French, from Latin, ulimately from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”). Pronunciation: /ˈmæk.ɹoʊ/, /ˈmæk.ɹəʊ/ 1. Very large in scale or scope. Labels: not-comparable Example: Crumb's sexual fixation on gigantic women's legs became a major feature of his most celebrated images. Despite the common themes among macrophiles, Ed Lundt believes that no two macro fantasies are quite alike […] Example: But simply turning off iCloud backups was an incomplete solution. The macro problem, I wrote in my column last year, is that people have sacrificed ownership and control of their data. 2. Clipping of macrobiotic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, not-comparable Example: While there are many aspects to this way of living, the actual “diet” focuses on whole foods, consumed in traditional methods. A typical macro bowl includes grains, beans, steamed veggies, sea vegetables, and fermented foods.
Word: macro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English macro From macro-, from French, from Latin, ulimately from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”). Pronunciation: /ˈmæk.ɹoʊ/, /ˈmæk.ɹəʊ/ 1. Clipping of macroeconomics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, uncountable Example: On Monday, chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA) cut its sales outlook for the fourth quarter, citing “deteriorating macroeconomic conditions, particularly in China.” Last week, Intel’s (INTC) CEO also noted that “trade and macro concerns, especially in China, have intensified.” 2. Clipping of macromanagement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang, uncountable 3. Clipping of macronutrient. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, countable, in-plural Example: Don't be afraid to include some “unhealthy” foods in your diet. The overarching rule about foods is if it fits your macros (IIFYM), then you can eat it. That means you can eat chocolate, ice cream, and many other indulgences […] 4. Clipping of macrophile. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, countable 5. Clipping of macrophilia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, uncountable 6. In the context of macrophilia, one who is abnormally very large. Labels: also, attributive, colloquial, countable 7. Ellipsis of macro lens. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, countable, ellipsis Example: Most macros are made by camera manufacturers to fit their cameras Example: The lens was a macro, capable of everything from an “infinity shot” to a close-up in which a single fingerprint filled the entire frame.
Word: macro Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English macro From macro-, from French, from Latin, ulimately from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”). Pronunciation: /ˈmæk.ɹoʊ/, /ˈmæk.ɹəʊ/ 1. Clipping of macromanage. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ambitransitive, clipping, slang
Word: macro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English instruction English macroinstructionclip. English macro Clipping of macroinstruction. First attested in 1959. Pronunciation: /ˈmæk.ɹoʊ/, /ˈmæk.ɹəʊ/ 1. A comparatively human-friendly abbreviation of complex input to a computer program. Labels: attributive, often Example: The preprocessor expands any embedded macros into source code before it is compiled. Example: There's also a spam filter in the code now, so if someone attempts to flood people's screens with macros or a bot, everything after the first few lines is thrown away.
Word: macro Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English instruction English macroinstructionclip. English macro Clipping of macroinstruction. First attested in 1959. Pronunciation: /ˈmæk.ɹoʊ/, /ˈmæk.ɹəʊ/ 1. To use a macro. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: After i got ressirected^([sic]) the stat loss hit me hard, i macroed for a few days, sparred with some friends, and my skills were soon back up. Example: Do this poison thing gradually increasing potency until you hit about 78 then macro on a ghost to GM 2. To use a macro on (something). Labels: informal, transitive Example: He said he macroed anatomy from 0 to about 80 and his healing went from the 52 he started with to 58.2. Example: For that matter, you can do something by killing the character being macroed. :) It IS Darktide after all.
Word: weigh anchor Part of Speech: verb 1. To raise the anchor of a ship or boat prior to getting under way. Example: 1986, Ben Elton et al., Blackadder II, 3: "Potato" - Aah-ahhh! You have a woman’s hand, milord! I’ll wager these dainty pinkies never weighed anchor in a storm. - Well, you’re right there.
Word: under way Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In operation, in progress, commenced. Labels: idiomatic Example: A dearth of signalmen and the high cost of labour is hastening an elimination process that already was well under way before the second world war. Example: The All Blacks drove upfield, using up the remaining moments, and when Joubert blew for another French infringement, the biggest party in New Zealand's history was under way. 2. Moving through the water; not anchored, moored, aground, or beached. 3. Into motion, into its course. Example: The show finally got under way, just 10 minutes late.
Word: weighbridge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti Proto-Germanic *weganą Proto-West Germanic *wegan Old English wegan Middle English weyen English weigh English bridge English weighbridge From weigh + bridge. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪbɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. a platform, flush with the roadway, having a mechanism for weighing vehicles, wagons, livestock, etc. Labels: UK Example: Near-synonym: weigh station Example: A further loop siding is passed at Park House, and, just before reaching the power house, the line runs over a 20-ton Avery wagon weighbridge.
Word: Weybridge Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Wey (“river”) + bridge. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪbɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A town in Elmbridge borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0764).
Word: weightlifting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From weight + lifting. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪtˌlɪftɪŋ/ 1. A form of exercise in which weights are lifted. Labels: uncountable 2. A sport in which competitors lift heavy weights in two events: the snatch and the clean and jerk. Labels: uncountable
Word: weightlifting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From weightlift + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪtˌlɪftɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of weightlift Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: weir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English were, from Old English wer, from werian (“to dam up”), from Proto-West Germanic *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover”); Cognate with Old Norse ver (“station for fishing”), Sanskrit वृणोति (vṛṇóti). Related to warranty. Pronunciation: /wɪə̯/, /wɪɹ/, /wiːɹ/, /wiə/, /wɛː/ 1. An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream. Labels: countable Example: Though Hambleden's parish register records the death, in 1753, of a bargeman 'Kill'd by accident, shooting ye lock', the turbulent waters of Mill End weir on the River Thames, about a mile from the village, still attract canoeists. Example: The weir must not represent a physical barrier to fish migration, both locally and throughout the whole river system. If necessary, a fishway is included in the weir. 2. A fence placed across a river to catch fish. Labels: countable Example: The Taff is naturally a good salmon river, the Ely a sea trout river, but what with weirs and pollusions the fish have been pretty well exterminated. Example: The weir catch of mackerel at Monomoy and along Cape Cod has been a failure. 3. Seaweed. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: aperient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Attested since the early 17th century, from Latin aperiens, present participle of aperire (“to open”). 1. Having a gentle laxative effect. Example: [T]ouching the much vexed question of stimulants he relished a glass of choice old wine in season as both nourishing and bloodmaking and possessing aperient virtues (notably a good burgundy which he was a staunch believer in) […] 2. Serving to open or reveal. Example: Is it really more knowledge we want, or more understanding? Are we in fact clavigerous and fail to realize the aperient properties of that which is in our hand?
Word: aperient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since the early 17th century, from Latin aperiens, present participle of aperire (“to open”). 1. A laxative, either in the form of a medicine or a food such as asparagus or hops, which has the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation. Example: In its fresh vegetable state, chicory, or succory—the Cichorium Intybus of botanists, is said to be a good tonic, and to have the effect of an aperient.
Word: hops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hop (“jump”) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hops Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hop (“jump”) Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hops Part of Speech: noun 1. The flowers of the hop plant; the vegetable matter from them supplied as pellets, shreds, or powder. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: hops Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hop (“add hops to (mash)”) Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: laxative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French laxatif, from Latin laxātīvus (literally “relaxing, loosening”). Pronunciation: /ˈlæk.sə.tɪv/ 1. Having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation. Example: BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets.
Word: laxative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French laxatif, from Latin laxātīvus (literally “relaxing, loosening”). Pronunciation: /ˈlæk.sə.tɪv/ 1. Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect. Example: According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, the US is having a love affair with laxatives; Americans of all ages are ingesting so much of the stuff that there are now shortages nationwide.
Word: antifreeze Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English freeze English antifreeze From anti- + freeze. 1. A substance, such as glycol, used to lower the freezing point of water. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Automotive antifreeze, a solution of ethylene glycol, used as an additive to water or a replacement for water, in the radiator of a motorcar. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A deicer, a heated glycol solution used to remove ice from the aerodynamic surfaces of an airplane, and to prevent icing while on the tarmac. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: antifreeze Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English freeze English antifreeze From anti- + freeze. 1. Of or pertaining to such a substance.
Word: Merry Andrew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally associated with a specific act at Bartholomew Fair; later said to have come from the name of Andrew Boorde. 1. A person who clowns publicly; a buffoon; an entertainer's assistant. Labels: idiomatic Example: Instead, therefore, of answering my landlady, the puppet-show man ran out to punish his Merry-Andrew [...] Example: The games of the circus—the wild-beast fight and the gladiators, the rope-dancers, the merry-andrews, and the posture-masters,—were more to their taste than clever intrigue and brilliant dialogue.
Word: thereon Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Old English þǣron, equivalent to there + on. Pronunciation: /ðɛəˈɹɒn/, /ðeɹˈɑn/, /ðeɹˈɔn/, /ðɛɹˈɑn/, /ðɛɹˈɔn/ 1. On that: on (top of) it. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: thereover, thereabove Example: Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 2. About that: about it (concerning it, regarding it). Labels: not-comparable
Word: churn out Part of Speech: verb 1. To produce a large quantity of (something) rapidly and easily. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Near-synonym: crank out Example: Barbara Cartland was renowned for her ability to churn out romantic novels.
Word: chain reaction Part of Speech: noun 1. A chemical reaction where the products of the reaction influence the reactants of a following reaction, leading to positive feedback. Labels: physical Example: polymerase chain reaction 2. A nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms. Example: The Manhattan Project produced the first recorded controlled chain reaction. 3. A series of events, each one causing or influencing the next. Labels: figuratively Example: You need the evening action / A place to dine, a glass of wine, a little late romance / It's a chain reaction / You'll see the people of the world coming out to dance Example: That is, systemic risk is the risk of a chain reaction of falling interconnected dominos.
Word: stick with Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, with. 2. To remain close to. Labels: idiomatic 3. To follow or adhere to. Labels: idiomatic Example: Please stick with the path marked on the map, and try not to get lost. 4. To follow loyally. Labels: informal Example: Stick with me, and I'll protect you. 5. To persist in using or employing. Example: The Jets are sticking with Sanchez at quarterback. 6. To endure in the memory of. Example: Some of my father's peculiar expressions have stuck with me.
Word: embroidery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French embrouderie, from embrouder + -erie. By surface analysis, embroider + -y. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbɹɔɪdəɹi/ 1. The art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to stitch thread or yarn. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The ornamentation of fabric using needlework. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A piece of embroidered fabric. Labels: countable, uncountable 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?’ 4. The elaboration of an account, etc. with details, especially when fictitious. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: narthex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek νάρθηξ (nárthēx, “giant fennel; casket”), a Pre-Greek word, as suggested by the suffix. See also νάρδος (nárdos, “nard”). Pronunciation: /ˈnɑɹθɛks/, /ˈnɑːθɛks/ 1. A western vestibule leading to the nave in some Christian churches. Example: we were in the antechamber, called the narthex, which runs across the front of any Byzantine church [...]. Example: One of these was Cardinal Jacopo Stefaneschi, [...] who had now conceived ambitious plans for paintings to decorate the entire narthex, or entrance porch, of Avignon's ancient cathedral.
Word: vestibule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Early 17th century, borrowed from French vestibule (“entrance court”), from Latin vestibulum (“forecourt, entrance court; entrance”), from vestiō (“to dress, clothe, vest”) + -bulum (“place, location”, nominal suffix). Doublet of vestibulum. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛ.stɪ.bjuːl/, /ˈvɛ.stəˌbjul/ 1. A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building. Example: Near-synonym: foyer Example: Lydia's voice was heard in the vestibule; the door was thrown open, and she ran into the room. 2. A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building. 3. A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building. Example: The exit side of the front vestibule contains a sliding door. Example: The units have transverse seats, two and three astride the passageway with single or double longitudinal seats alongside the two entrance vestibules in each car. 4. Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space. Example: The membrane of the vestibule in this animal is thrown into three folds. The margins of these folds, looking towards the vestibule, are approximated, and, following the law which is now known to regulate the formation of hollow tubes, doubtless unite and coalesce in the next higher species of fish. Example: The Vestibule (vestibulum nasi). — The paired vestibule may be considered an antechamber to the nasal fossa. 5. Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space. 6. Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space. 7. Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space. Example: The incision of the mucosa over the premaxilla is traced a millimetre or two from the furrow that marks the bottom of the barely-defined vestibule. 8. Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: She spread her labia further, both sets of lips protecting the vestibule, the delicate area between them.
Word: vestibule Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Early 17th century, borrowed from French vestibule (“entrance court”), from Latin vestibulum (“forecourt, entrance court; entrance”), from vestiō (“to dress, clothe, vest”) + -bulum (“place, location”, nominal suffix). Doublet of vestibulum. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛ.stɪ.bjuːl/, /ˈvɛ.stəˌbjul/ 1. To furnish with a vestibule or vestibules. Labels: transitive Example: the vestibuled platform
Word: sodic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ)bor. Italian sodabor. English soda Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English sodic From soda + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊdɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or containing sodium.
Word: nitwit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the 1910s in the US Northeast. Likely from German nit, dialect form of nichts (“nothing”), or Yiddish ניט (nit), dialect form of נישט (nisht, “no”), although some dictionaries give the alternative etymology nit (“louse egg; something very small”) + wit. Pronunciation: /ˈnɪtwɪt/ 1. A scatterbrained or stupid person. Labels: informal Example: If you don't remember you are a nitwit. If you do answer, well, you know what the penalty is for perjury.
Word: sabot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Early 17th century, borrowed from Middle French sabot (see French sabot below). Doublet of sabaton and ciabatta. Pronunciation: /ˈsæbəʊ/, /ˈsæbət/, /ˈseɪboʊ/, /sæˈboʊ/ 1. A wooden shoe. Example: She was a tiny little woman and wore big sabots and a big scoop. 2. A carrier around a projectile in a firearm, cannon or other type of artillery piece that precisely holds the projectile within the barrel. Example: discarding sabot
Word: sabot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Early 17th century, borrowed from Middle French sabot (see French sabot below). Doublet of sabaton and ciabatta. Pronunciation: /ˈsæbəʊ/, /ˈsæbət/, /ˈseɪboʊ/, /sæˈboʊ/ 1. To enclose (a projectile) in a sabot. Labels: transitive
Word: welfare state Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of welfare + state. 1. A national level social system of a sovereign country operated by its central government for the citizens' welfare overall responsibility, providing health care, education, unemployment benefits and social security. Example: In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax. […] Example: Wagenknecht […] argues further that a policy of high migration enforces a minimal welfare state that is ‘cheaper for the upper and upper middle classes in comparison to a real welfare state, but it is not an attractive project for the middle and lower middle groups. Thus, if one wants to remove support for social provisions, this is exactly the way to do it’. 2. A country in which such a system operates.
Word: well-advised Part of Speech: adj 1. Benefiting from careful prior advice or counsel. Example: He would be well advised to be cautious, despite the fragile ceasefire that the US President Donald Trump and the Emir of Qatar brokered. Though President Trump reportedly told Israel not to kill Iran's supreme leader, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not rule it out.
Word: jurat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin iūrātus (“sworn [man]”) or iūrātum (“[that which is] sworn”), from Latin iūrō (“to swear an oath”). As a medieval office, via French jurat, via Occitan juré. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹæt/, /ˈʒʊəɹæ/, /ˈd͡ʒʊˌɹæt/ 1. A sworn statement concerning where, when, and before whom an oath has been made. Example: The affidavit's jurat reads "Sworn this __ day of ________, 20__, before me" and is followed by the notary's signature. Looks like she forgot to fill it in. 2. A sworn person Labels: historical, obsolete 3. A sworn person Labels: obsolete 4. A sworn person Labels: obsolete 5. A sworn person Labels: obsolete Example: Guernsey and Jersey have twelve jurats each, and Alderney six. Example: The Jurat came of a good old Guernsey family which, in the Middle Ages, always had the sense to fight on the side paid best [...]. 6. A sworn person Labels: historical, obsolete 7. A sworn person Labels: historical, obsolete
Word: benefitting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of benefit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: certificate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is from Middle English certificat, certificate, sertyfycat, from Middle French certificat or its etymon Medieval Latin certificātum. The verb is from the noun. The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin certificātus. Pronunciation: /səˈtɪf.ɪ.kɪt/, /səˈtɪf.ɪ.kət/, /sɚˈtɪf.ɪ.kət/, /sɚˈtɪf.ɪ.kɪt/ 1. A document containing a certified statement. 2. A document evidencing ownership or debt. 3. A document serving as evidence that a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution not authorised to grant diplomas, or to a student not qualifying for a diploma. 4. The information needed in order to verify a positive answer to a problem. 5. Ellipsis of public key certificate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 6. A motion picture age rating. Labels: Ireland, UK Example: The film is certificate 15. 7. Synonym of certification. Labels: obsolete Example: [W]herfoꝛe, ſeing thei be clere in cõſcience, the cauſe weightie, the cõfutation ouerlong, ⁊ can not be aunſwered, befoꝛe they make certificat home to their cities, they deſyꝛe fyꝛſt therfoꝛe to haue a copie, ſecondarely, that credite be not geuen to this accuſation, before ſuche tyme as their pourgation be heard and examined: […] Example: [H]e dyd acknowledge his offence, and with earneſt repentaunce dyd flee vnto the mercye of God, takyng ſure holde thervpon, thꝛough ſayth in him whõ he had ſo ſhamefully denyed, his ſynne was foꝛgeuen hym, and foꝛ a certificate and aſſuraunce therof, the rome of his Apoſtle ſhip was not denied vnto him.
Word: certificate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is from Middle English certificat, certificate, sertyfycat, from Middle French certificat or its etymon Medieval Latin certificātum. The verb is from the noun. The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin certificātus. Pronunciation: /səˈtɪf.ɪˌkeɪt/, /sɚˈtɪf.ɪˌkeɪt/, /səˈtɪf.ɪˌkæɪt/ 1. To supply with a certificate, especially following certification.
Word: certificate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is from Middle English certificat, certificate, sertyfycat, from Middle French certificat or its etymon Medieval Latin certificātum. The verb is from the noun. The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin certificātus. 1. Certified, assured.
Word: certify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French certefier (“confirm, assure, make certain”). Compare French certifier. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.tɪ.faɪ/, /ˈsɝ.tɪ.faɪ/, [ˈsɝ.ɾɪ.faɪ], /ˈsɜː.tɪ.fɑe/, [ˈsɜː.ɾɪ.fɑe̯] 1. To attest to (a fact) as the truth. Labels: transitive 2. To authenticate or verify in writing. Labels: transitive 3. To attest that a product, service, organization, or person has met an official standard. Labels: transitive Example: These blankets have been certified as fireproof. 4. To inform; to tell (a person) that something is true. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Our deeds do us three manners of service. First, they certify us that we are heirs of everlasting life, and that the Spirit of God, which is the earnest thereof, is in us. 5. To assure (oneself) of something; to ascertain. Labels: archaic, reflexive Example: After having certified himself of her own good health, he very kindly inquired about her mother and Miss Sophy […].
Word: urn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English urne, from Old French urne, from Latin urna (“vessel”). Doublet of urna. Pronunciation: /ɜːn/, /ɝn/ 1. A vase with a footed base. Example: A rustic, digging in the ground by Padua, […]found an urn, or earthen pot, in which there was another urn. Example: His scattered limbs with my dead body burn, / And once more join us in the pious urn. 2. A metal vessel for serving tea or coffee. 3. A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person. Example: So draw him home to those that mourn ⁠In vain; a favourable speed ⁠Ruffle thy mirror’d mast, and lead Thro’ prosperous floods his holy urn. 4. Any place of burial; the grave. Labels: figuratively Example: Or lay these bones in an unworthy urn, / Tombless, with no remembrance over them. 5. A measure of capacity for liquids, containing about three gallons and a half, wine measure. It was half the amphora, and four times the congius. Labels: Roman, historical 6. A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca.
Word: urn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English urne, from Old French urne, from Latin urna (“vessel”). Doublet of urna. Pronunciation: /ɜːn/, /ɝn/ 1. To place in an urn. Labels: transitive
Word: witness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English witnesse, from Old English ġewitnes, equivalent to wit + -ness. Cognate with Middle Dutch wetenisse (“witness, testimony”), Old High German gewiznessi (“testimony”), Icelandic vitni (“witness”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪt.nɪs/, /ˈwɪt.nəs/ 1. Attestation of a fact or event; testimony. Labels: uncountable Example: She can bear witness, since she was there at the time. Example: May we, with the warrant of womanhood and the witness of a good conscience, pursue him with any further revenge? 2. One who sees or has personal knowledge of something. Labels: countable Example: As a witness to the event, I can confirm that he really said that. Example: […]thyself art witness— I am betrothed. 3. Someone called to give evidence in a court. Labels: countable Example: The witness for the prosecution did not seem very credible. Example: From the evidence of witnesses and of the recorded passing times, including the time at which the circuit breakers were tripped when the wires were brought down, the train was travelling at a speed of not less than 70 m.p.h. 4. One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document. Labels: countable Example: The bridesmaid and best man at a wedding typically serve as the witnesses. 5. Something that serves as evidence; a sign or token. Labels: countable Example: Laban said to Jacob, […] This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness. 6. A particular version of a text (seen as providing testimony of archetype or other earlier version) Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Yet there are extremely few, if any, cases of preserved autographs, and textual witnesses (manuscripts) rather distant in time from the creation of the texts are the norm. 7. An additional database server instance used in failover scenarios to decide whether the mirror should take over. Labels: countable Example: Automatic failover requires a witness, either a file share or a SQL Server witness (SQL Server Express may be used as a witness).
Word: witness Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English witnesse, from Old English ġewitnes, equivalent to wit + -ness. Cognate with Middle Dutch wetenisse (“witness, testimony”), Old High German gewiznessi (“testimony”), Icelandic vitni (“witness”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪt.nɪs/, /ˈwɪt.nəs/ 1. To furnish proof of, to show. Labels: transitive Example: This certificate witnesses his presence on that day. Example: round he throws his baleful eyes / That witness'd huge affliction and dismay 2. To take as evidence. Labels: transitive Example: Depression often goes undetected until it is too late . Witness the recent White House suicide. 3. To see or gain knowledge of through experience. Labels: transitive Example: He witnessed the accident. Example: This is but a faint sketch of the incalculable calamities and horrors we must expect, should we be so unfortunate as ever to witness the triumph of modern infidelity 4. To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of. Labels: intransitive Example: Instead, Niebuhr's God was the God witnessed to in the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament, the Bible of the Christian world. 5. To see the execution of (a legal instrument), and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity. Example: to witness a bond or a deed
Word: eating Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈiːtɪŋ/, /ˈi.tɪŋ/, [ˈi.ɾɪŋ], /ˈiːtɪŋɡ/ 1. present participle and gerund of eat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: eating Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈiːtɪŋ/, /ˈi.tɪŋ/, [ˈi.ɾɪŋ], /ˈiːtɪŋɡ/ 1. Bred to be eaten. Labels: not-comparable Example: eating chickens; eating quails 2. Suitable to be eaten without being cooked. Labels: not-comparable Example: Wait! That's not an eating apple.
Word: eating Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English etynge, from Old English eting. Pronunciation: /ˈiːtɪŋ/, /ˈi.tɪŋ/, [ˈi.ɾɪŋ], /ˈiːtɪŋɡ/ 1. The act of ingesting food. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Arabs consider the eating of mushrooms as an aphrodisiac aid. 2. Food; cooking, cuisine. Labels: countable, dialectal, informal, uncountable Example: I remember when we visited Aunt Martha's house, we had some really good eating! Example: These pears are good eating. 3. The act of corroding or consuming some substance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cremains Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of cremated + remains. Apparently originally a euphemism used by undertakers. Pronunciation: /kɹɪˈmeɪnz/ 1. Cremated remains of a deceased person. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Some people prefer to keep the cremains in their homes in a special place. Example: Paul's cremains arrived by limo service less than an hour before the living room memorial.
Word: consuming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of consume Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: consuming Part of Speech: adj 1. Holding one's attention or interest. Example: a consuming passion
Word: consuming Part of Speech: noun 1. consumption; the process by which something is consumed Example: […] in Greek philosophy world cycles and world incinerations were immanent processes of nature, the self-consumings of the cosmic process, which have their corresponding self-restorations.
Word: ridge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rigge, rygge, (also rig, ryg, rug), from Old English hryċġ (“back, spine, ridge, elevated surface”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrugi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz (“back”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krewk-, *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Scots rig (“back, spine, ridge”), North Frisian reg (“back”), West Frisian rêch (“back”), Dutch rug (“back, ridge”), German Rücken (“back, ridge”), Swedish rygg (“back, spine, ridge”), Icelandic hryggur (“spine”). Cognate to Albanian kërrus (“to bend one's back”) and kurriz (“back”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped. Example: He thought it was no time to ſtay, / And let the Night too ſteal away, / But in a trice advanced the Knight, / Upon the Bare Ridge, Bolt upright, / And groping out for Ralpho’s Jade, / He found the Saddle too was ſtraid[…] 2. Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip. Example: The plough threw up ridges of earth between the furrows. 3. The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground. Example: mountain ridge Example: It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. 4. The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area. Example: Among the domestic animals which may generally be seen in native houses, are gaudy parrots, green, red, and blue, a few domestic fowls, which have baskets hung for them to lay in under the eaves, and who sleep on the ridge, and several half-starved wolfish-looking dogs. Example: Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. Appleby could see it dimly, a blur of shadowy buildings with the ridge of roof parapet alone cutting hard and sharp against the clearing sky. 5. The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way. Example: the British Guards lie down behind a ridge to avoid the shot and shell from the opposite heights 6. A chain of mountains. Example: […]Which to maintaine, I would allow him oddes, / And meete him, were I tide to runne afoote, / Euen to the frozen ridges of the Alpes, / Or any other ground inhabitable, / Where euer Engliſhman durſt ſet his foote. 7. A chain of hills. 8. A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom. 9. An elongated region of high atmospheric pressure.
Word: ridge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rigge, rygge, (also rig, ryg, rug), from Old English hryċġ (“back, spine, ridge, elevated surface”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrugi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz (“back”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krewk-, *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Scots rig (“back, spine, ridge”), North Frisian reg (“back”), West Frisian rêch (“back”), Dutch rug (“back, ridge”), German Rücken (“back, ridge”), Swedish rygg (“back, spine, ridge”), Icelandic hryggur (“spine”). Cognate to Albanian kërrus (“to bend one's back”) and kurriz (“back”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. To form into a ridge. Labels: transitive 2. To extend in ridges. Labels: intransitive
Word: smarm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is attested since 1914, from the colloquial verb smalm, smarm (“to smear, bedaub (hair, with pomade)”), attested since 1847, of unknown origin, perhaps somehow suggestive of the action. Verbal meaning "to smear with flattery" is from 1902. Pronunciation: /smɑːm/, /smɑɹm/ 1. Smarmy language or behavior. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Phil Hartman, the voice and soul of McClure, was the king of making everything sounds cheerful and positive, no matter how grim. McClure was the personification of smarm. He alone could say, “Your children are missing. I know because I murdered them with my own hands!” and make it sound like good news. 2. A style of fan fiction in which characters are warm and caring toward each other but without sexual overtones. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable