nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: guestlist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of guest list. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: guestlist Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of guest list. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Once a magnet for the A-list, his last birthday party was attended poignantly by Vernon Kay (also guestlisted for the Presidents Club).
Word: sideroad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From side + road. 1. A lesser road leading off a main road. Example: The path of renunciation has many sideroads.
Word: shoogle Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈʃʊɡəl/ 1. To shake or rock rapidly. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, transitive Example: I heard the sparks who drove us saying something like, ‘You keep these three Doc; we'll shoogle up the mess boys and find some breakfast.’ Example: Suddenly, a rhythmic shaking and rattling overtook the room, shoogling and shimmying the structure in time to the acid jazz stomp riverboat boogie shuffle beat of the song.
Word: shoogle Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʃʊɡəl/ 1. An act of shoogling; a shake. Example: First and foremost, howsever, gie that sleepy body, Dirdumwhamle, a shoogle out o' his dreams. Example: To him, it might as well have been music, and his subsequent display of dance kicks and bum shoogles, had them all in hysterics.
Word: shoogly Part of Speech: adj 1. shaky, giddy, unsteady, rickety Labels: Scotland
Word: shoofly pie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shoo + fly + pie. Named after the Shoofly molasses company, which was named after "Shoofly the Boxing Mule" (a circus attraction of the period), which was named after a Civil-War-era folk song called "Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me". Not related to the idea of shooing flies away from the sweet filling. Pronunciation: /ʃuː.flaɪ.paɪ/ 1. A fluffy pie made from molasses with a crumb cake top, traditional among the Pennsylvania Dutch. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy / Make your eyes light up / Your tummy say, "Howdy." / Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy / I never get enough of that wonderful stuff. Example: “Greetings. My name is Ruby Zeldastein. I'm a medium to the other side, and I make a hell of a shoofly pie.”
Word: guestlists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guestlist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skate over Part of Speech: verb 1. To avoid addressing or tackling. Labels: idiomatic 2. To defeat convincingly; trounce.
Word: ski'd Part of Speech: verb Etymology: To differentiate from skied, the past tense of sky. 1. simple past and past participle of ski Labels: form-of, nonstandard, participle, past
Word: skurfing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of ski + surfing. 1. A water sport similar to waterskiing except that a single board is used instead of skis. Labels: uncountable
Word: skywalker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sky + walker. Pronunciation: /ˈskaɪwɔːkə(ɹ)/, /ˈskaɪwɔkəɹ/ 1. One who walks in the sky. Labels: figuratively, specifically, usually Example: A particularly brave tribe of Native Americans, the Mohawks, have been called skywalkers because of their ability to navigate heights (Hill, 1987). Members of the tribe became particularly well known when they assisted with the building of the Empire State Building and other Manhattan skyscrapers. […] Their membership in these small, tight-knit groups likely promoted bravery among the skywalkers. 2. One who walks in the sky. Labels: broadly, figuratively, usually 3. One who walks in the sky. Labels: figuratively, usually Example: […] and help individual skywalkers feel at home in their new surroundings. Many times, Seitz said, pedestrians will feel ill at ease on a skywalk at first because they have lost their street corner orientation. Example: And if you notice an unusually litter-free skywalk, don’t presume that your fellow skywalkers have taken it upon themselves to give a hoot.
Word: Ramadans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Ramadan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sleep off Part of Speech: verb 1. To get rid of (a pain, illness, condition) by sleeping. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: On the other hand, drugs with drowsiness as a side-effect (eg certain types of analgesia, antidepressants) are best administered in the evening so that patients can sleep off the effect and be alert the following day.
Word: sleep over Part of Speech: verb 1. To spend the night as a guest in someone's home.
Word: pressure valve Part of Speech: noun 1. A valve designed to open when subjected to a given amount of pressure. Also used figuratively. Example: WikiLeaks might have provided a pressure valve for those agents who were terribly worried about what might happen and frustrated by their superiors' seeming indifference.
Word: smoking room Part of Speech: noun 1. A room designated for people who wish to smoke. Example: Near-synonym: divan
Word: smoker's cough Part of Speech: noun 1. A persistent cough resulting from habitual smoking. Example: At home he was never without a cigarette, and, over the years, he developed a smoker’s cough and labored breathing.
Word: snaggletooth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snaggle + tooth. 1. A tooth inside the mouth that is unaligned or broken. Labels: plural 2. A predatory fish of the genus Astronesthes, so-called because of its teeth. Labels: plural
Word: snipefish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snipe + fish. 1. Either of the two species of fish of the genus Macroramphosus.
Word: snot rocket Part of Speech: noun 1. A jet of mucus deliberately expelled from one's nostril. Labels: informal, vulgar Example: Today's worshiper of Beavis and Butthead would tie the handkerchief around his head, put a finger to the side of his nose and launch a snot rocket. Cool. Example: The bully is firing snot rockets. He holds his head back and blocks one nostril with his finger, blowing out the other one. Small hard gobs of mucus are flying around him.
Word: snowfolk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snow + folk. 1. Collectively, snowpeople Labels: plural, plural-only, rare
Word: social drinker Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who only drinks alcohol when with acquaintances who are drinking.
Word: social smoker Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who only smokes with other people who are smoking.
Word: sofa bed Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sofa-bed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sogdian Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to Sogdiana Labels: not-comparable
Word: Sogdian Part of Speech: noun 1. A native of Sogdiana
Word: Sogdian Part of Speech: name 1. An extinct Middle Iranian language spoken around Sogdiana.
Word: going concern Part of Speech: noun 1. A successfully operating enterprise. Example: If the bank does not act swiftly to push the CDS price back down, the regulator seizes the assets, wipes out shareholders and sacks the management. The bank is recapitalised as a going concern and later sold. Example: At Acromas, the balance sheet is more than £1bn in the red [...] and a pre-tax loss of £300m was recorded in the year to January 2009. But Acromas is still regarded as a viable going concern.
Word: Spanish omelet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Spanish omelette. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sparking plug Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of spark plug. Labels: dated Example: “She was goin' a treat yesterday,” lied Sam, removing the sparking plugs.
Word: speech day Part of Speech: noun 1. A school event where prizes are given out to pupils, and speeches are made by guest speakers.
Word: speed hump Part of Speech: noun 1. A small speed bump.
Word: Deep North Part of Speech: noun 1. Queensland, sometimes with the addition of the Northern Territory. Labels: Australia, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable
Word: speed demon Part of Speech: noun 1. Anyone or anything that is extremely fast or reckless. Labels: informal Example: Near-synonym: Speedy Gonzales Example: Being a speed demon in video games is OK, but out here on the roadways in the real world, you might injure or kill your crash victim and end up in prison.
Word: speed trap Part of Speech: noun 1. A section of a roadway where speeds of vehicles are monitored by authorities; especially, one where the police presence is somewhat hidden, so as to catch the speeders in the act for enforceability.
Word: spidergram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spider + -gram. 1. A spider diagram
Word: dental notation Part of Speech: noun 1. A system used by dentists for associating information with a specific tooth. Labels: uncountable
Word: Srebrenica Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Srȅbrenica. Pronunciation: /ˌsɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/, /ˌʃɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/, /-ˈnɪtsə/ 1. A town and municipality in the easternmost part of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was the site of an ethnic cleansing massacre in July 1995.
Word: Srebrenica Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Srȅbrenica. Pronunciation: /ˌsɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/, /ˌʃɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/, /-ˈnɪtsə/ 1. An ethnic cleansing massacre, a localized genocide. Example: And another Srebrenica, a Lidice, a Babi Yar . . . Example: The West had seen enough of Milosevic and they would not tolerate the possibility of another Srebrenica.
Word: stabvest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stab + vest. 1. A vest designed to protect against stabbing.
Word: star-nosed mole Part of Speech: noun 1. A mole of species Condylura cristata, identified by the 22 sensory appendages around the snout.
Word: false dawn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From false + dawn, calque of Arabic صُبْح كَاذِب (ṣubḥ kāḏib). 1. A thin ambient light which precedes true dawn, typically by around an hour, in certain parts of the world. Example: The moon was low down, and there was just the glimmer of the false dawn that comes about an hour before the real one. 2. Something engendering premature hope; a promising sign which in fact leads to nothing. Labels: figuratively Example: As Congo nears the 50th anniversary of its independence from Belgium on June 30th, Mr Chebeya’s murky death suggests that 2006 was a false dawn. Example: This, it must be stressed, is not to mark Arsenal out as potential Premier League winners or acclaim them as the finished product - there have been false dawns before, under both current manager Mikel Arteta and his predecessor Unai Emery.
Word: starting gun Part of Speech: noun 1. A gun fired to start a race. Example: No one told you when to run / You missed the starting gun 2. A signal to start or proceed; something that triggers an event or situation. Labels: figuratively Example: “In the fight for voting rights, this vote was the starting gun, not the finish line,” said Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader. “We will not let it go. We will not let it die. This voter suppression cannot stand.” Example: Innocuous as it sounds, this note was a starting gun for a resource race on the planet’s last vast frontier: the abyssal plains that stretch between continental shelves deep below the oceans.
Word: state school Part of Speech: noun 1. A government-funded school, funded by taxes.
Word: inforces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of inforce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: inforcing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of inforce Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: inforced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of inforce Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: enates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inrage Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of enrage. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: inrages Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of inrage Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: inraging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of inrage Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: inraged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of inrage Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Upper Lusatian Part of Speech: name 1. a Slavic language spoken in part of Saxony
Word: Lower Lusatian Part of Speech: name 1. a Slavic language spoken in part of Brandenburg
Word: classpath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From class + path. 1. The path on a file system where the Java virtual machine should look for user-defined classes and packages when running Java programs.
Word: binary-compatible Part of Speech: adj 1. able to run the same binary code intended to be run on another computer
Word: steam up Part of Speech: verb 1. To become steamy. 2. To become coated with condensation. Example: The bathroom mirror steamed up when he opened the shower door. Example: The large plateglass window, from which I had an excellent view of the countryside the following day, was prevented from steaming up by a de-misting device. 3. To bring (a steam boiler) up to working steam pressure: to build up a head of steam inside (a boiler). Labels: transitive Example: It takes about an hour to steam up the locomotive. 4. to build up a head of steam. Labels: intransitive Example: Engine 99 had been steaming up since 21:00. Example: "The master of the Nan-Shan [...] desired Mr. Rout to have steam up to-morrow afternoon at one o'clock sharp." 5. To cook by steaming. Labels: transitive Example: I'll steam up a bunch of dumplings.
Word: stepwife Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From step- + wife. 1. The ex-wife of one's spouse.
Word: stinkeroo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stinker + -eroo. 1. Something bad, contemptible or of otherwise low quality. Labels: informal Example: "Of course there are some bad ones," he said. "Some of the worst anywhere. Harlem's the capital of the negro world. In any half a million people of any race you'll get plenty of stinkeroos."
Word: stinkpot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stink + pot. 1. An annoying, bad or undesirable person. 2. A common musk turtle of species Sternotherus odoratus, of southeastern Canada, . 3. A southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus). 4. A motorboat. Labels: slang 5. A stinkball. Labels: historical
Word: limax Part of Speech: noun 1. A slug or slug-like creature. Labels: obsolete Example: The Cylindrus is a simple shell, without a hinge, formed of one continued piece, and of a figure approaching to a cylinder […]. The animal inhabiting the Cylindrus is a limax.
Word: liquamen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin liquamen. 1. A fish sauce used in Ancient Rome. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: The kitchen maid would lay out the ingredients: bunches of herbs, a jar of cuminseeds, the bearded leeks, garlic, the honey jar, the olive-oil cruet—and, of course, the liquamen.
Word: fog up Part of Speech: verb 1. To coat, or become coated, with condensation. To steam up. Labels: ambitransitive Example: My glasses fogged up when he opened the shower door. 2. To get (someone) drunk. Labels: slang, transitive 3. To confuse (somebody). Labels: slang, transitive
Word: harlekin Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of harlequin. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: delitable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of delightable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Serra Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: modii Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of modius Labels: form-of, plural
Word: motate Part of Speech: verb 1. To run at very high speed, sprint. Labels: US, slang
Word: dekagram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deka- + gram. 1. Alternative form of decagram. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: eparchy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via Late Latin eparchia from Koine Greek ἐπαρχία (eparkhía, “province; prefecture”), from Ancient Greek ἔπαρχος (éparkhos, “commander, governor; prefect, eparch”) from ἐπι- (epi-, “on, upon; over”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler”); equivalent to epi- + -archy. Pronunciation: /ˈɛpˌɑɹ.ki/, /ˈɛpˌɑː.ki/ 1. A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon Labels: Ancient-Rome, historical 2. A provincial government or office headed by an eparch in the Greek-speaking Eastern Roman Empire (akin to a prefecture governed by a prefect in the Latin-speaking Western Roman Empire) Labels: Roman-Empire, historical 3. An administrative sub-provincial unit in post-Ottoman independent Greece. Labels: historical 4. In pre-schism Christian Church, a province under the supervision of the metropolitan. 5. In Eastern Christendom, a diocese of a bishop.
Word: medium wave Part of Speech: noun 1. a radio wave with a frequency between 300 kHz and 3 MHz.
Word: oorie Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of ourie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ourie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old Norse úr (“precipitation”), from Proto-Germanic *ūrą, from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade form of *weh₁r- (“water”). Equivalent to dialectal Swedish urrigt (“chill; having the sensation of cold; shivering”, literally “urr-ie”) – urrigt väder = “chill weather” – partly stemming from urr (“the feeling of shivering”), an onomatopoetic word akin to brr, but potentially also derived from ur (historical alternate spelling: urr). 1. Chill; having the sensation of cold; drooping; shivering. Labels: Scotland 2. Bleak; melancholy. Labels: Scotland Example: Familiar with all the seasons he represents the phases of a northern winter with a frequency characteristic of his clime and of his fortunes; her tempests became anthems in his verse, and the sounding woods "raise his thoughts to Him that walketh on the wings of the wind"; full of pity for the shelterless poor, the "ourie cattle," the "silly sheep," and the "helpless birds," he yet reflects that the bitter blast is not "so unkind as man's ingratitude."
Word: the apple does not fall far from the stem Part of Speech: proverb 1. Synonym of the apple does not fall far from the tree.
Word: the apple does not fall far from the trunk Part of Speech: proverb 1. Synonym of the apple does not fall far from the tree.
Word: the apple never falls far from the tree Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of the apple does not fall far from the tree. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ontological proof Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of ontological argument.
Word: striking distance Part of Speech: noun 1. A distance at which a soldier, military force, vessel, etc. is sufficiently near to be able to attack an opponent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "Nay, sir, a soldier, who is about to be posted within striking distance of his enemy, can never speak, with confidence, of separations that are to be short." Example: The two brigades at either end of the Boer lines had lost no chance of pushing in, and now they had come within striking distance. 2. A distance at which one is sufficiently near to an objective to have an opportunity to achieve it. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: I'm working on an invention of a new aeroplane stabilizer, and if I go now it will be just at a time when I am within striking distance of success. Example: The probe breakthrough confirmed that French and British tunnelers were within striking distance of completing the first tunnel under the English Channel.
Word: flex one's muscles Part of Speech: verb 1. To tense and bend one's flexor muscles. Labels: literally 2. To show off one's strength or skills. Labels: figuratively Example: But at a time of a growing perception in the West that China is flexing its muscles [...], countries closer to China’s shores also worry that it might be getting more assertive. Example: Gomez's goals were his 10th and 11th of the season but only Hart's excellence prevented that total being extended, as the four-time European Cup winners flexed their muscles.
Word: speed humps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speed hump Labels: form-of, plural
Word: speed demons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speed demon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skywalkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skywalker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rare bird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Latin rāra avis, part of a commonly quoted line from Juvenal's Satire VI: rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno ("a bird as rare upon the earth as a black swan"). 1. An unusual or exceptional person or thing. Labels: figuratively Example: An occasional Afghan makes a good bushman. These rare birds, with the help of natives, found that by winding in and out over the soft ground of the valleys they could bring a camel-train where no wheeled transport could go. Example: Finds it more physical, that's an important word / Always seen first then heard / Such a rare bird 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rare, bird.
Word: straighten up Part of Speech: verb 1. To become straight, or straighter. Labels: intransitive Example: 2006, American Motoryclist - Jan 2006, Victory's Kingpin goes its own way bank the big cruiser into the first of a series of corners, make a few quick left, right, left transitions, then the road straightens up for a stretch... 2. To steer straight. Labels: ambitransitive Example: 13 October 2010, Blackpool Gazette, 'Bad driving' led to biker death crash He said "As I came out of the bend I went to straighten up the car and it just seemed to be carrying on turning." 3. To sit up straight, to stop hunching. Labels: intransitive Example: Horse skin smells good. Lay your cheek against his neck and have a good cuddle. Now straighten up slowly again, and sit loosely. 4. To deal with; to put in order. Labels: transitive Example: 1994, Mccook Daily Gazette, Jul 12, 1994, Mail Delivery Trying To Get Up To Speed The Postal Service sent a special task force to straighten up the city's problems with a back-to-basics approach 5. To tidy; to tidy up. Labels: transitive Example: The lockers were all standing wide open with equipment and uniforms scattered all over the room, he had left a note under the bottle telling me to straighten up the room, then straighten myself up before coming to work the next day. 6. To clarify. Labels: transitive 7. To start living a reformed life; to adopt a more honest and respectable course of behavior. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive
Word: strap up Part of Speech: verb 1. To fasten with a strap Labels: transitive
Word: stop off Part of Speech: verb 1. To make a short visit somewhere, on the way to another place, either same-day or overnight. Labels: intransitive Example: It's a long drive across Texas, so we're going to stop off in Austin for a night. Example: Let's stop off at the supermarket for a second, we have already run out of milk. 2. To fill (a part of a mould) with sand, where a part of the cavity left by the pattern is not wanted for the casting. Labels: transitive
Word: step in Part of Speech: verb 1. To act as a replacement or substitute. Labels: intransitive Example: McCoist unexpectedly ushered back a defender of his own with Kirk Broadfoot taking over from Steven Whittaker. There was, of course, another change, Kyle Bartley stepping in at centre-half to replace suspended Dorin Goian. 2. To get involved; to act. Labels: intransitive Example: HM Chief Inspector of Railways has stepped in to speed up work to resolve incidents of overspeeding, having been concerned that progress on the issue has been too slow.
Word: stress out Part of Speech: verb 1. To become stressed. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive 2. To inflict stress on someone or something. Labels: idiomatic, transitive 3. To inflict mental, emotional, or psychological tension on (someone). Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Will you stop worrying? You're stressing me out. Example: With her thesis defence coming up, she is completely stressed out.
Word: stub out Part of Speech: verb 1. To extinguish (a cigar, cigarette) by crushing the tip. Labels: transitive Example: He stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray and went back inside. 2. To eradicate. Labels: idiomatic, transitive
Word: sweat off Part of Speech: verb 1. To lose (weight) by sweating (from heavy exercise, sauna etc.). Labels: informal, transitive Example: 4 October 2010, Express, REBECCA ADLINGTON TAKES THE BUS LANE TO BRONZE The shocked Aussie fighters started to sweat off the excess pounds, but competition manager Lenni Gama denied any problem with the scales.
Word: sweep up Part of Speech: verb 1. To clean by sweeping. Labels: ambitransitive Example: I'll wash the floor after sweeping up. Example: We swept up the leaves which had blown into the shop. 2. To transport to shore by waves. Labels: transitive Example: The only thing that frees the country from this curse is a favorable wind; this blows them into the sea, where they drown and are swept up on the beach for days afterwards in great heaps 3. to overwhelm, to cause to become overly involved in. Labels: passive, transitive, usually Example: We got swept up in the excitement.
Word: swing by Part of Speech: verb 1. To pay a brief, informal visit. Labels: ambitransitive, idiomatic, informal Example: I'll swing by later if I can clock off early.
Word: table wine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The standard of identity is from the Code of Federal Regulations, title 27, section 4.21(a)(2). 1. Wine that is not fortified or sparkling. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 2. A low-quality wine, suitable for drinking at mealtimes. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A grape wine containing at most fourteen percent alcohol by volume. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tank up Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋk ʌp/ 1. To fill up (for example, a tank in a vehicle with gas, petrol, etc.). Labels: Canada, US, ambitransitive Example: A painter was desirous of drawing the elephant, which was kept in the menagerie at Versailles, […] [H]e [the elephant] turned his resentment on the master, and tanking up a quantity of water in his trunk, threw it on the paper upon which the painter was drawing, and spoiled it. Example: One way of insuring that your baby eats enough is to increase his intake during the day, before 11 P.M. By "tanking up," as I call this strategy, you get more food into his tummy, which, in turn, enables him to sleep through longer stretches at night. Tanking up is also great for growth spurts, those two- or three-day periods when your baby eats more than usual[…]. 2. To intoxicate oneself, especially with alcohol. Labels: ambitransitive, slang Example: He was pretty well tanked up with extra dry Mumm and heady old Chambertin, and was drowsy and uproarious by turns. Example: [H]e loves to monkey with the flowing bowl, and gets beastly drunk. He attended a banquet to-day at which I was the honored guest, and he disgraced me by tanking up to the full extent of his capacity. 3. To install a tank. Labels: intransitive Example: Every valley was once tanked up for the purpose of irrigation, or the use of the herd,—indelible marks of reproach to succeeding generations, or at least to those by whom they have been governed.
Word: tape up Part of Speech: verb 1. To repair using tape. Labels: transitive 2. To use tape to restrict the movement of muscles, putatively in order to aid healing after workouts. 3. To use tape on the fingers to protect them from gritstone rash.
Word: tear duct Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɪədʌkt/ 1. A duct that transports tears from the lacrimal sac to the nasal cavity
Word: tearstain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tear + stain. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪəsteɪn/ 1. Any stain produced from tears from the eye. 2. Reddish-brown or rust-colored streaks found on the fur under the eyes, most commonly on white or light-colored animals. Labels: broadly
Word: teenth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for sixteenth. 1. A dram, a sixteenth of an ounce. Labels: slang
Word: tense up Part of Speech: verb 1. To become tense. Labels: informal, intransitive
Word: thornbill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thorn + bill. Pronunciation: /ˈθoɹnˌbɪl/, /ˈθɔːnˌbɪl/ 1. Any of the passerine birds of the genus Acanthiza, native to Australia. 2. Any of the hummingbirds of the genera Chalcostigma and Ramphomicron, native to the Americas.
Word: overlearn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + learn. Pronunciation: /əʊvəˈləːn/ 1. To learn (something) more than is necessary; to study excessively, to take (something) too much to heart. Example: Why the rigmarole of a military survey before enacting a measure most Americans already favoured? Maybe he over-learned the lesson of the clobbering Bill Clinton got when he barged into this area right at the start of his presidency. 2. To learn (something) to the point where responses become instinctive. 3. Mostly when talking about neural networks, to learn a task to the point where responses actually start to degrade. Compare with overfit, in model tuning contexts.
Word: overlearned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overlearn Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overlearning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overlearn Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overlearns Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overlearn Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: through ball Part of Speech: noun 1. A forward pass played between opposition defenders. Example: It was an omen of things to come as in the 56th minute the visitors took the lead after a mix-up between Skrtel and Sotirios Kyrgiakos allowed Ebanks-Blake's through-ball to squeeze between them. Example: And a potential partnership with Bruno Fernandes, who has completed the most through balls in the Premier League this season (15), would be an excellent stylistic fit.
Word: Torquay Part of Speech: name Etymology: From tor + quay. Pronunciation: /tɔɹˈkiː/ 1. A town and coastal resort in Torbay borough, in southern Devon, England. 2. A town in Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia. 3. A village in the Rural Municipality of Cambria No. 6, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Word: porcinis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of porcini Labels: form-of, plural
Word: as follows Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Originally an impersonal construction = ‘as it follows’. 1. In the manner described hereafter. Labels: not-comparable Example: The main points are as follows Example: I have come up with a new plan, as follows.
Word: division rings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of division ring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: division signs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of division sign Labels: form-of, plural
Word: PS/2 Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Personal System/2, IBM's second generation of personal computers, released in 1987. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 2. Ellipsis of PS/2 port, the serial I/O interface standard created for the IBM PS/2 keyboard and mouse. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical
Word: PS1 Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of PlayStation 1. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, retronym 2. Misspelling of PS/1. Labels: alt-of, misspelling 3. Abbreviation of PostScript Level 1. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 4. Ellipsis of MoMA PS1, a contemporary art institution in Long Island City. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: PS/1 Part of Speech: name 1. Ellipsis of IBM PS/1, a line of personal computers. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical
Word: PS3 Part of Speech: noun 1. Sony PlayStation 3 2. PostScript level 3
Word: eps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ep Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smoking rooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smoking room Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pulli Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pullus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pullorum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pullorum, originally as part of a specific name Bacterium pullorum, now as the name of a serovar. Pronunciation: /pʊˈlɔːɹəm/ 1. A severe infectious disease of young poultry, caused by a form of the salmonella bacterium. Labels: uncountable Example: I should recount my own experience with chooks – and I do not mean the difficulties, with lice, mites, fowl pox, pullorum or bum-drop about which subjects Goon's otherwise taciturn cousin gave me enough information to last a lifetime.
Word: basso profondos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of basso profondo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reddit Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of Reddit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: redditor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Redditor. Labels: alt-of Example: This week’s find: a subreddit devoted to all the wonderfully deranged things people have done while under the influence of Ambien sleeping pills, or while experiencing a visit from the Ambien walrus, as redditors are known to call it. Example: “We will not tolerate profit-seeking entities like Anthropic commercially exploiting Reddit content for billions of dollars without any return for redditors or respect for their privacy,” Ben Lee, Reddit’s chief legal officer, said in a statement.
Word: replum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin replum (“door frame”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːpləm/ 1. The framework of some pods, such as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off
Word: repla Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of replum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oeconomus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin oeconomus, from Ancient Greek οἰκονόμος (oikonómos), from οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + νόμος (nómos, “law, rule”). Pronunciation: /iːˈkɒnəməs/ 1. A married priest (chiefly Orthodox Christian and Uniate usage), as opposed to a hieromonk. 2. A priest or other person who serves as the bursar or finance officer of a diocese or religious institution (chiefly Roman Catholic usage), an episcopal oeconomus temporarily takes charge of church property in the event of an episcopal vacancy. 3. A Byzantine title given to the chief steward or treasurer of a household or institution.
Word: sagans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sagan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sextarius Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sextārius (“one-sixth”), from sextus (“sixth”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adj.”). Doublet of sextary. 1. A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 1⅔ Roman pound of wine and equivalent to about 0.54 L although varying slightly over time. Labels: historical 2. A Roman unit of dry measure. Labels: historical
Word: sextarii Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sextarius Labels: form-of, plural
Word: silurus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any fish of the genus Silurus; a sheatfish.
Word: MOCC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of maintenance operations control center. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: increasest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: increase + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of increase Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: stinkpots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stinkpot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stinkeroos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stinkeroo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stepwives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stepwife Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spidergrams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spidergram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sogdians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sogdian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sideroads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sideroad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shoogling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of shoogle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shoogled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of shoogle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: snaggleteeth Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snaggletooth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snaggletooths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snaggletooth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pigouts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pigout Labels: form-of, plural
Word: woodcare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wood + care. 1. The care and treatment of wood. Labels: uncountable Example: We sell a range of varnishes and other woodcare products.
Word: unsubscriber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unsubscribe + -er or un- + subscriber. 1. One who unsubscribes. Example: It is also important to find out why readers unsubscribe from the blog. If the organization has the unsubscriber's e-mail address, it should send a follow-up email and a minisurvey asking why the person chose to unsubscribe.
Word: unsubscribers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unsubscriber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonreceptive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + receptive. 1. Not receptive. Labels: not-comparable
Word: portscanner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From port + scanner. 1. A software program that performs portscans.
Word: portscanners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of portscanner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: portresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of portress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: infantcare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From infant + care. 1. The act of supervising and taking care of infants. Labels: uncountable
Word: minisurvey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + survey. 1. A small or short survey. Example: The first edition, translated into 6 languages, appeared to fulfil a need, and a minisurvey of UK veterinarians graduated 2–40 years ago showed unanimous support for such a revision […]
Word: minisurveys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minisurvey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sponsee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sponsor + -ee. 1. One who is sponsored. Example: What expectations would you have of me if I were your sponsee?
Word: sponsees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sponsee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sponsorer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sponsor (verb) + -er. 1. One who sponsors; a sponsor. Labels: proscribed, rare
Word: sponsorers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sponsorer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cardholding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From card + holding. 1. The ownership of a card used for financial transactions. Labels: uncountable
Word: cardholding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From card + holding. 1. Owning a card (identity card, financial, etc.). Labels: not-comparable Example: a cardholding member of the Communist party
Word: sailmaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sail + making. 1. The occupation of making sails. Labels: uncountable
Word: friska Part of Speech: noun 1. The fast section of a csardas.
Word: unproblematically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unproblematic + -ally. 1. Without problems.
Word: rimmers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rimmer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bi-endian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + endian. 1. Supporting both big-endian and little-endian processing. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ungradated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + gradated. 1. Not gradated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncreditworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + creditworthy. 1. Not creditworthy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: anigif Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of animated GIF. 1. An animated image in the GIF format. Labels: informal Example: The gentleman's original complaint was that his gifs (not anigifs) had been turned into anigifs. The answer you gave would be okay IF he only had one type of graphic involved. Example: If you are asking about making an anigif then the other posts have addys that are good. If you're asking about placing an anigif on yer page, the answer's easy: Place it on like anyother^([sic]) picture.
Word: anigifs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anigif Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oeconomi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oeconomus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: firelessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fireless + -ness. 1. The absence of fire. Labels: uncountable Example: When anthropologist James Frazer examined reports of prehistoric firelessness, he found them equally full of fantasy, such as fire being brought by a cockatoo or being tamed after it was discovered in a woman's genitals.
Word: noncapable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + capable. 1. Not capable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncapitalized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + capitalized. 1. Not capitalized; not written with an uppercase letter or letters. Labels: not-comparable 2. Not capitalized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: withgo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English withgon (“to be in opposition to, vanish”), from Old English wiþgān (“to go against, oppose, pass away, vanish, disappear”), equivalent to with- + go. 1. To go against; oppose; transgress. Labels: archaic, formal, transitive Example: Bisbie, being then in the 55th year of his age, and 30th year of his incumbency, by vertue of an unrighteous Act of a factious and rebellious convention, was deprived of the rectory of Long Melford for not withgoing his faith and sworn allegiance to King James the Second and transferring it to William, Prince of Orange. 2. To forgo; give up; pass up; forfeit. Labels: archaic, formal, transitive Example: "[...] In the name of all that is dear to you, let us help you to withgo the vengeance." Example: It has been reported in the newspapers that in South Australia several women who could afford to withgo the allowance have drawn £5, and contributed the money to the funds of the Liberal party.
Word: paraphrenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From paraphrenia + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌpæ.ɹəˈfɹɛnɪk/ 1. Having or pertaining to paraphrenia.
Word: paraphrenic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paraphrenia + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌpæ.ɹəˈfɹɛnɪk/ 1. A person who has paraphrenia. Example: His case well illustrates the schiztic character of a certain class of paraphrenics.
Word: hurters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hurter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paraphrenia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + -phrenia. 1. Any of a group of psychotic illnesses involving delusions, distinct from paranoia and schizophrenia. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being paraphrenic, the most severe form of the mistrustful-paranoid-paraphrenic personality spectrum, related to paranoid personality disorder. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: paraphrenias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paraphrenia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paraphrasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paraphrast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paraphraseable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of paraphrasable. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Goggin Part of Speech: name Etymology: See Goggin. 1. A surname.
Word: solifluctions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of solifluction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: solifugids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of solifugid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Aka Part of Speech: name 1. Either of two lakes in Alaska.
Word: Aka Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a nomadic Mbenga people.
Word: eggburger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From egg + -burger. 1. A hamburger served with a fried egg as a topping.
Word: eggburgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eggburger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nondream Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + dream. 1. Not of or pertaining to a dream. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nontennis Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + tennis. 1. Not of or pertaining to the sport of tennis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Apa Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 阿壩 /阿坝 (Ābà) Wade–Giles romanization: A¹-pa⁴. 1. Alternative form of Aba (Ngawa). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In August 1935, the Red Army continued to march north in two columns — the right led by the Central Committee of the Party and Comrade Mao Tsetung; the left by Chu Teh, Chang Kuo-tao and Liu Po-cheng. However, when the left column reached Apa (now in the Apa Tibetan Autonomous Chou in Szechuan), Chang Kuo-tao again refused to carry out the decision of the Central Committee and, detaining Chu Teh and Liu Po-cheng, took the troops south. Example: The road between Maowen and Peichuan counties was opened to traffic on 30 December, 1973. The "Maopei" road runs (east) from the county town of Maowen in Apa Tibetan Autonomous Chou to Peichuan County in Mienyang special district, and is over 110 km long.
Word: AINEC Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of and it's not even close. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Ede Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Ede. 1. A city in Gelderland province, Netherlands. 2. A municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands.
Word: Ede Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant spelling of Eade. 1. A surname.
Word: unshameable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + shameable. 1. Impossible to shame.
Word: shameable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shame + -able. 1. Possible to shame. Example: Girls from my village are best [as maids] because they are shameable – I can report them to their parents.
Word: surculus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin surculus. Doublet of surcle. 1. A shoot from a rootstock; a sucker.
Word: surculi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surculus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: draughtproofed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of draughtproof Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: draughtproofing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From draughtproof + -ing. 1. The material which is used to make something draughtproof. Labels: UK, uncountable 2. The act of making something draughtproof. Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: draughtproofing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. present participle and gerund of draughtproof Labels: UK, form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Borel measure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Emile Borel 1. A measure whose domain is the Borel σ-algebra of a locally compact Hausdorff space. Example: We are now in a position to construct a definitive theory for measuring subsets of #92;mathbb#123;R#125; based on the idea that the measure of an interval is its length. We begin with a more general (but only slightly more complicated) construction that yields a large family of measures on #92;mathbb#123;R#125; whose domain is the Borel σ-algebra #92;mathcal#123;B#125;#95;#123;#92;mathbb#123;R
Word: Ulu Part of Speech: name 1. The second-largest island in the Duke of York island group.
Word: outer regular Part of Speech: adj 1. (of a Borel set) That its measure is equal to the infimum of the measures of all open sets which contain it. Labels: not-comparable
Word: inner regular Part of Speech: adj 1. Whose measure is equal to the supremum of the measures of all compact sets which are contained by it. Labels: not-comparable
Word: σ-compact Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The 'σ' stands for "countable union". 1. That is expressible as a countable union of compact sets. Labels: not-comparable
Word: σ-finite measure Part of Speech: noun 1. A set, in a measurable space, that is expressible as a countable union of sets of finite measure.
Word: wither- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Middle English wither-, from Old English wiþer- (“again, against”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþra-, from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against, toward”), from Proto-Indo-European *wī-tero- (“further apart”), *wī- (“separate, alone”). Cognate with Low German wedder (“against”), Dutch weer (“again, back”), German wider (“against, contrary to”), wieder (“again”). More at with. 1. Against, in opposition to; in return; counter-; contrary (to); in the opposite direction (of or to); backwards. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, morpheme
Word: goldbeater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English goldbeter, equivalent to gold + beater. 1. A craftsman who creates gold leaf by hammering gold bars. Example: Zebedee went to the goldbeaters shop, which smelled like lamb because the goldbeater ate a sandwich of lamb every day for lunch. Example: The membrane had been used, perhaps since antiquity, to make gold leaf, which goldbeaters produced by starting out with a small ingot of gold and beating it thinner, then sandwiching the leaves between sheets of cow intestines, ultimately creating a stack of alternating goldbeater's skins and gold leaf that could be more than 100 layers deep.