nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: scrivener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scryvener, alteration of scryveyn, from Anglo-Norman scrivein (“professional penman, copyist”), from Old French escrivain, from Vulgar Latin *scriba, *scribanem, from Latin scriba, from scrībō (“to write”). Pronunciation: /ˈskɹɪvnə(ɹ)/, /ˈskɹɪvənəɹ/ 1. A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings. Example: Scrivener (enters with a paper in hand):Here is the indictment of the good Lord Hastings, Which in a set hand fairly is engrossed That is may be today read o'er in Paul's. And mark how well the sequel hangs together: Eleven hours I have spent to write it over[…] Example: The nature of my avocations for the last thirty years has brought me into more than ordinary contact with what would seem an interesting and somewhat singular set of men, of whom as yet nothing that I know of has ever been written:—I mean the law-copyists or scriveners. 2. One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker. Labels: obsolete
Word: Cupid Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwep- Proto-Indo-European *kup-yé-tider. Proto-Italic *kupjō Latin cupiō Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder. Latin -ēdō Latin -īdō Latin cupīdō Latin Cupīdōder. English Cupid From Latin Cupīdō, personification of cupīdō (“desire, desire of love”), from cupidus (“eager, greedy, passionate”), from cupiō (“to desire”). Pronunciation: /ˈkjuːpɪd/ 1. The god of love, son of Venus; sometimes depicted as a putto (a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow). The Roman counterpart of Eros. Labels: Roman Example: The myth of Cupid and Psyche was one of the most influential romances in European culture. 2. Sudden love or desire; the personification of falling in love. Labels: poetic Example: He was just walking down the street minding his own business when Cupid struck. 3. A moon of Uranus. Example: Cupid is so small and far away that it can only be seen with the Hubble Space Telescope. 4. The sixth reindeer of Santa Claus.
Word: TESOL Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of teaching English to speakers of other languages. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Word: garda Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Garda. Labels: Ireland, alt-of, in-plural, often Example: He said gardaí had responded professionally to “thuggish violence” in the area and those arrested would be “charged, named and dealt with relentlessly” by the criminal justice system.
Word: garda Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Garda. Labels: Ireland, alt-of Example: A garda was ambling towards us. Example: A trainee garda who was sent home from Templemore Garda College after he was told the tattoo on his hand id not comply with the force's dress and uniform code said he has been “treated very unfairly”.
Word: useful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From use + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːsfl̩/, [ˈjuːsfɫ̩], /ˈjusfl̩/, [ˈjusfɫ̩], /ˈjʉːsfəl/ 1. Having a practical or beneficial use. Example: prove useful Example: practically useful
Word: will o' the wisp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Will (“male given name”) + of + the + wisp (“a bundle of straw or hay used as a torch”) Pronunciation: /ˌwɪləðəˈwɪsp/ 1. Any of several kinds of pale, flickering light, appearing over marshland in many parts of the world with diverse folkloric explanations and multiple possible scientific explanations including bioluminescence and chemiluminescence. 2. Any of several kinds of pale, flickering light, appearing over marshland in many parts of the world with diverse folkloric explanations and multiple possible scientific explanations including bioluminescence and chemiluminescence. Labels: UK Example: They plague and annoy lazy men-servants and untidy maids with frightful dreams; oppress them as the nightmare; bite them as fleas; and scratch and tear them like cats and dogs; and often in the night frighten, in the shape of owls, thieves and lovers, or, like Will-o-the-wisps, lead them astray into bogs and marshes[.] Example: 1988, Michael Weikath, "Keeper of the Seven Keys", Helloween, Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II. Will o' the wisps / Misguiding your path / You can't throw a curse / Without takin' their wrath 3. A delusionary or otherwise unachievable goal that one feels compelled to pursue. Labels: figuratively Example: Some preliminary legal arrangements were made, but the scheme proceeded no further, as the various local authorities concerned were unwilling to speculate public funds on what was, even at that date, a will o' the wisp. Example: I happen to think the brothers’ pi project is a will-o’-the-wisp, and is one of the least interesting things they’ve ever done. But what do I know?
Word: umpire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a Middle English rebracketing of a noumper as an oumper, from Old French nonper (“odd number, not even (as a tie-breaking arbitrator)”), from non (“not”) + per (“equal”), from Latin par (“equal”). Pronunciation: /ˈʌm.paɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈʌm.paɪɹ/ 1. An official who presides over a sports match. Example: And you, O King, and you, O Goldry Bluszco, are likewise bound by oath to wrastle fairly and to abide by the ruling of me, the Red Foliot, whom ye are content to choose as your umpire. 2. An official who presides over a sports match. 3. An official who presides over a sports match. 4. An official who presides over a sports match. Example: The umpire called the pitch a strike. 5. An official who presides over a sports match. Example: The umpire must keep on his toes as the play often occurs around him. 6. An official who presides over a sports match. 7. An official who presides over a sports match. 8. A person who arbitrates between contending parties. Example: You for their umpire and their ſynod take, / And their appeal alone to Cæſar make.
Word: umpire Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a Middle English rebracketing of a noumper as an oumper, from Old French nonper (“odd number, not even (as a tie-breaking arbitrator)”), from non (“not”) + per (“equal”), from Latin par (“equal”). Pronunciation: /ˈʌm.paɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈʌm.paɪɹ/ 1. To act as an umpire in a game. Labels: intransitive 2. To decide as an umpire. Labels: transitive Example: Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest between them, and to decide where the right lies.
Word: batshit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Presumably from batty (“crazy”), itself from earlier have bats in one's belfry, from tendency of bats to fly around erratically. Possibly influenced by or derived from apeshit, particularly in phrase go apeshit. Pronunciation: /ˈbæt.ʃɪt/ 1. Fecal matter produced by bats. Labels: literally, uncountable, vulgar 2. Extreme irrationality or unreasonableness, insanity, craziness. Labels: slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, suggested Cleverly had previously privately referred to the Rwanda plan as “batshit”, a jibe not explicitly denied by Cleverly.
Word: batshit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Presumably from batty (“crazy”), itself from earlier have bats in one's belfry, from tendency of bats to fly around erratically. Possibly influenced by or derived from apeshit, particularly in phrase go apeshit. Pronunciation: /ˈbæt.ʃɪt/ 1. Extremely irrational or unreasonable, insane, crazy. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Don't take any courses from that professor. She's completely batshit. Example: And what the fuck are you doing on TV anyhow? You know I get calls from back home every fuckin day, they think you went batshit!
Word: batshit Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Presumably from batty (“crazy”), itself from earlier have bats in one's belfry, from tendency of bats to fly around erratically. Possibly influenced by or derived from apeshit, particularly in phrase go apeshit. Pronunciation: /ˈbæt.ʃɪt/ 1. Used as an intensifier, particularly for insane or synonyms. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: When we heard about it he went batshit nuts.
Word: stable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stable, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stable, from Latin stab(u)lum. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪ.bəl/, [ˈsteɪ.bɫ̩], /ˈstæɪ.bəl/, [ˈstæɪ.bɫ̩] 1. A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses. Example: There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables. Example: We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day. 2. All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner. Labels: metonymically 3. A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers. Labels: Scotland 4. An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together. 5. A group of wrestlers who support each other within a wrestling storyline. Example: Paul, who signed with WWE in late June, appeared in a segment with Reigns' stable, the Bloodline, on Friday's episode of SmackDown after making comments earlier in the week regarding a potential match with the Tribal Chief. 6. A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp. Labels: slang Example: My pimp vision enabled me to see that no hoe in my stable would be more worthy of the game than my young turnout red-bones. 7. A group of people who are looked after, mentored, considered or trained in one place or for a particular purpose or profession. 8. A coherent or consistent set of things (typically abstract) available or presented; array. Example: This Article argues that to date, the Supreme Court has drawn from a narrow stable of arguments to create a fairly standard, yet coarse, analysis to consider when to apply proximate cause to statutes. Example: Built into the popular conception of the genius mythos in the sciences is something more than mere intelligence; the solitary free-thinking scientist is also expected to showcase a proclivity for eccentricity, rule breaking, and unconventional thinking and behavior. But when it comes to the abuse of scientific power for sexual predation, this stable of behaviors represents a slippery slope.
Word: stable Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stable, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stable, from Latin stab(u)lum. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪ.bəl/, [ˈsteɪ.bɫ̩], /ˈstæɪ.bəl/, [ˈstæɪ.bɫ̩] 1. To put or keep (an animal) in a stable. Labels: transitive Example: It is not difficult for the wealthy brewer or pluralist publican, while he takes his ease in his comfortable dwelling on the Lord’s Day, or rolls in his chariot to the house of prayer, to denounce the agitation in favour of Sunday-closing, while his weary barmen and barmaidens “work from early morn to midnight” to carpet his ample halls and stable his well-fed horses. Example: "I hope your have been quite comfortable." ¶ "Never better stabled in my life," said Bree. 2. To dwell in a stable. Labels: intransitive 3. To park (a rail vehicle). Labels: transitive Example: S.R. Pacific No. 34010 Sidmouth leaves Wembley Central to stable the stock of its excursion from the S.R. at North Wembley; the train was run in connection with a Wembley football event on April 30, 1960. Example: Great Western Railway has placed its Class 143 Pacer fleet into warm storage, with the majority stabled at Exeter.
Word: stable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English stable, from Anglo-Norman stable, stabel, from Latin stabilis (“firm, steadfast”) (itself from stare (“stand”) + -abilis (“able”)). Displaced native Old English staþolfæst. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪ.bəl/, [ˈsteɪ.bɫ̩], /ˈstæɪ.bəl/, [ˈstæɪ.bɫ̩] 1. Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed. Example: He was in a stable relationship. Example: His income of £10000 per month was stable for a healthy living. 2. Of software: established to be relatively free of bugs, as opposed to a beta version. Example: You should download the 1.9 version of that video editing software: it is the latest stable version. The newer beta version has some bugs. 3. That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal. 4. Eventually satisfying the identity IM_n=M_n+1.
Word: souq Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic سُوق (sūq, “market”), from Aramaic שוקא or ܫܘܩܐ (šūqā’, “street, market”), from Akkadian 𒋻 (sūqu, “street”), from 𒊓𒆸 (s(i)āqu, “narrow”). Doublet of shuk. Pronunciation: /suːk/, /suːq/ 1. A street market, particularly in Arabic- and Somali-speaking countries; a place where people buy and sell goods.
Word: tailender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tail end + -er. 1. One of the last four or five batsmen in the batting order, normally bowlers with limited batting ability; a member of the tail. Example: The Bushrangers moved a step closer to securing a berth in the final when tailenders Damien Wright and Clint McKay posted a century stand on day two, which gave the Vics a first-innings 400.
Word: bazaar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French bazar or Italian bazar, from Ottoman Turkish بازار (bazar), from Persian بازار (bâzâr). Pronunciation: /bəˈzɐː/, /bəˈzɑː(ɹ)/, /bəˈzɑɹ/, /bəˈzɑr/, /ˈbɑzɑr/ 1. A marketplace, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia, and often covered with shops and stalls. 2. A shop selling articles that are either exotic or eclectic. 3. A fair or temporary market, often for charity. Example: ...quoting a paragraph from the Morning Post which announced the intention of Lady Anne Granard, with her beautiful daughters, to preside at one of the stalls, at a grand fancy bazaar, in Kemp Town, which was expected to be the gayest scene and the most splendid assemblage of royalty and nobility ever beheld in Brighton.
Word: sheila Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sheila (“female given name”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃiːlə/ 1. A woman. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang Example: ‘I didn’t like that sheila that tried to latch onto him, but.’ Example: He was a real gentleman and although he never asked any personal questions as to why ‘a couple of sheilas’ was hitch hiking to Perth, he said he was glad of the company.
Word: sheila Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic شَيْلَاء (šaylāʔ). 1. Alternative form of shayla. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: They sport short hair, no makeup, and do not wear a sheila.
Word: serviceable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English servisable, from Old French servisable, from servise. By surface analysis, service + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈsɝvɪsəbl̩/, /ˈsɜːvɪsəbl̩/ 1. Easy to service. 2. Repairable instead of disposable. 3. In condition for use. Example: I employed myself in making, as well as I could, a great many baskets, both to carry earth or to carry or lay up anything, as I had occasion; and though I did not finish them very handsomely, yet I made them sufficiently serviceable for my purpose... Example: There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
Word: overweening Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English overweninge, equivalent to overween + -ing. Cognate with obsolete Dutch overwanig, overwaand (“presumptuous; cocky; conceited”). Pronunciation: /əʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ/, /oʊvɚˈwinɪŋ/ 1. Unduly confident; (sometimes also) arrogant. Example: She wins one modeling contest in Montana and suddenly she’s overweening. Example: Heere's an ouer-weening rogue. 2. Exaggerated, excessive. Example: The idea that an overweening federal government is a threat to both freedom and equality (not to mention prosperity) goes back to Jefferson, James Madison, Patrick Henry and some other fairly respectable personages.
Word: overweening Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English overweninge, equivalent to overween + -ing. Pronunciation: /əʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ/, /oʊvɚˈwinɪŋ/ 1. An excessively high opinion of oneself or one’s abilities; presumption, arrogance. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Let us suppresse this over-weening [translating cuider], the first foundation of the tyrannie of the wicked spirit[…].
Word: overweening Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /əʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ/, /oʊvɚˈwinɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of overween Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: primogeniture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French, from Late Latin primogenitura, from Latin primus (“first”) + genitura (“birth”) (from genitus, past participle of gignere). Pronunciation: /ˌprʌɪmə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪtʃə/ 1. The state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The principle that the eldest child has an exclusive right of inheritance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: On these grounds, I contend the mere possession of large property, which is all that primogeniture insures, is by no means a sufficient and unobjectionable qualification for a legislator. Example: Anglo-Saxon kings did not succeed on the basis of primogeniture. All the kings offspring were known as aethelings -- throneworthy -- and from this gene pool the royal family would select the aetheling who seemed best qualified for the job. 3. An instance of such a right of inheritance, established by custom or law. Labels: countable Example: The King of Sardinia, by a decree of the 9th of Dec. has abolished— 1. The prohibition against the erection of primogenitures and feudal rights, enacted by the 9th section of the edict of the 29th of July 1797, or by any other law; restricting, however, to those primogenitures and majorats only which shall be erected in favour of persons[…]. Example: All primogenitures, trusts, rights of presentation, and every other description of entail on real property, movables, or fixtures, rents, annuities, seigneuries, or of any other kind whatsoever, are suppressed, which are from henceforward restored to the class of absolutely free.
Word: bat shit Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of batshit. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: go batshit Part of Speech: verb 1. To become completely irrational; to react in an irrationally extreme manner. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: When I told him about the latest numbers, he went batshit.
Word: -speak Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Probably originally from Newspeak, coined by George Orwell in his book Nineteen Eighty-Four. Pronunciation: /-ˌspiːk/, /-ˌspik/ 1. Indicates a manner of speech or writing typical of or characterized by the root term. Labels: morpheme, uncountable Example: But on Saturday, China’s defence ministry announced that Zhang and Liu Zhenli, another CMC member, were under investigation for “suspected serious violations of discipline and law”, party-speak for corruption.
Word: draw a blank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from the idea of drawing of a blank (losing) ticket in an old-fashioned lottery. 1. To be unable to recall a required piece of information. Labels: idiomatic Example: I should know that person's name, but I'm drawing a blank. 2. To fail; not to find anything; to produce no successful response. Labels: idiomatic Example: "Oh," she replied, "when I came to think of it, I saw, that you were right. I thought, 'twas quite likely it [the lottery ticket] would draw a blank.[…]" Example: When she brainstormed about what else she would do, where else she would go, her mind drew a blank.
Word: Kansas Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a Siouan ethnonym cognate to Kansa; related to Arkansas, which see for more information. Pronunciation: /ˈkænzəs/ 1. A state of the midwest United States. Capital: Topeka. Largest city: Wichita. Example: On Friday night, eight US Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers took off from Altus, Oklahoma, according to data from FlightRadar24. Over Kansas the tankers refueled two groups of planes, identified on air traffic control audio by their callsigns MYTEE11 FLT and MYTEE21 FLT. The callsign MYTEE has previously been associated with special activity flights by B-2 bombers, and multiple flight trackers on social media said the planes being refueled were B-2 bombers out of Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. 2. A river in northeast Kansas. 3. Ellipsis of University of Kansas. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 4. A surname.
Word: golden mean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Latin aurea mediocritās. Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊl.dən ˈmiːn/, /ˈɡoʊl.dən ˈmiːn/ 1. A position of balance between excess and deficiency. Labels: idiomatic Example: He who chooses the golden mean safely avoids both the hovel and the palace
Word: Horace Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Horatius, a Roman family name of obscure origin, possibly from Etruscan. Doublet of Horatio. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒɹɪs/, /ˈhɔɹəs/, /ˈhɑɹəs/, /ˈhɑɹɪs/ 1. Quintus Horatius Flaccus, a poet and philosopher of the Roman Augustan Age (65–8 BCE). 2. A male given name from Latin.
Word: ora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin. 1. plural of os (“anatomical opening”) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English ora. Doublet of ore. 1. A unit of money among the Anglo-Saxons. Labels: historical
Word: Test match Part of Speech: noun 1. A five-day first class match between sides representing the official Test nations. 2. An international match between the teams of two nations.
Word: Test nation Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the officially recognised nations who play Test cricket: Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the West Indies, and Zimbabwe.
Word: first class match Part of Speech: noun 1. A three- or five-day cricket match, with two innings per side, played under a set of conditions specified and officially recognised by an official governing body of cricket. Example: He was playing a first-class match for Surrey.
Word: furnish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English furnysshen, from Old French furniss-, stem of certain parts of furnir, fornir (Modern French fournir), from Germanic, from Frankish *frumjan (“to complete, execute”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forward”). Cognate with Old High German frumjan (“to perform, provide”), Old High German fruma (“utility, gain”), Old English fremu (“profit, advantage”), Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”). More at frame, frim. Pronunciation: /ˈfɝnɪʃ/, /ˈfɜːnɪʃ/ 1. Material used to create an engineered product. Example: The resin-coated furnish is evenly spread inside the form and another metal plate is placed on top.
Word: furnish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English furnysshen, from Old French furniss-, stem of certain parts of furnir, fornir (Modern French fournir), from Germanic, from Frankish *frumjan (“to complete, execute”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forward”). Cognate with Old High German frumjan (“to perform, provide”), Old High German fruma (“utility, gain”), Old English fremu (“profit, advantage”), Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”). More at frame, frim. Pronunciation: /ˈfɝnɪʃ/, /ˈfɜːnɪʃ/ 1. To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment. Labels: transitive Example: The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house. Example: Then his sallow face brightened, for the hall had been carefully furnished, and was very clean. ¶ There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls. 2. To supply or give (something). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: […] Miniſters are ſo wiſe to leave their Proceedings to be accounted for by Reaſoners at a Diſtance, who often mould them into Syſtems, that do not only go down very well in the Coffee-Houſe, but are Supplies for Pamphlets in the preſent Age, and may probably furniſh Materials for Memoirs and Hiſtories in the next. Example: [H]e took his seat at the bottom of the table, by her ladyship's desire, and looked as if he felt that life could furnish nothing greater. 3. To supply (somebody) with something. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The street outside my window furnishes meager entertainment. Example: For, that the ordure, which continually gathers on the skin, would ſoon ſtop the pores of it, if the ſweat were not furniſht with ſome efficacious diſſolvent to open and pierce them.
Word: Fahrenheit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From German Fahrenheit, named after Prussian scientist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. Pronunciation: /ˈfæɹənhaɪt/, /ˈfɛɹənhaɪt/, /ˈfɑːɹənhaɪt/ 1. Describing a temperature scale originally defined as having 0°F as the lowest temperature obtainable with a mixture of ice and salt, and 96°F as the temperature of the human body, and now defined with 32°F equal to 0°C, and each degree Fahrenheit equal to 5/9 of a degree Celsius or 5/9 kelvin. Labels: not-comparable Example: Pyeongchang sits nearly half a mile above sea level in the northeastern corner of South Korea, not too far from the border with the North. It is one of the coldest parts of the country — wind chill in February is often in single digits (Fahrenheit) — and notorious for a powerful, biting wind that gathers force as it barrels down out of Siberia and the Manchurian Plain and then across the jagged granite peaks of North Korea. Example: For example, in the Fahrenheit scale 212°F is the boiling point of water.
Word: mixture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French misture, from Latin mixtūra (“a mixing”), from mixtus, perfect passive participle of misceō (“mix”); compare mix. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪkstʃə/, /ˈmɪkst͡ʃɚ/ 1. The act of mixing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The mixture of sulphuric acid and water produces heat. 2. Something produced by mixing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An alloy is a mixture of two metals. 3. Something that consists of diverse elements. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The day was a mixture of sunshine and showers. 4. A medicinal compound, typically a suspension of a solid in a solution Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals 5. A compound organ stop. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A cloth of variegated colouring. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A mix of different dry foods as a snack, especially chevda or Bombay mix. Labels: India, Sri-Lanka, countable, uncountable
Word: literary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French littéraire. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪt.(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/, /ˈlɪt.(ə.)ɹi/, /ˈlɪt.əˌɹɛɹ.i/, [ˈɫɪɾ.əˌɹɛɹ.i] 1. Relating to literature. Example: literary fame Example: a literary history 2. Relating to writers, or the profession of literature. Example: a literary man Example: in the literary as well as fashionable world 3. Knowledgeable of literature or writing. 4. Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing. 5. Bookish.
Word: onomatology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *ónomã Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Hellenic *ónomə Ancient Greek ὀνόμᾰτος (onómătos)der. English onomato- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English onomatology From onomato- + -logy. Pronunciation: /ˌɒnəməˈtɒləd͡ʒi/, /ˌɑnəməˈtɑləd͡ʒi/ 1. Synonym of onomastics Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Nay more, of onomatology proper as I understand it, that is of the question of personal names, not a word so far.
Word: importance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English importaunce, from Middle French importance, from Medieval Latin importantia. By surface analysis, import (“to be important”) + -ance. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɔːtəns/, /ɪmˈpɔɹtəns/, [-ʔn̩s] 1. The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The recording speed is also of importance in detecting flutters of high frequency. 2. significance or prominence. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. personal status or standing. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Something of importance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was incessant matter for amazement how these Olympians would talk over our heads - during meals, for instance - of this or the other social or political inanity, under the delusion that these pale phantasms of reality were among the importances of life.
Word: kerb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From curb (“raised border or frame”) [from mid-17th c.]. Doublet of curve. Pronunciation: /kɝb/, /kɜːb/ 1. Alternative spelling of curb. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: kerb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From curb (“raised border or frame”) [from mid-17th c.]. Doublet of curve. Pronunciation: /kɝb/, /kɜːb/ 1. To damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb. Labels: UK, transitive 2. To take a dog to the kerb for the purpose of evacuating their bowels. Example: I was fidgeting a bit, because three dogs were sniffing at my ankles in an interested fashion. They were going out to be kerbed[.]
Word: curb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French courbe (“curve, curved object”), from Latin curvus (“bent, crooked, curved”). Doublet of curve. Pronunciation: /kɝb/, /kɜːb/ 1. A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand). Labels: US 2. A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening. Labels: US 3. Something that checks or restrains; a restraint. Labels: US, figuratively Example: Even by theſe Men, Religion, that ſhould be / The curb, is made the ſpur to tyranny: / They with their double key of conſcience bind / The Subjects ſouls, and leave Kings unconfin'd; […] Example: The same also is that burning mention’d by S. Paul, whereof mariage ought to be the remedy; the Flesh hath other naturall and easie curbs which are in the power of any temperate man.. 4. A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by leverage advantage placing pressure on the poll by means of the crown piece of the bridle and chin groove by means of a curb chain. Labels: US Example: He that before ran in the pastures wild / Felt the stiff curb controul his angry jaws. Example: Captain went out in the cab all the morning. Harry came in after school to feed me and give me water. In the afternoon I was put into the cab. Jerry took as much pains to see if the collar and bridle fitted comfortably, as if he had been John Manly over again. When the crupper was let out a hole or two, it all fitted well. There was no bearing rein—no curb—nothing but a plain ring snaffle. What a blessing that was! 5. A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with adjacent paved areas to permit vehicles to off-load or load passengers. Labels: Canada, US 6. A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness. Labels: US
Word: curb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French courbe (“curve, curved object”), from Latin curvus (“bent, crooked, curved”). Doublet of curve. Pronunciation: /kɝb/, /kɜːb/ 1. To check, restrain or control. Labels: US, transitive Example: Curb your dog Example: Where pinching want must curb her warm desires. 2. To rein in. Labels: US, transitive 3. To furnish (a well etc.) with a curb; to restrain (a bank of earth, etc.) by a curb. Labels: US, transitive 4. Ellipsis of curb stomp. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang, transitive 5. To bring to a stop beside a curb. Labels: US, transitive Example: As had become her habit, Jane rove past her destination and curbed the car on a side street a block and a half away. 6. To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb. Labels: US, transitive 7. To bend or curve. Labels: US, transitive Example: [B]y crooked and curbed lines, wee looke within the water; for our eie ſight doth bend and turne againe perforce, by reason that the matter of the water is more thicke; which is the cauſe, that we ſee the mariners oare in the ſea a farre off, as it were crooked. 8. To crouch; to cringe. Labels: US, intransitive Example: Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg, / Yea, curb and woo for leave to do him good.
Word: narcotic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English narcotyk, from Middle French narcotique (from Old French narcotique, noun use of adjective) and directly from Medieval Latin narcōticum, from Ancient Greek ναρκωτῐκόν (narkōtĭkón), neuter of ναρκωτῐκός (narkōtĭkós), from Ancient Greek ναρκόω (narkóō, “to benumb”), from νάρκη (nárkē, “numbness, torpor”). Pronunciation: /nɑːˈkɒtɪk/, /nɑɹˈkɑtɪk/, [nɑɹˈkɑɾɪk], /nɐːˈkɔtɪk/, /nɐːˈkɒtək/ 1. Any substance or drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour; in some contexts, especially in reference to the opiates-and-opioids class, especially in reference to illegal drugs, and often both. Example: "Real San Juan Colorado," he said. "Excitable people like you are the better for narcotics. Heavens! don't bite it! Cut - and cut with reverence!" Example: In 2016, the CDC established guidelines for prescribing narcotics for chronic pain. 2. Any type of numbing or soothing drug. Example: But, for the unquiet heart and brain, ⁠A use in measured language lies; ⁠The sad mechanic exercise, Like dull narcotics, numbing pain. Example: Podson grabbed at his tobacco with a fervent, "God! just about saved my life." With a cigarette going he grabbed at the papers, requiring spiritual sustenance as well as a divine narcotic.
Word: narcotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French narcotique or German narkotisch and directly from Medieval Latin narcōticus, from Ancient Greek ναρκωτῐκός (narkōtĭkós). Pronunciation: /nɑːˈkɒtɪk/, /nɑɹˈkɑtɪk/, [nɑɹˈkɑɾɪk], /nɐːˈkɔtɪk/, /nɐːˈkɒtək/ 1. Of, or relating to narcotics. 2. Inducing sleep; causing narcosis. Example: The duration of a prescription may give clues into how long a person ends up using a narcotic painkiller, a new study finds.
Word: dermis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin dermis, from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”), from δέρω (dérō, “to skin, to flay”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɜː.mɪs/, /ˈdɝ.mɪs/ 1. The tissue of the skin underlying the epidermis.
Word: West Indies Part of Speech: name Etymology: From west + Indies. From being lands called the Indies, of the West. From being mistaken for the East Indies (aka, the Indies). 1. The islands of the Caribbean sea. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Meronyms: Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Lucayan Archipelago 2. A Federation of Caribbean states which, together with Guyana, play Test matches as if they were a single nation. Labels: plural, plural-only 3. (The former) British West Indies. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only
Word: border Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old French bordeurebor. Middle English bordure English border Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordeure, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bord, equivalent to modern French bord (“a border”) + -er. Akin to Middle High German borte (“border, trim”), German Borte (“ribbon, trimming”). Doublet of bordure. More at board. Further cognate to English board, Old Norse barð (“edge”), Swedish bård (“edge”), also English beard, German Bart (“beard”) (edge of the face) etc. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔə.də/, /ˈbɔː.də/, /ˈbɔɹ.dɚ/, [ˈbo̞ɹ.dɚ], /ˈbɔːɹ.dɚ/ 1. The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world. Example: The identification of the border between England and Scotland always has been a source of interest to railway travellers. For many years, however, the exact points north of Berwick and Carlisle at which the Anglo-Scottish main lines passed from one country to the other were not defined, but the erection of clear and unmistakable lineside signs has put the matter beyond all doubt. 2. The outer edge of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the borders of the garden Example: upon the borders of these solitudes 3. A decorative strip around the edge of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There’s a nice frilly border around the picture frame. Example: a solid border around a table of figures 4. A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Border morris or border dancing. Labels: UK, uncountable 6. A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: border Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Old French bordeurebor. Middle English bordure English border Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordeure, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bord, equivalent to modern French bord (“a border”) + -er. Akin to Middle High German borte (“border, trim”), German Borte (“ribbon, trimming”). Doublet of bordure. More at board. Further cognate to English board, Old Norse barð (“edge”), Swedish bård (“edge”), also English beard, German Bart (“beard”) (edge of the face) etc. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔə.də/, /ˈbɔː.də/, /ˈbɔɹ.dɚ/, [ˈbo̞ɹ.dɚ], /ˈbɔːɹ.dɚ/ 1. To put a border on something. Labels: transitive 2. To form a border around; to bound. Labels: transitive 3. To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of. Labels: transitive Example: Denmark borders Germany to the south. 4. To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with). Labels: intransitive Example: Connecticut borders on Massachusetts. 5. To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon). Labels: intransitive Example: Wit which borders upon profaneness […]deserves to be branded as folly.
Word: dense Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French dense, from Latin dēnsus, from Proto-Indo-European *dens- (“thick, dense”) (whence also Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús)). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛns/, [ˈdɛns], /ˈdɪns/, [ˈdɪ̟ns] 1. Having relatively high density. 2. Compact; crowded together. Example: The regions of densest population are the tributaries and banks of the Huai above Pang-pu and the diked areas along the right bank of the Yangtze.[…] There are four large towns—Ho-fei, the capital; Huai-nan; Pang-pu; and Wu-hu. 3. Thick; difficult to penetrate. Example: ... mantling the slopes are other still denser forests, where the Pacara (Enterolobium timbavica), Lapacho (Tecoma stans), Quina-Quina (Myroxilon peruanum), urunday (allied to the Lapacho) Quefioa (Rosacea Polylepis racemosa), Cascaron ... Example: And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. 4. Opaque; allowing little light to pass through. 5. Obscure or difficult to understand. Example: And if you're experiencing a weird sensation after that clip that you can't quite place, it's because it was nice! It was happy kids talking about how they're able to be themselves, and you don't usually get nice things on this show, which at this point is honestly mainly dense statistics and facts and occasional Pikachu porn! 6. Such that its closure in T is T. Labels: not-comparable 7. Slow to comprehend; of low intelligence. (of a person) Example: There are times when systems like GPT-4 seem to mimic human reasoning, but there are also times when they seem terribly dense. “These behaviors are not always consistent,” Ece Kamar, a Microsoft researcher, said.
Word: dense Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French dense, from Latin dēnsus, from Proto-Indo-European *dens- (“thick, dense”) (whence also Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús)). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛns/, [ˈdɛns], /ˈdɪns/, [ˈdɪ̟ns] 1. A thicket.
Word: district Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere (“to draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringere (“to draw tight, strain”). Doublet of Detroit. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪstɹɪkt/, /ˈdiːstɹɪkt/ 1. An administrative division of an area. Example: Soho is a district of London Example: ‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘An Alsatia like the ancient one behind the Strand, or the Saffron Hill before the First World War.[…]’ 2. An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature. Example: the Lake District in Cumbria 3. An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough. Labels: UK Example: South Oxfordshire District Council 4. A specific, usually named area of the coalface where particular seams are worked.
Word: district Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere (“to draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringere (“to draw tight, strain”). Doublet of Detroit. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪstɹɪkt/, /ˈdiːstɹɪkt/ 1. To divide into administrative or other districts. Labels: transitive Example: A county districted for voting purposes.
Word: district Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere (“to draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringere (“to draw tight, strain”). Doublet of Detroit. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪstɹɪkt/, /ˈdiːstɹɪkt/ 1. rigorous; stringent; harsh Labels: obsolete Example: punishing with the rod of district severity
Word: publication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English publicacioun, from Old French publicacion, from Latin pūblicātiō. By surface analysis, public + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. The act of publishing printed or other matter. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The publication of these papers was not owing to our folly, but that of others. Example: Owing to the time lag which must occur between the dates of closing for press and publication, it sometimes happens that items of news are out of date, or inaccurate, by the time they reach readers. 2. An issue of printed or other matter, offered for sale or distribution. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The communication of information to the general public etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His jealousy ... attends the business, the recreations, the publications, and retirements of every man.
Word: supply Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English supplien, borrowed from Old French soupleer, souploier, from Latin suppleo (“to fill up, make full, complete, supply”). The Middle English spelling was modified to conform to Latin etymology. Pronunciation: /səˈplaɪ/ 1. To provide (something), to make (something) available for use. Labels: transitive Example: to supply money for the war 2. To furnish or equip with. Labels: transitive Example: to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition 3. To fill up, or keep full. Labels: transitive Example: Rivers are supplied by smaller streams. 4. To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of. Labels: transitive Example: It was objected against him that he had never experienced love. Whereupon he arose, left the society, and made it a point not to return to it until he considered that he had supplied the defect. 5. To serve instead of; to take the place of. Labels: transitive Example: Burning ships the banished sun supply. Example: The sun was set, and Vesper, to supply His absent beams, had lighted up the sky. 6. To act as a substitute. Labels: intransitive 7. To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of. Labels: transitive Example: to supply a pulpit
Word: supply Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English supplien, borrowed from Old French soupleer, souploier, from Latin suppleo (“to fill up, make full, complete, supply”). The Middle English spelling was modified to conform to Latin etymology. Pronunciation: /səˈplaɪ/ 1. The act of supplying. Labels: uncountable 2. An amount of something supplied. Labels: countable Example: A supply of good drinking water is essential. Example: She said, "China has always had a freshwater supply problem with 20 percent of the world’s population but only 7 percent of its freshwater". 3. The market force that causes sellers to be both willing and able to sell a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently available to be bought at any given price point; the amount itself. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Supply and demand ebb and flow in a complex interplay. Example: The supply of timber to the region's mills was lower than expected this month, owing to transport problems posed by wildfires. 4. Provisions. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: They are busy laying in supplies for the coming winter. 5. An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: to vote supplies 6. Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: supply Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From supple + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌp.li/ 1. Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness. Example: His voice was playful and full; his back was bent supply. Example: […] the rain struck on her head as she bent supply to the movements of the pony, while it scrambled up the bank to the sheltering trees. For a couple of miles the path ran through woods alive with the varied voices of the rain, […]
Word: construction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English construccioun, construction, from Old French construction, from Latin cōnstructiō, from cōnstruere. Morphologically construct + -ion. Pronunciation: /kənˈstɹʌkʃən/ 1. The process of constructing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Construction is underway on the new bridge. Example: 89.2 million tons of RAP are used annually in new asphalt pavement construction in the United States. 2. Anything that has been constructed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The engineer marvelled at his construction. 3. The trade of building structures. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He had worked in construction all his life. 4. A building, model or some other structure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The office was a construction of steel and glass. 5. A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize. 6. The manner in which something is built. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A thing of simple construction. Example: Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge. 7. A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. The act or result of construing the meaning of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution. 9. The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He had considered sending Lucille away to stay with relations. But then people might have put the worst construction on it – might believe she had done something she shouldn't have. 10. A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass. Labels: countable, uncountable